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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE PLANTERS 

 ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA 



HELD AT THE MASONIC HALL, KUALA LUMPUR, ON OCTOBER 31st, 



1909, AT 10-A.M. 



PRESENT : 



For Kuala Lumpur District Messrs. E. B. Skinner, H. F. Dupuis, C. Burn- 

 Planters' Association : Murdoch and H. C. E. Zacharias. 



„ Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association : Mr. H. Lamb. 



„ Kuala Langat District Planters' Association : „ E. Macfadyen. 



„ Kuala Selangor District Planters' Association : ., F. H. Staples. 



„ Kapar District Planters' Association : „ H. W. Bailey. 



„ Negri Sembilan Planters' Association : „ S. Hingston. 



„ Klang District Planters' Association : Messrs. A. B. Lake and 



R. W. Harrison. 



„ Johore Planters' Association : „ A, B. Brown and 



W. N. Gawler. 



„ Batu Tiga District Planters' Association : „ H. F. Browel and 



P. W. Parkinson. 



„ Taiping Planters' Association : Mr. Gordon Brown. 



Visitor : Mr. M. J. Kennaway. 

 Mr. G. H. Day (Legal adviser). 



Chairman : Mr. C. M. Cumming. 

 Secretary : „ H. C. E. Zacharias. 



I. The Notice convening the Meeting having been read, the 

 Minutes of the last Meeting are taken as read and confirmed. 



2. INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE. 



The Secretary is instructed to write again, soliciting a reply to 

 his letter of July 23rd. 



3. PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASES. 



The following correspondence was read : 



The Federal Secretary, F.M.S., 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



17 th August, 1909. 



Sir, — I have the honour to inform you, that the question of the 

 prevention of plant diseases was considered at the last Meeting of 

 this Association (held on the 10th instant), when it was felt that 

 legislation on the lines of the present Coconut Enactment was most 



