§ MR. TALBOTI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the information recently given by him as to the dearth of elementary teachers referred to certificated and provisionally certificated teachers exclusively; whether he can state the number of Inspectors who have received no complaints of scarcity of teachers; whether the cases quoted by him of salaries under £60 a year included any male teachers; and whether, in most cases, house, coals, and gardens are offered in addition to the salaries quoted?
§ MR. ACLANDThe information given in my reply to the hon. Member referred to certificated and provisionally certificated teachers. Twenty Inspectors, exclusive of those Inspectors who have few or no small schools in their districts, reported that they had heard no complaints of scarcity. Eleven of the cases to which I referred of salaries under £60 were those of male teachers. In about half of the cases there is a house in addition to the salary, but I am unable to give particulars as to coals or gardens.
§ In reply to Mr. TALBOT,
§ MR. ACLANDpromised to make further inquiries into the matter.