Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. Native Labour. {Tide page 19.) "The Native Labour Ordinance 1883," section 4, runs as follows: -- "For the purpose of this Ordinance it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by Proclamation to divide the Colony into districts hereinafter termed 'Home Districts' and to alter their boundaries as occasion may require: Provided always that no such district shall include two or more different provinces of the Colony or any parts of two or more such provinces." Section 5: "The 'Home District' of any native shall mean that part in which the 'Mataqali' (tribal family) of such native resides or the district of the person in whose domestic service a native has resided for a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the coming into force of this Ordinance: Provided that on the expiration of such domestic service such native shall be held to have reverted to the Home District in which his Mataqali resides." Section 6: "Contracts for the hiring and service of a labourer in respect of any plantation situated in his Home District for any period not exceeding one month shall not excepting as hereinafter stated be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance: Provided that if in the case of any monthly contract the wages of any native labourer shall be in arrears whether the service shall have been in his Home District or elsewhere he shall be deemed to have been employed under a contract of service for a period exceeding one month. For the purposes of the above proviso the wages of any labourer shall be held to accrue from day to day." Section 7 as amended: "Notwithstanding anything in the next preceding section contained it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by Proclamation in the Royal Gazette to declare that...
