§ MR. MASSEY-MAINWARINGI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether, if the Science and Art Museums are combined, very serious danger to the art collections may arise by fire and escape of corrosive gases; and whether, in consequence of these serious risks, and for want of space, the art collections will alone be housed to the east of Exhibition Road?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sThe whole subject of the housing of the Science and Art Departments is now under consideration, and the points raised by my honourable Friend in regard to fire and corrosive gases shall not be overlooked.