§ MR. LAYARDasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the sum of £15,000 voted by Parliament for purchases of objects in the Paris Exhibition, in consequence of a Report of the Select Committee appointed last Session, has been expended; and, if not, why not?
§ LORD ROBERT MONTAGUsaid, it was the opinion of the House last Session that we should expend on purchases no more than we could save out of the Vote for the Exhibition; and, as we could not feel sure of a greater surplus than £4,775, that was all that we have as yet expended with that object.