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carried into effect by the Executive. As an example I may 

 state that one of our members only quite recently had 

 occasion to refer to the Klang Department, but was quite 

 unable to receive any assistance in tracing some bolters 

 from his estate, as it transpired that, in the register pro- 

 vided for in the Enactment, no entries had been made for 

 several months. Whilst this case apparently is one due to 

 the departure of one officer and the interregnum created by 

 the late arrival of his successor, it is typical of the man- 

 ner in which the staff is under-manned, whose duty it is to 

 enforce the provisions of the said Enactment. 



My Association therefore submit that, if the intro- 

 duction of a more adequate method of registration is quite 

 out of the question, such steps at least be taken as will en- 

 sure that the portions of the Immigration Enactment re- 

 lative to the registration of Indian immigrants be in future 

 carried out to the letter. 



(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 



Seeretari). 



Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S. 



21st January, 1909. 



Sir, — With reference to your letter dated the 18th 

 December, 1908, I am directed to inform you that enquiries 

 with regard to the subject matter of your letter have elicit- 

 ed the following report : — 



"The register is not often consulted by employers, but 

 about November 1.0th, Mr. Jarvis of Batu Tiga called at the 

 office and asked to see it. After looking at it for a minute 

 or so, he left without asking for any further information or 

 stating what he was looking for. Had Mr. Jarvis asked for 

 any assistance in the matter, it might have been possible 

 to help him. 



(Sgd.) R. G. Watson, 



Federal Sec ret an/. 



To The Secretary, 



The Planters' Association of Malaya, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



30th January, 1909. 



The Federal Secretary, F. M. S. 



Kuala Lumpur. 



Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of vonr 

 letter Xo. .)172 of the 21st instant, 



