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£36 ; Bowmaker, J., £27 ; Brock, W., £27 ; Dynes, M., £18 ; McGregor. J. W., £13 10s.; Frizzell, E., £6 155.; Gibson, M. V., £36; Harrison, N., £9. Tai Tapu—Anderson, J., £31 10b. Templeton —Cookson, A., £18. Timvald— Culverhouse, G., £36. Waiau —Marr, T. M., £18. Waikari—Stout, T.; £18. Woodend—Kitchingman, H., £31 10s. Normal School—Wilson, W., £22 10s.; Hardie, C. D., £31 10s.; Hunnibell, F. W., £18 ; Bean, W. D., £13 10s.; Alley, P. J., £4 10s.; Kitchingman, E., £36 ; Baldwin, X., £18 ; Petrie, G., £22 10s. Total, £3,426 15s. (b.) Drill-instruction.— Drill-instructor—Salary, £262 10s. ; forage, £45 ; travelling-expenses, £24 11s. Id.; stationery, gas, and repairs, £24 7s. 7d: total, £356 Bs. Bd.

SOUTH CANTEEBUEY. Sic,— Timara, 22nd May, 1888. I have the honour, by direction of the Board of Education, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, and, in reply, to state that the retrenchments made by the Board in consequence of the reduction made in the education vote in the last session of the House have been— by abolition of bonus, £360; by saving on incidentals, £380 ; by saving on pupil-teachers' salaries, £383 ; by saving on instruction of pupil-teachers, £100; by revision of salaries, £440 : total, £1,663. In accordance with these retrenchments, new scales of salaries, including pupil-teachers', and payments on account of incidental grants, have been prepared, copies of which are herewith forwarded, together with the original scale of salaries and incidentals. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. J. H. Bamfield, Secretary.

School Fund. New Scale.

Special Provision fob Schools with an Attendance exceeding 200. Average Bate. Per Annual Payments, Attendance. , ' Annum. Reduced by One-third. 200 to 350 ... 70 6 6 plus 6s. lOd. each ... 121 &5 6 ... 80 16 8 350 „ 500 ... 121 5 0 „ 6s. Bd. „ ... 171 5 0 ... 114 3 4 500 „ 650 ... 171 5 0 „ 6s. 6d. „ ... 220 0 0 ... 146 13 4 650 „ 800 ... 220 0 0 „ 6s. 4d. „ ... 267 10 0 ... 178 6 8 800 „ 950 ... 267 10 0 „ 6s. 2d. „ ... 313 15 0 ... 209 3 4 950 ~1,100 ... 313 15 0 „ 6s. Od. „ ... 358 15 0 ... 239 3 4

Pupil-teachers.

Schools with an Lverage Attendance of 24 and under ... 25 to 30 ... 31 „ 40 ... 41 „ 50 ... 51 „ 60 61 „ 70 ... 71 „ 80 ... 81 „ 90 ... 91 „ 100 ... 101 „ 120 ... 121 „ 140 ... 141 „ 160 161 „ 180 ... Per Quarter. £ s. a. 2 15 0 3 2 6 3 10 0 3 17 6 4 5 0 4 12 6 5 0 0 5 7 6 6 2 6 6 17 6 7 12 0 8 7 6 Schools with an Average Attendance Per Quarter. of £ s. a, 181 to 210 ... 9 2 6 211 „ 240 ... 9 17 6 241 „ 270 ... 10 12 6 271 „ 300 ... 11 7 6 301 „ 330 ... 12 2 6 331 „ 360 ... 12 17 6 361 „ 390 ... 13 12 6 391 „ 420 ... 14 7 6 421 „ 450 ... 15 2 6 451 „ 480 ... 15 17 6 481 „ 510 ... 16 12 6 511 „ 540 ... 17 7 6 i Schools with an 'Average Attendance of 541 to 570 571 „ 600 601 „ 630 631 „ 660 661 „ 690 691 „ 720 721 „ 750 751 „ 780 781 „ 810 811 „ 840 841 „ 870 871 „ 900 ! For Quarter. £ s. d. 18 2 6 18 17 6 19 12 6 20 7 6 21 2 6 21 17 6 22 12 6 23 7 6 24 2 6 24 17 6 25 12 6 26 7 6 30 and under ... 31 to 40 41 „ 50 ... 51 „ 60 61 „ 70 ... 3 10 0 4 10 0 5 0 0 5 10 0 6 0 0 Old Scale. 71 to 80 ... 6 10 0 81 „ 90 ... 7 0 0 91 „ 100 ... 7 10 0 101 „ 110 ... 8 0 0 111 „ 120 ... 9 0 0 121 to 130 , 131 „ 1-10 . 141 „ 160 . 161 „ 180 . 181 „ 200 , 9 10 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 11 0 0 11 13 4 * Aided Schools.—The Board wil individual in average attendance from make a grant of 6s. 8d. capitation for incidental expenses, to be paid on each .0 up to 24.

New Scale. Old Scale. <W instruction of pupil-teachers — For the first ... ... £6 per annum For each additional pupil - teacher ... ... £4 „ For instruction of pupil-teachers— For the first ... .. £7 10s. per annum For each additional pupilteacher ... ... £5 Males. Females. Salaries of pupil-teachers— £ £ First year... ... ... 25 20 Second year ... ... 35 30 Third year ... ... 45 '40 Fourth year ... ... 60 50 Males. Females. lalaries of pupil-teachers— £ £ First year ... ... 22 17 Second year ... ... 27 22 Third year ... ... 32 27 Fourth year ... ... 42 37