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assessment from $1.25 to $2.50 per quarter and give an allowance for 

 coolies imported. When the Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment 

 Amendment Bill came up in the Federal Council, he asked H. E. to 

 postpone its consideration. The suggestion came from rl. E. that 

 recruiting might be encouraged by a heavy recruiting allowance, 

 and that the Fund might be assisted by a loan sufficient to par a 

 substantial recruiting allowance. He then suggested that the meeting 

 go into Committee. 



After Meeting having been resumed, Mr. Cumming proposes, 

 Mr. Skinner seconds, and it is carried unanimously, that the follow- 

 ing two recommendations be submitted to Government : 



/. That the F. M. S. Government make a loan during JQII of 

 $1,000,000 and that the Indian Immigration cess to he levied in the. 

 Colony, the F. M. S.,Johore and the other British Protected States in the 

 Peninsula he a sum not exceeding $2.30 per quarter so that it he possible 

 to pay a bonus of about $15 per imported Indian coolie. 



2. That a Labour Department proper he instituted with control over 

 all labour, Indian, Chinese, Javanese and other, with a sufficient staff to 

 see that the presejit enactments are carried into effect. 



H. E. Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G., High Commissioner of the 

 F.M.S,, then arrived accompanied by the Chief Secretary, Capt. Sir 

 Arthur Young, K.C.M.G., Mr. R. G. Watson, Acting Resident, Perak, 

 Mr. J. O. Anthonisz, Acting Resident, Selangor, Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, 

 Acting Resident, Negri Sembilan, Mr. J. R. O. Aldworth, First Assis- 

 tant to Chief Secretary, Mr. A. H. Lemon, Acting Legal Adviser, 

 Mr. L. H. Clayton, Superintendant of Immigrants, S.S. and F.M.S., 

 and Mr. Claud Severn, Private Secretary to His Excellency. 



Mr. Cumming said that, before proceeding with any further busi- 

 ness, he thought all his hearers would agree with him in giving a 

 hearty vote of welcome to His Excellency and all the other gentlemen 

 for attending the meeting that day. It was very gratifying to see the 

 great interest taken by His Excellency in the labour question. It 

 was useless for him to go over the old ground again. Still, to make 

 things clear, he would say that a time had come when, owing to the 

 expansion of the rubber industry and the opening up of the 

 country, they now had trouble in getting labour anci 

 there was an expansion of rates all round. Many of 

 the older companies had been importing labour at a large cost and 

 other people had been taking that labour as fast as it came into the 

 country. A short time ago a series of meetings were held at which 

 expression was given to the dissatisfaction felt by planters at thi^ 

 state of things and various schemes had been put forward, regarding 

 assessments and sur-taxes, designed to remedy the matter, but, so far, 

 the planters had not definitely put forward a scheme. On this 

 occasion, before His Excellency's arrival, the matter had been 

 discussediand they had at last come to a decision in favour of a scheme 



