Full text: Report on an enquiry into wages and hours of labour in the cotton mill industry, 1926

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Counts of yarn spun 
ts to 10s 
L1s to 208 
21s to 30s 
31s to 40s 
40s and above .. 
Waste. etc. 
Total | 
Percentages of production of yarn of each class 
to the total production of varn in 1926 in 
Bombav City 
Ahmedabad 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
21-95 
44.33 
20-71 
2-58 
1-11 
2392 
2-58 
38-25 
46°97 
7-87 
4-33 
-~ 
“00°00 
Hs rm re. re ————— 
95. It will be seen from the above table that whereas only 33-40 
per cent. of the total amount of yam produced in Bombay in 1926 
is over 20s, in Ahmedabad it is 59-17 per cent. 
Tare II 
Bombay City 
Ahmedabad 
Description of Woven 
Goods 
Production | Percentage to 
in 1926 total Pro. 
duction 
Production | Percentage to 
in 1926 total Pro- 
duction 
Dhoties .. 
Shirting and Long- 
cloth. 
Pounds 
Pounds 
26,738,000 ' 10-57 
84,318,000 33-31 
52,664,000 
20.751.000 
47-97 
18-90 
Dhoties, Shirting and| 111,056,000 
Longeloth. 
Other sorts Vv. | 
All sorts i" 
43-88 
73,415,000 
66°87 
Te my —— - — i, 
142,062,000 | 56-12 | 36,369,000 | 33-13 
253.118,000 | 100-00 © 109.784,000 100-00 
96. In Ahmedabad the production of Dhoties amounted to 47-97 
per cent. of the total production in Ahmedabad in 1926 as against 10-57 
per cent. in the case of Bombay. 
97. The last point which requires to be dealt with in considering the 
comparability of the figures as between Bombay and Ahmedabad is 
the average earnings of women workers. In Ahmedabad 680 out of 
3,016 female operatives returned or 22-5 per cent. worked as Siders and 
their average earnings amounted to Rs. 0-15-1 per day as against 
Rs. 0-15-2 per day for male siders which shows that women in this occu- 
pation received the same rates of wages as men. In Bombay only 636 
out of 12,072 women returned or 5-27 per cent. were employed as Siders, 
their average daily earnings amounting to Rs. 0-15-2 as against Rs, 1-0-3 
for men or about an anna in the rupee less. The averages for all women 
workers in Bombay are, moreover, also affected by the rotation of 
employment given to Winders and Reelers.
	        
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