 The hard-working but indigent Indians seemed suited to agricultural labour to the British, able to work hard for low wages, providing a potentially massive source of cheap labour.The 'Great Experiment', as the indentured program came to be known, called for these prospective labourers, under a contract labour scheme, to be transported to plantations across the empire to supply the necessary agricultural manpower.This was a system whereby the prospective labourers agreed to work for a determined period of time in return for their cost of passage, basic accommodation and a small wage.