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(2) Subsequent to New Zealand Government acceptance of an invitation from the 1.L.0., Mr. Justice Tyndall, Judge of the Court of Arbitration, has been appointed as •a member of the Commission. t{i) Ratification of Conventions. During the year the New Zealand Government ratified the Convention concerning Employment Service, bringing the number of 1.L.0. Conventions ratified by New .Zealand to thirty-two. (j) Thirty-third Session. (1) The above session of the International Labour Conference will be held in Geneva, ■Switzerland, from 7th June to Ist July. The agenda is : (i) Director-General's Report. (ii) Financial and Budgetary Questions. (iii) Information and Reports on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. (iv) Industrial Relations. (v) Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value. (vi) Agricultural Labour : General Report. (vii) Minimum Wage Regulation in Agriculture. (viii) Vocational Training of Adults, Including Disabled Persons. (2) New Zealand will be represented by : Representing the Government—Mr. H. L. Bockett, Secretary of Labour and Director of Employment. Mr. T. P. Davin, First Secretary, New Zealand Legation, Paris. Mr. N. S. Woods, Chief Research Officer, Department of Labour and Employment. (Adviser.) Representing the Employers — Mr. Val. Duff, Secretary, Taranaki Employers' Association. Mr. F. W. McCullough, Secretary, Otago Employers' Association (Adviser). Representing the Workers — Mr. K. McL. Baxter, Secretary, New Zealand Federation of Labour. Mr. W. A. Fox, Secretary, Federated Cooks' and Stewards' Union of New Zealand (Adviser). Section 11—Other Statutes (a) Tenancy Legislation (1) The operating Act for the current year has been the Tenancy Act, 1948, and amendments. (2) The Finance Act (No. 2), 1949, made special provision exempting tenancies of dwelling houses for visitors to the British Empire Games from the Tenancy Act, 1948, subject to certain conditions. (3) The Statutes Amendment Act, 1949, amended the principal Act by inserting a clause exempting applications made to the Court to fix a fair rent (and appeals therefrom to the Court of Appeal) from payment of Court fees. (4) Table XXV of Appendix I shows the work performed during the year in respect of tenancies within the scope of the Act.

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