§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he will state on what day he proposes to take the Vote on the Estimate for £100,000 for the expenses of the Coronation: And, what provision?, if any, have been taken to secure that the sum of £100,000 in the Estimate laid before the House shall not be exceeded, having regard to the fact that the excess of expenditure for the Coronation of George IV. amounted to £138,238 above the £100,000 which the expenses were not to exceed according to the Estimate laid before them.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI cannot state what date the Vote will be taken. Of course, I shall as usual consult the convenience of the House. I cannot go into details as to the Estimate; we must make it correspond to the expenditure.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill it be taken before the Coronation?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThat is clearly impossible.