§ SIR HERVEY BRUCEasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will consider the propriety of giving directions that books, maps, and apparatus may be supplied gratis to the National Schools of Ireland, instead of obliging managers to supply them?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, I am informed that, if this proposal were carried out, it would involve an increase in the Parliamentary grant of £30,000 a-year, 1158 and be simply a relief to the parents of the children of the price of the school books. Managers very rarely supply school books gratis to the children. I am not prepared to ask the Treasury to consent to au increase in the grant for this purpose.
§ SIR HERVEY BRUCEasked, whether the right hon. Gentleman was aware that in the Model Schools books were supplied gratis?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, he thought his hon. Friend had got enough out of the Treasury to-day.