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(k.) Fireword cutting; or

(7.) Bon-bon and Christmas present making; or
(m.) Almanac making; or

(n.) Valentine making; or
(0.) Envelope making; or
(p.) Aërated water making; or
(9.) Playing card making; and

(3.) Where the business is liable to sudden press of orders
arising from unforeseen events; namely,

a factory or workshop, or part thereof, in which is carried

on the manufacturing process or handicraft of—

(r.) The making up of any article of wearing apparel; or
(s.) The making up of furniture hangings; or

(t.) Artificial flower making; or

(u.) Fancy box making; or

(v.) Biscuit making; or

(w.) Job dyeing; and also,

(x.) A part of a factory or workshop which is a ware-
house not used for any manufacturing process or
handicraft, and in which persons are solely em-
ployed in polishing, cleaning, wrapping, and
packing goods.

Provided that the said exception shall not apply-
(a.) Where persons are employed at home, that is to say, to a
private house, room, or place which though used as a
dwelling, is by reason of the work carried on there a factory
or workshop within the meaning of this Act, and in which
neither steam, water, nor other mechanical power is used,
and in which the only persons employed are members of
the same family dwelling there; or

(b.) To a workshop or part thereof which is conducted on the
system of not employing any child or young person
therein.

A.D. 1878.

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which a child,

The exception with respect to the employment of a child young Factories and person or woman for a further period of thirty minutes where process is in an incomplete state applies to the factories and workshops following; (that is to say,)

the workshops in young person,

or woman

may be

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A.D. 1878.

employed for an additional half hour where

the process is in an incom

plete state because the time for the

completion of the process cannot, by reason of the nature thereof, be accurately fixed.

Factories and workshops in

may be em

(6.) Print works;

(c.) Iron mills in which male young persons are not employed

during any part of the night;

(d.) Foundries in which male young persons are not employed during any part of the night; and

(e.) Paper mills in which male young persons are not employed during any part of the night.

PART FIVE.

Overtime for Perishable Articles.

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The exception with respect to the employment of women for 10 which women ninety-six days in any twelve months during a period of employment beginning at six or seven o'clock in the morning and fourteen hours ending at eight or nine o'clock in the evening applies to a factory of the perishable or Workshop or part thereof in which any of the following processes

ployed for

a day by reason

nature of the

materials which is carried on; namely,

are the subject

of the manufacturing process or handicraft.

The process of making preserves from fruit,

The process of preserving or curing fish, or
The process of making condensed milk.

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Factories and

workshops in which male

The exception with respect to the employment of male young persons during the night applies to the factories and workshops

young persons following; (that is to say,)

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Continuous employment of children, young persons, and women for
five hours in certain textile factories during the winter months 30
when the work does not begin until 8 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m.
The exception respecting the continuous employment in certain
textile factories during the winter months of children, young
persons, and women without an interval of at least half-an-hour
for a meal for the same period as in a non-textile factory, applies to 35
textile factories solely used for-

(a.) The making of elastic web; or

(b.) The making of ribbon; or

(c.) The making of trimming.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

LIST OF FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.

PART ONE.

Non-Textile Factories.

A.D. 1878.

works."

33 & 34 Vict. c. 62. s. 3.

5 (1.) "Print works," that is to say, any premises in which any "Print persons are employed to print figures patterns or designs upon any cotton linen woollen worsted or silken yarn, or upon any woven or felted fabric not being paper; (2.) "Bleaching and dyeing works," that is to say, any premises, "Bleaching 10 in which the processes of bleaching beetling dyeing calendering works." finishing hooking lapping and making up and packing any yarn 33 & 34 Vict. or cloth of any material, or the dressing clipping or finishing of c. 62. s. 2. lace, or any one or more of such processes, or any process incidental thereto, are or is carried on;

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and dyeing

ware."

(3.) "Earthenware works," that is to say, any place in which "Earthenpersons work for hire in making or assisting in making, finishing 27 & 28 Vict. or assisting in finishing, earthenware of any description, except c. 48., bricks and tiles not being ornamental tiles;

Sched. 1, "Lucifer

c. 48.,

Sched. 2.

2.

(4.) "Lucifer match works," that is to say, any place in which matches." 20 persons work for hire in making lucifer matches, or in mixing See the chemical materials for making them, or in any process incidental 27 & 28 Vict. to making lucifer matches, except the cutting of the wood; (5.) "Percussion cap works," that is to say, any place in which "Percussion cap." persons work for hire in making percussion caps, or in mixing 27 & 28 Vict. 25 or storing the chemical materials for making them, or in any c. 48., process incidental to making percussion caps;

Sched. 2.

27 & 28 Vict. c. 48.,

(6.) "Cartridge works," that is to say, any place in which "Cartridge." persons work for hire in making cartridges, or in any process incidental to making cartridges, except the manufacture of the 30 paper or other material that is used in making the cases of the cartridges;

(7.) "Paper staining works," that is to say, any place in which persons work for hire in printing a pattern in colours upon sheets of paper, either by blocks applied by hand, or by rollers worked by

35 steam water or other mechanical power;

Sched. 2.

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Paper staining." 27 & 28 Vict.

c. 48.,

Sched. 2.

"Fustian

(8.) "Fustian cutting works," that is to say, any place in which cutting." persons work for hire in fustian cutting;

(9.) "Blast furnaces," that is to say, any blast furnace or other furnace or premises in or on which the process of smelting or other40 wise obtaining any metal from the ores is carried on;

(10.) "Copper mills"
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(11.) "Iron mills," that is to say, any mill, forge, or other "Iron mills." premises in or on which any process is carried on for converting 30 & 31 Vict. iron into malleable iron steel or tin plate, or for otherwise making or converting steel;

c. 103. s. 3.
"Foundries."

c. 103. s. 3.
See s. 13.

(12.) "Foundries," that is to say, iron foundries, copper foundries, 5 30 & 31 Vict. brass foundries, and other premises or places in which the process of founding or casting any metal is carried on; except any premises or places in which such process is carried on by not more than five persons and as subsidiary to the repair or completion of some other work;

30 & 31 Vict. c. 103. s. 3.

"Paper mills."
30 & 31 Vict.
c. 103. s. 3.

"Glass works."
30 & 31 Vict.

c. 103. s. 3.

"Tobacco factories."

30 & 31 Vict.

c. 103. s. 3.

"Letter-press printing works."

30 & 31 Vict.

c. 103. s. 3.

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(13.) "Metal and india-rubber works," that is to say, any premises in which steam water or other mechanical power is used for moving machinery employed in the manufacture of machinery, or in the manufacture of any article of metal not being machinery, or in the manufacture of india-rubber or gutta percha, or of articles 15 made wholly or partially of india-rubber or gutta percha ;

(14.) "Paper mills," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of paper is carried on;

(15.) "Glass works," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of glass is carried on;

(16.) "Tobacco factories," that is to say, any premises in which the manufacture of tobacco is carried on;

(17.) "Letter-press printing works," that is to say, any premises in which the process of letter-press printing is carried on;

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(18.) "Bookbinding works," that is to say, any premises in which 25

"Bookbinding the process of bookbinding is carried on;

works."

30 & 31 Vict.

c. 103. s. 3.

"Scutch mill."

"Hat works."

"Rope
works."
9 & 10 Vict.
c. 40.

(19.) Flax scutch-mills.

PART TWO.

Non-textile Factories and Workshops.

(20.) "Hat works," that is to say, any premises in which the 30 manufacture of hats or any process incidental to their manufacture is carried on;

(21.) "Rope works," that is to say, any premises being a ropery ropewalk or rope work, in which is carried on the laying or twisting or other process of preparing or finishing the lines twines cords 35 or ropes, and in which machinery moved by steam water or other mechanical power is not used for drawing or spinning the fibres of flax hemp jute or tow, and which has no internal communication with any buildings or premises joining or forming part of a textile factory, except such communication as is necessary for the trans- 40 mission of power;

(22.) "Bakehouses," that is to say, any places in which are baked bread biscuits or confectionery from the baking or selling of which a profit is derived;

A.D. 1878.

"Bakehouses."
26 & 27 Vict.
c. 40. s. 2.

(23.) 5 place not included in bleaching and dyeing works as herein-before houses." See 24 & 25 defined, in which persons are employed upon any manufacturing Vict. c. 47. process or handicraft in relation to lace, subsequent to the making s. 4. of lace upon a lace machine moved by steam water or other mechanical power;

"Lace warehouses," that is to say, any premises, room, or "Lace ware

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(24.) "Shipbuilding yards," that is to say, any premises in which "Shipbuildany ships boats or vessels used in navigation are made finished ing yards.” or repaired;

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(25.) Quarries," that is to say, any place, not being a mine, in "Quarries." which persons work in getting slate stone coprolites or other 15 minerals;

35 & 36 Vict.

c. 76. s. 12.

(26.) "Pit-banks," that is to say, any place above ground "Pit-banks." adjacent to a shaft of a mine in which place the employment of women is not regulated by the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1872 and c. 77. or the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act 1872, whether such 20 place does or does not form part of the mine within the meaning of those Acts.

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FIFTH SCHEDULE.

SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS.

Light Handicraft exempted when carried on in Private House or

Room.

Straw plaiting.
Pillow-lace making.
Glove Making.

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