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Teachers' Salaries. The total amount of all salaries and allowances for the year ending on the 31st March, 1930, was £1,810,612, or £29,223 more than in the previous year. These figures do not include the equivalent of house allowance where residences are provided, estimated at £50,532, 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 10s. 9d. per head of the total roll number. The corresponding amount in 1928 was £8 7s. 6d. The average salaries of adult teachers (including house allowances and value of residences) in 1914 and for the last five years are shown in the following table : — Average Salaries of Primary-school Teachers. 1914. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. (1) Teachers in all schools — ££££££ (a) Men and women .. .. 163 280 280 279 280 281 (b) Men .. .. .. .. 224 364 359 356 354 356 (c) Woman .. .. .. 128 238 239 238 240 240 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight— (a) Men and women .. 286 285 286 287 287 (6) Men .. .. .. .. .. 366 361 359 358 359 (c) Women.. .. .. .. ..244 244 246 247 246 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty — (a) Men and women .. .. .. 292 295 290 291 290 (6) Men .. .. .. .. .. 384 384 375 370 376 (c) Women.. .. .. .. ..244 248 245 246 245 (4) Head teachers— (a) Men .. ... .. .. .. 442 443 445 444 443 (b) Women .. ■ .. .. .. 359 380 375 374 368 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. 264 273 278 276 279 (6) Women .. ... .. ..240 244 239 241 242 (6) Assistants— W (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. 329 318 310 309 313 (6) Women .. .. .. .. 231 230 231 233 232 The next table groups certificated teachers according to their salaries. This table shows that 35 per cent, of the certificated male teachers receive salaries over £400 per annum and 57 per cent, receive salaries over £350. Of the certificated women teachers 41 per cent, receive salaries in excess of £250.

Applicants for Probationerships. In 1929 the number of qualified applicants for entrance to the teaching service as probationers far exceeded the number of probationerships. The Education Boards were therefore again able to select for appointment young people with high academic attainments. Sixty-eight per cent, of those appointed as probationers in 1929 had higher leaving certificates or a full pass in the Teachers' Class D Examination, the highest qualification necessary for appointment, and the remainder had either passed the Matriculation Examination, secured a partial pass in the Class D Examination, or held lower leaving certificates. There were 861 applications received in 1929 from young persons desirous of receiving appointment as

Certificated Male Teachers. Certificated Female Teachers. Salaries (including Allowances and Value of Residences). Sole and Head Asa i stan ts. Assistants. Not exceeding £180 .. .. 18 24 65 448 £181 to £250 .. .. 98 159 66 1,675 £251 „ £300 .. .. 255 87 359 327 £301 „ £350 .. .. 195 94 139 358 £351 „ £400 .. .. 253 226 188 139 Over £400 .. .. .. 628 133 31 12 Totals .. .. 1,447 723 J 848 2,959