9179.  (Mr.  Hothouse.)  When  vou  spoke  of  the  inspectors  examining
schools,  did  you  mean  to  include  endowed  schools  receiving  pablic
money  P — Schools  that  receive  grants  from  public  money.  This  is  a
question  which  has  not  been  raised  before,  but  I  should  like  to  see  other
schools  of  a  private  and  proprietary  kind,  which  desire  to  do  so,  placo
themselves  in  such  a  position  that  there  should  be  a  public  report  upon
them.
9180.  And  qualify  themselves  by  being  put  upon  the  register? — If  you
have  a  register  of  schools.  A  register  of  schools  and  a  register  of  teachers
are  different  things.
9181.  {Mrs.  Sid^unek.)  Should  you  include  the  private  schools  as  part
of  the  educational  supply  for  any  district  P — If  they  had  registered  and
qualified  teachers  at  the  head,  and  if  they  showed  themselves  willing  to
give  an  account  of  themselves,  either  bv  submitting  to  some  public
examination  or  by  offering  to  be  examined  by  the  local  authority.
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9182.  If  the  public  authority  sets  up  a  school,  the  proprietanr  or  priyato
Bchools  in  the  aistrict  may  be  very  much  injured  thereby  P — No  doubt.
9183.  Would  you  give  tfaem  any  right  of  appeal  against  the  action  of
the  public  authority  r — Do  you  mean  an  appeal  as  against  a  possible  rival
school  on  a  public  basis  P

9184.  Yes  ? — No,  I  do  not  think  you  would  give  such  a  right  of  appeal
in  the  public  interest.
