Control). As the system of calculation now in operation in England is upheld by the opinion of the Scottish Law Officers, the Board recommend its adoption in Scotland for the sake of uniformity as it will certainly form in future the basis of reckoning proportionate parts of pension in the case of Asylum Officers or servants who have served both in an English and a Scottish Asylum.

The following is an example of the method now suggested for reckoning the proportionate parts of pension payable by two or more Local Authorities:

Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE

by McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.

Wt. 27428-30. 875. 9/27. MCC. & Co., Ltd. Gp. 4(1927).

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff;

15, Donegall Square West, Belfast;

or through any Bookseller.

1927

Price 2d. Net

Cmd. 2907

NOTE. The estimated cost of this Report, exclusive of the salaries of the Committee, is £3 15s. 4d., representing the cost of printing and publishing. The Committee are paid salaries amounting in the aggregate to £3,250 per

annum.

ON the 22nd March, 1927, the Board of Trade made a reference to us in respect of imported Gold and Silver Leaf for enquiry under Section 2, Sub-section 1, of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926. In pursuance of this reference it has become our duty. in accordance with the provisions of Sub-section 6 of Section 2 of the Act, to make a report to the Board of Trade as to whether, in our opinion, an Order-in-Council ought to be made under Section 2 of the Act requiring imported Gold and Silver Leaf to bear an indication of origin at the time of sale or exposure for sale in the United Kingdom; and also whether these goods should bear an indication of origin at the time of importation into the United Kingdom.

2. We held our Enquiry on the 4th May, 1927. The greater part of the evidence was given in public, but we found it necessary to take certain confidential evidence in camera. We examined seven witnesses, five on behalf of the Applicants, and two on behalf of the Opponents. The Applicants, namely, the British Master Gold Beaters' Federation, the Gold Beaters' Trade Society and the Women's Gold Leaf Society, were represented by Counsel, Mr. W. B. Faraday, and Mr. M. Lyell appeared on behalf of the opposition, which consisted of a group of importers and users of Gold and Silver Leaf.

3. We are satisfied that the Applicants represented the views of substantially the whole of those engaged, whether as employers or workpeople, in the industry of gold and silver beating in Great Britain.

4. Gold and Silver Leaf is generally sold in books of twenty-five leaves of precious metal, the leaves of metal being enclosed between sheets of tissue paper, which is ordinarily powdered with fine ochre to prevent the metal from adhering to the paper. These sheets of tissue paper are enclosed in a paper cover to form a book. Gold Leaf is also sometimes backed on continuous reels of paper, and in this form it is known as Ribbon Gold. Silver Leaf is also, to a certain extent, sold loose in paper bags.

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