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

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Identifikator:: 1827868163

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221455

Document type:: Monograph

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

Place of publication:: Bombay

Publisher:: Government Central Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: III, 172 S.; zahlr. Tab

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. Limitations in comparison as between centres or with previous years

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[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 -~ “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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