§ [SECOND READING.]
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (EARL BEAUCHAMP)My Lords, this is a small Bill, the object of which is to make provision for the acquisition of further ground for the extension of the Royal Scottish Museum at Edinburgh. Several properties have been sold by the owners voluntarily, but the Board have been advised that it will be impossible to acquire the whole of the requisite land without compulsory powers being held in reserve by the Board. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(Earl Beauchamp.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and committed for Tuesday the 29th instant.