Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-10

nent including the "potector" provisions extend the
Brsh Colonies and any exception made in favor of the
Hawaiian Government would be quite inconsistent The
Hawaiian Government makes distinctions III favor OF any
nation in the matter of native seaen considers its laws
that subject Just and reasonable So the Imperial Gov
considers the it exac from foreign countries
condition of obtaining weak aud ignorant British SUBJECTS
Just and reasonable
TnE EAST INDIANS LspoRERs.
There is great difference of opinion on the value Of Indian
cooie labor but believe the prevailing opinion is that the
Chinese superior to ludansa the same time this cooe
used with profit here All of the Chinese not superior to
all of the Indians but the emgrant lnborers from China
rather superior the emigant laboers from India This Is
owing dereuce IN the social and religious thought OF the
countries The natives of the Coromonde coast who DO
work on the plantations the Malay Peninsula receive
double the given the Bengoese cooe IN the same
place But the native from Coromandel will not remain
long in the Malay country He returns home at the end OF
six months 1t in Burmah whore thousands OF coolies
emgrae from India work few months and return home
The East Indians not emigratng people They are
not disposed from part of India to another or
from India to foreign countries Great efforts have been
made them from crowded parts to the scanty settled
portions but with little effect The tea planters in the dis
irc Of Assam have great difficulty in getting nborers and
already find that the high OF getting them is making in
many instances the cultivation of the tea plant quite unpro-
able The Indian prefers suffering aud famine at home to
removal to another part OF India (See Indian Famine
Report During the recent great and distressing om'nes
no considerable numbers offered leave, willing
leave their homes few living the seapors offered to
emigrate.
the Indian dependencies The demand there for labor is
very great and the high 1t is scantly populated
millions people could readily md support
its boundaries But the Indian coole though fully protected
refuses settle there peerrng rather TO the Bay
Bengal labor few months aud return to lGd. ana i've al
nnsua sory pressed for labor working the sugar. cot
fee gambler plantations SO the planters of Sumatra
and comparatively high offered but the demand
scanly supplied Ny observations this subject are
confirmed by Mr. Coar in his report published in the Ho
,rnn oseite June ~ 1851 The statistics published by the
Indian for the year 1879 offer strong proof
this point There nine foreign agencies for obtaining
emgrats in India These are located in Calcutta and rep
ljnI
Mauritius Natal FIJI Surinnm and Guadaoue Each agent
by requirements of the Indian laws must he soarie'
officer (Sec 81 The agents employ recruiters TO thu
country and these licensed 10y the Indian Government
During year ls79sU the 2S6 recruiters obtained 20
persons who registered emrants in the different districts
OF these 20 ooO only iSoO0 cane INTO the dePots at
Ten per cenum abandoned their These $50 're
CRITTERS paid 81 80 for every emrnnt finally catered IL
the depot. Tie payment of this comparatively large sun
the difficulties OF obtaining grants. Although tn
agencies located Calcutta the capital of the PROVING
of Bengal which holds thirty millions OF people, there wer
only three hundred and 1906 emirants from that Province
Central India comprising the great districts of lndore May
pore Jubhlepoe, Raypoe, Rewah and Gwaior, furnshe
only hundred and twenty altogether. Now here In
Empire of hundred and fifty millions of people in perhnp
the poorest country in the world famine prevailing somewher
nearly the of wages not reaching five cents
day places the people must be solicited and begged
eiate and only 20 600 are obtained in one wear from Ties
millions Moreover the licenses of one-seventh part OF til
recruiters cancelled in this year for false represent
alton the proposed emant showing that the recruiters
most questionable people The cooi
is unwilling to 60 Miserable and starving the poores
classes they greatly tempted by rise in wages or
n cents Experience that social
and financial by credtabe to the cooe
quite influential the prospect of increased wages
Indian rule who has prospects at home seems wi
ling TO leave. Many who sic&v emigration, but ar
refused The to the Imperial Government FROM tn
Island of Jamaica show that the medical attendance tn
cooe that healthy country averages $3.50 per hea
per During the year 1883 Demarara Granada
St Lucia did the small number of emgrants the
required and during the 1879 so the last year In which
official return mae) Demarara and Trinidad failed
the few which they required ee official report to tn
ludian Governmeni.) At the time Demaraa quit
popular with the returning emrnts 1t must he remembers
with well constructed depots and the business managed
highly paid and who experienced i'll all the best
successful methods OF inducing the people TO leave home
AS about ~ 600 people do emgrae the queo
from what class do they come? If the people general
not disposed to emgrate it not quite safe to conciud
that those who do not the most desirable? DR.
Grant informed that rule, they from the loves
/ the most servle caste III India.
With respect to the connected with Indian
grafton the of allowed the terms of service
CURED will hereafter present such detailed report
may require l will state, however that in the competition
for obtaining coolies Sunam for instance requires only v
days work the week. hours each day. and gives
passage at the end OF Ave years The official ol
the Island OF Jamaica show that the cost of securing the
grant OF defrain his to and fro amounts to $3.50
EAST INDIANS BASIS OF POPULATION.
In considering this branch of the subject ii would he
sary into careful consideration OF the
phy steal Ind intellectual condition Of the class of East Indian
from which the emigrants that you and thos
Interested in this question familiar with the literature
the subject shall therefore, present only few facts, whc
in my opinion should settle this question The Hndoos
divided into The lines between these castles strict
drawn. Every Hindoo child is born the other If them
and remains Tor e The higher hold the ntegenc
castles wealth and intelligence decrease until the lowest
reached which contains the ignorant and those with the eas
moral and intellectual power Ages of social religious
political dspo'sm have kept this lowest caste in such mis-