§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the President of the Board of Education how much would be required to raise the pensions of teachers in elementary schools compulsorily retired before 1912 to the same ex- 254W tent as the pensions which were augmented by the recent grant of £250,000?
§ Mr. J. PEASEThe estimated cost of retrospectively extending the benefits of the Act of 1912 to those teachers who retired under the Act of 1898 is a capital sum of £596,889. The equivalent annual charge at 3 per cent. is a perpetual annuity of £17,907.