مجموعة ٣٤/٩ "الرِق: اتفاقية الرِق: موقف بعض الولايات المُستقلة فيما يتعلق بها" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٦٦/٢٣)

SIKKIM STATE.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT*
Notification No, 4287 /J.,
In modification of Notification No. 49G0/nr, dated 8 th. May, 1925,
Tlis Richness the Maharuju of Sikkim lias been pleased to order that “jharlanofi’*
labour shall be availed of only for transport purpose and for no other. Also on
emergent occasions it may be utilized for Public Works Department or for any
other administrative purpose.
RATES:—
A, For STATE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
fa) each jharlangi coolie shall be paid at the rate of not less than
eight annas per stage when employed below an elevation of 9,000 feet;
fb^ when employed at an elevation of 9,000 feet or above, coolies
shaSl be paid at the rate of annas twelve per coolie per stage;
(c) for journey between Gangtok and Lachung or Lachen, when
coolies are taken to more than on* stag ft , an extra coolie to every six coolies,
shall be employed for the carriage of coolies’ rations;
fd) coolies engaged for journey between Gangtok and Tatung shall
be paid at a lump sum rate of rupees three and annas four per coolie, from
1st May to 30th November, and rupees four per coolie during the winter (1st
December to 30th April);
(e) coolies engaged for carrying dandies shall be paid at not less
than thirteen annas per coolie per stage when employed below an elevation
of 9,000 feet, and at rupee one per coolie at or above that height;
(f) when jharlangi coolies are supplied by the Durbar to the Public
Works Department on emergent occasions, that Department shall pay each
coolie at the rates mentioned in (a) and (b) above;
fg) Riding and pack ponies or mules hired by the Government or
State Officials shall be paid for as follows:—
(0 riding pony or mule with a good European saddle and equipment,
rupees two and annas eight per stage;
( 2 ) pack pony or mule with country riding saddle and equipment
rupee one and annas four per stage;
( 3 ) pack mule or pony for carrying loads annas fourteen per stage
wheai employed below an elevation of 9,000 feet, and rupee one and annas two,
per stage when employd above that height;
(4) pack ponies or mules engaged for journey between Gangtok and
Yatung shall be paid for at a lump sum rate of rupees six per animal from 1 st
May to 30th November and of rupees seven and annas eight, during winter
(1st December to 30th April);
( 5 ) when riding or pack ponies or mules arc taken to a place which
is two or more stages (except between Gangtok-Rangpo and Vice versa by the
cart-road and between Gangtok and Yatung) away from the place of engage
ment and discharged there, an extra payment at half the rates prescribed tor
the onward journey shall be made for the returning of the animals to lh©
place at which they were engaged,