'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎178r] (87/148)

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MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIES—TRADE.
fract due to the Nira Canal Tagai Scheme
eastern ex i;ent in the Chikodi Taluka of
Sugar refining was also carried
on
Belgaum District. The outturn of the Deccan ^
?“ ff ery at Diipun m Poona decreased by IS per cent. Amongst minor industries the manu-
f! are Of carpets at Kune in Poona under the supervision of the Jesuit Fathers, that of
Sal fibre mats at Ghodnddi in the same district under the Sirur Industrial School showed signs
; f vitality, aod the Button Factory An East India Company trading post. at Bhaje, recently removed from Bombay, appears to
“"per. The Mission Rug and Carpet Factory An East India Company trading post. at Ahmednagar materially increased its output
W to large orders from England. The dairy industry in Kaira suffered from competition.
1 resumption of the Hindu marriage season after the Sinhast year was followed by a general
•approvement in ^ con diti 0 n of many small local industries.
The Factories Act.
1. The number of factories under the Act increased from 550 in 1908 to 555 in the year Number of factories
nder report. Fifteen new mills were registered and ten were struck off. A bobbin factory An East India Company trading post.
l f Surat and a workshop for agricultural implements are the first of their kind to be
mistered under the Act. The number of working factories was 520 against 509 in the previous
re ” r Of these, 269 were perennial and 251 seasonal. Four hundred and twelve factor : es were
connected with the cotton industry.
2. The total number of employes was 227,359 against 230,192 last year. The progress Number of
f or the Town and Island of Bombay were 132,339 against 135,854 in 1908. In the whole °P eratives -
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. 181,822 were employed in the cotton industry, in Bombay 101,135. The number
of women employed was 42,898 against 43,548 in 1908. The number of children was 11,461
against 11,818.
3. The death of 30 persons was caused in 25 accidents, the worst ease being the death Accidents,
of 6 women in a fire in a cotton mill in West Kh4ndesh. The total number of persons injured
seriously was 178. There were 1,395 minor injuries. The average per hundred of operatives
was TO against ‘64 last year.
4. Twenty-one prosecutions were instituted during the year against 29 in the previous Prosecutions,
year. Fifteen of these were for neglect to guard machinery. Fifteen prosecutions were
successful.
5. The depression in trade and the abnormal price of raw cotton caused two mills to General,
remain closed during the year in Ahmedabad and six to remain closed for some months.
Similarly, eight mills in Bombay were closed for periods varying from 12 months to
one month.
The Steam Boiler Inspection Act.
1. The total number of boilers on the 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, Aden Number of boilers
and the Native States was 3,376, an increase of 127. The number offered for inspection was and inspections.
1,989, an increase of 10. Regular inspections number 2,024 and casual visits number 1,070.
2. One meeting was held in Bombay. There were no meetings of the Sind and Aden Boiler Commissions.
Commissions.
3. Sixteen irregularities were detected — 11 in the Town and Island of Bombay and 5 in Offences,
the mofussil. In one case a prosecution was instituted and conviction obtained, the fine being
Rs. 100 under section 6 (I) {a) of the Boiler Act. There was no irregularity in Sind or Aden.
4. Receipts for the year were Rs. 74,265 and expenditure Rs. 77,171 compared with Finances.
Rs. 76,025 and Rs. 63,622 in the previous year. Decrease in receipts is due to decrease in fees
for inspection of boilers at Aden and in the number of candidates for the Engineer’s Exam
ination. Increase in total expenditure is partly due to the appointment of a Chief Inspector.
The closing balance of the boiler fund was Rs. 1,94,840,
5. The Department has been placed on a more efficient basis by the newly appointed General.
Chief Inspector who has re-organized the system of boiler-testing with a view to securing
uniformity of practice.
1 , Trade.
details see —(l) Report on the Maritime Trade of tbe Bombay 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. .
(2) Annual Statement of the Sea-borne Trade and Navigation of the Bombay 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. *
(3) Annual Statement of the Sea-borne Trade and Navigation of British India with the British
Empire and Foreign Countries.
(4) Annual Statement of the Coasting Trade and N avigation of British India.
(5) Review of the Trade of India,
(6) Statistics of British India, Part II.
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(1) 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. PROPER.
Sea-borne Trade.
The aggregate value of the sea-borne trade 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. proper was Rs. 7,88,61,817
an increase of 26'15 crores or 18’45 per cent, over the figures 0 '
taJ 518 highest figure yet reached. The increase is largely due to the cessation o ie
} paBlc in America and to the good season of 1909 and is most marked m the latter halt
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