92 Management. 
well, interfere very little with the assistant and 
on no acconnt give orders to Natives if the 
assistant is on the spot as it only lowers him in 
the eyes of the coolies. Of course, sometimes 
it is necessary for the manager to take entire 
charge of the work himself, but this will only be 
if orders are not carried out properly or the work 
is really bad, both managers and assistants should 
have one day’s holiday a week, the man in charge 
of Factory always being able to take Monday. 
In slack seasons it is as well do go a round of 
as many gardens as you can, the paying estates 
being well looked over, as different styles of pruning 
are done on most gardens and there are often 
new ideas in sifting or in drying teas, and as new 
machines are brought out all these things can 
be looked into and compared with one’s own 
system, and very often a good deal is learnt. Do 
not have too many different sorts of work going 
on at the same time and keep the coolies as much 
together as possible, A manager should always 
go round the work once a day. On very large 
estates this may not be feasible, but can be done 
