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that, as a rough estimate, the total expenditure (exclusive of any disbursements on
the purchase of land) would fall to be divided as follows :
Per cent
Materials and equipment 25
Labour 75
V. — It is the opinion of the Government that the employment afforded in
connection with the State forestry works referred to above has contributed materially
to the resumption of economic and industrial activities, with corresponding relief on
unemployment.
The following schedule, indicating the daily paid labour employed at the present
time on the said forestry works, is subjoined in support of the foregoing statement :
At white labour
forestry settlements
At other forest
stations
Total
(a) Europeans :
(i) Foremen . .
(it) Labourers .
(b) Coloured :
(i) Foremen . .
(u) Labourers .
(c) Native labourers.
(d) Asiatic labourers
66
1,358
11
169
162
901
3
262
4,049
13
228
2,259
3
273
4,218
13
Total
1,604
5,390
6,994
N.B. — 1. Approximately 1,800 families are accommodated permanently in
dwellings situated on the forest estate.
2. In addition to the labour employed as above by Government on forestry
works, the State forests afford employment to a large complement of labourers and
supervisors in private service, engaged in connection with the exploitation of the
forests on such operations as felling, preparation and extraction of timber and the
transport thereof to rail.
3. As many of the younger plantations are now also entering the exploitation
stage, employment of the nature referred to under 2 will increase rapidly in the near
future.
7. MEMORANDUM BY THE UNION DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION
I (a).
I (b).
Buchuberg Scheme, Orange River
N’Kwaleni .
Marico-Bosveld
Bospoort
Olifants River .
Rust-der-W inter
Pongola . . . .
Vaal-Hartz . .
I (c).
Loskop, Transvaal
Cost
£
600,000
70,000
260,000
40,000
400,000
150,000
170,000
3,500,000
1,500,000
Acres irrigable
10,000
4.500
5,000
800
10,000
5,000
12,000
100,000
30,000