This book is a report of a fact-finding mission conducted by Albert Metin, an employee of the French Ministry of Labour, to Australia and New Zealand in the early 20th century to study their labor and social legislation. The report describes the various laws and regulations in place in these countries to protect workers and improve living conditions, and offers some analysis and comparison with the situation in France. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.