§ MR. BALDWINI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, with regard to the demand made upon the managers of the Tenbury National Schools, who have been ordered to provide additional accommodation for 50 infants, although at the present time there is provision made for 73 infants with only an average attendance of 63, whether he is aware that, in 1892, a sum of £590 was expended upon these schools to meet the requirements of the Department, and at that time the Department made no demand for such increased accommodation; and whether, under these circumstances, the Department intend to insist upon this new accommodation being provided?
MR. ACLANDNo demand has been made on the managers of this school. A Census lately obtained from the School Attendance Committee shows that, on a moderate estimate, there are 50 infants 230 in the parish of Tenbury in excess of the existing accommodation provided in the three schools in the district. The managers of the National School, which is the principal one in the parish, have been informed of this deficiency, and have been told that if they do not see their way to supplying it the Department may have to proceed to issue notices in the usual way. A new classroom and offices were built at this school in 1892, but I do not, of course, know how much they cost. There were 95 infants on the books in June of last year.