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very often a coolie finds that after paying Rs, 50 
on an original debt of Rs. 10, he still owes 20 
rupees or more, and as the Nepálèse are always 
afraid of going to Court, the Kyah does as he 
likes. Another reason of Sirdars losing their 
coolies is gambling; a Nepalese Sirdar thinks 
nothing of losing or winning Rs. 300 in a night 
when he is only getting Rs. 25 a month, and 
if he looses, he has to appropriate the coolies 
pay to settle his debts with. It is little or no 
good making the Sirdars sign agreements to 
give a fixed number of coolies, as unless the cold 
weather muster is allowed to be very high, they 
always have the excuse that they wero not 
allowed to put on the coolies when they could got 
them. Itis easy to make a garden liked by 
coolies. Particularly if there is plenty of native 
cultivation on the estate or waste land they 
can make use of. Always pay and advance on 
a fixed day, never varying, and never try to 
make them do extra work on their holidays, 
Tt is no good if you do, as they hear other gar. 
den’s gongs go and do nothing or else purposely 
