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DER NEUENHEIMER.
Having despatched the various gangs to their work,
where they are kept to their work or supposed to he kept
to their work by Kangaaies, i.e. native overseers, the manager
or as a rule his assistant, proceeds to go round the various
works to see if all is going on as it should. Plucking is the most
important as it is essential that only young and softer tender
shoots should he taken, all coarse leaf tending to impart a
hard and bitter taste to the tea when it has been converted,
at the factory, into the saleable article.
Having inspected the different works and pointed out
mistakes and given any necessary orders about the work
(here it is where a good command of the language is useful),
it is about time to weigh leaf. This is done twice or some-
times three times in the course of the day. Each coolie
brings his or her basket, into which they have put the leaf
plucked, and has it weighed before the assistant who enters
the amount of pounds in a small book (known as the pocket
check-roll), in which all the coolies names are to be found,
each coolie's amount being entered against his name.
The leaf weighed is transported in sacks to the Factory
to be manufactured into tea, with which most people are
more or less familiar at home. By the time "weighing
leaf " is finished it is usually about 11 or 12 o'clock and the
superintendent returns to his bungalow for breakfast. Going
out again about 1.30 a second round of inspection and a visit
to the factory tills up his time till seven when work is knocked
off and leaf again weighed. Coolies who have plucked an
insufficient amount or done bad work are put "half nance,"
i.e. they only get half pay for that day. Coolies' accounts are
kept in a large book called the "Big Check Boll," and their
balance of paj', etc. made out in this. Pay is issued as a rule
every two or three months.
After four o'clock the superintendent's time is generally
his own for the rest of the day, and the manner in which he
spends it depends largely in what district he is or if he has
many neighbours.
DER NEUENHEIMER.
Having despatched the various gangs to their work,
where they are kept to their work or supposed to he kept
to their work by Kangaaies, i.e. native overseers, the manager
or as a rule his assistant, proceeds to go round the various
works to see if all is going on as it should. Plucking is the most
important as it is essential that only young and softer tender
shoots should he taken, all coarse leaf tending to impart a
hard and bitter taste to the tea when it has been converted,
at the factory, into the saleable article.
Having inspected the different works and pointed out
mistakes and given any necessary orders about the work
(here it is where a good command of the language is useful),
it is about time to weigh leaf. This is done twice or some-
times three times in the course of the day. Each coolie
brings his or her basket, into which they have put the leaf
plucked, and has it weighed before the assistant who enters
the amount of pounds in a small book (known as the pocket
check-roll), in which all the coolies names are to be found,
each coolie's amount being entered against his name.
The leaf weighed is transported in sacks to the Factory
to be manufactured into tea, with which most people are
more or less familiar at home. By the time "weighing
leaf " is finished it is usually about 11 or 12 o'clock and the
superintendent returns to his bungalow for breakfast. Going
out again about 1.30 a second round of inspection and a visit
to the factory tills up his time till seven when work is knocked
off and leaf again weighed. Coolies who have plucked an
insufficient amount or done bad work are put "half nance,"
i.e. they only get half pay for that day. Coolies' accounts are
kept in a large book called the "Big Check Boll," and their
balance of paj', etc. made out in this. Pay is issued as a rule
every two or three months.
After four o'clock the superintendent's time is generally
his own for the rest of the day, and the manner in which he
spends it depends largely in what district he is or if he has
many neighbours.