6l6 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 



are in force is carried out by the Labour Inspection and 

 Coolie Recruiting Service in the Netherland East Indies. 3 



The general supervision is entrusted to the superinten- 

 dent of the aforesaid service; under his orders there 

 will shortly be sent out two inspectors, of whom one 

 will also act as assistant superintendent of the said 

 service, and twelve assistant inspectors charged with the 

 direct supervision, as well as with the duty of regularly 

 visiting the estates or places where the regulations apply, 

 with the control of the conditions prevailing there, with 

 receiving complaints, if any, from employers and 

 employed, and with reporting thereon. 



When visiting the estates they may have the services 

 of native and Chinese interpreters who have been 

 attached to them, and who will assist them where neces- 

 sary in their conversations with the labourers. 



In pursuance of their instructions the assistant in- 

 spectors of labour will apply themselves to the study of 

 labour questions and labour conditions within their 

 jurisdiction, and will endeavour, where necessary, to 

 cause improvements to be made in the conditions of 

 labour on the estates visited by them. 



They will further endeavour, wherever necessary and 

 practicable, to effect an amicable settlement of any dispute 

 which may have arisen between employer and employed 

 with regard to their mutual rights and obligations. 



Reports as to their findings will be forwarded by them 

 to the superintendent of the service, and these will, where 

 necessary, be communicated to the Government with a 

 view to the introduction of any measures or provisions 

 required. 



The general supervision also as regards the recruiting 

 of contract labourers on behalf of agricultural, mining,, 

 industrial and other undertakings established either in 

 or outside the Netherland East Indies, rests with the 

 superintendent of the labour inspection, and in so far as 



3 This branch of the service issues Reports, which are 

 obtainable by the public at the Depot van Leenmiddelen, at 

 WfUtevreden. 



