§ DR. FOX (King's County, Tullamore)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what was the total cost to the State per child in average attendance in the Belfast Model School for the year ending 31st March, 1889; what was the corresponding figure for the St. Enoch National Schools, Belfast; how many monitors or pupil teachers from the Belfast Model School have been appointed teachers in the Belfast National Schools during the past five years; how many in National Schools outside Belfast; and what are the corresponding numbers for the St. Enoch National Schools, Belfast, under the management of the Rev. Hugh Hanna, D.D.?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.The Commissioners of National Education report that the total cost to the State per child referred to in the first paragraph was £3 1s. 3d., or including charge on Board of Works Vote and cost of staff of residential pupil teachers, £4 0s. 8d. The corresponding figure for the St. Enoch National Schools was £1 15s. 7d. Two monitors and 27 543 pupil teachers were appointed teachers in the circumstances indicated in the third paragraph. In National Schools outside Belfast the numbers were three monitors and 33 pupil teachers. In the St. Enoch National Schools in Belfast eight monitors were so appointed. There are no pupil teachers employed there. In these schools outside Belfast none were appointed.