§ MR. T. E. ELLIS (Merionethshire)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether he will submit to the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 947 the desirability of appointing a competent Welsh scholar to inspect and calendar the collections of manuscripts in Wales?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)I am informed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission that they have at present no application before them for an inspection of Welsh manuscripts from any possessor of such documents. They are quite prepared at any time, so far as other work on hand and the funds at their disposal will allow, to undertake the inspection of any Welsh manuscripts of historical value brought under their notice; but no special appointment of an Inspector of such manuscripts could be made.