§ (2.) £5,520, Supplementary sum for Royal Palaces.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEsaid, it was proposed to vote the sum of £500 as part of the amount of £5,000 for 1494 the external restoration of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. A good deal of restoration was required in the interior of the building, but externally the gurgoyles and bosses had been decaying, from the effects of the weather, for a long time past. Decay affected those ornaments before it attacked the structure itself. Everyone who was acquainted with King's College, Cambridge, knew how the decorative work had been ruined by the application of improper material. At Windsor, money had been expended in continuing the work of restoration all round, in a manner similar to that which had been carried out with regard to the gurgoyles and bosses. By voting the sum of £500, he believed the Committee would be sanctioning the continuation of work that must end in destroying the architectural beauties of the edifice.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he had recently seen the Chapel at Windsor, and it appeared to him to be necessary for its preservation that the work which was in hand should be continued. The Committee would agree with him when he said that the decay which was going on ought to be arrested as speedily as possible. The work was of a character that must take some time to accomplish, and he thought the Committee would be acting wisely in passing the Vote.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ (3.) £10,000, Science and Art Museum, Dublin.