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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE PLANTES’ 
ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. 
Meld at the Masonic Mali , Kuala Lumpur, at 10 am. 
On April 25th, 1909. 
Present:— For the Perak Planters’ Association: Mr. 
C. Alma Baker, Mr. W. Duncan. For the Kuala Lumpur 
District Plantrs’ Association: Mr. E. B. Skinner, Mr. A. J. 
Fox, Mr. C. Burn-Murdoch, Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. For 
the Kuala Selangor District Planters’ Association: Mr. J. 
A. Hunter, Mr. Edgar Smith. For the Kapar District 
Planters’ Association: Mr. H. W. Baiiev. For the Klang 
District Planters’ Association: Mr. E. B. Prior, Mr. K. W. 
Harrison, Mr. J. Gibson, Mr. A. B. Lake. For the Kuala 
Langat District Planters’ Association: Mr. E. Macfadyen. 
For the Batu Tiga District Planters’ Association: Mr. H. 
F. Browell, Mr. P. W. Parkinson, Mr. S. E. Douglas. For 
the Negri Sembilan Planters’ Association: Mr. W. Hing- 
ston, Mr. J. le P. Power, Mr. N. S. Mansergh, by their proxy 
Mr. W. Kingston. For the Joliore Planters’ Association: 
Mr. W. N. Gawler. Visitors: Messrs. F. Maus, C. Henly, 
G. H. Day. Chairman: Mr. R. AY. Harrison. Secretary: 
Mr. H. C. E. Zacharias. 
I. The notice convening the Meeting having been read, 
the Minutes of the Meeting of February 28th are taken as 
read and confirmed. 
II. The Minutes of the Emergency Meeting of April 
1 2th are read and confirmed. 
III. The following letters from Mr. PI. C. Pratt are 
read : 
Kuala Lumpur, 
19th April, 1909. 
G. E. No. 33/1909. 
Dear Sib,- — I shall be much obliged to you if yon will 
inform the Chairman of the Planters’ Association of 
Malaya, that I have decide^ to stay on in the Federated 
Malay States; thus their minutes regarding my departure 
need not be considered. I have several reasons* for staying 
here, chief among which being that I cannot possibly finish 
my fork before September, and it would be a great dis- 
