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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 centum, 10 per cent, between that figure and not exceeding £720, and 12| per cent, on those exceeding that figure. The salaries of all teachers were increased by 5 per cent, as from Ist April, 1934, by 7\ per cent, as from Ist August, 1935, and restored to scale rates as from Ist July, 1936. Table M I,—Average Salaries of Primary-school Teachers (exclusive of Teachers in Intermediate Schools and Departments and Secondary Departments op District High Schools) as in December. 1914. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936.* (1) Teachers in all schools — £ £ £ £ £ £ (а) Men and women .. .. 163 228 231 229 261 298 (б) Men .. .. .. . • 224 283 283 283 312 361 (c) Women .. • • • - 128 195 198 194 224 254 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight — (a) Men and women .. .. . • 232 235 233 265 302 (b) Men .. .. .. ■ • .. 286 286 288 321 365 (c) Women .. .. ■ • • • 200 202 198 227 258 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty — (a) Men and women .. .. .. 2.36 239 235 268 307 (b) Men .. .. .. • • .. 301 302 301 338 386 (c) Women .. .. • • • • 199 201 196 226 258 (4) Head teachers — (a) Men .. .. • • .. 357 356 372 400 447 (b) Women .. .. . • • ■ 309 313 323 347 394 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men .. .. .. .. ■ • 222 224 233 258 288 (b) Women .. • • • • • • 199 197 212 243 268 (6) Assistants — (a) Men .... • • ■ ■ .. 249 250 231 277 333 (b) Women .. • • • ■ • ■ 188 191 183 213 244

* These average salaries are exclusive of relieving teachers,

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