The said section shall be modified so as to read as follows: (1) The occupier or contractor shall, for the purpose of enabling each worker who is paid by the piece to compute the total amount of wages payable to him in respect of his work, cause to be published particulars of the work and rate of wages applicable thereto, as follows:

(a) He shall furnish every worker with written particulars of the rate of wages applicable to the work done by him at or before the time of his first employment on the work and on every subsequent occasion when the rates are fixed or altered; or he shall exhibit such particulars in a placard or book in the factory or workshop. Provided that if the rates are not ascertainable before the work is given out, the particulars shall be furnished to the worker in writing when the work is completed. (b) Such particulars of the work to be done as affect the amount of wages payable to each worker shall be furnished to him in writing when the work is given out; or, at the option of the employer, such particulars as aforesaid of work done may be furnished in writing at or before the time when payment is made for such work.

(2) Where the work is done in common by a gang of workers it shall be sufficient if the particulars of the work done by the gang and of the rate of wages applicable thereto are furnished to the member of the gang to whom the wages of the gang are paid by the employer; or, when the share of each member is paid direct to him by the employer, to the leader of the gang, but in the last-mentioned case the particulars furnished of the rate of wages shall include particulars of the proportion according to which the shares of the several members of the gang are calculated.

(3) The particulars, either as to rate of wages or as to work, shall not be expressed by means of symbols; but this shall not prevent the occupier or contractor from describing any work which is of a standard kind known to the persons employed by a particular figure, number, letter or name, or combination thereof, by means of such figure, number, letter or name, or combination thereof.

(4) Any placard or book exhibited in pursuance of the foregoing provisions shall contain no other matter than particulars of rates of wages, and shall be affixed or kept as the case may be in such a position as to be easily accessible to and read by all persons to whose work the particulars relate.

APPENDIX VIII

(CHAPTER XIII.)

THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901

(a) SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AS TO LIMEWASHING, etc.
(UNDER SECTION I OF THE ACT)

(I.) By Special Order (S. R. & O., 1903, No. 934) certain factories and workshops, the character of which is apparent from the list given below, are excepted on certain conditions from the requirements of Section 1 of the Factory and Workshop Act as to limewashing and washing, except as to mess-rooms, engine-houses, fitting shops, or sanitary conveniences. In individual cases the Inspector may by written notice require the occupier to limewash the premises.

If 500 cubic feet of space are provided for each person employed therein then the following factories and parts of factories are excepted:

Brick and tile works in which unglazed bricks or tiles are made. Cement works.

Chemical works.

Gas works.

Flax scutch mills in which neither children nor young persons

are employed.

Sugar factories.

The following parts of factories:

Rooms used for the storage of articles, and not for the constant carrying on therein of any manufacturing process.

Parts in which dense steam is continuously evolved in the process of manufacture.

Parts in which pitch, tar, or like material is used, except in brush works.

Parts in which unpainted or unvarnished wood is manufactured.

The part of a glass factory known as the glass house.

Parts in which there are no glazed windows in the walls or roof.

Walls, or tops of rooms, which are made of glazed bricks, tiles, glass, slate, marble, or galvanised iron, on condition that they are washed with water and soap once at least within every fourteen months.

Tops of rooms which are at least 20 feet from the floor.
Tops of rooms:

(1) In print works, bleach works, or dye works, with the
exception of finishing rooms or warehouses; or

(2) In grist mills; or

(3) In works in which are carried on the processes of— Agricultural implement making;

Coach making ;

Engraving;

Manufacture of starch, soap, candles;

Salting, tanning, or dressing of hides and skins.

If 2500 cubic feet of space are provided for each person employed therein then the following works, factories, and foundries are excepted:

Shipbuilding works.

Gun factories.

Engineering works.

Electric generating works.

Frame dressing-rooms of lace factories.

Foundries other than foundries in which brass casting is carried on.

(II.) By Special Order (S. R. & O., 1912, No. 404) the following special exception has been granted to parts of factories which are rooms in which lace-making by machine is carried on:

The period within which the inside walls and ceilings or tops of such rooms are required (if they have not been painted with oil, or varnished, once at least within seven years) to be limewashed shall be twenty-six months, to date from the time when they were last limewashed.

Provided that

(1) The special exception shall not apply to any room which does not afford clear 800 cubic feet for each person employed therein;

(2) The inside walls and ceilings or tops of such rooms shall be thoroughly swept at a date not less than ten months nor more than fourteen months from the time when they were last limewashed, and the date of such sweeping shall be recorded in the General Register;

(3) Nothing in this Order shall be taken to affect the obligation of keeping the factory in a cleanly state, as prescribed by Subsection (1) of the said section;

(4) If it appear to an inspector that any part of a factory to which the exception applies is not in a cleanly state, he may, by written notice, require the occupier to limewash the same; and in the event of the occupier failing to comply with such requisition within two months from the date of the notice, the special exception shall cease to apply to such part of a factory.

(b) FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS
(SECTION 22 OF THE ACT)

Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a formal investigation of any accident occurring in a factory or workshop and its causes and circumstances is expedient, the Secretary of State may direct that such an investigation be held, and with respect to any such investigation the following provisions shall have effect:

(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a competent person to hold the investigation, and may appoint any person or persons possessing legal or special knowledge to act as assessor or assessors in holding the investigation: (2) The person or persons so appointed (hereinafter called "the Court") shall hold the investigation in open Court in such manner and under such conditions as the Court may think most effectual for ascertaining the causes and circumstances of the accident, and enabling the Court to make the report in this section mentioned. (3) The Court shall have for the purpose of the investigation all the powers of a Court of Summary Jurisdiction when acting as a Court in hearing informations for offences against this Act, and all the powers of an Inspector under this Act, and in addition the following powers, namely:

(a) Power to enter and inspect any place or building the entry or inspection whereof appears to the Court requisite for the said purpose;

(b) Power, by summons signed by the Court, to require the attendance of all such persons as it thinks fit to call before it and examine for the said purpose, and for that purpose to require answers or returns to such inquiries as it thinks fit to make;

(c) Power to require the production of all books,

papers, and documents which it considers important for the said purpose;

(d) Power to administer an oath and require any person examined to make and sign a declaration

of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination.

(4) Persons attending as witnesses before the Court shall be allowed such expenses as would be allowed to witnesses attending before a Court of Record; and in case of dispute as to the amount to be allowed, the same shall be referred by the Court to a master of one of His Majesty's superior Courts, who on request, signed by the Court, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of the expenses. (5) The Court holding an investigation under this section shall make a report to the Secretary of State, stating the causes of the accident and its circumstances, and adding any observations which the Court thinks right to make. (6) All expenses incurred in and about an investigation under this Section (including the remuneration of any person appointed to act as assessor) shall be deemed to be part of the expenses of the Secretary of State in the execution of this Act.

(7) Any person who without reasonable excuse (proof whereof shall lie on him) either fails, after having had the expenses (if any) to which he is entitled tendered to him, to comply with any summons or requisition of a Court holding an investigation under this Section, or prevents or impedes the Court in the execution of its duty, shall for every such offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and in the case of a failure to comply with a requisition for making any return or producing any document, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day that such failure continues. The Secretary of State may cause any special report of an Inspector or any report of a Court under this part of this Act to be made public at such time and in such manner as he may think fit.

(c) RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF INQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR DANGEROUS TRADES (UNDER SECTION 81 Of the Act)

(1) The inquiry shall be opened at such time and place as may be fixed by the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the inquiry (in these rules referred to as "the Commissioner "), and not less than three weeks' notice of the time