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OCTOBER, 1904 - 
No. io. 1 
[Vol. Ill 
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lijCULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, M. a., f. l, S., 
Director of Botanic Gardens. S. S 
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CONTENTS. 
Manuring Rubber — Plate 
Fibre Plants — ( Continued ) ... 
Rubber Notes 
Rubber in the Malay Peninsula 
Ceylon Rubber, its Preparation and Improvement 
Analysis of “ 5 s. 7 \d. ” Ceylon Rubber 
Exploitable Size for Bakau Swamps 
Beetles Attacking Rubber 
Ramie 
Ramie Trade of the World 
Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 
Rainfall for October, 1904 
Singapore Market Report 
Export Telegram to Europe and America ... 
Meteorological Returns ... •• 
Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Sei 
ban, for the month of October, 1904 
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