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No. i.] 
JANUARY, 1904, 
[Vol. III. Part I, 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. L. S., 
Director oj Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
PLATES I & II— PINE-APPLE CULTIVATION. 
Page. 
1. Pine-apples ... ... I 
2. Early experiments in Cotton planting in the Straits 
Settlements .... ... ... ... 7 
Remarks on the Cultivation of Cotton in Singapore ... 10 
. Cotton imports into the United Kingdom ... ... 14 
. Preservation of Bamboos ... ... ... 15 
. Coconuts in the Cocos-Keeling Islands ... ... 18 
Rhinoceros Beetles in Soil ... ... ... i8 s 
. Knots on Para rubber trees ... ... ... 20 
, Astychus chrysochloris attacking Para rubber ... 21 
A Castor-oil plant Pest ... ... ... 22 
11. Report on Bliimea balsamifera (from the Imperial In- 
stitute) ... ... ... ■■•23 
12. Mosquito plant, Qcimnm viride ... ... 24 
13. Rainfall for December, 1903 ... ... ... 24 
14. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 25 
15. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... . 26 
16. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 27 
17. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 30 
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