HC Deb 04 May 1925 vol 183 c563
16. Mr. SNELL (for Colonel WEDGWOOD)

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give figures showing the approximate number of men, women, and young persons employed in both the jute and the cotton

AVERAGE daily number of persons employed in 1923 in factories subject to the Indian Factories Act in certain industries.
Cotton. Jute.
Madras. Bombay. Bengal. United Provinces. Madras. Bombay. Bengal. United Provinces.
Adult, males 20,082 180,548 9,468 19,525 3,138 242,652 134
females 4,355 46,848 1,652 1,096 1,030 51,495 6
*Children, males 2,626 7,493 1,421 657 161 25,815 17
females 1,491 2,247 144 12 34 2,585
* i.e., persons under 15 years of age, as defined in the Act.