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Oth January, 1909. 



The Chairman, 



Immigration Committee, 



Penang. 



Sir, — In reply to your letter of the 24th ultimo, (No. 

 1845), I was aware that the rule referred to provides for a 

 refund by your Committee of $3 per male immigrant, and 

 prohibits the recovery of any recruiting disbursements 

 from the immigrant, and I regret that you found the word- 

 ing of the sentence in my last letter referring to this not 

 sufficiently explicit to follow my meaning. 



The point my Association wish me to raise is the in- 

 advisability of your Committee passing drastic financial 

 measures without giving this Association any opportunity 

 of expressing an opinion; but I notice that this, the real 

 subject matter of my letter of the 14th ultimo, is not being- 

 replied to at all in your letter of the 24th ultimo. 



Section 26 of the Enactment, quoted by you, of course 

 only refers to cash advances, and not to any expenses in- 

 curred. 



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



Secretary. 



18th January, 1909. 



Sir, — In reply to your letter dated January 6th, I 

 would point out that the responsibility for the adminis- 

 tration of the Immigration Fund rests with the Immigra- 

 tion Committee whose powers in that connection are clearly 

 defined by the Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment. 



2. The views of your Association, if communicated to 

 me, on the subject of any particular decision of the Com- 

 mittee will, however, I need hardly say, be laid before the 

 Committee in due course and carefully considered. 



3. The contention put forward in paragraph 3 of your 

 letter under reply, that Section 26 of the Labour Enactment 

 refers to cash advances and not to any expenses incurred, 

 does not appear to be warranted by the terms of the section 

 to which I would again refer you. 



(Sgd.) L. H. Clayton, 



Superintendent. 



To The Secretary, 



The Planters ' Association of Malaya, 



Kuala Lumpur. 



