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language of the Quebec law. The sanitary regulations are in advance of any others found on the American continent.

Taking up the laws of Ontario in the same manner we have:

I. INSPECTION PROVIDED.

This was provided in 1885 (47 Vict., chap. 39), and provision is made for the appointment of a woman inspector at the discre- tion of the lieutenant-governor in council.

II. HOURS OF LABOR.

1. Ten hours per day, or sixty hours per week, shall be the legal period of work.

2. The hours per day may be differently apportioned for the sole purpose of making a shorter day's work on Saturday.

3. Employers shall allow each child and young girl and woman not less than one hour for meals, but such time must not be considered a part of the ten hours.

4. The inspector may permit overtime where accident, occur- rence, custom of, or exigency of trade demands it; provided no young girl or woman shall be employed before 6 a. m., nor after 9 p. m., excepting in factories for canning or desiccating fruit, where the time may be extended, under certain limitations, during the months of July, August, September, and October.

5. That the hours shall not be more than twelve and a half in any one day, nor seventy-two and a half in any one week, and that such exemption shall not comprise more than six weeks in any one year, and that, in addition to the hour allowed at noon, an extra three-quarters be given between the hours of 5 and 8, when work continues until after 7 p. m.

6. Notice of hours of labor must be posted where women and girls are employed.

7. Employers must keep a register showing exact duration of overtime, if any.

III. SANITARY REGULATIONS.

1. Every factory shall be kept in a cleanly state and free from effluvia arising from any source whatever.

2. Factories must not be overcrowded.