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Mr. Parkinson proposing and Mr. E. W. Harvey seconding this 

 motion formally, same is carried unanimously. 



8, RECRUITING ADVANCES. 



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The Secretary reads the following correspondence : ; r. -ip 



The Chairman, 



Indian Immigration Committee, 



Penang, Kuala Lumpur, 



3rd March, 1910. 



Sir. — I have the honor to revert to my letter of December 8th in 

 re- Recruiting Advances, to which I am as yet without a reply. As 

 the matter is one imperatively calling for immediate action, I beg 

 leave to enquire, whether your Committee is taking any steps in the 

 direction suggested by our last resolution. 



I have, etc., 

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



Secretary. 



Penang, 



No. 1468/09. loth March, 1910. 



Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 

 3rd March calling attention to the Resolution on the subject of Recruit- 

 ing Advances passed by the Planters* Association of Malaya at a 

 meeting held on 5th December, 1910. 



In reply to your enquiry, I have to inform you that no steps are 

 being taken by the Indian Immigration Committee to vary the terms 

 of the Resolution which it passed as recently as the 24th October last. 



I have, etc., 

 (Sgd.) A. S. Haynes, 

 Ag. Supt. of Immigrants, S,5. and F.M.S. 



Mr. Cumming gives a short resume of the situation and says that 

 he had discussed the matter with H. E., who seemed prepared to get 

 the matter brought again before the Indian Immigration Committee. 



Mr. Stevens having endorsed from personal experience gained on 

 a recent trip to South India the great competition going on there for 

 Tamil cooly labor, it is resolved, that the Planting Members on the 

 Indian Immigration Committee press Ifor a re-consideration of the 

 present rules concerning advances at the next meeting of the Indian 

 Immigration Committeee. 



9. BENEVOLENT FUND. 



Mr. Zacharias submits the report of the Sub-Committee on this 

 subject and proposes that it be adopted, together with the proposed 

 new set of rules. 



