'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎108v] (78/132)

BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Number of
factories.
Number of
operatives.
Accidents.
Prosecutions,
General.
Number of boilers
and inspections.
Boiler Commissions.
Offences.
Finance.
Miscellaneous.
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prosperous. The brick factories at Buls^r in Surat suffered from a diminished dem
Bombay, but those on the Kalydn creek in TMna were m a very flourishing condition r*
tile factory An East India Company trading post. in Kanara continued its output at the same rate as previously^ v • %
facturing industry in Thdna suffered from a great fall in puces, hut production contininvl^^'
laro-e scale. In the same district there was a great boom in the timber trade and forest 011 a
fetched abnormal prices. A considerable metal-breaking industry has established itself
the railway line between Kalyan and Thana. The IsMm Match lactoryin Ahmedabad ^
handicapped by the fact that railway rates favoured the imported bonus-fed Japanese mat
New match factories were opened in Sd^ara and Belgaum but suffered from foreign compotV 8,
in common with the only match factory An East India Company trading post. in Dharwar which continued workinp*- Tn. i l 1011
weaving industry did not make appreciable pro;
trade depression. The District Local Board
23 pupils in all up to the end of the year, with 1 ^
methods. A proposal was under consideration to send 10 weavers to Bombay to learn
the Salvation Army pattern of loom. A factory An East India Company trading post. started with these looms in Poona proved
unsuccessful owing to bad management. Many improved looms were employed in Shol£p Ur i 0
the weavers’ guilds which continued to work with great success. The Mission Rug and Carpel
Factory An East India Company trading post. at Nagar showed a steady increase in output. In Poona the manufacture of
from aloe fibre under the direction of the Sirur Mission was progressing well, hut the aloe fibre
factory An East India Company trading post. in Dharwar was not working during the year. Besides producing a number of smali
industries in Poona the swades/ii movement was responsible for an increased output from tl 1P
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weaving industry did not make appreciable progress and was affected by the Sinhvast and fi/
trade depression. The District Local Board _ weaving class in Belgaum had only trai^J
23 pupils in all up to the end of the year, with little resultant progress in the adoption of m
A — m fASATirl 10 wpavurs to PsnmPtnr Ji
use of
Poona Swadeshi
Weaving
Mill, while that from the Poona Cotton and Silk
.. _. _ 7 , . . — Mill showed a
decline. In the same district the Deccan Brewery at Dapun enjoyed a successful year, and the
sugarcaue industry in Bhimthadi Taluka, which receives financial assistance from Government
continued its operations on a large scale. The Sholapur metal works did good business during
the year, while at Nasik the demand created by the Sinhvast fair entirely exhausted the
supply of the locally manufactured copper and brass pots. The manufacture of salt continued
in the several salt-works on the coast, chief among which are those of Thana, which rival in
importance even the timber trade of that district.
The Factories Act.
3. The number of factories under control of the Act increased from 519 to 550, Eleven
spinning and weaving mills and IB ginning and pressing factories were registered during the
year. The number of working factories was 509, of which 268 were perennial and 241 seasonal.
Of both classes, 403 were connected with the cotton industry.
2. The total number of operatives employed in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. was 230,192 against
214,452 in the preceding year. The number in Bombay increased from 126,057 to IJo/Sh
Out of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. total, 182,953 operatives were employed in the cotton industry. The
number of women employed increased from 42,896 to 43,548, and the number of children from
10,106 to 11,818.
3.. The number of accidents decreased from 1,625 to 1,472, of which 29 were fatal and
190 serious. The average per hundred operatives employed fell from ‘75 to *64.
4. Twenty-nine prosecutions were instituted against 17 in the previous year ; of these,
19 were for neglecting to fence machinery. Convictions were obtained in 22 cases.
5. A cotton weaving and spinning mill which began work during the year with electricity
as its motive power is the first of the kind in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. The Factory An East India Company trading post. Labour Com
mission which commenced its sittings last year closed its proceedings and submitted a report to
Government. Apart from the disturbances in Bombay during July when almost all the mills
were closed for a few days, there were no serious strikes or labour troubles
The Steam Boiler Inspectiov Act.
1.
o c , 6 nu . rn ^ )er boilers on tho register for the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. including Sind and Aden
t^o T 11 ? crease . The number offered for inspection increased by 29 to
1,9/J. Regular inspections and casual visits made by Inspectors numbered 2,015 and 1,131
respectively, ihe percentage of boilers not offered for inspection was 39*4 against 36-6 in the
preceding year. ”
2- Five meetings were held by the Boiler Commission in Bombay, and one by the Sind
Boiler Commission. There was no meeting of the Commission at Aden.
. . IT 16 - Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and Sind 18 irregularities were dftected. Prosecutions were
instituted in 4 of these eases, in all of which convictions were obtained, and fines aggregating
Rs. 1U1 were inflicted. In addition, one prosecution under section 28 (c) of the Act, arising
out ot an accident to a boiler, resulted in conviction and a fine of Rs. 30.
1!c T 01 P e r ® cei P ts V ere Es - 76 > 025 ^<1 the expenditure Rs. 63,622 against Rs. 73,15? all
fr yly “ previous year. With the year’s surplus of Rs. 12,403 the total balance at
the credit of the boiler fund amounted to Rs. 2,00,713.
issued on^DecImbeTT" the ^“S^zation of the inspecting staff