Report On The Administration Of The Punjab And Its Dependencies For 1867-68

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12 i, Pe to’ commence e from

2for the Sates ante? dione hey receive moderate Pht spo four ae ees .

3per mensem for common laborers.” |

4be: : But it requires the. constant Mrieditnlooda of pee nalherie. wo revent ee “e

5oe injury: oceurring by the sudden disturbances of the labor amar! et,

6ee Any great demand for labor, where the ‘supply is limited =

7i Rectal is productive of great inconvenience and loss to the Planters. — Due

8The system of forced labor for repairs of roads has only just been: oe BI

9e end to—if indeed it has entirely ceased.. This was a crying evil. ees

10.. ) 8... Seareely less grievous to the Platters was the system of competi-

11s tion, which had sprung up between the different departments of works,—so —

12- that workmen, who were employed on one job, would be enticed by. te

13offer of higher wages to another work, and so on to a third, till ab last. se

14ms me of wages became quadrupled. ‘fied: Naa ahaa

15hae 9. ‘The case shortly stated stood thus :—The supply of labor oat a

16fixed quantity, it was very evident that, if.the demand exceeded that

17| supply , either the requisite labor should be sought for elsewhere, or else

18" some work must suffer. Unfortunately it has been once or twice the case

19_ that the Government works, which being constructed for the good of the

20Bh ‘people may be considered of the utmost importance, have been pushed

21forward by means of raising the rates, and so drawing away the laborers

22_ from the plantations. The Planters very speedily made InOWS, pia 3 appl:

23if chile which was at once remedied.

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254 bei Thus this difficulty has been for the time eabteta steely saat:

26ni en it is to be hoped that ere long the completion of the new roads wit,

27- release a large number of men who are now compelled to act as porters,

28het besides setting free al] the workmen on the roads, who will aor mane 4 ss

29be ‘Beek, their livelihood in the plantations and elsewhere.

3011. Tt is not necessary to dwell upon the question of the’ manufac-

31; P ture or the sated of the teas, as in all this no aid is sack iia d

32& Government.

33re 12. ‘The next subject to be considered is, how to get the teas out of : ae

34ue the sapliAisutts to market, and which are the best markets. |

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42weiuThe BreutinawtiGorstior has sanctioned the ionsteietion of secs es

43road throughout the eh de of the valley, The orders originally were for —

44Ast, —Regarding the construction of a road suitable for oarts to the : i

45oorpore, but I believe His Honor has now been

46pleased to render it complete by commencing from: Patankote, and throw- — oF

47‘ on a bridge over the river Chukkee, which is essential An ootee) to Sia a ee on

48Eee road fit for cart traffic throughout the Your. Ck

49The entiné'length of road from Patankote to Baijnath i is ee 82 ae

50“miles, of which bench ‘portion saint in Noor ‘pare and coiare fe is now be in ae s

51tak cen in hand, | as ise

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53buat tede