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297. On August 7, an Auxiliary Police Force was established by the Government of Tanganyika for service in areas occupied by the Corporation. The cost of this Force is wholly borne by the Corporation. The Chief Officer of the Force has a dual responsibility. He is answerable to the Governor and Commissioner of Police for the proper functioning of the Force, and is responsible to the Board of the Corporation for the protection of its per- sonnel and property. Every member of the Force is a sworn Constable under the Ordinance, and is obliged to conform to a Code of Discipline. A police training school was established at Ifunda. The Force numbered nearly 200.
298. In December, 1948, an Officer was posted to Urambo and in February, 1949, two Officers were posted to the Southern Province, one to Nachingwea Area and the other to Mkwaya.
299. There is evidence that the Force has done good work, as shown by the statistics below:
Number of Cases Reported
728
...
Value of Property Stolen
Number of Arrests 518
Number of Convictions 427
Recovered Shs. 137,516 Shs. 61,175
Food
PART II: CATERING AND SHOPS
300. It is the policy of the Corporation to feed all its African employees who are in receipt of a monthly wage of Shs. 140 or less. The scale of rations per head recommended by the Tanganlika Government and authorised by the Corporation was as follows:-
Maize meal Beans
Groundnuts
Sugar
...
...
Meat or fish in lieu
Red palm oil
...
Other vegetable oils
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24 oz. per day
4 OZ.
2 oz.
99
99
99
8 oz. per week
**
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2 lb. 2 oz. 2 oz.
29
"
""
"
55
Green leafy vegetables
Salt
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2 lb.
4 oz.
99
301. This scale provides 3,500 calories a day and costs the Corporation 18s. 6d. a month.
302. These foods were also on sale in the Corporation's shops to those who did not qualify for free rations.
303. In Kongwa, communal cooking, organised by the Catering and Merchandise Department, was the practice in the main camps. Ten Euro- pean messes were established, which catered for numbers varying between 20 and 150, according to location. There were nine communal feeding points for African workers.
304. In Urambo, five European messes were opened during the year, but African communal messing was not started and rations were issued to the Africans. Two European messes were established in Ifunda.
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