No. 1.] 
JANUARY, 1910. 
Vol. IX. 
Agricultural Bulletin 
OP THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H, N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 
Director of Botanic Gardens , S. S. 
A Peat-Soil Note 
Rubber in Liberia 
Para Rubber in French Indo-China 
A New Rubber Journal 
Germination of Hard Seeds 
Rubber Notes 
Agricultural Progress in Perak, F.M.S. 
Tilled and Untilled Soil 
Pricking Rubber Trees for Latex 
The. Reward for a Method of Exterminating Termes Gestroi 
The Exhibition Lectures on Rubber ... . . » 
A Nest of Termes Malay an us with Many Queens . . 
The World’s Future Rubber Supply 
Report of the Penang Aeri-Horticultural Show 
Minutes of Meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya 
Kapar District Planters’ Association 
Straits Report 
Export Telegrams 
Market Report 
Weather Reports 
Kuala Trengganu Rain Fall 
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From the first of January, 1910 
The Price. of the Bulletin will be as follows: 
Annual Subscription for Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States 
Annual Subscription for other places in Malaya 
Annual Subscription for India and Ceylon 
Annual Subscription for Europe (Thirteen Shillings) . . ' 
Single Copy 
Whole Volume 
$5.00 
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All Subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. 
To be purchased at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, from Messes. Kelly 
and Walsh, Ltd., No. 32 Raffles Place, aud 194 Orchard Road, and 
The Straits Times Office, Cecil Street, Singapore. 
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Printed at the Straits Times Press. Ltd., Singapore, 
