§ MR. M. BROOKSasked the Vice President of the Council, If he can state,—the title of the body which is to be intrusted with the local supervision of the Department of Science and Art in Dublin; the mode of appointment of such body, and the names of the persons already selected to form it; the powers and duties, with regard to the promotion of Science and Art in Dublin, and through the rest of Ireland, which such a body is to exercise?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONAt present there are no Commissioners in any way associated with the Department of Science and Art in Dublin; but an arrangement has been made by which the administrative work there will be carried on by a Director, as in the ease of Edinburgh, who will be directly responsible to the Education Department for the disbursement of the sums annually voted by Parliament. The body to be intrusted with the local supervision of the Science and Art Museum is a Board of Visitors, consisting of 12 Visitors—four nominated by the Lord Lieu- 865 tenant, five by the Royal Dublin Society, and three by the Royal Irish Academy. Their duties will be to make annual Reports to the Education Department, which are to be laid before Parliament, on the condition, management, and requirements of the Museum, and to advise upon points affecting the administration. The Board consists of the Duke of Leinster, Lord Rosse, Sir Arthur Guinness, Sir Charles Lanyon, Sir Samuel Ferguson, Dr. Jellett, Sir Robert Cane, Mr. Uniacke Townsend, Professor Emerson Reynolds, Dr. Molloy, Professor Percival Wright, and Mr. Alfred Jones. Their duties will be confined to the Dublin Art and Science Museum; the other art and science schools and establishments in Ireland remain as they were.