§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a grant has deen provisionally sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education towards the rebuilding and extension of Guy's Schools, Ballymena; if so, will he state what steps the Commissioners have taken to satisfy themselves that a necessity for the additional accommodation intended to be provided by the re building and extension of these schools exists in Ballymena.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Yes, Sir. The Commissioners satisfied themselves of the necessity for the proposed new schoolhouse by due inquiry made through one of their senior inspectors.