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teachers at the rate payable in December, 1915, was £79,627, an increase of £10,035 over the figure for 1914. Full particulars will be found in Table K4 of E.-6. The following summary shows the average salaries paid to principals and assistants on the regular staff :— Avbeage Salaries in Secondary Schools. , 1914.* —, , 1915. , M. F. All. M. F. All. £ £ £ £ £ £ Principals ... 524 397 482 585 436 535 Assistants ... 248 163 211 266 187 232 Whole staff ... 283 183 241 306 209 265 * Lower department teachers included. It will be observed that the average salary of men principals has been increased by £61, and that of women principals by £39. The average salaries of men and women assistants have been increased by £18 and £24 respectively. 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, 1914 and 1915, as follows : — 1914. 1915. £ £ Male assistants ... ... ... ... ... 210 239 Female assistants ... ... ... ... ... 182 200 All secondary assistants ... ... ... .... 195 215 (The soale of salaries is the same 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 £22,080, as for 1914. The professional qualifications of the secondary-school teachers of the Dominion are as follows : —

Status of Secondary Teachers (Regular Staff only), December, 1915.

Finances of Secondary Schools. (See also 1,-6, Tables K6-KB.) The income of secondary schools is derived from the following sources : — (i.) Eents 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 fe the Land Boards, divided among the secondary schools in the several land districts in proportion to the number of pupils in average attendance, lower departments excluded :

Secondai Schools. Distriot Hij (Secondary II »h Schools iopartment). Principals— Graduates, also holders of teachers' certificate Graduates (not included above) Holders of teacher's certificate only Number. 21 11 1 Percentage. 64 33 3 Number. 17 Percentage. 28 44 72 .i— Totals 33 100 61 100 Assistants — Graduates, also holders of teacher's certificate Graduates (not inoluded above) Holders of teacher's certificate only Uncertificated 111 107 13 36 42 4-0 5 13 50 4 33 7 54 4 35 7 Totals .. ■• 267 100 94 100