From the following data of a textile-factory machine room, compute an hourly machine-hour rate, assuming that the machine room will work at 90% capacity throughout the year and that a breakdown of 10% is reasonable.

There are three holidays for Deepavali and two holidays for Christmas, exclusive of Sundays. The factory works for 8 hours a day and for 4 hours on Saturdays.

Number of machines (each of same type) – 40

Power

3,120

Light

640

Salaries to foremen

1,200

Lubricating oil

66

Repairs to machines

1,446

Depreciation

785–60

Total

7,257–60