§ Colonel YATEasked the President of the Board of Education what steps have been taken to remedy the condition of the Indian collections at present housed in various places at South Kensington and elsewhere, as brought to his notice by the deputation which waited on him in 1909; whether he has formed any conclusions as to the best way of providing that the various scattered Indian collections should be brought together as a whole under one roof; and what steps have been taken to give effect to those conclusions?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe India collections at South Kensington have now been re-classified and re-arranged in the extended galleries that have recently been made available. It has not yet been possible to gather into one combined collection the various Indian objects in the British Museum, the India Office, and elsewhere, as any such scheme would require the provision of a new building for the purpose.