132 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



system relieves the supervisor of much work, and 

 is well liked by the native. The setting of the 

 task should be done in the early morning, and the 

 work should be inspected once or twice whilst in 

 progress, and again when finished before the day V. 

 work is marked up to the coolie's credit. It saves 

 a great deal of bother to have all tasks stan- 

 dardised, and to stick to them, even although it 

 may sometimes mean a light day's work for the 

 men. We have found that the natives are willing 

 to do a very stiff task occasionally, if they are 

 assured that when the work is lighter the task will 

 not be increased. 



Measurement of such work as cutting bush and 

 grass, and felling trees, is difficult, but even here 

 it is best to give a gang of men a certain area to 

 finish as a day's work. It is far better that the 

 men should work with the completion of the task 

 as an objective than that they should be just 

 working for drum-beat. Planting, upkeep of 

 nurseries, and certain weeding which is par- 

 ticularised in another chapter, should be done as 

 day work only, with more constant supervision. 



Office Records. Besides the ordinary cash- 

 books usually kept in any office, the estate office 



