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7. St&nding Committee. 



The Secretary reports that the creation of a Standing Committee, 

 decided upon at their last Meeting, constituted an addition to the 

 Rules and would therefore have to be dealt with under Rule 15 at the 

 ensuing General Meeting. 



The Legal Adviser had suggested as follows : 



"That the following rules be added to the Rules of the Planters' 

 Association of Malaya, viz., 



1. The Association shall at every Annual Meeting ek-ct five of 



its members as a Standing Committee with power for such 

 Standing Committee to add to its number. 



2. The duties of such Committee shall be the following : 



A. To consider all measures (legislative or otherwise) 

 which may be of interest or affect the Planting Com- 

 munity in the iMalay Peninsula. 



B. To inform the District Associations of such measures 

 and give them its opinion thereon. 



C. To act as a consultative body for dealing with the cur- 

 rent work of the Planters' Association of Malaya. 



3. The President and Secretary of the Planters' Association of 



Malaya shall be ex-ofificio members of the Standing Com- 

 mittee in addition to the five before-mentioned elected 

 members. 



The Secretary is instructed accordingly^ to place these draft 

 rules on the Agenda of the General Annual Meeting. 



8. New York Exposiiio:>i. 



The Secretary reads the f.>llowing correspondence : 



C. Taylor, Esq., Kuala Lumpur, 



Secretary, I2th January, 1912.- 



Rubber Growers' Association, 

 I, Oxford Court, 



Cannon Street, London, E.C. 



NEW YORK EXPOSITION, 1912. 



Dear Sir,— The question of being represented at this Exhibition 

 has been considered by this Association at their last Meeting held 

 on the 7th instant, when the general consensus seemed to be that it 

 would be very impolitic for this Peninsula not to be adequately 

 represented. 



We have asked the Government for an indication of the extent 

 of their support, but before going any further, should be glad to have 

 the views of your Association on the subject. 



