HC Deb 22 February 1912 vol 34 c714
Sir WILLIAM ANSON

, on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum, presented a petition asking for a Grant of public money to enable them to carry out their trust.

Account ordered "of the income and expenditure of the British Museum (Special Trust Funds) for the year ending the 31st day of March, 1912, and Return of the persons admitted to visit the Museum and the British Museum (Natural History) in each year from 1906 to 1911, both years inclusive, together with a Statement of the progress made in the arrangement and description of the collections, and an account of objects added to them in 1911."—[Sir W. Anson.]