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creasing production in South America, Africa, and the 
Middle East, will have put supply considerably in excess of 
demand, with the inevitable resul f a p j n the selling 
price of rubber. 
Now, it is not the Middle East p nutations which have 
anything serious to fear from a fall . \ rubber prices, but 
the wild producers. The latter canm t collect and ship 
rubber at anything near the Middle Ea> estate costs, and 
we think our readers by this time appret a te the fact that, 
with rubber at 2s. 6d. per lb. — a price we \ 0 not think the 
present generation of investors is likely to > e permanently 
established — the plantation companies could nd would pay 
handsome dividends, while the profits of the average wild 
rubber collector would be practically nil. Met \while, how- 
ever, supply is not likely to overtake demand ft some time 
to come, and Plantation Rubber shareholders. « an sleep 
easilv o’ nights —Times of Malaya , Aug. 26, 1909. 
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PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION OF MALA'S 
Minutes of a Meeting of the Planters’ Assooia . on 
or Malaya. 
Held at the Turf Club Buildings , Penang , on August lb k, 
1909, at 10-45 a.m. 
Present : For Malay Peninsula Agricultural Associ- 
ation : The Hon. John Turner, Mr. T. X. Syrnonds, Mr. J. 
Lamb, Mr. Thos. Boyd, Mr. Geo. Stothard; For Johore 
Planters’ Assication: Mr. R. Pears (per his proxy Mr. i. 
Pears), Mr. W. Gowler; For Perak Planters’ Association: 
Mr Alma Barker; For Negri Sembilan Planters’ Associ- 
ation: Mr. C. M. Gumming, Mr. E. N. T. Cummis; hor 
Kuala Langat District Planters’ Association: Mr. G. E. te. 
Baxendale, Mr. E. Macfadyen; For Bata Tiga District 
Planters’ Association: Mr. P. AV. Parkinson, Mr. H. F. 
Browell: For Kapar District Planters’ Association: Mr. 
G. T. Ilamerton ; For Klang District Planters’ Association: 
Mr John Gibson; For Kuala Lumpur District Planters’ 
Association: Mr. E. B. Skinner, Mr. C. Burn Murdoch, Mr. 
H. F. Dupuis, Mr. A. J. Fox. Mr. H, C. E, Zacharias ; 
Visitors: Messrs. H. C. Rendle and A. B. Milne. Chair- 
man: Mr. S. M. Gumming. Secretary: Mr. H. C. E. 
Zaeharias. t • . . . T 
I. The Notice, convening the Meeting, having been 
read by the Secretary, the Chairman rises to address lie 
Meeting as Yollows : 
