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JUNE, 1906- 
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agricultural bulletin 
01 - THE, 
STRAITS 
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l.s., 
Director of Botanic Gardens , 5. S. 
AND 
j. B. CARRUTHERS, f.r.s.e. ; f.l.s., 
Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist , F. M. S. 
CONTENTS. 
Banana Cultivation — By Mr. A. Hale 
Malay Drugs — By H. N. Ridley 
Report of the Department of Agriculture in the Federated Malay States . 
for 1905 
A new way of dealing with Termes Gestroi— By H. N. Ridley 
Corticium Javanicum— By H. N. Ridley 
Personal and other Notes ... ■■■ “* . 
India Rubber Market Report.— Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited 
Weather Reports , "* 
Meteorolog'cal Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, for the month 
of May, 1906 
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