§ SIR ALBERT ROLLITTo ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether anything, and, if so, what, has been and is being done as to British co-operation in the International Exhibition at St. Louis; whether any, and, if so, what, Commission' has been or is to be appointed; and what grant is to be made for the purposes.
(Answered by Lord Cranborne.) His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the appointment of a Royal Commission, with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as President, to advise as to the organisation of the British exhibit. The appointment of the Commission is notified in the London Gazette of the 24th instant. His Majesty's Government have decided that a sum of £30,000 shall be included in the Estimates for the year 1903–4 for the purpose of the Exhibition decision as to what further amount shall be provided is deferred until it is ascertained to what extent a larger sum may 649 be required. The office of the Commission is at 47, Victoria Street, S.W.