§ MR. GODDARD (Ipswich)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether there is anything in the New Code for 1901 which will affect the legality of the use of the school fund for the maintenance of the school libraries which have been established in connection with many board schools.
§ SIR J. GORSTNo; the decision of the Court in Rex v. Cockerton establishes the legal position that the Board of Education cannot, by code, affect the legality of the uses to which school boards apply the school fund.