No. 2.J FEBRUARY, 1903. [Vol. 1 L 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests , 8 , 8 > 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
!. Brucea Sumatrana (Plate II) ... ... ... 41 
2. Mr. Arden’S Report on Para Rubber ... ... 42 
3. Rubber l apping Experiments in the Botanic Gardens 44 
4. Note on a bough of Para Rubber destroyed by Rot .. 48 
5. Journey to a Rubber plantation in Columbia, by 
Dr. * C. O. Weber ... ... ' ... 48 
6. The Heveas or Seringueiras — Continued ... ... 57 
7. Corrections and Observations on the History of the 
Introduction of Para Rubber ... ... 6 1 
, 8. Ramie ... ... . ... 61 
9. Reclaiming abandoned Mining Land ... ... 63 
10. Red Beetles in Coconuts ... ... 64 
11. Coconut Beetles, by L. C. Brown ... ... 65 
12. Summary of Rubber Planting in Mexico ... ... 67 
13. Gunda Sikkima . ... ' ... 69 
14. Report on samples of Rubber extracted from Heyea 
Brasiliensis ... ... ... 70 
13. Correspondence ... .. ... ... 72 
16. Notice ... ... ... ■■•73 
r 7, Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 73 
18. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 75 
19. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 81 
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