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 of 278 clerks, of whom 21 are in the first class.

The Accountants Offices are the only ones in Edinburgh and Dublin which employ women as Clerks.  In Dublin there is 1 Superintendent at L210-10-L250 and 2 Assistant Superintendents at L150-10-L170.  Of the staff of 61 clerks, 7 are first class.  In Edinburgh there is 1 Superintendent at L200-10-L250, and 1 Assistant Superintendent at L150-10-L190.  Of the staff of 69, 8 are in the first class.

In consequence of the employment of so large a number of women, the General Post Office found it necessary many years ago to employ a Woman Medical Officer.  The present holder of this office receives a salary of L350-20-L500.  She has the help of two Assistants, whose salary is L180-15-L300.

A few posts which may properly be deemed “higher” are also open to Women Counter Clerks and Telegraphists.  In the London Postal District there are 3 Supervisors at L180-10-L250, 50 Assistant Supervisors (first class) at L140-6-L170 and 61 Assistant Supervisors (second class) at L115-5-L130.

In the Central Telegraph Office the Chief Supervisor of Women Telegraphists receives a salary of L180-10-L300 (not a large salary for supervising a staff numbering nearly 1,000), the 13 Supervisors receive L180-10-L250, and the 35 Assistant Supervisors L140-6-L170.

The Postal District and Telegraph Offices in Dublin and Edinburgh have each one Woman Supervisor of Counter and Telegraph Clerks at L140-6-L875.  In Dublin there are 12 and in Edinburgh 6 Assistants at L110-5-L135.  There are also a number of Supervisors in the provinces whose rates of pay vary from L149-6-L175 to L115-5-L135, according to the size of the district.

The Telephone Service also offers a few important posts to women.  In the London Telephone Service a Woman Superintendent is appointed at L200-10-L300, 9 Supervisors at L159-6-L190, and 40 Assistant Supervisors at L110-5-L145.  There are about 3,600 Women Telephonists employed within the London postal area.  The salaries of Supervisors in the provinces vary from L125-5-L150 to L105-5-L120, according to the size of the district.

The variety of work, which is now efficiently performed by women in the various departments above enumerated, seems to prove conclusively that when other branches are opened to them they will be equally successful.

In the statements recently submitted to the Royal Commission of the Civil Service on behalf of various women’s organisations, the reasons for throwing open to women the more highly paid and responsible posts were admirably set forth.