MR. MACTEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that although, according to the Charter, the session of Queen's College, Belfast, should begin in October and end 779 in June, the lectures do not begin until November and end in May, and that a month's vacation intervenes between those periods, thus reducing the actual period of tuition to five months in the year; and, if so, whether he can state if any representations have been made to the Government as to the necessity of providing assistance to the staff of professors.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe college session began last year on the 20th October and terminated on the 11th June, 1901. The lectures in Arts extended from November to May, but the hon. Member overlooks the fact that the examinations for scholarships and class examinations form also an essential part of the college work. These examinations took place in the intervals before and after the Arts course. There was a vacation of two weeks at Christmas and two weeks at Easter. In reply to the concluding inquiry I refer to the recent correspondence with the college council laid by me on the Table of the House in February last. [Parliamentary Paper No. 68.]