No. 13.] 
NOVEMBER, 1902 
[VOL. 1. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED^ MALM STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. S., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests , S. 8. 
CONTENTS. 
Page, 
! i. Fruits of the Malay Peninsula — Continued , by H. N. 
Ridley, f. l.s. ... ... ... 531 
2. Agriculture in Bahia and Sergipe, Brazil ... ... 537 
3. Rubber in French Guinea ... . ... 538 
4. United Planters’ Association, F. M. S •■•539 
5. A large Indian Melon, by H. N. Ridley ... ... 548 
6. Ficus Bracteata, by C. CURTIS. . . ... 549 
7. Rubber, a new industry in Guatemala ... ... 549 
8. Insect Notes ... ... ... ... 550 
9. Report on the Beaumont Estate, by Mr. S. Arden ... 551 
10. Para Rubber Stumps — Plate VIII ... ... 552 
1 1 . Correspondence — 
[a) Ficus Elastica, by A. B. STEPHENS... ... 553 
(b) Circular on Labour Supply, by T. H. Hill . .. 554 
(c) Yield of Para-Rubber Trees, by C. E. S. 
Baxendale ... ... ... 556 
(a?) Price of Ficus Elastica sent to London, by 
E. V. Carey ... ... ■■ 55 ’} 
{e) Coagulation of Rubber, by F. Pears ... 558 
(/) Ficus Elastica in Mexico, by J. V. Brenchley... 559 
12. Rainfall in Singapore, by A. Knight ... ... 560 
13. Notices ... • 561 
14. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 562 
15. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 563 
16. Meteorological Returns ... . . ... 565 
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