CO129-514-3 Mui Tsai system- correspondence 27-8-1929 - 21-11-1929 — Page 113

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defeated its run reject"; by ignoring the sale, it is

isself ignored.

my suggestion is native Lawt

snowed provide for me face-

mamay being reduced monthly my credits camed by the quie's work. This can be done by Rules under Sective 12 (1) (1)

of the Enachment refaing

"Remunerations".

The Rules noved provide ciali me muiñng -eration moued be of ino Runds: -

(1)

mming

Deducción

uum un m

from ins

amount of me Sale-mmey,

(2)

a

mmoney payment in cash.

By way of rejection to his proposal, some me may say that it is fucile is arrange to pay off-, by instalments, a sum which ine Laus ignores, and which

ід

cannot can not be recovered in ine cine comes. The môrt is

miñal îmis is no more

mui-isai,

who

"

fucile than the syseum of Registering

(in micory)

and

working in a purely voluntary capacity. Angering dish can re adduced in sugport" of registing minntrai secums also to support- a syseûm of re-intiring the Sale-mmey, Chinare pubric ogni con and Chinese mestūciej (anici a diftment thing) recognize the Sale-mmey,

Buen

this

mey

my doing the same, that the Gwenment can wercome the Difficueries which have arisen in the pact- fum ine Bucilla facuery of iquoring empecasant facío ·

The main argument in sugyours. of my proposal is that when the face-mmey has been repaid by these muincy deduccions, the rqui-tai

would have a Gwenment dreument declaring urat, myber earnings during a specified puied, she had worked off. the amount for which she had been woed.

Such a document inspires confidence. It is appreciand, at its full race, by the congranges, by the girl, and my the neighbours. It is a vacity different thing

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