§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) can he state when 396 the salaries of workmistresses in Irish National Schools were last augmented; (2) whether the course of examination for the position was sensibly raised in 1893; and (3) whether workmistresses are the only public servants in the teaching profession whose stipends were not increased by the Act of 1892?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe salaries of workmistresses were increased in the year 1885. The Commissioners of National Education cannot admit that the course of examination was made more difficult as alleged. The instructions issued at the time were not designed to extend the course or to render it more difficult. The fact appears to be as stated in the third Question.