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Labour Bureau, defined in the Labour Bureau (London) Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 13), as 'an office or place used for the purpose of supplying information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting employers who desire to engage workpeople and workmen who seek engagement of employment.' The Act empowers the council of any metropolitan borough to establish and maintain such a bureau out of the general rate. [Labour Bureau (London) Act, 1902