THE O'CONOR DONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether it is true that a day for taking a census of all the children attending primary schools in Ireland has been fixed by arrangement between the Census Commissioners and the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, or whether the latter or either of their secretaries have been made acquainted, officially or unofficially, with the day fixed for the taking of such census; and, if so, whether similar information has been com- 805 municated to other educational bodies, such as the Church Education Society or the Christian Brothers?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONreplied that, in accordance with the usual practice on such occasions, a day had been fixed upon for taking the census referred to, and that that day was the 28th June. The necessary Papers were in course of preparation, and when they were ready copies would be sent to the National Board, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the schools of the Christian Brothers, and to the heads of the other educational bodies throughout the country, likewise to the Press.