§ MAJOR RASCH) (Essex, S.E.I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, as the Education Department allows the £10 grant under Article 111 to Bulphan School without making a demand for a census of the population within any radius, he will also give this grant to other schools in similar circumstances, irrespective of a demand for a census within a two mile radius?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir W. HART DYKE,) Kent, DartfordSpecial inquiry was made as to the population before the £10 grant was allowed to Bulphan School, but the Department only asks for a census whenever there is reason to doubt whether the population is actually within the limit prescribed by the Code, and if my hon. Friend will refer to Section 19 of the Act of 1876, he will see that in such circumstances they are bound to take this precaution.