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Months. Within the time specified the business was
given up and the defendant left the premises. It
should be added that neither of the other two boneboiling
establishments adverted to above was in work
at this time, and that neither of them has been in
Work since.
On the 1st of January, 1868, ''The Workshop
Regulation Act, 1867," which had been passed on the
preceding 21st August, came into operation. The
object of' this was "to extend protection so far as respects
the regulation of the hours of labour to children
(between 8 and 13), young persons (between 13
and 18), and women; and further, to make provision
respecting the employment of a fan or otner mechanical
means for the prevention of the inhalation of dust
by workmen in process of grinding, in regard to those
smaller establishments, here termed workshops, which
are not factories under the jurisdiction of the Inspectors
of Factories, in pursuance of the Factory Acts. It imposes
penalties on those who employ, or who derive
benefit from the employment of, children, young persons,
and women, in contravention of the Act, or who
neglect to furnish fans or such like apparatus when
they have been required to furnish them. It gives
power to the Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Factories,
and a regulated power to officers appointed by the