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"HAPTER XX,—RECRUITMENT FOR ASSAM—contd. 
Recruitment and Forwarding 
A New Act 23 ‘oh 
Essentials of Any Scheme .. 
Free Recruitment .. i. 
Control over Forwarding .. 
Possibility of Removing Control 
Power to Re-introduce Control 
Definition of Assisted Emigration 
Scope of the Act. ws , a 
Abolition of the Assam Labour Board 
Supervision of the Emigrant . . ii 
Protector of Immigrants .s . 
Cess on Emigrants .. .. oe it 
Powers of Central and Provincial Governments . . 
Need of Constructive Policy .. 
Contracts and the Worker 
Restraints on Workers’ Movements 
Employers’ Agreements . 
Knowledge of the Law it 
Access to Workers’ Houses .. 
Publicity in Recruiting Districts 
Difficulty of Return a. 
Right of Repatriation ia 
Transferred Workers oe 
Earlier Repatriation . 
(General Comments ze .o 
CHAPTER XXI—WAGES ON PLANTATIONS— 
System of Wage Payment in Assam 
Land for Private Cultivation 
Other Concessions . . - 
Other Factors 5% . a 
Importance of Cash Wage .. 
Average Earnings - 
Absenteeism ry fe 
Effect of Increase of Wages .. “i . 
Methods of Determining Wage Rates in Assam 
Wage-fixing Machinery and the Employer 
Basic Rate and Wage Level . 
Experience in Ceylon oe “w 
Objections to Statutory Wage Regulation 
Piece Rates and Time Rates ‘se 
The “ Hazira ” and Unit Systems  .. 
The Basic Rate and the Present System 
Preliminary Investigation .. ve 
Collection of Returns “s we 
Type of Machinery ve - 
Points for Consideration  .. va 
Inspection IN 
Wages in the Dooars " . 
Other Tea Planting Areas in North India 
Employers’ Organisation in South India 
System of Advances oe _- 
Prevailing Rates of Wages .. aii . 
Concessions .. we we ve 
Defects of System of Wage Payment - wr . 
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