409 
Labour. 
There are about 80,000 coolies employed on rubber 
estates Tn the Ma,ay Peninsula, and of these over 50,000 
are Tamils some 15,000 Chinese, 7,-173 Javanese and 4, CIO 
‘l ala^ bei’nK employed. On estates where I have see 
( 'hinese empToyed in tapping there has tmen every reas 
itrA^A-’nS; 
htar. 
laboui . Commission have now g°t mt o their 
stride, and it is becoming generally recognised that such a 
body, with a continuous and recognised policy, will he 
o-roiit use in the future. 
Estate Labour, Federated Malay States, 1908 ., 
Tamils 
Javanese 
Malays 
Chinese 
Total ■ 
: Selangor. 
26,103 
1,662 
627 
1,121 
tl ! Maori 
1 EPvAk. j g EMmL AX. 
13,635 
2,276 
995 
3,126 
29,513 20,032 
3,443 
1.023 
260 
2,203 
6,929 
Pahang, 
334 
38 
79 
145 
596 
Total. 
43,515 
4,999 
1,961 
6,595 
57,070 
Estate Labour, Malay Peninsula, 1908 . 
Tamils 
Javanese 
Malays 
Chinese 
Federated 
Straits 
Settlements 
Malay States.' and Kedah. 
43,515 
4,999 
1,961 
6,595 
6,476 
1,336 
1,724 
5,849 
Total - 
57,070 
15,385 
Johore. 
1,418 
1,138 
731 
2,624 
5,911 
Total. 
51.409 
7,473 
4,416 
15,068 
76,366 
