Annual Report

TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

For the Year Ended September 30,

1905

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE MARCH 30, 1906, AS PART IV OF THE FIFTH

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ALBANY
BRANDOW PRINTING COMPANY
STATE LEGISLATIVE PRINTERS

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

1905.

PART I. FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR (216 pages). Contains also the preliminary reports of the separate bureaus, compilation of the labor laws, etc.

PART II. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF FACTORY INSPECTION (twentieth of the series), 301 pages.

PART III. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION (nineteenth of the series), 423 pages.

PART IV. TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STA

TISTICS.

No. 62 D.

IN ASSEMBLY,

MARCH 30, 1906.

TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

STATE OF NEW YORK:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

ALBANY, March 29, 1906.

To the Speaker of the Assembly:

Sir: The twenty-third annual report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the year ended September 30, 1905, is herewith transmitted to the Legislature as part of the fifth report of the Department of Labor.

Yours respectfully,

P. TECUMSEH SHERMAN,

Commissioner.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

THE REGULATION OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ON PUBLIC WORK.

I. Introduction...

II. France and Belgium, by J. H. Middleton...

III. Great Britain and its Colonies, by J. H. Middleton..

IV. Other Countries of Europe, by L. W. Hatch.....

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia,

Spain, Switzerland.