§ 63. Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in llight of the experience of the first three months of the exhibition of the Tutankhamun Treasures, showing that 300,000 have already attended, that interest is still high and that 1,500 school parties are still awaiting agreement with the sponsors to visit the exhibition, if he will reveal the result of his representations to the Egyptian Government regarding an extension of the exhibition; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. KershawAt the request of the British Museum, Her Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo recently asked for the Egyptian Government's agreement to the extension of the exhibition. Their reply is awaited.