167 



had to contend with in the formation of this Association and 

 would dissuade them from taking any hasty steps. He 

 suggests the formation of a Sub-Committee, to thoroughly 

 consider this matter. 



Mr. Hunter thinks that people attending the Annual 

 Meeting should not only have the right to speak, but also 

 to vote. However, he quite agreed with Mr. Harrison 's 

 suggestion regarding a Sub-Committee and had much 

 pleasure in formally proposing its appointment. 



Mr. Parkinson then seconds Mr. Gibson's amendment. 



Mr. Harvey proposes that no action of any kind be 

 taken, as he thinks the Association has existed too short a 

 while to permit of their tinkering with its very constitu- 

 tion. 



Mr. Lake seconds Mr. Hunter's amendment. 



Air. Skinner seconds Mr. Harvey's amendment. 



Mr. Harvey's amendment is then put to the vote and 

 declared lost by 11 to 9 votes. 



Mr. Hunter's amendment is then put to the Meeting 

 and declared carried by 10 votes to 6. 



Mr. Macfadyen proposes that the Sub-Committee con- 

 sist of Messrs. Harrison, Hunter and Duncan. Carried 

 unanimously. 



X. Rule 4. Mr. Jarvis says the following motion 

 was standing in his name: "That the new Rule 4 be re- 

 scinded and that former Rule 4 stand, as the new rule tends 

 to increased expenses per delegate, and decreased represen- 

 tation." However it might perhaps be better to leave this 

 question over, until they heard the Report of the Sub-Com- 

 mittee, which had just been appointed, and he would there- 

 fore withdraw his motion. 



Mr. Macfadyen in any case will like to point out, what 

 dangerous practice it would be, if they were to reopen at a 

 following meeting, that which had been settled only a few 

 months ago. 



XI. Immigration Committee Meetings. The motion 

 standing in the name of the Perak Planters' Association 

 finding no proposer, the next item on the agenda is dealt 

 with. 



XII. Planters' Members on Immigration Committee. 

 Mr. Jarvis moves: "That with a view T to securing a re- 

 presentative opinion of Planters, the Government be asked 

 that the Planting Members on the Immigration Committee 

 be elected by this Association." He observes that, if the 

 planters had had their own selection representative on the 

 Immigration Committee, it was very unlikely that the Com- 



