Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office.

  • Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations.
Date:
[1958]
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Credit: Swaziland report / Commonwealth Relations Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Transvaal Mines, Works and Machinery Ordinance of 1903 and the Regulations published thereunder, which are in force in Swaziland, provide for the safety of workmen. The Swaziland African Labour Proclamation, 1954 (No. 54 of 1954) imposes a duty on employers of African labour to provide for the proper care and treatment of workers when sick or injured. Industrial Training Opportunities for training in one or other trade by serving a period of apprenticeship are limited for the economic structure of the Territory is still mainly agricultural. There is, however, a flourishing trades school at Mbabane where African and Eurafrican youths are trained in cabinet making and joinery, building and motor mechanics. The courses of instruction in each case last four years and an average of twenty four trained men are turned out annually. There is a big local demand for their services. Other forms of vocational training available to Africans include nursing (at the Ainsworth Dickson Nursing School, Bremersdorp), practical agriculture (at the newly established centre at Mdutshane), teaching (there are two small training centres) and dressmaking, for which a special centre has been established at Mbuluzi. Chapter III : Public Finance and Taxation REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE The following reflects the Revenue and Expenditure of the Territory for the last three financial Revenue years:- Head 1955X56 1956X57 1957X58 Native Tax . . . 65,418 65,895 64,453 Customs and Excise 122,713 135,016 143,690 Posts and Telegraphs 45,036 88,490 63,456 Licences .... 33,458 36,862 40,262 Income Tax . . . 498,984 626,674 683,444 Transfer Duty . . 19,655 19,190 34,268 Base Metal Royalty . 40,596 44,419 47,656 Other Revenue . . • 146,819 187,672 178,471 972,679 1,204,218 1,257,700 Sale of Crown Land 2,501 3,322 2,333 C.D. & W. Fund . . • 123,259 366,348 424,474 £ 1,098,439 £ 1,573,888 £ 1,684,507