504 



Mr. Harvey says that what was wanted was the class of medical 

 practitioner known as " Assistant Surgeon " and it was exactly this 

 class, which was being trained at the Straits School. 



Mr. Prior reckons that the demand was more than double the 

 supply. This was the crying need of the country, as without them 

 they were unable to carry out the Hospital, &c. regulations. 



Mr. Gumming emphasizes that more and more w^ould be wanted 

 as time went on, and they should do everything in their power to en- 

 courage the Government's scheme to raise up a class of qualified 

 dressers for its own use and that of the planters. 



It is proposed by Mr. Prior, seconded by Mr. Douglas, and carried 

 unanimously, to send out a circular, accompanied by the appeal, to 

 all members, asking for the largest contribution they could give, in 

 order to form a W. W. Bailey memorial fund for the endowment of 

 scholarships at the Straits and F. M. S. Medical School. 



9. CENSUS. 



The Secretary reads out the following letter: 



No. 5224/1910. 29th September. 1910. 



Sir, — I am directed to invite your attention to the selection of 

 the night of Friday, March lOth, 1911, as the time for the taking of a 

 census throughout the Federated Malay States and to say that the 

 Resident-General feels assured that all officers engaged on the census 

 will have the cordial co-operation and assistance of your Association 

 and of the Planting Gommunity generally in securing that all in- 

 formation required for the purposes of the Gensus in the Federated 

 Malay States is fully and accurately given. 



2. I am also to inform you that all correspondence on census 

 matters addressed to Gensus Officers will be transmitted free by post. 



I have etc., 



(Sgd.) E. G. H. Wolff, 



for Federal Secretary. 



At the invitation of the Ghairman, Mr. A. M. Pountney then 

 explains the co-operation required of estate managers in the matter of 

 the forthcoming census, by a sketch of the census operation. 



An estate for census purposes was an area under cultivation, on 

 which there is a resident labour force of ten or more coolies, and in 

 respect of the residents on which area the manager is requisitioned 

 by the District Gensus Officer to act as Enumerator. 



Gensus returns would be published of the population of all 

 agricultural estates so selected. 



