ABSTRACT
The administration of the French Colonies being to a large extent centralized, regulations regarding labour are generally common to all, appropriate Decrees applying the law to each individual country, with such local modifications as may be necessary. In all colonies, the cost of transport and repatriation between the place of engagement and that of employment, are a charge on the employer. Regulations for food, accommodation and medical attention are made by the Governor. Arrangements exist for helping the labourer to accumulate savings payable at the end of his contract, at his home; payments are made in the form of monthly deductions, with which are purchased 'saving stamps'. Regulations detail the organization of the medical and dispensing staff to be provided for places of employment, with the necessary hospitals and dispensaries, and the drugs that must be kept.
