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16th December, 1908 . 
Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of your letter of the 14th 
instant. Will you kindly convey to the Planters’ Associ- 
ation of Malaya my thanks for their kind and courteous 
acknowledgement of what I did in connection with the 
London Rubber Exhibition* I am much gratified by their 
vote of thanks. 
hi regard to the cheque which you enclosed, the gift of 
your Association, please give them my hearty thanks for 
this. Much of the work that I did was on behalf of Govern- 
ment and might be considered as coming within the scope 
of my official work and therefore while appreciating the 
kindness of this gift for a memento of the show, I hope they 
will not consider me discourteous in declining it. 
Considering the many difficulties in arranging for the 
Malayan Court I think the Exhibit was not discreditable. 
Yours faithfully, 
(Sgd.) J. B. Carruthers, 
Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist. 
To The Secretary, 
The Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur. 
VII. M. S. V. R. Referring to section 13 of the last 
Minutes, the Secretary reports that the information then 
asked for is contained in section 4 of the Minutes of a 
Committee Meeting of the United Planters’ Association, 
held on the otli October 1907, which reads as follows: 
“A letter from the Commandant, M. S. V. R., re at- 
tendance of camps is laid on the Table.” 
He further reports the following correspondence: 
9ih February, 1909. 
Sir, — I have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter I 
addressed to the Chairman of the LTnited Planters’ As- 
sociation on 28tli August, 1907, to which I have received 
neither answer nor acknowledgement. 
2. I would invite your attention to the inquiry con- 
tained in the letter referred to and ask you to inform me 
whether the Managing Planters of Selangor can assist in 
encouraging the Volunteer movement. 
3. I understand in Ceylon there is a Rifle Corps of 
over 400 strong composed entirely of Planters and that the 
Managers of Estates not only encourage their assistants to 
