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No. Date. Service. Amount. Total. 



£ s d £ s d 

 Brought forward 260 9 8 534 4 6^ 



25 18. Executor of Thomas Drew, 



rent of store ... ... 7 10 



26 Beck & PoUitzer, accounts ... 113 3 8 



381 3 4 



tiE^ Cost of Pamphlets and 



post-cards distributed 

 by the F. M. S. Infor- 

 mation Agency ... 69 /H 



Total ... 984 3 6 



I certify this is a true copy 



(Sd.) H. Vane, 



Treasurer, F. M. S. 



28th Dec. 191 1. 



The Secretary further reports that the total cost of this exhibition 

 had been $14,501.66, as compared with $9,031.92, the cost of the 1909 

 Exhibition. 



The following contributions had been made : 



The Government of the Straits Settlements ... $ 2,000.00 



F. M. S. ... 4,000.00 



Rubber Companies : collected in London, £845 /s. 6d. 7,246.07 



,. ,, K. Lumpur ... 1,010.64 



$14,256.71 



leaving a deficiency of $244.95, which had been defrayed by the 

 P. A. M. This sum included $98.35 due by various exhibitors for 

 duty ; but the various apounts were so small that he considered it 

 impracticable to recover same. 



Mr. Gibson proposes, Mr. Harvey seconds, and it is resolved 

 unanimously, to pass the accounts as above set out and to pay the 

 deficiency of $244.95 out of the funds of the Association. 



7. Standing Committee. 



Mr. A Diipuis Brown proposes: " That in view of the rapid ex- 

 pansion of the rubber industry and the great importance of Iceeping 

 the planting community informed of all legislative or other measures 

 which may in any way affect its interests, the P. A. M. appoint a 

 Standing Committee of five from amongst its members in addition to 

 the Chairman and Secretary, to consider such measures and com- 

 municate its opinions to the district associations, also to act as a 

 consultative body for dealing with the current work of the P. A. M." 

 and submits the following elaboration of the scheme: 



