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Salaries of Primary Public-school Teachers. (E.-2, Tabic E4.) The total amount of all salaries and allowances at the rates payable on the 31st December, 1918, was £935,180, an increase of £38,534 over the amount for the previous year, which largely represents increases in salary. The amount is made up as follows : — £ Adult teachers'salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 844,615 Pupil-teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. .. .. 42,995 Probationers'allowances .. .. .. .. .. 22,170 House allowances to head or sole teachers where residence is not provided 25,400 £935,180 The above figures do not include the equivalent of house allowance where residences are provided, estimated at £31,800, 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 15s. sd. per head of the average attendance, as compared with £5 lis. 6d. in 1917. Corresponding figures in other countries are : New South Wales, £6 Is. 6d. ; Victoria, £4 Bs. Id. ; South Australia, £3 14s. 6d. ; Ontario, £5 os. sd. In addition to the salary-payments mentioned, a sum. of £51,449 was distributed as a war bonus among teachers whose salaries did not exceed £315 per annum. The individual payments made were, with certain variations, £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.

1917. 1918. 1917. I Excluding ] Allowances Valuo c Excluding House Including House Excluding House Including House Allowances and Allowances and ( Allowances and Allowances and Value of Value of Value of Value of Residences. Residences. Residences. Residences. Ho s ai of v aiuo l Residenc Ul 36S. (1.) Teachers in all sohools— (a.) Men and women (6.) Men (c.) Women £ s. 173 11 242 13 144 15 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 173 11 0 185 12 11 175 5 9 187 3 1 242 13 0 267 2 4 240 17 0 272 II 9 144 15 11 151 14 11 | 140 8 1 153 0 0 £ s. d. 173 11 0 242 13 0 144 15 11 d. c 0 II. £ s. d. 185 12 11 267 2 4 151 14 11 (2.) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight— (a.) Men and women (6.) Men (c.) Women 177 5 243 1 148 10 177 5 243 1 148 16 8 8 3 189 14 11 267 12 1 156 1 1 179 0 11 248 19 7 150 7 5 191 5 273 9 157 11 6 4 6 (3.) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty — (a.) Men and women (b.) Men (c.) Women 185 18 253 15 154 2 185 18 253 15 154 2 8 9 5 197 5 7 278 14 0 . 159 2 1 189 6 260 12 157 18 3 5 5 200 8 285 10 164 6 0 6 8 (4.) Head teachers— (a.) Men (b.) Women 275 15 210 19 275 15 216 19 7 5 7 5 312 247 0 3 7 10 282 5 7 220 II 11 318 15 250 19 6 4 (5.) All sole teachers— (a.) Men (6.) Women 152 15 124 11 152 15 9 124 11 10 9 10 174 142 1 5 7 0 153 12 6 125 13 11 174 143 6 7 9 2 (0.) Sole teachers in schools with average attendance over eight— (a.) Men (h.) Women 153 10 135 18 3 II 153 16 3 135 18 11 175 156 6 1 5 11 154 19 10 137 8 8 176 1 157 13 2 0 (7.) Assistants — (a.) Men (b.) Women 257 4 148 17 3 2 257 4 148 17 3 2 256 10 149 13 5 1 250 10 149 13 5 1