CO129-527-11 3 Recruitment of Chinese labour for Dutch Borneo 10-7-1930 - 28-2-1931 — Page 6

CONFIDENTIAL ·

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مجھ

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 3rd February, 1931.

J

My Lord,

With reference to Your Lordship's

confidential telegram of 5th September, 1930, No.69 on the

subject of the contract for labour in Dutch Borneo,

I have the honour to inform you that Clause V (1) has

now been deleted and V (2) amended to read:-

"V (1). Any deductions made on account of advances

or for payments made on behalf of the

labourer by the employer may not exceed one

fifth of what is due to the labourer for

wages during the past month or for work

completed on day-task or on piece-work and

not more than one fifth of the wages earned

on contract work, with the proviso that

taxes not yet paid by the labourer at the

expiration of the contract may be deducted

in full."

Clause V (3) and (4) accordingly are renumbered (2)

and (3).

Clause VII has been amended by the substitution of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.

the

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