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had originally wished to get Chinese i'm.
migrants, as they were considered best
suited 10 their wants, that In 1861 an
application in that direction was made to
the Government, that the Government had
written to the Danish Consul in Cuba,
where Chinese labourers had at that time
lately been imported, to obtain such
calculations that could be obtained end
serve TO throw light on the matter. But
unfortunately here is a lacuue IN the cor
respondence, as the reply from the Consul
has been sent to the Ministry. and is no
longer to be found among the papers Of
the case but anyhow, the tact IS that
Chinese labourers never came to the Island.
Attention had meantime been turned
to Eastindian Coolies, and IN order TO
facilitate or prepare the introduction OF
these, two Ordinances were discussed aud
PASSED in 1862, the one establishing an
Immigrationtund in the Island, by a loan,
for raising which the necessary authority
was given, at the same time as the tax OF
10 cts of every acre OF land not utterly
useless was fixed, which tax was calculated
should yield $4,000 yearly, but 1t The tax
should be insufficient in any year, the
deficiency was TO be made up from the
means of the laadtreasury. Besides Faid
tax the immigration fund was 10 receive
certain sums 10 be PAID by parties
9 nployipg imported labourers' The 'mnl
grationfuud should detray the yearly
instruments ard Interest OF The original
loan ana all expenses connected with lhe
innovation OF Iabonr TO The Island rs
well as with the encouraging OF lmPof'a-
ton from foreign places, Inc olneI
Ordnance is one passed in October . I
relative to the intr oduction OF Iabourers
from foreign places into tins Island ano
their treatment here. THIS Ordinance Oau
chiefly lis origin from representations or
requests of the British Government, VINO
would not allow Coolies to leave the
Eastindies for this county before certain
ptoplsio s sd been.. made TO regulate me
treatment aud to secure sCme control II
this respect, the more so as the BIltlSH
Government did only atIow emlSFalOA 10
their own colo, les under the same res rue
tions. This Ordinauce apples, however,
TO all impoltatioDS OF Iabourers from
ioreign places, aud s 2 prescribes that
there shah be app ointed Immigration
Agents at those foreign places from where
labourele are to be imported. There was
raised a loan OF $4,000 for the lmniSfa'
,ioufunJ, to be repaid in II years with 3
pr. CT. interest aud halIyearly mstdlme0lS;
hnd from those means the necessary amount
was placed at the disposal Of an Agent III
Calcutta for obtaining a catt"in lumber
ct Coolies; in June 1868 the fist
lot of BIZ individuals arrived they
cost SlI2 pr. head landed here; aud
after S year., when their contracts had
run opt IN 1865, they Were sent home, or
at least the greater part OF them, to
Calcutta at o cost Ut about Sl6,00O,
making in all with loss 81 interest Oh the
capita! invested an outlay CT over S6O,OO0
for about 3I2 coolies. or vefy nearly 200
dollars pr. head. The wish for an lmml-
grafton of this ki0d could rot reasonably
be entertained. Ii we could obtain immi-
granrs from foreign Westindia Islands,
say d to 500, es honorable members mean
would be sufficient for the Immediate
wants. that would sound reasonable; but
has any Que any idea If where those people
are to be had He had heard say that
acme were TO be had in Crab Island but
he believed that all the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
have the same good weather as We have,
Before finishing with the Coolies he
begged to add, that all were at first
deliehted with those coolies, and a second