[ABLE

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

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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 Production


Dhoties ..
Shirting and Longcloth.


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 occupation
 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.