HL Deb 07 February 1899 vol 66 cc40-1

I. (Particulars of Piecework Wages in Textile Workshops.) Order, dated 2nd September 1898, by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, made in pursuance of Section 65 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, applying the provisions of Section 40 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1895, to workshops in which is carried 'on the manufacture, etc., of cotton, wool, hair, silk, flax, hemp, jute, tow, China grass, cocoa-nut fibre, or other like material;

II. (Making of Transfers for Earthen ware and China.) Special rules with regard to the employment of persons in making transfers for earthenware and china;

III. (Period of employment; Ware houses in Factories or Workshops where Edge Tools are made.) Order, dated 19th January 1899, made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department in pursuance of Section 65 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, and Section 39 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1895, permitting warehouses in factories or workshops where edge tools are made to be treated as separate factories or workshops so far as regards the period of employment of children, young persons, and women;

IV. (Particulars of Piecework Wages; Wholesale Tailoring.) Order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated 6th August 1898, applying, with modifications, the provisions of Section 40 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1895, to factories and workshops where wholesale tailoring is carried on;

V. (Humidity.) Order of the Secretary of State for the Home Deparment, dated 24th December 1898, as to the maximum limits of humidity of atmosphere to be observed in factories in which the spinning of merino, cashmere, or wool by the French or "dry" process is carried on.