No. 3 .] 
DECEMBER, 1901 
[VOL. I. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests , 8 . 8 . 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
r. The Timbers of the Malay Peninsula — Continued ... 95 
2. Para Rubber in the State of Amazonas ... ... 109 
3. The Transport of Tropical Fruit ... ... 114 
4. The World’s Tea and Coffee Consumption ... 115 
5. Notes on the value of the Incidental Increment of Plant 
Food in Soils ... ... ,..117 
.6. Phosphates and Phosphoric Acid ... 1 19 
.7 Notes — Gutta Percha in Ceylon ... ... 121 
A new Cure for Dysentery ... ... ... 122 
The new Chief Forest Officer ... ... 122 
8. Correspondence ... ... ... ... 122 
9. Market and Trade Reports ... . .. 125 
10. The Weather ... ... ... 127 
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