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io. RULES. 



Mr. Macfadyen proposes : 



" That the following be added to Rule 12. : Members may also be 

 represented by a personal proxy entitled to speak and vote, provided notice 

 has been given before the Meeting to the Secretary. 



He considers that the more elastic their rules were, the better. 

 He instanced that, if the letter of their Rules had been strictly carried 

 out, Mr. F- Pears for instance would have been unable to speak 

 at their last Meeting. 



Mr. Lake is of opinion that these constant changes in their Rules 

 are undesirable and in this case unnecessary. 



After some discussion, Mr. Macfadyen then withdraws his 

 original motion and substitutes the following : 



That the following be added to Rule 6 : 



" And any member of a Constituent Association, representing a 

 delegate unable to attend, may speak and vote on all motions, provided 

 notice has been given before the Meeting to the Secretary." 



This is seconded by Mr. Dupuis and carried unanimously. 

 II. REGISTRATION OF COOLIES. 



The following is brought forward by Mr. Staples on behalf of the 

 Kuala Selangor District Planters' Association : — 



" That the Planters' Association of Malaya be approached with a 

 view to improve the registration arrangements re the employment of local 

 Tamil coolies, and principally in the matter of notifying previous emplo- 

 yers of the re-engagement of coolies previously employed by them." 



Mr. Staples says the planters in his district thought that the 

 system of registration was inadequate. The Superintendent of 

 Immigrants was informed, and nothing else was done. The previous 

 employer of a coolie ought also to be informed. 



Mr. Lake formally seconds the motion, to allow it to be discussed. 



Mr. Cumming says that the Association was not concerned with 

 registration, and recommends that the Immigration Committee be 

 approached. The motion is then put to the vote and lost. 



12. RECRUITING ADVANCES. 



Mr. Cumming reverts to the amount of the allowances given by 

 the Indian Immigration Committee to importers of labour to cover 

 their recruiting expenses, and to the irrecoverability of advances. 



The Meeting goes into Committee. 



