§ * MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, seeing that the public are freely admitted on payment at the doors to theatres specially provided and maintained by the Government for the use of the Royal Marines, will he state under what Vote the receipts and expenditure of these theatres appear.
§ MR. PRETYMANIt is incorrect to say that the public are freely admitted on payment at the doors; only such of the public are so admitted as are allowed to enter the barracks at certain gates. The receipts and expenditure resulting from entertainments are in no sense Government monies, and consequently do not appear under any Vote. They are dealt with by the committee chosen to manage the establishment, and the receipts are devoted to the necessary expenses of the entertainments