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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE UNITED 
PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION, F. M. S. 
This meeting was held at Kwala Lumpur on May 3rd : — Messrs. 
Carey (Chairman), T. H. Hill, C. Meikle, W. R. Rowland, E. B. 
Prior, P. W. Parkinson, J. G. Glassford, O. B. Pfenningwerth, J. M. 
Halliday, A. xM. Barnwell - , A. Irving, M. S. Parry, E. B. Skinner; 
Visitor,— J. L. Anstruther ; By Proxy, — S. Moorhouse. 
The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, the 
Chairman read letters received dealing with the Indian Immigration 
question, also with the action taken to appoint a Committee to 
make suggestions and offer advice direct to the Superintendent of 
the Experimental Gardens on the subject of auction sales of 
Coffee. Mr. Parry' stated that according to the Weekly Circulars 
issued by Messrs. Barlow & Co. almost every body receives the 
same price for their coffee when selling on similar dates, and it is 
well known that samples from some estates are not as good as 
others. This did not seem a satisfactory state of affairs. 
The Chairman said that a letter had been received from the 
Resident-General, to the effect that the Ceylon Planters* Associa- 
tion Memorial had been submitted to the Secretary of State for 
India and that there did not appear to Lord George Hamilton any 
sufficient ground for making a representation to the Government 
of India, and the same statement applies to the Memorial of the 
United Planters* Association. 
Mr. Meikle proposed that the Government should be asked to 
take steps to eradicate the Coco-nut beetles which were doing 
much harm in Selangor, especially in Kwala Lumpur and Klang. 
Mr. Darby in seconding the motion said that trees ranging from 
18 months to two years old were riddled by them at Klang, and 
suggested the employment of Government Inspectors. Mr. Hill 
stated that when Mr. Birch was Resident in Negri Sembilan, the 
Planters Association approached him on the subject, steps were at 
once taken and there are now very few places suffering from 
beetles. The resolution was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks 
was proposed to the retiring Chairman, after which Mr. Parry 
taking the Chair, Mr. E. Y. Carey was re-elected Chairman and Mr. 
Darbv Honorary Secretary for the ensuing year. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
FICUS ELASTICA. 
The Editor 
Agricultural Bulletin. 
Dear Sir, 
I hope to see many answers to Mr. Irving's interesting inquiry 
as to the desirability or otherwise of lopping Rambong trees when 
young and of keeping them to a single stem plus one or two sturdy 
aerial roots. 
On Bukit Rajah F.state in Klang, we have a large number of 
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