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In this table are included nine teachers (four men and five women) on staffs of junior high schools and one supervisor of needlework in primary classes. The average rates of salary on the 30th June, 1927, were as follows : Men, £352 ; women, £222; both, £297. The following are some particulars of the number of schools and the number of pupils receiving instruction in manual training during 1927 : — Agriculture : The number of public primary schools at which instruction in elementary agriculture was given was 1,927, and the number of pupils receiving instruction was 40,578. Woodwork : Total number of pupils who received instruction, 19,409. Metalwork : Total number of pupils who received instruction, 799. Domestic subjects : Total number of pupils who received instruction, 18,890. Elementary Science : Total number of pupils who received instruction, 5,545. ' Private schools : 3,148 pupils from 114 private schools received instruction in manual-training subjects. Financial. The total amount due "by the Department to the Education Boards for the salaries and incidental expenses for the year 1927 was approximately £66,662, made up as follows :— Salaries — £ Full-time assistants .. .. .. .. .. 41,469 Full-time student teachers .. .. .. .. 230 Overtime .. .. .. .. .. .. 130 Capitation for part-time teachers .. .. .. 579 £ 42,408 ' Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .... 9,734 Capitation grants .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,520 Total .. .. .. .. .. .... £66,662 In addition, the Department provided handwork materials costing some £9,060, and also refunded to Education Boards the actual receiving and distributing charges. amounting approximately to £.1,320, involving a total expenditure of £10,380. STAFFS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The number of adult teachers employed in the primary departments of public schools at the end of 1927 was 6,230 (men, 2,167 ; women, 4,063), an increase of 47 over the previous year. There were, in addition, 567 probationers (males, 169 ; females, 398), compared with 700 at the end of the previous year. The following table shows the number of teachers in the schools of the various grades :—

Number of Adult Teachers employed in Primary Departments of Public Schools, December, 1927.

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Sole Teachers. Head Ti iachers. Assistant Teachers. Total Adult Teachers. (Jrade ot School. M. F. 11. F. M. F. M. F. Total. jjrade >> it >> S3 )) S3 » i 0 (1-8) 1 (9-20) 11 (21-35) IIIa (36-50) 111b (51-80) lllo (81-120) IV (121-240) ' V (241-360) VI (361-480) VII (over 480) 21 298 218 18 190 452 265 14 1 14 169 227 118 122 65 66 98 12 91 34 7 1 1 2 5 1 3 91 105 164 362 1 26 255 276 245 393 322 455 1,022 21 298 234 192 228 121 213 170 230 460 190 453 303 360 311 252 394 323 455 1,022 211 751 537 652 539 373 607 193 585 1,482 All grades 555 922 879 I 16 733 2,995 2,167 4,063 6,230