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No. 3.] 
MARCH, 1904. 
[Vol. III. Tart I, 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. R 1 DLP 2 Y, m. a., f. l. s., 
Director oj Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
t. A brief Rubber Review ... ... ... 81 
2. ' Rubber in “ First Hands” ... ... 82 
3. Recovery of Para rubber 'Frees destroyed by file ... 83 
4. Castilloa Returns ... ... ...” ... 84 
Rubber News from Manaos ... ... ... 85 
. Notes from the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute ... 85 
7. Encouragement of Agriculture among Natives ... 90 
8. Note on Jelutong ... ... ... ... 91 
9. A Coconut Pest ... ... ... ... 92 
10. Tomato Disease ... ... m 
* •• .. ... yj 
11. Further Paper in connection with the subject of Cotton 
Cultivation in the Federated Malay States ... 94 
12. Minutes of Meeting of the Committee of Agri-Horti- 
cultural Show held at Kuala Lumpur on 1st Feb., 1904 99 
i3' Fall of Hail in Ulu Langat — A new popular work on 
Cocoa — A Caterpillar attacking Pepper Plants ... ipi 
14. On the Preparation of Rubber ... ... 102 
15. Rubber, Gutta-percha and Balata, by FRANZ Cloft ... 104 
16. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... 104 
17. Rainfall for February, 1904— Singapore Alarket Report 105 
18. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 106 
19. Meteorological Returns ... _ ... 109 
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