CO129-515-7 Recruitment of Chinese labour for Sarawak 7-12-1928 - 8-4-1929 — Page 30

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application for permission to

recruit labour to the

Sarawak coal mines was approved.

2. The proposal s now made

for the recruitment of labour

for Sarawak differ from tho se

previously approved in that the

emigrant will be required before

leaving Hong Kong to acknowledge

a debt of 48 dollars to the

Asiatic Petroleum Company, such

debt to be remitted by instal.

ments of 4 dollars for every

month worked. It has been

ascertained from the Governor

of Hong Kong that no contract

will actually be signed by the

emigrant before leaving for

the

Hong Kong and acknowledgement

of debt would apparently be verbal

only.

3.

Mr.Amery is advised, however,

that

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