contract-book to be signed by all new colliers, on entering into service.
Those parts of the work which deal with the topics of underground trespass; injuries by under-mining; the rights and easements connected with water; and barriers and inundations; have been perused by gentlemen distinguished for their great practical knowledge of colliery operations, and their suggestions have been carefully considered.
The statute 5 and 6 Vict. c. xcix. having been in a great measure superseded or altered by the statute of 1860, has been referred to very briefly, but all the material clauses of the new Act will be found quoted entire.
In the Appendix are inserted several forms of leases, and also a collection of various clauses, which may be used according to circumstances.