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JOHORE PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION, 
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Johore Planters’ 
Association, held at the Johore Club, on July 23rd, 1908. 
Present : Mr. A. S. Buyers, {in the Chair.) ; Messrs. Arden 
Burgess, Bryce, Gawler, Schirmer, V erterdal, Wallace, Malet, and J. A. 
le Doux, Brown. 
1. The minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting of June 
the 7th, were read and on the motion of Mr. Malet seconded by 
Mr. Buyers were confirmed. 
2. The Report of the Committee for the year 1907-1908, was 
taken as read and the accounts were passed subject to the audit to be 
conducted by Messrs. Arden and Bryce. 
3. A letter was read from the Chairman of the Association 
(Mr. F. Pears) regretting his inability to be present at the meeting and 
announcing his intention of not standing again for chairman. 
4. The election of officers of the Association for the year ending 
March 31st 1909, resulted as follows , 
Hon. President— H. H. The Sultan ; Chairman— Mr. A. H. Malet; 
Vice-Chairman— Mr. A. S. Buyers; Secretary— Mr. W. N. Gawler ; 
Committee — Messrs. Bryce, Arden, Burgess, Westerdal, Wallace and 
J)j ac k 
Delegates to P A. M., Messrs. Buyers and Bryce. 
Previous to the election of the committee Mr. Buyers proposed and 
Mr. Arden seconded a motion that the committee consist of only 6 
elected members, in addition to the ex-officio members. Carried. 
Votes of thanks to the retiring Hon. President, Chairman and 
Secretary, concluded the formal business. . , 
The chairman in thanking the members of the Association tor 
electing him said he was sure that he was voicing the feeling of the 
meeting when he expressed regret at the decision of Mr. F. Pears not 
to consent to renomination as chairman but he hoped that the 
Association would still have the benefit of his valuable co-operation and 
B)dviC6t 
In reviewing the work of the past year he thought that the 
members are first of all to be congratulated on the formation of the 
Association which if it served no other purpose at least enabled planters 
to make each other’s acquaintance and compare notes on their work. 
As regards their programme of work for the forthcoming year 
there were several matters that were to be brought forward for their 
consideration among these being the important question of the double 
assessment fee which was levied on all Tamil employing planters m 
Johore. As there was now such a plentiful supply of Tamil labour the 
tax of $10 per head should certainly be reduced to a more moderate 
figure especially as there could be no question of the F. M. S. Govern- 
ment being called upon to make good any deficiency on their guaranteed 
number of passages. _ - , . . _ 
As the question of Javanese labour had been referred to m the 
' report he would content himself by hoping in the near future Johore 
would come into line with the F. M. States whereby the supply of 
Indentured Javanese labour would be directly accessible to Johore 
planters. 
