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7, BENEVOLENT FUND. 
The Secretary gives a resume of the correspondence received by 
him from the Originators of the Ceylon-Malaya Benevolent Fund. 
After some discussion, it is resolved, that a Committee of three 
(viz. Messrs. Prior, Quartlev and Zacharias) draw up a report on the 
subject. 
S. KELANTAN DISTRICT PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. 
The Secretary reads the following letter, received from Mr. R.W. 
Duff. 
The Secretary, 
The Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Kuala Lebir, 
Kelantan, 
8th January, 1910. 
Dear Sir— On the 2nd instant, a Meeting of representative 
Planters in Kelantan was held at Kuala Lebir when the question of 
the establishment of a District Planters’ Association was discussed. 
The following Fstates were represented : 
Kelantan Rubber Syndicate 
Bagan Rubber. Co. 
Kuala Pahi Estate 
Kelantan Rubber Estates, Ltd. 
Dominion Rubber Co., Ltd. 
Austral Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. 
Duff Development Co.’s Estates. 
Mr. E. D. Cameron 
„ Hilton McGill 
John Wood 
Messrs. Anderson & Bowie 
Mr. J. F. Bell 
” R.’w. Duff. 
It is proposed by Mr. Duff and seconded by Mr. Cameron that it 
was advisable in the interests of Planters that a District Association 
should be formed. After some discussion this proposal was carried 
unanimously. 
Mr. McGill proposed that Mr. Duff, should obtain information 
from other Associations with regard to constitution and rules of 
other District Associations, and that all other information regarding 
the scope of the work usually undertaken by District Associations 
should also be procured, and that the information acquired should be 
circulated to all Estates in Kelantan. This proposal was also earned 
unanimously. 
It was further resolved that Mr. Duff should be authorised to 
convene a Meeting after receiving and circulating information and to 
invite all Planters to attend with a view to securing as many 
members for the Association as possible. 
I may tell you that some 36,000-40,000 acres of land have been 
alienated in Kelantan by the Government and by the Duff Develop- 
ment Company Limited for the cultivation of rubber, and that some 
14 or 15 Estates have been opened, and that moreover the industry is 
likely to be extended in the future. 
