ht of L1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s.

The following list will indicate on what lines suggestions may be
made:

1. Comfort, safety, or health of employes.

2. Means by which waste of material may be avoided.

3. Saving of time or expense.

4. Improvements in machinery or in methods of working.

5. Introduction of new goods, or new ideas.

6. Calling attention to any existing defects.

7. Suggestions affecting athletic and other clubs and societies,
libraries, magazine, etc.

8. Any suggestion not included in the above list will be welcomed.

REGULATIONS.

Everyone, including foremen and forewomen, is encouraged to make
suggestions which, if of value, will be eligible for the prizes
mentioned above (excepting those sent in by foremen and forewomen).

Suggestions should be written on or attached to the forms which will
be found on each box, the boxes being fixed in the various
departments, also in the entrance lodges, dining-rooms, and recreation
grounds. Suggestions can be placed in any of these.

It is imperative that all particulars at head of form, which will
bear a distinctive number, should be carefully filled in. If this is
not complied with no notice will be taken of suggestions. Forms may be
taken from the book and filled up at home.

All suggestions will be acknowledged by a notice posted on the boards
once a week, giving a list of the printed numbers on the suggestion
forms received for consideration.

Should any number not appear in this list a communication should at
once be sent to the Secretary.

Those who have left the employ of the firm are entitled to prizes for
any suggestions made whilst they were here, unless they should leave
through misconduct.

The suggestions are considered weekly by the committees with a member
of the firm, and are dealt with in the order in which they are
received. They are finally judged by the firm at the end of May and
November, and prizes distributed before the summer holidays and at the
Christmas gathering.

Every effort is made by the committees to keep the names of the
suggestors _strictly private_.

APPENDIX III.

THE EARLY COCOA HOUSES.

At No. 64, St. James's Street is the "Cocoa Tree Club." In the reign
of Queen Anne there was a famous chocolate-house known as the "Cocoa
Tree," a favourite sign to mark that new and fashionable beverage. Its
frequenters were Tories of the strictest school. De Foe tells us in
his "Journey throug