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Members on the Immigration Committee be elected by this 

 Association." 



I have, etc., 

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



Secretary. 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



;>5th March, 1909. 



No. 1397/1909. 



Sir, — I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your 

 letter dated the 12th March, 1909, and to say that the Kule 

 as to Eecruiting Allowance was made by the Indian Immi- 

 gration Committee at the instance of His Excellency the 

 High Commissioner and appears to have been in accordance 

 with the views of at least one of the local Associations. 



2. The Resident-General is quite sure that the Indian 

 Immigration Committee would not adopt or frame any 

 rule that they would think or could suppose to be opposed 

 to the interests of the Planting Community. He is in 

 entire agreement with the Indian Immigration Committee 

 in their effort to encourage the bringing in of labourers 

 f ree of debt at the time of joining the Estates on which they 

 are to be employed. 



3. With regard to the constitution of the Committee. 

 I am to point out that the Enactment vests in the High Com- 

 missioner the appointment of the members of the Com- 

 mittee, and while the Eesident-General is sure that His 

 Excellency will give full consideration to the views and 

 recommendations of the Planters ' Association of Malaya, 

 he has no reason to suppose that His Excellency would be 

 prepared to delegate to this Association his duties in this 

 respect. 



4. I am to say, however, that as the action of the 

 Association appears to challenge the qualification of the 

 Planting Members of the Committee and as the Besident- 

 (ieneral is responsible for the nomination of those members 

 hitherto appointed from the Federated Malay States, he 

 would be glad to learn in what respect any of the selected 

 Members tails as a representative Planter. The Resident- 

 General Avas under the impression that those Planters 

 whose names he submitted to His Excellency the High Com- 

 missioner were undoubtedly the leading and most ex- 

 perienced members of the Planting Community. 



I have, etc., 



(Sgd.) R. G. Watson, 



Federal Secretary. 



