The Right Hon. A.H.  Dyke Acland said in his evidence before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service that he did not see why at the Board of Education the same sort of women who become good inspectors and headmistresses should not take part in the administrative work of the office.

Scotch Education Department

The first Woman Inspector was appointed by the Scotch Education Department in 1902, and two others were appointed in 1910.  Their scale of salary is L200-15-L400.  They are strictly specialist inspectors for domestic economy subjects, cookery, laundry, etc., for which they have qualifications including experience in teaching and inspecting such subjects.

Specially qualified women are occasionally employed by the Department to inspect girls’ schools, and are paid a fee according to the time occupied.

National Education Board, Ireland

Two Women Inspectors are employed by the Irish National Education Board.  Their salary is L150-10-L300, the same as that of Men Junior Inspectors; Men Senior Inspectors receive L300-20-L700.

There are two Women Organisers, whose duty it is to organise weak schools.

There are also 14 Organisers of Domestic Economy; their work is similar to that of Inspectors; they travel about and have authority in the schools; they do not inspect general subjects, but confine themselves to cookery, laundry and domestic science.

There are also six Women Organisers of Kindergarten.

The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.

This Department has recently employed a few women upon various kinds of scientific work.  Three women are appointed as Assistant Naturalists in the Fishery Branch, at a salary of L150 per annum, and two as Junior Assistant Naturalists at L2 per week.  They are appointed on the nomination of the President, without examination, but they must possess the necessary scientific qualifications and have taken a recognised course of study.  These posts are non-pensionable.  The Fishery Branch deals with questions relating to the natural history and diseases of fish, fish-hatcheries and laboratories, the protection of undersized fish, the effect of methods of capture, international investigations, and grants in aid of fishery research.  The women are engaged upon the same work as men, except that they do not write technical reports and are not liable to be called upon for sea duty.

In the Herbarium and Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew there are two Women Assistants at L150-10-L300 (the Men Assistants’ scale is L150-15-L300).  Scientific qualifications are required for these posts, and there is an examination by the Civil Service Commission.  The Library is maintained for official consultative work, to supply the basis of an accurate nomenclature throughout the establishment and as an aid to research.  The Herbarium aims at representing the entire vegetation