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(a) A paragraph has been added to the first
section in order to bring the short title into line with
the short titles given to similar measures.
(b) The term "assisted emigrant" in the
second section, as originally drafted, included men who
had prior to embarkation entered into a contract to labour
for hire. As the object of the Ordinance is to provide
certain facilities for free and assisted labour as opposed
to contract labour it was deemed advisable to make it clear
by amending the definition that the term "assisted
emigrant" was not to be construed as including an emigrant
under contract. It appeared to me that the amended defini-
-tion would give effect to the views which Your Lordship
has expressed at different terms while the original
definition would be opposed to them.
(c) A new section 5 has been inserted
under which the fee for the Medical examination of
emigrants has been raised from 25 cents to 50 cents, partly
to defray the cost of an increase in Staff necessitated by
the supervision of assisted emigration and partly in aid of
general revenue. The provision of the Staff estimated at
present to cost $3,570 per annum with a prospective in-
-crease to $8,400 will shortly form the subject of a
separate