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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE PLANTES' 

 ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. 



Held at the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, at 10 a.m. 



On April 25th, 1909. 



Present: — For the Perak Planters' Association: Mr. 

 C. Alma Baker, Mr. W. Duncan. For the Kuala Lumpur 

 District Plantrs' Association: Mr. E. B. Skinner, Mr. A. J. 

 Fox, Mr. C. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. For 

 the Kuala Selangor District Planters ' Association: Mr. J. 

 A. Hunter, Mr. Edgar Smith. For the Kapar District 

 Planters' Association: Mr. H. W. Bailey. For the Klang 

 District Planters' Association: Mr. E. B. Prior, Mr. E. AY. 

 Harrison, Mr. J. Gibson, Mr. A. B. Lake. For the Kuala 

 Langat District Planters' Association: Mr. E. Macfadyen. 

 For the Batu Tiga District Planters' Association: Mr. H. 



F. Browell, Mr. P. W. Parkinson, Mr. S. E. Douglas. For 

 the Negri Sembilan Planters' Association: Mr. W. Hing- 

 ston, Mr. J. le P. Power, Mr. N. S. Mansergh, by their proxy 

 Mr. W. Kingston. For the Johore Planters' Association: 

 Mr. W. N. Gawler. Visitors: Messrs. F. Maus, C. Henly, 



G. H. Day. Chairman: Mr. E. W. Harrison. Secretary: 

 Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. 



I. The notice convening the Meeting having been read, 

 the Minutes of the Meeting of February 28th are taken as 

 read and confirmed. 



II. The Minutes of the Emergency Meeting of April 

 12th are read and confirmed. 



III. The following letters from Mr. H. C. Pratt are 

 read : 



Kuala Lumpur, 



19th April, 1909. 



0. Fj. Xo. 33/1909. 



Dkah Sir, — I shall be much obliged to you if you will 

 inform the Chairman of the Planters' Association of 

 Malaya, that I have decided to stay on in the Federated 

 Malay States; thus their minutes regarding my departure 

 need not be considered. I have several reasons for staying 

 here, chief among which being that I cannot possibly finish 

 my fork before September, and it would be a great (lis- 



