Labour Gazette (1921-1988)
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Item Labour Gazette Vol I No. 4 December 1921(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1921)December 1921. MONTH IN BRIEF: Intl. labour conference, 1921; Bombay census. COST OF LIVING: Nov 1921; Wholesale prices, Nov., India, foreign; Comparative prices; Retail prices; Indian prices; Retail prices (India, foreign countries); Falls in cost of living; Cost of living abroad (Germany, South Africa). INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Industrial disputes committee; Protracted strikes; Trade boards; Bonus to Bombay mill workers; Working days lost, Nov; Coolie labour, Assam; Honorary correspondents; Joint works committee; Genoa conference; Minimum wage; India’s labour delegate, Geneva conference; Seamen’s union; Artificial humidity, cotton mills; Labour, Bombay; New Japanese factory bill. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921; Retail food prices; Cost of living (India, UK, Canada, Belgium); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Rate of exchange, Bombay; Strike in Bombay, 1921; Foods and non-foods wholesale prices, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol I 1921(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1921)October 1921. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Sept, 1921; British index; Enquiry in Japan; Large increase, Vienna. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices (foreign); Comparative prices; Retail price statistics (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Sept, 1921; Industrial unrest, Bengal. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE. HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Health of the Bombay worker; Vital statistics, 1920; Industrial welfare, Bombay. TRADE UNIONS: Growth since the war; Trade union legislation; Employers and trade unions; Effects of an eight-hour day. CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES: Geneva conference; Industrial disputes committee, Light Railway Conciliation Board; McAlpin committee. LEGISLATION: New Factory Act; Workmen’s Compensation Acts. RIGHT TO STRIKE. LABOUR SITUATION, JAPAN. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE: Legislative assembly; Legislative council. NOTES FROM ABROAD: South Africa, Holland (Netherlands), Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, USA, Japan. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living index; Retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); India’s Trade; Whole and retail market prices (Bombay); Wholesale market prices (Karachi, foreign); Trade disputes; Retail prices (foreign).Item Labour Gazette Index to Volume I: September 1921 to August 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1921)Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 11, July 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)July 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: Budget of Intl. Labour office; Salaries and wages; Monthly Index numbers. COST OF LIVING: June 1922; German cost of living index; Cost of living abroad. FAMILY BUDGETS: Honorary correspondents. WAGE CENSUS: Cotton Mill industry. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Jun 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT-III: The Self-Governing Dominions. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PRESIDENCY: Intl. Labour Conference, 1922; Labour in Indian Cotton mills; The Factories Act, new provisions; Remittances of industrial workers. THE INDIAN FACTORIES ACT. LABOUR IN JAVA: Japan and the Genoa Recommendations. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Canada, USA, Japan, Germany. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay (Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Bombay (Jul 1914, May and Jun 1922); Retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Jun 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, 1921-22, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 1, September 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)September 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: The Central Legislature-The Viceroy’s Speech. COST OF LIVING: Aug 1922; USA. PRICE STATISTICS: Aug 1922, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). WAGES ENQUIRY IN TRINIDAD: Vital Statistics, Bombay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Strikes in other provinces; Ahmedabad Millowners’ Association-Strike Compensation Scheme. INDIAN FACTORIES ACT: Hours of employment. LABOUR RESOLUTIONS: Intl. Labour Conference, 1922-India’s representatives; Questions in the legislature; Immigrants in Trinidad. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay; Functions of trade unions; Indian Seamen’s Union; Honorary correspondents. MATERNITY BENEFITS TO INDUSTRIAL WORKERS: Final report to the lady doctor; Workmen’s compensation in New York state. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, South Africa, USA, Japan, Brazil. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Wholesale prices, Bombay, Jan 1920; Cost of living, Bombay; Principal trade unions, Bombay, income and expenditure; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Retail food prices, Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur (Jul 1914, Jul and Aug 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods); Principal trade disputes, Aug 1922. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, 1921-22, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 2, October 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)October 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: India and the Intl. Labour Office; Intl. Labour Conference, 1922; Governor’s speech. COST OF LIVING: Sept 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Sept 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). HOUSING: Conditions in Bombay, Ahmedabad and Karachi. LABOUR INVESTIGATORS. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Bonus to Ahmedabad mill workers. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION LEGISLATION: Mr Innes’ Speech in the assembly; Bill presented to the Central Legislation. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Japan. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur (Jul 1914, Aug and Sep 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Sept 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods); CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, 1921-22, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Index to Volume II: September 1922 to August 1923(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 7, March 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)March 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1922; Scope of the index. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Feb 1922; Wholesale and retail prices, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). LABOUR IN BOMBAY: Labour organisation. THE COMPOSITION OF BOMBAY CITY POPULATION IN RELATION TO BIRTH-PLACE: Questions in the legislature; B.B. & C.I. Railway Union, annual report. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Sholapur strike; Industrial disputes committee. BOMBAY MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL MEETING: Recognition of associations of its employees. LEGISLATION: Indian Factories Amendment Act, 1922; Workmen’s compensation legislation; Trade union legislation. BASIC WAGE IN AUSTRALIA. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, UK, Russia. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Jan and Feb 1922; Wholesale prices (Karachi); Retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Feb 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 3, November 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)November 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Oct 1922; Cost of living-Collection of data in Ireland; Cost of living and wages-Wage standards in New Zealand. PRICE STATISTICS: Prices and cost of living, Germany; Wholesale prices, October 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). WAGES: Proposed reduction of wages, Ahmedabad; Wages in the tea industry. HOUSING: Working class rents-Conditions (Bombay, Karachi); Select committee on house rents. FACTORIES: Labour in Bombay. STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS: Industrial disputes, Bombay; Bombay tramway strike; Industrial disputes, second quarter of 1922. LEGISLATION ON INDIAN MINES: Mr Innes’ speech in the assembly; Bill to amend and consolidate Indian Mines Act, 1901; Question in the legislature, Labour situation, Japan; Labour, Siam. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, South Africa, Germany, China, Intl. Labour Office. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur (Jul 1914, Sep and Oct 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Oct 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 4, December 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)December 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: Bonus to Bombay millworkers. COST OF LIVING: Nov 1922. PRICES: Nov 1922, Bombay; Retail food prices in principal countries; Comparative retail prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). WAGES: Reduction of wages, UK; Wages, Ahmedabad; Wages, Kenya. HOUSING AND WELFARE: Rents, UK; Housing of industrial classes; Welfare work in Tata mills. CONFERENCES: Intl. Labour Conference, 1922; India’s Industrial Importance; Railwaymen’s conference. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS: Industrial disputes, Bombay; Disputes in other provinces. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay, fourth quarter of 1922; Government Servants’ Associations; Questions in the legislatures. TRADE BOARD: Report of the Cave Committee. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, Japan, Russia. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Principal trade unions, Bombay, income and expenditure; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Oct and Nov 1922 (Bombay); Retail Prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Nov 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Monsoon 1922.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 9, May 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)May 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Apr 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Apr 1922; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Workmen’s Budgets; Wage Census. LABOUR OFFICE. AGE COMPOSITION IN INDUSTRIAL CENTRES: Mill-hands and other labourers, Bombay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; 12 months of industrial disputes, Bombay; East Indian Railway Strike. INDIAN FACTOIRES STATISTICS: The Factories Act. COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT. LEGISLATION: Labour legislation (Proceedings of the Associated Chambers of Commerce); Workmen’s Compensation Legislation. HEALTH AND SANITATION IN FACTORIES. WORK OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE: Intl. Labour Conference, Agenda for next session. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, South Africa, Japan, Germany, Argentina. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay, Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Mar and Apr 1922; Retail food prices, Mar and Apr 1922 (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Apr 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 10, June 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)June 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: May 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Bombay, May 1922; Wholesale prices (different countries); Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). FAMILY BUDGETS (Census Data): Scavengers’ Budgets; Factory accidents; Minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment. TRADE UNIONS IN THE PRESIDENCY: Indian Seamen’s Union. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN THE PRESIDENCY: Disputes in Madras. COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT-II: UK and the Self-Governing dominions; India and the Intl. Labour Office; Genoa Conventions and Recommendations. RECRUITMENT OF INDIAN SEAMEN: Recommendations of the Substantive Committee. TRADE UNION LEGISLATION: Views of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, South Africa, USA, Austria, Sweden, Peru. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Wholesale prices, Bombay (Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Bombay (Jul 1914, Apr and May 1922); Cost of living, Bombay; Principal Trade Unions, Bombay, income and expenditure; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices, Apr and May 1922 (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, May 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 8, April 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)April 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Mar 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Mar 1922, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). POPULATION OF BOMBAY CITY AND ISLAND: Distribution according to occupations; Welfare conference. DIETOF THE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL LABOURER. TRADE UNIONS: Bengal Trade Union conference; Proper Trade Union Functions. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; other provinces. REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES COMMITTEE: Welfare work, UK. LEGISLATION: Indian Factories Amendment Act; Factory legislation in Japan; Canadian Industrial disputes investigation act; Conciliation and Arbitration in New Zealand-Amendment Bill. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Japan, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay, Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Feb and Mar 1922; Retail food prices, Feb and Mar 1922 (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Mar 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 12, August 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)August 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF: Sir Vithaldas D. Thackersey; Labour legislation, Japan. COST OF LIVING: July 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Jul 1922 (Bombay); Comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Wholesale and retail index. LABOUR IN SHOLAPUR. COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT-IV: Indian emigration. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Other provinces. STRIKES AND GRATUITY PAYMENTS: Recognition of trade unions; Conciliation and arbitration, Denmark. INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Employment of children on wharves, etc; Housing of the industrial classes; Overcrowding in Bombay; Maternity benefits. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE: Double shift working in Bombay mills; Indian Factories Act-weekly holidays. INDIAN FACTORIES ACT-PROPOSED: Draft rules under the Act as amended; Exemptions under the Indian Factories Amendment Act, 1922. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Canada, France, Germany, Spain, USA, Japan. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Jan 1920 (Bombay); Retail food prices, Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur (Jul 1914, May and Jun 1922); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living index (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Wages in UK (present and pre-war levels); Principal trade disputes, Jul 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale foods and non-foods, Bombay; Strikes, 1921-22, Bombay.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 6, February 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)February 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1922, abroad, Canada. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Jan 1922; Wholesale and retail prices, Bombay; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur). INDIA’S INDUSTRIAL IMPORTANCE: Literacy among mill-workers, Bombay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; Bombay Municipal Sweepers’ Strike; Other provinces. IMMIGRANT LABOUR, ASSAM. COMMITTEES AND CONFERENCES: Committee for recruitment of Indien seamen; Industrial disputes committee; Associated chambers of commerce. LEGISLATION: Labour legislation; Workman’s Breach of Contract act; Workmen’s Compensation legislation; Trade Union Legislation. TRADE UNIONS: Executive of labour organizations; Ahmedabad unions; British trade unionism; Trade unionism in India (Deputation of British Trades Union Congress). CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Japan, Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, South Africa. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay) ; Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Retail food prices, Dec 1921 and Jan 1922 (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods); Principal trade disputes, Jan 1922. CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (India, UK, Canada, Belgium); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay 1921.Item Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 5, January 1922(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1922)January 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Dec 1921; Cost of living abroad. PRICE STATISTICS: Wholesale prices, Dec 1921; Retail price statistics (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, and Sholapur); Comparative retail prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, and Sholapur). WAGES IN THE PRESIDENCY: Unemployment and public employment agencies; Reform of the Indian factory law. THE BOMBAY MILL AND THE “CHAKRA”. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Dec 1921; Other provinces, British Industrial Court. CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES: Intl. Labour Conference, 1921, Third Session (Geneva); Industrial Disputes Committee; Committee on recruitment of Indian seamen. THE LABOUR SITUATION, JAPAN: Japan and the Washington Conventions and Recommendations. EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN (Maternity and Child Welfare). WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION LEGISLATION: G.I.P. Railway Workmen’s Union. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: Japan, Greece, Italy, Germany, Australia, UK, USA, Holland, Argentine. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices index, Bombay; Retail food prices, Nov and Dec 1921 (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, other centres); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Mill production (yarn, woven goods); Principal trade disputes, Dec 1921. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living indexes (India, UK, Canada, Belgium); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay 1921.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 5, January 1923(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1923-01)January 1923. THIS MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Wholesale prices, Dec 1922; Wholesale prices, 1922; Retail food prices, principal countries; Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur). WAGES: Wage census, cotton industry; Bonus to Bombay millworkers; Reduction of wages, UK. HOUSING: Middle class rents, Bombay and Karachi; Housing, depressed classes; Honorary correspondents. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Industrial disputes, Bombay (Dec 1922, 1922); Calcutta tramway strike; Value of lock-outs and strikes; Whitley councils and works committees. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay, Ahmedabad. FACTORIES: Indian Factories Act; Factory inspection. ACCIDENTS: Causation; Factory accidents; Bihar colliery disaster. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE: India and the Intl. Labour Office. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE: Maternity allowance, Tata mills; Employment of women and children. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, South Africa, Japan, China. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living index, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay (Jan 1920); Retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), Jul 1914, Nov and Dec 1922; Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Trade disputes, Dec 1922; Cotton spinning returns. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail prices of food, Bombay; Cost of living, foreign countries; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Monsoon, 1922.Item Labour Gazette Index to Volume III: September 1923 to August 1924(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1923-01)Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 6, February 1923(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1923-02)February 1923. THIS MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Jan 1922; Criticisms of the English index; Cost of living, India and the UK. PRICES: Wholesale prices, Jan 1923; Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), Retail prices, principal countries. WAGES: Collection of wage statistics; Wages and cost of living. FACTORIES: Indian factory statistics; Accidents and prosecutions; Labour in Indian coal mines. TRADE UNIONS: Associations of employees-the meaning of recognition; Second Clerks’ conference. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay, Jan 1923; Disputes, other provinces; Geneva conventions and recommendations; Recruitment of Indian seamen; Committee on Indian Mercantile Marine. LABOUR LEGISLATION: Workmen’s compensation legislation, Bill passed by legislative assembly; Legislation, Indian mills; Factories Act. EMIGRATION: Indian emigaration to Ceylon and Malaya. QUESTIONS IN THE LEGISLATURE. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Australia, France, Russia, USA, Japan, Hong Kong. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Wholesale market prices, Bombay; Wholesale prices index, Bombay (Jan 1920); Retail food prices, (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), July 1914, Dec 1922, Jan 1923); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Trade disputes, Jan 1922; Cotton spinning returns. CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1921-1922; Retail prices of food, Bombay; Cost of living, foreign countries; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Rainfall in India, Jun to Nov 1922.Item Labour Gazette Vol. II, No. 7, March 1923(Labour Office, Secretariat, 1923-03)March 1923. THIS MONTH IN BRIEF: International labour conference, 1923. COST OF LIVING: Feb 1923. PRICES: Wholesale prices, Feb; Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur), Retail prices, principal countries. WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOUR: Wages to peons, Bombay; Agricultural wages; Hours of labour; Wage reductions in Ahmedabad; Labour office budget. WORKING CLASS BUDGETS, BOMBAY. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay, Feb 1923; Labour legislation; Bombay Millowners’ Assoc.; Double shifts, Bombay mills. TRADE UNIONS: Bombay presidency, first quarter of 1923: HOUSING: Industrial classes. INDUSTRIAL WELFARE: Maternity and child welfare; Infant mortality, Bombay; Welfare Work in Mills. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION: Workers’ compensation, UK; Questions in the legislation. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, Canada, South Africa, USA, Japan, Geneva. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Principal trade unions, Bombay, Income and expenditure; Factory accidents, Bombay; Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices, Bombay (Jan 1920); Comparative retail food prices (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad, Sholapur and Poona); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Retail food index (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes (Fen 1923); Cotton spinning returns (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Cost of living, Bombay; Monsoon progress, 1922; Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Rate of exchange, Bombay; Wholesale food and non-food prices, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay; Rainfall, India (Jun to Nov 1922).