3. Laborers who refused to work or who demanded higher
 wages than the average were to be reported to the
 Committee.1 2

 After a mere six months existence, the Labor Act of 1848 was replaced by
a more comprehensive Act issued by the new Governor-General, Peter Hansen and
styled the Labor Act of January 26, 1849.

 The most important provisions of the Labor Act of January 26, 1849 were
as follows:

 1. Labor contracts were to be effective annually from October to
 October, and notice of non-renewal by either side could only
 be given once a year in the month of August.

 2. The working week was to consist of five days with Saturday
 and Sunday free, though workers were subject to
 compensatory employment on Saturday.

 3. Laborers were free to take on, or to refuse extra work, but
 they had to look after the plantation animals as was
 customary and to serve as watchmen.

 4. In return for his services on the plantation, each laborer was
 to be provided by his employer with a house for his family as
 well as a plot of land for cultivation.

 5. Laborers were divided into three classes, and wages were
 to be 15, 10, and 5 cents a day according to the class.

 6. If laborers were given their customary rations of flour and
 fish, 25 cents each were to be deducted from their wages
 each week.

 7. Parents were to receive the payment for work done by their
 children.

 8. Artisians were to be divided into three classes, and wages
 were to be 20, 12 and 7 cents a day according to the class.

 9. For all workers, work on Saturday could be meted out as
 punishment for negligence, and the pay was then the
 regular daily rate.

 10. Absence from work by laborers was punished by loss of pay,
 and parents were fined if they kept their children away from
 work.