0.9. 



SEPTEMBER, 1908. 



ol. VII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



op the ''*/''-*'„. 



STRAITS 



AND ] " - . 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



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

 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. 



Weeding in Para Rubber Cultivation 



383 



2. 



Rate of Growth of Forest Trees in the Federated Malay States 



386 



3. 



Banana Fibre Wearing ... 



390 



4. 



Getah Gerip from Pulau Jerajah 



391 



5. 



Export of Rubber from Brazil in 1907 



392 



6. 



A Camphor Pest 



394 



7. 



Minutes of a General Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya 



395 



8. 



Batu Tiga District Planters' Association 



406 



9. 



Johore Planters' Association 



408 



10. 



Planters' Association of Malaya 



412 



11. 



Comparati re Rubber Export Table ... 



414 



12. 



Singapore Market Report 



415 



13. 



Exports Telegrams to Europe and America 



416 



14. 



Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports 



417 



15. 



Ceylon, Straits and Malay States Rubber Reports 



423 



16. 



.Weather Reports 



426 





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