Barnings of Doffers in the Slubbing, Inter and Roving Frame Department. 
Age and 
Jex Group 
Ven 
Women. 
“hildren .. 
Centre 
Bombay .e 
Ahmedabad .. 
3bolapur  .. 
Bombay . 
Ahmedabad . . 
Ahmedabad . | 
Sholapur wan 
Total 
number 
returned 
438 
183 
88 
‘8¢ 
189 
TAN 
Average earnings 
Daily 
Monthly 
Ra. a. p 
012 1 
010 7 
0 8 4 
v11 5 
“3a 
Rs. 8. p. 
1811 3 
12 810 
18 4 4 
6 
hy 
14 11 
Number 
working 
ull time 
176 
39 
296 
"nh 
Average 
monthly 
sarnings 
of full 
time 
workers®™ 
18. 8B. Ds 
19 14 7 
1713 9 
14 2 6 
19 4 5 
17 7 0 
9 4 6 
814 1 
* For reasons already given, the Ahmedabad figure represents 27 times the daily 
earnings. For Sholapur the month = 26-7 days. 
127. Tt will be noticed that although there is a variation of 8 gies in 
the average daily earnings of male and female Doffers in Bombay with 
the advantage in favour of the men, the average monthly earnings of 
men and women tend to approximate. This is again due to the better 
attendance figures put in by female Doflers, the average number of 
days worked by them being 25-7 as against 247 days worked by men. 
No women are employed as Doffers in Sholapnr. 
FREQUENCY OF EARNINGS 
(1) Bombay 
128. Tables for frequencies of earnings for all the operatives in the 
nineteen mills selected for the Enquiry from Bombay have been compiled 
on the basis of net monthly earnings by Departments separately for male 
and female operatives and for all adult operatives. Table No. XIII 
(pages 112 to 115) gives the frequency of monthly earnings for men, 
Table No. XIV (pages 116 and 117) for women and Table No. XV 
(pages 118 to 121) for men and women together. The limits of earnings 
have been fixed in such a manner as to indicate the position of greatest 
density without any application of troublesome processes of grouping and 
calculations based on intricate formulee.* The lowest limit in the range 
for Bombay is ¢ below Rs. 10.” The progression is by one rupee stages 
to Rs. 14 and then by two-rupee stages to Rs. 50, five-rupee intervals to 
Rs. 100 and ten rupee intervals to Rs. 150 with ¢ over Rs. 150 * as the 
last item in the range. If the position of greatest density lies in a group 
within narrow limits, say Rs. 24 to Rs. 26 it is not necessary to apply the 
* The formula is applied after the most common group has been ascertained by a 
nrocess of grouping. The formula for ascertaining the statistically correct mode is.— 
f.e 
711 
where 
' f+, 
1 is the lower limit of the class. 
¢ is the class interval, 
f, is the number of items in the next lower class, 
f, is the number of items in the next higher class, and 
» ia the mode or the modal average.