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X2. SALARIES OF TEACHERS. 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 : — 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. Salaries were further reduced under the provisions of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, as from the Ist April, 1932. The reductions made were 5 per cent, on salaries not exceeding £225 per annum, 10 per cent, between that figure and not exceeding £720, and 12| per cent, on those exceeding that figure. The reductions noted in average salaries therefore in the years 1931 and 1932 are as a result of the operation of the afore-mentioned provisions. Table M I.—Average Salaries op Primary-school Teachers (exclusive op Teachers in Intermediate Schools and Departments and Secondary Departments of District High Schools) as in December. 1914. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. (1) Teachers in all schools— ££££££ (a) Men and women .. .. 163 281 281 255 228 231 k) Men . ■ 224 356 351 320 283 283 (c) Women .. 128 240 242 218 195 198 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight — (a) Men and Women 287 288 261 232 235 6 Men • • 359 354 323 286 286 (c) Women' 246 249 224 200 202 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty — (a) Men and women 290 291 265 236 239 k) Men • ■ 376 370 338 301 302 (c) Women' 245 248 223 199 201 (4) Head teachers — (o) Men 443 441 400 357 356 (b) Women .. • • .. 368 381 345 309 313 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men • • • • 279 282 251 222 224 (6) Women" 242 243 220 199 197 (6) Assistants —• i a ) Men • • • ■ 313 304 283 249 250 (6) Women' 232 233 210 188 191

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