No. i.] 
JANUARY, 1904, [Vol. III. Part I. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STA 1 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S 
CONTENTS. 
PLATES I & il — PINE-APPLE CULTIVATION. 
1 . Pine-apples 
2. Early experiments in Cotton planting in the Straits 
Settlements 
Remarks on the Cultivation of Cotton in Singapore 
Cotton imports into the United Kingdom ... 
Preservation of Bamboos 
Coconuts in the Cocos-Keeling Islands 
Rhinoceros Beetles in Soil 
8. Knots on Para rubber trees 
tyr " Astychus chrysochloris attacking Para rubber 
10 A Castor-oil plant Pest 
11. Report on Blumea balsamifera (from the Imperial In 
stitute) ... ... 
12. Mosquito plant, Ocimum viride 
13. Rainfall for December, 1903 
14. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 
15. Singapore Market Report 
16. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 
17. Meteorological Returns 
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