No. 5.] 
MAY, 1903. 
[VOL. II. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a.,f.e.s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
1. Rattans — Concluiffld, by H. N. Ridley 
Cultivation of Rattans in Sumatra 
Trade in Rattans 
Rattan Export 1897 to 1902 
2. Report on Coconut Beetles, by L. C. Brown 
3. The Camphor Tree 
4. Barringtonia Seed . . . 
5. The Mosquito Plant 
6. History of the Seringueiros, by A. H. Keane 
7. Journey to a Rubber Plantation in Columbia— \Cont 
nued from No. II.) 
8. Rubber in Ceylon ... 
9. Rubber in Africa and South America 
10. Matale Para Rubber selling high 
11. A Government Report on Rubber 
12. Notice 
13. Singapore Market Report 
14. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 
15. Meteorological Returns. 
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