Sarjoo Prasad, J.

1. This is an appeal under Sec.30, Workmens Compensation Act (VIII [8] of 1923) preferred on behalf of the employer against whom an award of compensation has been made by the Commissioner appointed under the Act. The appellant has been directed to pay a sum of Rs. 2,400 by way of compensation to the respondent who happens to be the widow and dependent of the deceased Farid Khan said to be a workman employed by the appellant.

2. The facts giving rise to this appeal are that Farid Khan, the husband of the respondent, Mt. Mariam, was employed as a mason by the appellant in construction of a building The case of the appellant is that this building was a residential building, the appellant himself being a trader in mica. The said mason was employed on a wage of Rs. 2/8 per day. He had worked for five or six days on the said construction, when he fell down from the roof of the house which was under construction and received injuries as a result of which he subsequently died by midnight of the same day. This unfortunate incident happened on 4-12-1948. On 5-12-1948, the appellant informed the police about the death of the respondents husband, and on 14-12-1948, th