Ashley Library, British Museum

HC Deb 12 March 1948 vol 448 cc189-90W

Mr. E. P. Smith

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount at which the Ashley Library, the property of the late Thomas J. Wise, esquire, deceased 1937, subsequently purchased by the British Museum, was admitted for probate.

Sir S. Cripps

Information relating to particular taxation liabilities cannot be disclosed.