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Name: BATES

First Date: 1919

Profession: Partner with MacLelland and Mackay in a labour recruiting company in 1919. Making a fortune in collecting labour. Chiefs were handed out cases of whisky and brandy for so many recruits produced - press ganged! Ex butcher from Chester.

Area: Kisii

Book Reference: Gethin

General Information:

Gethin - The labour recruiting game was easy money, the cost being about 2 rupees per head, each recruit being worth approximately 40 rupees landed at Nairobi. 'Mackey and Co. were said to have made a clear profit of £3000 in 3 months, most of which disappeared in drink in about the same period. All the partners are now dead, the chief cause being lifting the elbow to excess.'
Is this Frederick Allan Bates?

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