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7 P.M. in summer, with one and a half hours for meals ; in the 

 winter the men work only from daylight to sunset, but their pay is 

 not reduced. 



PAYMENT OF OPERATORS 



Girls are taken between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four 

 only. After a month or two of probation and a successful 

 examination in common subjects, they begin with 22.$-. \d. per 

 month, with four hours per day duty. The next step is to 385-. %d. 

 per month, with six hours' daily duty. The maximum to an 

 ordinary operator, attained after five years' service, is 555-. ;</. per 

 month. The day's duty never exceeds six hours. Night and 

 Sunday duty, for which extra payment is given, is performed by 

 the girls. The chief operators, of course, receive better pay still, 

 but it is subject to no rules. 



STATISTICS, &c. 



ACCOUNTS OF THE AARHUS TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR 1893 



i krone 



i/. = kr.i8-2 



Kr. 39,114 29 



Kr. 



39,114 29 



