James Mackay Drummond, The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon (1907)
“ Every registry office must be licensed, and books and records must be kept and be thrown open to inspection. The proprietor of a registry office is not allowed to take in servants as lodgers; neither he nor any member of his family may have any interest in servants’ lodging houses; and each application for a license must be accompanied by a certificate of good character. [2] The Labour Department, with bureaux in all parts of the colony, takes a prominent place in the administration of the labour laws. ”
