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quite clear. Each of the seven firms gets the secret rebate not only on 

 goods sent home by themselves but on the total freight collected in the 

 Colony. Against every £1 freight paid by the general public the favoured 

 seven pay only 19/-. The secret rebates disorganize not only the trade 

 of the whole country but also its industries. We shall strengthen our 

 case by going for the real culprits and not for the shipping companies 

 who have done us a lot of good. The shipping companies are not mak- 

 ing huge fortunes over raised freights. Any margin goes into the pocket 

 of the seven. We must go for the real culprits, not for the accessories. 



3. The Hon. John Turner said that they were an agricultural 

 Association for the whole of the Peninsula, not for the F. M. S. only, 

 and it was only as an agricultural Association that they carried any weight 

 with Government. He also considered that the interests of the Colony 

 and the F. M. S. were identical on this question, which was merely one of 

 bringing down the rates of freight which were identical for everybody. 

 Mr. Skinner's amendment only differed from his general proposition by 

 being more special, and he therefore would withdraw his original motion. 



Mr. Skinner's amendment thus became a substantive motion, and 

 on being put to the Meeting was carried unanimously. 

 The Meeting terminated at 12.45 p.m. 



H. C. E. Zacharias, 



Secretary. 



BALANCE SHEET OF 

 AGRI-HORTICULTURAL, SHOW 1908. 



Office of the Superindt. of Experiment Plantations F. M. S. 



Kuala Lumpor, 10th November, 1008 



Sir, 



I have the honour to forward herewith balance sheet of the Agri- 

 Horticultural Show held in Kuala Lumpor 10th, 1 1th and 12th August 

 last. 



I have the honour to be Sir, 



Your Obedient Servant, 



(Sgd). J. W. Campbell, 

 Hon : Secretary, Aqri-Horticultnral Show. 



KUALA LUMPOR FLOWER SHOW 



Mr. J. W. Campbell has courteously sent us a copy of the Prize 

 list for the forthcoming Kuala Lumpor Flower Show. 



The show will be held in the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpor, on Saturday 

 Kith February, 1909, and will be open from 12 noon to 10 p.m. 



The Prize list is an attractive one containing some 70 classes and 

 should draw many competitors from different parts of the state. 



T. W. M, 



