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Members on tire Immigration Committee be elected bv this 
Association. ’ 9 
I have, etc., 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zac h arias, 
Secretary. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
25th March, 1909 . 
No. 1397/1909. 
Si»,— I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter dated the 12tli March, 1909, and to say that the Rule 
as to Recruiting Allowance was made by the Indian Immi- 
gration Committee at the instance of His Excellency the 
High Commissioner and appears to have been in accordance 
with the views of at least one of the local Associations. 
2. The Resident-General is quite sure that the Indian 
Immigration Committee would not adopt or frame any 
rule that they would thiuk or could appose to be opposed 
to the interests of the Planting Community. He is in 
entire agreement with the Indian Immigration Committee 
hi their effort to encourage the bringing in of labourers 
free of debt at the time of joining the Estates on which they 
are to be employed. 
3. ‘ With regard to the constitution of the Committee. 
I am to point out that the Enactment vests in the High Com- 
missioner the appointment of the members of the Com- 
mittee, and while the Resident-General is sure that His 
Excellency will give full consideration to the views and 
recommendations of the Planters’ Association of Malaya, 
he has no reason to suppose that His Excellency would be 
prepared to delegate to this Association his duties in this 
respect. 
4. I am to say, however, that as the action of the 
Association appears to challenge the qualification of the 
Planting Members of the Committee and as the Resident- 
General is responsible for the nomination of those members 
hitherto appointed from the Federated Malay States, he 
would be glad to learn in what respect any of the selected 
Members fails as a representative Planter. The Resident- 
General was under the impression that those Planters 
whose names lie submitted to His Excellency the High Com- 
missioner were undoubtedly the leading and most ex- 
perienced members of the Planting Community. 
I have, etc., 
(Sgd.) R. G. Watson, 
Federal Secretary. 
