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Deepa ch No., &c.
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Concurs in the proposal to communicate with the Governors of the Colonies concerned as indicated in No. 153, but points out that treatment at any period must be to some extent useless if the emigrant is to be exposed to ro-infection during service and en- quires as to the latrine arrangemente
ou the estates.
Forwards an extract from No. 172 relating to the gazetting of the Agents and observes that the Secretary of State would not be disposed to raise any objection if all the notifications could be dealt with by executive instructions and without gazetting.
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201
184
India Office
Confi- dential,
1913..
December 19
185 The Governor
...
Trinidad, 494.
265
186
Ditto
Jamaica, 465.
176
The Governor
Trinidad, (Rec. Dec. 6) Telegram.
States, in reply to No. 157, that the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council concur in the procedure pro- posed.
265
187
India Office
December 30
Government Emigration Agent
177
The
November 19 (Rec. Dec. 6.)
at Calcutta for Trinidad, &c.
Confirms No. 168 and forwards a press extract from which it will be observed that it is the intention of the Indian Government to abolish the present system of recruitment for the Assam tea gardens.
265
Subject.
Page.
December 8 (Rec. Dec. 23.)
December 13 (Rec. Dec. 30.).
Jamaica, December 13
Confi- (Rec. Dec. 31.) dential.
Forwards a copy of a report by Mr. | 272
McNeill and Mr. Chimman Lal on the subject of the proposed amalgamation of the Dutch and British Emigration Agencies at Calcutta.
Confirms No. 176...
Transmits a memorandum embodying the suggestions which Mr. McNeill and Mr. Chimman Lall are likely to make regarding East Indian immi- gration arrangements in Jamaica, together with a memorandum by the Acting Protector of Immigrants re- lative thereto;
expresses general agreement with the Acting Protector's
views.
273
274
Transmits, in reply to No. 170 and 175, 284
a copy of correspondence with the Government of India showing that they have been asked to take action as far as possible in the direction suggested.
Refers, in reply to No. 97, to No. 186 285
and proposes that the recommended amendments should not be drafted until a final decision as to their desired form can be ascertained.
Doubts whether the advantages to be expected from the visit of the Com- missioners to Assam, proposed in No. 171, would outweigh the objec- tion entertained, for domestic reasons, by the Indian Government and hopes that the suggestion will not be pressed.
285
Fiji, 424 December 31 Approves, in reply to No. 173, of his 286
proposal to increase the extent of land to be leased to the ordinary Indian applicant; requests his ob- servations on the recommendation that the Government should make advances to cultivators; and pre- sumes that he will provide in the new Prisons Regulations for keeping Indians who bave committed trivial offences apart from actual criminals.
188
The Governor
178
Ditto
November 20 (Rec. Dec. 6.)
States that No. 158 will be replied to jointly upon the return of Mr. Gibbes, about the middle of December, and confirms and explains No. 165,
266
189
India Office
179
Ditto
November 20 (Rec. Dec. 6.)
Reports arrangements made for a depôt | 267
in Retares and makes observationa
Confi. dential.:
December 31
as to the suitability of Benares as the up-country Agency.
180
To the Government
December 12
Informs them that the Government of 269
Emigration Agents
Trinidad has concurred in the pro-
at Calcutta.
posals in regard to the grant of retiring allowances to certain clerks whose services it is proposed to dispense with.
190
To the Governor
181
The
at
182
Government Emigration Agent Calcutta for
Trinidad, &c.
To the Government Emigration Agent at Calcutta for British Guiana, &c.
November 27 (Rec. Dec. 13.)
December 15
183
To the Governors...
British Guiana,
December 17
290;
Jamaica,
362;
Trinidad.
271
Forwards photographs of the new depôt 269
and Agent's house at Benares with an estimate of the monthly working expenses, and explains the increase of this estimate over that for Faizabad,
Informs him, in reply to No. 172, that the question of the issue of notifica- tions of the appointments of Agents has been referred to the India Office; and requests, before deciding as to the gari allowance referred to, a joint statement from Mr. Marsden and himself as to their requirements under the new arrangements.
Transmits copies of Nos. 130, 134, 136, 271
148, 153 and 174 [to Fiji: asks for a report on the measures taken or con- templated for dealing with the disease in the Colony.]
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The Governor
Jamaica, 36.
459:
Fiji,
408.
1912.
February 3 (Rec. Feb. 26.)
Transmits a copy of a minute by the 287
Superintending Medical Officer recom- mending that cases of ankylostomiasis among coolies should be treated with thymol on the voyage from India to Jamaica, and suggests that the question should receive further consideration.
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