TRUST TERRITORY PLANNING COST ESTIMATE

FORTHE

BIKINI AGRICULTURAL PHASE

February 1968

Item
1.

Labor:

Cost
40 laborers at 50¢/hr for 210 working days
3 equipment operators; 1 mechanic at

70¢/hr

$ 33,600

.

4,700

Maintenance of groves (four-year period)
10 laborers at 50¢/hr
2,

33,600

Heavy Equipment:
a.

Rental of two crawler-type tractors
w/bulldozer blades

4,000

b.

Rental of front end loader

1,000

c.

Rental of LCU landing craft

1,500

104,500 seeds required at 5¢

5,300

3.

Seednuts:

4.

Fertilizer:

5.

Subsistence

6.

Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants

4,000

7.

Lagoon Transportation (Boats and Outboard Motors)

3,000

8.

Housing:

9,

Personnel Transportation

5,000

v

Tools and Supplies

3,800

.

Miscellaneous

5,000

205 tons at $100/T FOB Majuro

20,500
30,000

Construction of Temporary Quarters

TOTAL

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Attachment

10,000

$165,000

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