No. 5.] MAY, 7903. [Vol. II. 
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 , S. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. Rattans — Concluded , by IT. N. Ridley ... ... 157 
Cultivation ol Rattans in Sumatra ... ... 158 
Trade in Rattans ... '... ... 159 
Rattan Export 1897 to l 9° 2 . .. ... 160 
2. Report on Coconut Beetles, by L. C. BROWN ... 161 
3. The Camphor Tree ... ... ... 163 
4. Barringtonia Seed . . . .. ... ... 165 
5. The Mosquito Plant ... ... ... 165 
6. History of the Seringueiros, by A. H. Keane ... 166 
7. Journey to a Rubber Plantation in Columbia— (Conti- 
nued from No. II.) ... ... ... 167 
8. Rubber in Ceylon ... . .. ... ... 176 
9. Rubber in Africa and South America ... ... 176 
10. Matale Para Rubber selling high ... ... 178 
11. A Government Report on Rubber ... ... 179 
12. Notice ... ... ... ... 179 
13. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 180 
14. Exports irom Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 18 1 
15. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 185 
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