I have rented a
floor
over looking the spot, in which I have placed 3 Sikh and 2 Chinese Watchmen, who will
be on
duty day and
night on the ground, and there only.
3-
The stalls referred
to have been let at a
monthly rental, to those
already
on the ground
in the first instance, and to others found
to bear a
fair character
in the second, as
follows. __
46 Brick stalls @ $2.50 per month $115.00
24 Cooking
"1
#!
(average)
00
21 Fortune telling rela82)
The expenses
are as
Total Revenue $236.00
per month. $233 · 60
follows:
Contribution to District Watchmen fund $3
fund, for upkeep of 3 Sikhs
Contribution to District Watchmen fund, for $12:00
$43:00
upkeep of 2 Chinese) Quarters for above
9:00
6:00
Scavenger's wages
Uniforms, repairs te
Not
10:00
$80:00
meet profit per ann $1836.00
It thus appears that,
even
if
no more stalls
are let the revenue
from the ground will be sufficient to enable the Government loan
of $6,000 to be paid off in less than 4 years, after which there should
be a steady profit of at least $1,800 per annum. This (as I have already
suggested) should not,