§ MR. W. LOWTHERasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether some unsightly mounds, planted with shrubs, are to be removed from the ground between Rotten Row and the Serpentine; and, if so, when they will be removed?
§ MR. GERARD NOEL,in reply, said, he did not wish to give any opinion of his own, one way or the other, as to the merits or demerits of these mounds; but after the discussion of last year, and the strong opinion expressed in all parts of the House, he had only one course open, and that was to propose their removal.
§ MR. MONKasked whether there was any Estimate before the House of the expense of the removal of the mounds, and whether the right hon. Gentleman the First Commissioner of Works would give an undertaking to the House that 1574 no more public money should be expended on these mounds until the House had sanctioned their removal?
§ MR. GERARD NOELreplied that there was no Vote to be proposed; but he entertained great hopes that by judicious economy the mounds might be removed without proposing a Vote to the House.