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Return showing the various Awards, Accepted Recommendations, and Agreements made under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act— continued.

Industrial District. Accepted Recommendation, Agreement, or Award. Date. Hours. Overtime. Proportion of Apprentices. Wages. Youths. Men. Gold-miners — conti'. med. Northern (^Waihi)... Award 9/5/07 45 per week ; wet shafts, hot or gassy places, 6-hour shifts Time and a quarter, double time I Not fixed 4s. to 7s. Miners, 8s. 6d. to 10s. per day; wet batteries, 7s. 6d. to 9s. per day ; dry batteries, 8s. 6d. to 10s. per day; kilns (dry), 8s. per day; cyanide workers, 7s. (3d. to 8s. per day; cyanide workers, if in dust, 8s. 6d. to 9s. per day; engineers, &c. 7s. 6d. to 10s. per day. Westland. Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand 23/9/96 Not fixed Not fixed Nil Not fixed Miners, 9s. 6d. per day; truckers, battery-feeders, and surface hands, 8s. per day. Pick and shovel men, 8s. 6d. per shift; blacksmiths, lis. 8d. to 13s. 4d. per shift. 8s. to 13s. 4d. per shift. tr Andrew McKay, Contractor 30/9/97 tt '" \ it a tt I I Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand It 30/9/97 Sunday night shift c o mmences a t 1 a.m.; day shift c omm ences 8 a.m., and : finishes at 2 p.m. on Saturday; afternoon shift commences a t 2 p.m. on Saturd a y , and knocks off at 8 p.m. n if tt