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latter Emigration Agent. They give assistance and 

 advice to kanganies, and they superintend the kangany 

 camps at Negapatam and Madras respectively, where 

 coolies are accommodated until shipment. 



Kanganies holding registered licences will be 

 granted 



(a) The train fares of coolies from various centres 

 in the Madras Presidency to Negapatam or Madras. 



(6) The steamer fares of coolies from Negapatam or 

 Madras to Penang or Port Swettenham. 



The local train fares are paid to the kanganies them- 

 selves by the Committee's agents in India. The system 

 by which they are paid is simple and works easily, 

 and is explained to every kangany on his arrival in the 

 recruiting districts. 



The steamer fares are paid direct to the steamship 

 company by the Committee's agents in India, and all 

 coolies for shipment must be brought to the kangany 

 camps at Negapatam and Madras, and shipped from 

 thence by the contract steamers to Penang or Port 

 Swettenham. 



All Tamil coolies are entitled to leave their employer 

 after a month's notice, whether they are imported from 

 India or recruited locally, and no deductions may be 

 made from their wages for any sums advanced them or 

 expended in their recruitment before their arrival at 

 their place of employment. 



L. H. CLAYTON, 



Superintendent of Immigrants, 

 S.S. and F.M.S. 



PENANG, 

 November 24, 1910. 



