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To the above amounts additions of from £20 to £60 are made according to the teacher's position on the graded list. Married assistant teachers also receive an additional allowance of £40 per annum. Head teachers either have the free use of a school residence or receive a house allowance of from £30 to £60 per annum. The following is the scale recently adopted by the London County Council, which employs 20,000 certificated teachers and 300 uncertificated teachers, and probably pays higher salaries than any other educational authority in England : — Certificated Assistant Teachers. Men, £200 to £425 ; women, £187 10s. to £340. Head Teachers. Schools Men. Women. Maximum Salary. Maximum Salary. £ £ Grade I (accommodation 1-120) .. .. 467 374 Grade II (accommodation 121-240) .. .. 510 408 Grade 111 (accommodation 241-400) .. .. 552 442 Grade IV (accommodation 401-560) .. .. 600 480 Grade V (accommodation over 560) .. . . 650 520 It will be observed that the salaries in the London scale apply only to certificated teachers, and it should also be noted that on the average men teachers spend twenty-two years in the service before becoming head teachers, amd women, nineteen years. When the additional amounts payable in New Zealand are included it will be seen that the scales do not differ widely. In New South Wales the following amounts represent the position quota : — £ £ Headmasters .. .. .. .. .. .. 299-403 Mistresses of departments .. .. .. .. .. 240-305 First assistants—Men .. .. .. .. .. 234-299 Women .. .. .. .. .. 188-240 Assistants—Men .. . . .. .. .. .. 208 Women .. .. .. .. .. 169 To these amounts should be added the classification quota, ranging in the case of men from £52 to £234, and in the case of women from £39 to £188. No other allowances are payable, and the value of a residence is deducted from the salary. The total amount of all salaries and allowances at the rates payable on the 31st December, 1920, in this Dominion was £1,513,066, showing the large increase of £251,352 over the amount for the previous year. The total is made up as follows: — £ Adult teachers'salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,351,216 Pupil-teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. .. .. 61,335 Probationers' allowances .. .. .. .. .. 59,365 House allowances to head or sole teachers where residence is not provided 41,150 £1,513,066 The above figures do not include the equivalent of house allowance where residences are provided, estimated at £44,420, nor the additional amounts paid to head teachers for the supervision of secondary departments of district high schools. The total cost of salaries and allowances (including the sum saved in house allowances) works out at £8 13s. 9d. per head of the average attendance, as compared with £7 9s. lid. in 1919. The average salaries of adult teachers (including house allowances and value of residences) for the last three years are shown in the following table :— Average Salaries of Primary-school Teachers. 1918. 1919. 1920. (I.) Teachers in all schools £ £ £ (a.) Men and women .. .. .. .. 187 240 278 (6.) Men 273 323 366 (c.) Women 153 201 235

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