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were granted a bonus only in two mills one of which was curiously
snough the one which gave no bonus to Tenters. It would be generally
srue to say that in the majority of cases Head Jobbers and Jobbers were
not covered by bonus schemes in the five departments dealt with.
139. In the Ring Spinning Department one mill gave bonus only to
Jiders and another only to Doffer Boys. In the fourteen mills where
bonuses were given the most important occupations were generally
covered but only two mills extended the system to Head Jobbers, six to
Tobbers and four to Doffer Jobbers and Banders. In the Warping
Department one mill gave bonus to Warpers only and one mill to Creelers
only. A third mill gave it to Creelers and Beam Carriers but not to
Warpers. The remaining mills gave no bonus at all in this Department.
The method of its treatment in the Sizing Department is still more
curious. Out of the four mills which had the system for this depart-
ment, one mill gave it for all occupations except Beam Carriers and
another mill gave it to Beam Carriers only. The third mill covered
Front Sizers and Beam Carriers only and the fourth only Back Sizers.
140. Weavers were not covered by bonus schemes in any of the
nineteen mills included in the Enquiry. One mill, however, granted
bonus to Fancy Jobbers and two mills to Beam Carriers. It is not
necessary to deal with the remaining departments where the same lack
of uniformity in the method of its treatment prevailed. For purposes
of broad generalisation it may be stated that a bonus is generally given
to workers on time rates of wages, excluding those in the maintenance
departments, and not to operatives on piece rates of wages.
(2) Ahmedabad
141. The system of granting bonuses is prevalent to a much
greater extent in Ahmedabad than in Bombay. In Ahmedabad
out of the sixteen mills which were covered by the Census two
were purely spinning mills and two were purely weaving mills. Only
one mill out of the twelve mills which had both spinning and weaving
sections gave no bonus in the departments connected with spinning.
With the exception of this case all the remaining mills in Ahmedabad
which were covered by the Enquiry granted bonuses. In the Mixing
and Waste Room, Machine Tenters were given a bonus in six mills and
Nawghanies in three mills. In the Blow, Carding and Drawing Depart-
ments twelve mills granted bonuses in the case of almost all the main
occupations, the only occupations not covered being Head Jobbers and
Jobbers who, as a matter of fact, were not granted any bonuses in any
of the Ahmedabad mills. In the Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving
Frame Department twelve mills gave bonus to workers in practically
all occupations and one mill only to Doffers. Inthe Ring Spinning
Department, Siders and Doffers were covered in thirteen out of the
fourteen mills with spinning sections. Four out of these thirteen mills
limited the system to Siders and Doffers only and other workers were not
included in the scheme, but in the remaining nine mills operatives
in most of the other occupations in this Department were also covered.
No bonus was paid in any mills in the Calendering, Sizing, Warning,