Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 379

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 375 Salaries Woman Clerks £55 year rising by £2 10s yearly to £70 and then by £5 to £100 Promotion to higher classes depends on merit First-class Clerks receive from £105 to £130 per year Principal Clerks from £140 to £190 Superintendents £200 to £400 Girl Clerks For the first years £35 £37 105 £40 If then certified competent Girl Clerks become Woman Clerks when they are employed hours and are paid in accordance with the scale given above for Woman Clerkships If not so certified they become Woman Sorters with commencing salary of £40 and rising by Is Gd week to 215 66 Promotion to vacancies in the higher classes will depend on merit -Examinations for Woman Clerkships will continue to he held hut with the institution of Girl Clerkships in one of the two departments where Woman Clerks are employed the number of Woman Clerkships filed by Open Competition will be diminished -FEMALE TELEGRAPH LEARNERSHIPS Hours of Attendance -Mondays and Thursdays 10 to Practice Class Mapping Writing Arithmetic &c Thursday 15 to 45 Fees Two attendances per week £1 155 for one period of 10 weeks £3 35 for two periods Including Practice Class £2 65 for one period £4 35 for two Subjects of Examination -Handwriting Orthography Eng- lish Composition Arithmetic including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions and Percentages Geography General Other Regulations -Candidates must be unmarried and between 15 and 18 years of age Examinations are usually held in May and December Successful candidates undergo three months' instruction during which they receive no pay Telegraph Learners are employed hours day Safaries -Matron £200-£10-£300 Supervisors £160 -£8-£200 rise to £250 Assistant Supervisors £120- £6 £160 and £100-£5-£120 Telegraphists 1st class 305 week rising each year 15 6d week to 385 week Telegraphists 2nd class 105 125 145 and then increasing by 15 6d week per year to 305