§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Educa- 130 tion whether his attention has been called to the letter dated March 8th, 1905, of the Rev. F. O. Chambers, Brompton Vicarage, R.S.O., Yorks, to an applicant for the headmastership of the non-provided school in the parish, in which the reverend gentleman says the managers will give the preference to any candidate both able and willing to help on Sunday with a small organ in church and to teach the choir hymns, and to the further communication of the reverend gentleman that they, the managers, have no use for a bigot or a Protestant; whether these communications constitute a breach of the Board of Education's Code of Regulations; and, if so, whether he will communicate with the North Riding County Council on the matter.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONI understand that the local education authority have not yet consented to the appointment to the headmastership of the candidate proposed by the managers, and that they have the facts of the case fully before them. Under the circumstances no action by the Board appears to be needed.
§ DR. MACNAMARADo not these communications constitute a breach of the Education Code Regulations?
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONIf they are made absolute conditions to the appointment they do, but if they are merely held out as inducements to candidates they do not.