MR. H. ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he will state what amount was paid to Wales in the year 1897, under the Estimates for the Science and Art Department (sub-head D, item 8), and what approximately was the share received by Wales of the total Vote of £249,050 provided for 1897–8 under the sub-head referred to; and whether, in view of the fact that Wales has no national museum, he will consider the desirability of further increasing the provision made in the Estimates for lending works of art to local centres?
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge UniversityNo payment was made to Wales in 1897 from sub-head D, item 8. The payments made to Wales out of the several items composing sub-head D amounted to £7,432 in the financial year 1897–8. Any applications received from Wales for loans of objects to local museums will, as in the past, receive the fullest consideration.