No. 14.] 
DECEMBER, 1902 
[Vol. 1. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED _ MALA Y_STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests , 8 . 8 . 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Coffee and other products in Zanzibar ... ... 577 
2. Views of a Manaos Rubber Merchant ... . . 578 
3. Castilloa Rubber seed and its vitality ... 580 
4. “ Para Rubber” from Ceylon ... ... ... 581 
5.. Rubber at the Hacienda Aguna ... ... 581 
6. View' of Raja Bot, of Selangor, on extending the area 
of Rice Cultivation ... ... 582 
7. The cultivation of Orchids for Amateurs, by C. CURTIS 586 
8. Local Fruit Preserves, “Halwa” or “ Manisan,” by 
L. E. Bland ... ... ... ... 588 
9. Funtumia Elastica, by H. N. Ridley ... ... 591 
10. Para Rubber, by C. CURTIS ... ... ... 592 
11. Soil for Pot Plants, by C. Curtis ... ... 593 
12. Agricultural Shows ... ... 594 
13. Federated Malay States — Meeting of Chetties at Car- 
cosa, Kuala Lumpur ... .. ... 600 
14. Correspondence — 
(a) Coagulation of Rubber, by Francis Pears ... 602 
(£) Propagation of Stephanotis, by B. Berrington 603 
(c) Tanning Crocodile Skins, by S. H, LANGSTON 603 
(a?) Para Rubber Stumps, by W. R. Rowland ... 604 
15. Notices ... ... ... .. 605 
16. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 606 
17. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 607 
18. Meteorological Returns ... ... .. 610 
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