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tu give them a supply ; (3) the terms your members are prepared to 

 offer for their requirements; and (4) the rates at which they will 

 agree to supply provisions. 



2. The object in asking.for information is that, if found feasible 

 for the Government to recruit, the Resident-General may be able 

 to ascertain what steps are necessary to put the labour supply on a 

 more satisfactory basis, and what requirements actually are. 



3. You will, I am sure, understand that the Government could 

 not undertake to recruit for hundreds of employers on ever-varying 

 terms. 



4. In addressing your Association, it is the assumption that such 

 labourers would be required for estate works and recruited on that 

 understanding. 



I have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



/ 



(3d.) T. H. HILL, 

 Protector of Labour \ F.M .S. 



Vallambrosa Estate. Klang. 

 Selangor, F.M.S., 75 September, 1902. 



DEAR Sir, — As the question of export duty on dry cherry and 

 parchment coffee is likely shortly to engage the attention of your 

 Association, I shall be much obliged if you will favour me with 

 particulars of weights and measurements in connection with both 

 heaped and cut Government tins of fresh cherry. 



' P. C. 



5 tins cherry weight 



„ after thorough unbroken drying weight ... 

 measurement in tins to show loss in drying 

 Outturn in clean coffee No 1. 



„ broken • ... 



„ „ blacks 



By the expression "unbroken " it is meant that the cherry should 

 be dried as far as possible, whole. It is desirable that we should 

 have particulars with respect to both heaped and cut tins, the 

 former being more generally used for purposes of trade, and the 

 latter being, of course, the more accurate. 



I am, dear Sir. 



Yours faithfully, 



HERBERT M. DARBY, 

 Hon. Secretary, U.P.A., F.M.S. 



