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MOZAMBIQUE - Page 10. T..BLE I 1958 1959 1960 Imports From: Portugal 932,000 889,000 1,055,000 Portugal Overseas 160,000 171,000 202,000 Abroad 2,344,000 2,491,000 2,538,000 Exports To: Portugal 910,000 900,000 1,008,000 Portugal Overseas 72,000 87,000 66,000 Abroad 1,040,000 916,000 1,024,000 (The figures are given in the values of contos; one conto equals about &35.00 or shs 250/=.) The mnonetary unit is the Mozambique escudo of 100 centavos. a thousand escudos is known as a conto. The following coins and notes are in use: Coins: Copper, nickel and silver coins of 10, 20 and 50 centavos, 1, 2.50, 5 and 10 escudos. Notes: (Banco Nacial Ultramarino issues) of 50 centavos; 1, 2.50, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 escudos. 100 escudos are equal to shs 23/50 or *3.29. The philosophy and law which guides the Mozambique economy is based on economic integration of Overseas Territories with Metropolitan Portugal. That the economy of Mozambique is closely linked with that of Portugal is evidenced by the fact that the mother country purchases about one half of the colony's exports while exporting to the Territory manufactured cotton textiles. It is with the chronic trade deficit of Mozambique, coupled v/ith revenues from Mozambique's ports and rails, that Portugal has maintained her own balance of payments. Since the year I960 several reforms have been enacted concerning labour regulation. The International Labour Commission noted in its report that: "'The general effect of these changes appears to have been to provide new administrative machinery for the enforcement of labour legislation, to abolish the previous special status of natives, to modify or abolish arrangements concerning the cultivation of cotton, rice and castor oil, which had been alleged to involve an element or danger of forced labour, and to terminate systems of recruitment of workers through the administrative authorities which had continued to exist in certain cases after 23 November I960.'" (From United Nations document a/5160, p. 118; ILO: Report of the ILO Commission, Complaint by the Government of Ghana, para. 72bJ. But the UN Special Committee on Territories Under Portuguese Administration says: (Document A/5160, page 119-120) "...the Committee heard many complaints against the continued existence of various forms of forced labour and other labour practices in the Territories administered by Portugal, including control of the movement of workers, lack of freedom of association, participation of public authorities in the recruitment of labour, physical ill-treatment of workers, and other abuses....The information provided by the petitioners gives further substance to the findings of the ILO Commission concerning the existence of forced labour in the Territories even after the ratification by Portugal
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Filename | CENPA-207~11.tiff |
Full text | MOZAMBIQUE - Page 10. T..BLE I 1958 1959 1960 Imports From: Portugal 932,000 889,000 1,055,000 Portugal Overseas 160,000 171,000 202,000 Abroad 2,344,000 2,491,000 2,538,000 Exports To: Portugal 910,000 900,000 1,008,000 Portugal Overseas 72,000 87,000 66,000 Abroad 1,040,000 916,000 1,024,000 (The figures are given in the values of contos; one conto equals about &35.00 or shs 250/=.) The mnonetary unit is the Mozambique escudo of 100 centavos. a thousand escudos is known as a conto. The following coins and notes are in use: Coins: Copper, nickel and silver coins of 10, 20 and 50 centavos, 1, 2.50, 5 and 10 escudos. Notes: (Banco Nacial Ultramarino issues) of 50 centavos; 1, 2.50, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 escudos. 100 escudos are equal to shs 23/50 or *3.29. The philosophy and law which guides the Mozambique economy is based on economic integration of Overseas Territories with Metropolitan Portugal. That the economy of Mozambique is closely linked with that of Portugal is evidenced by the fact that the mother country purchases about one half of the colony's exports while exporting to the Territory manufactured cotton textiles. It is with the chronic trade deficit of Mozambique, coupled v/ith revenues from Mozambique's ports and rails, that Portugal has maintained her own balance of payments. Since the year I960 several reforms have been enacted concerning labour regulation. The International Labour Commission noted in its report that: "'The general effect of these changes appears to have been to provide new administrative machinery for the enforcement of labour legislation, to abolish the previous special status of natives, to modify or abolish arrangements concerning the cultivation of cotton, rice and castor oil, which had been alleged to involve an element or danger of forced labour, and to terminate systems of recruitment of workers through the administrative authorities which had continued to exist in certain cases after 23 November I960.'" (From United Nations document a/5160, p. 118; ILO: Report of the ILO Commission, Complaint by the Government of Ghana, para. 72bJ. But the UN Special Committee on Territories Under Portuguese Administration says: (Document A/5160, page 119-120) "...the Committee heard many complaints against the continued existence of various forms of forced labour and other labour practices in the Territories administered by Portugal, including control of the movement of workers, lack of freedom of association, participation of public authorities in the recruitment of labour, physical ill-treatment of workers, and other abuses....The information provided by the petitioners gives further substance to the findings of the ILO Commission concerning the existence of forced labour in the Territories even after the ratification by Portugal |
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