The enquiry heard that the conditions imposed on the A L Bruce Estates were illegal and oppressive, including paying workers poorly or in kind (not in cash), demanding excessive labour from tenants or not recording the work they did, and whipping and beating both workers and tenants. The abuses were confirmed by Magomero workers and tenants questioned by the Commission in 1915
Kafukufukuyu adamva kuti zomwe zidaperekedwa ku AL Bruce Estates zinali zosaloledwa ndi lamulo komanso zopondereza, kuphatikiza kulipira antchito mopanda phindu kapena mwachifundo (osati ndalama), kukakamiza ogwira ntchito mopitilira muyeso kapena kusalemba ntchito yomwe adagwira, ndikukwapula ndi kukwapula onse ogwira ntchito komanso alendi. Nkhanzazo zidatsimikiziridwa ndi ogwira ntchito ku Magomero ndi alendi omwe adafunsidwa ndi Commission mu chaka cha 1915