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Mr. Darby's motion really aims at is to ensure that before the present 

 Rules are changed, this Association have an opportunity of fully 

 discussing them. 



Mr. Darby then withdraws his motion and substitutes the follow- 

 ing :-- 



" That this Association be given an assurance that an opportunity 

 will be given for full discussion of the I. I. F. Enactment before it is 

 made permanent at the end of the year. " 



This motion is thereupon seconded by Mr. J. Gibson and passed 

 unanimously. 



XI. The Secretary reads a letter from the Hon. Secretary of the 

 forthcoming Agri- Horticultural Show in Kuala Lumpor re entries and 

 other arrangements made. 



Resolved to ask the management that the judging be done by 

 numbers, and not under the name of the exhibitors. 



XII. A letter from In Tinland re publication of a paper devoted 

 to the Rubber Industry ; and a letter from the Consul of Belgium re 

 International Exhibition at Brussels in 1910, aie laid on the table. 



Loans to Planters. 



XIII. Mr. John I. Philips proposes : — 



"That the Resident-General be requested to issue a complete 

 statement regarding the conditions regulating the issue of loans to 

 planters, and that to the various statements, already published, the 

 following provisions be added : — 



1. That the vote be unlimited. 



2. That no loans be granted to public companies. 



3. That no loan be made on account of any area not under cul- 

 tivation at the present time. 



4. That on all valuation made by the Officer deputed, and which 

 shall be final, a loan of 25% be granted, but that the property be re- 

 valued at the end of every year, until the loans become repayable. 



5. That no loan or part of a loan be devoted to any other purpose 

 than that of maintenance." 



Mr. Philips having shortly introduced and explained this motion, 

 it is seconded by Mr. Valpy and passed unanimously. 



Labour Enactment. 



XIV. Mr. Harrison says that his attention has been drawn to the 

 result of coolies being sentenced to imprisonment under Enactment 16 

 of 1904 (Selangor Series). Under this Enactment a magistrate may 

 order an absconding labourer, after serving his sentence, to return to 

 work on the Estate. This order, however, was rarely carried out, as 

 at present there was nobody taking* charge of the coolie. on his dis- 

 charge from gaol. He therefore proposed : — 



"That the Residents of the Federation be asked to instruct the 

 Police to return to the Estate any coolies on their being discharged 

 from gaol ; the expenses of such re- transportation to be borne by the 

 Estate." 



This motion having been seconded by Mr. Parkinson, is passed 

 without discussion, 



