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Resolved that the information, as received, be published, and that 

 the Secretary circularize all constituent Associations again, requesting 

 specific replies as to 



1. Whether the price paid includes collecting and scrapping. 



2. The number of cuts. 



3. The number of cups. 



5 Javanese Labour. 



The Secretary reads the following correspondence : 



Chief Secretary. F.M.S., Kuala Lumpur, 



Kuala Lumpur. I2th January, 1912, 



Sir, — I have the honour to inform you, that three members of 

 this Association, Messrs. H. J. Cooper, M. Maude and F. Pears, were 

 some time ago asked to form a Sub-Committee to go into the 

 possibilities of recruiting Javanese coolies. 



The said gentlemen have since had an interview with the Consul 

 Cv^neral of the Netherlands at Singapore and are now desirous of 

 proceeding" to Java on a mission of further enquiry. 



As the Consul General advised the gentlemen that it will be a 

 great help to them, if they went to Java accredited by the Govern- 

 ment of the F.M.S., I have been instructed to ask whether H. E. the 

 High Commissioner would be kind enough to furnish them with a 

 letter to the Governor General of the Netherlands Indies. 



I have etc., 



(sd.) H. C. E. ZACHARIAS, 



Secretary. 



No. 517/1912. Kuala Lumpur, 



The Secretary, 27th January, 1912, 



The Planters' Association of Malaya, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



Sir, — Referring to your letter dated the 13th January, 1912, I am 

 directed to forward a letter addressed by His Excellency the High 

 Commissioner to Hsi Excellency the Governor General of the 

 Netherlands Indies. 



I have, etc., 



(Sd.) W. H. MACKRAY, 



for Under Secretary, F.M.S 



