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12. RAILWAY FREIGHT ON RUBBER. 



The following resolution passed by the Negri Sembilan P. A. is 

 read by the Secretary. 



" That Government be informed of the great dissatisfaction caused 

 by the raising of the railway rate on rubber from class 4 to class 2, 

 whilst products such as cocoa, coffee and damar remain classed 3, 5 

 and 4 respectiA^ely, and that in comparison with Ceylon the rate in 

 the F.M.S. works out at 25.2 cents per ton per mile, whilst in Ceylon 

 the rates are approximately the equivalent of 7.55 dollar cents per ton 

 per mile on the coast lines and 9.72 dollar cents per ton per mile on 

 the main line, and that this resolution be forwarded to the Secretary 

 of the P. A. M. to be placed before that Association for discussion at 

 the next meeting. " 



The Chairman says that the raising of the rate was unjustifiable, 

 more especially in view of the impending legislation against the 

 Shipping Ring. It was a very drastic measure, and he thinks the 

 Association should have been approached. 



Mr. Dupuis Brown in seconding the resolution points out that 

 rubber is now in the same category as wine, works of art, silk and 

 walking sticks, drugs, boots and bonnets, ammunition and sealskin 

 jackets, pianos, rickshas and perambulators, glassware, firearms and 

 feathers, sewing machines, stationery, pickles and Chinese hair wash, 

 statues of eminent persons and Chinese lanterns, umbrellas, tomtoms 

 and tomb stones. The only consolation was that the rate was cent 

 less than the rate for empty coffins. 



Resolved that the matter be left to the Members of Council 

 present, who, it is understood, will raise this question at the forth- 

 coming Meeting of the Federal Council. 



13. INFECTED CLOTHING. 



The Secretary reads the following letters : 



Pendamaran, 



The Secretary, Port Swettenham, 



Planters' Association of Malaya. October 4th, 1910. 



Dear Sir,— The following resolution was carried at the last 

 meeting of the Klang District Planters' Association : — 



"That in view of the fact that some Planters had objected to the 

 burning of coolies clothing at Penang the matter be laid before the 

 Planters' Association of Malaya for discussion." 



May I request you to list this subject on your Agenda for the 

 next meeting. 



Yours truly, 



(Sgd.) W. H. Trotter, 



Hon. Secretary, Klang Dist., P.A. 



