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Table showing the Grading of New Zealand Schools and the Salary attached to each Grade. (It will not be found difficult to transpose the grades and salaries into terms of those given for the Australian States. The capitation allowance is: For the first grade £5, for the second £2 10s., for the third £2, for the fourth £1, for the fifth and sixth £1 5s., for the seventh to the ninth 6s., for the twelfth to the nineteenth 4s., and for the rest up to the twenty-fifth 2s. After that no capitation is allowed.)

In Grades 1 and 2 males and females are paid at the same rates; in the higher grades females are paid less than males.

Staffs allotted in the Australian States and New Zealand. New South Wales.

I do not know how the allotment proceeds after this stage, but I call attention to the circumstance that in the two last groups the number of pupil-teachers exceeds that of the adult teachers. I should mention that the allotment is, in each case, not what must be, but what may be, and that the Chief Inspector, Mr. Bridges, informed me that the Department does what it can to restrict the evils of the pupil-teacher system by substituting, wherever practicable, an assistant for two pupil-teachers.

South Australia.

In schools in which the average attendance is over LOO an assistant is expected to manage an average of 70, an acting-assistant an average of 50, and a pupil-teacher an average of 30. The regulations provide for the appointment of a monitor in place of a pupil-teacher, and two pupilteachers in place of an assistant. The qualification of a monitor is possession of a fourth- or fifthclass certificate, the latter corresponding in the main to our Standard VI. certificate. The pay of a monitor is £10 a year for males and £8 for females. In my opinion the staffing of schools above 40 is inadequate.

Grade. Average Attendance. Salary. Grade. Average Attendance. Salary. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Over 8 and under 20 „ 20 „ 30 „ 30 „ 40 „ 40 „ 50 „ 50 „ 70 „ 70 „ 90 „ 90 „ 120 „ 120 „ 150 „ 150 „ 200 „ 200 „ 250 „ 250 „ 280 „ 280 „ 330 „ 330 „ 390 „ 390 „ 420 £ £ 52 to 100 100 „ 135 135 „ 155 155 „ 165 165 „ 190 190 „ 215 215 „ 224 224 „ 233 233 „ 248 248 „ 263 263 „ 272 272 „ 282 282 „ 294 294 „ 300 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Over 420 and under 480 „ 480 „ 510 „ 510 „ 570 „ 570 „ 600 „ 600 „ 660 „ 660 „ 690 „ 690 „ 750 „ 750 „ 780 „ 780 „ 840 „ 840 „ 870 „ 870 „ 930 „ 930 , 960 „ 960 „ 1,020 ,,1,020 „ 1,050 £ £ 300 to 312 312 „ 318 318 „ 330 330 „ 336 336 „ 348 348 „ 351 351 „ 357 357 „ 360 360 „ 366 366 „ 368 368 „ 374 374 374 374

Average Attendance. Staff. Under 50 ... 50 to 70 ... 70 to 80 ... 80 to 110 ... 110 to 140 ... 140 to 180 ... 180 to 220 ... 220 to 270 ... 270 to 310 ... 310 to 350 ... 350 to 400 ... 400 to 450 ... 450 to 500 ... One teacher. Teacher and a pupil-teacher. Teacher and an assistant. Teacher and 2 pupil-teachers. Teacher, assistant, and 1 pupil-teacher. Teacher, assistant, and 2 pupil-teachers. Teacher, assistant, and 3 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 2 assistants, and 2 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 2 assistants, and 3 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 2 assistants, and 4 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 3 assistants, and 4 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 3 assistants, and 5 pupil-teachers. Teacher, 3 assistants, and 6 pupil-teachers.

Average Attendance. Staff. Under 40 ... 40 to 60 ... 60 to 75 ... 75 to 100 ... 100 to 110 ... Teacher. Head teacher and a monitor. Head teacher and 2 monitors. Head teacher and an acting-assistant. Head teacher and an assistant.