Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3147

(c.) At the end of the period of apprenticeship the employer shall give the apprentice a certificate to show that he has served his apprenticeship. Should the employer at any time before the termination of the apprenticeship wish, for any reason, to dispense with the services of the apprentice, he shall give him a certificate for the time served, and procure him another employer, carrying on business within a reasonable distance of the original employer’s place of business, who shall continue to teach the apprentice, to pay him the wages prescribed by this award according to the total length of time he has served, and generally to perform the obligations of the original employer: provided that it shall not be obligatory on an employer to find the apprentice another employer if he shall so misconduct himself as to entitle the employer to discharge him; but he shall give him a certificate of the time actually served.

(d.) An employer taking an apprentice shall give notice thereof, and of the name of the apprentice, to the Inspector of Factories within one week after the expiration of the period of probation; such notice shall be in writing bearing the signature of the apprentice, his guardian, and the employer; and an employer transferring an apprentice to another employer shall similarly within one week thereof give notice of such transfer to the Inspector of Factories.

(e.) An employer shall not be deemed to discharge his duty towards his apprentice if he fails to keep him at work owing to slackness of work, but such slackness may form a proper ground for transferring him to a master willing to undertake the responsibility of teaching him.

(f.) When an apprentice is discharged for cause, the employer shall send notice of the discharge and the cause thereof to the Inspector of Factories.

(g.) Existing arrangements with or relating to apprentices now serving any employer may continue, provided that any employer wishing such arrangements to continue shall forward the names of his present apprentices to the Inspector of Factories within one month after the filing of this award.

(h.) An apprentice absenting himself from work without the consent of his employer for any cause other than sickness shall not be entitled to be paid for the time so lost, and shall make up such time before the following year of his apprenticeship shall be deemed to commence, and the total period of his apprenticeship shall be extended for a period equal to such lost time.

General Conditions.

6. Not more than one weekly hand shall be employed in any shop unless pieceworkers are also employed, and the proportion of weekly-wage hands shall be not more than one to every four pieceworkers or fraction of the first four. For the purpose of determining the number of weekly-wage hands to pieceworkers, the calculation shall be based on a two-thirds full-time employment for the six months previous for the average of the labour. A presser may be employed in addition to a first weekly hand, but not more than one presser to be allowed in any one shop.

7. (a.) There shall be a fair distribution of work among all operatives in each workroom by the employer. Where there are several workrooms used by the employer, the same shall be considered and included as one workroom for the purposes of this clause.

(b.) Nothing in this award contained shall prevent the employment of a second presser on weekly wages at the determination of a joint committee as provided for in clause 13 hereof.

8. There shall be no distribution of work known as the “team system.” The weekly hands shall have charge of the male apprentices, and shall have no other permanent assistance.

9. All bespoke work shall be done in the registered workroom, within the district covered by this award, of the employer for whom the work is performed, and for whom or by whom the order is taken. All such work as shall be performed by a journeyman other than on weekly wages shall be paid according to the time statement hereto attached. The expression “bespoke work” in these conditions shall include all garments for which orders or measures are taken; also all goods made and sold as “tailor-made.”

10. All work shall be done in the workshop or premises of the employer, and no work shall be done in any premises occupied by