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