TABLE OF CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION ie 
Carrer I—Method of Conducting the Enquiry ‘3 
The Scope and Character of the Enquiry i, . 
Age and Sex distribution of the Workpeople covered by the 
Census .. .. .. .. 
Some difficulties in connexion with the Census .. .. 
[I—Methods of Wage Payments .. _ 27 a 
Difficulties in tabulation owing to variations in methods of 
wage payments .. .. °F: 
II—Hours of Work, Intervals, Overtime, elc. 
Hours of work .. ve 
Intervals 2 - 
Overtime , .. .. _- 
Exemptions re Hours of work .. 
IV—Aitendance and Absenteeism .. 
""—Rates of Wages  .. Lu . . .. 
T— Limitations in Comparison as between Centres or with previous years 
I—Earnings “es ve 1% 
Meaning of the term * Average *’ .. 
Manner of the presentation of the results 
Average daily earnings ys .s 
Average monthly earnings of all workers 
Average monthly earnings of full time workers 
farnings in the main employments— 
Head Jobbers and other Jobbers .. 
Weavers ve - .a 
Ring Spinners 25 +3 
Winders is 
Reelers 8% Ce 4 
Slubbing, Intermediate and Roving Frame Tenters 
Frequency of Earnings + ai 
Earnings of Mill Clerks - 4 
VIII—Bonus and Fines .. “i +5 
Meaning of the term ‘ Bonus ” Pp 
Extent of the prevalence of the system 
Manner of the presentation of the results 
Methods of calculating the Bonus win 
Number of workers covered by Bonus Schemes 
Amount of Bonus earned .. 
Fines 
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Statistical Tables 
Tape  I—Table showing frequency of attendance in 19 representative 
Cotton Mills in Bombay City in July 1926—Bv Departments 
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II—Table showing frequency of attendance in 19 representative 
Cotton Mills in Bombay City in July 1926—By Departments 
—Female Operatives 5a wi ‘ ie 
IIT—Table showing frequency of attendance in 19 representative 
Cotton Mills in Bombay City in July 1926—By Departments 
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IV—Table showing numbers of Male operatives who worked full 
time and their proportion to the total number of workers 
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V.—Table showing numbers of Female operatives who worked full 
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VI—Table showing numbers of Adult operatives who worked full 
time and their proportion to the total number of workers 
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