§ Resolution reported, "That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of the cost of maintenance and repair of the National Gallery and other buildings in Scotland, and of all expenditure incurred in connection therewith under any Act of the present session to establish a board of trustees to manage the National Galleries of Scotland, and for other purposes; and to authorise the charge on the Consolidated Fund of an annuity of two thousand pounds presently payable out of moneys provided by Parliament in pursuance of such Act."
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. Sinclair, Forfarshire)in moving to 520 agree with the said Resolution, said he was able to supplement this evening the information asked for last evening in a proximate form. He referred hon. Members interested in the question to the Estimate. They would find some details under the National Gallery Vote. Those details were mixed up with other matter which were not germane to the proposed Bill, and the figures he had therefore did not tally with the figures in that Estimate. So far as could be estimated, the probable extra charge which would be borne by the Votes in Parliament in consequence of the proposals of the Bill would be from £1,500 to £2,000 a year.