THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 8. 



NOVEMBER. 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



Towards the end of October, the position as regards the 

 formation of Concihation Committees was that, although in two 

 Concilation three areas the prehminary meetings of 



Committees in Interim Concihation Committees had 



Agriculture heen held, initial arrangements 



had been completed in all outstanding 

 cases and the whole of England and Wales is now covered by 

 Interim or Permanent Conciliation Committees set up under 

 the Corn Production Acts (Eepeal; Act. The total numbei- 

 of these Committees in October was 45, but it is anticipated 

 that some of the present areas will decide eventually on further 

 sub- division. 



It will be remembered that these Committees, which are 

 voluntary bodies composed of representatives of local employers 

 and workers in agriculture, are being set up to deal with wages, 

 hours and conditions of employment. It was hoped that each 

 Committee w^ould recommend rates of wages to operate imme- 

 diately from 1st October, the date of the abolition of the AYages 

 Board. With this object in mind several Committees were 

 able to arrive at temporary agreements, which in some cases 

 are still operative, and no doubt these Committees will in due 

 course see their way to reach agreements of a more permanent 

 nature. These temporary agi'eements, which will expire before 

 the end of October, were made in Cheshire, Kent, Isle of Ely, 

 Hampshire, Ijancashire, Leicestershire and Eutland, Warwick- 

 shire, and the North Elding of Yorkshire. 



In 11 areas (Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumberland and 

 ^Westmorland, Devonshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, Xorfolk, 

 Shropshire, Staffordshire, Denbigh and Flint, and the East 

 Eiding of Yorkshire) agreed recommendations for rates of 

 wages have been made to apply during November and Decem- 



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