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233. The following classes of workmen should now be included :— 
(a) Workmen employed in factories using power and employing 
not less than 10 persons, and in factories not using power 
employing not less than 50 persons “eo .. . 
[b) Workmen in all mines except open quarries in which less than 
50 persons are employed and no explosives are used  .. 
{¢} All workmen employed in docks .. Ls ws “e 
(d) All workmen employed in work on oilfields - vs 
(¢) Seamen on Indian registered ships of not less than 50 tons and 
on all inland vessels propelled by steam or motor engines 
and persons employed on the more important public ferries 
not so propelled Rom ce .. xe ve 
{f) Workmen employed on Government plantations and on tea, 
coffee or rubber plantations employing not less than 50 
persons  .. .. . vs ve os 
(9) Workmen employed in the operation of mechanically pro- 
pelled vehicles which are maintained for the transport of 
passengers or for commercial purposes ee ‘in 
{k) Workmen engaged in the construction, maintenance or demo- 
lition of canals, sewers, public roads, tunnels, aerial rope: 
ways and pipe lines, and of dams, embankments or exca- 
vations 20 or more feet in height, and of all permanent 
bridges .. .. .. ‘. 
(7) Workmen engaged in building work as in the existing clause, 
but the reference in this clause to industrial and commer- 
cial purposes should be omitted .e vs 3 
(5) Workmen employed in connection with the generation and 
distribution of electrical energy .. ow $3 
234. The question of the inclusion of persons employed by the larger 
agricultural employers and of those employed in reserve forests deserves 
examination .. ve . 
235. (a) Steps should be taken to ensure that the agreement to pay 
compensation in accordance with the Indian Act is obligatory on all 
shipowners engaging Indian seamen and that dependants are capable of 
enforcing this agreement eo 
(6) The possibilities of giving Indian seamen the right to 
compensation whilst serving on ships registered outside India should be 
further explored by the Government of India and the Home Office. 
Special attention should be given to the possibility of extending the Act to 
Indian seamen whilst serving on all ships within India’s territorial waters 
and on British ships engaged in the coastal trade of India .. - 
236. The limitation of the benefits of the Act to workmen in receipt 
of not more than Rs. 300 a month should be generally applied and the 
exception relating to the armed forces of the Crown should be modified, 
if this is necessary, in order to include persons who are genuinely in- 
dustrial workers ‘s zt e .. .. we 
237. Widowed sisters and widowed daughters should be added to the 
list of dependants ie ,o ve “s as ie 
238. For adults in receipt of not more than Rs. 30 a month, pay- 
ments for temporary disablement should be based on two-thirds of wages 
and for minors on the full wage rate. The scale should be subject to a 
minimum of Rs. 5 for each half-monthly payment, but the rate of com- 
pensation should not exceed the rate of wages. No person receiving more 
than Rs. 30 a month should receive less compensation than he would 
bave got if his wage had been Rs. 30 ee -— 
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