§ MR. BELLINGHAMasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the teachers of the National Schools who have filled the Census Returns are entitled to some remuneration commensurate with the amount of labour which those Returns involve; and, if so, whether the Government can take any steps in the matter?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, that as the National School teachers were only called upon to perform these Census duties once in 10 years, and as he found that no other public officials were remunerated for doing them, he did not see why there should be any exception made in their case to the general rule.