§ 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. |