E.—l.

Table L7.—Classification of Full-time Teachers of Manual-training Classes as in December 1931, and prior to the Issue of the Annual Classification List.

Note. —(1) To be classified in Division I a teacher must be the holder of a University degree or equivalent qualification. (2) In 1931 five of the men and six of the women were attached to the four junior'high schools under the control of the Auckland Education Board. These are included also among the staffs of those junior high schools.

12. SALARIES OF TEACHERS. Under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1931, the salaries of all teachers, in common with those of all public servants, were reduced by 10 per cent, as from the Ist April, 1931. Consequently the average salaries of teachers as in December, 1931, are approximately 10 per cent, lower than those in the previous year. The average salaries (including house allowances, value of residences, and all other allowances) of adult teachers in primary schools in 1914 and for the last five years are shown in the following table : — Table M 1. —Average Salaries or Primary-school Teachers (exclxtsive of Teachers in Junior High Schools* and Departments and Secondary Departments of District High Schools) as in December. 1914. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. (1) Teachers in all schools — £ £ £ £ £ £ (a) Men and women .. .. 163 279 280 281 281 255 (b) Men .. .. .. .. 224 356 354 356 351 320 (c) Women .. .. .. 128 238 240 240 242 218 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight — (a) Men and women . . . . .. 286 287 287 288 261 (b) Men .. .. .. .. .. 359 358 359 354 323 (c) Women . . . . . . . • 246 247 246 249 224 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty — (a) Men and women .. . . . . 290 291 290 291 265 (b) Men .. .. .. .. .. 375 370 376 370 , 338 (c) Women .. .. .. . ■ 245 246 245 24:8 223 (4) Head teachers — (а) Men .. .. .. .. 445 444 44-3 441 400 (б) Women .. .. .. •. 375 374 368 381 345 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men .. • • 278 276 279 282 251 (b) Women .. .. .. . • 239 241 242 243 220 (6) Assistants — (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. 310 309 313 304 283 (b) Women .. .. .. •. 231 233 232 233 210

* Prior to 1931 those junior-high-school teachers in the service of an Education Board were included. In 1931 all teachers in junior high schools and departments are excluded.

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Glass j VII. VI. ! V. | IV. III. | II. Totals. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Division I .. .. .. 9 1 5 2 3 6 1 5 0 22 18 36 Division II .. .. ".. 7 4 20 10 15 7 11 6 12 5 10 1 75 33 Totals .. .. 7 4 29 11 20 9 U 12 13 10 10 23 93 69 V Y J \ Y J y Y — J K —-/ — J K Y — J V Y J K Y J - K Y 11 40 29 26 23 33 162