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part of the Masters of the Village schools, which are so very essential to success. I find, moreover, that in the case of Denominational schools that receive Grants-in-aid, the sums earned by the Teachers are a powerful incentive to continuous effort.
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3. I therefore venture to propose a modified form of this mode of remuneration, in the case of the Government schools, the Central school excepted; and I do so not merely for my present object, but as a step towards placing all these schools under a strict system of payment by results. It is impossible at present to extend that system in its entirety to these schools, for reasons which I have frequently laid before you; but the time must soon come when it can be done, and I believe the present proposal, if approved, will go far to bring it about.
4. At the ensuing examinations, I should like to divide the schools into three classes, "Very Good", "Good", and "Fair"; to give the Masters of the first class a reward of $25 each, and those of the second $15 each; to make no allowance for those of the third class.