1. They recommend the order as published in the French 
programme with the single amendment that the last question be 
amalgamated with the first.'*° 

2. That the Secretary be instructed to make out a report of the 
number of members and a general statement of income and 
expenditure. 

3. They recommend the Congress to make an enquiry into the 
condition of the working classes according to the following 
schedule of enquiries '*’: 

1) Occupation,* name of. 

2) Age and sex of the employed. 

3) Number of the employed. 

4) Hiring and wages. A. Apprentices. B. Wages, day or piece 
work. Whether paid by middlemen, etc. Weekly, yearly average 
earnings. 

5) Hours of labour. In factories. Hours of small employers and 
home work if the business carried on in those modes. Nightwork, 
daywork. 

6) Meal times and treatment. 

7) State of place and work, overcrowding, defective ventilation, 
want of sunlight, use of gaslight, etc., cleanliness, etc. 

8) Nature of the occupation. 

9), Effect of employment upon the physical condition. 

a In the Minute Book this word is written instead of “Industry” which is crossed 
out.— Ed. 

10) Moral condition. Education. 

11) State of trade, whether season trade or more or less 
uniformly distributed over year, whether greatly fluctuating, 
whether exposed to foreign competition, whether destined princi- 
pally for home or foreign consumption, etc. 

[4] That a yearly contribution of '/, [d.] per member be paid by 
societies joining, cost price of cards or livrets to be charged extra. 
The Secretary to have power to negotiate with poor societies on 
easier terms." 

[5] The Committee recommends that the Council advise 
members to found benefit societies and to organise an internation- 
al exchange between benefit societies.” 

[6] That the local committees keep reports of the state of trade 
in their districts and act as intelligence officers for working men.