. Fiji-its problems and resources. ^l^ VL llLMl. LAI 1(.)KA [photo by c. H. knowles. CHINA BANANAS. COAST [rilOTO IIV F. W. IIKNNINGS Chapter XXVI COSTS LABOUR.âBlack labour, whether of Indiansor Fijians, costs about £40 per annum, in-_^eluding food. An artisans wage (white)is from 12s. to 15s. per day of eight hours. Anoverseers salary is from £200 to £250 per annum,with residential quarters provided by the employ-ers. A managers salary is from £300 to £400 perannum, with quarters provided. Clerks get from£12 to £25 per month. White workers on plantations get what the es-tate p
. Fiji-its problems and resources. ^l^ VL llLMl. LAI 1(.)KA [photo by c. H. knowles. CHINA BANANAS. COAST [rilOTO IIV F. W. IIKNNINGS Chapter XXVI COSTS LABOUR.âBlack labour, whether of Indiansor Fijians, costs about £40 per annum, in-_^eluding food. An artisans wage (white)is from 12s. to 15s. per day of eight hours. Anoverseers salary is from £200 to £250 per annum,with residential quarters provided by the employ-ers. A managers salary is from £300 to £400 perannum, with quarters provided. Clerks get from£12 to £25 per month. White workers on plantations get what the es-tate produces in milk and vegetables; and fowls andother domestic animals are usually kept by the em-ployees. The cost of living under these circum-stances is generally estimated at from £5 to £6 permonth. In the towns, board and lodging can be gotfor about 30s. per week. Fencing.âA fence in Taviuni, consisting offour barbed wires and tavu tavu posts (an ever-lasting wood, affected only by fire) 9 feet apart, 162 FijiâIts Problems and Resources with wire at £30 per ton, cost Â
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