214 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



certain of being able to obtain a hearing with 

 equal and unqualified justice. 



A system of domestic cleanliness must be 

 strictly enforced, for this will in most cases 

 forestall and prevent an outbreak of an epi- 

 demic of sickness, and any slackness at the 

 start is liable to lead to trouble in the end. 

 The building and provisioning of adequate 

 hospital accommodation are needed, and a 

 qualified medical practitioner has to be kept 

 on an extensive plantation at all times, in order 

 to deal with cases promptly and efficiently, 

 and provision for a serious outbreak must be 

 always ready. Choose your medico carefully: 

 his ability to diagnose deserving cases, and 

 in sharply pulling up the malingerers, can 

 make much difference in the work done 

 and expenses incurred. In a case where 

 large bodies of labourers for plantation work 

 are alienated for a considerable length of time 

 at a great distance from their homes, it is the 

 wisest course to allow them to bring their 

 families with them, in reason, for it cannot be 

 gainsaid that the domiciling of them in their 

 new surroundings, en famille, will be a potent 

 factor of benefit to the plantation itself. 



It stands to reason that a man who has his 

 kith and kin with him and is well looked after, 

 and well and fairly treated besides, will, in a 

 vast majority of cases, prefer to stay on and 

 renew his contract, apart from the fact that 

 various members of his family can perform 



