MR. JOHN WILSONI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the balance available for Imperial expenditure from Scotland for the year ending 31st March, 1901, was £9,958,000, as compared with £2,199,000 from Ireland, he can see his way to making a larger grant to the National Gallery, Edinburgh.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHI do not think the figures quoted by the hon. Member would form any justification for a larger grant to the National Gallery. Edinburgh, than the grant to the National Gallery in Dublin.