CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 620

commonly known as Coolie houses

with

a view to re-

removing any

mis-

apprehension which might exist and to preventing any

misunders.

tanding arising

as to their object. That euch misapprehension didvesist was evident, for the head coolies and

those who work under them were

under

an erroneous im

labouring pression that registration fees would be charged and that photographs of coolies would be required. In - addition to orally informing repre. sentatives of the Coolies that no fees

charged and that

would be

no

photographs would be required, I

caused a Cluvieze whice to be drawn.

up to the same effect, and distributed

arwongst the

wi

un large

numbers

beadmen and coolies.

Having learned at the same kine that a rumour was being spread that the ultimate object of

the

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regard to codic

an all

the Government in wintroducing the regulations with regard houses was to levy a pool tax Chinese resident in the Colony, I caned a contradiction of this baseless fa- brication to be inserted in the Chinese

notice and offered a reward to any

one who could furnish in- formation which would lead to the discovery of the persons who had put the rumour in crado-

how. No

ave

av

yet shown any

desire to obtain the reward.

4.

of

In addition to holding several

interviews with headcoolies and coolics and notifying them as in dicated, I also requested this leaching Olues Merchants who are large employers of coolie labour toesplaci. the position to their employees, and urged

the most influerer hat repre- sentatives of the district in China from which the cooler in

khung trong

chiefly