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strengthened by the possession of same indeterminate
Government authority, he will in fact tend to be entirely
fres from control in his dealings with emigrants between
Tiong Long and singapore; and secondly that ani grants
recruited in long dong and for any reason rejected at singapore are in danger of being stranded at that distance
from their homes.
If emigrants can be properly protected against
the risks which these difficulties involve, this Govern-
ment would have no further objection to put forward. It is auested that the Government of the straits settlements
should require a guarantee from the employer that all
migrants recruited in this indirect manner should ultimate-
ly be returned to their homes in the country at the employer's expense in accordance with the usual practice:
and that authority for such indirect recruitment should be issued by the proper Goverment Department in the
Straits settlements, after being notified that the guarantee was in order. Hong kong could paas emigrants under the authority issuxi, sending direct to the Goverment of the traits Settlements the lists of the men so passed. They
would be infoned before leaving as precisely as possible
of the conditions they would be offered on reaching the Straits settlements, but that in any case, (if, e.g., they
should be rejected on medical or other grounds,) the Goverment of that Colony would be responsible for their
return to their homes in the country.
6. It is realised that "free" anigrants constantly
leave the Colony for the traits settlements; and the schede outlined above would apply only to those who were recruited and sent forward as "assisted". The regulations
for