his food . The men omplayed
in this hade get three and
Sometimes
day.
6 four ments per In the Gaoler & memo: marked B the offer made
is only equal to the wages. The prisoners being supplied with food by the Government
the
amount
4 for pounding
should be larger than the
Sum named in said Meme :
Mr_said Flour from wheat costs about
39 cents pir picul to produce. The Chinese allow 1 picul of wheat
1 ofert for 75 cathes flour; (but it is not
waxy clean)
they calculat
and
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that the braw pays for the
wages and cast of grinding.
the 75 Catties. The hand
used red
machinery we
for this
purpose costs about 14 dollars.
Futher information
regarding labour could be obtained without much difficulty. It must be bome in mind that the cast
of labor in this Colany is high compared with, the range on the mainland.
I. I
(Signed) A
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