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teachers at the rate payable in December, 1915, was £79,627, an increase of £10,035 over the figure for 1914. Full particulars will be found in Table K4. The following summary shows the average salaries paid to principals and assistants on the regular staff : — Average Salaries in Secondary Schools. , 1914.* , , 1915. , M. P. All. M. P. All. £ £ £ £ £ £ Principals ... 524 397 482 585 436 535 Assistants ... 248 163 211 266 187 232 Whole staff ... 283 183 241 306 209 265 * Lower department teachers included. It will be observed that the average salary of men principals has been increased by £61, and that of women principals by £39. The average salaries of men and women assistants have been increased by £18 and £24 respectively. In the secondary departments of district high, schools salaries are uniform, in accordance with the schedule to the Act. The average salaries actually paid to secondary assistants, exclusive of the sums paid to head teachers by way of extra salary, were, in December, 1914 and 1915, as follows :— 1914. 1915. £ £ Male assistants ... ... ... ... ... 210 239 Female assistants ... ... ... ... ... 182 200 All secondary assistants ... ... ... ... 195 215 (The scale of salaries is the same lor men and women.) The total amount paid in salaries to teachers in secondary departments of district high schools, including the special payments to head teachers, was £22,080, as against £18,929 for 1914. The professional qualifications, of the secondary-school teachers of the Dominion are as follows :—

Status of Secondary Teachers (Regular Staff only), December, 1915.

Finances op Secondary Schools. (See also Tables K6-KB.) The income of secondary schools is derived from the following sources : — (i.) Bents from the special reserves allocated to them by statute : (ii.) Statutory grants given in lieu of special reserves : (iii.) Interest upon moneys derived from the sale of reserves and invested in accordance with the Education Eeserves Act: (iv.) Income from the secondary-school reserves controlled by the Land Boards, divided among the secondary schools in the several land districts in proportion to the number of pupils in average attendance, lower departments excluded :

Secondai Schools. District Hij (Secondary I s;h Schools tapartment). Principals— Graduates, also holders of teacher's certificate Graduates (not included above) Holders of teacher's certificate only Number. 21 11 1 Percentage. 64 33 3 Number. 17 Percentage. 28 44 72 Totals .. 33 100 61 100 Assistants — Graduates, also holders of teacher's certificate Graduates (not included above) Holders of teacher's certificate only Uncertificated Ill 107 13 36 42 10 5 13 50 4 33 7 4 35 7 Totals .. 267 100 94 100