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(¢) The Government of Assam should either secure the services 
of some one with experience of the working of wage- 
fixing machinery or arrange for a selected officer in Assam 
to acquire the requisite experience e .. .e 
‘d) Thereafter, Government should notify its intention to call for 
wage returns covering a period of at least twelve months 
and including all classes of work undertaken in the different 
seasons  .. is . 
{e) The form of the wage returns should be the same throughout the 
province. These returns should show the number of male, 
female and child workers employed each month, whether 
permanently or temporarily, the wages earned by each such 
group and as near an approximation as possible to the hours 
wtually worked for those wages I. 'h ve 
(f) Government should invite the tea, industry to submit proposals 
for its consideration regarding the most suitable type of 
machinery to be provided bv statute. The cardinal points 
are :— 
[7) Employers and workers should be given equal representation 
in the constitution of such machinery. In the absence of 
any organisation among the workers, it will be necessary 
for Government to appoint disinterested persons, who are 
neither officials nor employers, to represent the interests 
of the garden workers on the Board on 
{#%) Minority interests among employers should find representa- 
tion, but the number of members should be kept as small 
as possible ry ww or “ oe 
(#4) An independent element is necessary, but it should suffice to 
have an independent Chairman, preferably an official no- 
minated by Government .. .. ‘sy a 
{iv) The Board or Boards should include at least one woman .. 
9) Only a small staff should be required for enforcement. If pos- 
sible the duties of factory and wage inspection should be 
combined vin .e ry '% eo 
295. In the Dooars, wages should invariably be paid direct to the 
worker and not through the sardar sw . .e 
296. The recommendations made in Chapter XITI relating to the 
regular and prompt payment of wages, the recovery of recruiting costs, 
including cost of transit, and restrictions on the recovery of advances 
should also apply to plantation labour throughout British India - 
CHAPTER XXIL—HEALTH AND WELFARE IN PLANTATIONS. 
297. On all plantations managers should be required to maintain 
birth and death registers, and by inspection Government should ensure 
that these are reasonably accurate .. ‘x - ‘e 
298. Where possible, garden managers should make a more generous 
allocation to workers of land for grazing and for vegetable cultivation 
299. A more active policy should be adopted by all plantation 
managements in regard to anti-malarial work carried out under skilled 
advice and supervision .. .. .. oe ‘o P 
300. Wherever conditions are suitable, tube wells should be cons- 
bructed. Where possible, piped water supplies should be provided .. 
301, Workers’ houses should be suitably spaced out and not built 
back to back. They should be in blocks of two rooms and, wherever 
possible, on high ground . a 
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