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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