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premises, where a number of hands art: emjjloyeil lo nail the pieces 

 lt)i;ether by ingeniously-contrived machines, which punch in three 

 nails by one process, and through the remarkable activity of the 

 workers, a box is nailed toj^ether almost before you can see how it 

 is done. 



The tinman's shoj) is ne.\t in rotation. Ingenious to(jls and 

 appliances of modern desi<4n and construction have been intro- 

 duced, and the tinwork, which is consider.djle in so vast an 

 establishment, is executed with skill and despatch by first-class 

 workmen. Many thousands of tin boxes for j)acking the Cocoa 

 Essence are turned out every day, moulds for the Chocolates 

 are made and stamped, with zinc linini^s for export cases, etc. ; also 

 i^eneral repairs incidental to the works, which come within the 

 province of the tin-worker, are done in this department, which is 

 fitted with every requisite contrivance for economising labour and 

 securini^ satisfactory results. 



We may state here that the most excellent system of payment 

 is adopted, "by results." At this factory almost all the employes are 

 enj^ai^ed in what is known as piece-work, which is satisfactory 

 alike to the firm and to tlK.> hands. The system has, we under- 

 stand, worketl well, .md the work-j)eoj)lr. both m.ile and temale, 

 are well satisfied with the m.uiner in which they are treated, and 

 wc were i^ratified to be assured more than once hc^w fortunate it 

 was deemed to be employed at Hournville. This i^ood feeling 

 between employers and employed is of almost inestimable value, 

 both socially and commercially. 



