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...motor drive to a textile factory where 300 women are employed. The minimum wages of the women is 5R $1.70 per month. Men ear 8$ or 2.56. The max [illegible] for men is 15R or one English pounds per month. The weavers bring in a small boy to help and thus train him up to this lucrative trade. Only coarse cotton is woven here, but it is a kind used here in India only. We next went to call on Lady Chanderwarka whose husband is a judge in the High Court. They lived in quite a [illegible] house and the reception room had European chairs. The lady, very fat and black, and a charming daughter Mrs. Sirur both spoke English and told us what is being done for the women of India. Now there are three schools for child widows...