Your Committee regret to report that the past year has been 

 abnormally unhealthy more especially on estates situated in the 

 neighbourhood of Batu Tiga and some parts of Negri Sembilan. 



In November 1906, certain rules in connection with the Indian 

 Immigration Enactment 1904 were gazetted as regards the establish- 

 ment of estate hospitals. 



The request of your Committee that a representative Committee 

 should be appointed to discuss the whole question before the new 

 rules were enforced, was refused by Government and at a General 

 Meeting of your Association, held in Seremban on 24th January 

 1907, it was unanimously decided to refer the whole question to the 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies. 



The action of Government in this matter in forcing on the Com- 

 munity a scheme, which everyone interested in is firmly convinced 

 will prove unworkable, is much to be regretted, more especially 

 when it is taken into consideration that planters one and all, are 

 only too anxious to do everything that is possible to improve the 

 health of their labour and would have loyally supported any 

 scheme, that appeared to them to have the least chance of 

 attaining the desired end. 



Quarantine. 



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When Immigration had reached its height in August Cholera 

 unfortunately broke n„t a k„, n „ t tlr ^ wet from the 



urred on other steamers, with the 

 1 dHLiiie accommodation at Penangand 

 Singapore was very quickly filled to overflowing, and for a time 

 emigration had to be stopped 



Considerable credit is due to the Medical Authorities for having 

 prevented the disease from spreading into the country, but you 

 Committee feel that sufficient foresight had not been taken d 

 Government to deal with the large numbers of coolies, who might 

 have reasonably been expected to come into the country to develop 

 the . large area of land that had been alienated during the prevjo" 

 >ear. Your Committee were in favour of the establishment or a 

 ^arantine st ion Qf Port Swettenha rn butd* 



was not considered feasible by Government, and it is to be hop 

 that the course decided upon, namely to increase the accommodat.on 

 atPenang and the building of segregation camps at the ports* 

 embarkat, n in India, will Lfquafto'the task Jt will be re^ 

 01 them. Your Committee earnestly urge on Government the w 



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coolies that may be anticipated later in the year, 

 to bZr C ° mmitte ^ ^ret to report that Government have re ^ 



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