8o INFORMATION RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



b^^ the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to act on the Wages Board, pro- 

 vided that at least one shall be a woman. 



" 4. The selection and appointment of representative members shall, 

 subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of these regulations, be as follows ; 



" Of the members representing employers, eight shall be elected as 

 follows : 



2 representatives b}^ the council of the Royal Agricultural Society 



of England. 

 2 representatives by the general executive committee of the Na- 

 tional Farmers' Union. 

 2 representatives b3'the council of the Central and Associated Cham- 

 bers of Agriculture. 

 2 representatives by the Welsh Agricultural Council. 



"Eight members representing employers shall be nominated by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, after due consideration of auA^ names 

 which may be submitted by agricultural associations or otherwise, and after 

 such local enquiries as the President of the Board may deem desirable. 



" Of the members representing woikmen six shall be elected by the 

 executive committee of the National Agricultural Labourers' and Rural 

 Workers' Union and two by the general executive committee of the Workers 

 Union. Eight members re])resenting workmen shall be nominated by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, after consultation with the ^Ministry 

 of Labour, and after due consideration of any names submitted by workmen 

 and their re]>resentatiA-e. 



"5. In the election and nomination of representative members, regard 

 shall be had so far as practicable to securing on the Wages Board a fair 

 representation of all classes of farming, and of the various conditions of 

 employment in agriculture in all parts of the country. Where, as the re- 

 sult of any elections under the provisions of paragraph 4, such fair repre- 

 sentation cannot, in the opinion of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 

 be secured on the Wages Board, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries may, 

 in addition to the persons nominated b}^ them under paragraph 4, nominate 

 a representative member in place of any person so elected. 



" 6. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries may, not^vithstanding the 

 provisions of paragraph i, if they think it necessary to secure the proper 

 representation of any classes of employers or workmen, after giving the Wa- 

 ges Board an opportunit}' to be heard, nominate additional representative 

 members of the Wages Board to serve for such period, .not exceeding three 

 3"ears, as may be determined by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 

 The number of such additional representative members shall always be an 

 even number, not exceeding four in all, of whom half shall be representatives 

 of employers and half shall be representatives of workmen. 



" 7. Any member representing employers who becomes a workman 

 in agriculture shall vacate his seat. Any member representing workmen 

 who becomes an employer in agriculture shall vacate his seat. The ques- 

 tion of fact shall in each case be determined by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries. 



