'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎252r] (87/150)

manufactures and industries.
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PRODUCTION"
rates- The condition of the hand-loom industry is reported to be generally one of stagnation ANI)
Competition. from power looms ,s naturally severely felt, and efforts made to introduce MSTB “ UTIolr -
improved varieties of hand-looms have been handicapped by the want of skilled manipulators
pupils are trained, however, in this industry at a weaving establishment at Nandan^adde
which receives a subsidy from the District Local Board ol Kanara. An attempt made bv
the Local Board of Belgaum to introduce improved hand-looms was rendered unsuccessful bv
the want of capital among the trained operatives. Apart from cotton the vear was a
favourable one to the agriculturist and the good harvests realized gave an impetus to the
various subsidiary industries. The area under sugarcane in the Poona District was slmhtlv
below that of the preceding year. but exceeded the average of the previous five vearJ
The Nira Canal Tagai scheme, which advanced loans to sugarcane cultivators, will shortlv be *
superseded by the operations of village Co-operative Credit Societies financed from a Central
Tank in Bombay. The number of power mills established for grinding rice and flour and
for husking groundnut shows a definite increase, an indication to some extent of the
favourable season but even more of the general scarcity of labour. The number of rice mills
rose by four each in Thana and Kolaba and increased from 41 to 4^ in Larkana Five
power mills for grinding wheat were established in the Sholapur District, there were a work!
ing in Poona, and others are reported to have been set up in Thana, Kaira and the Panrh
Mahals. The tobacco, industry in Belgaum is stated to have had a prosperous year The
cream industry in Kama is now in a flourishing condition and two of the municinalities
most nearly, concerned are taking steps to enforce sanitary conditions in the trade Tn
Panch Mahals the Godhra tanneries did well. A new departure has been made in ill
Kanara District by a factory An East India Company trading post. .started for canning and exporting mangoes. The non-amricultural
industries are still mostly in the stage of initial experiment and few have vet established
themselves on a secure, basis. There are two iron works at Ahmedabad, a brass factorv
and an iron foundry in the Kama District and a metal factory An East India Company trading post. , recently established, at
Songir m W est Khandesh. A hardware factory An East India Company trading post. lately removed from Belgaum to Kundal
near the black cotton area of the Satara District, makes a speciality of a|ricultural imple-
ments especially iron ploughs,and labour saving machines. Match factories are working at
Ahmedabad, Belgaum Dharwar and at Karad in the Satara District. Most of these are
recently established and are still contending with the difficulties incidental to any new enterprise
An interesting experiment in manufacturing charcoal and utilizing the by-products such as
gas and tar is reported to have met with some success in the Surat District The offier
minor industries 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. are mostly found in the Thana District, on account of its
proximity to Bombay, or in Poona. The demand for lime from Thana was smaller than
in recent years partly owing to the suspension of building operations in Salsette and partlv
through competition from cheaper lime obtained in Nasik and Kolaba. The brick factories
however, are m a. prosperous condition. There are three bone-dust mills in the same
district, and there is a considerable boat building industry at Bassein. The fish trade along
the coast of Mahim continues to extend. Poona city has two umbrella-factories and one
cutlery and one button factory An East India Company trading post. . The Deccan Reay Paper Mills showed a satisfactory year’s
working, but attempts to establish fibre industries were unsuccessful and all the factories
have now been closed. The glass factory An East India Company trading post. at Talegaon showed a considerably increased output
A hffiogi-apffic press at Karla and carpet factories at Ahmednagar and at Kune in the
Poona District were also in operation throughout the year.
The Factories Act.
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to S77 T Th e eTw er f ar l faCt0rieS , H ing Under the C0nr01 0f the Act illcreased 555 Number of factories.
reriTto i f u «" es ln ‘;T ded 20 g lnnm g and pressing factories, 11 of which were
were struck ^ “1 P St ’ ^ ° ne match fact0r y in B elgaum. Fourteen factories
Surat The nuther egl T r ’ T ¥ f C ° tt0n mil ' S in Bomba y* 5 in Ahmedabad and 2 in
were to • ? U u ° f workln g factories increased from 520 to s 4 s, of which 260
cotton industry. ^ 27<5 seas0nal ' Alto g et her 431 working mills were connected with the
number emtloved’in to ber « 0p ^ r f v f s was 2 3°.957 against 227,359 in the previous year. The Nu m ber|ot
Ugh pricesof raw ’.''‘P!' lnd nstry rose from 181,82210 184,051 ; but in Ahmedabad the °P eratives '
number of on p atenal reduced the number of spindles at work and led to a falling off in the
“umber of onekT 68 enl P lo y ed there ' In the T °wn and Island of Bombay the total
employed in the ’to was /SySig against 132,339 in the previous year, and the number
employed was kto ° n mduSt F ?' aS I02 ’”5 against 101,135. The total number of women
The number ntoto com P ared ''‘th 42,898 m 1909, the increase being confined to the mofussil.
and Bombay a small increase 5 IO ’ 816 COmpared wlth the mofussil showing a decrease
the other IcriL, 'ton U 628 accidents, which caused 27 deaths and serious injury in 112 cases Accidents. '
The averane of F”? ° f a mln ° r char acter. Deaths due to machinery numbered 10 only
1 accidents per 100 operatives was 70, the same as in the previous year. J
a,ld convictionstoto p ™ sect *f I0 ! ls H Q ere instituted, the same number as in the previous year, Prosecutions
mach ®ery agato' 5 ,V to m / 8 cases - c There were 8 prosecutions for neglect to gLrd
d-gamst 15 in 1909 and 19 m 1908. s I
I here were a few unimportant strikes of operatives in Bombay and Broach. General.