§ MR. DOULTONsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he will, before the House adjourns for the Whitsuntide holydays, lay upon the table of the House the Estimate for the New Museum of Natural History?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, he could not lay upon the table any Estimate upon that subject until he should receive from his right hon. Friend the First Commissioner of Works intelligence to the effect that he and the Trustees of the Museum had come to some understanding with respect to the land on which the building was to be erected. The last statement that had reached him from 877 his right hon. Friend was that he and the Trustees had not as yet concluded their communications upon the matter.
§ MR. DOULTONsaid, he wished to know whether the right hon. Gentleman could state any time after which he would not not bring forward that Estimate?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI can only say, in general terms, that the last thing the Government would do would be to submit an Estimate at any period when the House could not give it a full and fair consideration.