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wage was universal in Ahmedabad and in Sholapur and was about equally
listributed with piece rates for Front and Back Sizers in Bombay.
Front Sizers generally receive about double the amount paid to Back
Sizers. The unit for payment in the case of piece rates is X per 1,000 Ibs.
of sized warp yarn wrapped onthe beams. Both Drawers and Reachers
mn the Drawing-in Department at all centres are generally paid
according to the number of ends drawn through the * eyes” of the
string in the heald or heddle, the unit for purposes of wage calculations
generally being 1,000 ends drawn.
82. Weavers were universally paid at piece rates at all centres. In
Bombay and Sholapur the unit for payment is a pound of cloth produced.
In Ahmedabad a piece is the unit. Different rates are laid down for
different qualities. Jobbers inthe Weaving Department may be paid either
at time rates or at piece rates. In the latter case the rates are determined
either on total production, the unit being 1,000 Ibs. or as a percentage of
the total wages earned by the weavers on the looms under each Jobber.
Workers in the Yarn Bundling and Baling Department in Bombay are
paid at time rates in some mills and at piece rates in others, the unit
for payment in the latter case being the number of bundles handled.
Piece rates in the Cloth Folding, Baling and Finishing Departments were
only paid in one mill in Bombay. Work in the Yarn Bundling and Cloth
Folding Departments in Ahmedabad and Sholapur was almost universally
remunerated at time rates. All operatives in the remaining Departments
 of a cotton mill which have not been specifically dealt with above
are universally paid at time rates in all centres with the exception of
some rope splicers in Ahmedabad who are paid per 1b. Children were
universally paid at time rates both in Ahmedabad and in Sholapur.
83. The following three tables show, separately for adult males,
adult females, and all operatives (including children) the numbers of
workers on time rates, on piece rates, and on combined time and piece
rates respectively at each centre. The percentage which each figure
bears to the total number returned is given in italics below the figure
to which it relates :—
vw. Distribution of Adult Male Operatives according to Time and
Piece Rates

Centre

Bombay

Ahmedabad

Sholapur

Total
Number
Returned

38.349

12.719

3 76l

Number on
Time Rates

20,776
54°18

6,457
50-77
1,945 |
51°71 ’

Number on
Mece Rates

17,566
4580

5,828
4578

1,816
48+ 2G

Number on
combined
Time and
diece Rates

{
002

439
345

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