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for the previous year, and an increase of over £200,000 over the amount payable five years ago. The amount is made up as follows : — £ Adult teachers' salaries ... ... ... ... ... 796,741 Pupil-teachers' salaries and allowances ... ... ... ... ■ 36,445 Probationers' allowances ... ... ... ... ... 18,425 House allowances to head or sole teachers where residence is not provided 24,910 The above figures do not include the equivalent of house allowance where residences are provided, estimated at £31,500, nor the additional amounts paid to head teachers for the supervision of secondary departments of district high schools. The total cost of salaries and allowances (including the sum saved in house allowances) works out at £5 os. 4d. per head of the average attendance. The corresponding figure in connection with the London County Council schools is £4 2s. 2d., and relating to the schools of Ontario £4 14s. 2d. In the year 1916 a sum of about £50,000 was distributed among teachers (in common with other public servants) whose salaries did not exceed £315 per annum as a war bonus to help to meet the increased cost of living. The individual amounts paid were £15 in the case of married teachers and £7 10s. in the case of unmarried teachers. This amount is not included in the total salaries payable quoted above, nor in the average salaries shown in the table below. The average salaries of adult teachers in the various grades are shown in the following table : more detailed information is given in Table E4 in E.-2.

Average Salaries of Primary School Teachers.

19 5. 1916. Excluding House Allowances and Value of Residences. Including House Allowances and Value of Residences. Excluding House Allowances and Value of Besidences. Including House Allowances and Value of Besidences. I (1.) Teachers in all schools— (a.) Men and women (6.) Men (c.) Women (2.) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight'— (a.) Men and women (b.) Men (c.) Women (3.) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty' — (a.) M'en and women (b.)pLm (<■;.) | Women (4.) Head|tcachers- - (a.) Men (b.) Women (5.) All sole teachers — (a.) Men (b.) Women (6.) Sole teachers in schools with average attendance over eight— (a.) Men (&.), Women. ... (7.) Assistants— (a.) Men (6.) Women . . £ s. d. 164 17 11 222 14 10 134 19 9 £ s. d. 176 12 8 245 11 3 141 0 0 £ s. d. 169 3 2 231 3 6 140 3 0 £ s. d. 181 2 9 254 16 7 146 13 4 169 II 2 223 18 7 140 3 4 181 14 8 246 18 2 146 9 11 173 16 6 232 4 7 145 5 9 186 4 7 256 0 2 152 2 6 177 18 6 237 6 8 144 2 3 192 2 6 263 5 5 151 12 8 182 1 8 244 9 3 149 19 6 193 7 6 268 13 I 1.54 12 6 * * 265 19 11 214 3 3 302 2 9 244 18 2 * * * 146 13 4 118 12 9 167 4 0 135 11 5 * * * * 149 1 3 134 6 9 170 2 0 1 54 I I 7 * * * 244 12 0 144 2 4 244 12 0 144 2 4 * * * 1915 figures are not available. The average salaries show in each case an increase, ranging up to £9, over the salaries for the previous year, and they compare favourably with the salaries paid in other countries. It will be noticed from the following figures that the average salary paid to male head teachers by the London County