MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

TAILORING

The total number of tailoring establishments in the two towns of Jalgaon and Amalner was 403 of which 285 were located in Jalgaon and 118 in Amalner. Of the former. Ward Nos. V. VII and VIII contained 215 establishments and the remaining 70 were situated in other Wards. The maximum number of establishments a ward contained was 145 and the minimum was 5. In Amalner. out of 118 firms, the first four wards bad almost all establishments except six which were situated in Ward No. V. The total employment in 285 establishments in Jalgaon was 627, of whom 123 including two children were paid employees and the remaining were owners and their family members.

Fourteen establishments were surveyed in the two towns. They were started between 1927 and 1951. Tailoring was their principal occupation, providing employment throughout the year. Half the number of proprietors in Jalgaon and one in Amalner had borrowed capital for starting their establishments. Others had raised capital through their own resources.

Small establishments in the sample had one sewing machine each, one had two machines and two others had three machines each, and the biggest bad four machines. The value of machine varied from Rs. 140 to Us. 350. In addition, they had a few pieces of furniture like show-cases, cupboards, tables, chairs, etc. The total value of equipment contained in each shop in Jalgaon varied from Rs. 800 to Rs. 1,100 and in Amalner from Rs. 350 to Rs. 2,000. Annual expenditure on repairs varied from Rs. 40 to Rs. 100 per shop in Jalgaon and from Rs. 30 to Rs. 100 per shop in Amalner.

All the eight establishments surveyed in Jalgaon and five in Amalner were situated in rented premises. One was located in owner premises. Rent of an establishment in Jalgaon varied from Rs. 2 to Rs. 20 per month and in Amalner from Rs. 4 to Rs. 50 per month. Seven of them in Jalgaon and live in Amalner used electricity for lighting. Their total bill on electricity varied from Rs. 2 to Rs. 20 per month in the two towns. In addition to it, they paid municipal licence lee which varied from shop to shop. It was between Rs. 3 and Rs. 25 per year in Jalgaon. One establishment in Jalgaon and other in Amalner spent Rs. 25 on advertisement.

Expenditure on raw materials like thread, buttons, cocoanut oil. etc., in the two towns varied between Rs. 7 and Rs. 58 per month per shop. The total employment in the shops in the sample was 24 including II paid employees in Jalgaon and 16 including nine paid employees in Amalner. Two shops in Jalgaon and two in Amalner were exclusively managed by the owners with their dependants. Employees in Jalgaon were paid at piece-rate system. Two shops in Jalgaon paid them half the amount of earnings on the total work done by employees. In the other two. half of the income collected by the shop went to the owner and the remaining half was distributed among the paid employees. In Amalner one shop paid Rs. 50 each per month to three employees and the other Rs. 40 to its employee. The third adopted piece-wage system of payment and paid half the amount of earnings on the total work done. One shop gave tea and refreshments to its employees in addition to wages

These shops stitched shirts, trousers, coats, halt-pants, pyjamas and ladies' apparel. Two shops in Jalgaon specialised in stitching shirts, suits, and blouses and the third in shirts only. The average net income of the shops varied from Rs. 75 to Rs. 300 per month in Jalgaon and from Rs. 60 to Rs. 250 per month in Amalner. Business was slack in rainy season. It was fairly profitable in four establishments in Jalgaon and three establishments in Amalner. The main difficulty experienced by them was lack of capital.

Rates of stitching of clothes of grown-up persons and of children in Jalgaon were as follows: —

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