E.—l.

The proportion of male pupil-teachers has steadily risen during the last five years. In 1902, the ratio of male pupil-teachers to female pupil-teachers was 1 to 4-22; in 1903, it was 1 to 3-76; in 1904, 1 to 3-51; in 1905, 1 to 3-50; in 1906, Ito 339; and in 1907, 1 to 2-77. In other words, while the number of male pupil-teachers has increased by 20 per cent, (172 in 1907, as against 143 in 1902), the number of female pupil-teachers has decreased by about 29 per cent. (478 in 1907, as compared with 604 in 1902). The total of all salaries and allowances at the rates paid at the end of the year was £499,418. This includes the salaries and lodging-allowances of pupilteachers, as well as all salaries and house-allowances paid to adult teachers; the average rate per teacher, including pupil-teachers, was, therefore, £126 175.1d. A fairer idea could probably be gained by excluding teachers in grade " 0 " schools, and pupil-teachers, and by deducting all allowances in the case of adult teachers : it is then found that the average net salary of an adult male teacher was, in December, 1907, £192 9s. 3d., as compared with £189 18s. 2d. in 1906; average salary per woman teacher, £115 os. 3d., as against £116 7s. 3d.; average salary for all'adults, £148 17s. 7d., as against £149 3s. 7d. per teacher. In addition to the teachers shown in Table El, several Boards employed relieving-teachers, w'hose numbers and rates of salary are given in Table 1 in the Appendix.

TABLE E2.-Teachers, Certificated and Uncertificated, 31st December, 1907.

Table E3.—Holders of Teachers' Certificates in the Service of Education Boards at 31st December, 1907.

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Certificate' Unce: -tificated. Districts. 43 U r- 0 ex •*$ CO _i •A 9 OnA S 9 pH H O a) » £ CD fi 28 k3 £ >,> a >hS CD 2 o^O* - * « 5 Jo-JUgS O o go.S °" «e D, r _3 CD 9 A r A Q tH^ga o a co fi.2 » £ 3 3 ■5 « 3 o EH *3 O H TJ a cd M 8 "3 o H Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 576 85 213 268 147 26 99 25 16 349 106 364 148 3 579 85 213 268 150 26 101 25 18 352 107 364 148 41 6 15 21 6 8 14 2 4 17 8 17 19 21 18 20 14 2 8 10 8 2 9 3 20 11 120 16 65 32 40 42 41 18 20 20 7 51 73 182 35 100 67 48 58 65 23 26 46 18 94 103 761 120 313 335 198 84 166 48 44 398 125 453 251 3 2 2 3 1 Total for 1907 Total for 1906 Total for 1905 Total for 1904 2,422 2,412 2,460 2,467 14 6 13 23 2,436 2,418 2,473 2,490 178 227 270 50 142 134 90 205 545 428 320 349 865 789 680 604 3,301 3,207 3,153 3,094

(Arranged accor< ling to >ex o 'eac ers aii' lass o: !en lo&i :e. District. Class A. Class B. Class C. Class D. ClassB. Total Certificate Holders. j - —_________ , M. F. JTotal. M. F. Total. M. V. Total M. F. Total. M. F. Total M. F. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui .. Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey .. Westland N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Otago.. Southland .. 6 5 2 1 8 1 2 7 5 4 1 3 11 1 6 14 8 3 2 1 15 11 24 6 2 1 2 8 1 2 13 2 8 22 9 5 2 1 18 12 29 9 59 6 18 20 4 1 4 1 2 37 6 35 13 ■206 6 3 5 3 1 1 2 65 9 23 23 5 2 6 1 2 51 11 52 16 208 23 72 74 53 10 28 5 6 88 31 j 98 2'J 133 21 37 93 43 7 29 12 7 149 39 140 43 341 44 109 167 96 17 57 17 18 237 70 238 77 28 6 16 8 10 1 0 136 24 60 59 32 6 28 7 3 41 17 41 25 164 30 76 67 42 7 34 7 3 54 19 51 47 312[9] 36 117 [5] 118'71 76 [1] 12 44[1] 8[1] 9 1] 155 [6] 50 [4] 171 [6] 73 [1] 278 [2] 49 104 [3] 165 [8] 77 [2] 14 61 [3] 19[1] 10 207 [4] 63 [-21 205[6] 79 [3] 590 [11] 85 221 [8] 283[15] 153 [8] 26 105 [4] 27 [2] 19 r l] 362 [10] 113 [6] 376 [12] 152 [4] 2 4 3 i 2 2 1 6 3 3 1 5 3 28 14 5 17 3 is 2 10 Totals 26 6 32 102 130 60 266 725 758 479 601 1,181 [42] 1,331 [34] •2,512 [76] 1,483 122 Note. - -Numbers in brackets r< * Fo ipresi irteej nit sec nnd ;ary assist ;anti s in jluded in included ii ith< ir nun ibers. l certi: icati ed £ >upil-ti each ters fchi is total I.