§ MR. BRADLAUGH(for Mr. HOWARD SPENSLEY) (Finsbury,245 Central) asked the honourable Member for North West Staffordshire, Whether the First Commissioner of Works has arrived at a decision as to the permanent opening of Queen's Gate, Kew Gardens, as necessary to the free use of Miss North's Gallery (a gift to the Nation) and to meet the large influx of visitors (Cumberland Gate and the Lion Gate being too distant)?
MR. LEVESON GOWER (A LORD of the TREASURY) (Stafford, N.W.)The First Commissioner is not prepared to assent to the opening of the Temperate House Gate, inadvertently called the Queen's Gate, at Kew Gardens. When that gate was erected it was expected that the railway station would be placed close to it. That, however, was not done; and the First Commissioner is of opinion that when the Lichfield Road is extended to the station, a new gate at the end of that road, and immediately opposite the station, will best meet the wants of the public.