HC Deb 25 March 1949 vol 463 cc70-3W
56. Mr. York

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will provide a list of the purchases, with the prices paid for each made out of the grants-in-aid provided by the Civil Vote, Class IV, Votes 1 to 8, for the year ending 31st March, 1948.

Mr. Glenvil Hall,

pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th March, 1949, Vol. 462, c. 193], supplied the following information as to purchases out of grants-in-aid provided in Votes 1 to 8 of the Civil Estimates, Class IV, for the year ended 31st March, 1948. It is not in the public interest to disclose the prices of individual purchases.

£ s. d.
National Gallery
Landscape with a Snake (Nicolas Poussin).
National Portrait Gallery
Self Portrait of John Phillip
Portrait of Sir Augustus W.
Callcott.
Portrait of Sir Thomas More
Portrait of Sir Charles Holmes
Portrait of Sir John Everett
Millais.
Portrait of Edward IV
Collection of 198 drawings by
Harry Furniss.
Collection of 67 drawings by
Harry Furniss.
Collection of engraved works by
Gillray.
Total (National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery) £7,810 13 0
Tate Gallery
Kensington Sand Quarry (John Linnell).
A Lake Scene—Effect of Storm (Edwin Landseer).
Old London Bridge (D. Turner)
Westminster Bridge (D. Turner)
Portrait of Francis Beckford(Reynolds).
Portrait of Susannah Beckford (Reynolds).
Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart.
Broken Vows (P. H. Calderon)
Total £2,228 8 0
Victoria and Albert Museum
Architecture and Sculpture: 5 items 320 0 0
Ceramics: 6 items 188 0 0
Engraving, Illustration and Design: 24 items 745 15 6
Metal work: 1 item 650 0 0
Paintings: 2 items 381 15 0
Textiles: 10 items 1,408 19 0
Woodwork: 13 items. 2,259 10 0
Indian Art: 5 items 786 17 3
For the Circulation Department: 61 items 613 19 8
Books for the Library: about 2,100 3,838 10 0
Total £11,193 6 5
Science Museum
Department of Physics and Geophysics: 2 items 165 0 0
Department of Land Transport, Civil Construction, etc.: 4 items 29 0 8
Total £194 0 8

British Museum £ s. d.
The Library
Department of Printed Books:
approx. 25,000 books 13,384 0 0
Department of Manuscripts:4 items 830 0 0
Department of Oriental Books and Manuscripts: items 628 0 0
Total £14,842 0 0
The Museum
Prints and Drawings: 520 items 633 0 0
Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities: 7 items 25 0 0
British and Medieval Antiquities: 3 items 6,118 0 0
Greek and Roman Antiquities: 27 items 4,480 0 0
Ethnographical Specimens: 720 items 668 0 0
Oriental Antiquities: 48 items 799 0 0
Coins and Medals: 1,665 items 1,862 0 0
Freight and carriage on the above 681 0 0
Total £15,266 0 0
The British Museum (Natural History)
Zoological specimens;19,188 items 1,575 0 0
Insect specimens; 38,715 items 605 17 0
Fossils; 1,551 items 130 0 0
Mineral specimens; 31 items 197 12 2
Plant specimens; 18,814 items 903 4 4
Books for the Library 1,791 5 0
Total £5,202 18 6
Imperial War Museum
Ship models 914 10 0
Models of landing craft 140 10 0
Maps and diagrams of naval action 120 0 0
Copies of Army "flashes" 70 17 0
A Drawing 15 15 0
Air photographs 1 7 11
German paper money 1 18 6
German medals 1 8 0
Books and periodicals for the Library 163 3 8
Total £1,429 10 1
National Maritime Museum
Ship models; 3 items 51 8 3
Prints; 3 items 26 6 3
Drawings; 4 items 26 6 3
Gun; 1 item 20 0 0
Relics and miscellaneous items;4 items 18 17 6
Books for the Library; 13 items 54 3 7
Manuscripts; 1 item 5 5 0
Total £202 6 10

£ s. d.
The London Museum
Prints and drawings; 747 items 120 11 6
Old books and manuscripts relating to London; 27 items 119 2 3
Textiles and costumes; 2 items 5 7 0
Arms and armour; 5 items 24 0 0
Metal work 105 0 0
Total £374 0 9
Local Museums Grant-in-Aid 15 Miscellaneous items £829 17 6