E.—l.

The increase in the number of teachers for the year is 86, and the average number of pupils for one teacher has fallen from 317 to 30 - 6. The pupilteachers constitute nearly one-third of the whole staff. The women largely outnumber the men, but the difference (576) is all accounted for in the proportion obtaining between the sexes in the ranks of the pupil-teachers. The additions to the staff above the rank of pupil-teacher show that women are being preferred, the increments for the year in the number of men and women respectively being 9 and 59.

TABLE K.—School Staff, December, 1893.

Table L shows that the increase in the number of teachers lies almost wholly in those that receive the smallest salaries. The whole increase is 86, and the increase in the number of teachers receiving less than ,£lOO a year each is 83. The average salary is declining. At the end of 1892 it was £94 Bs. 10d.; at the end of 1893 it had. fallen to £93 Bs. sd. The rates for eight years in succession are—£96 15s. 9d.; £96 9s. Id.; £92 13s. 4d. ; £96 10s. lid.; £94 10s. sd. ; £94 2s. 6d. ; £94 Bs. 10d.; £93 Bs. sd.

TABLE L.—Salaries of Teachers, December, 1893.

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Education Districts. Principal. Head oJ School. Head ol Department. Sole Teachers. Assistant PupilTeachers, teachers. Total. a jj 1 fi til I M. F. M. P. M. F. M. P. M. P. M. F. M. F. All. ! Auckland Taranaki Wangauui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 1 2 1 1 1 116 17 42 43 23 7 27 7 8 80 24 81 33 16 1 4 10 7 1 10 1 1 4 2 'i 2 2 1 1 72 13 35* 17 7 14 16 4 9 37 16 58 43 90 17 22* 22 17 23 45 11 12 30 14 63 29 25 3 11 28 12 2 7 1 3 38 10 53 11 117 7 26 54 27 10 28 9 11 126 20 139 13 71 3 21 10 11 2 5 3 4 57 10 31 10 193 26 50 120 65 9 29 18 18 134 40 72 51 284 37 109 98 55 26 56 17 24 241 64 .223 111 416 52 102 204 118 45 113 40 42 326 80 274 109 700 89 211 302 173 71 169 57 66 567 144 497 220 19,649 2,471 6,449 9,713 5,349 1,542 4,256 1,388 1,370 17,302 4,234 18,744 7,405 28-07 27-76 30-56 32-16 30-91 21-71 25-18 24-35 20-75 30-51 29-40 37-71 33-65 47 23 k *3 'i 1 50 17 14 28 4 1 32 4 14 2 14 Totals for 1893 Totals for 1892 52 52 508 490 59 50 2 2 I I I 238 258 825! 787 I I i 99,872' 100,917 i ' 30-6 31-7 160 160 57 57 341 350 395 J 360 J204 i 204 , ;585 j5 70 1,845 1,356 l,92l| 1,824' l3,266| '3,180; Difference 18 9 -9 35 ! I 15 I -20 -l,045J 38 -11 97 86 * Includes one vacancy.

Education Districts. Sewing- Pupil- Other mistresses, teachers. Teachers. Under £100. £100 and £200 and under under £200. £300. ■"SK* S Num f ber 7m < M ™ m ' Teachers. Total of Bates of Salary, December, 1893. Auckland .. Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 47 23 "e "3 264 29 71 130 76 11 34 21 20 191 50 103 61 180 31 41 58 24 41 70 19 32 144 21 124 19 210 28 80 74 53 16 57 14 11 186 67 199 129 34 1 19 32 16 2 7 3 2 33 4 57 II 10 8 3 1 1 2 1 747 112 211 307 173 74 169 57 67 617 161 511 220 £ 8. d. 63,131 0 0 7,446 10 0 21,542 2 6 29,212 14 0 17,115 15 5 5,296 8 4 14,407 0 0 4,620 0 0 4,824 18 3 55,928 1 0 13,846 0 0 59,672 12 0 23,015 8 6 Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Otago Southland 1 50 17 14 11 2 13 1 2 1 Totals for 1893 160 1,061 804 1,124 221 49 7 3,426 320,058 5 0 Totals for 1892 2,025 1,942 1,111 221 61 5 3,340 315,447 3 1 Difference 83 13 I -12 I 2 86 4,611 1 11