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2. QUARANTINE EXPENSES. 



lOth May, 1911, 



The Under-Secretary, 



Federated Malay States, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



Sir, 



I have the honor to inform you that your letter of llth ultimo, 

 numbered 3 in 2335/1911 was laid before my Association at their 

 Meeting on 30th ultimo. 



2. My Association are in favour of the! suggestion that quaran- 

 tine expenses should be paid froin the Immigration Fund. 



3. I was instructed to enquire whether coolies imported into 

 the State of Johore would be plajed on the same footing as those for 

 other States. 



I have etc., 

 C. St. G. Wheeley, 



Secretary. 

 Kuala Lumpur, 19th May, 1911. 



No. 3 ill 3399-191 1. 



Sir, 



I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 

 the lOth May, 1911, informing me that your Association is in favour 

 of the suggestion that quarantine expenses should be paid from the 

 Immigration Fund. 



2. With reference to your paragraph 3 in which you ask 

 whether coolies imported into the State of Johore would be placed on 

 the same footing as those for other States, I am to enquire whether 

 your question refers to quarantine or to other matters. 



I have, &c., 



J. R. O. Aldworth, 

 The Secretary, Under-Secretary, F.M.S, 



The Planters' Association of Malaya, 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



No. 7 in 3399/1911. Kuala Lumpur, lOth June, 1911. 



Sir, 



I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 

 20th May, 1911, with regard to the quarantine expenses of coolies 

 imported into the State of Johore, 



2. In reply, I am to say that the Chief Secretary is advised that 

 the ultimate destination of coolies arriving at Singapore, Penang or 

 Port Swettenham is immaterial as regards the authority of the Com- 

 mittee to pay their quarantine expenses from the immigration Fund. 



I have, &c, 

 J. Taylor, 



The Secretary, Under Secretary, F.M.S, 



' The Planters' Association of Malaya, 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



