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[VOL. V. 
OCTOBER,. 1906. 
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f.l.s., 
Director of Botanic Gar dens , .S'. S. 
AND 
J. B. CARRUTHERS, f. r. s. e., f. l. s., 
Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist , F. M. S. 
CONTENTS. 
1. Synthetic Rubber — By H. N. Ridley ... 
2. Destruction of Rats in Cochin-China— By H. N. Ridley 
3. Rambong Cultivation in the Mediterranean 
4. Zedoary Starch — By H. N. Ridley 
5. Analyses of various Rubbers — By H. N. Ridley ... 
6. Rubber Notes — By H. N. Ridley 
7. Ramie Again 
8. Cashew Nuts — By H. N. Ridley 
9. Mr. Herbert Wright’s Lecture at Ratnapura 
10. Tapping of Para Rubber Trees on Penang Hill — By W. Peel 
11. Straits Rubber at the Ceylon Show — By H. N. Ridley 
12. India Rubber Market Report. — Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited 
13. Weather Reports 
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