CONCLUSION. ·

The inquiry into the methods by which Oriental labourers have been induced to come to Canada, while it has been concerned first with the immigration from Japan, second, with immigration from China, and third, with immigration from India, has revealed one circumstance of like application to all, and that is the necessity, if movements of this kind are to be properly regulated and controlled, of having in each of the countries of the Orient, a representative of the Dominion, whose duty it would be to keep the Canadian Government informed of matters affecting Canadian interests along other than merely commercial lines. Such representatives should be persons familiar with conditions in Canada, and Canadian affairs, and who might be expected to keep in touch with the official classes of the countries to which they are sent, and advise as to political or other policies of concern to the Dominion. A notification of what was happening in India or Japan, followed by intimations at the proper moment to the parties concerned, as to probable consequences, might have avoided much of the trouble of the past year, which, if it has any significance, bespeaks a growing intimacy in our relations with the East, and the beginning of a class of problems which Canada hitherto has not been obliged to face.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

(Sgd.) W. L. MACKENZIE KING,

OTTAWA, July 11, 1908.

Commissioner.