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to give them a supply ; (3) the terms your members are prepared to 
offer lor their requirements ; and (4,) the rates at which they will 
agree to supply provisions. 
2. The object in asking for information is that, if found feasible 
for the Government to recruit, the Resident-General may be able 
to ascertain what steps are necessary to put the labour supply on a 
more satisfactory basis, and what requirements actually are. 
£ You will, l am sure, understand that the Government could 
not undertake to recruit for hundreds of employers on ever-varying 
terms. 
4. In addressing your Association, it is the assumption that such 
labourers -would be required for estate works and recruited on that 
u-nderstanding. 
I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
(Sd.) T. H. HILL, 
Protector of Labour , L.M.S. 
Vallambrosa Estate, Klang. 
Selangor , F.M.S., /j September , 1902 . 
DEAR Sir, — As the question of export duty on dry cherry and 
parchment coffee is likely shortly to engage the attention of your 
Association, I shall be. much obliged if you will favour me with 
particulars of weights and measurements in connection with both 
heaped and cut Government tins, of fresh cherry. 
5 tins cherry weight 
„ after thorough unbroken drying weight... 
,, measurement in tins to show loss in drying 
Outturn in clean coffee No 1. 
„ „ broken 
,, - » blacks 
By the expression "unbroken ’ it is meant that the cherry should 
be dried as far as possible, whole. It is desirable that we should 
have particulars- with respect to both heaped and cut tins the 
former being more generally used for purposes ol trade, and the 
latter being, of course, the more accurate. 
1 am, dear Sir, 
Yours faithfully, 
HERBERT M. DAfefiY, 
Hon. Secretary . U.P.A., F.M.S. 
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