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C.O.885

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Section 63. Immigrant not able-bodied. No allotments to be made of men not capable of performing agricultural service.

Section 71. Annual return of death-rate.-Proviso of Section 71 to be deleted and transferred to Section 72 so as not to exclude any deaths in computing the annual death-rate.

Section 74. Consequences of excessive death-rate. To stand.

Section 77. Term of indenture. Secretary of State to be addressed on subject of enhancement of period of indentured service of women from three to five years. Possibility of increase of percentage of women from 40 to 50 being required by Indian Government. Emigration Agent at Calcutta to be notified and his views got.

Section 87 (Clause 3).--Register of dwellings.-The Medical Officer to make his requisition in an estate book to be kept for the purpose, and the employer should have a right of appeal to the Surgeon-General and a further right of appeal to Government. The Protector and Inspectors should see if requisitions, when final, have been carried out.

Section 90. Offences by immigrant.—Additional Section 90A satisfactory. Section 92. Placing of other immigrant on rations. Already dealt with. Section 93. Sale and purchase of rations.—First sub-section to be omitted. Second to stand.

PART VII.

Duty and responsibility of controlling hospitals, &c., to be vested in the Surgeon-General. Medical visits on large estates to be tri-weekly. On smaller ones as often as the Governor thinks necessary. Laws to be altered accordingly.

Section 103. Treatment of patients by Government Medical Officers. To require the Government Medical Officer to keep such hospital records as the Surgeon- General may direct.

19th May, 1913.

Same attendance, with the exception of the Acting Surgeon-General, Dr. Eakin, who was unavoidably absent.

Section 110.

Misconduct of immigrant in respect of hospital.—Omit Clause (1). Hospitals to be fenced in in such a way that egress impossible.

Rate of wages for time-work.-See note on Section 92.

Section 116. Section 117. Rate of wages for task-work.-Wages to remain as at present. When Ordinance amended, Governor to make rules as to difference, in wages in cases of fixed and occasional labour.

Section 126. Payment for extra time-work.-No special agreement to be recog- nised. Nine hours' work to be given and all extra time to be paid for at rate of one cent for each period of twelve minutes or a fraction thereof.

PENAL SECTIONS IN PARTS VIII. AND IX.

Section 110. The punishment for a first offence might be 5s. or 7 days; for a second or subsequent offence, 10s. or 14-days.

Section 124-First offence, 10s. or 7 days; later offence, 20s. or 14 days. Section 128. First offence, 10s. or 7 days; later offence, 20s. or 14 days.

Section 129. Any offence, 10s. or 14 days.

Section 130. Any offence. 10s. or 14 days.

Section 131.-Ordinance to stand.

A new section to be added to Part VIII. in form suggested

Any person who aids or instigates an indentured immigrant to commit

any offence punishable under this part shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had himself committed such offence.

Section 136. Employment of unindentured immigrant.—To be deleted. Section 140. Immigrants unlawfully at large. The whole section to be re- drafted. Onus of identification to be on Immigration Department, not on immi- grant. Only indentured immigrant to be arrested. When arrested to be taken to Inspector's Office or Police Station to await identification.

Section 141. Unlawful absence from plantation. First offence, penalty 5s. or 7 days; subsequent offence, penalty 10s. or 14 days.

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Section 144. Desertion. In line (4) substitute "may" for shall" (vide supra). Provide for immediate report to the Protector and to the local Inspector and for offer of reward. Substitute 7 days for 3 days.

Section 145.-Omit.

Section 146. Punishment of deserter.-Absence for a week to constitute desertion; dealt with in Section 144.

Penalty: First offence, 10s. or 14 days; later offence, 20s. or 3 months.

In Form 28 substitute for "complexion" the words "marks of identification." Section 150.-To be deleted.

Section 152. Employment of indentured immigrant by person not entitled to his services. Enlarge section to include owner, contractor, &c.

Section 155. Reporting of immigrant voluntarily returning to plantation.— To be amended. Omit Protector, Magistrate, and Inspector-General.

Section 156. Habitual Idler.-Delete.

PART X.

Committee to be appointed to consider and report on Part X. of Ordinance 161. Suggestions that District Courts might be Courts of First Instance withdrawn.

Section 198. Declaring of indenture void in case of death or disability within six months after allotment.-To stand.

Section 209. Computation of duration of indenture.-Section to stand. A sub-section (4) to be added to Section 207 to enable an immigrant to commute at any period of his indenture without the consent of the employer on payment of commutation money.

Section 210. Exclusion of certain periods in computation of term of indenture. -In third line delete" shall and substitute “may.'

Section 214-Manager to give notice to Protector of completion of indenture.—

. Punishment provided for in Section 270.

Section 215.-Certificate to disabled immigrant.-Section to stand.

Section 225. Right of immigrant to return passage.-(1) The right to return passages to be claimed within five years. Matter to be referred to Secretary of State.

(2) Each Inspector to be authorised to make up a list of 20 or 25 destitute or disabled immigrants for repatriation yearly.

Section 232. Muster Roll-Already dealt with. Section 233.

Medical Returns.-Forms as suggested already in existence. Section 234. Loss of certificate of exemption from labour, &c.-All duplicate certificates to be issued on payment of one shilling.

Section 235. Use by an immigrant of certificate or pass of another immigrant. -Section to stand.

Section 245. Magistrate may order immigrant before him to be taken to hospital. Circulars are issued to Magistrates calling their special attention to the

Section 247.-Admission of immigrant sentenced to imprisonment to bail in certain cases. Protector to appeal freely against heavy sentences on first offenders.

Section 250. (Notification by Magistrate of conviction), and Section 252. (Certificate of conviction before Supreme Court.)-To be amended. Protector instead of employer to be notified immediately.

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Sentences inflicted by Magistrates.-Cireulars to be issued to Magistrates calling their attention to the fact that heavy sentences under the Urdinance do not, reduce crime, but tend to manufacture criminals. Fines imposed may be paid by manager at the request of immigrant, and time given for payment fortnightly. Such fines to be returned by immigrant, but not to be deducted from his pay.

Imprisonment of indentured immigrant.-Government has had matter to have separate prisons for indentured immigrants under consideration. No funds avail- able now. Will be kept in view.

Estate management.-Immigration Department to look closely into matter of management.

Land grants.-Land grants to immigrants on terms proposed not possible. Annual Report.-Matter for Protector to carry out.

His Excellency thanked the Delegates for their assistance, and stated that a copy of the decisions would be sent to them and to the Secretary of State.