151 
22nd December, 1908, 
The Federal Secretary, F. M. S. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your 
letter No. 6153 re Mr. II. McGill’s white ant remedy. 
I have received an analogous letter from the same 
gentleman under same date. 
This, I think, is a good instance of how wasteful the 
present want of system is, regarding the award in question. 
In my letter of the 14th instant 1 suggested that the 
Director of Agriculture’s office be appointed the receiving 
office for all applications of this nature, and as your letter 
No. 3995 on the same subject does not seem to he opposed 
to such a course being taken, I beg to submit our suggestion 
once more for the consideration of your Government, and 
now beg to enclose all applications, as far as they have been 
receiVed by me. 
F. G, West (2), Nai Chim (copy), R. E. Cox, V. Ris, 
Chas. F. Pears (2), H. McGinn, A. A. Thomas, W. L. Vaxt- 
DERSnOTT. 
While thanking you for your courtesy in sending me 
copies of all applications received by you, I hardly think 
that any useful purpose is served thereby. 
All that would seem necessary is to appoint somebody 
(Director of Agriculture!), whose duty it would be to 
receive all applications, to deal with them in a preliminary 
way, and eventually to lay the whole matter before a Select 
Committee, the latter, I would further suggest, to consist 
of, say, three members nominated by this Association and 
an equal number by your Government, these six to co-opt 
their own Chairman. 
,(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S. 
29th December, 1908. 
Sir, — I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter dated the 22nd December, .1908, and to say that the 
Government of the Straits Settlements is being consulted 
as to the formation of a Committee to consider claims in 
connection with the offer of a reward for the discovery of 
a white ant remedy. 
