In the building of a railway line in French Equartorial Africa 17,000 negroi labourers have died from disease, privation and exposure. As only 87} miles have been laid, this works out at nearly 200 lives a mile. In the Belgian Congo 750 miles have been laid out at a total cost of not more than SOOO lives.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6868, 25 March 1929, Page 7
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