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the Principal Medical Officer and Director of Public Works with a 

 view to discussing the plans and site. 



I have, etc., 



(Sd.) E. L. Brookman, 



Chief Secretary, F.M.S. 

 The Secretary, 



Planters' Association of Malaya, 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



The Secretary reports that on December 3rd a deputation, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. E. B. Skinner, E. B. Prior, F. G. Harvey, Dr. Watson, 

 Macfadyen and H. C. E. Zacharias, met the Chief Secretary at Car- 

 cosa. Dr. Sansom, Mr. E. G. Broadrick and Mr. J. Trump being also 

 present; that the site and plans of the prepared Quarantine Camp at 

 Port Swettenham were discussed; and that a unanimous agreement on 

 all points was arrived at. 



Mr. E. B. Prior says the permanent quarantine camp, the 

 Government had decided to construct at Port Swettenham, would be 

 under the control of the Principal Medical Officer, Dr. Sansom, who 

 had a large experience of quarantine camps in other parts of the 

 world. He would therefore suggest that H. E. the High Commis- 

 sioner be asked that the control of the quarantine camp at Pulaujere- 

 jak be also under the control of the F.M.S. 



The Chairman agrees with Mr. Prior regarding the quarantine 

 camp at Penang, but said the great difficulty was that Pulau Jerejak 

 belonged to the Colony, but he had already suggested that the F.M.S., 

 should take a lease of the land, to get over the difficulty. 



Mr. Macfadyen says the Port Swettenham camp was really the 

 outcome of a sort of compromise; the Association asked that the 

 Pulau Jerejak camp be placed under F.M.S. control ; the Govern- 

 ment could not see their way to do so and as an alternative consen- 

 ted to the Port Swettenham camp being built. 



Mr. Prior : Hardly an alternative. Port Swettenham camp was an 

 absolute necessity. 



The Chairman's suggestion is embodied in Mr. Prior's motion, 

 which is carried. 



The Secretary reads the following correspondence, which is noted 

 with satisfaction : 



Kuala Lumpur, 6th December, 1911. 

 Principal Medical Officer, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



Sir, — I have the honour to enclose for your information copy of 

 minutes of this Association, held on October 29th and would draw 

 your atttntion to the last but two paragraphs on page 5. 



I have etc., 



(Sd.) A. C. E. Zacharias, 



Secretarv. 



