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I have submitted the report received by von to Mr. H. 
L. Jarvis, and now beg* to enclose his reply. ' 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
January 28th , 1909. 
Dear Sir, — T»u»Jc you for forwarding the answer re- 
ceived from the Federal Secretary, re cooly bolting. 
I have been to Klang at least three times during the 
past half year to try and trace bolted coolies with the help 
if information which should be easily obtainable at the office 
of the Assistant Superintendent of Immigrants. At the 
time ot my visit in November, the A. S. I. was away visit- 
ing estates, and 1 asked the clerk for the register.' This 
b vd not been written up for several months, but he pointed 
to some bundles of paper on the floor, told me I might 
look through them, and asked me where my coolies had 
bolted to. I paid another visit on December 7th, but could 
find no entries in the register kept, from May. 
My object in mentioning the matter at' the P. A. M. 
meeting was to show what a dead letter Enactment No. 1 of 
1907 (Selangor) is. To my own knowledge many hundreds 
of local coolies have been engaged and no intimation has 
been sent the Superintendent of Immigrants, and it would 
be interesting to know in how many cases the Government 
has taken proceedings against such employers for not send- 
ing in the particulars required by the Enactment. 
The Government wish to get as many new coolies 
brought over as possible, and is defeating its aim in thus 
easily allowing labour to be engaged locally, and by giving 
such poor encouragement to those who do legitimately re- 
cruit from India. 
(Sgd.) Harold L. Jarvis. 
Mr. Jarvis having further explained the circumstances 
of the case, it is resolved, to let the matter stand over, until 
a reply is received from Government. 
IV. Return of Convicted Absconders. The Secret- 
ary reads the following correspondence: 
14th December, 1908. 
The Federal Secretary, F. M. S. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your 
letter No. 5171 of October 21st. 
In reply 1 am instructed to say that the replies received 
by me from the four Residents and referred to in my letter 
of October 9th, seem to indicate that the existing law is not 
