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is known in the place. In Egypt a local Greek or 

 Syrian was generally employed ; one who owned a 

 small shop or house for his family, and who had been 

 a resident for some years. Such a man is less 

 to become dishonest. Find out the rate of p 

 such a man. At Port Said the foreman of a mosquito 

 brigade is paid at the rate of 5 per month. The rate 

 of pay will vary, of course, in different countries. 

 But it is better to pay a little more, if funds will per- 

 mit, to ensure getting a good man. The foreman 

 should give up the whole of his time to the work. He 

 should be engaged by the month and paid monthly. 

 His services should be permanent, subject to his good 

 behaviour. All the foremen, no matter in what part 

 of the town they work, should be on an equality ; 

 good service should be rewarded by an increase of pay, 

 but for punishment it should be liable to stoppage 

 the greatest penalty being dismissal. 



The workmen should be labourers ; natives are 

 generally employed. Their honesty is the most im- 

 portant factor. They should also, therefore, be re- 

 spectable and sober men. The engagement of idlers 

 and loafers should be avoided. They should be en- 

 gaged on daily pay, which can be paid to them weekly 

 or fortnightly as arranged or convenient, so that any 

 one of them that misbehaves can be discharged at a 

 day's or a week's notice. Both the foremen and the 

 workmen will have opportunities and temptations to 

 be dishonest, and there must be the means of dealing 

 with such cases summarily. But if care is taken to 

 select good men at the outset, much worry and trouble 



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