s with
employers and workers great tact and patience were required. Of the
evidence given by the women inspectors, Mr Pope reports that they
'one and all gave evidence with extreme moderation, impartiality and
discretion. The conspicuous fairness and the success with which they
had collected information were frequently a matter of commendation
from employers, who informed me that the enquiry had afforded them
information about their own trades which years of work in it had not
made known to them.'"

_The General Post Office_

This paper would not be complete without some reference to the large
number--now nearly 3,000--of women clerks employed by the General Post
Office, all of whom enter the service by open competition, either
as girl clerks between sixteen and eighteen years of age or as women
clerks between eighteen and twenty. Their duties are necessarily of a
clerical nature, and in their earlier years at least they can hardly,
perhaps, be included in the "higher grades." Yet the supervisory posts
which become necessary wherever large numbers of workers are employed
call for considerable administrative ability and are proportionately
better remunerated. All women clerks are eligible for these posts, and
indeed they are never filled in any other way.

The highest post open to a woman clerk in the General Post Office is
that of Superintendent at the _Savings Bank,_ the present holder
of which is on a scale of L350-20-L600. There are 4 Deputy
Superintendents at L270-15-L330; 13 Assistant Superintendents at
L210-10-L260; and 53 Principal Clerks at L150-10-L200. The Savings
Bank has the largest group of women clerks--numbering 1,210--of any
department, and of these 150 are in the first class.

The next largest group of Women Clerks is in the _Money Order
Department;_ in this office the women outnumber the men in the
proportion of 5 to 1. They number 592, of whom 67 are in the
first class. There is one Superintendent at L350-20-L500; 1 Deputy
Superintendent at L270-15-L330; 5 Assistant Superintendents at
L210-10-L260; and 24 Principal Clerks at L150-10-L200.

The _Accountant General's Department_ has 1 Superintendent at
L280-15-L400; 3 Assistant Superintendents at L210-10-L260; and 3
Principal Clerks at L150-10-L200. The staff of clerks numbers 416, of
whom 57 are in the first class.

The _London Telephone Service_ has 1 Assistant Superintendent at
L210-10-L260 and 5 Principal Clerks at L150-10-L200, with a staff