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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OP THE UNITED 

 PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION, P. M. S. 



This meeting was held at Kwala Lumpur on May 3rd : — Messrs. 

 Carey (Chairman), T. H. Hill, C. Meikle, W. R. Rowland, E. B. 

 Prior, P. VV. Parkinson, J. G. Glassford, O. B. Pfenningwerth, J. M. 

 Halliday, A. M. Barnwell, A. Irving, M. S. Parry, E. B. Skinner; 

 Visitor, — J. L. Anstruther ; By Proxy, — S. Moorhouse. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, the 

 Chairman read letters received dealing with the Indian Immigration 

 question, also with the action taken to appoint a Committee to 

 make suggestions and offer advice direct to the Superintendent of 

 the Experimental Gardens on the subject of auction sales of 

 Coffee. Mr. Parry stated that according to the Weekly Circulars 

 issued by Messrs. Barlow & Co. almost every body receives the 

 same price for their coffee when selling on similar dates, and it is 

 well known that samples from some estates are not as good as 

 others. This did not seem a satisfactory state of affairs. 



The Chairman said that a letter had been received from the 

 Resident-General, to the effect that the Ceylon Planters' Associa- 

 tion Memorial had been submitted to the Secretary of State for 

 India and that there did not appear to Lord George Hamilton any 

 sufficient ground for making a representation to the Government 

 of India, and the same statement applies to the Memorial of the 

 United Planters' Association. 



Mr. Meikle proposed that the Government should be asked to 

 take steps to eradicate the Coco-nut beetles which were doing 

 much harm in Selangor, especially in Kwala Lumpur and Klang. 

 Mr. Darby in seconding the motion said that trees ranging from 

 18 months to two years old were riddled by them at Klang, and 

 suggested the employment of Government Inspectors. Mr. Hill 

 stated that when Mr. Birch was Resident in Negri Sembilan, the 

 Planters Association approached him on the subject, steps were at 

 once taken and there are now very few places suffering from 

 beetles. The resolution was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks 

 was proposed to the retiring Chairman, after which Mr. Parry 

 taking the Chair, Mr. E. Y. Carey was re-elected Chairman and Mr. 

 Darby Honorary Secretary for the ensuing year. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



FICUS ELASTIC A. 



The Editor 



Agrici i ,tu ral Bull e tin. 



Dear Sir, 



I hope to see man) answers to Mr. Irving's interesting inquiry 

 as to the desirability or otherwise of lopping Rambong trees when 

 young and of keeping them to a single stem plus one or two sturdy 

 aerial roots. 



On Bukit Rajah Estate in Klang, we have a large number of 



