THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 7. 



OCTOBER, 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



Steady progress is being made by the Interim Conciliation 



Committees, which are being set up in England and Wales 



^ .,. .. under the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) 



Conciliation , ^ ^ 4.- n 



... . Act. With one or two exceptions the Com- 



Committees in ... , a 4- a 4.x. • 4.-4. i- 



. . . mittees have adopted their constitution, 



' have decided whether or not to appoint an 



independent Chairman, and have considered those questions of 



procedure which must necessarily arise in the early stages of 



working. 



The question of dividing the existing District Wages Com- 

 mittee areas into smaller areas and into sub-divisions has in 

 some cases led to lengthy discussions, and many Committees 

 have decided to dispose finally of this question before consider- 

 ing the question of wages and hours. In Yorkshire, three 

 Committees have been agreed on; one for each of the Ridings. 

 Separate Committees have been formed for Cambridgesliire and 

 also for the Isle of Ely, but Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire 

 will continue as one Committee, at least for the time being. 

 The Middlesex and Hertfordshire organisations have agreed that 

 these counties shall no longer form a single area. Similarly, a 

 separate Committee has been decided on for Rutlandshire, while 

 for Leicestershire, which previously with Rutlandshire formed 

 one area, a division into four areas has been agreed. A 

 suggestion has also been made for a separate Committee for 

 the Market Harborough area of Northamptonshire. 



A constitution having been adopted, and the area question 

 either disposed of or postponed for later consideration, many 

 Coiumittees have already been able to consider seriously whai3 

 rates of wages should be recommended after the Ist October. 

 Up to the 24th September, agreements as to wages after the 

 1st October had been recorded in four areas. The Cheshire and 

 Surrey Committees have agi-eed that wages should continue 

 payable at the rates left by the Wages Board until the 

 31st October, and the Denbigh and FUnt Committee has 



(39275) P.14/35. 11,250. 9/21. M. & S. A 



