The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-06-11
WILLIAM A. G. YoUsG.
Notice to Planters and Others
Interested in the Importation
of LabOrerS.

As q result OF the various meetings of the
Planters Society and of the Investigations and
reports made by n Joint Committee, three MEM
bers Of which, namely, Mr.. W. l.. Green, Mr..
W. A. AIdrich and Mr.. j. c.. Pfuger, were ap-
pointed by tho Planters Society, and three,
namely, the undersigned, Mons. Z. de Varigny
and NJ. G. c. Harris, By the Kings Government,
the Government has decided upon the following
course
To invite, and it hereby does invite, all per-
sons dssirous of securing the services of imported
hborers, without reference to the replies with
which the undersigned was favored, to n previous
notice dated the 9Th April last, to state how
many East Indian Coolies, male and female, they
will undertake To receive upon their being landed
here-the said Coolies To be OF the race called
East Indian Coolies and more particularly, IT pro-
eurable, Hell Coolies, but not the Coolies OF
China
Upon receiving undertakings OF this nature Tor
say, four or five hundred Coolies. the Govern
meut will engage and despatch To Singapore, via
hongkOng, an Agent. perfectly acquainted with
the requirements of this Country. and capable OF
making such IA selection of Coolies. in view OF
the CHARACTERISTICS of the race to which they be-
long and their sanitary condition, as may taIrly
promise to secure the best class of laborers pro-
cuTable.
To do this the Agent will have to be provided
BY the Government with powers To contract tor
there Coolies upon certain terms, such as the pc
rod for which the engagement Is made, the pay
OF the men and that of the women, the cOndI-
tons upon which they are TO be returned at the
expiration of their contract, and also the condl-
tons upon which they will he allowed to reen-
gage themselves for a second term, &c, &C., DC:
Ii Is evident that the conditions and terms Will
have to be the same in the case OF all the Coolies
who may be brought here and for whatever plan
tahOn they may be engaged.
To meet the current expenses of the Agent a
certain amount per head on the Coolies ordered
by each planter or company will have. of neces-
slty, To be paid In advance, the Government at
present having no means at It's disposed to avoid
such 4 call.
The Agent will use all diligence in the matter
ct economy at every point OF outlay, ana the
Character of the gentleman chosen to carry out
tnis national object-for the future prosperity OF
the country is inseparable from that OF the plan
tiers, and without imported labor the planters
cannot reckon upon permanent SUCCESS such
as to recommend itself to- all.
IL is therefore proposed that in answering this
invitation the applications should be made sub
Jet to the following conditions
L. That the party applying will pay tor the
passage, clothing. food. &c. of each Coolle upon
delivery 500, at the outside, or as much less as
the ~strictest economy compatible with the health
and efficiency of the labOrer will permit and 50
per calendar month for each man, and So Tor
each woman as a maximum
2. That upon each IabOrer applied for an ad-
vance of so will be made by the applicant for
the purpose above stated, SIS only to be paid in
the first instance, at the departure of the Agent,
and the remaining S. when the necessity of the
ease shall require.
The undersigned while, in accordance with the
iuty imposed upon him, he thus asks for direct
Implications, will nevertheless he happy to meet
Nth planters or their agents TO offer further in.
brmatiOn, should it be desired before any Offer
u made. CHARLES GORDON HOPKINS.
HoxE OFFICE, Sd June, 1854