This firm was the first in Leeds to introduce girls as layers-on for letter-press and litho machines. That was about twenty years ago. The reason was that it was impossible to apprentice the number of boys required. The Trade Union regulation about the proportion of apprentices to journeymen is very strictly enforced, and it was not fair to employ boys and simply turn them off when they got older; so girls were employed, and now the majority of layers-on are girls. They do the work, on the whole, better than boys, and they are steadier. MACHINERY.--Machinery is continually being introduced and more women are being employed in spite of the fact that the machines do work so much more quickly. Production is made cheaper and so the demand is greater. HOME WORK.--No home work is given out. _Relief Stamping Firms. General Summary._ We have information about twenty-one houses where women are employed at stamping (covering over 300 women). TRAINING.--Out of these nine have a regular system of training, four do not take apprentices, having found them more trouble than they were worth; three have no settled system, while three refused to furnish information on the subject. In four cases indentures were signed, and there were two cases of premiums, in one of which £2 was paid, to be returned with 5 per cent. interest after three years; in the other, £10--with variations. "It varies with the girl," we were told. "Sometimes girls with very respectable parents like to pay a premium, in other cases it is waived." In eight out of the nine houses where there is a regular system of training, the girls serve an apprenticeship varying from two to three years. They begin by a few shillings pocket-money and go on to receive a part of what they make at piece work rates. In one house they gave from two weeks to two months for nothing, during which time their earnings went to the forewoman who taught them. The following are some of the systems of payment during training:-- (1) 1st year (employed in warehouse), 3_s._; 2nd year, half earnings, piece, with 4_s._ per month pocket-money; 3rd year, three-quarter earnings, with 4_s._ per month pocket-money. (2) 1st year, 5_s._; 2nd year, 6_s._ 6_d._; 3rd year, 8_s._ (3) 2_s._ 6_d._ for first 6 months; rising 1_s._ every 3 months, till 8_s._ 6_d._ is reached. (4) Start at 2_s._ 6_d._; rise to 10_s._ during training. (5) 1st year, half earnings; 2nd year, three-quarter earnings. (6) 3_s._ or 4_s._ first 6 months; 5_s._ second 6 months; then 6_s._ for 2nd year. (7) Pay £2 premium. Put on piece work almost at once and receive what they make. Premiums returned with 5 per cent. interest after 3 years. (8) 3 months, nothing; 3 months, 2_s._ per week; next 3 months, 3_s._; next, 4_s._; so on till 8_s._