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of eight manual-training teachers at three of the five junior high schools, and £4,561 transferred from " technical " salaries on account of manual-training classes conducted by Technical School Boards), £20,973 for materials and incidentals in connection with manual training proper, and £10,395 for handwork materials. STAFFS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The number of adult teachers employed in the primary departments of public schools at the end of 1926 was 6,183 (men, 2,105 ; women, 4,078), an increase of 181 over the previous year. There were, in addition, 700 probationers, compared with 641 at the end of the previous year. The following table shows the number of teachers in the schools of the various grades : —

Number of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1926.

Ratio of Men to Women Teachers. —The following table indicates the number of women for each 100 men teachers : —

In the Education service as a whole the ratio of women to men remains fairly constant at about two to one. Amongst the probationers the number of women somewhat exceeds this ratio ; but the relatively heavy loss of women teachers after only a few years' teaching has the effect of reducing the ratio in the teachingservice as a whole. Teachers' Salaries. The total amount of all salaries and allowances for the year ending on the 31st March, 1927, was £1,761,156, or £24,023 more than in the previous year. These figures do not include the equivalent of house allowance where residences are provided, estimated at £52,390, 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 £8 7s. 4d. per head of the total roll number, the corresponding amount in 1925 was £8 6s. 6d.

Sole Teachers. Head Teachers. Teachers' Total Adult Teachers. Grade of School. j M. F. M. K. M. ' F. M. F. Total. Grade 0 (1-8) .. 16 169 .. .. .. .. 16 169 185 I (9-20) 279 456 279 456 735 II (21-35) .. 223 288 11 9 1 19 235 316 551 „ IIIA (36-50) .. 17 17 187 76 2 262 206 355 561 „ IIIb (51-80) .. .. 1 214 49 3 267 217 317 534 „ Illc (81-120) 124 4 3 253 127 257 384 „ IY (121-240) 125 1 73 411 198 412 610 V (241-360) 63 2 88 314 151 316 467 „ VI (361-480) 59 .. 134 395 193 395 588 „ VII (over 480) 106 .. 377 1,085 483 1,085 1,568 All grades .. 535 931 889 141 681 3,006 2,105 4,078 6,183 I -

1915. j 1918. 1922. 1925. 1926. Adult teachers — All schools .. .. .. .. 193 253 197 199 194 Schools with roll 1-20 .. .. .. 323 523 299 236 212 Schools with roll over 20 .. .. .. 176 227 182 193 191 Pupil-teachers .. .. .. .. 344 425 223 179 * Probationers .. .. .. .. 647 688 349 286 248 Training-college students . . . . . . 387 488 256 186 191 * The position of "pupil-teacher" has now been abolished.