The two forms given below are those I have adopted. The latter is suited to local labour paid daily, but it can easily be altered to suit either local labour paid monthly or imported coolies.

This is the Morning Paper.

Work to be done on188 .
DetailNo. of GardenIn whose chargeHeadman on the WorkProbable numberActual number
Total Coolies

The column of “Probable numbers” is given so that before it is known exactly how many men will be present for work they can be divided in the most likely way.

Each headman (called “Mate,” “Mangee,” &c., in different districts) is best designated by a letter or number. In neither form would there be room to put in names at length.

The form below written in the evening is made into a book for each month. The advantages of it for after reference are great, and it can of course be altered to suit the kind of labour employed on any garden.

Work onfor188 .
Detail of WorkNo. of GardenMangeesChupp CooliesMeasurement and Remarks
As.
Total at Work× 3 =
Command× 2½ =
Sick× 2 =
Absent× 1½ =
Total× 1 =
Picking Leaf =
Making Tea =
Tea Sorting =
Cut =
Total =

The following is the plan I recommend for the leaf-picking and the Tea accounts.

The leaf of each picker is best measured in the field, and, as loads are collected, brought to the factory by one or two men throughout the day. It entails a loss of time, and further a depreciation in the leaf, if it is kept long in a close mass in one basket, which is the case when each picker brings his or her leaf to the factory twice a day. The pickers are paid so much per basket, holding in any case 2½ lbs. I find the most convenient plan is to give the mangee in charge of the pickers tickets of any kind for this, which tickets are changed for money in the evening. As each load of leaf comes in through the day it is weighed, and this gives a check on the tickets given by the mangee or mate. This is the meaning of the two columns in the form below, “tickets by leaf” and “tickets paid.”