488 



4. Mr. Macfadyen then proposes and Mr. J. Gibson seconds: — 



"That '1907' be substituted for '1905' in §, 7,, 1 of the Bill." 



Mr. Parkinson proposes and Mr. Whiteside seconds, "That this 

 para stand as now in the Bill." 



Mr. Parkinson's amendment having been to put the Meeting is 



lost. 



Mr. Macfadyen 's motion is then put and declared carried. 



5. Mr. Browell reverts to the definition of " contractor." He 

 thinks a weeding contractor should not come under the working of this 

 Enactment. 



Mr. Skinner points out that it is only fair to pay double the cess 

 on coolies out of whom the employer gets double the ordinary amount 

 of work. 



Mr. Macfadyen concurs that the cess must be calculated on the 

 actual amount of work done, not on the number of individuals employ- 

 ed, which latter is apparently the mode desired by Mr. Browell. 



Mr. Clayton states that employers of free coolies, working on 

 contract, need only show the total sum paid. Only coolies on daily 

 wages must be kept by name on the Eegister. The 40 cents per day 



rule, however, did not apply to coolies working on fixed day tasks. 



Replying to several other questions, Mr. Clayton said that. 



(1) picking scrap, by contracting for a fixed payment' per lb. 



picked, was a contract, and that coolies thus working 

 would come under the 40 cents per day rule ; 



(2) in §5 ("to the satisfaction of the Superintendent") the 



only appeal possible was to the Immigration Committee; 



(3) it was not feasible to absolutely fix dates for the Meetings 



of the Immigration Committee months ahead. 



Mr. Darby thought that the Hon. Secretaries of all the constituent 

 Associations should always be notified of any forthcoming Meetings of 

 the Immigration Committee. 



6. Mr. Harrison then proposes and Mr. Malet seconds, " That 

 this Association approves of the Indian Immigration Fund Amendment 

 Bill, except as far as same has already been amended at this Meeting." 



This motion is put to the Meeting and carried unanimously. 



7. Mr. Macfadyen enquires what progress was being made in 

 connection with the London Rubber Exhibition, to which the Secretary 

 replies from memory, no previous notice having benn received of this 

 subject. 



The Meeting terminates at 4 p.m. * 



H. C. E. Zacharias, 



Secretary. 



(Received on the 11th day of September, 1908 Ed), 



