6. Goo Comf
(Eats furt position writ
regard
9/11/27
indentures thatot
and assisted emigration
сойт
It appears from the last enclosure in
the despatch that assisted emigration on terms
which might be regarded as being, in practice,
indentured labour, has been allowed to a number
Further of places. as the Governor points out, emigra-
h
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tion nominally free but actually assisted, goes
on, whether recognised or not. It is, however, desirable that it should, if possible, be regulated
as he explains in para. 3. On these grounds,
therefore, it seems desirable that principles of
procedure on the lines suggested in para. 5, should
be approved, (principle No.2 however, is not very
the
clear; in particular reference to indentured
labourers could hardly be retained as nominally
indentured labour is not allowed).
In his minute of the 11th of July, however,
Sir Gilbert Grindle referred to a recent Cabinet
decision on the subject.
I have not been able
to get a copy of this, but I understand that it
was simply that the Cabinet refused to approve
the recommendation of the New Hebrides Commission
for the importation of Chinese labour. I further
understand that this decision was taken on general
grounds of policy and, in view of it, the general
assisten
me
permission to approve a system of emigration as
ed
suggest in para. 5 can hardly be given, and
we must continue the practice of requiring proposals
for
o such, to be referred home.
With regard to the Sarawak scheme on which
all this has arisen, the best plan will probably
be to let the whole matter drop, at any rate until
we