§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Waveney School in Ballymena has been in operation in temporary premises since August, 1903, and has been reported upon by the sub-inspector in November, 1904, by a chief inspector in May, 1904, and by another chief inspector in December, 1904; will he state when and by whom the Waveney School temporary premises were reported as unsuitable and insanitary; and when was intimation to that effect first given to the manager of the Waveney School.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Waveney applicant school, Ballymena,has bean in operation in temporary premises since August, 1903. The application for aid was reported on by the local inspector in December, 1903, and by the Board's two chief inspectors in May, 1904, and December, 1904, respectively. In the May report of the chief inspector it was stated that the premises were unsuitable, that there was no playground, and that there was very insufficient out-office accommodation. The chief inspector who visited in December reported, in addition to the foregoing defects, that he found children crowded into a room of cramped dimensions (19 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 8 inches by 10 feet) and that the air in this room was very much vitiated and dangerous to the health of teachers and pupils. The Commissioners are satisfied that this school is not required, and they have so informed the applicant on several occasions. In replying on March 6th last to a letter from the applicant, in which temporary recognition of the school was sought for, the Commissioners, while refusing such recognition on the grounds that the school was not required, stated as an additional reason for not aiding the school, even temporarily, 1251 that the premises were unsuitable and insanitary.
§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that when the chief inspector visited the Waveney School, Ballymena, in December, 1904, there were 149 pupils on the roll, of these ninety-eight being infants, and forty-eight of them had never attended any other school in Ballymena; that the remaining fifty infants were withdrawn from the following:—Guy's Infants (35), Model Infants (10), Harryville Girls (5); and if he will
| Schools. | Number withdrawn. | Accommodation at 10 square feet per pupil. | Average. |
| Model Schools | 27 | 375 | 167 |
| Guy's Schools | 57 | 422 | 401 |
| Harryville | 6 | 448 | 414 |
| Ballymoney Street | 4 | 193 | 94 |
| Other National Schools out side Ballymena | 22 | — | — |
§ The following tabular statement shows the average attendance and the accommodation at nine and ten square feet per pupil at the Model Infants, Guy's
| Schools. | Average Attendance. | 9 square feet. | 10 square feet. |
| Model Infants | 57 | 89 | 81 |
| Guy's Infants | 156 | 155 | 140 |
| Harryville Girls | 207 | 252 | 224 |