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The British Resident, 

 Taiping, 



Perak. 27td May, 1910. 



Sir, — I have the honor to inform you that at a General Meeting 

 of the Taiping Planters' Association, it was decided to write and ask 

 you, if some steps cannot be taken under the Appraiser's Enactment 

 to prevent valuations and estimates being made by so called planters 

 for Companies, floated in China and London. I shall be glad if I 

 may come and see you about the matter if you consider that steps 

 can be taken. 



I have etc., 



(Sd.) W. H. Tate, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



After some discussion a resolution is passed that this Associ- 

 ation approves the steps taken by Government in checking irrespon- 

 sible appraisement. 



11. RUBBER MARKS. 



A private letter to the Secretary from the Deputy Commissioner 

 of Police, Ipoh, suggesting that specimens of each Estate's chop on 

 its rubber should be supplied to the Police who would distribute 

 copies to licensed dealers, is laid on the table. 



12. AGE OF RUBBER, 



The Secretary reads the following letter : — 



The Secretary, P. A. M., 



Kuala Lumpur. 6th April, 1910. 



Dear Sir, — We shall be very glad if you could consider a 

 difficulty which is experienced by people in England now in dealing 

 with the Reports on Rubber Estates for purposes of sale or purchase 

 made by European Planters. The difficulty arises especially in 

 connection with statements of age of the rubber : there seem to be 

 several distinct practices. In the majority of cases, the ages are 

 reckoned from the date of planting out in the field, whether seed at 

 stake, basket plants or stumps are used. In other cases the age has 

 been reckoned from the date at which the seeds were planted out in 

 the nurseries, and the stumps from these nurseries subsequently 

 planted out have had their ages reckoned from the time of germina- 

 tion of the seed. In still other cases that have come to our notice, 

 plants have been stumped and then through not being immediately 

 wanted for use, have been re-planted in the nurseries, and at some later 

 date again pulled up, stumped and planted out in the field, and the 

 age of such rubber planted in the field has still been reckoned from 

 the date of the first germination of the seed. It is quite obvious that 

 in this way, rubber of vastly different degrees of growth are all 

 grouped together as being the same age. 



