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 678 . P. $RIV $TA V ' POTENTIAL SUPPLY OF LABOR FROM AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS ALLAHABAD Castes which take up mill labor--In the textile factories of Northern India Musalmans including Julhas and Koris, the Hindu handloom weaver castes supply the largest number of loorers. Next after them come Chamars. The respectable such as Lodhs, Ahirs aud Kachis, agricultural castes Kurmis as well as low castes such as Pasis and Buarias are well repre- sented. The Brahmans and the Chatris are employed in sufficient number in the various concerns of Cawnpore. Castes that are known to take to mining work-- The castes that are known to take to mining are generally Ahirs, Lodhs, Kurmis, Kachis, Lohars, Chamars, Pasis, Gaderiyas, Kols, Barhis and low caste Musalmans. mans are also found though Brahmans are Thakurs. working as greater in Kewats, Luniyas, Thakurs and Brah- miners and fillers number than the There is no particular caste prejudice against mill or mine work. It is only the question of getting a man of high caste to realize that he can earn good wages as a mill worker or as a miner. I{ they once learn the work, they are not content with the wages they earn in other ways, and very rarely they leave the industrial centre they are working in. In-the following lines the potential supply of labor from Allahabad, Fat.hpur, Unao, Rai Bareli, Sultanput, and Parabgarh districts-will be discussed. We shall examine the supply of thirteen main cases, from the above six districts: (1) Ahirs (milkmen) (2) Barhis (carpenter) (3) Chamars (4) Gaderiyas (5)Kols (6) Kewats (7) Kori (8) Kurmis (9) Lodhs (10) Lohars (blacksmiths) (11) Luniyas (12) Pasis (13) Julhas and