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2. QUARANTINE EXPENSES, 
loth May, 1911* 
The Uiider-Secretary, 
Federated Malay States, 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Sir, _ . . . 
1 have the honor to inform you that your letter of nth ultimo, 
numbered 3 in 2335 /I 9 H was laid before my Association at their 
Meeting on 30th ultimo. 
2 My Association are in favour of the! suggestion that quaran- 
tine expenses should be paid from the Immigration Fund. 
1 I was instructed to enquire whether coolies imported into 
the State of Johore would be placed on the same footing as those for 
otherStateS ‘ I have etc., 
C. St. G. Wheeley, 
Secretary. 
Kuala Lumpur, 19th May, 1911 - 
No. 3 in 3399 -I 9 IL 
Si R . 
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 
the 10th May, 1911, informing me that your Association is in favour 
of the suggestion that quarantine expenses should be paid from the 
Immigration Fund. 
2. With reference to your paragraph 3 in which you ask 
whether coolies imported into the State of Johore would be placed on 
the same footing as those for other States, I am to enquire whether 
your question refers to quarantine or to other matters. 
I have, &c„ 
J. R. O. Aldworth, 
The Secretary, Under-Secretary, F.M.S. 
The Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur. 
No. 7 in 3399 /I 9 II- Kuala Lumpur, 10th June, 1911, 
Sir, 
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 
20th May, 1911, with regard to the quarantine expenses of coolies 
imported into the State of Johore, 
2. In reply, I am to say that the Chief Secretary is advised that 
the ultimate destination of coolies arriving at Singapore, Penang or 
Port Swettenham is immaterial as regards the authority of the Com- 
mittee to pay their quarantine expenses from the immigration Fund.’ 
I have, &c, 
J. Taylor, 
The Secretary, Under Secretary, F.M.S. 
- The Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur. ' 
