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Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE. TABULAR ANALYSIS OF DRAFT CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE UNDER ARTICLE 405 OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AT ITS THIRD AND FOURTH SESSIONS, 1921 AND 1922.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

DRAFT CONVENTIONS. [Norm.—The following tubular analysis) of the draft conventions and recommendations adopted by the International Labour Conference under Article 405 of the Treaty of Versailles at its third and fourth sessions is circulated for the convenience of members of Parliament in the debate on the motion of Oth May. The analysis is in the briefest tabular form possible for purposes of handy reference and must not bo read as moditVinfl in any way the actual draft conventions and recommendations, of which the authentic texts arc given in Cmd. 1612/1922 and Cmd. 1863 1023.]

... Title. Description. ■j 3 Age of Children in Agriculture .. Prohibits the employment in agriculture of children under fourteen years during hours fixed for school attendance ; employment at other times must not prejudice, their attendance at school. Conditional exceptions made in the case of practical vocational instruction. Work in technical schools also excepted under certain conditions. Rights of Association and Com- Secures to workers engaged in agriculture the same rights bination of Agricultural of association and combination as arc enjoyed by inWorkers dustrial workers. Workmen's Compensation in Extends to agricultural wage-earners the national laws and Agriculture regulations which provide for the compensation of workers for personal injury by accident arising out of or in the course of their employment. Use of White-lead in Painting . . Prohibits after 20th November, 1927, with certain exceptions, the use of white-lead and sulphate of lead, and of all products containing these pigments, in the internal [painting of buildings ; also the employment of males under eighteen years of age and all females in any painting-work of an industrial character involving the use of these substances : regulates, as from 1st January, 1924, at the latest, the use of these pigments, &c, and provides that statistics with regard to lead-jjoisoning among working painters shall be kept. Weekly Rest Day in Industrial Subject to certain total or partial exceptions, secures to Undertakings workers in industrial undertakings a period of rest comprising at least twenty-four consecutive hours in every period of seven days. Minimum Age for Employment Prohibits, with certain exceptions, the employment of any as Trimmers and Stokers person under the age of eighteen years as trimmer or stoker. Compulsory Medical Examination Makes compulsory, except in urgent cases, the medical of Children and Young Persons | examination of all children and young persons under employed at Sea eighteen years of age employed on ship, such medical examination to be repeated at least once a year. 5 6