„ P 7 ', tha appointment may in. the future prove to have been 
one of the brightest features of the Government scheme for pro- 
intoth/iuT^ p" d - evs : ntuall y spontaneous flow oflndian labour 
mto the Malay Peninsula. 
Emigration to the Straits and Federated Malay States. 
Returns have been furnished showing that 8,700 coolies were 
and e i onoh' ld | Sh ? Pe M by P ro . fessional recruiting agents in 1901, 
a oood one*- P c nt ?P kan g an| es. The past paddy season has been 
dffhult O lai f 0uth t ern f " dia ’ ancl U has been ln consequence more 
d tticult of late to get coolies over, but on the whole, estates in Sel- 
a re g a 0 t r ro n m d .fT S , en ? bllan are fai r'y well stocked, though there are 
great complaints of shortage i,t Perak. There is no doubt a »mv- 
ng tendency in that State to employ Tamil labour on the mines, 
and in T “'I l ° ,U, ? L a g0 ° d deal hi g ber lhaa on plantations 
plained if” f may be altr,butec! to some extent the shortage com- 
ached satisfies of the population in the districts of the 
Madras Presidency and of emigration to this country in 1902 will 
be of value and interest. 7 y 
