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The total of all salaries at the rates paid at the end of the year was £357,834: this amount includes the salaries of pupil-teachers and sewingmistresses, as well as all salaries and allowances paid to adult teachers: the average salary per teacher (including those named) was therefore ,£93 15s. sd. This amount is lower by 14s. sd. than the corresponding amount in December, 1898. If we excluded sewing-mistresses, and house-allowance paid to teachers where school houses are not provided, the average salary for all teachers would appear as £96 14s. 3d. This is probably a truer estimate than the first figure. The scales of salaries current in the various districts present an even greater variety than the modes of staffing; for instance, the salary payable to the sole teacher of a school with 20 in average attendance varies from .£7O to £115; the salaries payable to the head-teachers of schools of 600 range from £258 to £375 a year ; to the first assistant mistress in a small school, from £42 to £85 ; to the first male assistant in a large school, from £175 to £265, &c.

TABLE L.—Salaries of Teachers, December, 1899.

The total number of adult teachers (exclusive of sewing-mistresses) employed in the public schools of the colony was 2,592, of whom 2,345 were holders of certificates, 17 others had passed the certificate examination, 64 had gained a partial pass, 28 had failed, and 138 had never been examined by the Department.

TABLE M.—Teachers, Certificated and Uncertificated, 31st December, 1899. (Numbers in brackets represent licensed teachers included in other numbers.)

Under £100. Education Districts. Sewing- Pupil- Other mistresses, teachers. Teachers. £100 and under £200. £200 and under £300. £300 and under £400. £400 and upwards (Maximum, £504). Number of Teachers. Total of Bates of Salary, December, 1899. mckland.. taranaki Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay larlborough Telson Irey Vestland.. Jorth Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. )tago Southland 80 23 12 °*6 239 32 110 175 94 15 54 13 10 117 29 82 52 229 36 47 109 36 54 94 29 34 147 37 142 29 266 41 102 78 72 18 54 13 11 207 68 193 147 41 4 21 49 15 2 5 3 2 25 5 54 11 13 1 9 3 "2 1 1 869 136 281 432 221 95 209 58 57 544 152 518 240 £ s. d 74,489 0 0 10,219 12 0 28,701 16 0 39,709 19 0 21,521 10 11 5,750 2 5 16,036 0 0 4,290 0 0 4,196 18 1 53,559 9 8 14,268 14 0 58,361 1 3 26,729 16 0 35 11 31 12 2 15 1 1 1 Totals for 1899 198 1,022 1,023 1,270 237 58 4 3,812 357,833 19 4 Totals for 1898 2,243 2,256 1,292 239 64 4 3,855 364,273 6 4 Difference -13 -22 -2 -6 -43 -6,439 7 0

Education Districts. ■a . Id si I" s m o Pupil-teachers having Certificates, not included in Column headed " Certificated Teachers." Auckland .. Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury Otago Southland 522 76 153 211 108 36 109t 38 29 378 109 400 176 1 1 2 1 2 1 13 [1] 7 9[1] 2 3 7[1] 2[1] 12 [1] 3[1] 3 3[1] 1 5 1 4 [2] 1 9[1] 2 10 [2] 3 5 22 12 [2] 33* 29* 4 15 2 550 81 171 245 127 74 155 45 47 392 112 405 188 74 17 34 9 2 6 1 4 5 4 i' *3 3 Total for 1899 Total for 1898 Total for 1897 Total for 1896 Total for 1895 Total for 1894 Total for 1893 Total for 1892 Total for 1891 2,345 2,325 2,244 2,179 2,084 1,984 1,914 1,826 1,753 2 3 2 1 5 5 4 6 7 15 28 20 17 24 24 22 19 17 64 [6] 55 [3] 92 [5] 96 [15] 90 [14] 85 88 94 107 28 [4] 42 [6] 45 [6] 42 [5] 36 [4] 42 48 54 58 138 [4] 145 [4] 146 [3] 134 [5] 127 [5] 120 125 131 132 2,592 2,598 2,549 2,469 2,366 2,260 2,201 2,130 2,074 150 175 111 106 ♦ In Marlborough and Nelson ire many small household schools. t Includes one general kindergarten instructor.