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Table L7. —Classification of Full-time Teachers of Manual-training Classes as in December, 1934, and prior to the Issue of the Annual Classification List.

12. SALARIES OF TEACHERS. The average salaries (including house allowances, value of residences, and all other allowances) of adult teachers in primary schools in 1914 and for the last five years are shown in the following table : — Under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1931, the salaries of all teachers, in common with those of all public servants, were reduced by 10 per cent, as from the Ist April, .1931. Salaries were further reduced under the provisions of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, as from the Ist April, 1932. The reductions made were 5 per cent, on salaries not exceeding £225 per annum, 10 per cent, between that figure and not exceeding £720, and 12j per cent, on those exceeding that figure. The salaries of all teachers were increased by 5 per cent, as from Ist April, 1934. The reductions noted in average salaries therefore in the years 1931 and 1932 are as a result of the operation of the afore-mentioned provisions. Table M 1. —Average Salaries of Primary-school Teachers (exclusive op Teachers in Intermediate Schools and Departments and Secondary Departments of District High Schools) as in December. 1914. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. (1) Teachers in all schools — ££££££ (a) Men and women .. .. 163 ' 281 255 228 231 229 (b) Men .. .. .. 224 351 320 283 283 283 (c) Women .. . . .. 128 242 218 195 198 194 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight— (а) Men and women .. . . . . 288 261 232 235 233 (б) Men .. .. .. ... ..354 323 286 286 288 (c) Women .. .. .. .. 249 224 200 202 198 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty— (a) Men and women .. . . . . 291 265 236 239 235 (b) Men .. .. .. .. ..370 338 301 302 301 (c) Women .. .. .. ..248 223 199 201 196 (4) Head teachers — (a) Men .. .. .. .. ..441 400 357 356 372 (b) Women .. .. .. .. 381 345 309 313 323 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. 282 251 222 224 233 (b) Women .. .. ..243 220 199 197 212 (6) Assistantsfa) Men . . .. .. . . . . 304 283 249 250 231 (bj Women . . . . . . .. 233 210 188 191 183

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Class .. .. .. VII. ; VI. i V. IV. III. II. , 1 (th ® Totals. i lowest). , L__ . j _ M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Division I .. .. .. 2 0 7 2 4 5 3 5 0 9 1 21 17 42 Division II .. .. 1 0 8 5 21 7 17 8 17 4 5 2 4 0 73 26 Totals .. 1 0 10 5 28 9 21 13 20 9 5 11 5 21 90 68 V v J *■ y ' K y ' y y ' K y Y ' V Y ' K Y ' Grand totals 1 15 37 34 29 16 26 158 Note. —(1) To be classified in Division I a teacher must be the holder of a University degree or equivalent qualification. (2) In 1934 four of the men and five of the women were attached to certain intermediate schools or departments under the control of the Auckland Education Board. These are included also among the staffs of those intermediate schools or departments.