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APPENDIX 1, 
79. Local Government should have power to extend any of the pro. 
visions of this Act to factories employing less than 50 persons : this should 
be done forthwith in the case of offensive trades : the power should also be 
exercised in the case of industries, classes of establishments and indivi. 
dual establishments employing an appreciable number of young child. 
ten or where larger places have been broken up to escape regulation .. 
80. A time limit of five years should be put on the Act at the expiry 
of which Government should be prepared to make a further advance |. 104 
81. Both classes of establishments dealt with in this Chapter should 
be required to register themselves with the Factory Inspection Depart- 
ment .. we .e 
82. Inspection, which need not be heavy, could be largely carried 
out by part-time inspectors, e.g., municipal health officers, sub-divisional 
magistrates and others, co-ordinated by the Chief Inspector in consulta. 
tion with the medical authorities. Where whole-time officers are needed, 
3 new grade of assistant inspector might be utilised . . ”e %e 
83. The policy of gradualness which underlies the proposals made 
for legislation should also influence its enforcement . . 5% - 
CraeprEr VIII.—MixNgs, 
‘84. In the manganese mines in the Central Provinces, steps should 
be taken to apprise the workers of the repeal of the Workmen’s Breach 
of Contract Act va oe 
85. At Khewra 
(2) The employment of ticket-of-leave men should be re-examined 
(6) Workers and hours should be effectively checked, and 
numbers controlled a .. - ve 
(¢) Committee should be elected to represent the workers .s 
(d) The sanitary condition of the workings and the settlement 
should be brought up to a reasonable standard 4 
(e) Latrine accommodation should be provided near the entrance 
of the mine and improved latrines underground ve 
(f) Sanitary staff should be provided and placed under the Medi- 
cal Officer .e .. Pp ‘5 .. 
{7) Engagement of fresh women workers should be discontinued ,. 
86. At Namtu and Bawdwin 
(¢) A labour officer should be appointed and should direct hig 
attention to the formation of works committees . 
(b) Government should frame regulations for the prevention of 
lead poisoning we - ve 3d 
(c) The omission of certain sections of the Factories and Mines 
Acts as applied to the Shan States should be reconsidered 
87. In the oilfields statutory regulation of rest days, hours, health 
and safety should be undertaken. Government should consider whether 
this can be achieved by the application of appropriate sections of the 
Mines Act or by separate legislation .. ‘s oe Pp 
88. A separate Inspector of Mines and Oilfields for Burma should be 
appointed -e we . we ve ve . 
89. The Mining Industries Act 1926 should be examined for the pur- 
pose of - considering how far similar provisions would help to systematise 
mining leases .. .. . .. as .r op 114 
90. The coal industry should aim at eliminating recruiting costs .. 118 
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