growing tendency, on the part of our legislature, to interfere in the regulation of mines in the interest of the safety of large bodies of skilled workmen. It would be interesting to enquire what are the relative advantages of the two systems, and their results in accidents and loss of life, but I have not the means of comparing them. The outline of French law is taken from a valuable work by M. Dufour, an advocate of the bar of Paris. INDEX. ACCIDENTS IN MINES, 277. causes of, 278. liability of master for, 279. where competent foremen are employed, 287. caused by fellow-workmen, 288. statute relating to, [341]. AGENT, 146. definition of, 146. contracts by, 147. general and special agents, 147. powers of agents, 148. how far responsible for wages, 149. liability to be summoned for wages, 150. AGREEMENT FOR A LEASE, 38. distinction beeween lease and agreement, 38. AMBIGUITY, 34. in a deed, evidence to explain, 34. ARTIFICER, who is under the Truck Act, 314. ARTIFICIAL WATER-COURSES, 121. prescriptive claim to, 123. AVERAGE CLAUSE, Appendix. ASSIGNEES, of bankrupt, lease by, 25. BANKRUPTCY, of a master, 187. of one partner, 139. clause in lease to provide for, Appendix. BARRIERS, covenant to leave, 55. necessity for, 244. breaking through, liability for, 245. BOYS, age of, to be employed underground, 349. clause in lease relating to, Appendix. BRICKFIELDS, poor-rate upon, 218. BUILDINGS, right to support for, 233. CANALS, law as to minerals under, 276. COAL, property in, 1. right to work when severed from surface, 17. lying under railways and canals, 264. power to work by limited interests, 18. COLLIER, contract of hiring, 150. how contracts may be terminated, 154. stoppage of work, 154. duty of master to find work, 156. mutuality of contract, 157. uncertainty of employment, 158. see head of Contract, 150. COLLIERIES, rating of, 191. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN, 324. charge of Chief Justice Tindal, 327. recent judgments upon, 329. statutes relating to, 324. when legal and illegal, 335, 338. comments on the cases, 342. |