مجموعة ٢/٥٤ "لجنة الشرق الأوسط (الرسمية): مجموعة العمل" [ظ‎‎٢‎٧‎٣] (٦٤٢/٥٤٦)

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certainly poor 8 pcolm»n« oa our ©tandard «.g t the Co^pAny ,v a
alnlmuat weight for engagement was 8 stone»; it had to he
lowered to 7 atones. Yet they are wiry and give a fdod
day's output or worh - on native etandarde, The Coapnny
provides free transport once per month to all workera who
wish to visit Doh&h and the period of aheence allowed ie
mid-day Thureday to commencing time on Sunday.
are allowed to go each waei, This arrangement enabloe
Qatari e to visit their fftmili «*8 and the Wo aqua and no
doubt is welcomed by the men.
Qyer-ai-l Laboar atrength, M-.'nthXy end flails
aeiactefl date dur in g 19f8.
20 .
Monthly paid
!>&Uy ps_14
Foraiscner® Qatari e
Foreifipnerff
Qataris
January
100 1
500
1146
April
.135 1
421
1301
July
153 2
506
1346
October
161 • 2
589
1460
December
102 1 2
656
1753
1/2/49
Estimated that dally
paid
was about 3000
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Division of daily -oaid 5.nto
Artlaana and Unskilled workswn
21 ,
Ar t! sang
Unskilled
ForftiRnerc Qataria
Forel^nfjrg
August 1948 428 X40
128
1X13
October 1946 4E6 144
163
1316
December
1948 504 1S4
152
1589
The Qatari artisans were mainly employed in the Transport
Department,
Contractors* Labour
22. Contracting firms are employed by -the Oil Company
for variouo wox'ka of construction e\g. buildings,
wharves,etc; These firm* employed a considerabla amount
of labour during 1948 but as tht^ figures below show, the
number has been reduced in oonacquance of the completion
of contracts* Apart fro® the technical employees of the
Companies concerned, all the labour composed of
“Qataris* at daily rates!;-
January
1948 —
1700
April
1948 -
1758
July
1948 -
1047
September
1940 -
350
December
1948 *"
475
A high percentage of the workers discharged ms engaged by
the Oil Company for their direct work.
Conclusions
i n i i»«wn —xmt
2S» At this stage of the Unit's development, it is
little more than a modern Xlon&yke and in my view, the
Company have done the maximum that could bo reasonably
expected of them for all their smployee* and workers -
British, American and all th$ other nationals. Dukhan
was only & teraperary camp at the clo*»e of the war-; it is
now a well-organised community. Naturally the conditions
impog?