The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-01-05

aI % 10 SlO gold per month for
field hands, and SIS gold pcr
month for railroad hands, and
! board. ...
I'd. The cost Of transportation
from China to Now Orleans or
any other Southern Atlantic port
OF the United States, per steamer
or clipper ship, will be about us
follows:
| Passage. $50
PROVISIONS. ................... rs
Consul's certificate and emigration fees. s
Two suits Of clothing and blankets. -. 10
Advance Oh their wages. .... 20
| commissions, charges, &c. ........... 20
Total (in gold) say. -. ....$l3a
Tho cost Of transportation by
Pacific mail steamers to San Fran
cisco, then by Pacific Railroad to
tho Missouri River, will be about
the same us above.
I'd. From their wages thcro is
to bc deducted, in monthly install
ments Of 50, he $50 advance and
the $40 for clothing.
4th. Contracts will be madc for
term Of Eve years, to commence
on the day Of their arrival ut tho
place Of destination named in tho
contract.
They are to work only 2G days
IN each month, that is to say, to
havc Sundays for thcmsclvcs.--
a lso TO have ono or two days hol.
lday at their New Years, which is
generally in February or March.
9th. The provisions generally
given arc per man per diem: Rice,
lbs. D.; ! lb. pork aud fish, or
ID. pork, or Lib, beef; vegetables,
ib; tea ounce.
7th. they arc to be furnished
Win wafer ~! frowood, aud pro.
vlded witt. good quarters and
W. wrea',hei-proof sleeping places, frcc
ga. All 'eols aud implements
10 DC furnished by tho employers.
9TH, Poll and all other taxes TO
De paid by the employers.
! 10Th. 1t would DO worry desirable
for employers to apportion to each
laborer small piece Of ground on
which to raise vegetables, poultry,
&c. -
1lth. 1t must be understood
that these laborcrs are to meet
with just treatment, and if errors
arc committed by them, u roport
must be mado to tho Chinese fore
men before any punishment shall
be- inflicted.
18th. One ovcrscor should be
engaged for every fifty or one
hundred mon, who shall receive
the samc wages us tho laborcrs.-
Tho duty of this oversccr shall bc
to instruct and direct the mon in
their labors; and if he work him.
sell, he is to bo paid for this extra
work Mt the same rato as tho 9TH
er men. One cook il required for
every twenty-five or thirty mon
at the same wages as the laborcrs.
18th. Work to commence nt
six o'clock a. M., and continue
until noon, and at ono o'clock p,
81. to continue till six o'clock p.
M.; the laborers to havo tho right
TO tako two hours in tho middle
Of tho day. during tho summer
months, providing they commence
work at five o'clock A. NJ.
18th. il any Of the men fall sick
or arc injured 80 that they are nn-
able to work, their wages arc to
cease Till they resume work but
all medical attendance and mcdi.
cinos are to bo furnished ut the
expense Of tho employer. =,
18th. The time books to he
made up Mt the end OF each month.
and the men to be paid as soon as
practicable in tho carly part Of tho
ensuing month. .....
10th. Chinese laborcrs can be
obtained in California at $50 cold
por month, for railroad or any
other work, furnishing their own
food and clothing, or $50 gold Dor
month with board and lodging,
they paying for medical alton.
dnnee and medicines.
18th. The cost Of transporta-
ton from San Francisco to anv
part Of tho United States will be
about $40 each for largo gangs of
men, also commissions and ehar.
gcs 815.
18th. Satisfactory security for
the. payment Of cost Of transporta.
ton must he deposited with Mes.
srs. J@ocs & Walkor, agents Of the
Bank Of California in New York
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