Mr. HARCOURTI beg to present a Petition from the Trustees of the British Museum, praying the House to grant them such further support as will enable them to execute the duties of 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, 1916; and Return of the number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum and the British Museum (Natural History) in each year from 1910 to 1915, 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 the year 1915."—[Mr. Harcourt.]