E.—l

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The total of the salaries of all teachers (adult teachers, pupil-teachers, and sewing-mistresses) at the rates paid at the end of the year 1898 was ,£364,273; the average salary per teacher was £94 9s. lOd. The slight apparent increase (3s. 2d.) in average salary is evidently traceable, to a certain extent, to the substitution of adult teachers for pupil-teachers, a step that makes for greater efficiency.

TABLE L.—Salaries of Teachers, December, 1898.

Exclusive of pupil-teachers and sewing- mistresses, the total number of teachers actually employed was 2,599. Table M shows that, of these, 2,325 were holders of certificates, 31 others had passed the certificate examination, 55 had gained a partial pass, 42 had failed, and 145 had never been examined by the department. The proportion of certificated teachers is still rising, and the large increase in the number of pupil-teachers having certificates—l7s, as against 111 in 1897 —may be taken as another sign of progress.

TABLE M.—Teachers, Certificated and Uncertificated, 31st December, 1898. (Numbers in brackets represent licensed teachers included in other numbers.)

In January, 1899, 22 teachers not previously holding certificates passed for D or E, thus raising the number of teachers qualified by examination to 2,378.

Education Districts. Under £100. Pupil- Other teachers. Teachers. £100 and under £200. £200 and under £300. pann £400 and Snde? u *™ ards JrJfS '(Maximum, ±400. £SOi) _ Number of Teachers. Total of Kates of Salary, December, 1898. Sewingmistreesee. Liickland .. ?aranaki .. Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay larlborough Telson .. [ Jiey Vestland .. Torth Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. )tago Southland .. 77 24 "9 3 1 250 33 116 176 87 14 53 15 12 129 33 89 53* 220 38 45 102* 29 54 90 29 35 162 , 32 143 26 266 39 100* 80 68 19 56 15 12 204 71 211 151* 39 3 26 40 18 2 5 2 1 28 5 51 13 14 2 9* 5 1 1 1 867 137 289* 422f 208 92 206 61 62 568* 156 543 244t £ s. d. 74,256 0 0 10,303 7 0 29,655 14 0 38,677 15 0 20,882 18 3 5,916 2 0 15,777 19 0 5,008 4 0 4,586 5 9 55,446 11 4 15,091 4 0 61,673 9 0 26,997 17 0 1 32 12 32 1 12 3 16 1 1 1 Totals for 1898 191 1,060 1,005 1,292 239 64 i 3,855 364,273 6 4 Totals for 1897 2,256 2,239 1,264 238 62 7 3,810 359,411 17 1 Difference .. 17 28 -3 45 4,861 9 3 * Includes one vacancy, I Includes two vacancies.

Education Districts. I If o fl Ill .Sea ill IB h « '3 H S.ss gn Pupil-teachers having Certificates, not included in Column headed "Certificated Teachers." I Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 507 73 145 203 108 34 107* 32 28 391 108 413 176 1 8 2 12 1 5[1] 5 4 3 5 3[1] 2[1] 10 1 2 2 6[1] \ m 2[1] 2" 11 [2] 5 3[1] 2 7M 3 17 22 7 [3] 34 27 5 14 3 540 80 172 235 121 75 152 46 49 406 111 422 189 95 1 17 34 8 1 5 2 i 1 1 2 1 2 2 " 6 4 i 5 1 3 1 7 2 Total for 1898 Total for 1897 Total for 1896 Total for 1895 Total for 1894 Total for 1893 Total for 1892 "Total for 1891 2,325 2,244 2,179 2,084 1,984 1,914 1,826 1,753 3 2 1 5 5 4 6 7 28 20 17 24 24 22 19 17 55 [3] 92 [5] 96 [15] 90 [14] 85 88 94 107 42 [6] 45 [6] 42 [5] 36 [4] 42 48 54 58 145 [4] 146 [3] 134 [5] 127 [5] 120 125 131 132 2,598 2,549 2,469 2,366 2,260 2,201 2,130 2,074 175 111 106 * Includes one general kindergarten instructor.