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The Government is in fact the largest single con- 
tributor to the Fund through the assessment which it 
pays on labour employed in the Railways, Public Works 
and other Government Departments. 
The special Enactment under which this system was 
introduced has since been incorporated in the general 
Labour Code and the officer administering it is' now 
known as the Controller, of Labour. 
10. The purposes for which the Fund can be used 
are carefully defined and include, besides expenses 
connected with the importation of labour, “ the main- 
tenance of homes for decrepit and unemployed Indian 
labourers and the children and orphans of Indian 
labourers,” and “ repatriation of and assistance to 
Indian labourers in need of relief.” 
Two such Homes exist. One at Kuala Lumpur for 
decrepit labourers has been in existence since 1914. 
During the past year an Institution has been started 
in Penang where unemployed labourers are housed 
and fed until work is found for them. Except in times 
of acute trade depression such as we have recently 
passed through there is little unemployment and the 
numbers entering these Institutions are very small. 
11. Until quite recently most of the expenses 
of administering the Fund were borne by the Govern- 
ment, which also paid the salaries of officials in India, 
maintained the Emigration Camps there and paid the 
annual subsidy to the British India Steam Navigation 
Company, whose steamers are under contract to carry 
the emigrants. 
