§ Mr. T. W. BROWNasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention has been called to the case of French v. Crockett, in which the Recorder of Derry decided that, though the loan for the building of the teacher's residence was repaid by the National Board and by the teachers who had lived in it, the principal was legally bound to pay to the landlord a rent equal to the local moiety of the redemption instalment, a decision which was confirmed on appeal by His Majesty's going judge of Assize at Londonderry; and if he proposes to introduce legislation which will secure that a residence erected by public money shall not revert to a private individual after the loan has been repaid, but shall remain in perpetuity as a free residence for the teacher for whom it was built?
Mr. HENRYThe attention of my right, hon. Friend the Chief Secretary has been; directed to the decision in the case referred to in this question, and he is at, present considering the desirability of introducing legislation securing the continued use of such buildings as residences for national school teachers.