7. Standing Committee. 
The Secretary reports that the creation of a Standing Committee, 
decided upon at their last Meeting, constituted an addition to the 
Rules and would therefore have to be dealt with under Rule 15 at the 
ensuing General Meeting. 
The Legal Adviser had suggested as follows : 
“That the following rules be added to the Rules of the Planters^ 
Association of Malaya, viz., 
1. The Association shall at every Annual Meeting elect five of 
its members as a Standing Committee with power for such 
Standing Committee to add to its number. 
2. The duties of such Committee shall be the following : 
A. To consider all measures (legislative or otherwise) 
which may be of interest or affect the Planting Com- 
munity in the Malay Peninsula. 
B. To inform the District Associations of such measures 
and give them its opinion thereon. 
C. To act as a consultative body for dealing with the cur- 
rent work of the Planters’ Association of Malaya. 
3. The President and Secretary of the Planters’ Association of 
Malaya shall be ex-officio members of the Standing Com- 
mittee in addition to the five before-mentioned elected 
members. 
The Secretary is instructed accordingly, to place these draft 
rules on the Agenda of the General Annual Meeting. - 
8. New York Exposition. 
The Secretary reads the following correspondence : 
C. Taylor, Esq., Kuala Lumpur, 
Secretary, I2th January, 1912, 
Rubber Growers’ Association, 
I, Oxford Court, 
Cannon Street, London, E.C. 
NEW YORK EXPOSITION, 1912. 
Dear Sir, — The question of being represented at this Exhibition 
has been considered by this Association at their last Meeting held 
on the 7th instant, when the general consensus seemed to be that it 
would be very impolitic for this Peninsula not to be adequately 
represented. 
We have asked the Government for an indication of the extent 
of their support, but before going any further, should be glad to have 
the views of your Association on the subject. 
