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Table K1.—Number and Value of Education Board Scholarships.

District High Schools. There has been a very considerable increase in the attendance of pupils at district high schools. In 1905 there was an increase of 561 qualified pupils, or, to put it in other words, the attendance at the secondary departments of these schools increased by 25 per cent. The amount paid by the Government on this account during the year exceeded that for 1904 by £3,284 ss. 2d. Fifty-nine district high schools were in operation, as compared with 52 for the previous year.

Table K2.—Staff, Salaries, Attendance, and Payments at District High Schools.

Secondary Schools. The income of the subsidised or endowed secondary schools for 1905 from school fees, not including fees for boarding, was about £23,291; from rents and interest, about £28,168; from endowments administered by the School Commissioners, about £3,952; and from payments made by Government, about £14,138. The principal item of expenditure was for salaries—£4s,Bls. As the Moseley Commission reported, in regard to the secondary schools of the United States, that, though a marvellous amount of money is being spent on buildings and equipment, yet adequate salaries are not being paid to those who are giving the instruction, it may be of interest to make a comparison between the salaries paid in the two countries. In Indiana and New York States the average salary of a high-school teacher is £145; in New Zealand, principals—men, £468; women, £354 ; assistants —men, £236; women, £138. In twenty-eight large cities of the Union, where the. schools are also very large, the salaries of principals range from £350 to £800. In the four chief towns in this colony, from £500 to £800 for men, and £300 to £450 for women.

Number Period Boards' Education Districts. ™*£ Boys. Girls. of 1905. i enure. m lg06 I j j Annual Value, &c. Auckland Taranaki 85 16 64 8 21 8 Years. 3 2 £ s. d. 1,823 1 10 307 15 6 9 at £30; 25 at £25; 15 at £20; 36 at £15. 4 at £35; 1 at £33 13s.; 1 at £22 10--.; 1 at £14 ; 9 at £10. 12 at £40; 9 at £15 ; 2 at £10. 10 at £35 ; 3 at £18 18s.; 35 at £15. 12 at £30: 1 at £16; 1 at £15 ; 1 at £10; 2 at £8 8s.; 1 at £7 10s.; 8 at £2 10s.; 3 at £2 2s. 2 at £35 ; 1 at £25; 3 at £10. 6 at £40; 1 at £25 ; 3 at £7; 20 at £1 5s. 1 at £26 ; 2 at £8. 2 at £24 ; 1 at £12; 2 at £4. 21 at £40; 17 at £20. 4 at £25; 4 at £22 10s.; 1 at £13 10s.; 8 at £7 10s.; 11 at £5. 4 at £40 ; 9 at £30 ; 8 at £25 ; 6 at £20 ; 3 at £12 10s.; 11 at £10: 21 at £7 10s. 8 at £35; 9 at £30 ; 1 at £15 ; 3 at £5. Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 23 48 29 10 24 15 13 24 14 Varies 2 2 641 17 6 966 3 4 490 13 0 Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury 6 30 3 5 38 2,8 3 17 2 3 20 20 3 13 1 . 2 18 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 125 0 0 345 8 6 62 4 6 68 0 0 1,121 9 5 328 18 1 Otago 62 41 21 Varies 1,130 5 6 Southland 21 1ft 6 Varies 602 9 4 Totals, 1905.. Totals 1904.. 394 354 242 210 152 144 8,013 6 6 8,260 1 9

Education District. So a-3 O oi 4 in Salaries. Paii Number of Pupils. Capitation. Amount paid by Government to F.ducation Boards during the Year. Grants in Aid. Total. M. F. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui .. Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson 9 1 5 9 4 8 1 1 9 4 10 3 16 4 11 21 6 4 3 6 20 11 28 7 £ s. d. 2,019 15 0 412 15 4 • 1,197 17 0 2,119 6 4 1,024 0 0 604 7 0 276 14 5 375 0 0 2,389 5 11 986 0 0 1,829 0 6 620 2 1 187 38 176 295 107 49 9 19 282 94 209 44 181 24 117 291 125 59 8 20 188 101 182 67 368 62 293* 586f 232 108 17 39 470 195 391 111 £ s. d. 1,693 0 0 322 5 0 946 15 0 1,908 0 0 890 0 0 389 10 0 143 10 0 208 5 0 2,127 18 4 834 10 0 1,633 15 0 471 15 0 £ s. d. 262 10 0 30 0 0 184 0 0 306 3 0 120 0 0 90 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 290 18 0 112 10 0 300 0 0 90 0 0 £ s. d. 1,955 10 0 352 5 0 1,130 ia 0 2,214 3 0 1,010 0 0 479 10 0 173 10 0 238 5 0 2,418 16 4 947 0 0 1,933 15 0 561 15 0 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland .. Totals for 1905 1904 59 52 137 117 13,854 3 7 11,033 9 11 1,509 1,207 1,363 1,123 2,872 2,330 11,569 3 4 8,675 3 11 1,846 1 0 1,455 15 3 13,415 4 4 10,130 19 2 * Including 21 boys and 7 girls who had not passed Standard VI. t Including 1 boy and 5 girls who had not passed Standard VI.