No. 2 ] 
FEBRUARY, 1904. 
[Vol. III. Fart I. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l.s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
PLATES —PINE-APPLE CULTIVATION. 
Pagk, 
1. Valuation Report on sample of Sea Island Cotton grown 
in Perak ... ... ,41 
2. Cotton in Dutch Borneo ... ... 4 2, 
3. Correspondence with the Imperial Institute regarding ' 
the commercial value, &c., of the Seeds of the Para 
Rubber Tree ... ... ... ... 43 
4. Rambong Rubber ... . . .48 
5. Getah (Getah Jelutong) from Sarawak ... ... 48 
6. Recent Publications on Rubber and its Cultivation . 50 
7. Para Rubber collecting at Soebang, Java ... ... ^1 
8. Capri nia Conchylalis ... ... ... 52 
9. Encouragement of Agriculture among the Natives 53 
to The proposed Agri- Horticultural Show at Kuala Lumpur 66 
11. Rainfall for January, 1904 ... ... . 66 
12. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... 67 
13. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 68 
14. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 69 
15. Meteorological Returns ... ... 72 
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