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Table XXI —Number of Inspections Carried Out

92

Number of Inspections during Year Ended 31st March, Authority. 1947. 1948. 1949. Factories Acts, 1921-22 and 1946 10,976 1 7,955 13,037 Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22 — 1 Shops .. .. 13,431 9,274 15,160 Offices 1,697 708 1,627 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, and awards 1,601 1,905 | 2,575 Servants Registry Offices Act, 1908 3 7 Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 (Workingyconditions) — Dairy-farms 54 99 125 Farms and stations 110 39 70 Market gardens 20 , 237 80 Orchards .. .. .. 10 79 76 Tobacco-farms 4 6 12 Agricultural Workers Act, 1936 (Accommodation) — Dairy-farms 39 86 128 Farms and stations 156 27 66 Market gardens 7 28 12 Orchards .. .. .. .. 11 Sawmills . . .. .. , .. 28 89 81 Flaxmills 1 1 Others .. .. .. .. .. ... 1 21 Shearers' Accommodation Act, 1919 369 124 96 Footwear Regulation Act, 1913— Establishments 324 173 123 Shipments 46 325 409 Weights and Measures Act, 1925— Weighing-machines .. 3,971 ; 2,435 3,044 Weights 4,202 2,135 2,446 Measures 159 259 253 Petrol-pumps 758 476 868 Bread 4,444 8,053 7,297 . Coal 517 780 694 Net weight 11,705 28,870 41,889 Others .. .. .. .. .. 8 16 Scaffolding and Excavation Act, 1922 8,484 10,384 16,033 Apprentices Act, 1923 892 839 824 Occupational Re-establishment Emergency Regulations 1940 38 Annual Holidays Act, 1944 .. .. .. 3,275 1,407 iii Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942 3,673 1,114 126 Others 2,535 1 3,159 1,993