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6 th January , 1909 , 
The Chairman, 
Immigration Committee, 
Penang. 
Sir, — In reply to your letter of the 24th ultimo, (No. 
1845), I was aware that the rule referred to provides for a 
refund by your Committee of $3 per male immigrant, and 
prohibits the recovery of any recruiting disn '*sements 
from the immigrant, aiid I regret that you found the word- 
ing of the sentence in my last letter referring to this not 
sufficiently explicit to follow my meaning. 
The point my Association wish me to raise is the in- 
advisability of your Committee passing drastic financial 
measures without giving* this Association any opportunity 
of expressing an opinion j but 1 notice that this, the real 
subject matter of my letter of the 14tli ultimo, is not being 
replied to at all in vour letter of the 24th ultimo. 
Section 26 of the Enactment, quoted by you, of course 
only refers to cash advances, and not to any expenses in- 
curred. 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
18th January, 1909. 
Sir, — In reply to your letter dated January 6th, I 
would point out that the responsibility for the adminis- 
tration of the Immigration Fund rests with the Immigra- 
tion Committee whose powers in that connection are clearly 
defined bv the Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment. 
2. The views of your Association, if communicated to 
me, on the subject of’ any particular decision of the Com- 
mittee will, however, I need hardly say, be laid before the 
Committee in due course and carefully considered. 
3. The contention put forward in paragraph 3 of your 
letter under reply, that Section 26 of the Labour Enactment 
refers to cash advances and not to any expenses incurred, 
does not appear to be warranted by the terms of the section 
to which I would again refer you. 
(Sgd.) L. H. Claytox, 
Superintendent, 
To The Secretary, 
The Planters’ Association oi Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur, 
