ANNUAL REPORT <lb/> of the <lb/>

COMMISSIONERS OF EDUCATION IN IRELAND <lb/>

FOR THE YEAR <lb/> 1915 <lb/> TO HIS EXCELLENCY IVOR CHURCHILL BARON WIMBORNE <lb/>

LORD LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVENOR OF IRELAND <lb/> 

May it please your excellency,<lb/> We the commissioner of education in Ireland beg to submit the following <lb/> General Report of our proceeding during the year 1915 </p> Commission- it is with deep regret that we report the death of Very Reverend J. <lb/>

M. Hamilton. D.D. M.A., which occurred on January 17, 1915. Doctor Hamilton <lb/>
gave long and useful service to the Board. His appointment dates back to December <lb/>
1892 and he had frequently been elected to the office of chairman, in discharging <lb/>  

the duties of which his business capacity and impartiality were always much appre-<lb/>

ciated. By warrants dated February 4, 1915. Your Excellency appointed Reverend <lb/> 

John L. Morrow, M.A.,in the room of doctor Hamilton and William Alexander <lb/>

Goligher, Esquire, M.A Litt.D. F.T.C.D., in the room of R.Y. Tyrrell, Esquire, <lb/>
Litt.D., S.F.T.C.D., who died in this previous year. At the close of 1914 the <lb/> 

Fermanagh Protestant Board of Education elected as their representative for the <lb/> succeeding year Reverend Canon Webb, M.A., in the room of Major Falls, M.A, on <lb/>

active service </p>

The names of the Commissioners and of the members constituting the Standing <lb/> are given on page 13. Five Board meetings and sixteen standing committee<lb/> Committee Meeting were held during the year, the attendance at which are also given on page 13.

Accounts.- on pp. 6-9 we give summaries of our accounts which have been <lb/> certified as correct by the Auditor of the local government board.

Income and expenditure.- Our total income, including the balance brought <lb/> forward from the previous year, was £8,550 5s. Id... and our expenditure, <lb/> £6,592 18s 1d, leaving a balance of £1,957 7s 0d available for the current year. <lb/> As compared with the previous year both income and expenditure show an increase <lb/> the former of 3295 14s 3d and the later of £288 18s 9d. the increased income <lb/> is due mainly to extra dividends - the result of a new investment in 3 1/2 per cent. War <lb/> Loan Stock and of a conversion of Consols into 41/2 per cent. War Loan Stock - and <lb/> to a payment in respect of an old debt on the Cappaloughlin estate; while the extra <lb/> expenditure is accounted for by increased grants for educational purposes. The <lb/> following Tables give a summary of income and expenditure. <pb/>