§ MR. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N. W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If it is the case that great diversity exists in the way in which examinations for managers' certificates are conducted in different districts; if in Durham district it is partly vivâ voce and partly in writing; if in Scotland it is wholly in writing; if he is aware that at the examination held at Edinburgh on 19th and 20th May, 1887, 12 candidates were present from Durham in order to escape the vivâ voce examination; if, on the occasion named, a misprinted plan of ventilation of a mine was supplied to candidates; whether he intends to return to candidates the whole or any part of their registration fee in consequence; what steps he intends taking to prevent the issue of such misprinted plans in future; and, whether he will so instruct the examiners that all examinations shall be conducted partly in writing and partly by question and answer?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.), in reply, said, the information asked by the hon. Member involved an inquiry of some detail. As soon as the Notice of the Question appeared he directed two Circulars and two special letters to be despatched requesting information on the points raised in the Question. Replies had not yet been received; but he would be happy to communicate their purport when they reached his hands.