616 



Of above, rubber in 1907 alone, 40,473 acres, ie. t iih single year. 

 III. Export Rubber from F. M. S. oxly. 



{Not including Johore and Colony.) 



1906 1,028,792 lbs. = 460 tons. 



1907 1,984,285 „ 885 

 6 raos. 1908 1,382,158 „ 617 



to 31st December; say 1,300 tons. 



IV. Duty Paid. 

 (F. M. S. only). 



1906 $50,023 



1907 97,750 

 6 mos. 1908 52,000 



to 31st December, say $115,000. 

 Depreciated market first six months ; now rising. 



V. As Employers of Labour. 



And so contributing indirectly, but still considerably, to the 

 Revenue. 



Malay Peninsula, 75,000 labourers. 



P. M. S. Total Labourers to end of 1907, 58,000, of which Tamils 

 and Javanese = 55,000; large increase 1908. 



VI. Value of Rubber Exported. 



(3 States as per declaration Government Gazette). 



1906 $1,855,436 



1907 3,822,000 

 6 mos. 1908 2,080,000 



The Hon. John Turner thoroughly agrees with this proposal ; so 

 far, only planting in the North of the Peninsula had been represented 

 on the Council, and it was only right that the widely divergent 

 interests of the districts further south should be equally represented, 

 now that these interests had assumed such vast proportions. Of 

 course, he did not know how far their request could be acceded to, 

 without violating the constitution of the Colony ; but if it could be 

 done, it would be an excellent thing all round. As for himself, it 

 would be of the greatest assistance to him to have a colleague, with 

 whom he could consult on all matters of planting interests ; and he 

 had great pleasure in seconding the motion. 



The proposition was then put to the Meeting and passed unani- 

 mously. 



Mr. Gibson then proposed as a rider, that this Resolution be at 

 once formulated by a Select Committee and forwarded to H. E. the 

 High Commissioner. 



After some general discussion, it was resolved that the drafting of 

 the petition be left in the hands of Messrs. Gibson, Harrison and 

 Zacharias. 



