§ MR. WILLIAM MOORE (Antrim, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the programme and rules of the Intermediate Education Board have been heretofore published at Easter in each year; what is the reason for the delay in the publication in the present year of the programme and rules for the examination in 1903; when such publication will be made; and if he can give any assurance that no radical changes will be announced which the present delay will render almost impossible for teachers to adopt.
(Answer.) The programme and rules of the Board were published in the month of June during the past three years. The programme and rules for 1903 will be ready for publication in the course of a week or ten days, and I cannot, by anticipation, make any statement as to their effect.—(Irish Office.)