§ 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. |