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The present system seems to be rather cumbersome and leading 

 to a great deal of waste of time and money on the part of the employer 

 or his Kangany, whilst it would be decidedly in the interests of re- 

 cruiting, to do away with all delays and stoppages at intermediate 

 stations and permit the Kangany to proceed straight from his estate 

 to his village in southern India. 



The members of my Association feel, that such a result could 

 readily be achieved, if you delegated the powers vested in you in this 

 respect to all your assistant superintendents ; and I was accordingly 

 instructed to submit to you the following resolution which was passed 

 unanimously, viz: 



" That all Assistant Superintendents of Immigrants be authorised 

 to issue recruiting " licenses." 



2. The other point raised was " that carters, woodcutters and 

 scavengers be included in the schedule of the rules made under this 

 enactment." 



I have, etc. 

 (Sgd.) H. C. E. ZACHARIAS, 



Secretary. 



No. P. 0. L. 100/08. Penang, 27th January, 1008. 



SlE, 



I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 

 January 24th on the subject ot the issue of Kangany Licenses. 



2. I would point out in reply that the rules under which these 

 licences are issued only came into force on January 1st last and that 

 at the date of the recent meeting of the Planters' Association there 

 had only been one opportunity of sending Kanganies to India namely 

 by the boat that left Penang on January 4ch. 



3. I am of opinion, therefore, that it is too soon yet to judge 

 whether any alteration is required in the rules. 



4. I would take this opportunity of pointing out that one 

 hundred and seventy licenses have been registered between January 1st 

 and January 27th although delay has occurred in a few cases through 

 the omission of the employer to fill in the required particulars. In 

 one case a Kangany who did not know the European name of his 

 employer presented two licenses made out on obsolete forms, unsigned 

 by the employer and with the name of the estate omitted. 



5. Blank forms for licenses can be obtained from the Assistant 

 Superintendent of Immigrants, Klang, as well as from the Penang 

 office, and if employers will only be at the pains to ensure that the 

 licenses are properly filled in I do not think it will be found that there 

 is undue delay in registration. 



I have, etc. 



(Sgd.) L. H. Clayton, 



S. of I. S. S. <£; F. M. S. 



