I. CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF LAWS AND ORDERS IN VOL. II. OF THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LEGISLATION 1905. 1906. (German Empire). Notification to repeal provisions of the Accident Insurance Acts in favour of the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg. May 9th, pp. LXIV., I Agreement concluded between France and Italy relating to compensation for injuries resulting from industrial accidents. June 9th, pp. LXV., 2. Convention between France and Luxemburg relating to compensation for injuries resulting from industrial accidents. June 27th, pp. LXV., 4. Convention between the United Kingdom and France concerning the New Hebrides. October 20th, pp. XLVII., 345. of foreigners meeting with industrial accidents. Ratified on June 4th, 1907, and approved by Royal Decree dated June 30th, 1907, pp. LXV., 567. Treaty between the German Empire and the Netherlands relating to accident insurance. August 27th, pp. LXV., 350. 1907. NATIONAL LABOUR LEGISLATION ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1907 Order in pursuance of the Decree of November 18th, 1905, in pursuance of the Sunday Rest Act. March 22nd, pp. XXIV., 189. AUSTRIA. 1906. Decree of the Ministry of Commerce addressed to the Administration of Bohemia, relating to tests for the suitability of workplaces. October 2oth, pp. L., 360. 1907. Order relating to the appointment of Committees of Dispensing Chemists. January 2nd, pp. XXXVII., 214. XXIX., 189. of workmen employed in the construction of high buildings. February 7th, pp. XXXVII., 212. Resolution of the Town Council of Vienna respecting the prohibition of the use of paints and colours containing lead and of red lead in municipal works, March 5th, pp. L., 360. and Herzegowina. April 9th, pp. XXXVIII., 212. Order relating to a day of rest in the course of the week for workmen in indus. trial occupations in Bosnia and Herzegowina. April 20th, pp. XLVIII., 361. Order relating to the employment of young persons and children in mining operations. June 8th, 1907, pp. XXXII., 215. nesses, Order of the Minister of Commerce, in agreement with the Minister of the Interior, relating to the manner of keeping the books of licensed registry August 6th, pp. LXIII., 571. emigrants from the United States of America. November 30th, pp. LXIV., 571. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. 1906. An Act relating to duties of Excise. No. 16 of 1906. October 12th, pp. LI., 391. BAVARIA 1907. Royal Order relating to Inspectors of Industry. February 7th, pp. XXXVIII., 186. BELGIUM. 1907. Royal Decree. Council of Industry and Labour, Brussels. Convocation of the 13th, 14th and 16th Sections. January 28th, pp. XXIX., 217. Royal Decree. Sunday rest. Hairdressers : Authorisations granted for the year 1907, in pursuance of 87 of the Act of July 17th, 1905. February 7th, pp. XXIV., 217. Royal Decree. Sunday rest. Hairdressers of Louvain : Authorisation granted for the year 1907, in pursuance of the Act of July 17th, 1905. March 2nd, pp. XXIV., 217. Royal Decree. Hours of work below ground in coal mines. Appointment of a Commission of Inquiry. April 6th, pp. XXXIII., 217. Royal Decree. Bill to amend and supplement the Acts of April 21st, 1810, and May 2nd, 1837, relating to mines. Pensions. April 11th, pp. XXXIII., 218. July 17th, 1905. Sunday rest. April 15th, pp. XXIV., 218. pp. XXXIV., 219. tected by the Act of December 13th, 1889. Application of 89, paragraph 2, of the Act of July 17th, 1905. May 27th, pp. XXIV., 219. July 17th, 1905. Sunday rest. August 18th, pp. XXIV., 219. year, 1907, in pursuance of $7 of the Act of July 17th, 1905. Novem ber 17th, pp. XLIX., 362. Royal Order. Manufacture of phosphoric acid and of phosphates ; classifica tion. November 26th, pp. LXIV., 572. BERNE. 1907. Order relating to Sunday rest. April 17th, pp. XXVII., 297. BULGARIA, 1905. Order relating to the enforcement of the Act regulating the organisation of handicrafts and corporations. July 23rd-August 5th, 1905, PP. XLVIII., 362, CANADA (Manitoba). 1907. Resolution adopted by the Legislature of the Province of Manitoba, concerning Fair Wages Clauses in Government contracts. February 5th, pp. L., 391. DENMARK. 1905. Notification relating to exceptions to the prohibition of work in factories, etc., on the Festivals of the National Church. February ist, pp. XLIX., 369. 1906. Order extending the provisions of Act No. 54, dated April 1st, 1905, relating to the insurance of seamen against the consequences of accidents arising in the shipping industry, to ships belonging to the State in the service of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Water Works, if their gross registered tonnage amounts to 20 tons or more. January 9th, pp. LXVIII, 6. Notification respecting exemptions from the prohibition of employment in factories, etc., on the Festivals of the National Church. January 22nd, pp. XII., 6. -! Act to extend to other branches of navigation, etc., Act No. 71, dated April 3rd, 1900, relating to the accident insurance of Danish fishermen. March 30th, pp. LXVIII, 370. Act regulating the compulsory notification by medical practitioners of accidents in agriculture and forestry. April 4th, pp. XII., 6. Order to bring into force in the Faroe Islands Act No. 65, dated March 30th, 1906, relating to the extension to other branches of the shipping industry, etc., of Act No. 71, dated April 3rd, 1900, relating to the accident insurance of Danish fishermen. August ioth, pp. LXVIII, 7. Regulations for shoe factories, issued in pursuance of $8 of Act No. 71, dated April 11th, 1901. December 3rd, pp. L., 371. 1907. Act to regulate Aid Clubs. May 4th, 1907, p. 7. Rules for lithographic and photographic undertakings and for other reproducing processes. May 31st, pp. LXIV., 573. FRANCE. 1905. Act relating to the insurance of French seamen against the risks and accidents. of their calling. December 29th, p. 24. 1906. Decree publishing the Convention signed at Paris, June 27th, 1906, between. France and Luxemburg, relating to compensation for injuries resulting from industrial accidents. November 10th, pp. LXVIII., 32. 1907. Decree containing public administrative regulations for the organisation and. working of the Central Housing Council. January 10th, pp. XXXIX., 33. Decree relating to the issue of sick pay to Arsenal workers not residing at. home. January 14th, pp. LXVIII., 33. Decree containing the public administrative regulations relating to the inclu sion of registered Colonial seamen within the scope of the Act of Decem- January 17th, pp. LXVIII.,_33. of the National Accident Insurance Fund. January 17th, pp. LXVIII., 33. Order of the Minister of Labour respecting Patronage Committees of Cheap Dwellings. January 26th, pp. XXXIX., 33. to the Council of State against Prefectoral Orders refusing requests for exemption from the law of Sunday rest. February 4th, pp. XXV., 222. Circular addressed to the Prefects, concerning the subsidies allotted to Labour Exchanges from Departmental Funds. February 14th, pp. LVII., 378. Circular to the Prefects and Divisional Inspectors of Labour dealing with the possibility of a simultaneous authorisation of the rotation system and of one of the other exceptions contemplated under 82 of the Act of July 13th, 1906, regulating Sunday rest. February 19th, pp. XXV., 222. Letter from the Minister of Labour and Friendly Societies, relating to.miners' delegates who are licensed retailers of liquor. March 18th, pp. LVII., 378. Act relating to Committees of Counsel. March 27th, pp. XXXIX., 223. Letter on the duration of the period between two days of weekly rest. March 27th, pp. XXV., 237. Act relating to public meetings. March 28th, pp. XXVIII., 237. Circular to the Attorneys-General attached to the Court of Appeal on the repression of offences against the Act relating to weekly rest. March 29th, pp. XXV., 238. Circular addressed to the Prefects and Divisional Inspectors of Labour, tonching enforcement of the Act relating to the weekly day of rest. April ioth. pp. XXV., 238. Circular addressed by the Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs and the Minister of Labour and Friendly Societies to the Prefects, defining the separation of power between the two Ministers, relating to the enforce ment of laws in mines and quarries. April 12th, pp. XXXIX., 243. Order of the Minister of Public Works, touching safety apparatus to be main tained in mines. April 15th, pp. LVI., 378. Letter of the Minister of War concerning the remuneration of the sappers of the engineers employed during strikes in the upkeep of mines. April 16th, Pp. L., 380. on board mercantile vessels. April 17th, pp. XXXVII., 246. Circular from the Minister of Justice to the Attorneys-General attached to the Courts of Appeal, in respect of indictments for vagabondage against work. men carrying a viaticum certificate. April 25th, pp. LVII., 380. Labour. May 3rd, pp. XXXIX., 258. day of rest, to tramways. May 22nd, pp. XXV., 258. Friendly Societies, and increasing the number of its members. May 24th, pp. XXXIX., 259. Circular, addressed to the Divisional Inspectors, on the heating in winter of premises used as workplaces. May 27th, pp. L., 381. Act approving an arrangement, signed June 9th, 1906, between France and Italy, relating to compensation for injuries resulting from industrial acci dents. June 3rd, pp. LXVIII., 259. Decree amending the Decree of March 14th, 1903, reorganising the Conseil superieur du travail. June 24th, pp. LVII., 381. Order fixing the rate of the subsidies to be allotted to unemployment funds for the second half of 1906. June 30th, pp. LVII., 382. Decree laying down regulations relative to the transference of deposits between the ordinary French savings banks and the Italian savings banks. July 4th, p. 382. Decree publishing the arrangement, signed June 9th, 1906, between France and Italy, concerning compensation for injuries resulting from industrial accidents. July 13th, p. 381. Act relating to the freedom with which married women may dispose of their wages and to the contributions of married persons to household expenses. July 13th, pp. L., 382. of the enforcement of the Act relating to the weekly day of rest. July 13th, p. 384. Act relating to the hygiene and sanitation of mines. July 23rd, pp. LVI., 384. Circular addressed to the Prefects touching the application of the Act of July 23rd, 1907, relating to the health of working miners. July 31st, pp. LVI., 385. Circular addressed by the Minister of Labour, touching the execution of the Decree of August 14th, 1907, enumerating the establishments permitted as of right to use the rotation system. September 9th, 1.XIII., 573. Circular issued by the Minister of Public Works to the Prefects on the exten sion to all inflammable mines of the prohibition of the use of naked lights, and also of the system adopted in respect of explosives in mines subject to fire-damp: October 21st, LXIV., 575. Circular of the Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs, and of the Minister of Labour and Friendly Societies, relating to notices of accidents to be forwarded to working miners' safety delegates. October 22nd, LXIV., 575. GERMAN EMPIRE. 1907. Act to amend the Industrial Code. January 7th, pp. XXXVI., 163. Notification relating to the establishment and management of premises where the manufacture of cigars is carried on. February 17th, pp. XXXIV., 164. Order to extend $$135 to 1 396 of the Industrial Code to workshops in the tobacco industry. February 21st, pp. XXXV., 167. Notification relating to the administrative regulations of the Federal Council concerning the employment of young persons and women in workshops where mechanical power is used. February 27th, pp. XXXV., 167. Act relating to the Dependants' Insurance Fund and the Imperial Disablement Fund. April 8th, pp. LXVII., 167. Notification relating to the employment of women in anthracite coal mines, zinc mines, and lead mines in the Government District of Oppeln. April 12th, pp. XXXII., 168. Notification respecting the establishment and management of works for the manufacture of the alkaline chromates. May 16th, pp. LVI., 352. Notification respecting the employment of children in cleaning steam boilers. July ist, pp. XXI., 168. Notification respecting the establishment and management of printing works and type foundries. July 5th, pp. XXXVII., 169. Notification respecting the ratification of the Treaty relating to Accident Insurance, concluded by the German Empire and the Netherlands on August 27th, 1907. December ist, pp. 354. concluded between the German Empire and the Netherlands on August 27th, 1907. December 16th LXVII., 569. State Insurance Office : Rules for the prevention of accidents, pp. LXVIII., 169, 355, 570. GOTHA. 1907. Act relating to the inspection of dwellings. April 3rd, pp. XXX., 188. GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 1906. Model Bye-laws issued by the Local Government Board ; XVIII. Means of escape in case of fire in certain factories and workshops. June, 1906, pp. XII., 33. The Explosives in Coal Mines Order of December 17th, pp. XII., 33. Order made under the Notice of Accidents Act, 1906, requiring the reporting of certain classes of dangerous occurrences in factories and workshops, whether personal injury is caused or not. December 22nd, pp. XII., 33. Order made under the Notice of Accidents Act, 1906, requiring the reporting of certain classes of dangerous occurrences in mines and quarries, whether personal injury is caused or not. December 22nd, pp. XII., 34. 1907. Regulations made by the Secretary of State for the manufacture of paints and colours. January 21st, pp. XII., 34. The Explosives in Coal Mines Order of April 8th, pp. XII., 36. Order extending the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, to certain industrial diseases. May 22nd, pp. LXIX., 36. The Homework Order of May 23rd, pp. XXVIII., 259. Orders applying the provisions of $116 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, with modifications to certain industries. May 23rd, pp. XXVIII., 262, 263. The Workmen's Compensation Rules, 1907. June ist, P. 264. Regulations as to the duties and fees of certifying and other surgeons, and as to references to, and remuneration and expenses of, medical referees, in England and Wales, under $8 of the Act. June 21st, p. 264. and Wales under the provisions of the first and second schedules to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. June 24th, p. 264. to references to, and remuneration and expenses of, medical referees, in Scotland, under 88 of the Act. June 25th, p. 264. under the provisions of the first and second schedules to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. June 27th, p. 264. vided and paid by the employer under the provisions of the first schedule to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. June 28th, p. 265. Regulations as to the duties and fees of certifying and other surgeons, and as to references to, and remuneration of, medical referees, under $8 of the Act, in Ireland. June 29th, p. 265. Regulations as to the duties and remuneration of medical referees in Ireland under the provisions of the first and second schedules to the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. June 29th, p. 265. men's Compensation Act, 1906. July 1st, p. 265. means of a lead compound. August 6th, pp. LVI., 386. Employment of Women Act. August 9th, pp. V., 38. Regulations made by the Secretary of State for the processes of spinning and weaving hemp, or jute, or hemp or jute tow, and processes incidental thereto. August 28th, pp. LVI., 388. and to extend that Act to certain institutions, and to provide for the |