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the first day of December in each year the rate to be paid in respect of 

 each quarter of the ensuing year by the employer in respect of each 

 Tamil labourer employed by him or working on his place of employ- 

 ment. Such rate shall not exceed $1.25 in respect of each la- 

 bourer. 



(ii) The Superintendent shall forward to each employer a notice 

 stating the amount at which hp has been assessed in respect of the 

 last preceding quarter. Such amount shall be reckoned by multiplying 

 the average number of days' work done by Tamil labourers employed 

 by him or working on his place of employment during the preceding 

 quarter of the year by the rate notified under the last sub-section. 



(iii) The average number of days' work done by Tamil labourers 

 employed by any employer or working at his place of employment 

 shall be the total number of days' work done by Tamil labourers em- 

 ployed by him or working at his place of employment during the pre- 

 ceding quarter of the year divided by the number of working days 

 comprised in such preceding quarter. 



(iv) The number of working days comprised in any quarter of a 

 year shall be fixed by the Immigration Committee. 



(v) The Immigration Committee may make rules determining 

 what constitutes a day's work and such rules shall be published in the 

 Gazette. 



6. All moneys paid by employers to the Superintendent shall be 

 paid into a fund to be known as "The Immigration Fund " and shall 

 be disbursed for the following purposes only : 



(a) For or towards the payment of free passages for Tamil 



labourers and their families from the Madras Presidency 

 to the Federated Malay States or the Colony or Johore : 

 such passages shall be allotted in accordance with rules 

 to be framed from time to time by the Immigration Com- 

 mittee and published in the Gazette, and may be granted 

 in respect of Tamil labourers who embarked from India 

 at any time subsequent to the 1st January, 1907 ; 



(b) For the general expenses incurred in connection with the 



recruiting of labour in the Madras Presidency. 



7. (i) Payments out of the Immigration Fund shall be made by 

 the Superintendent on the authority of the Immigration Committee. 



(ii) The Superintendent shall present half-yearly accounts of the 

 Immigration Fund to the Immigration Committee. 



(iii) Such half-yearly accounts, when passed by the Immigration 

 Committee, shall be published in the Gazette. 



8. (i) Any employer 



(a) Who shall fail to keep or cause to be kept a register ; 



{b) Whose register shall not be kept up to date unless he 

 shall explain such omission to the satisfaction of the 

 Court ; 



(c) Whose register shall contain any incorrect or incomplete 



entry unless he shall satisfy the Court that such entry 



