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Table XXVI —Civil Proceedings for Recovery of Wages on Behalf of Workers, Year Ended 31st March, 1949

Table XXVII —Number of Requisitions for Improvements Served*

* Note. —Many of these requisitions required improvements in two or more ways, so that the number of improvements effected is in excess of the number of requisitions shown.

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Authority. Number of Cases. Judgment for Plaintiff. Judgment for Defendant or Otherwise Disposed of. Total Amount for Which Judgment Obtained, Excluding Costa. Annual Holidays Act, 1944 Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925— Awards and agreements Other Apprentices Act, 1923 4 4 49 1 1 3 2 19 1 1 2 30 1 £ s. d. 23 11 10 64 9 3 655 4 4 40 4 0 Total—1948-49 59 25 34 783 9 5 1947-48 74 31 43 1,618 0 9 1946-47 58 24 34 616 12 1

Authority. 1946. 1947. 1948. Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 53 52 92 Bush Workers Act, 1945 74 306 252 Factories Act, 1946 881 1,538 3,126 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925— Awards and agreements 75 162 557 Other 148 133 18 Lead Process Regulations 1925 4 9 4 Shearers' Accommodation Act, 1919 98 90 194 Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922 2 2 22 Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22 79 151 299 Spray Painting Regulations 1940 10 4 108 Total 1,424 2,418 4,672