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7. In stokehold: Watohes of four hours on and eight off. On small steamers running short trips, and oh steamers where only two firemen, greasers, or trimmers are carried, watch and watch of six hours; but men employed on six-hour watches shall be paid £1 par month extra. 8. Between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on intercolonial steamers, and between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.. on coastal steamers, seamen on watch shall perform any work required of them. Any work performed by them outside these hours shall be paid for as overtime, with the following exceptions—viz.: (a) Work necessary for the navigation or safety of the ship ; (6) clearing decks, stowing cargo, gear, &c, for half an hour after leaving port. 9. Firemen, greasers, and trimmers shall work as required during their watches. 10. When the watch below is required to do any work otherwise than what is necessary for the navigation or safety of the ship they shall be paid overtime. 11. When a steamer is under banked fires, night or day, the whole watoh shall, if it be neoessary in the opinion of the chief engineer, remain on duty in the engine-room and stokehold, and perform any duty that may be required. No overtime shall be paid for cleaning tubes, nor for discharging ashes after leaving port during a watch. 12. Hours of Labour in Port. —The hours of labour for seamen in all ports, bays, and roadsteads shall be eight —'viz., from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with two hours for meals. 13. During the above-mentioned hours the seamen shall work cargo, &c, as required. 14. Where three watches are kept, firemen, greasers, and trimmers shall give eight hours' work in each twentyfour hours. Any work beyond this shall be paid for as overtime, or an equivalent time shall be allowed off in port. 15. When time off is charged against overtime it shall be equivalent to the same in monetary value, and shall be given at the home port or at the port where the man resides. This clause shall not affect nightwatchmen. 16. When in port, or at anchor in bays or roadsteads, the eight hours shall be between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. as above, or by sea-watches as circumstances require. 17. In vessels where only two firemen, greasers, or trimmers are oarried, they shall keep watoh and watch at sea and in ports, or at anchor in bays or roadsteads, when required. 18. Sea-watches in stokehold, on days of sailing and arrival, shall count as portion of the eight hours. 19. Firemen, greasers, and trimmers shall work as required during their watohes. 20. When a steamer arrives in port in the morning and sails again the same day the 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. watch on deck shall be allowed a watch below from 8 a.m. till 12 noon, provided that the seamen are not allowed to leave the ship between these hours, unless by express permission of the chief offioer ; and, in the event of a ship arriving in port between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m., the unexpired time of the sea-watch is to be deducted from the watoh below between 8 a.m. and 12 noon. In ports where shore labour is not readily available to relieve the 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. watch the seamen can be called upon to work between 8 a.m. and 12 noon, and shall be paid overtime for anytime worked between these hours in excess of the unexpired time of the sea-watch. The foregoing olause (20) shall apply only to the time-table steamers employed in the following trades—viz.: (a) Wellington-Lyttelton ferry-service ; (ft) Wellington-Picton-Nelson ; (c) Wellington-Picton-Nelson-Westport-Greymouth ; (d) Wellington-Nelson-New Plymouth-Manukau. 21. Overtime at Sea. —Seamen on watoh shall perform any work required of them between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on intercolonial steamers, and between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. on coastal steamers, but shall be paid overtime for any work performed outside of these hours, with the following exceptions—viz.: (a) Work necessary for the navigation or safety of the ship ; (6) clearing decks, stowing cargo, gear, &c, after leaving port. 22. When the watoh below is required to do any work otherwise than what is necessary for the safety of the ship they shall be paid overtime. 23. Overtime in Port. —Seamen shall be paid overtime for all classes of work performed in any port, bay, or roadstead, between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 a.m., or during meal-hours, except work necessary for the safety of the ship. 24. Firemen, greasers, and trimmers shall be paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of six hours out of the twenty-four, except for work necessary for the safety of the ship. 25. Night-watch in port to be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. 26. Nightwatchmen shall be paid overtime, or allowed equivalent in time, hour for hour, when giving time off. 27. Donkeymen's overtime shall commence from the time when steam is ordered. 28. It shall be optional with married members of the crew to work overtime at their home port or go ashore, so long as not less than one-half of the crew remains on board, the seleotion, when necessary, to be made by the officer in charge. 29. Overtime on Sundays and Holidays. —When a ship arrives in port after 5 p.m. on the day preceding Sunday or a holiday, two hours shall be allowed, from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., on the following Sunday for washing decks and decorating ship without payment of overtime. 30. When a ship arrives in port on a Sunday or holiday, or after 5 p.m. on other days, half an hour shall be allowed to land mails, luggage, or live-stock without payment of overtime. 31. No overtime shall be paid for any work necessary for the safety of the ship. 32. When a vessel leaves port on a Sunday or a holiday, having been in port the previous day, only those of the crew actually employed in loading mails, luggage, or cargo shall be allowed overtime at schedule rates for the time so employed. 33. When a vessel arrives in port on a Sunday and sails again the same day, or the crew is required to attend on duty to be employed on an excursion or on any of the holidays stated below or on Boxing Day, overtime shall be paid to the whole crew for the time so employed, not exceeding in all Bs. and not less than 4s. per man. Firemen getting up steam before the ship leaves port shall also be paid overtime for the time so employed. 34. Public Holidays in Port. —Publio holidays shall comprise Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Labour Day, and the birthday of the reigning sovereign, but if any of these days should fall upon a Sunday the following day shall be allowed in lieu thereof, if such following day is observed as a public holiday. 35. Only one holiday shall be allowed for Labour Day. Any crew having had one suoh holiday shall not be entitled to a second, or to overtime on any other Labour Day at any other port. 36. General. —Galley-bunkers shall be filled by firemen and trimmers, and, when required to do so, they shall give their assistance in the general work of the ship. 37. Seamen must provide themselves with and wear the company's uniform when on duty. 38. The whole of the crew must, when required, attend boat- and fire-drill without payment of overtime, and must be clean and tidy for inspection on any day appointed. 39. Signing off. —Twenty-four hours' notice on either side shall be the rule of discharge in the port where the ship's articles have been drawn out, but should the ship be laid up in any other port in the Australasian Colonies the crew may accept their discharge with wages then due, but shall be entitled to a free passage back to the final port. 40. Union Company's Benefit Society. —It shall be optional with men employed by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited) whether or not they will join the mutual benefit sooiety established in connection with the men employed by that oompany. 41. No Discrimination against Unionists. —Shipowners, in employing labour, shall not discriminate against members of the Workers' Union, and shall not, in the engagement or dismissal of men or in the conduot of their business, do anything direotly or indirectly for the purpose of injuring the Workers' Union. 42. When members of the Workers' Union and non-members are employed together there shall be no distinction between members and non-members, and both shall work together in harmony and under the same conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work. The foregoing pages numbered from 1 to 7, both inclusive, constitute the schedule referred to in the foregoing award, and incorporated in and forming part thereof. In witness whereof the seal of the Court of Arbitration of New Zealand hath been hereunto put and affixed, and the President of the said Court hath hereunto set his hand, this 29th day of July, 1899. W. B. Edwards, President.