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CHAPTER XIX,

valley is the more important of the two areas and employs more than
twice as many workers. The system of recruitment for Assam is
governed by the Assam Labour and Emigration Act which imposes
restrictions not to be found in any other part of India. The question
of recruitment for Assam has a long history and, as it raises problems
which are peculiar to Assam, we deal with it separately in the following
chapter.