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Conciliation Committees in Agriculture. [Aug., 



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The total number of agreements in operation at the present 

 time is 45, which is the largest number at any one time since 



Conciliation the Committees were set up. 



~ ... . The Committee for Carnarvonshire has 



Committees m 



Agriculture reached an agreement covering the hiring 

 period up to 13th November for a rate for 

 adult special class workers of 21s. per week (of 61 hours up 

 to 30th September and of 58 hours for the remainder of the 

 period) plus the provision of board and lodging (estimated in 

 the case of such workers as being equivalent to 12s. 6d. per 

 week), and of 32s. per week (of 52 hours) for other adult maie 

 workers. The Derbyshire Committee has decided to extend 

 its agreement, which was due to expire in June, up to the end 

 of September, the rates for adult male workers being 7M. per 

 hour for weekday employment and lOd. per hour on Sundays. 



Several Committees have had under consideration the ques- 

 tion of harvest rates, and agreements have already been reached 

 in the East Eiding of Yorkshire, in Anglesey and in Essex, and 

 agreements in other areas where this question is of importance 

 are anticipated shortly. The East Eiding Committee has agreed 

 that for haytime overtime shall be paid at the rate of Is. per 

 hour for all time worked over the normal hours in actual opera- 

 tion on individual farms. This Committee has further agreed 

 that the minimum rate of harvest wages for weekly workers 

 (exclusive of horse lads who are not in receipt of overtime pay 

 for attending horses) shall be a fixed rate of £3 per week for 

 a harvest of 4 weeks, the hours to extend to 7 p.m. during 

 cutting and 8 p.m. when leading, and up to 6 p.m. on Satur- 

 days throughout : after 4 weeks harvesting minimum wages to 

 be at the ordinary rate and ordinary overtime, i.e., time and 

 a quarter. As an alternative the Committee has agreed on the 

 payment of the ordinary rate with overtime at the rate of Is. 6d. 

 per hour during harvest operations. 



