§ MR. J. O'CONNOR (Tipperary, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord 1398 Lieutenant of Ireland, Why the gratuity for instructing the Assistant of the Gracetown National School, County Tipperary, has not been paid, although it is due for nearly a year?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The National Education Commissioners inform me that there is no gratuity payable in the case in question. The Rule governing the award of such gratuities requires that not more than 12 months shall have elapsed between the pupil's first examination and the date of his leaving as a pupil the school of his former instructor. In the case alluded to a period of upwards of 15 months had elapsed.