I should esteem it a great favour therefore if you would kindly 
provide me with any information that you can which would enable 
the Planters in Kelantan to form a District Association on satis- 
factory lines, and I would also be much obliged if you would give me 
your advice as to the advisability of such Association, if it be formed, 
being affiliated with the Planters’ Association of Malaya. 
I should also be grateful for any printed matter which you have 
and which might prove of assistance to us. 
I have, etc., 
Sgd.) R. W. Duff. 
The affiliation of this new body is approved of by acclamation. 
9 PLANTING CONFERENCE. 
The Secretary reads the following letter received from the 
Director of Agriculture, F. M. S. 
D. A. No. 1215/1909. 24th December, 1909. 
Sir,— I have the honor to suggest for the consideration of your 
Association the advisability of holding a Planters’ Conference in 
Kuala Lumpur early in May. 
2. There is no individual competition among estates ; every- 
thing that is found to make for improvement should be adopted so as 
to strengthen the position of cultivated against wild rubbers. It 
would be well, therefore, to make public and induce discussion on the 
experience in organisation, cultivation, &c„ of the individual Planter. 
3. Up to the time rubber comes into bearing there is consider- 
able uniformity of method but from that time onwards there is great 
divergence in details. I think that most profit would result if the 
conference confined itself to points connected with tapping and with 
the preparation and shipment of the raw product. This is the period 
demanding most organisation and offering the greatest opportunities 
for promoting efficiency. 
4. The conference might last two days, the first being a Sunday. 
The attendance ought to amount to at least fifty per cent of the 
planters in the Peninsula, managers and assistants. Very short 
papers should be read, and most of the time of the conference would 
be occupied in discussion. These details can, perhaps, best be 
settled by a committee appointed by the Planters’ Association of 
Malaya. 
5. I shall be glad if you will cause the substance of this letter 
to be made known to all your members so that the matter may be 
well considered. 
I have, etc., 
(Sgd.) W. J. Gallagher, 
Dir. of Agr. and Govt. Mycologist. 
