, 1881-09-17

his part also express his thanks for the
elaborate explanations given us by HIS
Honour the President.
The acting President said he doubted
whether an immigration to any extent OF
Cinnamon could be had without having
a superintendent of the Immigration
appointed according to the prescription OF
the Law of October 1862. But he would peg
to observe that he had read he believed
in the Revue dies deux Mondes that China
men are not generally considered to be
good agricultural labourers, while they
are useful for other individual purposes.
And he believed it would be equally
as expensive to get Cinnamon as
Coolies, as the voyage is equally as
long; it would not at all events for some
time be by the way of Panama, although
this would be the shortest route IN time;
in fact the voyage would be even longer
than that of the Coolies, unless they were
to be transported South of America,
where, however, storms are prevalent
and he did not know if a cargo of that
kind could be insured. lie knew that in
the United States there is said to be q
good deal of dissatisfaction with China
men and that they had been threatened
to be expelled from California, and he had
also read that they had actually been
expelled from New Zealand. He did not
know, if there were any to be had from
those cha1tnelS-AS regards an Agent CT
superintendent here, such an official must
be appointed, as the Ordinance OF October
1862 preScribeS it, with the view of having
IL person to take care Of the interest of
the immigrants; but the Ordinance does
not prescribe a salary of $500; hence the
salary might be fixed at a lower sum.
There is also this reason why there must
be a Superintendent here, namely the
provision of the Ordinance of 1873 concern
ing the relunding 20 the Immigrationtund
of the advanced / by subsequent employ
ers of immigrantS.-To this effect account
must be kept Of the movements of the
immigrants, which according to said Law
is the work of the Superintendent. it
must however be we'll understood, if
planters intend to import immigrants
without assistance from the ImmigratiOn-
fund. there would be no need OF a Superin-
tendent. 1t is only i'll case they should
succeed in receiving assistance from the
Immigrationfund that they must be pre-
pared to submit to the Laws IN connection
Herewith.
2ud Member for ChriStiansted's Coun-
try District (C0ulter) said he felt quite
convinced that His Honour the President
had lost sight of the fact that under the
AAOO AAItN ALpOAARAS WV NNEO
led to make yearly contracts, and there.
fore when they left the first employer they
We're always bound to go to a second, and
of these removals and changes the Police
got information, and could keep the
superintendent posted up; in reality 1t
was the Police who kept the lists. Now,
however, when the Labour Act no longer
exists, and there is no necessity for yearly
contracts, the regulation alluded to would
certainly be ineffective; in fact it seems
evident, that the old law, based Gil the
existence of the yearly engagements under
the labour act, is virtually dead OF itself,
and a new ordinance to do away with the
superintendent post would scarcely be
necessary it would be entirely too ceremo-
NOUS. Some new regulation would have
to be made as to how the lmmlgrationfund
is to obtain repayment of its outlay.-As
to the obtaining of labOurers, he was
under the impression that we could get at
once from the neighbouring; foreign islands;
bnt if not, and if not in a sufficient
number, then we must try elsewhere,
and Cinnamon would by far be prefer.
able; even if the first cost should
even be somewhat higher, there would be
no other costs and especially not the obli-
cation to provide return passages. he
did not however, consider it impossible for
the Government here to establish. q Co.
vernment Agent in Barbados and If that
could be done, we should try there first.
The Acting President said he was we'll
aware of the difference in this respect since
a. II III d.