HC Deb 08 March 1904 vol 131 cc458-9
MR. BUCHANAN

I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland why a Supplementary Estimate has not been presented for a grant for pictures for the National Gallery for Scotland, in view of the note on the main Estimate for the year that it might have to be reconsidered when the Committee on the Board of Manufactures had presented its Report.

THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) Buteshire

The hon. Member will find a sum of £2,000 provided in the Estimates for 1904–5 for the purchase of pictures for the National Gallery of Scotland, and of this sum £1,000 is in respect of the current financial year in which no Vote was taken.