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XVII. The next meeting is then fixed for Tuesday, May 19th, at 

 3 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur. 

 The Meeting terminates at 2 p.m. 



H. C. E. Zacharias, 



Secretary. 



KUALA SELANGOR DISTRICT PLANTERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Second Annual Report for the year ending February 29th, 1008. 



Gentleman, 



Your Committee have pleasure in submitting to you the second 

 annual report on the working of your association. 



Meetings. — During the year four general and three special 

 general meetings were held. The attendance was, on the whole, 

 good, but owing to the considerable distances which separate most 

 of the estates in the district, it is no easy matter to obtain through 

 representations at all meetings. 



Membership. — This now consists of 26 estates as against 24 for 

 the preceding year. 



Constitution. — The constitution of your association has had to 

 be somewhat altered owing to the dissolution of the U. P. A., and the 

 establishment of the P. A. M. in its place. Delegates have been 

 appointed to the latter association in precisely the same manner in which 

 they were to the former. 



Labour. — The number of Tamil coolies, at present employed on 

 Estates in the district is, as far as can be ascertained, 5284. Owing 

 to the depression in the rubber industry during the latter half of the 

 year, opening work was much curtailed and the anticipated increase of 

 population was not fully realised. 



Communications. — Motor bus and telephone services have been 

 established in the district. It is a matter for congratulation that your 

 association has been mainly instrumental in obtaining this concession 

 from Government. The bridge across the river at Klang is in course 

 of construction and when this is completed it will still further facilitate 

 our communications with the outside world. Government has been 

 approached with a view to the establishment of Post Offices at Jeram 

 and Batang Berjuntai but in both instances they have been refused. 

 Your committee has reason to believe that steps are being taken to 

 establish a P. O. at Kapar, which is a step in the right direction, but it 

 is to be hoped that during the coming year something may be done for 

 those residing on the Eawang Eoad. 



Hospitals. — The building of estate hospitals has been insisted on 

 by Government and all the estates in the district have therefore been 

 divided into groups, for each of which a hospital is being erected. It was 



