15

E.—2

The above figures do not include teachers in the secondary departments of district high schools, the great majority of whom are fully certificated teachers. Below is printed a summary of Table E3, including all certificated teachers employed by Education Boards, whether engaged in primary work or in the secondary departments of district high schools, arranged according to sex and class of certificate held. It is to be noted that there is now no examination for E certificate.

Holders of Teachers' Certificates in the Service of Education Boards at 31st December, 1909, and at 31st December, 1910.

The following table gives a comparative view of the number of persons holding certificates who were employed n all forms of public instruction on the 30th June of the years named.

Comparative Table of Certificates held by Persons employed in Public Instruction as at the 30th June.

It is satisfactory to note that the total increase in the number of certificated teachers is entirely due to the increase in the number of certificates of the three higher classes, A, B, C. Finances of Education Boards. Table F contains an abstract of the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of Education Boards for the year 1910. These are shown in detail in Tables Fl and F2, and Appendix A of E2 contains the annual reports of the several Boards, with the r statements of receipts and expenditure in full detail.

Class of Certificate. 1909. 1910. M. 26 148 354 555 106 F. 10 56 188 798 425 i i I Total. 36 204 542 1,353 531 M. 29 154 405 532 95 ! i i F. 11 62 227 837 393 [ ! r i Total. 40 216 632 1,369 488 Total .. 1,477 2,666 1,215 1,530 2,745 1,189

Class. 1906. 86 201 197 1,650 721 r Numbi 1907. 87 208 294 1,593 642 luml >er of ier oi Teache 1908. 94 232 415 1,479 595 eacl ers hoi i I i iers .lding Ci 1909. 99 266 544 1.442 555 Je Jen ioates. 1910. 1911. 105 300 648 1,420 522 116 352 761 1,486 480 Total, A, B, C, and D 2,134 2,182 2,220 2,220 2,351 2,351 2,473 2,715 „ A, B, 0, D, and E 2,855 2,824 2,815 2,906 2,995 3,195