(8) Perforating (in same room).
(9) Machine ruling.
The number of women at each process in the part of factory seen were as follows:—
(1) About 27, (2) 30, (3) 1, (4) 4 stamping, (5) about 8, (6) 3 and 1 sample packer (probably many more), (7) 4 sewing, 1 looking over, 2 hanging about, (8) 1, (9) 4.
There are 42 other workers who are all older hands.
The girls employed in (1) are a superior grade to those in (2) and will not mix at all. Wages about the same. (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) are more or less same grade as (1); (9) are lower than (2).
REGULARITY.—The work here is steady all the year round.
HEALTH.—All the girls are healthy, and the work is quite healthy.
HOURS.—They work 51 hours per week.
PROSPECTS.—Envelope hand folders can rise to be cementers or forewomen (envelope hand folders being themselves a superior class to machine folders or machine rulers); packers can rise to be sample packers.