§ MR. J. COWANasked the First Commissioner of Works, Why the sum of 1446 £500, paid for the erection of a Royal Pew in the Cathedral of St. Giles Edinburgh by the Committee appointed for the restoration thereof, and recommended by the Commissioner, has been omitted in the Miscellaneous Estimates; and, whether this omission will be supplied when any Supplementary Estimates are brought forward?
LORD HENRY LENNOX, in reply, said, that no one appreciated more than he did the magnificent restoration of the Cathedral through the liberality and the public spirit of the citizens of Edinburgh. Last year a sum of £500 was inserted in the Estimates for the erection of the Royal Pew, but it was not paid; and he regretted very much that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, he was unable to re-insert the sum in the Estimates now on the Table of the House. He was afraid he could not promise that, if any Supplementary Estimate were issued, that item would be found among them, unless the Office of Works should find that the item would be allowed.