Index to Agricultural Bulletin of Straits and Federated States ; Classified List of Principal Original Articles in Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States and Malayan Agricultural Journal ; List of Publications of the Department of Agriculture, Federation of Malaya

This volume serves as a comprehensive bibliographic record of the agricultural research conducted by the British colonial administration in Malaya during the early 20th century. It compiles indices and article listings for the Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States and the Malayan Agricultural Journal, which were the primary vehicles for documenting botanical findings, crop management studies, and colonial agrarian policy. These publications were essential tools for the Department of Agriculture as it sought to optimize the production of rubber, palm oil, and rice, reflecting the economic priorities of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements during a period of intense plantation development.

The document was compiled by the Division of Agriculture within the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, acting as an administrative reference tool to organize the sprawling body of technical literature produced by colonial researchers. Its design is strictly utilitarian, intended to provide agricultural officers, botanists, and academic researchers with a systematic taxonomy of the division's output. By categorizing original articles and cataloging official publications, the work functioned as an institutional memory, ensuring that agricultural data collected in the field remained accessible for subsequent efforts in agricultural modernization across the Malayan peninsula.