§ 47. Sir AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINasked the Prime Minister whether he has any information to give the House as to the steps taken to fulfil the undertaking 1635 given in 1927 that the range of buildings at Greenwich which includes the Queen's House will be devoted to the purposes of a National Maritime Museum?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir. The matter has been under consideration since the buildings in question were vacated by the Greenwich Hospital School, and His Majesty's Government have recently received a generous offer from Sir James Caird of his magnificent collections, with a promise, in addition, to defray the cost, estimated at £29,000 of putting the buildings in order for their reception. The Government have expressed their warm appreciation of this offer, and they propose to introduce into Parliament at an early date a Bill for the establishment of a National Maritime Museum. The contents of the Naval Museum at Greenwich will be transferred, as will the handsome gifts already made by Sir James Caird and others, in anticipation of the establishment of the museum.