========================+=================+================ | Wage Under the | Wage Under the Age of the Telegraphist | Fawcett Scheme | Raikes Scheme Years | $ | $ ------------------------+-----------------+---------------- 16 | 4.00 | 3.50 17 | 4.37 | 4.50 18 | 4.75 | 5.00 19 | 5.12 | 5.50 20 | 5.50 | 6.00 21 | 5.87 | 6.50 22 | 6.25 | 7.00 23 | 6.62 | 7.50 24 | 7.00 | 8.00 25 | 7.37 | 8.50 26 | 7.75 | 9.00 27 | 8.12 | 9.50 28 | 8.50 | 10.00 29 | 8.87 | 10.00 30 | 9.25 | 10.00 31 | 9.50 | 10.00 ========================+=================+================ [145] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 1, 1890, p. 1,623 and following; April 17, 1891, p. 883; and August 1, 1891, p. 1,059 and following. [146] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 11,706. [147] _Who's Who_, 1903, Compton, family name of Marquis of Northampton. Northampton, 5th Marquis of, Wm. Geo. Spencer Scott Compton; was in Diplomatic Service; Private Secretary to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Earl Cowper), 1880 to 1882; Member of Parliament (G. L.) 1889 to 1897; owns about 23,600 acres. [148] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, April 15, 1890, p. 581 and following. [149] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, July 31, 1890, p. 1,441. [150] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, April 17, 1891, p. 851 and following. [151] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 1, 1891, p. 1,059 and following. [152] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, February 18, 1898, p. 1,109. S. Woods quotes as follows from the circular issued by the Fawcett Association in June, 1892: "Will you, in the event of being elected a Member of Parliament, support a motion for the appointment of a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Post Office Service, such as was advocated by Earl Compton, and largely supported during the recent Session of the House of Commons?" [153] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 14, 1892, p. 1,123 and following. [154] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, June 20, 1892, p. 1,565 and following. [155] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 28, 1893, p. 1,218. [156] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, May 17, 1895, p. 1,455, Sir A. K. Rollit, one of the most aggressive champions of the demands of the civil servants.