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16. Appendix G.-PRINCIPAL IMPORTS FROM NETHERLANDS INDIA, &o., 1901.

$ 000 omitted.

Exports (in Piculs) to all Countries (excluding Inter-Settlement Trade) of the following Articles of Produce

from 1897 to 1901.

Coffee

Copra

$

562

Brought forward

91,467

3,726

Spices--Mace

YEAR.

Tin.

Gambier (bale and cube).

Black Pepper.

Tapiocas.

Bago Flour.

Gambier

1,639

"

Nutmegs

152

587

Rattana-

3,879

Cloves

48

"

Black Pepper-

8,187

Gums-Copal

005

2807

752 307

947 408

239 547

670 602

636 621

White

578

Dammar

205

"1

13

766 217

892 098

194 049

801 997

605 169

Long

58

"

D

Benjamin

557

1008

Sugar

4,213

11

Camphor -

15

759 551

843 679

199 069

868 130

605 432

1809

Tapiocas

118

Hides (Raw)

-

300

806 936

785 298

204 569

725 988

575 753

Gutta Percha

8,544

Cotton

927

11

1900

Borneo Rubber

693

Canes and Sticks

16

882 204

678 403

223 663

771 748

631 336

1901

India

Tin

37

Beche de Mer

527

11

1,845

Fish Maws

Tobacco.

1,139

Horne

22

75

19

Oil Cocoanut ·

857

Petroleum

2,393

*

19

Kachung

383

Nuta, Illipi

40

Exports of Sugar from Penang, 1897-1901.

Sagos

Shella

894

Rice

6

-

200

Areca Nuts

1,161

YEAR.

Picals.

Valued at.

Average Value per Picul

Spices-Cardamums

04

Sundries

7.647

Carried forward

$ 31,487

TOTAL -

$ 47,047

$

$

1897

387 763

1 876 506

4.84

1898

440 338

2 321 857

6.27

1899

344 983

1 931 810

5.59

1900

376 995

2 195 888

*.8%

1901

357 288

3 028 944

5,67

Singapore,

17th December 1902.

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Reference :-

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21 to 3 and 31

$2 to $24, CAL O., $30 to j $33 for 330 days.

$

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17. Appendix H.-SCHIDULE of Monthly Wages (Food and Lodging provided free) of CHINESE IMMIGRants, ('oolies, Artizans, &c., from 1898 to 1901 (as per Contract Register, Chinese Protectorate).

YEAR

Coffee

Brickmakers. Surveyors. Tauners.

Carpenters. Gold, Tin, and

Plantera.

Vegetable

Planters.

Coal Miners.

Other Natives (Food not Provided).

General

Labourers.

Mandors.

1808

.

1809

2

1900

$

LA

Ex

=

*

1901

Iz

=

11

44

14

=

16

$

6049

12 to 15

a fow at

$20 to $30

*

1 8 9 9.

APPENDIX:

1900.

EXTRACT from Singapore, Gambia, and Pepper Society's Letter of 24th November 1902, in answer to Chaniber of Commerce.

MONTHLY WAGES.

11

1901.

COOLIES ARE CLAFSED UNDER THREE HEADS :-

1. Common Coolies -

2. Coolies for Boiling and Cutting Leaves -

3. Coolies attending to Pepper Vines.

Note.-Although the monthly wages entered upon formal deeds

arranging

About

$

8 %

00 8

Fl

*

2

About

8 50

11

14

*

*

2 8

About

8 50

09 6

14

About

"

$

contract show no change in rates, it is understood that the practice has for considerable time back generally prevailed of employers

the coolien on arrival at scene of their work to substitute the system of “ payment by results" in lieu of monthly wages. In this case the rate of monthly wages recorded in the coolics'

contract agreement is misleading and is no guide,

1898.