Nature of Employment. TABLE 7.-NUMBER and NATURE of LEGAL PROCEEDINGS under the WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS and the EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT DURING THE YEAR 1924. Act. (4) TABLE 8.-APPLICATIONS FOR ARBITRATION AND AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION AWARDED UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS DURING THE YEAR 1924. *The figures in columns (3) to (9) do not include 175 cases in which a lump sum was awarded after previous weekly payments had been made, and 2,428 cases where weekly payments were increased, diminished, terminated, &c., or which were otherwise disposed of (withdrawn, settled out of court, &c.). †This amount includes a total of £43,021 9s. 11d. awarded in respect of children under 15 under the Act of 1923. TABLE 9.—MEMORANDA REGISTERED AND AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION AGREED UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS DURING THE YEAR 1924. The figures in columns (3) to (8) do not include 3,957 cases in which the agreement was for increase, diminution, or termination, &c., of weekly payments. The amounts shown in columns (4) and (6) include a total of £104,873 paid in respect of children under 15 under the Act of 1923. TABLE 10.-ACTIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT, 1880, AND AMOUNT OF DAMAGES AWARDED DURING THE YEAR 1924. Including cases where money was paid into court and taken out in settlement. Including 5 cases in which compensation was awarded under Section 1 (4) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. |