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"HAPTER XI.—-TRANSPORT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS
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Unemployment and Under-employment
Decasualigation and Registration
Safety in Docks ve
Hours of Work oe
Employment of Children
Tramways and Motor Buses
Control of Hours ..
Public Works ..
Employment of Contractors
Fair Wages vs os
Health on Public Works ..
Direct Employment
CHAPTER XIL.—THE INCOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER—

Statistical Material .. 2
Evidence Obtained .. .
Special Enquiries .. ..
Inadequacy of Material -
Movements of Prices and Wages

Earnings of Cotton Mill Operatives
Earnings in Jute Mills .. ve
Wages in Engineering and Metal Industries
Wages in Seasonal Factories .. oe
Earnings in Mines .. oe .
Earnings of Dock Labourers ..
Unskilled Labourers - oe
Wage Levels in Different Provinces ..

Family Income "ve
Expenditure
The Outlook

Efficiency and Quality

Conception of Fixed Standard
Raising Wages ..
Profit Sharing > .
Regularity of Employment .

Industry and the Community
The Minimum Wage Convention .e
Possible Application of Minimum Wages
Preliminary Enquiries oe or
Problem of Enforcement . wo
Industries Requiring Investigation ..
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Standardisation of Wage Rates .
Position in Cotton Mills oe I.
Position in Jute Industry  .. i
Need of Standardisation in Jute Mills ..

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