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should make arrangements to receive a discharged labourer at the 



prison, 



I have, etc.. 



(Sgd.) Henry Che valuer, 



Ag. British Resident. 



Mr. Darby proposes that the suggestion made by the Eesident of 

 Perak be adopted generally, with the addition that it be at the option 

 of the employer to say whether the coolie is to be escorted back to the 

 estate itself or only as far as the nearest police station. The expenses 

 of transportation from police station to estate, as incurred by the 

 authorities, were sometimes quite unnecessarily high, and the employer 

 would usually be able to make far more economical arrangements. 



Mr. Harrison seconds this proposal, which is carried unanimously, 

 The Secretary is instructed to approach the Resident-General 

 accordingly. 



Alteration of Rule 4. 



10. Mr. Macfadyen proposes the following motion standing in the 

 name of the Kuala Langat District Planters' Association : — 



" That rule 4 be amended by the following alteration of the last 

 clause, viz., with a minimum of two representatives, subject to the right 

 of any constituent Association to be represented by not less than four 

 representatives, if it announces its wish to that effect at the beginning 

 of the financial year." 



He considers that, as the rule stands at present, it entails very 

 great hardship on small Associations. Under the present system the 

 cost fell so heavily on the several estates constituting their Associations 

 that in his own case for instance it meant a contribution of $100 for a 

 1,000 acre estate, which of course was absurd. 



At the same time their interests were really quite distinct from 

 those of surrounding Associations, and it therefore seemed wrong to go 

 back and re-amalgamate with them. He took it that the formation of 

 District Associations should be encouraged, and the adoption of his 

 proposal was necessary to enable them to carry out such a policy. It 

 was of course understood that any Association wishing for a larger 

 number of representatives would still be able to have the same. 



Mr. Turner seconds the motion, which is put to the meeting and 

 carried unanimously. 



Papers Tabled. 



11. The Secretary lays the following papers on the Table: — 



a. Annual Report of Johore Planters' Association for 1907-8. 



b. Year Book of Planters' Association of Ceylon for 1907. 



c. Report of Indian Immigration Office, F. M. S., for 1907. 



(1. Letter dated Aug. 6th, 1908, from Mr. H. F. O. Larsen 

 re infringement of his patents. 



