It cannot but be well to be reminded, as Dr. Schaeffle reminds us, of the strong expression of opinion uttered by the Berlin International Labour Conference as to the beneficial results which might be looked for from a series of such gatherings, or to ask ourselves, why should not England be the next to convene a Labour Conference to gather up the experiences of the last few years, which have been so full of movement and agitation in the Labour world, as well as to give to other nations the benefit of the earnest and strenuous investigations, now nearly drawing to a close, of our own Royal Commission on Labour? At the request of Dr. Schaeffle, the von Berlepsch Bill, which has been brought in by the German Government in order to carry out the recommendations of the Berlin Conference, has been inserted as an Appendix at the end of the English edition. A. C. MORANT. CONTENTS. BOOK I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER I. DEFINITION OF LABOUR PROTECTION 7 II. CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL WAGE-LABOUR FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION.--DEFINITION OF FACTORY LABOUR 23 III. SURVEY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF LABOUR PROTECTION 45 IV. MAXIMUM WORKING-DAY 53 BOOK II. V. PROTECTION OF INTERVALS OF WORK.--DAILY INTERVALS.--NIGHT REST AND HOLIDAYS 114 VI. ENACTMENTS PROHIBITING CERTAIN KINDS OF WORK 126 VII. EXCEPTIONS TO PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION 140 VIII. PROTECTION IN OCCUPATION.--PROTECTION OF TRUCK AND CONTRACT 146 IX. RELATION OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF LABOUR PROTECTION TO EACH OTHER 161 X. TRANSACTIONS OF THE BERLIN LABOUR CONFERENCE, DEALING WITH MATTERS BEYOND THE RANGE OF LABOUR PROTECTION.--DALE'S DEPOSITIONS ON COURTS OF ARBITRATION, AND THE SLIDING SCALE OF WAGES IN MINING 164 XI. THE "LABOUR BOARDS" AND "LABOUR CHAMBERS" OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY 171 XII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE ORGANISATION 187 XIII. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR PROTECTION 196 XIV. THE AIM AND JUSTIFICATION OF LABOUR PROTECTION 205 APPENDIX-- I. INDUSTRIAL CODE AMENDMENT BILL (GERMANY) 211 THEORY AND POLICY OF LABOUR PROTECTION. BOOK I. INTRODUCTORY.