§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain why the principal teacher of school, Roll No. 8145, has not received an increment, although he is trained first class, has almost twenty-five years satisfactory service as principal school average over 100, and has these reports from inspectors; year 1900, school is in a satisfactory state; year 1901, report marked good; year 1902, report marked fair; year 1903, report marked good; and year 1904, report marked very good.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) This teacher received an increment of £2 from the 1st April,1903, which raised his salary to £107, the maximum salary of his grade.