...of one family often work together, earning between them as much as ;£io a month. The hours of work are from six in the morning to six at night, with...in the middle of the day for meals and smoking. A Factor}' Act, to regulate the hours of work for children and young persons, and to enforce the fencing...

...bullocks which raise the water, and the bhuria whose duty is to cut the cane when ripe. The working hours are from six in the morning to six at night with an interval from twelve to two for food and rest. Field-workers who are not engaged by the year, find...

...employ a total of 1,237.536 spindles and 13,046 looms; and probably consume about 157,000 khand'1s (candies) of 784 Ibs. each of cotton. They are almost...37,567; and the average wages per month are, for a girl, 10s. ; a woman, 16s. ; a man, £1, 12s. The natives are gradually learning to qualify themselves for...

...day, and in winter were put on piecework, and demanded that the year through a working-day should be from six in the morning to six at night, with an hour for breakfast and another for dinner; or, what was the same thing, ten hours of labor. Nothing came...

...day, and in winter were put on piecework, and demanded that the year through a working-day should be from six in the morning to six at night, with an hour for breakfast and another for dinner; or, what was the same thing, ten hours of labor. Nothing came...

...day, and in winter were put on piecework, and demanded that the year through a working-day should be from six in the morning to six at night, with an hour for breakfast and another for dinner; or, what was the same thing, ten hours of labor. Nothing came...

...factory production. Labor in England went on a 48 hr. per week basis. Previous to that they worked from six in the morning to six at night, with an hour off for breakfast, an hour for luncheon and an hour at four for tea. We asked, "How much has production...