§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can obtain from the Intermediate Board a precise definition of the meaning they attach to the addition to Rule 49, which states that the exhibitions assigned to the literary course will be allotted equally between Divisions 1 and 2; does this refer to a minimum number of exhibitions only or has it another and, if so, what signification.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL,) Bristol, N.The Commissioners of Intermediate Education inform me that the statement in Rule 49 refers to a minimum number of exhibitions only. There is nothing in the Rule to prevent the Commissioners from allotting additional, exhibitions to either division of the modern literary coarse if the number of students and the standards attained should justify the award of additional exhibitions.