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every encouragement, treats them well, and 

 pay very fair salaries, and in no case did 

 I hear any complaints against the firm by the 

 employees. 



" The following may interest you, as it bears 

 out what Mr. Harman reported as a result of 

 his recent visit to one of the Government 

 stations in Ceylon. 



"As regards pests, Messrs. Lever Brothers' 

 general manager reckons it takes from 10 to 

 15 per cent, of the labour to cope with these, 

 the chief of which are the Elephant and Baby 

 pest, Froggatt and Rhino beetles. The 

 Froggatt is a nuisance, and takes a lot of 

 looking after. I saw little or no damage done 

 to trees by the Rhino, and have samples of 

 two Elephant varieties." 



