The Archive · 1938

Labour Supply

The supply of labour was ample: for all requirements and the health, of the force was satisfactory except, for an outbreak of measles in June, July and August. The average daily. wages were 47 cents as compared with 39.18 cents last year.

The whole Estate is in very clean. and tidy order and there 1s freedom from sporadic lallang.

Apart from the continued spread of root disease in the old areas neither ests nor diseases gave any trouble.

All the buildings and machinery have been given the necessary attention and are in good order.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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