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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 E3J 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, 1910, and at 31st December, 1911.

The following table gives a comparative view of the number of persons holding certificates who were employed in 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 n amber 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. I. General Survey of the Finances of Education Hoards. Table F is a summary of the income and expenditure, and of the assets and liabilities of the various Education Boards for the calendar year 1911. Full information for each district can be obtained on reference to Appendix A, or to tables Fl and F2 appearing on pages 36 and 37.

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1910. 1911. Class of Certificate. M. P. i Total. I 29 11 40 154 62 216 405 227 632 532 837 1,369 95 393 488 M. 20 172 419 505 84 ) i I : F. Total. J : I 3 23 47 219 280 699 887 j 1,392 366 450 —| j A B C I) E Total .. 1,215 1,530 2,745 1,200 I, ,200 i 1,583 ' 2,783 : 1,583 — i | 2,783

Number of Teachers holding Certificates. Class. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1 1911. 1912. A B 0 T) E 86 201 197 1,650 721 87 94 99 105 208 232 266 300 294 415 544 648 1,593 1,479 1.442 1,420 j 642 595 555 522 116 352 761 1,486 480 119 392 939 1,488 441 Total, A, B, C, and D .. 2,134 2,182 2,220 2,351 2,473 ! 2,220 2,351 2,473 2,715 2,715 2,938 , i— „ A, B, C, D, and E 2,855 2,824 2,815 2,906 2,995 i 2,995 3,195 3,195 3,379 I