§ ME. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of meetings of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland held during each of the three years 1902, 1903, and 1904; the number of meetings of same body held in each, of the three calendar years immediately preceding the death of Mr. Redington, late Resident Commissioner of National Education; the number of meetings of same body held in each of the three calendar years immediately preceding the death of Sir Patrick Keenan, Resident Commissioner of National Education.
§ (Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The numbers of meetings held in the years named were as follows—
| Year. | No. of Meetings. |
| 1902 | 26 |
| 1903 | 31 |
| 1904 | 38 |
§ The numbers of meetings held in the three calendar years immediately preceding the death of Mr. Redington (who died on the 4th February, 1899) were—
| Year. | No. of Meetings. |
| 1896 | 49 |
| 1897 | 40 |
| 1898 | 40 |
§ The numbers of meetings held in the three calendar years immediately preceding the death of Sir Patrick Keenan (who died on 1st- November, 1894) were—
| Year | No. of Meetings. |
| 1891 | 40 |
| 1892 | .43 |
| 1893 | 47 |