§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the rate of wages paid to unskilled native workers employed in the sisal industry in Tanganyika.
Mr. Creech JonesThe wages paid to unskilled workers in the sisal industry are based on a 30 working day period. Wages for a completed 30-day labour card with a bonus for completion of the card within 42 consecutive days are:
For production labour, such as cutters, as wage of 21s. and 5s. bonus.
For planting and development labour, a wage of 18s. and a bonus of 2½s.
In addition, labourers who cannot return to their homes each day receive free housing according to minimum standards laid down by law, and all labourers are given free rations of foodstuffs yielding not less than 3,500 calories daily, except where adequate supplies are available locally for them, when an allowance of from 9s. per month is paid in lieu of free rations.