§ MR. BODKIN (Roscommon, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland can he say when the Return ordered in regard to the school books provided or allowed by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland will be laid upon the Table of the House?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)The Return referred to relates to several thousands of National schools, and to a long series of years, and the Commissioners inform me that it cannot be completed before two months, at the earliest.