§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether, in view of the fact that the establishment of a preparatory grade in the scheme of the intermediate examinations for the present year will considerably add to the already onerous duties of the superintendents at these examinations, it is the intention of the Intermediate Board to increase the remuneration paid to superintendents to £20, the amount given them for the first four years of the Board's existence?
§ MR. JACKSONI am informed that it is not proposed to make any alteration in the scale of remuneration.
§ MR. SEXTONIs it a fact that superintendents take only £15, out of which they are expected to pay their hotel bills and travelling expenses? I should also like to know whether, if the Board have plenty of money, they will not return to the earlier amount?
§ MR. JACKSONI should not prescribe to the Board how they should pay the superintendents. They must know better than anyone else what should be paid to those officials.