Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 10, June 1922

Abstract

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.