Note 12 — THE LABOR PROBLEM IN THE TROPICS.
Reading edition
To those who are interested in the subject of indentured labor in the tropics, the following statistics, compiled by me from official sources, may be of interest. The figures relate to British Guiana:
Year. Number of indentur'd laborers imported from India. Number of time-expired immigrants who returned to India. Value in dollars of money and ornaments carried back to India by returning immigrants. Number of East Indian depositors in the Gov't Savings Bank. Total amount of their deposits, in dollars. Number of planters convicted of offenses against immigrants. Death rate per 1,000 among indentured laborers. General death rate of the colony.
18864,796 1,889111,775 5,558425,9569 27.4025.56
18873,928 1,42092,613 5,821438,6004 23.2032.41
18882,771 1,93895,074 5,904457,8861 19.7329.27
18893,573 2,042112,124 6,802513,2201 12.5728.13
18903,432 2,125142,611 7,269558,7343 20.4039.80
18915,229 2,151134,225 6,398515,2462 20.4037.00
18925,241 2,01497,529 6,085527,2031 25.2039.00
18934,146 1,848104,763 6,179544,4201 24.9135.00
18949,585 1,998113,308 6,128529,1612 24.2233.53
18952,425 2,071119,289 4,950453,9501 20.3629.58
18962,408 2,05976,470 4,520434,7591 16.5024.10