§ MR. GRAYasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, What is the present position of the proposed arrangement for the establishment of a Science and Art Museum in Dublin, and more especially for the acquisition of land for the holding of the Agricultural Shows heretofore held on the premises proposed to be taken for the purposes of the Museum?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, negotiations are so far completed that 1468 we have made a definite offer to the Royal Dublin Society, by which they will be able to secure for the holding of the agricultural shows enlarged and more suitable premises than those now occupied by them in Leinster House. If the Society acquiesce in our proposals, we shall, having secured to them a place for their agricultural shows, be able to devote the whole premises of Leinster House to the purposes contemplated by the Dublin Art and Science Museum Act of last Session.