§ Mr. QUIBELLasked the First Commissioner of Works what gifts have been made by private donors to the royal parks during the past 12 months; and whether his Department is prepared at all times to consider gifts of a similar nature?
§ Mr. LANSBURYI am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT, a list of gifts to the Royal Parks during the past twelve months. I am always pleased to receive such gifts, and am extremely grateful for them.
List of Gifts to the Royal Parks:
- Mrs. A. Vandenbergh, £500—Shelter in Richmond Park.
- Sir Arthur du Cros, £500—Shelter in Greenwich Park.
641 - Mr. Benjamin Drage, £1,100—Shelter in Bushey Park.
- Mr. Louis Baron, £2,000—General improvements.
- Anonymous, £5,000—General improvements.
- Sir Howard Frank, £5,000—Layout of exhibition ground, Hyde Park.
- Mr. Louis Baron—Promise to defray cost of a pavilion in Regent's Park, in memory of his father, Mr. Bernhard Baron.
- Government of Bermuda—500 lily bulbs.
- British Minister, Bogota—Collection of seeds and bulbs.
- British Consul, Shiraz—Collection of seeds and bulbs.
- Mr. W. Watts—2,000 daffodil bulbs.
- Duke of Bedford—6 cygnets, 18 Magellanic geese, 12 Canadian geese, 2 pairs Egyptian geese, 200 Amherst pheasants' eggs.
- Marquess of Londonderry—2 pelicans.
- Earl of Athlone—2 pairs Egyptian geese, 4 South African sheldrakes.
- Sir Richard Graham—4 Pintails, 8 Teal.
- Mr. S. B. Joel—I golden pheasant.
- Admiral A. Walker-Heneage-Vivian—6 silver pheasants.
- Mr. H. G. Spicer—3 hen pheasants.
- Mr. Alfred Ezra—1 Demoiselle crane, 1 pair Egyptian flamingoes.
- Mr. W. H. St. Quentin—1 pair Carolina ducks, 1 pair Falcated teal.
- Mr. J. W. Castle—1 pair Grey Lag geese.
- Messrs. McLean & Wormald—2 white-eyed pochard drakes.
- Mrs. D. A. McAlister—1 bird-bath.
- Mr. J. Rudge Harding—12 nesting boxes.