§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if instructions are given to the inspectors of the National Board of Education to consider carefully the circumstances of the school and the class of 673 children attending when making their annual inspections; and, if not, will he consider the necessity that exists for such instructions.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that the Answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative.