No. 4-] 
APRIL, 1906. 
[VOL. V. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
AND 
J. B. CARRUTHERS, F. l. S., 
Director of Agriculture , F. M. S . 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1. H. Wright on “Para Rubber”— By H. N. Ridley ... ... 103 
2. Life History of Termes Gestroi— By E. P. Stebbing (Reprint ) ... 107 
3. Note on the above— By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... no 
4. Forestry in India— By A. M. Burn-Murdoch ... ... ... in 
5. Paspalum Dilatatum— By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 113 
6. Growth of the Rubber Trade— By Dr. W. SCHLICH (Reprint)... ... 114 
7. A Reply to Dr. Schlich’s Growth of the Rubber Trade — By J. Nisbet 
(Reprint') ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 
8. Warning to Planters — Re thefts of Rubber Seedlings — By H. N. Ridley 116 
9. Water-Hyacinth — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... ... 117 
10. Note on an Old Rubber Stump — By H, N. Ridley ... ... 117 
11. Furnace Fumes and Vegetation — By ]. B. Carruthers ... ... ug 
12. Coconut Tree Pest— By J. B. Carruthers ... ... ... u8 
13. Ceara Rubber in Sheets (Reprint) ... ... ... ... 119 
14. Large Para Rubber Trees in Cultivation— By H. N. Ridley ... ... up 
15. Fotnes Semitostus in Ceylon — By T. Petch ... ... ... up 
16. India Rubber Market Report. — Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited ... 120 
17. Weather Reports ■■■ ••• • •• ... ... 123 
18. Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, for the month 
of March, 1906 ... ••• ••• ... ... 131 
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