SKILL.--Intelligence is required for numbering, or else valuable material is spoilt, _e.g._, the other day a girl, who was six months out of her time, never changed when she came to the 1,000 and so spoilt the work, as one figure came out darker. Three numbers are harder to do than two or four. The firm had tried to take two girls from the blocking work and teach them numbering, but it was no good, they were not intelligent enough. HOURS.--The hours worked are from 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m., with one hour for dinner, ten minutes for lunch, and ten minutes for tea; on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PROSPECTS.--The girls can rise to be forewomen. 19. I., _Stationery and Stamping Firm in London. Employee's Evidence_. WORK.--Stamping, plain and relief, including tradesmen's cards, notepaper, Christmas cards, etc. REGULARITY.--The work here is regular, because they work for the trade. SKILL.--The girls need arm strength. Artistic taste is also required. Some never make good stampers on account of deficiency in taste. MACHINERY.--Machinery has not displaced women. HOURS.--The hours worked are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with one hour for dinner, and half an hour for tea; on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PROSPECTS.--Girls may rise to forewomen. "There is a little girl of fifteen now, who has only been here a year, and the other day Mr. I. (who does not say things when he does not mean them) told her that she would rise to be forewoman one day. She is very good at her work and knows how things should look." GENERAL.--The girls are very comfortable here. They have a room to themselves upstairs, and a dining room and a stove to cook on. 20. F., _Stationery Firm in London. Employee's Evidence_. WORK.--(1) Envelope folding, which includes creasing, gumming, and shuffling. (2) Envelope cementing. (3) Plain stamping. (4) Relief stamping. (5) Looking over and packing. REGULARITY.--Slack times vary in different houses. "You never can tell," but summer, as a rule, is slack. Last summer there was very little work all July and August at C. and D. and F. She made only 8_d._ or 9_d._ a day sometimes. HOURS.--At C. and D. the hours worked are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with one and a-half hours for meals; at E., from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., with one and a-half hours for meals on Monday and Tuesday; from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., with one and a-half hours for meals on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. MACHINERY.--Machinery has not taken work from women. GENERAL.--She remarked that G. was "a dreadful place." The girls cried because there was no work. 21. X., _Stamping Firm in London. Employee's Evidence_.