§ MR. D. GRANTasked the honourable Member for the University of London, as one of the Trustees of the British Museum, Whether, in accordance with the promise given last Session, any steps have been taken to light our great national collection, so as to enable it to remain open until ten o'clock at night; and, if so, with what result?
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCKSir, the Trustees of the British Museum have applied to Her Majesty's Government for the funds necessary to supply electric light in the new Natural History Museum. This application has been refused, so far as the present year is concerned; and it is, therefore, impossible for the Trustees to open the Museum in the evening.