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A Goanese cook = £$ per month. 



Cook's boy (native) = 10/- „ „ 



Head boy (Swahili) = 30/- ,, ,, 



Two under boys (natives) = £\ „ ,, 



or, altogether, a total of £6 per month. This may 

 seem a large total, and it is one that can be, and is, 

 easily reducible by a half. It will, however, be re- 

 membered that this sum will probably represent half 

 the total expenses of the house books, and as such is 

 not very unreasonable. 



Having got the staff together and presumably the 

 house, furniture and stores are the next consideration. 

 Both of the items are obtainable locally. There are 

 both English and Indian carpenters. The latter are 

 cheap and excellent at imitation, but there their merits 

 end. For anything of decent workmanship and which 

 has any last in it, it is always best and cheapest in the 

 long run to go to the British workman. Two or three 

 comfortable chairs are an absolute necessity, and here 

 I would be inclined to recommend that they be 

 brought out. Naturally also, if one has in stock such 

 things as beds, china, linen, or plate, these had also 

 better be brought, though they are always obtainable 

 in Nairobi. With regard to all stores, they can be 

 obtained locally of excellent quality and variety at 

 little if any greater expense and with infinitely less 

 trouble than by ordering, or even by bringing them 

 out from home. 



It is advisable to keep all stores and wines under 

 lock and key, giving out what is required in the 

 morning. 



Gardens in East Africa become things of joy with 

 wonderfully little effort. Certain English flowers, 



