CO129-503-7 Chinese labour- recruitment for work in coal mines in Sarawak 17-9-1926 - 14-2-1928 — Page 25

* COMELDANTIAL.

..WT. Southon.

Ansa. Conf. 12 APR 1928-

FEB 1928

778/28

30081

6.

Youb, OFFIC

2.5

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

9th November, 1927.

HONGKONG.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your Confidential despatch of loth June on the subject of emigration of Chinese labourers to Sarawak and, in accordance with the last paragraph, to forward the accompanying list of places to which emigration is already permitted under conditions approximating to those suggested in the applicat-

ion under consideration.

2.

I propose to take this opportunity to set

before you the position as it now exists with regard to indentured and assisted emigration. The former so far as

Hong Kong is concerned is prohibited by law and does not.

exist. The latter on the other hand is permissible under

certain conditions. The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No.30 of 1915 defines 'assisted emigrant' as 'any male emigrant who

intends to labour for hire ..... and who has received

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assistance in the way of payment of passage money subsistence

or otherwise

Such emigrants are required to be lodged in boarding houses licensed for the purpose; and must be

produced before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs who demands

photographs and other particulars for his records and also satisfies himself that the emigrant knows where he is going,

understands the conditions on which assistance has been given

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

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