worker, to see that the ventilation and sanitary provisions are good, that the hours of work and the holidays are in accordance with Government requirements, and that the special provisions for children and young persons are carried out. No young person (boy or girl under eighteen) may work at night, nor for more than 5512 hours a week in a textile factory. The salary for the ordinary Factory Inspector is £200, rising by annual instalments to £300. The Senior Inspectors begin with £300 and rise to £400. Travelling expenses also are allowed. There are seventeen women Factory Inspectors, of whom the distinguished head is Miss A. M. Anderson, a clever, capable woman of great tact and firmness, with the saving sense of humour and the fine knowledge of human nature so absolutely indispensable in a calling of this sort.
The Home Office has appointed a Lady Inspector of Prisons and a Lady Sub-inspector of Industrial Schools. There are also six women Probation Officers who work in connection with the Juvenile Courts in London, under the Probation of Offenders Act of 1907. Under the Education Office there are twenty-five women Inspectors of Education, their Chief being the Hon. Maude Lawrence. These Inspectors look after the education of children and the training of teachers in
