Chapter I.

Grants to Establish Elementary Schools.

Building Grants.

16. It is provided by Section 96 of the "Elementary Education Act, 1870," that "After the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one no parliamentary grant shall be made to any elementary school which is not a public elementary school within the meaning of this Act;" and that

"No parliamentary grant shall be made in aid of building, enlarging, improving, or fitting up any elementary school, except in pursuance of a memorial duly signed, and containing the information required by the Education Department for enabling them to decide on the application, and sent to the Education Department on or before the 31st day of December, 1870."

Subject to these conditions, building grants are made upon the terms of Articles 22-37 of the Code of 1870.