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No. io.] 
OCTOBER, 1904. 
[VOL. III. 
agricultural bulletin 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
EDITED BY 
H. N, RIDLEY, m. a. ? f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S A S. 
CONTENTS. 
Pack. 
1. Manuring Rubber— Plate ... ... 405 
2. fibre Plants — ( Continued ) ... ... ... 405 
3. Rubber Notes ... ... ... ... 412 
Rubber in the Malay Peninsula ... ... 414 
Ceylon Rubber, its Preparation and Improvement . .. 416 
Analysis of u 5^. ” Ceylon Rubber ... ... 417 
Exploitable Size for Bakau Swamps ... ... 418 
Beetles Attacking Rubber ... ... ... 419 
Ramie ... ... ... 420 
Ramie Trade of the World , ... ... 422 
11. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 423 
12,. Rainfall for October, 1904 ... ... ^23 
13. Singapore Market Report ... ... 424 
14. Export Telegram to Europe and America ... .. 426 
15. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 431 
16, Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serein- 
ban, for the month o! October, 1904 
Annual Subscription— Three Dollars. 
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