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(24.) £652, National Gallery.

(25.) £500, Learned Societies and Scientific Investigation.

MR. A. M. SULLIVAN

said, this was a grant for the Metereological Society; and he merely rose to express his sincere thanks to the noble Lord the Secretary to the Treasury for what he had done in the matter.

Vote agreed to.

(26.) £256, London University.

(27.) £54, Universities, &c. in Scotland.

(28.) £41, Endowed Schools Commissioners, Ireland.

SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL

said, there was an item in this Estimate which appeared to him to be extraordinary—namely, £31 for the "requirements of one of the Commissioners, who lived at a distance from Dublin." It seemed to him an extraordinary thing that the public should be charged this amount, because one of the Commissioners lived a certain distance from Dublin. The official ought to bear the expense himself in the ordinary way.

LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH

The Commissioner lives at Belfast, and he does not receive a salary.