, 1896-10-17

matter.
The Sub,agent enlists the services Of a GER
tain number of recruiters, regulated by the
districts he proposes to work i'll, who, after
due enquiry into their characters by the
Police, are licensed by the Protector at Cal
cutta.
Before the recruiter en- set 70 work, how
ever. his license must he counterslGned ny the
Magistrate of the District in which IL IN
tends TO collect emigrantS. \ pr'Psr place
has also to be selected for a depot, winch
must also be licensed aftel inspection, by the
Civil Surgeon of the place, vino usually cX-
amines the intending emigrant' medically.
In otntres like Benares, Fyzaba,i and else
where, main dep6ts are established where
the Sub-agents reside, and these are fed by
sub -depots in the ont districts, usually IN
charge Of one or more recruiters. Each sub
depot must be inspected and licensed; and the
principal r~ecruiter in charge keeps 6 book to
record the visits of the Magistrate or the
Police, aud their remarks; and IA register III
which the name, age caste, parentagt. abode,
&C., of each recruit is entered on arrival at
the depot. There are separate quarters for
men and women. latrine arrangements, and
usually q we'll, if the premises are large
enough.
The sub-dep6ts are Ivy no means p%alatiaI,
except when compared with the novels in
WHICH Ul0 pOOICL Nl1cS AtNO AAC 10 LCANC0
in Valombrosa.
How even natives con exist in these dens
in the fearful temperatures of the hot season
and the rains, passes comprehension.
While the writer was inspecting depots in
Cawnpore lately, the thermometer in the We
randall of the hotel was go ut l0. 80 D. m. a
damp heat without Il breath of air, far worse
to endure than 1900 in the shade in May
when the percentage of moisture is % to 80.
The fact is, most people sleep OH the street
and foot ways during the heat. Even the
natives could not exist indoors at nights.
The writer has passed through Benares at
about 3 a. III. when the streets We're flooded
with moonlight, and the effect was weird in
the extreme.
On either hand. ranges Of cots made of
string such as the native usually affects, bore
their silent living freight covered with the
"chudders, > like so many c"lrseS laid out for
burial, while Pariah dogs and troops of jack
ais scampcre among them. The latter oc-
casionaIly walk off with a baby, if the mo-
theirs sleep too soundly.
The emigrants are Brought. n speedily MS
possible, before the Civil Surgeon. who coun-
tsrsigns the registration tickets, If h" passes
the individual as'it'' to enIigrate. Those who
pass are then taken before the Magistrate in
small patches of - or 70 at a ii inc, and he
explains the terms of contract. which in adj
dition, however, are endorsed on n rrgistra-
ton papers III three. lang ages. When q
sufficient number of emigrlntS have passed
their medical examinations. and agreed be-
fore the Magistrate to emigr lie, and have
been registered III his court, rain acenmmo.
dation is secured and they are rallied to Cal
cutta, from distances varying from four to
eight hundred miles. 1elegraplic advice is
sent the day before to the Agent, and a clerk
and poems meet the people at iIowrah, the
terminus of the L. ]. Railway, some ) miles
from Garden Reach.
On arriving at the depot Gla' for they usual
ly come dow by boat from IIowrah, The emil
grants are met by the native D lctni in charge
of the depot Hospital, and carefully examin.
ell as to their freedom from infectious dis.
ease, &c. Even sufferers from sore eyes,
are promptly segregated in a house set apart
for the purposes; bat where any symptoms of
measles appear, they are at once sent to the
segregating depot. q mile away, and the
whole batcL Of cmigrants isolated and care
fully watched. Cholera and smallpox cases
which are rare, 90 at once to the Campbell
Hospital, four miles distant.
After this preliminary medical examina-
ton, the people each receive a piece of soap,
and a change Of clean clothes, and are made
TO wash themselves thoroughly: the soiled
%raiment, such of 1t as will stand washing
is sent away to be boiled and cleaned before