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*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]. Restricted access Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70623 ''Index To All The Journals Nos.1-86 Of The Straits Branch Of The Royal Asiatic Society Vol.5 Pt.4 1927]'' Archive.org.
*''Miscellaneous Papers relating to Indo-China: Reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1886:[https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto01rost/page/n21/mode/2up Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto01rost/page/n29/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto02rost/page/n23/mode/2up Volume 2], [https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto02rost/page/n25/mode/2up Contents]. Reprints of earlier miscellaneous Journal articles. Archive.org:''Miscellaneous papers relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago : Second Series. Reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1887:[https://archive.org/details/miscellaneouspap01rost/page/n25/mode/2up Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/miscellaneouspap01rost/page/n31/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/miscellaneouspap02rost/page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2], [https://archive.org/details/miscellaneouspap02rost/page/n7/mode/2up Contents] Reprints of earlier miscellaneous Journal articles. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Journal%20Malayan%20Branch%29 ''Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''] Archive.org. Editions from Volume I 1923 to Vol. XXII 1949, including
**[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.25077/page/n15/mode/2up ''A History of Malaya''] by R.O. Winstedt. Published as ''Part I, Volume XIII'' March 1935.
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***[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034776 ''The China Sea Directory Volume II. Containing directions for the navigation of the China Sea, between Singapore and Hong Kong''] by J. W. Reed , R N and J. W. King, R N. 1868. British Library Digital Collection.
**[https://archive.org/details/directoryfornavi00find ''A directory for the navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan, from the straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the passages east of Java. To Canton, Shanghai, the Yellow Sea, and Japan, with descriptions of the winds, monsoons, and currents, and general instructions for the various channels, harbours, etc''] by Alexander George Findlay 2nd edition 1878 Archive.org
**[httphttps://myrepositoripbc.pnmgda.gov.my/xmlui/handlepl/1publication/684 37462 ''Malacca Strait Pilot : comprising strait Malacca Strait and its northern approaches, Singapore Strait, and the West Coast of Sumatra''] 1946 Pdf downloadby the Hydrographic Department , Repositori Admiralty 2nd edition 1934 (first edition 1924. Earlier editions were ''China Sea Pilot''). Pomeranian DigitalLibrary, National Library Gdansk University of Malaysia, older websiteTechnology.
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or Ten Years Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave00bradrich ''A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam and the Malay Peninsula''] by John Bradley 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/kelantanstateofm00grah ''Kelantan a State of the Malay Peninsula; a handbook of information''] by Walter Armstrong Graham 1908 Archive.org with [https://archive.org/stream/kelantanstateofm00grah#page/n274/mode/1up Map of Kelantan]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833 ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright 1908 Archive.org [[Ceylon]], Malaya, [[Indonesia|Java]], Sumatra
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2024706 ''Rubber-Planter's Notebook''] by Frank Braham 1911. Pdf download KrishiKosh, Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System. Full title: ''The Rubber Planter's Notebook : a handy book of reference on Para rubber planting with hints on the maintenance of health in the tropics and other general information of utility to the rubber planter : specially designed for use in the fieldby Frank Braham 1911.''. [https://archive.org/stream/naturejournal88londuoft#page/242/mode/2up Review], page 242 ''Nature'' December 21, 1911 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023038106 ''The Far East revisited; essays on political, commercial, social, and general conditions in Malaya, China, Korea and Japan''] by A. Gorton Angier 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924077183295 ''Through the Malay Archipelago''] by Emily Richings 1909 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/diseasesandpests029745mbp ''Diseases And Pests Of The Rubber Tree''] by Arnold Sharples 1936 Archive.org
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/1/browse?rpp=100&order=ASC&sort_by=-1&etal=-1&type=subject&starts_with=R Books on rubber] Scroll down letter R. Pdf downloads, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Malayan%20Agricultural%20Journal%29 ''Malayan Agricultural Journal''] Archive.org. A limited number of editions are also available on [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/simple-search?location=&query=Malayan&filtername=title&filtertype=contains&filterquery=malayan&rpp=10&sort_by=score&order=desc Krishikosh] Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System, as pdf downloads. Also [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2047353 Malayan Agriculture 1924 Hand Book]
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Agricultural+bulletin+of+the+Straits+%29&sort=-publicdate ''Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States''], Multiple volumes, but at least from New Series Volume I 1902 to Volume X, 1911. For many editions, you need to look at the title page, as year is not otherwise catalogued. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/last-of-the-creepers/mode/2up "The Last of The Creepers: Memoirs of A Malayan Rubber Planter 1907-1917"] by C R Harrison, an article from pages 19-27 ''Malaya in History'', Volume 7, No 1, September 1961 (Malayan Historical Society). Archive.org. A Creeper is variously described as described as a very new junior assistant,<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sb-JAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA31&pg=PA28 Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930], ''Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy'' by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.</ref> a novice assistant<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ADgUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 Page 208, "Chapter 13: The Planter’s World"], ''The Devil’s Milk: A Social History of Rubber'' by John Tully 2011. Google Books</ref> or an assistant planter.<ref>[http://www.christopherhalemedia.org/2013/01/the-planters-life/ "The Planter’s Life"] by Christopher Hale, January 2013.</ref> Includes mention of the medical work carried out by Dr.Malcolm Watson which benefited the rubber plantation industry.
