DOBARCHIVES §
TRUST TERRITORY PLANNING COST ESTIMATE
FOR THE
BIKINI AGRICULTURAL PHASE
February 1968
Item
1.
Labor:
Cost
40 laborers at 50¢/hr for 210 working days
$ 33,600
3 equipment operators; 1 mechanic at
70¢/hr
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
Seednuts:
Fertilizer:
205 tons at $100/T FOB Majuro
20,500
Subsistence
30,000
Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants
4,000
Lagoon Transportation (Boats and Outboard Motors)
3,000
Housing:
Construction of Temporary Quarters
10,000
Personnel Transportation
5,000
Tools and Supplies
3,800
Miscellaneous
5,000
TOTAL
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$165,000
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