§ MR. R. H. PAGETasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether in the case of a parish having no public Elementary School, but the educational requirements of which are presumably fulfilled by the fact that every part of such parish lies within two miles of the voluntary public Elementary Schools of its neighbours, such parish can, in any way, be compelled to contribute towards the expenses of the schools in which its children are educated; and, whether the neighbouring parishes are under any legal obligation to receive the children of such parish?
§ MR. MUNDELLA.If the voluntary schools of a parish have room to spare, their managers must admit any children from other parishes who present themselves for admission, and the parishes from which the children come are not under any legal obligation to contribute. Contribution can only be enforced when there is a deficiency of accommodation, and in the supposed case there is no deficiency, there being a surplus of accommodation in the neighbouring voluntary schools; but it is not unusual where one parish avails itself of voluntary schools of another parish that some pecuniary compensation is made.