individual planters and other labour. employers 
C ° We "are S p leased to he able to report that four gentlemen from 
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example. supply of coolies from India has not 
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all sides. 1 here are % ano h and consequent increase 
son in India, the heavy faV offt T red bv other countries, and 
in the cost of living, highe g * the Tamil coolie 
a rapidly growing demand for thesemc Government, 
wherever his employment is permuted ^by the £ Mal 
been convened by the Go ^sT clTsef of Tamil labour em- 
recently m Singapore. At tbes ^^T attending on behalf of 
ployers were represented your Charrman^ttend.ng ^ ^ ^ _ t 
the Coffee, Coconut, and Rub , re cr a rds professional 
has been finally ^^ ed tba a ^ e M P ad ^ a Company, Negapatam, 
recruiting, will be granted subject to exchange 
the wages' offered ranging : fn >m. 35 c* ^ ^ coo lie 
fluctuations, and accordi *, rnnferences were arranged with 
recruit will have, to work. These Conf rence ^ J d other 
the double object ol we ^f" with respect to wages, and so of 
unofficial employers, espeua y P nossible Government 
avoiding the risk of fnction, attendant upon possible Ulu 
competition, and also ot considering - which emanated 
whole question of recruiting upon a sound bams w ^ 
from Messrs. O'SbLUVAN and ,‘t'd to lndia.^ It should be clearly 
these gentlemen have recently j ■.ndt-ino- will be permitted 
understood that, whilst no not be 
except through the Madura Co., the K ^ off(jr of wageS) so 
interfered with in any way . It 111a y compe i the employ- 
much higher than those ruling a pres > | | L has yet to be 
ersof Kanganies to raise their Tnl'knUls is , Tactically to be 
seen, especially if recruiting > P .* a remarkable con- 
confined to Indentured labour, and t . that the wages 
sensus of opinion amongst TamU coolie? in 
at present paid are quite insufficient^ ^ ^ nQ d ' Qubt that if the 
any numbers, to this country . which is at present fore- 
Rubber industry is to achieve the su of J, oolies ;,i the 
shadowed, the importation of very la fe not do for planters to 
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