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XV. Mr. Alma Baker wishes to know the position created by 

 coolies bolting from Government Hospitals. 



Mr. Jarvis thinks it injudicious to open this question, as the 

 obvious reply of Government would be to ask the complaining Estate 

 to erect its own hospital. 



After some further general discussion, Mr. A. Baker withdraws 

 the subject. 



XVI. The date of the next meeting of the Association is then 

 fixed for Monday, October 5th, 1908 at 10.30 a.m., at the Chamber of 

 Commerce, Penang. 



The Meeting terminates at 11.30 a.m. 



H. C. E. Zacharias. 



Secretary. 



APPENDIX. 



P. A. M. Benevolent Fund. 



I. The Committee shall consist of the Chairman and Secretary 

 of the P. A. M. (or such other body as may succeed it) and the Hon. 

 Secretary and one other Member of each District Association together 

 with 5 members (not necessarily planters) to be nominated by the 

 Chairman P. A. M., and 8 members shall constitute a quorum. 



II. The Meetings of this Committee shall be called by the Chair- 

 man P. B. F., on requisition by 3 members. 



III. Ten days notice shall be given of any meeting, and the 

 business to be transacted at such meeting shall be stated on the notice 

 paper and particulars of cases for which assistance is asked shall be 

 in the hands of the Secretary 20 days before the meeting at which the 

 cases are to be considered. 



IV. Subscriptions will be received and acknowledged by the Secretary. 



V. The following shall be entitled to assistance from the Fund : — 



(a) . Proprietors, Managers and Superintendents of Estates on 



payment of an annual subscription of $10 to the Bene- 

 volent Fund. 



(b) . Assistant Superintendents of Estates (i.e., any Assistant 



drawing a salary from an Estate) on payment of an 

 annual subscription of $5 to the Benevolent Fund. 



(c) . A Donor of $100 to the Benevolent Fund, or an annual 



subscriber of $20 for 5 years, will be welcome as a 

 Patron, and have a copy of the Proceedings of the 

 Standing Committee and Statement of Accounts of the 

 Fund rendered to him, and such donor or his family 

 shall be entitled to assistance jrom the Fund if in need 

 of such. Should such sum of $100 be subscribed by 

 the proprietor of an estate on behalf of the estate, then 

 the Superintendent shall be entitled to assistance from 

 this Fund if in need of such during the life and owner- 

 ship of the donor. 



(d) . Members of the Planting Committee or their families, 



other than those qualified under (a), (b), (c) above, may 

 receive assistance from the Fund only by the unanimous 

 consent of a meeting A not less than three-fourths of 

 the members. 



