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In the secondary departments of district high schools salaries are uniform, in accordance with the schedule to the Act. The average salaries actually paid to secondary assistants, exclusive of the sums paid to head teachers by way of extra salary, were, in December, 1912 and 1913, as follows :■ — 1912. 1913. £ s. d. £ s. d. Male assistants ... ... ... ... 193 13 0 193 0 0 Female assistants ... ... ... ... 168 16 8 164 7 9 All secondary assistants ... ... ... 179 13 5 174 8 9 (The scale of salaries is the Fame for men and women.) The total amount paid in salaries to teachers in secondary departments of district high schools, including the special payments to head teachers, was £17,295 as against £17,431 for 1912. The professional qualifications of the secondary-school teachers of the Dominion are as follows :■ — Status of Secondary Teachers (Regular Staff only), December, 1913. District Secondary High Schools Schools. (Secondary Principals,— Departments). Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 32 21 Holding certificates or other qualifications (excluding graduates)... ... ... ... ... 1 38 Assistants, — Graduates ... ... ... ... ... 210 53 Certificated (excluding graduates) ... ... ... 21 31 Uncertificated ... ... ... ... ... 24 4 Totals ... ... ... ... 288 147 Finances of Secondary Schools. The income of secondary schools is derived from the following sources : — (i.) Rents from the special reserves allocated to them by statute : (ii.) Statutory grants given in lieu of special reserves : (iii.) Interest upon moneys derived from the sale of reserves and invested in accordance with the Education Reserves Act : (iv.) Income from the secondary-school reserves controlled by the Land Boards, divided among the secondary schools in the several land districts in proportion to the number of pupils in average attend■. ance, lower departments excluded : (v.) Government payments — (a) Statutory capitation upon free pupils under the Act ; (b) subsidies on voluntary contributions for the general purposes of the school: (vi.) Government payments — (a) Capitation for manual - instruction classes ; (b) subsidies on voluntary contributions for manualinstruction purposes : (vii.) Special Government grants for buildings and apparatus : (viii.) Tuition fees of pupils : (ix.) Boarding fees of pupils : (x.) Miscellaneous sources, such as interest on moneys (other than those obtained by the sale of reserves), donations, and special endowments (for scholarships, prizes, &c), rent of premises, loans raised, &c. The revenue derived from the sources (i) to (iv) is the income derived from endowments, and the " net annual income derived from endowments " is the average of this revenue for the three preceding years, less the expenditure upon the endowments and investments and subject to some qualification upon buildings, and less mortgage and other charges. In regard to new buildings the Education Amendment Act, 1912, provides that the expenditure shall not be deducted unless the Minister is satisfied that the buildings are necessary for the purposes of the secondary school.