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appendix b. 
SUB-COMMITTEE' S REPORT ON BENEVOLENT FUND. 
Kuala Lumpur, 
22 nd March, 1910. 
Gentlemen, 
Having been appointed by you to report on the working f the 
Benevolent Fund, we have carefully considered the P resent f onst, *“; 
Uon of this Fund and have unanimously come to the conclusion, 
the Rules require a thorough revision. 
We have drawn up a set of new Rules as follows . 
PBOPOSED RULES OF P.A.M. BENEVOLENT FUND. 
t The PAM. Benevolent Fund is intended to provide m deserving 
cases members of the Planting Community with temporary 
assistance in time of sickness and of impecumosity brought 
about by such or by other causes to be satisfactorily explain- 
ed, when the Committee may vote a sum towards the passage 
and/or change necessary for the applicant. T he p und shall 
also be available to provide a widow, wife or children, or any 
one dependent on the applicant, with means to return to 
their homes and for their support for a reasonable time. 
The object of this fund shall in no manner be construed as 
h, "ended to supersede or supplement the obligations of em- 
ployers towards their employees. 
The administration of the P.A.M. Benevolent Fund shall be at 
the entire discretion of the Committee which shall consist of 
the Chairman and Secretary of the P-A.M. : “ d b * e l e cKd 
members (not necessarily planters), who f *£ al l 
annually at the Annual General Meeting of the P.A.M. 
4. The Secretary of the P.A.M. shall be ex-officio Secretary of the 
Benevolent Fund. 
5. The Committee shall have power to fill vacancies during their 
term of office. 
The Meetings of the Committee shall be called by the Secretary 
on requisition by three members: and four members person- 
ally present shall form a quorum. 
Ten days’ notice shall be given of any Meeting, and the 
business to be transacted at such Meeting shall be stated on 
the notice paper. 
Subscriptions shall be received and acknowledged by the 
Secretary. 
The Secretary may with the sanction of two members of the 
Committee give temporary relief in case of emergency. 
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