H—ll

Table XVI. —Number of Inspections carried out

75

Number of Inspections during Year ended 31st March, Authority. 1946. 1947. 1948. Factories Acts, 1921-22 and 1946 7,338 10,976 7,955 Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22 — Shops 9,569 13,431 9,274 Offices 901 1,697 708 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, and awards 1,024 1,601 1,905 Servants' Registry Offices Act, 1908 4 3 7 Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 (Working-conditions)—■ Dairy-farms 91 54 99 Farms and stations .. .. .. .. 96 110 39 Market gardens 63 20 237 Orchards 39 10 79 Tobacco-farms 4 6 Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 (Accommodation) — Dairy-farms 38 39 86 Farms and stations 100 156 27 Market gardens 7 28 Orchards 10 Sawmills 78 28 89 Flaxmills 3 1 Others 4 1 Shearers' Accommodation Act, 1919 283 369 124 Footwear Regulation Act, 1913 — Establishments 121 324 173 Shipments 69 46 325 Weights and Measures Act, 1925 — Weighing-machines .. .. -. • • * 3,971 2,435 Weights 797 4,202 2,135 Measures 36 159 259' Petrol-pumps 282 758 476. Bread * 4,444 8,053 Coal * 517 780 Net weight * 11,705 28,870 Others 421 8 Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922 6,842 8,484 10,384 Apprentices Act, 1923 451 892 839 Occupational Re-establishment Emergency Regulations 1940 59 38 Annual Holidays Act, 1944 i r 3,275 1,407 Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942 y 8,105 1 3,673 1,114 Others J I 2,535 1 3,159 * Included in " Others " under Weights and Measures Act, 1925.