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Kuala Lumpur District Planters' Association: Mr. F. G. 

 Harvey, Mr. C. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. E. B. Skinner, Mr. A. 

 J. Fox and Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. For the Kuala Se- 

 langor District Planters' Association: Mr. Edgar Smith, 

 Mr. Thos. More (hy proxy), Mr. Jl A. Hunter and Mr. A. 

 Irving. For the Kampar District Planters' Association: 

 Mr. N. C. S. Bosanquet. For the Klang District Planters' 

 Association: Mr. R. W. Harrison, Mr. J. Gibson and Mr. A. 

 B. Lake. For the Batu Tiga District Planters' Associa- 

 tion: Mr. P. W. Parkinson, Mr. H. L. Jarvis, and Mr. C. 

 Henly. For the Kuala Langat District Planters' Asso- 

 ciation: Mr. C. E. S. Baxendale and Mr. E. Macfadyen. 

 For the Malacca Planters' Association: Mr. J. A. H. Jack- 

 son, Mr. S. W. Moorhouse and W. Sime. Visitors: Messrs. 

 F. A. Clements, G. H. Anderson, C. F. Lushington. Chair- 

 man: Mr. R. W. Harrison. 



I. The Secretary, after reading the notice convening 

 the Meeting, explains, that it had originally been decided 

 to accept the invitation of the Johore Planters' Association 

 and to hold the February Meeting accordingly at Johore 

 Bahru, by way of celebrating the opening of the railway; 

 but that, owing to the line not yet been available for traflc, 

 the venue had been changed to Kuala Lumpur, the alter- 

 ation originating in the Johore planters themselves. Fur- 

 ther a letter had been received from the Hon. Secretary of 

 the Johore Planters' Association, stating that neither their 

 Chairman nor he would be able to attend the meeting, the 

 former being prevented by illness. 



II. The Minutes of the previous Meeting having been 

 taken as read, are put to the Meeting for confirmation and 

 passed unanimously. 



III. Absconding Coolies. The Secretary reads the 

 following correspondence: 



18th December, 1908. 



The Federaf Secretary, F. M. S. 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



Sin, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of 

 your letter Xo. 5172/1908, and in reply am to express the 

 regret of this Association that the Resident-General cannot 

 see his way to adopt the suggestions made in my letter 

 of October 9th, as the members feel that the provisions of 

 the Enactment, as it stands at present, are quite inadequate. 



But 1 am further to state that even what rules for 

 registration have been laid down in this Enactment are not 



