O OC'v.J OlLn 
No. 6. ! 
JUNE, 1903. 
[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. Jeiutong ... ... ... ... 191 
2. Rubber Tapping in Malacca ... ... ... 191 
3. Valuation of Rubbers 
(a) From the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ... 192 
(&] From Negri Sembilan ... ... 193 
4. Yield of Para Rubber in Ceylon ... ... 194 
Oil of Para Rubber Seeds ... ... ... 196 
The Mosquito Plant ... ... ... 196 
Rubber Planting and Exploitation at San Miquel ... 198 
The Yield of the Castilloa Tree ... ... 199 
Causes of the deterioration of Congo Rubber ... 202 
Gentsch’s “New Gutta Percha” ... ... 205 
11. Coconut Planting in Fiji ... ... ... 207 
12. Correspondence 
(a) Cultivation and Production of Ramie ... 208 
13. Notices 
(<i) Tobacco expert wanted for the Transvaal. ... 209 
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