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Contents.

INTRODUCTION.

Great Need of Employment by Persons of all Classes-Causes of
Pauperism-Prejudicial Land Laws-Primogeniture and Entail-
Parents not Obliged to Provide for their Families-Inadequate Re-
muneration of Clergy, Army, Navy, &c.-Caste Prejudices-Impru-
dent Marriages-Unthriftiness-An Irresponsible Landed Aristo-
cracy" Hereditary Wealth and Hereditary Pauperism "-Abolition
of Primogeniture and Entail--The French Land Laws-Peasant
Proprietorship-Small Farms-Free Trade in Land-Diminution of
Pauperism-Wealth more equally Distributed-Labour better Paid-
Exorbitant Rentals-Home Life-Poverty of Our Clergy-Church
Revenues-Unequal Distribution-Average Stipends of Archbishops,
Bishops, &c.-Our Army and Navy Miserably Under-paid-"Coming
on the Rates "- - Increased Taxation "Caste Prejudices "— Evil
Tendency of-Respect due to Labour-Equality-Moral Heredity-
Pedigrees-On Choosing an Employment-Provision for Sickness
and Old Age-All Work Honourable-Unthriftiness-Meaning of
"Thrift"-Ireland, Prohibition of Manufactures Cause of Pauperism
-Tobacco Culture-Our Workhouse System - The Creation of
Paupers Marriage-Marrying for Position-Husbands as "Bread-
winning Machines "-An Ill-assorted Pair-" Breach of Promise
Damages-The "Wrongs of Man v. "The Rights of Women
Woman's Sphere-Our Royal Family-The Princess Alice--Conclu-
sion.

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REMUNERATIVE INVESTMENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR LADIES
WITH SMALL CAPITAL.

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Ladies with Children or Relatives to Maintain: Keeping "a Home to-
together"-Caution as to Investments-"High Interest, Bad Security'
-Shares in Public Companies-Company Promoters-Good and Bad
Company Promoting generally-Directors with "Handles" to their
Names-Safe Investments-Government, Colonial, Foreign, and
other Securities-Advice as to Investments-When to Buy-Ladies
with very Small Capital-Necessity of Sinking it in some Business
or Occupation
Ladies and Preparatory Schools-School Keeping Remunerative—Boys
the most Profitable-Advice as to Starting One-Teachers-Servants
-Housetaking-Training-Management, &c.
Letting Furnished Houses or Apartments-Taking Boarders, &c.—What
to Avoid-Partnerships-Buying Boarding-houses-Advice as to
Starting-Letting Furnished Apartments-Profit and Loss-Neigh-
bourhood to be Chosen-Localities to Avoid-Rent, Taxes, Premiums
-Living out of Town-The West End-Season Letting-Good
Neighbourhoods-Sea-side Resorts

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Taking or Buying Houses-Building Societies-Necessity of Employing
Solicitors and Surveyors-Ventilation, Drainage, Water Supply-
Soil-Repairing Leases-Caution as to Under Leases-Liabilities-
Building Societies-How to Buy a House with the Rent--How to
Speculate in Houses--Large Fortunes and Little Outlay
Furnishing Inexpensively-The Hire System-Buying Secondhand-East
End Manufacturers-The Hire System Dangerous-What to Avoid-
A Solicitor Necessary--Swindlers

Country Occupations-Nursery and Market Gardening Profitable-How

to Sell Produce-The Gardeners' Magazine-Amateur Gardening-

Exchange and Mart-Flowers for Church Decoration - Perfume.

Distilleries-Sunflowers Profitable-Kitchen Gardens - Fruit Cul-

ture-Jam-Pickles - Home Made Wines--Beet Root Growing for

Sugar Manufacture--Profits from Beets-The Lavenham Sugar

Mills, &c.

Tobacco Culture: Most Profitable in Ireland-Conditions most favour-
able to-Enormous Profits Realised-Where Grown, &c.

Flax Growing: Profitable for Linseed Oil and Oil Cake-Stock Feeding

Purposes

Reekeeping as a Business-American Bee Farming-Enormous Profits;

How they are made Latest Scientific Invention-Mr. Hoge, the

largest American Bee Cultivator-Increasing Demand for Honey-

Used in Breweries

Cottage Farming-Poultry Rearing: Pigs, Rabbits, Goats, &c.-Cost of

Starting a 10-acre Farm-Profits to be made-Crops-Labour

Employed-Fancy Stock Profitable-Pheasant Rearing-Mushroom

Growing

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Public Elementary Schools (New Code): School Board Appointments-
Salaries and Pensions-London School Board Appointments.
Examiners of Needlework-Needlework Stocktakers Needlework
Cutters Out-Superintendents of Method Instructors of Cookery-
Instructors of the Blind-Superintendents of Physical Education-
Head and Assistant Mistresses-Pupil Teachers and Candidates -
Lady Visitors
Definition of term " Public Elementary School” (English and Scotch
Elementary Education Acts): Conditions to be fulfilled in order to
obtain Parliamentary Grant-Schools open to all Classes and all
Creeds-Cost of Education Religious Instruction-Amounts of
Annual Grants made to Public Elementary Schools of all Denomi-
nations in England, Wales, and Scotland
"Payments by Results" (Necessity of)
Responsibility of the Department for Outlay of Public Money:
Inspectors' Examinations-Standards-Subjects of Instruction for
which Grants are made

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Reports of H. M. Inspectors-List of Training Colleges under Inspection,
with Cost of Training
Scotland-Public Elementary Schools Teachers Salaries-Training Col-
leges-Excellence of Education--List of those under Inspection-
Report of H.M.S. Inspector

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Great demand for Ladies as Instructors in Public Elementary Schools-
Government Grant to Schools Teaching Cookery-4,000 Teachers
required-Liberal Remuneration under London School Board-
Ladies employed by Training Schools: Qualifications of, and advice
to Teachers of Cookery-The National Training School of Cookery-
Cost of Instruction

The Northern Union of Training Schools for Cookery, founded by H. R. H.

the late Duke of Albany

Liverpool Training School

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Returners-Salaries-Superintendents of-1st and 2nd Class
Telegraphists-Salaries-Matrons (over)--Supervisors of Telegraphists
--1st and 2nd Class Telegraphists Counterwomen
Sorters-Salaries

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"Post Office Clerks"-How to Obtain an Appointment-Preliminary
Examination and Qualifications-Salaries
"Returners"-No Fresh Examination Required-Salaries of-Age for
Competition...
"Telegraphists"-Competitive Examination Subjects to be Proficient
in-Salaries of Post Office School of Telegraphy, Description of
Lady Sorters"-Examinations-Salaries

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Work of a Prison Officer A Mission-Humanity Required
Causes of Crime-Moral Heredity-Pauperism--Sir Edmund Du Kane
on Convict Prisons-Prison Appointments: How Obtainable

Salaries of Female Prison Officials in England and Wales-Lady Superin-

tendents, Matrons, Chief Warders, Warders, &c.-Duties of Officers-

Appointments and Promotions-Educational Qualifications and

Examinations for Appointments...

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Specimen of Enquiry made by Civil Service Commissioners as to Charac-
ter of Applicants for Appointments-Pensions

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