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Resolved that the information, as received, be published, and that 
the Secretary circularize all constituent Associations again, requesting 
specific replies as to 
1. Whether the price paid includes collecting and scrapping. 
2. The number of cuts. 
3. The number of cups. 
5 Javanese Labour. 
The Secretary reads the following correspondence : 
Chief Secretary. F.M.S., Kuala Lumpur, 
Kuala Lumpur. I2th January, 1912. 
Sir, — I have the honour to inform you, that three members of 
this Association, Messrs. H, J. Cooper, M. Maude and F. Pears, were 
some time ago asked to form a Sub-Committee to go into the 
possibilities of recruiting Javanese coolies. 
The said gentlemen have since had an interview with the Consul 
General of the Netherlands at Singapore and are now desirous of 
proceeding to Java on a mission of further enquiry. 
As the Consul General advised the gentlemen that it will be a 
great help to them, if they went to Java accredited by the Govern- 
ment of the F.M.S., I have been instructed to ask whether H. E. the 
High Commissioner would be kind enough to furnish them with a 
letter to the Governor General of the Netherlands Indies. 
I have etc., 
(sd.) H. C. E. ZAC H ARIAS, 
Secretary. 
No. 517 / 1912 . 
The Secretary, 
The Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Kuala Lumpur, 
27th January, 1912. 
Sir, — Referring to your letter dated the 13th January, 1912, I am 
directed to forward a letter addressed by His Excellency the High 
Commissioner to Hsi Excellency the Governor General of the 
Netherlands Indies. 
I have, etc., 
(Sd.) W. H. MACKRAY, 
for Under Secretary, F.M.S 
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