assessment from $1.25 to $2.50 per quarter and give an allowance for 
coolies imported. When the Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment 
Amendment Bill came up in the Federal Council, he asked H. E. to 
postpone its consideration. The suggestion came from H. E. that 
recruiting might be encouraged by a heavy recruiting allowance, 
and that the Fund might be assisted by a loan sufficient to pay a 
substantial recruiting allowance. He then suggested that the meeting 
go into Committee. 
After Meeting having been resumed, Mr. Gumming proposes, 
Mr. Skinner seconds, and it is carried unanimously, that the follow- 
ing two recommendations be submitted to Government : 
1. That the F. M. S. Government make a loan during 19.II of 
$1,000,000 and that the Indian Immigration cess to he levied in the 
Colony , the F. M. S.Johore and the other British Protected States in the 
Peninsula be a sum not exceeding $2.50 per quarter so that it he possible 
to pay a bonus of about $ 15 per imported Indian coolie. 
2 . That a Labour Department proper be instituted with control ever 
all labour , Indian, Chinese, Javanese and other, with a sufficient staff to 
see that the present enactments are carried into effect 
H. E. Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G., High Commissioner of the 
F.M.S., then arrived accompanied by the Chief Secretary, Capt. Sir 
Arthur Young, K.C.M.G., Mr. R. G. Watson, Acting Resident, Perak, 
Mr. J. O. Anthonisz, Acting Resident, Selangor, Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, 
Acting Resident, Negri Sembilan, Mr. J. R. O. Aldworth, First Assis- 
tant to Chief Secretary, Mr. A. H. Lemon, Acting Legal Adviser, 
Mr. L. H. Clayton, Superintendant of Immigrants, S.S. and KM. inl- 
and Mr. Claud Severn, Private Secretary to His Excellency. 
Mr. Cumming said that, before proceeding with any further busi- 
ness, he thought all his hearers would agree with him in giving a 
hearty vote of welcome to His Excellency and all the other gentlemen 
for attending the meeting that day. It was very gratifying to see the 
great interest taken by His Excellency in the labour question, 
was useless for him to go over the old ground again. ti , to ma ce 
things clear, he would say that a time had come when, owing o me 
expansion of the rubber industry and the opening up o e 
country, they now had trouble in getting labour an 
there was an expansion of rates all round. any 
the older companies had been importing labour at a large cos. an 
other people had been taking that labour as fast as it came into the 
country. A short time ago a series of meetings were held a w 1 
expression was given to the dissatisfaction felt by p an ers 
state of things and various schemes had been put forwar » r ® g ^ i, 
assessments and sur-taxes, designed to remedy the ma er, u > - , . ’ 
the planters had not definitely put forward a scheme. On this 
occasion, before His Excellency’s arrival, the matter ha ^ ** 
discussed'and thev had at last come to a decision in favour of a scheme 
