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necessitate initiative, resource and self-reliance, and in the first decade at 
least, no small measure of pioneering enterprise. We are convinced that, 
with the creation of such posts and the prospect of adequate remune- 
ration and secure status, the right type of candidate will be forthcoming. 
The appointment of one such woman in every province is desirable; 
but, in the event of this not being immediately practicable, we recom- 
mend their appointment forthwith in Bengal and Madras, and the appoint- 
ment of part-time women officials in those provinces where the number 
of women and children employed in regulated industries is smaller. It 
is to be hoped, however, that such part-time service will be for a limited 
period only. 
Strength of the Inspectorate. 
Many of these proposals involve an addition to the work of the 
factory inspectorate. Proposals follow in respect of docks and other 
classes of factories which will enlarge the field for which they are respon- 
sible. On the other hand, the adoption of some of our proposals, and in 
particular those which are made regarding the inspection of seasonal 
factories, should set free a considerable part of the time of the permanent 
inspectors for duties in connection with perennial factories. The addition 
of medical inspectors and of women inspectors should be of substantial 
assistance, in spite of the fact that a considerable part of the work of these 
officers will be work which at present is necessarily left largely undone. 
[n advising regarding the proper strength of the staff, we must observe that 
it is difficult to fix an upper limit beyond which the appointment of extra 
inspectors would be useless. There is a wide scope for further work, if 
inspectors were available to do it, and it is certain that no province has 
reached the limit at which additional inspectors could not be employed 
with valuable results. At the same time we believe that, provided 
medical and women inspectors are appointed as recommended, it might 
be possible, except in one or two provinces, to avoid the necessity of 
appointing any additional fully qualified inspectors at the present time. 
This view is dependent on the adoption and successful working of the 
system advocated later for the inspection of seasonal factories and those 
factories which are at present unregulated. In the United Provinces, 
boiler inspection should be undertaken by a separate staff and we recom- 
mend that in future these two classes of inspection should invariably be 
distinct. Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara are at present under the charge of 
the Inspector for the Punjab, who is also responsible for the North-West 
Frontier Province. This is too large an area for adequate supervision by 
one officer, and we accordingly recommend the separation of Ajmer- 
Merwara and Delhi and the appointment of a separate officer for this area. 
Elsewhere, and particularly in Burma and Bihar and Orissa, there is 
room for the appointment of Assistant Inspectors of the type indicat- 
ed above. We must, however, emphasise the fact that our con- 
clusions on this question are based on the assumption that the inspector- 
ate will be kept up to the sanctioned strength throughout the year. 
It has happened in the past in more than one province that inspectors