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Council is comparatively high, but it should be borne in mind that all the schools concerned have very large attendances. The average salary of male head teachers in schools of over 500 in average attendance in New Zealand (seventy in number) is £421, excluding house allowance (which amounts to £50 in addition), while in schools with an average of 401-500 the corresponding average salary is £373 155., together with a house allowance of £50.

Average Salaries paid to Primary Teachers in Other Countries.

Status of Teachers in regard to Certificates. (E.-2, Tables E2 and E3.) The table below gives a summary of the position with regard to the proportion of teachers of primary schools who hold certificates. Figures relating to the last five years are given for purposes of comparison.

Primary Teachers in Public Schools.

The percentage (71) of certificated teachers remains the same as in the year 1915, any tendency towards improvement having been effectively checked by the withdrawal of teachers and training-college students for military service. If teachers of schools with an average attendance of 20 and under, however, are excluded the proportion reaches the more satisfactory total of 81 per cent. The following table shows the number of teachers employed in public schools who hold the various classes of certificate, the secondary departments of district high schools excluded : —

Classes of Certificates held by Primary-school Teachers.

England. London. Ireli New aid. Ontario. South Wales. Now Zealand. M. F. F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. I'' M. Head teachers . . £ £ .. 175* 124*4 £ 314 £ 227 £ 114* £ £ £ £ 82f • U87A 127A J i ; £ f302A l244f 167* £ 244-!'-Assistants Sole teachers .. 94& 165 121 92i 135*4

1912. 1913 191 191 1010. Numbsr ' ceutage. Number. Percentage. Number. Percentage. Number. | ( Percentage. Number. Percentage. I I I. Certificated teachers 2,9.19 71 3,082 72 3,282 74 3,298 71 3,322 71 I. Uncertificated teachers — (I.) Holding licenses (2.) Unlicensed 87 1,099 2 27 84 1,096 2 26 90 1,076 2 24 83 1,287 2 27 82 1,306 1 28 Total uncertificated .. 1,186 29 1,180 28 1, 166 26 1,370 29 1,388 29 Totals of I and II 4,710 I 100 4,105 100 4,262 100 4,448 100 4,668 100

1915. 1916. Class of Certificate. M. F. j Total. M. F. Total. 1 33 212 565 442 56 19 98 641 1,036 279 52 310 1,206 1,478 335 I 27 188 521 416 49 6 77 700 1,062 276 33 265 1,221 1,478 325 E Total 1,308 2,073 3,381 1 ,201 2,121 3,322 2,073 3,381