§ COLONEL STOPFORD SACKVILLE (Northamptonshire, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will explain the circumstances under which a sale has been effected of furniture and other articles hitherto contained in Walmer Castle; have the public any interest in the proceeds of such sale; have any objects of historical or antiquarian interest been secured for the nation; and is the castle to be kept up in future as a national museum.
(Answered by Lord Balcarres.) The furniture which has been sold was the private property of the Lord Curzon of Kedleston, it having been purchased by him from the preceding Lord Warden. The Answer to the second paragraph is in the negative. All objects of historical and antiquarian interest have been secured for the nation. The Answer to the concluding paragraph is in the affirmative.