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9. MALACCA PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Secretary read the following letters : 



The Chairman, 



Malacca Planters' Association, 

 Malacca. 



Dear Sir, 27th February, 191 1. 



At the recent Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya, 

 your letter disassociating your Association from the Centiral Body 

 was read and the feeling of the Meeting was that you should be asked 

 to give your reasons for this step. 



As Chairman of the Planters' Association of Malaya, I am exceed- 

 ingly sorry that the Malacca Planters have taken this step. As many 

 of you are aware, it has been extremely difficult to work up the Planters' 

 Association of Malaya to be representative body of Planters for the 

 whole Peninsula with whom the Government are willing to co-operate 

 on any large planting questions. Again I have reason to believe that 

 many shareholders in Companies in the Malacca District will be very 

 much upset with the decision come to. 



I shall be glad to discuss matters with you when convenient. 



I am in receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo in which you ask 

 me to give you our reasons for breaking away from the P. A.M., in the 

 first place I can assure you, we did not break away without fully con- 

 sidering the matter, and at our meeting after a very full discussion 

 the voting was unanimous, to put concisely the members could see no 

 tangible benefit for the large sum we were contributing yearly to the 

 P.A.M. as the labour conditions in Malacca are quite different to the 

 other parts of the Peninsula. I can also assure you that it was in no 

 unfriendly spirit we broke away, it was simply t'j save our Association 

 spending money for which as far as we could see we were receiving 

 no benefit. 



I hope to be in Seremban about the end of the month and shall 

 be pleased to call on you and discuss the matter. 



I am, &c., 



C. MOLCOLM CUMMING. 



C. Malcolm Cumming, Esq., 

 Chairman, P. A.M., 

 Seremban. 

 Dear Sir, 



Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, 

 Malacca, 7th March, 1911. 



I am, &c., 



(Sgd.) J. W. Collins, 



Chairman, M.P.A. 



