§ MR. KENYONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he will get for the House statistics as to the rates of wages paid and hours worked in the cotton trade in Bombay and Madras?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONWages in India are usually paid by the piece, and vary according to the season of the year. The fullest information that I possess on this subject, and as to the hours of labour (which is limited by law), is contained in the Factory Reports for Bombay and Madras, copies of which I shall be happy to supply to my hon. Friend, if he wishes it.