§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the portion of the circular of instructions issued by the Board of National Education to their inspectors, dated January, 1904, relating to the standards in which results fees are payable for extra branches, which formed the subject of a debate in this House on 14th March, 1904, resulting in the defeat of the Government, has been either modified or withdrawn in subsequent instructions; and, if modified, will he say in what way.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long): The original circular was modified in the manner outlined by my right hon. friend the Member for Dover on 8th March, 1904. I have now sent to the hon. Member copies of the original and amending circulars.