Vql. IX. 
Bulletin 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
EDITED BY 
H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.h.h.s. 
Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 
No. 6.J 
JUNE, 1910. 
Agricultural 
Historical Notes on the Rubber Industry 
Page. 
201 
Chronological Table of the Para Rubber In lust ry from 1873 to 1899 ... 
213 
Coconuts in Peat Soil 
214 
Kapok as a Textile 
215 
Rubber in Queensland 
... 
215 
Another Para-Rubber F ungus 
216 
Correspondence — Tuba root for Killing Termites 
218 
Manihot Rubber Trees 
219 
Minutes of the Planters’ Association of Malaya... 
221 
Weather Reports ... ... 
229 
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