§ MR. RYLANDSasked the Secretary to the Treasury, If he can state to the House the circumstances under which Mr. Albert Grant was asked, by the Treasury, to pay the cost of the erection of a new Superintendent's Lodge in Hyde Park?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHWhen his own house was in course of erection, Mr. Grant applied to the First Commissioner of Works for the removal of the brick wall of Kensington Gardens and a Lodge which were immediately opposite the new house, undertaking to replace the wall by an iron railing, and to pay the cost of the erection of a Lodge in any spot that might be deemed suitable for the residence of the Park Superintendent. The First Commissioner of Works agreed to the proposals of Mr. Grant, as they were calculated to improve that portion of Kensington Gardens which was affected by them without involving any charge upon the public purse.