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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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BICYCLE REPAIRING
Amalner-Ward No. 1—7. Ward No. 11—11. Ward No. 111—3,
Ward, No. V—2. Jalgaon—Ward No. 111—4, Ward No. V—38,
Ward No. VI—5, Ward No. VII—5, Ward No. VIII—18. Ward
No. IX—3, Ward No. X—1.
The total employment, in 97 establishments in the two towns was 201, out of whom 41 were paid employees and the remaining were employers and their family members. Information was available from three samples in
Jalgaon and three in Amalner.
The three establishments in Amalner were started between 1944 and 1954 and the three from Jalgaon between 1950 and 1952. Their main occupation was to repair and sell bicycles or to give them on hire or to sell spare parts like tyres, tubes, etc. Two proprietors raised the initial capital from their own resources. Three raised it partly from their own resources and partly
by borrowing it. One establishment borrowed its whole capita! from a local bank. The loans were, however, repaid
by all of them The total number of bicycles kept for hire in the three establishments in Amalner was about SO, of which one shop had 50. In Jalgaon this number was 60, of which one shop had 50. Besides bicycles for hire, one shop in Amalner and one in Jalgaon kept 25 and 10 new bicycles respectively for sale. Spare parts of bicycles like tubes and tyres which were brought from Bombay and other places were also kept for sale in these establishments. They maintained tools and equipment for repairing bicycles, such as drilling machines, welding machines and other minor tools.
All the establishments surveyed were situated in rented premises, rent of which per shop in Jalgaon, varied from Rs. 18 to Rs. 87 and in Amalner from Rs. 8 to R.s. 50 per month. The total monthly bill on electricity of the three establishments in Amalner was Rs. 45 per month and in Jalgaon it varied from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 per month per shop. Two establishments in Jalgaon paid municipal licence fee which was about Rs. 6 per year. One of the establishments was paying Rs. 50 per year as municipal tax. Two others, one in Jalgaon and the other in Amalner, spent Rs. 50 each on advertisement per year. Annually they spent between Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 for carrying out repairs to bicycles.
The total employment in all the six-establishments was 13. One establishment in Amalner was managed by the owner. The wages of a mechanic who repaired bicycles were between Rs. 55 and Rs. 60 per month. Other employees were paid between Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per month.
Their business was brisk during summer and winter. The net income of each establishment varied between Rs 60 and Rs. 300 per month. One of the difficulties experienced by them was shortage of tubes and tyres.
Rates for hiring a bicycle in Jalgaon and Amalner were as follows: annas two for an hour, rupee one for half a day, and Rs. 1-4-0 for a whole day.
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