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In the same years these schools were staffed as follows :— , 1907. , 1908. , M. F. Total. M. F. Total. Regular staff .. .. ..118 86 204 125 91 216 Part-time teachers .. .. .. 38 22 60 43 25 68 The average number of pupils per teache? (excluding part-time teachers) is thus seen to have been 20*6 in 1907, and 20 in 1908. The total number of pupils attending the secondary departments of the sixtysix district high schools in the two years, 1907, 1908, respectively, were—■ 1907. 1908. Boys .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,243 1,017 Girls .. .. 1,209 1,125 Total .. .. .. 2,452 2,142 Besides the head teachers, who generally take some part in the secondary instruction, there were employed in 1907 in the secondary departments of district high schools 101 special assistants—s3 men and 48 women—and last year 102 special assistants—namely, 55 men and 47 women. The average number of pupils per teacher was 24-3 in 1907 and 2l in 1908. In addition to those in secondary schools and in the secondary departments of district high schools there should properly be included in the number of pupils under secondary instruction in the Dominion (a) the pupils attending certain day classes in connection with technical schools who are receiving a special form of secondary instruction, and (b) the pupils in various institutions for the secondary education of Maori boys and girls. Including these, but excluding the pupils in the lower departments of secondary schools, we find the total number of pupils recei\ing secondary instruction at the end of 1908 to be as follows : — Boys. Girls. Total. Secondary schools .. .. .. 2,502 1,678 4,180 District high schools .. .. 1,017 1,125 2,142 Technical day-schools .. .. .. 1,096 904 2,000 Maori secondary schools .. .. .. 136 Ki7 303* Total .. .. .. 4,751 3.874 8,625 * All these pupils are boardors. Salaries of Secondary Teachers. The total amount «of the salaries paid to the regular staffs of secondary schools as at the rates paid at the end of the year was £47,788. As might be expected, the salaries paid in the different secondary schools varied considerably ; the average for principals and assistants, and that for men and women respectively, are shown below to the nearest pound :— Salaries in Sctondary SchooU. December, 1908. , M. F. All. £ £ £ Principals .. .. ..464 341 422 Assistants .. ..224 147 190 Whole staff .. .. .. .. £261 £168 £222 Hon.—The salaries of part-time teachers are excluded from the above comparison. In the secondary departments of district high schools salaries are uniform, in accordance with the Schedule to the Act. The average salaries actually paid to the assistants, in addition to the sums paid by way of extra salary to the head teachers, were, in December, 1908, — £ s. d. Men .. .. .. .. . . .. 193 17 7 Women .. .. .. 145 4 3 All secondary assistants .. .. .. .. .. 171 9 I (The scale of salaries is the same for men and women.)

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