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abad in those cases where it is not computed as a percentage on accrued 
earnings at basic rates is fixed either at so much per day or at so much 
per week, hapta, working days in a hapa, working days in two haptas 
or a month. Speaking generally daily rates for the Dearness Allowance 
are the exception and monthly rates the rule. The Good Attendance 
Bonus is generally calculated at so much per week at all centres. The 
variations in the methods of treatment of the various additions to and 
the deductions from the earnings from basic rates have already been 
dealt with in the Chapter on Methods of Wage Payments. This Chapter 
will therefore be confined to variations in the bases of payment. 
74. Many mills adopt time rates on the basis of the number of work- 
ing days in the menth. Tn such cases those operatives who work through- 
out the month without absence secure the benefit of the full rate irres- 
pective of the number of holidays in the month. If the mill, however, 
remains closed for any reason or if a particular worker is played off, a 
proportionate amount is deducted for the number of days nct worked. 
Exceptions are often made in the case of the higher paid operatives. 
If the periodic rate for the number of working days is reduced {0 a daily 
rate the latter will vary according to the number of working days in 
particular months. The corresponding loss to the operative who remains 
absent in months having fewer working days is larger than that 
sustained by the operative who remains absent in months having more 
working days. Where the ““ monthly > rate is fixed for 26 days those 
operatives who put ir full time werk in a month of 27 working days 
receive one twentysixths more than the normal rate. Those who work 
for 26 days get the full wage. For each day’s absence under 26 one 
twentysixths’ is deducted. On the other hand, where rates relate to 
27 days’ work the operative, although he works full time in a working 
month of 26 days gets one twentysevenths less than if he worked full 
time in a month of 27 days. 
75. In cases where rates are fixed in relation tc calendar months, 
most mills reduce the calculations in respect of earnings to a simple 
proportion of the number of days actually worked to the number of 
working days in the month. For example if the monthly rate is Rs. 40, 
the operative who loses two days in a month of 27 working days gets 
2» of Rs. 40, an operative who loses 4 days in a month of 25 working 
days gets z of Rs. 40 and so on. The method of the treatment of the 
monthly rate in the illustration given is simple but several mills have 
very intricate variations the utility of which is difficult to understand 
and into which it is not necessary to enter, But the work involved in 
ascertaining the actual number of days worked was in the cases of 
Bombay and Ahmedabad largely responsible for the delay in presenting 
she results of the 1926 Census. 
76. In considering the question as to how payments of Wages are 
made in individual departments no references will henceforward be 
made with regard to the different systems adopted in fixing Time Rates. 
Only broad indications will be given with regard to the predominant 
methcds of wage fixation. Tt is essential, however, to remember, that