§ MR. RYLANDS (for Mr. CHAMBERLAIN)asked the Vice President of the Council, with reference to the want of a public elementary school in the parish of Wymington since 1870, Whether he is aware that no further progress has been made in the provision of school accommodation since his answer to a question on this subject last March; and, whether, under these circumstances, he is prepared to order the formation of a School Board so that the necessary provision for elementary education in the parish, which had been delayed for eight years, may at last be made?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, in the answer of my Predecessor in March last, a detailed account was given of the exceptional difficulties in providing a school which this small parish had to overcome, and the consequent delay. The Department have been assured that a public elementary school has been erected, and we are in communication with the locality as to the engagement of a certificated teacher. So long as the locality makes and is making a bonâ fide effort to voluntarily provide 1525 school accommodation, I should be very reluctant to impose a school board upon them, though, of course, there is a limit to the time during which the effort must be completed.