No. 9.] 
SEPTEMBER, 1904. 
[Vgl. Ill, 
AGEICULTUUAL bulletin 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
And 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, M. a., f. l. s., 
Director oj Botanic Gardens , S, S. 
Page. 
CONTENTS. 
I//. 3 -O' ' A;,. . ' yv;-,','; '' y ;i H > ' 
Experimental Tapping of Para Rubber Tregs at the 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore, by R. Derry ... 33 
j. Methods of Tapping Rubber Trees and Collecting 
Latex, by P. J. BURGESS 
3. Value of Malacca Rubber, by the Resident Cbuncilloi 
Malacca • ■ » ■ ■ • 
4. Rubber Prospects 
5. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 
6. Rainfall for September, 1904 
yv Singapore Market' Report ... . ._ A 
8. Export Telegram to Europe and America 
.9. Meteorological Returns 
10. Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serem 
ban, for the month of August, 1904 
380 
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