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eluded most employers. (2) The Workmen's Compensa- 

 tion Act of 1900, which extended the first Act to work- 

 men employed in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. 



(3) The Employers' Liability Act of 1880, applied only 

 to manual labour, and to accidents due to defective 

 plant, or to the fault of the employer or his agents. 



(4) A workman might claim in some cases under the 

 common law, and independent of the Acts named. 



The compensation fixed by the 1897 Act is as 

 follows : In case of death where dependants are left, 

 three years' wages (with £l$0 as the minimum and 

 £350 as the maximum sum), and where there are no 

 dependants a sum not exceeding £10 ; in case of 

 disablements, half-weekly wages (maximum £l per 

 week) during the whole period of disablement after the 

 first fourteen days. When preparing the estimates of 

 wages paid for the purpose of insurance, include the 

 value of board, lodging, or house-rent where this is 

 provided or allowed in addition to money. Include 

 females employed in farm or garden work, also casual 

 labour. 



Fruit Preserving Factories 



Some large fruit growers have found it to their 

 advantage to provide factories for reducing their pro- 

 duce to jam, or preserving fruits whole in bottles 

 upon the premises. Properly worked, this should 

 secure the profits that go to other dealers, and enable 

 the grower to utilise his fruits in seasons of gluts 

 when the market rates are unduly low. Great and 

 flourishing businesses have been created by combinations 

 of the kind referred to, but it is also fair to state 

 that there have been some deplorable failures. It is 

 obvious that the two departments are very distinct, and 

 require a different kind of experience and knowledge. 



