Mr. Fawcett kept his promise honourably, and on June 18, 1881, his scheme for improved pay and revised classification, covering both the telegraph and postal sides of the service, was issued. It was then seen how stupendous must have been his task. While a threatening and angry crowd without were demanding immediate redress, he was now patiently and busily preparing proposals for their contentment, and now battling with the Treasury on their behalf, and to get those proposals accepted. He had accomplished a great task, and in the circumstances the telegraphists felt that deep gratitude was due to him. As he had been the very first to deal with the postal side of the question from a truly statesmanlike point of view, so he had been the first to approach the telegraphist difficulty in the same manner. The application of the Fawcett scheme to the telegraphists brought them immediate and material benefits, and gave them a status and a better-defined position as Government servants. The defects of the late Scudamore scheme were greatly diminished, but, needless to say, the improved scale of pay was even better appreciated than the improved prospects of promotion, while a more equitable rate of payment for overtime, and a reduction of night attendance to seven hours, payment for Christmas Day and Good Friday, constituted the more acceptable features of Mr. Fawcett’s measure for the telegraphists. FAWCETT SCHEME, 1881 (TELEGRAPHISTS) PROVINCES MALES. FEMALES. _Second Class._ _Second Class._ 12/-, 14/-, 16/-, by 1/6 to 12/-, 14/-, 16/-, by 1/6 to 30/-, 33/-, 36/-, or 38/-, 23/-, 24/-, 25/-, or 26/-, according to class of office. according to class of office. _First Class._ _First Class._ 40/-, by 2/- to 50/-. 27/-, by 1/6 to 32/-. LONDON MALES. FEMALES. _Second Class._ _Second Class._ 12/-, 14/-, 16/-, £45, by £5 10/-, 12/-, 14/-, by 1/- to to £100. 17/-; then by 1/6 to 27/-. _First Class._ _First Class._ £110, by £6 to £140. 28/-, by 1/6 to 34/-. _Senior Class._ £150, by £8 to £190.