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In this table are included nine teachers (four men and five women) on staffs of junior higli schools. The average rates of salary on the 30th June, 1929, were as follows : Men, £362 ; women, £227 ; both, £303. The following are some particulars of the number of schools and the number of pupils receiving instruction in manual training during 1929 : — Elementary agriculture : Number of public primary schools, 2,003 ; number of pupils, 50,267. Elementary science : Number of public primary schools, 73 ; number of pupils, 3,492. Woodwork : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 22,367, of which 17,303 attended from public primary schools and 1,663 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools. Metalwork : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 1,089, of which 94 attended from public primary schools and 34 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high, schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools. Domestic subjects : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 22,037, of which 16,508 attended from public primary schools and 1,866 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools. Financial. —The total amount due by the Department to the Education Boards for the salaries and incidental expenses for the year 1929 was approximately £73,654, made up as follows : — Salaries — v £ £ Full-time assistants .. .. .. .. .. 45,514 Full-time student teachers . . . . . . . . 79 Overtime .. .. .. .. . . . . 88 Capitation for part-time teachers (including commercial instructors in district high schools) . . .. . . 805 46,486 Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. . . 10,862 Capitation grants .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,306 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 73,654 In addition, capitation amounting to £1,685 and incidental allowances amounting to £505 were earned on account of commercial instruction in district high schools given by part-time teachers. The Department also provided handwork materials for use in 1929 costing some £11,600, and also refunded to Education Boards the actual receiving and distributing charges, amounting approximately to £1,400, involving a total expenditure of £13,000. The above figures exclude salaries and incidental allowances payable in respect of manual-training classes conducted by Technical School Boards. STAFFS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The number of adult teachers employed in the primary departments of public schools at the end of 1929 was 6,438 (men 2,270 ; women, 4,168), an increase of 97 over the previous year. Included in the foregoing figures for adult teachers are 224 probationary assistants who were employed in public schools completing their training as teachers. The number of such assistants for the previous year was 133. In addition to adult teachers there were employed in public schools at

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