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mi n , , tUh June, 1909 . 
File federal Secretary, F. M. S. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
^ IR v— 1 liave the honour to refer to your letter No 4014 
0 “ a, '!*23rd and to enquire, when 1 may expect pavment 
of the $309.34. * 
I have, etc., 
(Sg - d.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
TV, Coolies’ Credit. The Secretary reports the 
ioJJowmg correspondence: 
rm t’i i , fN 8 th May ,. 1909. 
The Federal Secretary, F. M. S. • 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Sir,— I have the honour to submit to you the following 
Resolution, passed at the last Mem dig of ‘this Association* 
held on the 2oth ultimo : 
“That the Government of the Federated Malay States 
he approached with a view to obtaining legislation bv which 
the Estate Tamil Coolies’ credit be limited to $10 recover- 
able at law. ’ ’ 
I have, etc., 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
No. 2268/1909. 
q r 2nd June, 1909. 
Mb,-— 1 am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter dated the Sth May, 1909, forwarding a Resolution of 
your Association to the effect that “the Government of the 
t ederated Malay States hi approached with a view to ob- 
taining legislation by which the Estate Tamil Coolies’ credit 
he limited to $10 recoverable at law.” 
, , 1 an J to 'ttform you that the question was considered 
at the Conference of Residents held in Kuala Lumpur 
during last month, and that the Conference while in svm- 
pathy with the aims of the proposal was unable to admit 
that the matter could, be effectively dealt with by legislation. 
I have, etc., * 
(Sgd.) B. G. Watson, 
rp Q Federal Secretary. 
The Secretary, * 
The Planter^’ Association of Malaya, 
Kuala Lumpur, 
