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chattels; to be thrown aside when worn out *or done 

 with. It is not to the interest of the colony importinf^ the 

 labourers, nor to the coolies, nor to the Empire at large, 

 that this tendency be allowed, as each unit profitably 

 employed is a trade stimulator, but an idler, whether 

 through habit or ill-health, is a drag on the wheel of pros- 

 perity and a hindrance to the welfare of others as well as 

 to himself. The men, cast aside as being undesirable, or 

 because the planters abandon portions of their estates, 

 must therefore be followed up and profitably employed, 

 and not left to drift into prisons or hospitals to be kept 

 at the expense of the general public. 



