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Artifact

Employee Attendance Record

Description

  • Attendance record for Chinese workers under Robert Rawlings for the month of April, 1902. 

  • Numbers in the first column correspond to a numbered list of the employees on a separate document. 

  • The second column shows the monthly wages of each worker, ranging from 2 pounds to 30 pounds. 

  • The highest wage went to the foreman. General workers were paid 18 pounds per month. Other duties included waterman, watchman, and carpenter. 

Background Information

  • Part of a collection of mementoes belonging to Robert Rawlings who drilled in Sumatra on two contracts between 1880 and 1902.

Map Location

Latitude: 3° 2' 6.99" S
Longitude: 104° 41' 26.405" E

Date

April 1902

Dimensions

inches
Length:
17.3
Height:
11.0

Events, Places, People

  • Robert Rawlings

  • Sumatra

Originating Location

Asia›Indonesia›Sumatra

Subject

  • Handwritten chart on yellowing paper with columns for the wage of each worker, the date, and remarks. The names of workers are listed down the side. In the middle, there are X's, O's and S's indicating each employee's attendance.

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