E.—l.

of 96,670 children—the average attendance for the last quarter of the year. The provision made allows one teacher for an average attendance of 33, the precise number being 32-B—to be compared with 32-6 for the year 1889. The increase in the number of teachers is 84; and the tendency to favour the employment of women as teachers is very conspicuous, the number of women—including pupilteachers —having been augmented by 74, while the additional number of men is only 10.

TABLE K. —School Staff, December, 1890.

In the analysis of salaries (Table L), along with the 2,978 teachers and pupils engaged at the end of the year are included two teachers on leave, three relieving teachers, and the teachers of sewing—l62 in number. The salaries of which the teachers were in receipt at the end of the year amounted to £297,265 16s. 9d. per annum, showing an increase of only £2,028 16s. 3d. in the year, while the number of teachers increased by 82. It follows that the average salary of a teacher declined in twelve months from £96 10s. lid. to £94 10s. sd. The increase of attendance for the year —1,258 —carried with it an increase of income to the Boards of only £4,717 10s., and this was, of course, quite insufficient to maintain the average of salary when the number of teachers was increased by between 80 and 90. Another reason for the diminution of average salary is that the expenditure for buildings has far exceeded the grant for building purposes : the grant was £25,000, and the expenditure was more than £39,000.

TABLE L.—Salaries of Teachers, December, 1890.

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Education Districts. Principal. Head of School. Head of Department. Sole Teachers. Assistant i PupilTeachers, teachers. Total. •Mi a a a> a -tjPH £•91 111 o a ■5° a o 'A m .' a'aS •hPh Cj ©tW <U <5 © en <D | bo a % o CO M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. All. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland i 2 1 1 1 97* 14 30 36* 24 8 27 7 9 75 2111 81 24 8 2 3 7 1 1 12t 1 1 8 3 i 2 1 1 1 80 16 40* 22 11 13* 15 7 7 38 16 62 48 61 7 14 17 9 13 39 5 11 20 13* 50 22 30 3 8 23 10 7 2 3 32 . 9* 54 8 j 167 6 21 46 26 10 ! 28 9 9 123 19 121 j 16 33 4 16 13 9 3 10 5 It 57 8 63 9 117 19 43 103 58 8 32 12 {19 131 31 88 37 240| 381 94 94 56 26 601 22 26 225 58 260 102 353 35 81 173 96 33 112 28 40 309 70 259 88 5931 73| 175! 267 152 59 172 50 66 534 128 519 190 18,235 1,943 : 5,701 8,598 4,843 1,500 4,482 1,441 1,370 17,869 4,113 19,760, 6,749 30-8 26-7 32-9 300 31-9 25-4 26-1 28-8 20-8 33-5 32-1 j 38-1 35-5 54 27 ii i 22 4 i 27 4 2 42 13 12 13 13 Totals for 1890 .. Totals for 1889 .. 45 ! 41 I •• 453 458 47 38 l 2 50 47 375 366 281 252 190 185 !601 590 i 237 239 : 698 676; 1301 1291 1677! 1603 12978 2894 i i 96,670| 94,308! 32-8 | 32-6 162 164 Difference 4 -5 -1 1 I 3 9 29 5 I ; I I 11 I I — 2 22 I ioi j l I 74 I I I 84| 0-2 _2 9 2,362; * Includes one vacancy. + E: :cludes on< onl :ave. I Including mo: litors Bin. elude: two VI Lcancies.

Under £100. Education Districts. Pupil- Other teachers. Teachers. £100 and under £200. £200 and under £300. £000 and under £400. £400 and upwards (maximum, £487 6s.). Number of Teachers. Total of Bates of Salary, December, 1890. Sewingmistresses. Auckland .. raranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury .. 3outh Canterbury .. Dtago Southland 54 27 ii l 150 23 59 116 67 11 42 17 |26 188 39 151 46 219 29 30 53 20 30 69 16 24 125 25 69 11 179 20 05 *61 52 15 *57 14 14 178 60 210 119 33 1 20 30 10 2 4 3 1 31 1 72 13 10 "l 8 2 ' 1 1 2 1 647 100 175 279 152 60 173 50 68 576 141 J534 190 £ s. d. 55,141 0 C 5,893 15 C 18.371 10 c 24,984 15 C 15,265 11 C 4,498 2 C 14,196 0 C 4,283 0 C 4,707 7 £ 52,390 4 C 12,607 0 C 63,555 3 i 21.372 8 C 2 42 13 12 1 11 3 18 1 1 2 Totals for 1890 102 935 720 1,044 221 57 6 3,145 297,265 16 Totals for 1889 1,817 1,756 1,022 215 59 6 3,058 295,237 0 Difference 61 22 -2 87 2,028 16 * Ine on leave. * Includes monitors, t Includes three relievini teachers,