Kuala Lumpur District Planters’ Association: Mr. P. G. 
Harvey, Mr. C. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. E. B. Skinner, Mr. A. 
J. Pox and Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. For the Kuala Se- 
langor District Planters’ Association: Mr. Edgar Smith, 
Mr. Thos. More (by proxy), Mr. J. A. Hunter and Mr. A. 
Irving. For the Kampar District Planters’ Association: 
Mr. N. C. S. Bosanquet. For the Klang’ District Planters’ 
Association:' Mr. R. W. Harrison, Mr. J. Gibson and Mr. A. 
B. Lake. For the Batu Tiga District Planters ’ Associa- 
tion: Mr. P. W. Parkinson, Mr. H. L. Jarvis, and Mr. C. 
Henly. For the Kuala Langat District Planters’ Asso- 
ciation: Mr. C. E. S. Baxendale and Mr. E. Macfadyen. 
For the Malacca Planters’ Association: Mr. J. A. H. Jack- 
son, Mr. S. W. Moorhouse and W. Sime. Visitors : Messrs. 
F. A. Clements, G. H. Anderson, C. F. Lushington. Chair- 
man: Mr. R. W. Harrison. 
I. The Secretary, after reading the notice convening 
the Meeting, explains, that it had originally been decided 
to accept the invitation of the Johore Planters’ Association 
and to hold the February Meeting accordingly at Johore 
Bahru, by way of celebrating the opening of the railway; 
but that, owing to the line not yet been available for trafic, 
the venue had been changed to Kuala Lumpur, the alter- 
ation originating in the Johore planters themselves. Fur- 
ther a letter had been received from the Hon. Secretary of 
the Johore Planters’ Association, stating that neither their 
Chairman nor he would be able to attend the meeting, the 
former being prevented by illness. 
II. The Minutes of the previous Meeting having been 
taken as read, are put to the Meeting for confirmation and 
passed unanimously. 
III. Absconding Coolies. The Secretary reads the 
following correspondence: 
18th December, 1908. 
The Federal Secretary, F. M. S. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Sir, — I have the honour tc acknowledge receipt of 
your letter No. 5172/1908, and in reply am to express the 
regret of this Association that the Resident- General cannot 
see his way to adopt the suggestions made in my letter 
of October 9th, as the members feel that the provisions of 
the Enactment, as it stands at present, are quite inadequate. 
But 1 am further to state that even what rules for 
registration have been laid down in this Enactment are not 
