DR. CAMERONasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, Whether it is a fact that part of the parish of Bowar, Caithness, with about forty children of school age, has no school accommodation within three miles; whether, in consequence of a Petition from the inhabitants and ratepayers in 1882, an Inspector was sent down to visit the district, and report to the Department, and that his Report was in favour of a school being built; and, whether the School Board has yet taken any steps to carry out this recommendation; and, if not, whether the Department intend taking any action to secure the erection of the school which their Inspector reported as necessary?
§ MR. MUNDELLAYes, Sir; the facts are as stated in the hon. Member's Question. The Department wrote to the School Board in February asking them what they meant to do in the way of supplying the necessary accommodation. No answer has yet been received, and the Department wrote again on the 1st of April requiring an answer within a fortnight. We will take care that the educational deficiencies of the locality shall be supplied.