, 1872-11-20

ly such labourers guilty hereof, who least
of all can suffer any deduction of wages.
It should of course not be allowed, which
alas is too often the case, that such same
Labourers lie up every Monday and Tues
day, and Medicine ought not to be given
on such days except in urgent cases,
which the Managers and Overseers can
Judge very well, but if it goes too far, then
let the PoIicemaster decide the case, and
then the best punishment is undoubtedly
scarce fool and hard labour.
1t is a known fact, that it is difficult to
get a woman in Childbed to work. 1t
neither helps, if you say 10 or Is weeks,
they will have their own way, and a WO-
man nursing a baby, caonot be punished
with hard lAbnnr nor put on bread and
water. The same is the case with preg-
nant women; it is certainly far better for
them to have exercise by suitable work
than to lie up5 but this they will not un-
derstand and to force them by medica! GER
ti6cates is useless Those, who do not
see, that it is to their own real advantage
to stir about and earn some money to pro-
vide proper fool, know by hundreds OF eX-
cuses to avoid the work. Their work is in
reality not much worth but the matter
very harmful.
Let it however pass as best with regard to
womeninChildbed and pregnant women, but
it ought to be looked after most severely,
that none of these, nor Labourers, lying up,
work 10 their grounds etc. It is not diff
cult to prohibit, provided it is once indica-
ted the Overseer and the Driver, that such
is part oftheir duties.
With regard to the Privileges, it is the
opinion of many, that both these and AL
lowance should be misunderstanding
the latter scarcity could easy arise, when
the merchants are not supplied, which they
would not be, if they had not their fixed
Customers.
1t need not to be remarked, that the
cessation would bring other dangerous eau
ses, but it depends upon each individual to
enter into such a contract, that he does not
get allowance. Privileges are certainly a
precarious matter, and it would no doubt
be better, if such only consisted Of a house
and provision ground, but we have them,
and they will be difficult to abolish. The
Manager can take care that they are not
exaggerated, namely that the labourers and
especially the Children do not live of Cane
alone, which they certainly should not be
in possession of in their houses, much less
to feed their pigs. Nothing can be said
against allowing the labourers and families
a certain quantity of liquor, but it should
be looked after, that it is not exaggerated,
and they ought not to get so much, that it
can pay them to make the so-called "Sugar-
Cakes" for Sale, which has been prohibit
ted, as the Planters are very much dissatis-
fed with it. This is however wrong; what
is once given to the Labourer belongs to
him, and he can dispose of it, as he thinks
best. Let even the smallest portion be
shared, it can never be prevented, that
several join together and boil Sugar thereof.
IF it is the wish of the Owner, that it
should not be carried away from the estate,
then it should be special notified to the
Receiver, and in any case they should have
a pass to bring it to the towns just as with
Coal and wood &c, particular where there
is doubt of their honest possession, but in
the latter case it ought to be sold for Elk
portation like fruit etc. AS it is, it only
gives the town people an opportunity to
buy cheap but does not prevent the sale.
A glance at the draft and you observe a
paragraphconcerning the town-peoples per-
mission to work in the Countrywide idea
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