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duction is at present not called for, and I am at the same 
time to express to you our high appreciation of all the 
services that you have rendered to the Planting Industi > 
of the Peninsula, ever since the commencement of your con- 
nection therewith. . , 
Trusting the pleasant relations existing between our 
Planters and your goodselves will long continue. 
Believe me, dear sirs, 
Yours faithfully, 
(SgdL) H. 0. E. Zacharias. 
16 th July, 1909 . 
g IRj — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your 
letter of May 11th, in re Madura Co., Ltd., which letter was 
placed before this ‘Association at its Meeting held on the 
11th instant. . , 
In reply 1 am instructed to inform you, that this 
Association is emphatically of the opinion, that no action 
regarding the suggested reduction in the existing rates is 
desirable. The Members of this Association are unan- 
imous in their praise for the way in which the Madura Go., 
Ltd., have carried out their work and they believe that the 
remuneration of the said Company is no more than ade- 
L nave, cov., 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
The Chairman,. 
Indian Immigration Committee, 
Penang. 
VI. Prevention Plant Diseases. Mr. Pears on be- 
half of Mr. Harrison formally moves the following prop- 
osition : 
“That, in view of the possible danger to the Planting 
Industry owing to the un re ported outbreaks of plant dis- 
ease Government be asked to place such power in the hands 
of the Officers of the Agricultural Department as mil enable 
them to summarily deal with any such outbreak 
He took it that all that was required, was legislation 
on the lines of the present Coconut Enactments. A good 
manv planters took a lot of trouble to keep pests down, but 
others did not; and the latter should be made to, He 
