Originally published in 1923, this thorough and critical volume collected and analysed material bearing on the UK Government practice during the early part of the 20^th Century in settling wages in 4 key government departments.  A substantial introduction indicates the constitutional aspect of the problem and its relation to economic theory on the subject of wages. The book discusses developments in Government wage negotiations and provides a comparison with methods of other countires. The changes of the First World War period are summarized in Chapter 5.