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other pest destructive to agricultural or horticultural crops or to trees 

 or plants and for preventing the spreading in the Colony of any such 

 insect, fungus or other pest. 



3. Any such order may prohibit or regulate the landing in the 

 Colony of any tree or plant, or the leaves, branches, stems, roots, seeds, 

 or fruit of any tree or plant, or any vegetable substance or other article 

 the landing whereof may appear to the Governor in Council to be 

 likely to introduce such insect, fungus or other pest, and may direct or 

 authorize the treatment or destruction of any such article, if landed. 

 Any such order may also direct or authorize the treatment, removal or 

 destruction of any crop, tree, plant, or substance on which the insect, 

 fungus or other pest in any stage of its existence is found, or by means 

 of which it may appear to the Governor in Council to be likely to 

 spread, and the entering on any lands for the purpose of such treat- 

 ment, removal or destruction, or for the purpose of any examination or 

 inquiry authorized by the order, or for any other purpose of the order. 



4. The Governor in Council may from time to time make orders 

 for the payment of compensation in respect of any crop, tree, plant, or 

 other substance destroyed under the provisions of this Ordinance. 



5. Any person acting in contravention of any order under this 

 Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable upon 

 conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 



Passed this 11th day of September, 1908. 



A. H. Lemon, 



Clerk of Councils. 



PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. 



Minutes of Meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya, held 

 at 1.30 p.m., on October 5th, 1908, at the Chamber of Commerce, 

 Penang. 



Present: — For the Malaya Peninsula Agricultural Association. 

 The Hon. John Turner, Mr. John Lamb, Mr. A. Crawford, Mr. E. G. 

 Palmer, Mr. D. Eitchie, Mr. Thos. Boyd, Mr. C. A. Law; For the 

 Perak Planters' Association : Mr. C. L. Gibson, Mr. Alma Baker, 

 Mr. B. C. N. Knight, Mr. E. Lauder Watson; For the Kuala Lumpor 

 D. P. A : Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias ; For the Kula Selangor D. P. A: 

 Mr. A. Irving ; For the Kapar D. P. A : Mr. H. M. Darby ; For the 

 Klang D. P. A : Mr. E. W. Harrison; For the Kuala Langat D. P. A: 

 Mr. E. Macfadyen; For the Negri Sembilan P. A: Mr. E. N. T. 

 Cummins; For the Johore P. A: Mr. A. H. Malet; Mr. E. W. 

 Harrison (in the Chair); Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias, Secretary. 



1. The Notice convening the Meeting having been read, the 

 Minutes of the General Meeting of July 19th and of the Emergency 

 Meeting of August 27th are taken as read. 



2. Mr. C. L. Gibson having raised a point as to the accuracy of 

 ^ 5 of the printed Minutes of August 27th, it is proposed by Mr. Darby, 

 seconded by Mr. Law, and passed unanimously, that the Minutes 

 of both Meetings be confirmed. 



