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Mr. Harrison proposes, Mr. Skinner seconds and it is 

 carried unanimously, that Rule 4 be amended to read as 

 follows : 



"The Association shall consist of the Chairman and 

 one in ten or part of ten of all members of Constituant 

 Associations, subject to the right of any Constituent Asso- 

 ciation to be represented by not less than four represen- 

 tatives, if it announces its wish to that effect at the begin- 

 ing of the financial year. 



Mr. Skinner seconds this motion, which is carried. 



Mr. Lake proposes that financial changes, if any, aris- 

 ing out of the alteration of the rules, take effect from the 

 commencement of the new financial year (April 1st 1910). 

 Mr. Bailey seconds this. Carried. 



Mr. Cumming proposes, and Mr. Lake seconds, a vote 

 of thanks to the Sub- Committee which had drawn up the 

 report. 



VII. Madura Co., Ltd. The Secretary reads the fol- 

 lowing correspondence : 



Penang, 11th May, 1909. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to inform you that at a recent 

 Meeting of the Immigration Committee it was decided that 

 copies of the enclosed correspondence between the Chair- 

 man and the Madura Co. Ltd., Negapatam, on the subject 

 of the Company's charges should be forwarded to your 

 Association for its information arid for any action that it 

 may think desirable. 



2. The charge of 8 annas per head on coolies was 

 imposed by the Madura Co. early last year after a circular 

 letter, a copy of which is also enclosed, had been sent to 

 planters. 



3. All Kangany coolies are accomodated in the Kan- 

 gany Camp at Negapatam which is under the supervision 

 of the department. The clerks of the Madura Co. attend 

 the camp on the day of shipment to issue tickets as agents 

 of the British India Steam Navigation Co. and they under- 

 take the shipping of the coolies for which a charge of 4 

 annas per head is made. 



4. Their work in other respect is that of the financial 

 agents and they do not to the best of my knowledge come 

 into contact with the coolies in any way except as mentioned 

 above. No doubt however they are always ready to give 

 the benefit of their advice to any Kangany who may get into 

 a difficulty, although that cannot often occur. 



5. In the circumstances it is not clear in what way the 

 services that the Company renders to the planters differ 



