CHILDREN’S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION 1842. REPORT by ROBERT HUGH FRANKS, Esq., on the Employment of Children and Young Persons in the Collieries and the Iron- Works of South Wales, the district of Merthyr Tydvil, the collieries of Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire and Pembrokeshire and on the State, Condition and Treatment of such Children and Young Persons. Edited by Ian Winstanley PICKS PUBLISHING 1 Published by:- PICKS PUBLISHING 83. Greenfields Crescent, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 8QY Lancashire. Tel:- (01942) 723675 Coal Mining History ResourceCentre With Compliments The Coal Mining History Resource Centre, Picks Publishing and Ian Winstanley reserve the copyright but give permission for parts to be reproduced or published in any way provided The Coal Mining History Resource Centre, Picks Publishing and Ian Winstanley are given full recognition. PERMISSION WILL NOT BE GIVEN FOR COMPLETE ELECTRONIC COPYING Ian Winstanley. 83, Greenfields Crescent, Tel & Fax;- (01942) 723675. Ashton-in-Makerfield, Mobile:- (0798) 9624461 Wigan. WN4 8QY. E-mail:-
[email protected] Lancashire. England Web site:- http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyomder.co.uk 2 COMMISSION (UNDER THE GREAT SEAL) FOR INQUIRING INTO THE EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITION OF CHILDREN IN MINES AND MANUFACTORIES. ____________________________ VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith. To Our trusty and well beloved Thomas Tooke, Esquire, Thomas Southwood Smith, Esquire, Doctor in Medicine, together with Leonard Horner