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Hth December, 1908. 



Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of your letter of the 14th 

 instant. AVill you kindly convey to the Planters' Associ- 

 ation of Malaya my thanks for their kind and courteous 

 acknowledgement of what I did in connection with the 

 London Rubber Exhibition. I am much gratified by their 

 vote of thanks. 



In regard to the cheque which you enclosed, the gift of 

 your Association, please give them my hearty thanks for 

 this. Much of the work that I did was on behalf of Govern- 

 ment and might be considered as coming within the scope 

 of my official work and therefore while appreciating the 

 kindness of this gift for a memento of the show, I hope they 

 will not consider me discourteous in declining it. 



Considering the many difficulties in arranging for the 

 Malayan Court I think the Exhibit was not discreditable. 



Yours faithfully, 

 (Sgd.) J. B. Carruthers, 

 Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist. 



To The Secretary, 



The Planters' Association of Malaya, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



VII. M. S. V. R. Referring to section 13 of the last 

 Minutes, the Secretary reports that the information then 

 asked for is contained in section 4 of the Minutes of a 

 Committee Meeting of the United Planters' Association, 

 held on the 5th October 1907, which reads as follows : 



"A letter from the Commandant, M. S. V. R., re at- 

 tendance of camps is laid on the Table." 



He further reports the following correspondence : 



9th February, 1909. 



Sir, — I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter I 

 addressed to the Chairman of the United Planters' As- 

 sociation on 28th August, 1907, to which I have received 

 neither answer nor acknowledgement. 



2. I would invite your attention to the inquiry con- 

 tained in the letter referred to and ask you to inform me 

 whether the Managing Planters of Selangor can assist in 

 encouraging the Volunteer movement. 



3. I understand in Ceylon there is a Rifle Corps of 

 over 400 strong composed entirely of Planters and that the 

 Managers of Estates not only encourage their assistants to 



