§ Sir MARK STEWARTasked whether a distribution of the balances of the district education funds has been made to all school boards and other managers of schools; whether there will be a further distribution after 15th May, when the accounts of the education committees are adjusted; whether he is aware that in some counties the amount received by school boards and other managers, under Section 17 (11) of the Education Act, 1908, is less than a fourth of the amount received last year from the general aid grant; and whether any steps will be taken to make up this deficiency?
§ Mr. UREThe distribution of the balances of the District Education Funds under Section 17 (11) of the Act of 1908 is now proceeding, but it will not be possible to complete it much, if at all, before 15th May. Till the distribution under the scheme of the present year is completed for all districts, and till the Department have had full opportunity of considering the results of the distribution in the various districts it is not thought expedient to make any general statement on the subject, or to say whether any steps should be taken to meet certain contingencies.