Clause 8

by deleting paragraph 1 and substituting the following: —“1.—

Where death results from the injury the amount of compensation payable shall be a lump sum which shall be obtained by multiplying the monthly earnings of the deceased workman by the appropriate factor in the second column of the following Table according to the age on the next birthday of the deceased workman at the time of the accident as specified in the first column thereof: —<caption>TABLE.</caption>First column.Age.Second column.Multiplying factor.40 and below108411074210643105441044510346102471014810049 9850 9651 9452 9253 9054 8855 8656 8457 8258 8059 7860 7561 7262 6863 6364 5865 5366 and above 48.(2) The compensation payable under this paragraph shall in no case exceed forty-five thousand dollars or be less than fifteen thousand dollars.”;

by deleting sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 2 and substituting the following: —“(1) Where permanent total incapacity results from the injury the amount of compensation shall be a lump sum which shall be obtained by multiplying the monthly earnings of the workman by the appropriate factor in the second column of the following Table according to the age on the next birthday of the workman at the time of the accident as specified in the first column thereof: —<caption>TABLE.</caption>First column.Age.Second column.Multiplying factor.40 and below1444114242140431384413645134461324713048128491265012451122521205311854116551145611157108581055910260 9961 9662 9263 8764 8265 7766 and above 72.(2) The compensation payable under this paragraph shall in no case exceed sixty thousand dollars or be less than twenty thousand dollars.”; and

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4, the following sub-paragraph: —“(6) For the purpose of this paragraph where a workman is certified by a medical practitioner of an approved hospital to be ill enough to need to be hospitalised but the workman is not hospitalised for any reason whatsoever, he shall be deemed to be hospitalised.”.