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2. That amongst others, it be the duty of that Officer 

 to keep a Register of all laborers in his District, as defined 

 by the Indian Immigration Enactment. 



3. That it be compulsory for all employers of Tamil 

 Labor to give a discharge ticket on the completion of the 

 usual month's notice. The Ticket should show the follow- 

 ing particulars. 



1. Name 



2. Parents ' name and village 



3. Places of discharge 



4. Length of service 



5. Reason of discharge 



6. Rate of wages paid 



7. Distinguishing marks 



4. That all employers of Tamil labor be forbidden to 

 take on any Tamil Laborers, unless they come direct from 

 India, or can produce from their last employer a discharge 

 ticket, which has been registered at the respective District 

 Office, in accordance with Para 3. 



5. That every employer taking on a discharged cooly 

 shall pay a nominal Registration Fee for each such cooly, 

 and that all fees so collected shall be paid into the Indian 

 Immigration Fund, which in a measure will defray the ex- 

 pense of the proposed scheme. 



6. That in Sec. 2 of the Indian Immigration Amended 

 Enactment, (No. 1 of 1907) the word "knowingly" be 

 omitted, and the whole of the scheme be worked in with that 

 Enactment. 



7. That in conjunction with this scheme, a system of 

 finger prints be universally adopted. 



8. That free return tickets be granted to all coolies 

 able to prove a stated term of uninterrupted service with 

 one employer. 



In further explanation I may say, that the whole of 

 these proposals have been framed in order to fix more def- 

 initely the responsibility on the employer who takes on 

 absconding coolies rather than on the laborer, who bolts 

 from an Estate, thus ensuring a strict observance of the 

 Indian Immigration, 1904, Amendment Enactment 1907, 

 with which, we respectfully submit, the foregoing provis- 

 ions might advantageously be amalgamated. 



I have etc., 



(Sd.) H. C. E. Zachaeias, 



Secretary. 



