Under the Factory Inspection Law or "Workshops and Factories,"
Code 1904, Acts 27, Sec, 243, the number of inspections made in the
City of Baltimore in 1922 was 1.548, compared with 1.660 in 1921;
27.865 persons were found employed in 1922, compared with 24,023 in
1921.

Under the Boiler Inspection Law, Article IV, Public Laws of Mary-
land, "Baltimore City Code," pages 196 to 203, which applies only to
Baltimore City, there were 54 inspections made of boilers for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1922, that do not carry insurance. Under
the Board of Boiler Rules, Chap. No. 676, 1920 Session of the General
Assembly there were 207 inspections made during the same period, 158
of which were in Baltimore City and 139 were in the counties. The
total receipts from inspections under both laws was $1,835.13 in 1922,
compared with $1,617 in 1121. and the total amount received from in-
surance companies under the Boiler Inspection Law was $1,236 in 1922,
compared with $1,303 in 1021.

Under the Mining Inspection Law 1902. Chap. 124, the total ton-
nage of coal and clay 'mined in the State for the fiscal year ending May
1. 1922. was 1.688.005.1. compared with 3,471.153 in 1921. There were
5 fatal and 265 non-fatal accidents in the mines during 1922, compared
with 7 fatal and 280 non-fatal in 1021.

The number of strikes during the calendar year 1022 was 12, com-
pared with II in 1021, 21 in 1920; 22 in 1919 and 37 in 1918.

BOARD OF BOILER RULES.
This Board for 1923-24 consists of:
Chairman:
Dr. J. Knox Insley. Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, St, Paul

and Saratoga ,Streets. Baltimore.

Alexander Armstrong, Attorney-General, Title Building, Baltimore.
Robert E. Lee. Chairman of the State Industrial Accident Com-
mission, Equitable .Building, Baltimore.

By the Act of 1920. Chapter 676. a Board of Boiler Rules was
created consisting of the Chairman of the State Bureau of Labor and
Statistics, who shall be Chairman; the Attorney-General and the Chair-
man of the State Industrial Accident Commission.

This Board is created for and charged with the duty of formulating
rules and regulations governing the proper construction and installa-
tion of boilers of over fifteen pounds to the square inch, for sale or
use in this State and to enforce such rules and regulations and the con-
tinued maintenance of them on a basis of proper safety.

BUREAU OF MINES.

Chief Mine Engineer;
John J. Rutledge......................................................22 Light Street, Baltimore

District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T, Powers...............Allegany County....................................Frostburg
John B. Watkins.................Garrett County ..........................................Oakland

Stenographer and Clerk:
Miss Julia E. Jefferson...........................22 Light Street, Baltimore