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Your original letter of August 28th, 1907, to the Chair- 

 man of the U. P. A., was by him laid on the Table at the last 

 meeting of that body ever held, viz., on October 5th, 1907. 

 The matter was intended to rest there and I never received 

 any further instructions regarding same. 



The U. P. A. was dissolved a few weeks later, and the 

 matter of recruiting for your Corps never came before this 

 Association until the 5th December, 1908, when Mr. Corbetta 

 asked a question on the subject, which will come up for dis- 

 cussion at our next meeting on the 28th instant. 



In the meantime, however, and as this Association now 

 represents the whole of the Malay Peninsula, inclusive of 

 Johore, Malacca and Province Wellesley, I would suggest 

 that it might be more advantageous if you were to ad- 

 dress the different Planters' Association of Selangor (viz. 

 the Kuala Lumpur D. P. A., Kuala Selangor D. P. A., 

 Klang D. P. A., Batu Tiga D. P. A., and K. Langat D. P. 

 A.) 



(Sgd.) IT. C. E. Zachamas, 



Secretanj. 



Mr. P. W. Parkinson considers the last paragraph of 

 the Secretary's letter unnecessary, as the Commandant was 

 right to address the head Association. He is of opinion 

 that every assistant could manage the 12 drills, and he 

 therefore moved: — 



"That this Association is in sympathy with the Volun- 

 teer movement and would urge managers of estates to en- 

 courage assistants to join and grant them facilities to at- 

 tend camps and parades." 



Mr. A. J. Fox seconds the motion. 



Mr. A. B. Lake says that there were already many calls 

 on a planter's time, such as cricket, football, &c. Personal- 

 ly he thought that a man could be useful with a double- 

 barrelled gun. Sport was absolutely necessary, if a man 

 was to keep fit. 



Mr. J. Gibson considers it an Imperial duty to uphold 

 the country, and planters, he said, should be prepared to do 

 their duty by it. A matter like the one under discussion 

 should take precedence of cricket. 



Mr. Fox points out that matters had been arranged so 

 as to obviate the clashing of important cricket matches with 

 camps. 



Mr. Parkinson draws attention to the fact that it was 

 now possible for a Volunteer to put in two drills at a week- 



