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the 1st April the hours during which Money Order business will be 

 transacted are as follows : — 



Large Offices — Week days 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays nil. 



Small Offices— Week days ,8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays 8 

 a.m. to 10 a.m. 



I. The following are regarded as " large " offices : — 



Perak. — Batu Gajah, Gopeng, Ipoh, Kambar, Kuala Kangsar, 

 Parit Buntar, Taiping, Tanjong Malim, Tapah, and 

 Telok Anson. 



Pahang. — Bentong, Kuala Lipis, and Raub. 



Selangor : — Kajang, Kapar, Klang, Kuala Kubu, Kuala 

 Lumpur, Kuala- Selangor, Port Sweettenham, and Sungei 

 Besi. 



Negri Sembilan :— Gemas, Kuala Pilah, Port Dickson, 

 Seremban, and Tampin. 



3. Although the extensions referred to above are not altogether 

 on the lines suggested in your letter it is hoped that they will, to a 

 considerable extent, meet the requirements of the Planters' Association. 



I have, &c., 



W. A. White, 

 Ag. Director of Posts and Telegraphs. 



Resolved that the Director of Post and Telegraphs be thanked 

 for the concessions made. 



3. LABOUR. 



The Secretary reads the following correspondence : 



The Chief Secretary to the Government of the 

 Federated Malay States, 



Kuala Lumpur. 17th February, 1911. 



Sir, 



I have the honour to inform you, that at the last Meeting of this 

 Association, held on the I2th instant, it was resolved to submit to 

 your Government the following recommendations on the subject of 

 Agricultural Labor : — 



(1) That the F.M.S. Government make a loan during 1911 of 

 $1,000,000 and that the Indian Immigration cess to be levied in the 

 Colony, the F.M.S.,Johore and the other British Protected States in 

 the peninsula be a sum not exceeding $2.50 per quarter so that it 

 be possible to pay a bonus of about $15 per import'^d Indian coolie. 



(2) That a Labour Department proper be instituted with control 

 over all labour, Indian, Chinese, Javanese and other, with a sufficient 

 staff to see that the present enactments are carried into effect. 



