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MARCH, 1904, 
[Vol. III. Part I. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
/ EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s', 
Director oj Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
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CONTENTS. 
A brief Rubber Review 
Rubber in “ First Hands' 
Recovery of Para rubber Trees destroyed by file 
Castilloa Returns ... 
Rubber News from Manaos 
Notes from the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute 
Encouragement of Agriculture among Natives 
Note on jelutong ... 
A Coconut Pest 
Tomato Disease 
Further Paper in connection with the subject of Cotton 
Cultivation in the Federated Malay States 
Minutes of Meeting of the Committee of Agri-Horti- 
cultural Show held at Kuala Lumpur on 1st Feb., 1904 
Fall of Hail in Ulu Langa_t — A new popular work on 
Cocoa— A Caterpillar attacking Pepper Plants 
On the Preparation of Rubber 
Rubber, Gutta-percha and Balata, by Franz CLOUT 
Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 
Rainfall for February, 1904— Singapore Market Report 
Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 
Meteorological Returns 
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Singlh Copy— Fifty Cents. 
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SINGAPORE . 
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