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sickness - in case of sickness, family pay in China up to 6 weeks
misconduct - entails deductions of family pay for offences involving 28 days
loss of pay and upwards
Compensation - Death or total disablement $100
Partial disablement, not exceeding $50
Also, the Ration Allowance per diem as laid down by the Directorate of Labour, subject to modification, was per man:
Rice
24 ounces
Meat or dried fish
8 ounces
Vegetables
8 ounces
Tea
half an ounce
Nut oil
half an ounce
Salt
half an ounce
Flour
4 ounces
Margarine
1 ounce
Summerskill quotes 8 ounces of rice, 8 ounces of flour, 14 ounces of meat and three-quarters of an ounce of tea, with the addition of one ounce of sugar, ten ounces of bread and also wheat and lard.
Cooking arrangements, as laid down, stated that the Chinese ate two meals a day, one before work and one in the evening. The usual camp cooking arrangements were provided - dixies with a percentage of Soyer stoves for heating water. Cooking was done in camp by the Chinese cooks.