N'<j. 5 -J 
MAY, i 904, 
[Vol. 111 . Pari 1 . 
AGIUCULTUKAL 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. 
Page. 
1. Tapping scars in old wood — Plate 5 ... Iyt) 
2. Rubber Planting in Southern India ... ibo 
3. Cotton Notes ... ... ... 160 
4. Coconuts in the Federated Malay States in 1903 ... 162 
5. The Experimental Plant dioiis of the Malay States ... 163 
6. Imports and Exports of the fede rated Malay State- 
in 1903 ... ■ ... 164 
7. Forest Administration in the Native States in 1903 ... 165 
8. Ramie > ... ••• * ••• 166 
9. Gutta-percha in the Philippines, — Zalacea conferta ... 168 
10. Hail in the Malay Peninsula, — Cotton Cultivation ... 169 
11. Agricultural Show, — Termites and Rubber ... 170 
12. Rubber in Perak ... ... 171 
13. Parasitic Fungi on He vea Brazi lie nsis - ... 173 
14. Notes on the Moisture in prepared Rubber ... 175 
15. Tengab Dye ... ... ■ ■■ 1 77 
16. Rubber-tapping in the dry Season, — The Use of Jeringu 
Acorus Calamus against termites ... ... 178 
17. Erratum, — The Belgian Rubber Expert ... ... 17ft' 
18. Agri-Hor tieful tural Show ... ... ... 180 
[9. Miscellaneous Notices to Subscribers ... ... 18 [ 
20. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 182 
2 1 . Export Telegram to Europe aid America ... ... 183 
22. Rainfall for April, 1904 ... ... ... 185 
23. Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, 
for the month of April, 1904 ... ... 186 
24. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 187 
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