No. 3.] 



MARCH, 1908. 



[Vol. VII. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s., f.r.c.l, 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S,, 

 AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, f.r.s.e., f.l.s., 

 Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F. M . S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. A New Rubber Tree in Tonkin — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 89 



2. Two Rubber Pests— By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 89 



3. Report on Diseased Rubber Trees forwarded from Puak — By 



Ewing Smith ... ... ... ... ... g 



4. Extermination of Rats in Paddy Fields — By W. J. Gallagher, m.a. ... 92 



5. Perak Planters' Association — Report of the Annual General Meeting 95 



6. Annual Review of the India Rubber Market, 1907 — By S. Figgis & Co. 99 



7. Annual Report on the Botanic Gardens of the Colony for 1907 ... 104 



8. Comparative Statement of Cultivated Rubber exported during the years 



1908 and 1907 ... ... ... ... ... lt j 



9. India Rubber Market Report — Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Ltd. ... ... 117 



10. Weather Reports ... f ... ... ... ... 123 



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