The Products of Rhodesia 



in regard to their welfare are enforced on all 

 employers. White labour in the mines is not 

 much in demand, and any vacancies that may 

 occur are quickly filled up by men on the spot, 

 acquainted with local conditions, the handling of 

 native labourers and their language, etc. 



Climate^ — The climate of Southern Rhodesia 

 is not extreme. The maximum heat at Bulawayo 

 is 78° F., and at Salisbury 76° ; the minimum 54* at 

 Bulawayo and 53° at Salisbury. The rainfall in 

 Mashonaland averages thirty-two inches, in Mata- 

 beleland twenty-three inches. The wet season 

 commences at the end of October with the early 

 rains and lasts intermittently till the beginning of 

 April. No rain need be expected from May to 

 September. The greatest heat is generally ex- 

 perienced immediately before the rains break. 



It is advisable for the settler to provide himself 

 with a small medicine chest and a mosquito curtain. 

 The same rules of health that apply to Nyasaland 

 and other tropical countries should be observed in 

 Rhodesia. 



Defence. — There is a standing force in Southern 

 Rhodesia of British South Africa Police. Men are 

 recruited in London at the offices of the Company, 

 2 London Wall Buildings. Only well-educated 

 men are accepted. 



Northern Rhodesia. 



Northern Rhodesia comprises two separate 

 provinces, North-East and North-West Rhodesia. 



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