§ Mr. DAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any statistics that will show the number of factories in British India, the number of factory inspectors employed, the number of factories that were inspected for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, and the number of factories at which no complete inspection was made during the same period?
§ Earl WINTERTONFor the calendar year 1926, which is the latest period for which full statistics are available, the figures required are:—
Factories in British India 7,251 Factories in British India inspected 6,399 Factories in British India not inspected 852 The number of inspectors including part-time inspectors on 1st January, 1927, was 49.