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a The average salary in these cases is given in the official reports for each class or grade of teachers; the amounts tabulated are the highest and lowest averages given. For full details see pp. 6, 7. By reason of a clerical error the averages given for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in the Report of the Commissioner for 1902, page 426, are incorrect.

TEACHERS' SALARIES.

The financial status of the teachers of public elementary schools is just now exciting great attention throughout our country. The moment is therefore opportune for considering the salaries paid in other countries, particularly in those most like our own in their regard for education. The statements which follow in respect to salaries in Canada are taken from the official reports of the several provinces.

Ontario. The following table shows the present rates of teachers' salaries in Ontario in comparison with the same at stated intervals for a period of thirty years:

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With respect to the foregoing presentation, the minister of education observes that while the average salaries for teachers in the province are higher for both men and women than at any previous period and while the salaries in the cities and towns are considerably higher, the salaries in the counties, etc., or rural and village sections, are not as high as formerly.

When these salaries are considered in connection with the increased cost of living and of obtaining the necessary qualifications, it will be seen that they are still very low. [Report of the Minister of Education, 1903, p. ix.]

Quebec.—According to the report of the superintendent of public instruction for 1902-3 the average salaries of teachers in the elementary schools are as follows:

Roman Catholic elementary schools:

Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas-

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Average salary of male lay teachers with diplomas-
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602

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[Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1902-3, tables, pp. x, xi,

xii.]

Nova Scotia.-The teachers of public schools in Nova Scotia are divided into four classes, according to the grade of license held. The average salaries and the percentage of teachers in each class are shown in the following table:

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The superintendent of education states that male teachers are now only about one-fifth of the whole number, the female teachers numbering 2,053 to 441 male teachers. The teachers of Class A form no more than 5 per cent of the teachers of the province. However, 71 of these are male and only 24 female. All these are engaged as a rule in high school work, either in the academies or other high schools, and a few in the superior common schools. [Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1903, tables, pp. xv and xvi, also p. xxii.] New Brunswick.-The following tabulation shows the average annual salaries of teachers for the year 1903:

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In the superior schools (common schools with advanced classes) the average salary was $570.96 and in the grammar schools (county high schools) salaries ranged from $600 to $2,400. [Report of the Chief Superintendent of Education, 1903, Table VIII, p. A 23, and Table XIII, p. A 35.]

British Columbia.-The report of the superintendent of education for 1902-3 contains a complete list of teachers and salaries, from which it appears that the range of salaries in the schools below the high school grade is from $40 to $105 a month. Only one salary is given at the latter figure, and only a small proportion of salaries fall as low as $40. The usual salary is $50, $55, or $60 a month.

In the high schools the salaries for principals range from $100 to $140 a month, and for assistants from $50 to $90. [Report 1902-3, pp. xlvi-lx.]

Prince Edward Island.-The classification and average salaries for teachers in Prince Edward Island for 1903 were as follows:

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[Estimated from Table XVIII, Report of the Chief Superintendent of Education, 1903.]

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Buildings destroyed by fire December 2, 1903.

d Quebec Seminary, an ecclesiastical organization, defrays all expenses.

The Quebec branch has 425 students; the remainder are connected with the Montreal branch.

f Acres of land.

No statement received from the authorities.

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The classical colleges in Quebec are a combination of school and college, attended by both boys and young men. They confer certain degrees, and are mostly affiliated with Laval University. It not being possible to separate them, the pupils in these colleges are counted twice over, viz, in this table and in the one in the preceding table.

Includes value of furniture.

There are good ladies' colleges in the Province of Quebec, but the returns of the superintendent of education for the Province of Quebec are so incomplete that no satisfactory analysis can be made.

d Government grant.

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