E.—i.

Table L7.—Classification of Full-time Teachers of Manual-training Classes as in December, 1937, and prior to the Issue of the Annual Classification List.

Of the 178 teachers in the above table, 23 are agricultural instructors, 74 are woodwork instructors, 1 is a metalwork instructor, 77 are cookery instructresses, 1 is an art instructress, and 2 are commercial instructresses. Note. —(1) To be classified in Division I a teacher must be the holder of a University degree or equivalent qualification. (2) In 1937 four of the men and five of the women were attached to certain intermediate schools or departments under the control of the Auckland Education Board. These are included also among the staffs of those intermediate schools or departments. 12. SALARIES OF TEACHERS. The average salaries (including house allowances, value of residences, and all other allowances) of adult teachers in primary schools in 1914 and for the last five years are shown in the following table. Under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1931, the salaries of all teachers, in common with those of all public servants, were reduced by 10 per cent, as from the Ist April, 1931. Salaries were further reduced under the provisions of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, as from the Ist April, 1932. The reductions made were 5 per cent, on salaries not exceeding £225 per annum, 10 per cent, between that figure and not exceeding £720, and 12f per cent, on those exceeding that figure. The salaries of all teachers were increased by 5 per cent, as from Ist April, 1934, by 7f per cent, as from Ist August, 1935, and restored to scale ates as from Ist July, 1936. Table M 1. —Average Salaries op Primary-school Teachers (exclusive op Teachers in Intermediate Schools and Departments and Secondary Departments of District High Schools) as in December. 1914. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936.* 1937.* (1) Teachers in all schools— ££££££ (a) Men and women .. .. 163 231 229 261 298 295 (b) Men .. .. .. .. 224 283 283 312 361 355 (c) Women .. .. ..128 198 194 224 254 251 (2) Teachers in schools with average attendance over eight — (a) Men and women .. .. .. 235 233 265 302 299 (b) Men .. .. .. .. .. 286 288 321 365 359 (c) Women .. .. .. ..202 198 227 258 256 (3) Teachers in schools with average attendance over twenty— (а) Men and women . . .. .. 239 235 268 307 303 (.b) Men .. .. . . .. .. 302 301 338 386 377 (c) Women .. .. .. ..201 196 226 258 254 (4) Head teachers — {a) Men . . .. .. .. .. 356 372 400 447 448 (б) Women .. .. .. ..313 323 347 394 398 (5) All sole teachers — (a) Men .. • • .. - ■ .. 224 233 258 288 289 (b) Women .. .. .. .. 197 212 243 268 265 (6) Assistants— (a) Men .. .. .. .. .. 250 231 277 333 314 (b) Women .. .. 191 183 213 244 242

* These average salaries are exclusive of relieving teachers.

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Class | VII. | VI. j V. j IV. | III. j II. | Totals - M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Division I .. .. 00 21 63 65 19 2 13 2 20 19 51 Division II .. .. 2 1 18 8 15 9 24 5 10 2 4 0 7 3 80 28 Totals .. 2 1 20 9 21 12 30 10 11 11 6 13 9 23 99 79 Grand totals .. 3 29 33 40 22 19 32 178