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Salaries of Public-school Teachers. The total amount of all salaries and allowances as at 31st December, 1912, was £667,419. This includes pupil-teachers' salaries and allowances, £32,160; probationers' salaries and allowances, £8,285 ; additional amounts paid to head teachers of district high schools, £1,620 ; and house allowances to head or sole teachers who had no residence provided. However, the total does not includejthe corresponding amounts saved in rent where houses are provided, estimated at £26,940. The average rates of salary for adult teachers in public primary schools were, — (1.) All schools— 1911.* 1912. (a.) Excluding house allowances and amounts saved in rents where £ s. d. £ s. d. residences are provided .. .. .. .. 149 5 0 148 14 8 (b.) Including house allowances and amounts saved in rents .. 160 3 4 159 6 0 (2.) Schools with average attendance over fifteen — (a ) Excluding house allowances and amounts saved in rents .. 159 4 3 156 17 4 Namely, men 205 7 0 205 18 8 women .. .. .. .. 126 16 3 124 3 2 (b ) Including house allowances and amounts saved in rents .. 170 13 5 167 18 0 Namely, men .. .. .. .. .. 226 5 3 226 11 5 women 131 4 1 128 14 11 * The figures for 1911 have been amended. They now include the amounts paid to head teachers of district high schools. An analysis discloses the fact that 783 male teachers, or 50-3 per cent, of the number of male teachers in primary schools, receive a salary of £200 per annum or over. Here are further details :—

Number of Adult Teachers in Public Schools, together with the Average Salaries and Total Expenditure on Salaries for the Year 1894 and for each Year since 1900.

For the year 1912 the average salary, including house allowances and amounts saved in rents, was — Male. Female. Combined. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (1.) All schools 218 6 4 123 6 1 159 6 0 (2 ) Excluding schools with average attendance of under 16 226 11 5 128 14 11 167 18 0 The following Acts affecting public-school teachers' salaries have been passed since 1900—Public-school Teachers' Salaries Act, 1901 ;] Education Act Amendment Act, 1904 ; Education Act Amendment Act, 1905 ; Education Amendment Act, 1908. The following statement gives the average salaries of men and women in the several branches of the Education service in New Zealand : —

1894 1900 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 Year. Number of Teachers.* Male. Female. " - -I ~T~ 1,137 1,123 1,216 1,415 1,270 1,726 1,272 1,797 1,302 1,835 1,314 1,887 .. ; 1,332 1,955 1,331 2,021 1,406 2,208 1,456 2,252 1,493 2,351 1,555 2,550 Average Salary of Teachers.*-f Hale. Female. Combined. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 167 10 11§ 90 17 8§ 129 9 0§ 163 12 8§ 85 12 6§ 121 13 7§ 130 18 10§ 170 4 2 93 8 8 125 5 10 174 14 9 96 6 11 128 17 5 184 13 1 107 2 1 139 2 2 186 11 11 105 12 5 138 8 9 189 9 3 106 0 5 159 3 1 192 15 3 113 11 4 144 7 7 192 8 10 115 6 6 145 12 2 196 6 1 118 13 4 148 16 5 197 7 8 118 8 5 148 14 8 Excluding sohools with average attendance of under 16. 205 18 B 124 3 2 156 17 4 Total Expenditure on Teachors' Salaries.* ft £ 292,559§ 320,136§ 392,310§ 384,520 404,267 445,285 455,036 466,448 521,783 539,909 572,067 610,550 J Based on * Exclusive of pupil-teachers and sewing-mistn •ate paid for month of December. § House alloi iss. t Exclusive of teachers' house allowances, ranees included.