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of the agents, accompanied by a doctor, then visits 
the depot and selects such coolies as appear suit- 
able, receiving a photograph in duplicate of each 
man so selected, one copy of which he forwards 
to the Protector of Chinese, keeping the other for 
his own use. The broker, on the day of sailing 
if possible, takes' the selected coolies to the 
Protectorate, where they are identified by the 
photographs received from the agents, i and the 
contracts are signed. At the same time the coolies 
are paid whatever advances they have to receive, 
in the presence of the Protector. The contracts 
are between the agents and the coolies, the 
broker’s name nowhere appearing. One general 
contract in English is signed by the agents, the 
Protector and all the coolies, and in addition each 
coolv receives a Chinese translation of this, also 
stamped by the agents and signed by an Officer 
of the Protectorate. The coolies are then taken 
on board the ship, and the agent’s representative 
comes on board at the time of sailing and checks 
them by the photographs. The agents take no 
responsibility for the safeguarding of the coolies, 
who remain in charge of the broker until they 
are taken over by the employer or his representa- 
tive. The point at which the broker’s responsi- 
bility ceases varies. Coolies for Borneo are 
generally handed over to the emjployer or his 
agent before the departure of the ship, but those 
for Sumatra are, as a rule, delivered by the broker 
on the estates. Coolies for Pahang are taken over 
on the ship’s arrival at the port of disembarkation, 
and other practices prevail on the various other 
lines of traffic.” 
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