§ MR. MURPHYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the Commissioners of National Education can state the number of years that the Rev. James Dewar has been manager of Corry No. 2 National School, Belfast, of which his sister is teacher, in violation of the rules of the Commissioners; whether Mr. E. P. Dewar is still senior inspector of the circuit in which the school is; and what steps the Commissioners propose to take to secure the observance of their rules.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that the Rev. J. Dewar has been manager of the school mentioned for the past twenty-five years. Mr. E. P. Dewar is still senior inspector of the circuit in which the school is situated. The Commissioners have written to the Rev. Mr. Dewar informing him that the arrangement by which he is the manager of the national school of which his sister is the teacher must cease forthwith.