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The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending 30 June 1998 and the copies of texts regarding basic minimum wages for workers in agriculture. The Committee also notes the reply of the Government to its general observation of 1996 regarding the application of Article 27(g) of the Convention. It observes however that the Government provides no information in respect of the application of many of the other provisions of the Convention. The only information regarding the agricultural sector contained in the report of the Labour Department consists of an observation on the inadequate conditions of accommodation on tea and coffee plantations; the Committee recalls, in this respect, that according to Article 6, paragraph 2, national laws or regulations may give labour inspectors in agriculture advisory or enforcement functions regarding legal provisions relating to conditions of life of workers and their families. Other information, as well as statistical data, that the annual report for 1997 provides on the activities of the labour inspection, are very general and do not enable the Committee to distinguish which activities are from the agricultural sector. The Committee trusts that the Government will communicate a detailed report on the application of this Convention, with particular respect to all the information called for under each of the provisions of the instrument in the report form approved by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office as well as all other information useful for an assessment of progress achieved and difficulties encountered.

Recalling that, under Article 2, paragraph 1, the annual report on the work of the inspection services in agriculture may be published either as a separate report or as part of the general annual report, the Committee further requests the Government to take, in conformity with Article 26, paragraphs 2 and 3, all appropriate measures in respect of the drawing up, publishing and transmitting of the annual reports of the labour inspection to the ILO, containing information on each of the subjects listed in Article 27(a) to (g).