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charge and be responsible for all operations in it. 

 He should, as far as possible, have always the same 

 head men and gangs of natives. On a small 

 estate the manager would also be able to take his 

 share of this work, but on a large estate, where 

 there are several assistants, and considerable 

 office and administrative work, the whole of the 

 field work should be portioned out amongst the 

 assistants. In this way the manager will be free 

 to leave the estate on business without any dis- 

 organisation of the work, and will be able to give 

 his time to general supervision, and to any special 

 work which may be in progress. 



System of Allotting and Checking Work. This 

 will be practically the only work of the European 

 assistants. It is the most important work on the 

 estate, and the efficiency with which it is carried 

 out will determine the measure of success of the 

 estate. It is necessary to see that each native does 

 his proper amount of work for the day, and does it 

 in the proper manner. 



In Uganda, most of the work on plantations is 

 done as task-work. The coolie's task is set out in 

 the morning, and he is at liberty to finish it at any 

 time during the day, and then to leave. This 



