§ MR. LAIDLAW (Renfrewshire, E.)To ask tie President of the Board of Trade, having regard to the fact that the charges for the internal maintenance of the Imperial Institute buildings are borne out of funds administered by the Imperial Institute and the University of London, whether he will give a detailed statement showing the yearly income of the Imperial Institute and the sources from which it is derived; and whether, as the institute belongs to the nation, and the cost of the external maintenance of the institute buildings is borne from public funds, he will direct the submission to Parliament of an annual report on the institute, accompanied by a detailed statement of its receipts and expenditure, thus following the practice adopted in respect to the Indian Section.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) A report on the work of the Imperial Institute at South Kensington during 1905, with a financial statement, will shortly be presented to Parliament.