medical man, an employer's assessor, and an employee's assessor from a commercial court, and a chairman, shall decide that the person insured s no longer capable of carrying on the work which he has been accustomed to do during the previous five years.

(5) Amalgamation with the law dealing with the insurance of widows and orphans in such a manner that the widow should be entitled to receive one-half, and every orphan one-sixth of the insurance money due to the person insured.

(6) Facilities for voluntary insurance to be allowed, more particularly in the direction of allowing all who ought to be in a lower class to insure themselves of their own accord in a higher class.

(7) Persons insured ought to be granted a liberal and effective share in the administration of the scheme.

The General Meeting requests the Central Committee for pension insurance to consider the foregoing conclusions and desires, and to ensure that due consideration is paid to them when any resolutions on the matter are being drawn up.

7.-Extract from the resolutions adopted by the meeting of delegates (medical men and officers) from the Hungarian District Sick Clubs, held on April 25th, 1907.

(1) That, although the meeting recognises, in principle, that the free choice of medical men is the best arrangement for carrying out as regards medical service, the Sick Insurance Act which came into force on July 1st of last year, yet it considers that, in view of existing conditions, it is at present necessary to the arrangements and objects of the new Act to retain the" fixed salary" medical system.

(2) In order to ensure the conscientious and successful exercise of medical duties, the newly formed clubs should adopt the principle that not more than 800 members should be referred to the same medical man, and that no medical man should undertake more than 800 members of the club.

(3) Vacancies in posts for sick clubs doctors should always be filled by public advertisement, and the normal conditions laid down in these resolutions should be observed.

8.-Memorial addressed to the Swiss National Council and Ständerat by the Swiss Federation of Women Workers, relating to the introduction of sick and accident insurance, 21st April, 1907.

The Delegates' Assembly of the Swiss Federation of Women Workers, held at the "Swan," Zurich, on April 21st, 1907, after hearing a report by Frau Pfarrer Reichen, directed the Central Board to address a memorial to you, requesting that Clause 11, paragraph 2, and Clause 19 of the Federal Bill relating to the insurance of women against confinementshould be amended in the sense that (1) the second half also of the period of rest should be provided for by receipt of the whole ordinary sick club benefits; (2) the increase in the Federal contribution from 1 to 1 Rp. per day of membership should be extended also to the insurance of women against confinement; (3) this increased contribution should be allowed to those clubs which grant the minimum full benefit during the whole six weeks after confinement; (4) in the case of clubs which undertake to pay the minimum full benefit during the whole period of rest after confinement, this increased contribution should be reckoned on the basis of the total number of women insured in the club in question.

International Labour Legislation

(Treaty Series No. 3,

1. Convention between the United Kingdom and France concerning the New Hebrides. Signed at London, 20th October, 1906. 1907. Cd. 3300.). (Extract.)

RECRUITMENT OF NATIVE LABOURERS.

XXXI.-Recruiting Licence.

I. No vessel shall recruit native labourers in the New Hebrides, including the Banks and Torres Islands, unless she sails under the flag of one of the two Signatory Powers, and unless she is provided with a recruiting licence issued by the High Commissioner representing the Signatory Power under whose flag the vessel is sailing, or by his Delegate.

2. In the case of professional recruiters, the recruiting licence shall only be issued on the deposit of £80, as security, with the agent appointed by the High Commissioner, whose duty it will be to issue the recruiting licence, or by his Delegate.

3. The High Commissioners shall inform one another every month of the recruiting licences which they have issued. The same rule shall apply to their Delegates.

The recruiting licences shall be valid for one year only.

XXXII-Register of Engagements.

All masters of recruiting vessels shall keep a register of engagements, in which there shall be entered without delay the name, sex, identification marks, the name of the tribe, place of recruiting, and place of destination of every native recruited, the name of the employer, the length of the engagement, the sum agreed on by way of premium and wages, and the amount of the advance paid to the native at the time of engagement.

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XXXIII.-Engagement of Women and Children.

Women shall only be engaged :

If they are married, with the consent of their husbands;

If they are unmarried, with the consent of the Head of the tribe. Children shall only be engaged if they are of a certain minimum height, to be fixed by the Resident Commissioners jointly.

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XXXIV.-Length of Engagements.

No engagements shall be concluded for more than three years.

2. They shall date from the day the labourer lands in the island where he is to be employed, but the time spent on board ship by the labourer shall count for wages.

XXXV.-Deaths on Board Recruiting Vessels.

I. A report in duplicate on every death occurring on board a recruiting vessel shall be drawn up immediately by the master. Such report shall describe the circumstances under which the death occurred.

2. Within twenty-four hours an inventory in duplicate shall also be drawn up of the effects left on board by the deceased. The amount of the wages to which the labourer is entitled from the day of engagement to the day of his death shall be stated in this inventory.

3. The master shall, on arrival, transmit to the competent authority a copy of the report and the inventory, as well as the objects and articles of value belonging to the deceased, and the premium and wages to which he was entitled.

The second copy of the report and the inventory shall be annexed to the register of engagements.

XXXVI. Sickness of Labourers on Landing.

Every native recruited who, on landing, is found to be in such a state of health as to incapacitate him for the work for which he was engaged, shall be cared for at the expense of the recruiter, and the time spent in hospital and the time during which he is unable to work shall be included in the term of engagement.

XXXVII.-Delivery of Labourers to their Employers.

A recruiter who is acting as an agent for other persons cannot divest himself of his responsibility for the natives whom he has engaged until the signature of the employer has been affixed to the register of engagements opposite the name of the labourer.

XXXVIII.-Submission of Registers of Engagements on Arrival.

1. Within twenty-four hours of their arrival, all masters of recruiting vessels shall be obliged to present their register of engagements for signature by the competent person.

2. If irregularities are detected in the operations of the recruiter or in the keeping of the register of engagements, an official report shall be immediately drawn up by the person to whom the register has been submitted. This report shall be sent without delay to the competent authority.

The same course shall be followed if the register is not produced within the prescribed period.

XXXIX.-Notification of Engagements.

1. Every engagement of a native labourer shall be notified by his employer within three days from the date of landing.

The notification shall be made to the Resident Commissioner, to whose jurisdiction the employer is subject, or to the person appointed for the purpose.

2. The notification shall be registered, and the contract shall be signed by the Resident Commissioner, or by the person appointed for the purpose.

3. The two Resident Commissioners shall communicate to each other every month a list of the notifications of engagements received by them, or by the persons appointed for the purpose.

XL.-Re-engagement.

I. At the termination of the period of his engagement the labourer shall not enter into a fresh engagement-if he has not been previously sent home without an authority in writing from the Resident Commissioner entitled to receive the notification of engagement, or from the person appointed for the purpose.

2. The authority shall only be given after the native has been examined in the presence of the employer, two non-native witnesses, and two witnesses, selected as far as possible from the same tribe as the labourer, and if the latter, of his own free will, declares that he wishes to re-engage.

3. No re-engagement shall exceed the term of one year. It shall be renewable on the same conditions.

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XLI.-Records of Engagements.

Every employer shall keep posted up to date a separate record for each labourer in his service.

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There shall be entered in this record the name and sex of the labourer, the identification marks, the name of the tribe, the place and date of recruiting, the name of the recruiter, the name of the vessel, and the duration and conditions of his engagement, as stipulated in the contract.

The days of absence from work on account of illness shall be entered by the employer in the record, and also any other days of absence.

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XLII.-Additional Periods of Work.

Time lost through absence without good cause shall be added to the term of the engagement.

2. A labourer may further be retained after his term of engagement expires as a punishment for breaches of discipline to which he has been duly sentenced. In such case, the additional period of labour shall not exceed two months for each year of engagement.

XLIII.-Transfer of Engagements.

I. No transfer of a contract of engagement shall be permitted unless freely accepted by the labourer and authorized by the Resident Commissioner entitled to receive the notification of engagement, or by the person appointed for the purpose.

2. If the transfer is between British subjects or French citizens, the authority shall be jointly given by the two Resident Commissioners.

XLIV. Duties of Employers.

1. Employers must treat their labourers with kindness. They shall refrain from all violence towards them.

2. They must supply them with sufficient food, according to the custom of the country, including rice, at least once a day, as part of their meals. The Resident Commissioners shall fix jointly the amount of rice to be supplied to the labourers.

3. Employers must further provide their labourers with adequate shelter, the necessary clothing, and medical care in case of illness.

XLV.-Working Hours.

I. Labourers shall not be obliged to work except between sunrise and

sunset.

2. They shall have daily, at the time of their mid-day meal, at least one clear hour of rest.

3. Except for domestic duties and the care of animals, labourers shall not be obliged to work on Sundays.

XLVI.-Payment of Wages.

1. Wages shall be paid exclusively in cash.

2. Payment shall be made, either before a person appointed for the purpose by the Resident Commissioner entitled to receive the notification of engagement, or, failing this, in the presence of two non-native witnesses, who shall certify the payment in the record above referred to by affixing their signatures by the side of that of the employer.

3. When it is obviously impossible for an employer to make use of this method of verification, he shall himself be authorised by the competent Resident Commissioner, or by the person appointed for the purpose, to enter the payment of the wages in the record.

4. Whenever the record does not show the rate of wages agreed upon at the time of the engagement, the rate shall be taken to be ros. a month, and the employer shall not be allowed to produce evidence to show that a lower rate had been agreed upon.

XLVII.-Deposit of Wages.

I. Part of the wages may be deposited by the employers with the Resident Commissioner entitled to receive the notification of engagement, or the person appointed for the purpose, to be paid subsequently to the labourer, either during the term of engagement or at the expiration of such term, according as he desires.

The free consent of the labourer must be given before any part of his wages can be so dealt with.

2. The Resident Commissioner or the person appointed for the purpose may at any time order the retention and deposit of part of a labourer's salary.

XLVIII.-Punishments.

Any labourer who has given his employer just cause of complaint in respect of his conduct or work may, at the instance of his employer, be punished by the Resident Commissioner concerned or the person appointed for the purpose, by the imposition of extra work, by a fine, by prolongation of the term of engagement, within the limits provided in Article XLII., or by a summary punishment not exceeding one month's imprisonment.

XLIX.-Absence without good Cause.

1. Any labourer who without permission leaves his employer shall be liable in like manner to one of the summary punishments prescribed by the preceding Article, and shall be sent back to his employer to finish his term of engagement.

2. No one shall receive or employ or take on board any vessel a labourer who has left his employer without permission.

L.-Death during Engagement.

In the event of the death of a labourer, the employer shall be subject to the same obligations as those imposed by Article XXXV. on masters of recruiting vessels.

LI.-Repatriation.

1. Every labourer who has completed his term of engagement shall be returned to his home at the first convenient opportunity by and at the expense of his employer.

2. Such labourer shall be taken back to the place where he was recruited, or, if this is impossible, to the nearest place thereto, from which the labourer can without danger rejoin his tribe.

3. In the case of unjustifiable delay exceeding one month in returning a labourer, the Resident Commissioner concerned, or the person appointed for the purpose, shall provide, at the expense of the employer, for the return of the labourer to his home at the earliest opportunity.

4. In case of persistent ill-treatment of a labourer, the Resident Commissioner concerned shall have the right, after two written warnings addressed