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2. That amongst others, it be the duty of that Officer 
to keep a Register of all laborers in his District, as defined 
by the Indian Immigration Enactment. 
3. That it be compulsory for all employers of Tamil 
Labor to give a discharge ticket on the completion of the 
usual month’s notice. The Ticket should show the follow- 
ing particulars, 
1. Name 
2. Parents ’ name and village 
3. Places of discharge 
4. Length of service 
5. Reason of discharge 
6. Rate of wages paid 
7. Distinguishing marks 
4. That all employers of Tamil labor be forbidden to 
take on any Tamil Laborers, unless they come direct from 
India, or can produce from their last employer a discharge 
ticket, which has been registered at the respective District 
Office, in accordance with Para 3. 
5. That every employer taking on a discharged cooly 
shall pay a nominal Registration Fee for each such cooly, 
and that all fees so collected shall be paid into the Indian 
Immigration Fund, which in a measure will defray the ex- 
pense of the proposed scheme. 
6. That in Sec. 2 of the Indian Immigration Amended 
Enactment, (No. 1 of 1907) the word “knowingly” be 
omitted, and the whole of the scheme be worked in with that 
Enactment. 
7. That in conjunction with this scheme, a system of 
finger prints be universally adopted. 
8. That free return tickets be granted to all coolies 
able to prove a stated term of uninterrupted service with 
one employer. 
In further explanation I may sav, that the whole of 
these proposals have been framed in order to fix more def- 
initely the responsibility on the employer who takes on 
absconding coolies rather than on the laborer, who bolts 
from an Estate, thus ensuring a strict observance of the 
Indian Immigration, 1904, Amendment Enactment 1907, 
with which, we respectfully submit, the foregoing provis- 
ions might advantageously be amalgamated. 
I have etc., 
(Sd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
