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to cover all legitimate out of pocket expenses with 
just sufficient margin to ‘induce employers to recruit 
up to their own req.ui remen ts. 
13. Besides the emigrants recruited by kanganies 
for individual employers any bona fide agricultural 
labourer who is physically fit, on application to the 
Emigration Commissioner or his Assistant, can obtain 
a free passage to Malaya at the expense of the Fund, 
without incurring any obligation to labour for any 
particular employer on arrival. 
The number of these voluntary emigrants has' been 
steadily increasing. They are for the most part 
returning emigrants who are proceeding to their old 
places of employment and as they are not recruited 
neither kangany’s commission nor recruiting allowance 
is payable. 
14. Attached to this pamphlet as Appendix C 
will be found a copy of the balance sheet of the Fund for 
the half year ending 30th September, 1923. It will 
be seen that this discloses a very satisfactory 
position — there being a credit balance of $1,878,431.00 
practically all in liquid assets. 
In view of the uncertainty as to the probable number 
of immigrants estimates are difficult to frame but on 
the basis of 40,000 assisted immigrants being imported 
in 1924 the estimated expenditure including all 
administration charges and contingent liabilities is 
$1,502,106.00. That is to say with all overhead charges 
the cost of importation works out at less than $38/- 
per head, none of which falls on the individual 
employer except in the form of assessment. 
