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Auckland, Bth April, 1890. The Commission sat at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Thompson and Cherry. The Commission sat again from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. No witnesses attended at either sitting.

Auckland, 9th April, 1890. The Commission sat at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Thompson, and Cherry. The minutes of three meetings were read and confirmed. The Commission sat from 10 to 11 in the morning, and from 7.30 to 8.30 in the evening. No witnesses were present at either sitting.

Wellington, 16th Ai'kil, 1890. The Commission met at 10 am. Present: Messrs. Fulton, M.H.E., D. P. Fisher, and J. R. Blair. The Secretary read the Commission. Mrs. C. W., shirt machinist; Mr. C. B. Robinson, Secretary of the Early-closing Association, Wellington Branch; Mrs. Nelson, trousers machinist; and Mr. William P. McGirr, President of the Typographical Society, Wellington Branch, were examined and gave evidence. The Commission sat from 10 to 1.30 in the morning, and from 2.30 to 4.45 in the afternoon.

Wellington, 17th April, 1890. The Commission met at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Fisher, and Blair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. George Lundon, ex-railway employe and Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Eaihvay Servants, Wellington Branch; Mrs. C. V., a shirtmaker; Mr. C. W., a tailor; and Miss C. X.. shirtmaker, were examined and gave evidence. The Commission sat from 10 to 12.45 in the morning, and from 2.30 to 4.45 in the afternoon.

Wellington, 18th April, 1890. The Commission sat at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Blair, and Fisher. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Miss D. C, dressmaker; Miss D. D., buttonholer; Miss D. E., dressmaker; Messrs. William Cliff, President of the Boilermakers' Association, and Charles James, Secretary of the same ; and Mr. Alexander Williamson, were examined and gave evidence. The Commission sat from 10 to 12 in the morning, and from 2.30 to 4 in the evening.

Wellington, 21st April, 1890. The Commission sat at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Blair, and Fisher. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. D. E., plumber, a representative of the Plumbers' Union ; Mr. Arthur O'Connell, a groom ; Mr. Joseph Allan, President of the Bakers' Union; Mr. D. G., painter; and Masters D. H. and D. 1., apprentice printers, were examined and gave evidence. The Commission sat from 10 to 12.30 in the morning, and from 7.30 to 8.30 in the evening. In the evening Mr. T. Thompson sat on the Commission.

Wellington, 22nd April, 1890. Tho Commission sat at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Blair, Cherry, and Thompson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Constable Daniel O'Eourke, Inspector under the Employment of Females and Others Act; James Martin, Secretary of the 'Bus Company; Mr. D. X., groom ; and Mr. D. L., a painter, were examined and gave evidence. The Commissioners sat from 10 to 11.45 in the morning, and from 7.30 to 8.45 in the evening.

Wellington, 23rd Apbil, 1890. The Commission met at 10 a.m. Present: Messrs. Fulton, Thompson, Blair, and Cherry. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. There were no witnesses present either at the morning or evening sitting. The Commission sat from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m.