(2,000—3/12. ) 
B£ bfa 
% 
(Misc. 56 ) 
Botanic (Savfcens, Smoapove, 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
7th. August 
191 3. 
Gar do ns Committee. 
I ask the n?notion of the Coanitte* to raise at 
^ 41 k« Uu (4 iu. 
once? hut <jr « dua 11 v£ the wapes of •- portion of ' he G\ rder n* 
1 about' force. 
0 . 41 
In forme?* timer the men were classed under two 1 
1 C-. vt* - 
G a rdo no and Coolie n,the f o rmer receivin£ hi 5 her vapes. 
The reXatioiFof the two cl an re: in nttmb&Jhn and pa| 
tfH -tfz 
over the years in shown in the r.dloininr table. Rubber ' 
r* 
» t* 
tarroerfc received rat*denern’ wases. 
*■ ** « w w 
5. In 191C nr net ion wan jiven to enp 7 03 * -non at wapw 
between 35 to 4C cents per* diem, the gardeners then received 
the 1 *ar£©r finjure per diem,the coolies the leaner* 
In November 1111, Ur. Ridley beins on leave,and labour 
beir s very , ^scarce t coolies \ ©re employed'on pardenp vases 
. *' 
because they could no*t be sot fox* lean. 
* 4i 
Doubt"’e: s the c 1 raurnst« nce that Ur• Ri dley on ' 5 y 
#- * 
spent half a month in Singapore after*the occurence* 
accounts for the circumstance that you were not addressed 
for sanction to raise the pay of ice buns p#oportioa 4 tely» 
demission has borne its fruit in the loss of o^r 
mine. 
xjte 
trained men who would not stay on coolies wares 
Through 1113 we lost many; and in the bepir-ninp of June 
3 go many 7 eft } that we we>*e put into difficulties. At 
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