Distribution of Siders, Tarwallas and Doffers Numbers returned as entre Sombay thmedabad Sholapur Al three centres Age and Sex Groups Men Women { Men Women Shildren Men Nomen “hildren ; Men Women “Shildren Total Siders 5,268 836 1,604 R80 482 11 7,354 1.827 art | Tarwallag Doffers 861 431 1,493 1.963 593 197 501 120 9 163 17 168 931 440 2,249 2,477 860 1.421! 5.305 Total 7,622 2 020 2,197 1,177 501 765 37 168 10,584 4,244 669 15.497 117. The 5,268 male siders in Bombay include 24 siders on piece rates of wages, All the remaining siders as well as all the other operatives covered by the figures in the above table were on time rates. The 1,604 male siders in Ahmedabad include 20 siders working on double sides, All the remaining siders, both male and female; in all centres, operated single sides. Women were employed to a very small extent in Sholapur. In Bombay more women than men were smployed as doffers, the percentage of women to the total number of dofers heing 5680. 118. The following three tables show, in a comparative form, the average daily earnings, the average monthly earnings and the average monthly earnings of full time workers for the operatives in each. of the three selected occupations :— A. Earnings of Siders Sex Groups, Method of Nork and Basis of Pavment Men— Single Side] Time " Nomen— ! Single Side Time oe Oantre Bombay .. | Abmedabad . Sholapur .. Bombay .. Ahmedabad | _Sholapur .. Number returned 5,244 1,684 489 636 680 11 Average Earnings Daily Monthly Rs. a. p 1 0 3 015 2 a 11 5 Rs. a. p. 24 2 0 1. "a 0 1 0 15 O11 oO Number working ‘ull time 1,260 “909 173 Average monthly earnings of full time WOT kers™® Rs. a. p. 27 911 26 9 6 10 10 © 26 8 2 26 7 3 19 8 1 *Wor reasons already given, the Ahmedabad figure represents 27 “times Bw daily sarnings., For Sholapur the month = 26:7 days. MO R 36——4