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The average salary of all women was £183 4s. 7d., and the average salary of all men was £283 ss. 4d. Conditions have been made under the Act of 1914 minimum salaries better than the present average salaries, so that higher average salaries may be expected at the end of the current year. 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 secondary assistants, exclusive of the sums paid to head teachers by way of extra salary, were, in December, 1913 and 1914, as follows: — 1913. 1914. £ a. d. £ s. d. Male assistants ... ... ... ... 193 0 0 209 1.9 5 Female assistants ... ... ... ... 164 7 9 182 8 7 All secondary assistants ... ... ... 174 8 9 194 12 9 (The scale of salaries is the same for men and women.) The total amount paid in salaries to teachers in secondary departments of district high schools, including the special payments to head teachers, was £18,929 as against £17,295 for 1913. The professional qualifications of the secondary-school teachers of the Dominion are as follows :• — Status of Secondary Teachers (Begular Staff only), December, 1914. Distriot Secondary High Sohools Schools. (Secondary Principals,— Departments). Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 32 20 Holding certificates or other qualifications (excluding graduates)... ... ... ... ... 1 40 Assistants, — Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 217 54 Certificated (excluding graduates)... ... ... 17 27 Uncertificated ... ... ... ... ... 32 7 Totals 299 148 Finances of Secondary Schools. (Sec also E.-6, Tables X 6 to KB.) The income of secondary schools is derived from the following sources: — (i.) Rents from the special reserves allocated to them by statute : (ii.) Statutory grants given in lieu of special reserves : (iii.) Interest upon moneys derived from the sale of reserves and invested in accordance with the Education Reserves Act: (iv.) Income from the secondary-school reserves controlled by the Land Boards, divided among the secondary schools in the several land districts in proportion to the number of pupils in average attendance, lower departments excluded: (v.) Government payments—(a) Statutory capitation upon free pupils under the Act ; (&) subsidies on voluntary contributions for the general purposes of the school: (vi.) Government payments — (a) Capitation for manual - instruction classes ; (b) subsidies on voluntary contributions for manualinstruction purposes : (vii.) Special Government grants for buildings and apparatus: (viii.) Tuition fees of pupils : (ix.) Boarding fees of pupils : (x.) Miscellaneous sources, such as interest on moneys (other than those obtained by the sale of reserves), donations, and special endow ments (for scholarships, prizes, &c), rent of premises, loans raised, &c.