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or with respect - to the University qualifications on which they were admitted to the training college. Table P5 shows the certificate status as revised after the examinations of January, 1915, and includes those to whom trained-teachers' certificates were granted at the close of their training course without further examination. Of the second-year students 1 student at admission held a Class C certificate, and 40 Class D certificates. At the end of the course 9 students held Class B certificates, 124 Class C certificates, and 71 Class D certificates. The increases provided for in teachers' salaries and students' allowances, together with the provision for additional members on the staffs, will result in an estimated increase of about £10,000 in the expenditure on training colleges for the current year. The amounts paid to Education Boards in 1913-14 and 1914-15 for the training of teachers were as follows:— • I. Training colleges— 1913-14. 1914-15. Salaries of staffs (half charged to public-school £ £ £ £ salaries) ... ... ... ... 7,114 8,096 Students'allowances ... ... ... 21,876 20,067 University fees of students ... ... 3,370 3,272 Special instruction—Clause 6 (2) of regulations ... ... ... ... 1,042 1,471 Buildings, sices, and equipment ... ... 4,542 5,007 37,944 37,913 11. Other training— Grants for special instruction in certificate subjects, including science, agriculture, and handwork, of teachers other than trainingcollege students ... ... ... 3,630 3,050 Railway fares of teachers and instructors ... 5,733 6,249 Sundries ... ... ... ... ... ii(f?C 0 5 9,363 ] 9,304 Totals ... ... ... £47,307 £47,217 The expenditure on buildings, sites, &c, shown above was largely on account of the Wellington Training College. The total grants made to date by the Grovernment for buildings, sites, &c, in connection with that institution amount to over £20,000. Uncertificated Teachers. A special grant of £4,000 was made last year for the training of teachers. The purposes for which the grant|was applied were : — (1.) Central classes for the personal tuition of uncertificated teachers (exclusive of pupil-teachers and probationers) in subjects of the D certificate. (2.) Tuition and training of uncertificated teachers (exclusive of pupilteachers and probationers) by means of correspondence classes under the control of Education Boards, in cases in which it is found highly inconvenient to bring teachers to classes. Under this heading, however, no correspondence classes in science subjects are recognized unless the Board makes adequate provision for practical work. (3.) Courses of practical work in physical and natural science, in subjects of manual instruction other than |those usually taught by special instructors, in vocal music, and in drawing. In the distribution of the grant the amounts to the various Education Boards varied from £150 in the two smallest districts to £725 in the largest. One Education Board having a credit balance to the account in question did not participate in the grant. Finances op Education Boards. (See also E.-2, Tables P 1 to P 12.) 1. General Survey of the Finances of Education Boards. Table F is a summary of the income and expenditure, and of the assets and liabilities, of the various Education Boards for the calendar year 1914. Full information for each district can be obtained on reference to Appendix A of E.-2, or to Tables Fl and F2 published ir the same report.