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MAY, 1904. 
[Vol. III. Part 1 . 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
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STRAITS 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, \l. A., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
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CONTENTS. 
Tapping scars in old wood Plate 5 
Rubber Planting in Southern India ... ... 
Cotton Notes • •• . *** 
Coconuts in the Federated Malay States in 1903 
The Experimental Plantations of the Malay States 
Imports and Exports of the Federated Malay State; 
in 1903 
Forest Administration in the Native States in 1903 ... 
Ramie • • • 
Gutta-percha in the Philippines, — Zalacea eonlerta ... 
Hail in the Malay Peninsula-Cotton Cultivation 
Agricultural Show —Termites and Rubber 
Rubber in Perak 
Parasitic Fungi on Hevea Braziliensis 
Notes on the Moisture in prepared Rubber 
Tengah Dye ... ••• _ “ . " 
Rubber-tapping in the dry Season, I he Use ot Jenngu 
Acorus Calamus against termites 
Erratum, — The Belgian Rubber Expert ... 
A rri-Horticultural Show 
Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers . 
Singapore Market Report 
Export Telegram to Europe and America ... 
Rainfall for April, 1904 
Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban 
for the month of April, 1904 
Meteorological Returns 
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