§ Mr. KIRKWOODasked the President of the Board of Education if there is an age limit of thirty-five with regard to the appointment of a junior inspectorship; if not, why Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Seaman's Moss, received exceptional treatment in being granted an inspectorship under the Board?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe candidate referred to in the question had shown great originality, and had achieved considerable success in adapting the instruction at a public elementary school to the needs of a rural area, a subject which is engaging the very earnest attention of the Board at the present time. It is contrary to the practice of the Board to appoint as junior inspectors persons who have passed the age of thirty-five, but I had no hesitation in making an exception to this departmental rule in the present case, where it was desired to secure the services of a man specially qualified to advise the Board on the subject to which I have referred and the candidate who appeared to me to be best qualified for this purpose happened to have passed the usual age limit.