§ MR. GEORGE KENYON (Denbigh)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether he can state the effect of the Act of last session, and of the new Regulations of the Board of Education upon the number of Evening Schools and Schools of Science during the current session.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge UniversityNo, it is impossible to do this with accuracy till the end of the session. So far, the number of Evening Schools seems to be greater than last year when there was a decrease, or the year before; but the cause of this increase cannot yet be discriminated.