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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE PLANTERS 
ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA 
MELD AT THE MASONIC HALL, KUALA LUMPUR, ON OCTOBER 31st, 
* 1909, AT 10-A.M. 
For Kuala Lumpur District 
Planters’ Association : 
PRESENT : 
Messrs. E. B. Skinner, K. F. Dupuis, C. Burn- 
Murdoch and H. C. E. Zacharias. 
Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association : Mr. H. Lamb. 
Kuala Langat District Planters’ Association : „ E. Macfadyen. 
Kuala Selangor District Planters’ Association : ., F. H. Staples. 
Kapar District Planters’ Association : 
Negri Sembilan Planters’ Association : 
Klang District Planters’ Association : 
Johore Planters’ Association : 
Batu Tiga District Planters’ Association : 
Taiping Planters’ Association : 
„ H. W. Bailey. 
„ S. Hingston. 
Messrs. A. B. Lake and 
R. W. Harrison. 
,, A. B. Brown and 
W. N. Gawler. 
„ H. F. Browel and 
P. W. Parkinson. 
Mr. Gordon Brown. 
Visitor : Mr. M. J. Kennaway. 
Mr. G. H. Day (Legal adviser). 
Chairman : Mr. C. M. Cumming. 
Secretary : „ H. C. E. Zacharias. 
I. The Notice convening the Meeting having been read, the 
Minutes of the last Meeting are taken as read and confirmed. 
2. INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE. 
The Secretary is instructed to write again, soliciting a reply to 
his letter of July 23rd. 
3. PREVENTION OF PLANT DISEASES. 
The following correspondence was read : 
The Federal Secretary, F.M.S., 
Kuala Lumpur. , 
17th August, 1909. 
Sir, — I have the honour to inform you, that the question of the 
prevention of plant diseases was considered at the last Meeting of 
this Association (held on the 10th instant), when it was felt that 
legislation on the lines of the present Coconut Enactment was most 
