216 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY 



depends on the attention and care devoted to the 

 superintendence of the work by the manager and his 

 assistants. 



The Governments of the Straits Settlements and the 

 Federated Malay States insist that housing accom- 

 modation for estate labourers shall be provided in 

 accordance with certain requirements in regard to space 

 and elevation of floors above the ground. The usual 

 type of lines now erected are built on brick pillars, with 

 an open air space 4 feet high below the flooring. Steel 

 or hard-wood framing is used, with galvanized iron or 

 attap (palm leaf) thatch roofing. The sides are of 

 galvanized iron or hard-wood, and a plank flooring is 

 provided. As a rule a 6- foot veranda is constructed 

 on both sides of the building. The rooms are generally 

 12 feet by 10 feet, to accommodate four coolies, but on 

 a few estates the size is 10 feet by 8 feet, and in these 

 two coolies are housed. Proper drainage is necessary 

 round the lines, and the regulations require that 

 adequate latrines be erected. The cost of these 

 barracks varies considerably, in accordance with the 

 material employed in construction, but the price may 

 be taken approximately at 100 to 150 dollars per room 

 of 12 feet by 10 feet. 



Ample hospital accommodation is required, with 

 separate wards for men and women, and equipped with 

 dispensary, cook-house, and other necessary adjuncts. 

 The wards are furnished with beds fitted with mosquito- 

 nets, and supplied with all modern sanitary requirements. 



Bungalows on estates may be expensive or econo- 

 mical, according to the ideas of the planter, but 

 thoroughly serviceable plantation houses with accom- 



