MASSACHUSETTS Bureau of Statistics of Labor Rooms 250-258, State House, Boston MANUFACTURES DIVISION.- Engaged in the Preparation of the Annual Statistics of Manufactures. MUNICIPAL STATISTICS DIVISION. — Engaged in the Preparation of the Annual Comparative Financial Statistics of Cities and Towns. Preparation of The Labor Bulletin, and Annual Reports on Strikes and Lockouts, Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labor, Trade Unions, Special Investigations, etc. CENSUS DIVISION.- Engaged on the Decennial Census. FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES DIVISION. Boston Free Employment Office, 8 Kneeland Street. FOR A LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU SEE PAGES 3 AND 4 OF THIS COVER. PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. Individuals who so desire will be placed upon our notification list and will be advised of the issue of each publication in advance; and the same will then be mailed upon receipt of an amount sufficient to prepay postage. Current or back numbers of reports or publications listed below will be mailed upon the receipt of the amount indicated or sent by express at the charge of the applicant. I. THE DECENNIAL CENSUS. The Decennial Census of the Commonwealth for 1905 is to be published complete in our volumes as follows: Vol. I. POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICS; about 1,000 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 35 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) Vol. II. OCCUPATIONS AND SOCIAL STATISTICS; about 1,000 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 35 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) Vol. III. MANUFACTURES AND TRADE. 362 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 20 cents to prepay carriage. Vol. IV. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND COMMERCE; about 600 pages. Will be sent on receipt of 30 cents to prepay carriage. (In preparation.) II. REPORTS ON THE STATISTICS OF LABOR. Publication began in 1870, but all volumes previous to 1890 are out of print, also the reports for the years 1892, 1894, 1895, 1901, 1902, and 1904. The volumes which remain in print are quoted below, the figures in parentheses indicating the amount necessary for mailing. 1891 (20 c.); 1893 (15 c.); 1896 (15 c.); 1897 (15 c.); 1898 (20 c.); 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (25 c.); 1903 (15 c.); 1905 (20 c.); 1906 (20 c.). The annual report for 1907 bound in cloth will be mailed for 25 cents; the parts will be mailed upon receipt of 5 cents for each separate part; they are as follows: Part I. Strikes and Lockouts in Massachusetts, 1906; Part II. Recent British Legislation; Part III. Industrial III. REPORTS ON THE STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Publication begun in 1886, but all volumes previous to 1893 (and 1901) are now out of print. Beginning with the year 1904, the Annual Report on the Statistics of Manufactures was discontinued as a separate volume and formed a part of the Report on Labor but since 1907 has been issued separately. The volumes in print are given below, the figures in parentheses indicating the amount of postage: 1898 (15 c.); 1894 (15 c.); 1895 (15 c.); 1896 (10 c.); 1897 (10 c.); 1898 (15 c.); contains also a historical report on the Tex tile Industries; 1899 (10 c.); 1900 (10 c.); 1902 (10 c.); 1903 (10 c.). The reports for the years 1904, 1905, and 1906 can be supplied in paper edition; the cost of mailing each is 5 cents. PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 OF COVER.) IV. REPORTS ON THE COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF CITIES AND TOWNS. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Containing: Tabular presentations showing the Cost of Municipal Government in Massachusetts; Summarized Statement of All Receipts and Payments for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Commonwealth; Tabular Presentation of Municipal Indebtedness Compared with Assessors' Valuations; Statement of the Public Debt (itemized according to purpose of creation), and of the Sinking Funds for the 354 Cities and Towns of the Commonwealth; Together with Analysis Tables and a Glossary of Classifications and Terms intended to promote uniformity in accounting and presentation of municipal reports. The first annual report on the Comparative Financial Statistics of Massachusetts Cities and Towns for the financial year ending between November 30, 1906, and April 1, 1907, is issued in paper and cloth. The paper edition will be mailed on receipt of 11 cents or the cloth edition on receipt of 15 cents to cover cost of mailing. V. REPORTS ON THE FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES. (ISSUED ANNUALLY.) Free employment offices are maintained under the jurisdiction of this Bureau in Boston, Springfield, and Fall River. The first annual report, with numerous statistical tables covering the work of the offices for the year 1907, will be mailed on receipt of 5 cents to cover the cost of mailing. VI. THE LABOR BULLETIN. The Bulletin contains a large variety of interesting and pertinent matter on the Social and Industrial Condition of the Workingman, Summaries of Court Decisions affecting labor, etc. Some of the leading articles in recent issues are enumerated below. We can supply copies of numbers 14, 15, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 40 to 51, and 53 to 60 and they will be forwarded upon receipt of 5 cents each to cover the cost of mailing. No. 53, October, 1907. Acute Diseases No. 55, December, 1907. The Maimed, Lame, and Deformed-The President on Labor Matters-Massachusetts Average Retail Prices, October, 1907- The Need of Industrial Education in the Textile Industry-The Oilcloth and Linoleum Industry in Massachusetts-Recent Foreign Labor Legislation - Index to Volume XII (Bulletins Nos. 51 to 55). No. 56, January, 1908. Conciliation in British Trade Disputes-The Immigrant Population of Massachusetts - Employers' Associations-Extracts from the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. No. 57, February, 1908. The Unemployment Situation in Massachusetts - Recent Cases under the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. No. 58, March-April, 1908. Labor APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION |