§ 79. Sir WILLIAM DAVISONasked the First Commissioner of Works what has been the cost of filling in the sunk garden, with stone fountain in centre, at the east end of Hyde Park?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Jowett)The cost of the work at the sunk garden, Hyde Park, has been, approximately, £950.
§ Sir W. DAVISONWhy was this large expenditure undertaken, considering that the sunk garden was a picturesque feature in the landscape?
§ Mr. JOWETTThe hon. Gentleman had better ask my predecessor, who ordered it.
§ Sir W. DAVISONIs it not a fact that the right hon. Gentleman himself approved of this larger expenditure, whoever ordered it?