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INDEX TO THE REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, 1907.

Page Secretary's and Inspectors' Reports (Inspectors of Factories, ..wards, Scaffolding, &c.) ... i Factories —Statistics of hands employed, ages and wages (Tables 1 and 2) ... ... 1 Shops—Statistics of hands employed, ages and wages (Tables 3 and 4) ... ... ... 46 Award rates of wages and hours of labour in the four chief industrial districts (Table 5) ... 61 Legal decisions under Factories, Shops, &c, Acts ... ... ... ... ... 68 Permits granted by Inspectors to young persons (fourteen to sixteen years of age) to work in factories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 Return of hours of overtime worked in factories ... ... ... .. ... 84 Return of accidents in factories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 Reports on accommodation provided for shearers (under " Shearers' Accommodation Act, 1898") ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 Requisitions from shopkeepers fixing closing hours of shops under the Shops and Offices Act... 02 Disputes and cases under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act ... ... 94 Cases under Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act ... ... ... ... ... 100 Return of persons assisted by the Department's Employment Bureaux ... ... ... 101 Details of expenditure of the Department ... ... ... ... ... ... 102 Diagram showing persons employed in the principal industries, 1895-1907. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing i 2,450 copies, including diagram), ..167 7b. 6d.

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