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(2) WoMEN

Department

Total
number
saturned

Modal Grou
of Monthly
Earnings

Number of
workers in
the Modal
Group

Percentage
of the
number in
the group
ko number
returned

Ra.

Reeling oe
Winding o .
Ring Spinning .. .
Mixing and Waste

394
269
37
ay

10 to 12
10 to 12
12 to 14
Relow 7

QQ

=

48-45
28-25
37-84
83+23

134. The position of greatest density for all male operatives lies in
“he group Rs. 18 to Rs. 20 with a modal average which works out at
wbout Rs. 19. In the case of women the modal group is Rs. 10 to Rs. 12
with a modal average of about Rs. 11. For all adult operatives the
mode is the sarae as that for men. In Sholapur only 1,005 or 26°71
per cent. of the total number of men returned earned more than Rs. 30.
The number of women who earned more than Rs. 14 amounted to 54 or
+67 ver cent. of the number returned.

Earnings oF M11, Crrnrs

135. The average monthly earnings of different types of clerks
ymployed in mill departments and offices attached to mills are shown
for Bombay and Ahmedabad respectively in a table in Appendix D.
Similar figures are not available for Sholapur because neither of the two
mills included in the Enquiry at that centre supplied any information
with regard to clerks. - No figures have been worked out for daily
average earnings and average monthly earnings of full time workers,
because all clerks are paid on a monthly basis without any deductions
for absent davs.