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2 The great objection is really that if the scheme is successful 
it becomes objectionable in this way. Suppose the scheme is so 
successful that all employers recruit their own labour, akangany and 
coolies are dissatisfied perhaps justly so, they cannot get work. They 
are tied to the estate they want to get away from because no one will 
nut up a large sum of money for local coolies when they can recruit 
them cheaper from India. I know this is looking far ahead and 
assuming a wonderful success for the scheme. I bring it forward as 
I think the Government may object to the scheme for this sort of 
reason You know how frightened Government is of anything that 
endangers the freedom of a coolie. My own idea is this-I said previ- 
ously that a certain part of the funds of the assessment would be used 
to properly administer the scheme. I would go to Government and 
ask them to second sufficient officers say, one to each State, whose 
salary the assessment would pay, to take charge of the whole scheme. 
When these officers said “ there is practically no local recruiting, no 
moving of coolies, we therefore think that the scheme may be a hard- 
ship to the coolie” it could be abolished. There is no doubt this is 
to a certain extent, a coercive measure and when it has served its 
purpose it should be allowed to die. As to the administration, at 
first anyhow there would be an enormous revenue from this assessment ; 
to make the scheme a success no expense should be spared to have a 
suffident and capable s.aff-every quarter a form such as this would 
be filled in by every employer of labour as under . 
No. of coolies on estate Recruited from Locally Carried forward to next 
at end of last quarter. Coast. recruited. quart r. 
1,000 20 30 1)050 
I would have an office in the capital of each State to ™“ ch ^ 
returns would be sent. Lists would be sent from Pe " an | of ‘ he 
of coolies imported from India by each employer ; it would theref 
be quite easv to check every tannl employer, Estate, Governme l , 
and Contractors would be kept at the office with P art,cu ‘ ar *^ ave a 
numbers employed kept up to date. Furthermo 
copv of the name of coolies in every check roll sent in to th 
at 'the end of every quarter. This officer would have the n^t to ms 
pect the original check roll whenever he desired. I think y 
necessary to the successful working of the schme that t 
ffisoect every check roll in the state of which he has charge at leas 
an officer not unconnected with the Tamil Immigration Fun . 
I put the scheme before you with no idea 
country 
in general and the rubber growing industry in part 
