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Table No. 1. Return of Opficees of Education Boards not included in Table No. 8, as at 31st December, 1904. Auckland.—Secretary and Treasurer, £525. Seven Clerks—2 at £300, lat £225, 2at £80, lat £60, lat £30. Six Inspectors—l at £550, lat £400, lat £375, 3at £348 : each with 15s. a day travelling-expenses beyond a certain radius. Seven Relieving-teachers —-2 at £200. 1 at £150, 2at £100, 1 at £80, lat £20. Architect, £400 and actual travelling-expenses, cost of stationery, and half-cost of office-rent; private practice allowed. Two Truant Officers —1 at £130, with £10 allowance for travelling ; 1 at £1 a week. Technical Instruction and Manual Training. —Director, £450. Registrar, £80. Cadet, £30. Art Instructor, £250. Science Instructor, £250. Three Instructors in Cookery at Manual Training Schools at £130, also £25 each as Instructors at Teachers' Saturday classes. Three Instructors in "Woodwork at Manual Training Schools at £170, also £25 each as Instructors at Teachers' Saturday classes. Taranaki.—Secretary, £250. Clerk, £40. Two Inspectors—l at £350, with £75 travellingallowance ;1 at £200, with £75 travelling-allowance. Truant Officer, £105. Wanganui.—Secretary, £265. Three Clerks—l at £145,1 at £80, lat £60. Three Inspectors —1 at £450, with £100 travelling-allowance; lat £340, and lat £300: each with £150 travellingallowance. Truant Officer, £240. Two Relieving-teachers, at £100 each. Technical Instruction. —Director, at £150. Two Art Instructors—l at £225, 1 at £105. Instructor in Woodwork, £250 and travelling-expenses. Instructor in Wood-carving, £145 and travelling-expenses. Instructor in Cookery, £120 and travelling-expenses. Wellington.—Secretary, £400. Four Clerks—l at £225, 1 at £200, 1 at £110, 1 at £50. Messenger, £150. Two Inspectors —1 at £450, 1 at £425, each with actual travelling-expenses. Five Truant Officers —1 at £125, 2at £20, 2 at £10, each with actual travelling-expenses. Clerk of Works, £200. Architect, 5 per cent, on contracts, with actual travelling-expenses. Hawke's Bay.—Secretary and Treasurer, £250. Clerk, £100. Inspector, £500, with £175 travelling-allowance. Technical Instruction. —Director, about £275. Marlborough.—Secretary and Treasurer, £175. Inspector at £300, and travelling-expenses. Nelson. —Secretary, £300. Clerk, £75. Two Inspectors—l at £350, with £130 travellingallowance ; 1 at £250, with £100 travelling-allowance. Grey.—Secretary and Inspector, £350. Clerk, £70. Truant Officer, £25. Westland.—Secretary and Inspector, £400, including travelling-expenses. Clerk and Truant Officer, £90. North Canterbury.—Secretary, £375. Treasurer and Chief Clerk, £275. Clerk, £175. Messenger, £120. Shorthand Clerk and Typist, £70. Three Inspectors, at £437 10s. : each with actual travelling-expenses. Truant Officer, £140, with actual travelling-expenses. Architect, £275, with actual travelling-expenses ; Assistant, £170. Technical Instruction. —Two Manual Instructors—l at 2s. 6d. per hour for boys, and 4s. per hour for adults during actual instruction ; 1 at 2s. 6d. per hour during actual instruction. South Canterbury.—Secretary and Assistant Inspector, £400, including travelling-expenses. Inspector, £600, including travelling-expenses. Three Clerks —1 at £170, lat £33, lat £20. Truant Officer, £40, with travelling-expenses. Otago.—Secretary, £500. Four Clerks—l at £300, 1 at £220, 1 at £170, lat £100. Four Inspectors—l at £500, lat £475, 2at £375 : each with £150 travelling-allowance. Architect, £300, with actual travelling-expenses. Instructor in Gymnastics, £120, with actual travelling-expenses. Truant Officer, £150, with actual travelling-expenses. Three Relieving-teachers—l at £240, lat £120, 1 at £80. Technical Instruction. —Teacher of Woodwork, at £154. Teacher of Cookery, at £100. Southland. —Secretary and Treasurer, £400. Two Clerks—l at £185 10s., 1 at £55. Two Inspectors at £400, with actual travelling-expenses. Truant Officer, £150, with actual travellingexpenses. Instructor in Gymnastics, £100, with actual travelling-expenses. Architect and Director of Technical Instruction, £300, with actual travelling-expenses; Assistant, £65.

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