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In   t he   EIGHTH  YEAR  of  t he   REIGN  of 

KING  E D W A RD   T HE   SEVENTH, 

To   D E C E M B ER  

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SESSION 

1 9 0 8. 

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and  Ireland, 

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BY   T HE   KING. 

A  P R O C L A M A T I O N. 

E D W A RD   R.  &  I. 

WH E R E AS   Our  Parliament  stands  prorogued  to  Saturday,  the  sixteenth  day  of 

November  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven  :  We,  by  and  with  the  advice 
of  Our  Privy  Council,  hereby  issue  Our  Royal  Proclamation,  and  publish  and  declare 
that  the  said  Parliament  be  further  prorogued  to  Thursday,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
December  one thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven. 

Given  at  Our  Court  at  Buckingham  Palace,  this  second  day  of  November,  in  the 
year  of  Our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven,  and  in  the  seventh 
year  of  Our  Reign. 

GOD  SAVE  T HE   K I N G. 

BY   T HE   K I N G. 

A  P R O C L A M A T I O N. 

E D W A RD   R.  &  I. 

WH E R E AS   Our  Parliament  stands  prorogued  to  Thursday,  the  twenty-sixth  day 

of  December  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven:  We,  by  and  with  the 
advice  of  Our  Privy  Council,  hereby  issue  Our  Royal  Proclamation,  and  publish  and 
declare  that  the  said  Parliament  be further  prorogued  to  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth 
day  of  January  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eight;  and  We  do  hereby  further, 
with  the  advice  aforesaid,  declare  Our  Royal  Will  and pleasure  that  the  said  Parliament 
shall,  on  the  said  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  January  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  eight,  assemble  and  be  holden  for  the  despatch  of  divers  urgent  and 
important  affairs;  and  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Knights,  Citizens, 
and  Burgesses,  and  the  Commissioners  for Shires  and  Burghs, of  the  House  of  Commons, 
are hereby required  and commanded  to give their  attendance  accordingly  at  Westminster 
on  the  said  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  January  one  thousand  nine  hundred 
and  eight. 

Given  at  Our  Court  at  Buckingham  Palace,  this  twenty-first  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  Our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  seven,  and  in  the 
seventh  year  of  Our  Reign. 

GOD  S A VE   T HE   KING. 

No.  1.] 

J O U R N A LS 

OF   TH   E 

H O U SE  

OF  

C O M M O N S. 

Session  1908. 

The  Twenty-eighth  Parliament  of  the  United  Kingdom  of 
Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

[No.  1.] 

Wednesday,  29th January  1908. 
Prayers  at  Two  of  the  clock. 

Menage to  A  M E S S A GE  
attend  His 
Majesty. 

from  His  Majesty,  by 
l \.   Admiral  Sir Henry  Frederick  Stephenson, 
Gentleman  Usher  of  the  Black  Rod : 

•  Mr.  Speaker, 
The  King  commands  this  Honourable  House 
the 

immediately,  in 

to  attend  His  Majesty 
House  of  Peers. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  attend  His  Majesty  :—And  having 
returned  ; 

Writs issued 
In  the  Recess,  the  clock;  and  acquainted  the  House 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  at  Four  of 
that 
during  the  Recess  he  had issued  Warrants  to the 
Clerk  of the  Crown,  to  make out  new  Writs  for 
the  Election  of  Members  to  serve  in this present 
Parliament— 

For  Liverpool  Borough  (Kirkdale  Divi-
sion),  in  the  room  of  David  Maclver, 
Esquire,  deceased. 

For  Kingston-upon-Hull  (We3t  Division), 
in  the  room  of  the  Honourable  Charles 
Henry  Wellesley  Wilson,  called  to  the 
House  of  Peers. 

For  the  County  of  Devon  (Mid  or  Ash-
burton  Division),  in  the  room  of  Harry 
Trelawney  Eve,  Esquire,  K.C., who  hath 
accepted  the  Office of Judge  of  the  High 
Court  of  Justice. 

For  the  County  of  Hereford  (Southern 
or  Ross  Division),  in  the  room  of  Lieu-
tenant  Colonel  Alan  Coulstoun  Gardner, 
deceased. 

For  County  Carlow,  in  the  room  of  John 

Hammond,  Esquire,  deceased. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  County of 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  S i d ^ a i nt 
out  a new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a  Member  to Austen*  " 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for the  County  Division) 
of  Cornwall  (Mid  or  Saint  Austell  Division),  in  W n t-
the  room  of  William  Alexander  M'Arthur, 
Esquire,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said 
county,  hath  accepted 
the  Office  of  Steward 
or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Three  Chiltern 
Hundreds  of  Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, 
in  the  County  of Buckingham.—( Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Arthur  Hill,  Esquire,  commonly  called  Lord  New  Members 

Arthur  Hill,  Member  for  the  County  of  Down  sworn-
(West  Down  Division),  was  sworn. 

Charles  M'Arthur,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
Borough  of  Liverpool  (Kirkdale  Division),  was 
sworn. 

Guy  Greville  Wilson,  Esquire, 

commonly 
called  the  Honourable  Guy  Greville  Wilson, 
Member  for  the  Borough  of  Kingston-upon-
Hull  (West  Division),  was  sworn. 

John  Phillips,  Esquire,  Member 

the 
County  of  .Longford  (South  Longford  Division), 
was  sworn. 

for 

Captain  Ernest  Fitzroy  Morrison-Bell,  Member 
for  the  County  of  Devon  (Mid  or  Asliburton 
Division),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  he Imprisonment 
had  received  the  following  Letter  from  Mr. f j-  Member 
Justice  Ross,  relating  to  the  Imprisonment GinneU.>renCe 
of  Mr.  Laurence  Ginnell,  a  Member  of  this 
House 

Land  Judge's  Court, 

Four  Courts,  Dublin, 

2nd January  1908. 

Sir, 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that,  by  order  of  this 
Court  dated  20th  day  of  December  1907,  it 
was  declared  that  Laurence  Ginnell,  Esquire, 
B  2 

4 

30th—31st 

January. 

1908. 

[No.  a 

Member  of  Parliament,  was  guilty  of  contempt 
of  court,  and  was  ordered  to  be  imprisoned  in 
Kilmainham  Prison  for  the  term  of  six  calendar 
months  from  the  date  of  his  arrest,  or  until 
further  order. 

In  pursuance of  the  said  order  the  honourable 
Member  was  arrested  on  the  23rd  of  December 
1907. 

J  have  the  honour  to be,  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
J o nN   Ross, 

Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice, 
Chancery  Division. 

To  the  Right  Honourable  the  Speaker 
of the  House  of  Commons. 

Ordered,  That  all  Members  who  are  returned 
for two  or  more  places  in  any  part  of the  United 
Kingdom  do  make  their  election  for  which  of 
the  places  they  will  serve  within  one  week  after 
it  shall appear  that  there  is no  question  upon  the 
Return  for  that  place  ;  and  if  anything  shall 
come  in  question  touching  the  Return  or  Elec-
tion  of  any  Member,  he  is  to  withdraw  during 
the  time  the  matter  is  in  Debate  ;  and  that  all 
Members  returned  upon  double  Returns  do 
withdraw  till  their  Returns  are  determined. 

Resolved,  That  no  Peer  of  the  Realm,  except 
such Peers  of  Ireland as shall,for  the time  being, 
be  actually  elected,  and  shall  not  have  declined 
to  serve,  for  any  county,  city,  or  borough  of 
Great  Britain,  hath  any  right  to  give  his  vote 
in  the  Election  of  any  Member  to  serve  in 
Parliament. 

Resolved,  That it  is  a high  infringement  of  the 
Liberties  and  Privileges  of  the  Commons  of  the 
United  Kingdom  for  any  Lord  of  Parliament, 
or  other  Peer  or  Prelate,  not  being  a  Peer  of 
time  elected,  and  not  having 
Ireland  at  the 
declined  to  serve,  for  any  county, 
city,  or 
borough  of  Great  Britain,  to  concern  himself  in 
the Election of Members  to servefor the Commons 
in  Parliament,  except  only  any  Peer  of  Ireland, 
at  such  Elections  in  Great  Britain  respectively 
where  such  Peer  shall  appear  as  a  candidate,  or 
by  himself,  or  any  others,  be  proposed  to  be 
elected  ;  or for any Lord  Lieutenantor  Governor 
of  any  county  to  avail  himself  of  any  authority 
derived  from  his  Commission  to  influence  the 
Election  of  any  Member 
the 
Commons  in  Parliament. 

to  serve  for 

Resolved,  That  if  it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  been  elected  or returned  a  Member 
of  this  House,  or  endeavoured  so  to  be,  by 
Bribery,  or  any  other  corrupt  practices,  this 
House  will  proceed  with  the  utmost  severity 
against  all  such  persons  as  shall  have  been 
wilfully  concerned  in  such  Bribery  or  other 
corrupt  practices. 

Resolved,  That  if 

it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  been  tampering  with  any  Witness 
in  respect  of  his  evidence  to  be  given  to  this 
House,  or  any  Committee  thereof,  or  directly 
or 
indirectly  hath  endeavoured  to  deter  or 
hinder  any  person  from  appearing  or  giving 
evidence,  the  same  is  declared  to  be  a  high 
crime  or  misdemeanour;  and  this  House  will 
proceed  with  the  utmost  severity  against  such 
offender. 

Resolved,  That  if 

it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  given  false  evidence 
in  any  case 
before  this  House,  or  any  Committee  thereof, 
this  House  will proceed  with  the  utmost  severity 
against  such  offender. 

Elections. 

Witnesses. 

Session  of  Parliament,  the  passages 
through 
the  streets  leading  to  this  House  be  kept  free 
and  open,  and  that  no  obstruction  be  permitted 
to  hinder  the  passage  of  Members  to  and  from 
this  House,  and  that  no  disorder  be  allowed  in 
Westminster  Hall,  or in  the  passages  leading  to 
this  House,  during  the  Sitting  of  Parliament, 
and  that  there  Jbe  no  annoyance  therein  or 
thereabouts;  and  that 
the  Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending  this House  do  communicate  this  Order 
to  the  Commissioners  aforesaid. 

Ordered,  That  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  Votes  and 
this  House  be  printed,  being  first  perused  by  Proceedings. 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  that  he  do  appoint 
the 
printing  thereof;  and  that  no  person  but  such 
as  he  shall  appoint  do  presume  to  print  the 
same. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  of  Privileges  be  Privileges, 

appointed. 

A  Bill  for  the  more  effectual  preventing  Outlawries 

clandestine  Outlawries  was  read  the  first  time  ;  BlU-
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the Journal  of  this  House,  from  Journal, 

the  end  of  the  last  Session  to  the  end  of  the 
thereto,  be 
present  Session,  with  ail  Index 
printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Journal  and  Index 
be  printed  by  the  appointment  and  under  the 
direction  of  Sir  Courtenay  Peregrine  Ilbert, 
K.C.s.i.,  O.I.E.,  the  Clerk  of  this  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Journal  and  Index 
be  printed  by  such  person  as  shall  be  licensed 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  that  no  other  person  do 
presume  to  print  the  same. 

The 

following  Papers,  presented  by  His  Parliamentary 

Majesty's  Command  during  the  Recess,  were  Papers 
delivered  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  of V e083S--) 
Commons  during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order  of  the  14th  August  1896  :— 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports,  Trade  Reports 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  3917  to  3955. 

(Annual 
Series.) 

Miscellaneous  Series,  Nos.  664  to  666. 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports,  Trade  Reports 
(Miscellaneous 
Series.) 

Copy  of  International  Sanitarv  Convention.  Treaty  Series 
Signed  at  Paris,  3rd  December  19"03.  Ratifica-  ( N o- 2 7' 1 9 0 7-) 
tions  deposited  at  Paris,  6th  April  1907. 

Copy  of  Declaration  between  the  United  Treaty  Series 

Kingdom  and  Portugal  respecting  Boundaries  <-No'28, 
in  Central  Africa  (Barotseland).  Signed  at 
London,  12th  August  1903. 

Copv  of  Accession  of  Ecuador  to  the  Con-  Treaty  Series 
vention  signed  at  Geneva,  22nd  August  1864,  (No.  29,1907.) 
for  the  amelioration  of  the  condition  of 
the 
Wounded  in  Armies  in  the  Field.  3rd  August 
1907. 

Copy  of  Accession  of  Venezuela 

to  the  Treaty  Series 

Convention  signed  at  Geneva,  6 th  July  1906,  (No-  30> 1907 > 
for  the  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  the 
Wounded  and  Sick  in  Armies  in  the  Field. 
8th  July  1907. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  United  Treaty  Series 
Kingdom  and  Italy  respecting  the  importation  CNo- 31> 1907.) 
of  Drugs  and  Medical  Preparations. 
1907. 

9th  July 

Copy  of  Accession  of  the  United  Kingdom  to  Treaty  Series 
the  Declarations  signed  at  The  Hague,  29th  (No-  32> 1907-) 
July  1899,  respecting  (1)  Expanding  Bullets; 
(2)  Asphyxiating  Gases.  30th  August  1907. 

Metropolitan 
Police. 

Ordered,  That  the Commissioners of the  Police 
of  the  Metropolis  do  take  care  that,  during  the 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  United  Treaty  Series 
Kingdom  and  the  United  States  of  America  (No-33>  1907-> 

No.  1.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

29tli  January, 

6 

respecting  protection  of  Patents  in  Morocco. 
24th  June  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Convention  between 
(No. 34,1907.)  K i ng d o m  and  Russia  relating  to Persia,  Afghan-
istan, and  Thibet.  Signed at  Saint  Petersburgh, 
31st  August  1907.  Ratifications  exchanged  at 
Saint  Petersburgh,  23rd  September  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
Copy  of  Exchange  of  Notes  establishing  a 
(No. 35,1907.) Modus  Vivendi  between  the  United  Kingdom 
and  the  United  States  of  America  with  regard 
to  the  Newfoundland  Fisheries.  4th  and  6th 
September  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Convention  between 
<No.  36,1907.)  Kingdom  and  Belgium  for  the  exchange  of 
Money  Orders.  Signed  at  London,  17th  Sep-
tember 1907.  Ratifications exchanged at London, 
5th  October  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Agreement  between 
(No. 37,1907.) Kingdom  and  Sweden  respecting  the  Estates  of 

Deceased  Seamen.  5th  October  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  38,1907.)  vention 

Copy  of  Accession  of  Turkey  to  the  Con-
signed  at  Geneva,  6th  July  1906, 
for  the  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  the 
Wounded  and  Sick  in  Armies  in  the  Field. 
24th  August  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  39,1907.)  to  various  International  Treaty  Engagements. 

Copy  of  Accessions,  &c.  of  Foreign  States 

Copy  of  Accession  of  Nicaragua 

the 
Treaty  Series 
(No.  40,1907.)  Declarations  signed  at  The  Hague,  29th  July 
1899,  respecting  (1)  Expanding  Bullets  ;  (2) 
Asphyxiating  Gases.  11th  October  1907. 

to 

Treaty  Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Agreement  between 
(No.  41,1907.)  Kingdom  and  France,  supplementary  to  Money 
Order  Convention  of  21st  September  1887. 
Signed  at  Paris,  30th  June  1906.  Ratifications 
exchanged  at  Paris,  23rd  October  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  42,1907.)  Kingdom  and  France 

Copy  of  Convention  between 

the  United 
for  the  exchange  of 
Money  Orders  between  the  United  Kingdom 
and  various  French  Colonies.  Signed  at  Paris, 
30th  June  1906.  Ratifications  exchanged  at 
Paris,  23rd  October  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  43,1907.)  t0  

t he  

T r e a ty 

Copy  of  Accession  of  British  Colonies,  &c. 
0f   Friendship,  Commerce,  and 
Navigation  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Nicaragua.  Signed  at  Nicaragua,  28th  July 
1905. 

Treaty  Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Agreement  between 
(No. 44,1907.) Kingdom  and  the  United  States  of  America 
respecting  (1)  Commercial  Travellers'  Samples 
Import 
entering  the  United  Kingdom; 
Duties  on  British  Works  of  Art  entering  the 
United  States. 
at  London,  19th 
November  1907. 

Signed 

(2) 

T^eaty^®1^ 
, 
(  o. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  United 
.) Kingdom  and  France  respecting  Commercial 
Travellers'  Samples.  Signed  at  Paris,  23rd 
October  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No. 46,1907.) t he  

Copy  of  International  Convention  respecting 
i n  Africa.  Signed  at 

L 5 q u or  

T r a f f ic  

Brussels,  3rd  November  1906. 

Treaty  Series. 
Copy  of  Commercial  Convention,  Protocol 
(No. l, 1908.)  a D (j  Declaration,  between  the  United  Kingdom 
and  Bulgaria.  Signed  at  Sofia, 9th  December 
1905.  Ratifications  exchanged  at  Sofia,  26th 
November  1907. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  2,  1908.) 

International 
Conference  on 
Sleeping 
Sickness 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  4,  1907.) 

Copy 

the 
of  Agreement,  additional 
Commercial  Convention  between  the  United 
Kingdom  and  Egypt  of  29th  October  1889. 
Signed  at  Cairo,  16th  December  1907. 

to 

Copy of  Proceedings of  the First  International 
Conference  on  the  Sleeping  Sickness,  held  at 
London  in  J une  1907. 

VOL.  163. 

Copy  of  Reports  from  His  Majesty's  Repre-  Second  or  r 
sentatives  abroad  respecting  the  composition 
j n 
and functions  of  the  Second  or  Upper  Chamber  ForeiKn  Statea 
in Foreign  States. 

(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  5,1907.) 
Copy  of  further  Paper  respecting  the  Pro-  international 
o n 

ceedings  of  the  First  International  Conference 
on  the  Sleeping  Sickness,  held  at  London  in  sickness 
June  1907. 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  6,  1907.) 

Copy of  Correspondence  respecting the Second  Peace 

Peace  Conference,  held  at  The  Hague  in  1907.  Conference  at 

° 

The  Hague 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  1.  1908.) 

Copy  of  Correspondence  respecting  the  addi-  Sugar 
tional  Act  to  the  Brussels  Sugar  Convention  Convention 
of  5th  March  1902.  Signed  at  Brussels,  28th  NO. IO,  1907.) 
August  1907. 

Copy  of  Despatch from  His  Majesty's  Charge  Commercial 
d'Affaires  at  Paris,  transmitting  a  Copy  of  the between'™ 
Convention respecting  the  Commercial Relations  Canada  and 
between  Canada  and  France.  Signed  at  Paris, France 
19th  September  1907. 

No°™9OT) 

Copy  of  Convention,  signed  on  31st  August  Russia 

1907,  between  Great  Britain  and  Russia,  con-  (No- J< 19070 
taining  arrangements  on  the  subject  of  Persia, 
Afghanistan,  and  Thibet. 

Copy  of  Notes  exchanged  with  the  American  United  States 
Ambassador  on  the  subject of  the  Newfoundland (No. 1.1907.) 
Fisheries. 

Copies  of  Reports,  Nos. 536 (Gambia,  Annual  Colonial 
Report  for  1906),  537  (British  Central  Africa  Reports 
Protectorate,  Report  for  1906-7),  538  (Bech-  ( A n n u a l' ) 
uanaland  Protectorate,  Report  for  1906-7),  539 
(Leeward  Islands,  Report  for  1906-7),  540 
(Straits  Settlements,  Annual  Report  for  1906), 
541  (Turks and  Caicos  Islands,  Annual  Report 
for  1906),  542  (Somaliland Protectorate,  Report 
for  1906-7),  543  (Bahamas,  Report  for  1906-7), 
544 (Barbados, Report for 1906-7), 545 (Trinidad 
and  Tobago,  Report  for  1906-7),  546  (Grenada, 
Report  for  1906-7),  547  (Mauritius,  Annual 
Report  for  1906),  548  (Fiji,  Annual  Report  lor 
1906),  549  (Jamaica,  Report  for  1906-7),  550 
(British  Guiana,  Report 
for  1906-7),  551 
(Northern  Nigeria,  Report  for  1906-7),  652 
(British  Honduras,  Aunual  Report  for  1906), 
553  (Saint  Lucia,  Report  for  1906-7). 

Copies  of  Reports,  Nos.  42  (Ceylon,  Report  Colonial 

on the Results  of  the  Mineral  Survey  in  1905-6,  ^^ 
by  Professor  W. R.  Dunstan,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  laneous.) 
Director  of  the  Imperial  Institute),  43  (Caicos 
Islands,  Report  upon  the  Caicos  Islands,  with 
special  reference  to  the  further  development  of 
the Sisal Industry), 44 (East Africa  Protectorate, 
Report  on  the  Survey  Department  by  Major 
E.  H.  Hills,  C.M.G.,  R . E .,  dated  21st  February 
1907),  45  (East  Africa  Protectorate,  Report 
relating  to  the  Geology  of  the  East  Africa 
Protectorate,  by  H.  Brantwood  Muff,  Esquire, 
B.A.,  of the Geological Survey of  Great  Britain). 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  relating  to  Newfound-

the  Newfoundland  Fishery  Question. 

^nd. 

Copy  of Despatch from the  Governor  General  Australia, 

enclosing  the  Navigation  Bill,  1907,  of 
the 
Government  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Australia. 

Copy  of  Despatch  from  the  Governor  relative  Jamaica, 

to  the  Earthquake  at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  on 
14th  January  1907,  and the  Reply  thereto. 

Copy  of  Papers  relative  to  the  working  of  Canada. 

Taxation  of  the  unimproved  value  of  Land  in 
Canada. 

Copy of Correspondence  respecting  the Tenure  Fiji, 

of  Land  in  Fiji. 

B  3 

6 

30th—31st 

January. 

1908. 

[No.  a 

New  South 
Wales. 

Straits 
Settlements. 

West  Indies. 

Copy  of  Papers  relative  to  the  working  of 
Taxation  of  the  unimproved  value  of  Land  in 
New  South  Wales. 

Copies  of  Reports  on  the  Federated  Malay 

States  for  1906. 

' 

Copy  of  a  List  of  the  Laws  dealing  with  the 
Emigration  of  Labourers  from the  British  West 
Indian  Colonies  to  Foreign  Countries. 

Tristan  da 
Cunha. 

Natal. 

Natal. 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  relating  to 

the  Island  of  Tristan  da  Cunha. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Native  Affairs  Com-

mission,  Natal,  1906-7. 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  relating  to 

Native  Affairs in  Natal. 

Transvaal. 

Further  Correspondence  relating  to  Legisla-

Cyprus. 
Colonial 
Office 
(Beorganisa* 
tion.) 

Aliens  Act, 
1906. 

Congestion  in 
Ireland  (Royal 
Commission.) 

tion  affecting  Asiatics  in the  Transvaal. 

Copy of  Annual  Report for Cyprus  for 1906-7. 
Copy  of  Despatch  to  the  Governors  of  the 
self-governiiig  Colonies  relative  to  the  Reorgan-
isation  of  the  Colonial  Office. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Alien  Passengers  brought 
to  the  United  Kingdom from  Ports in Europe  or 
within  the  Mediterranean  Sea  during  the  six 
months  ending  31st  December  1907,  together 
with  the  number  of  Expulsion  Orders  made 
during  that  period requiring  Aliens  to leave  the 
United  Kingdom. 

Copies  of  Sixth  Report  of  the  Royal  Com-
mission on Congestion in Ireland, with  Appendix 
(Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  in  County  Sligo 
and  County  Leitrim,  17th  to  27th  April  1907, 
and  Documents  relating  thereto)  ;  of  Seventh 
the  Commissioners,  with  First 
Report  of 
Appendix 
in 
(Minutes  of  Evidence 
Ireland,  16th  May  to  11th  June  1907,  and 
Documents 
thereto),  and  Second 
Appendix  (Statistics  relating  to  Holdings);  of 
Eighth  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  with 
Appendix 
in 
(Minutes  of  Evidence 
Kerry  and  Cork,  3rd  to  19th  July  1907,  and 
Documents relating  thereto)  ; of Ninth  Report of 
the  Commissioners,  with  Appendix  (Minutes 
of  Evidence 
in  County  Mayo,  21st 
August  to  3rd  September  1907,  and  Documents 
relating  thereto). 

relating 

taken 

taken 

taken 

Historical 
Manuscripts 
(Royal 
Commission.) 
Historical 
Manuscripts 
(Royal 
Commission.) 

Mines and 
Quarries. 

Mines and 
Quarries. 

Copy  of  Seventeenth  Report  of  the  Royal 

Commission  on  Historical  Manuscripts. 

Copy  of  Calendar  of  the  Manuscripts  of  the 
Marquis  of  Bath,  preserved  at  Longleat, 
Wiltshire.  Vol.  III.  (Prior  Papers). 

Copy  of  General  Report  and  Statistics  for 
the  year  1906.  Part  II.,  Labour;  General 
Report  and  Statistics  relating 
to  Persons 
employed  and Accidents  at  Mines  and  Quarries 
in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  to  the  enforcement 
of  the  Mines  and  Quarries  Acts. 

Copy  of  General  Report  and  Statistics  for 
the  year  1906.  Part  III.,  Output;  General 
Report  and  Statistics  relating 
to  the  output 
and  value  of  the  Minerals  raised  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  the  amount  and  value  of  the  Metals 
produced,  and  the  Exports  and  Imports  of 
Minerals. 

Reformatory 
Copy  of  Fiftieth  Report  of  His  Majesty's 
and  Industrial  Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial  Schools, 
Part  II.,  General  Report  and 
Briton.) 

for  1906. 
Appendices  III.  to  X l. 

Prisons 
Copy  of  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of 
(England  and  p rj s o ns   ancJ  the  Directors  of  Convict  Prisons, 
for  the  year  ended  31st 

a 

with  Appendices, 
March  1907. 

Police 
(Metropolis.)  p 0Ji ce  0f  the   Metropolis  for the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of 

Copy  of  Second  Interim  Report  of  the  Tuberculosis 
inquire  into  the  (Human  and 

Commissioners  appointed  to 
relations  of  Human  and  Animal  Tuberculosis,  commission^ 
Part  II.,  Appendix.  Vol.  III. 

Copy  of  Third  Report  of  the  Royal  Commis-  vivisection 

sion  on  Vivisection,  with  Appendix  (Minutes  of  (Royal 
Evidence,  April  to  July  1907). 

Commission.) 

Principal 

Inspector 

Copy  of  Special  Report  by  Miss  A.  M.  Factory  and 
of Workshop^ 

Anderson, 
Lady 
Factories,  and  T.  M.  Legge,  Esquire,  M.D.,  Metals!)8 
Medical  Inspector  of  Factories,  on  Dangerous 
Processes  in  the  coating  of  Metal  with  Lead  ; 
together  with  a  Report  by  G.  E.  Duckering, 
Esquire,  Inspector  of  Factories,  on  an  Experi-
the  Conditions  of 
mental  Investigation  into 
Work  in  Tinning  Workshops. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Departmental  Com-  Building 
on ^Scid®5ts 

mittee  upon 
Building  Operations,  with  draft  Regulations,  committee!)a 
Minutes  of  Evidence,  and  Appendices. 

the  Dangers 

attendant 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Departmental  Com-  Check-
mittee  on  Checkweighing  in  the  Iron  and  Steel  weighing  in 
£ ? ££ 
Trades  (with  Evidence,  4c.). 
(Departmental 

.  Committee.) 
. 
Copy  of  Information  obtained  from  certain  Women  and 
Police  Forces  as  to  the  frequenting  of  Public  Children in 
P u b l ic   Houses-
Houses  by  Women  and  Children. 

. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  Explosions 
the  Home  Department  on  the  circumstances  (Fishguard 
attending  an  Explosion  which  occurred  during  contraction 
the  operation  of  thawing  gelignite  in  connection  Works.) 
with  the  construction  of  the  new  Great  Western 
Railway line  from Clarbeston Road to  Fishguard, 
Pembrokeshire,  on  26th  February  1906. 

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before  Mines  (Royal 
the  Royal  Commission on  Mines,  with Index  and  C o m mission.) 
Appendices.  Vol.  II. 

Copy  of  Agricultural  Statistics,  1906.  Vol.  Board of 
XL  I.  Part  IV.,  Colonial and Foreign  Statistics,  Agriculture 
with  Index  to  Vol.  XLI. 

and  Fisheries. 

Copy  of  Agricultural  Statistics,  1907.  Vol. 
X L I I.   Part  I.,  Acreage  and  Live  Stock 
Returns  of  Great  Britain,  with  Summaries  for 
the  United  Kingdom. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Copy of Annual  Report  of  Proceedings  under 
the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts,  1875  to  1899, 
the  Merchandise  Marks  Acts,  1887  to  1894, 
and  other Acts,  for the  year  1906. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Copy  of  Orders  of  the  Government  of  India 
on  Chapters  X I .,   XII.,   and  X I I I.   of  the 
Report  of the  Excise  Committee,  1905-6. 

East  India 
(Excise 
Committee.) 

Copy  of  Report  of 

the  Army  Medical 

Department  for  the  year  1906. 

Copy  of Return,  in  pursuance  of  section  4  of 
the  Regulation  of  Railways  Act,  1889,  of 
Railway  Servants  of  certain classes  who  were  on 
one or more  occasions  during the  months  of  July 
and  October  1907  on  duty  on  the  Railways  of 
the  United  Kingdom  for more than twelve  hours 
at a time;  or who, after being on duty  more than 
twelve  hours,  were  allowed  to  resume  work  with 
less than  nine  hours' rest. 

Army 
(Medical 
Department.) 
Railway 
Servants 
(Hours of 
Labour.) 

Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Casualties  Railway 
as  reported  to  the Board of  Trade  by the  several  Aocidents-
Railway  Companies  in  the  United  Kingdom 
during  the  three  months  ended  30th  September 
1907,  together  with  Reports  of  the  Inspecting 
Officers  of 
to  the 
Board  of  Trade  upon  certain  Accidents  which 
were 
Part  I.,  Returns  of 
Accidents. 

the  Railway  Department 

inquired 

into. 

Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Casualties  Railway 
as  reported  to  the  Board  of Trade  by the several  Accidents. 
Railway  Companies 
in  the  United  Kingdom 
during  the  six  months  ended  30th  June  1907, 

29th   January. 

No. 1.] 

Statistical 
Abstract 
(British 
Empire.) 
International 
Exhibitions 
Committee. 

Conciliation 
and  Arbitra-
tion Boards. 

Options and 
Futures 
(Legislation 
respecting.) 

Foreign 
Import 
Duties,  1907.' 

Cost of 
Living  of  the 
Working 
Classes. 

Mercantile 
Marine 
(Seamen 
Employed.) 

Trade with 
New  Zealand. 

Trade with 
Canada. 

Servia  (New 
Customs 
Tariff.) 

8  EDW.  YII. 
together with  Reports  of  the  Inspecting  Officers 
of  the  Railway  Department  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  upon  certain  Accidents  which  were 
inquired  into. 

Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract  for  the  British. 
Empire  in  each year  from 1892 to 1906.  Fourth 
Number. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  make  inquiries  with 
reference  to  the  participation  of  Great  Britain 
in Great International Exhibitions, with  Minutes 
of Evidence,  Appendices,  and  Index. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Labour  Department  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  on  Rules  of  Voluntary 
Conciliation  and  Arbitration  Boards  and  Joint 
Committees. 

Copy  of  Report  from  His  Majesty's  Am-
bassador  to  the  United  States  of  America  on 
Legislation  respecting  Gambling  in  Options  and 
Futures. 

Copy  of  Statement  of  the  Rates  of  Import 
Duties  levied  in  European  Countries,  Egypt, 
the  United  States,  Mexico,  Japan,  China,  and 
Persia  upon  the  Produce  and  Manufactures  of 
the  United  Kingdom. 

Copy  of  Report  of  an  Inquiry  by  the  Board 
of  Trade  into  Working  Class  Rents,  Housing, 
and  Retail  Prices,  together  with  the  Standard 
Rates  of  Wages  prevailing  in  certain  occupa-
towns  of 
tions 
the  United  Kingdom,  with  an 
introductory 
Memorandum. 

in  the  principal 

industrial 

Copy of  Return of the Number, Ages,  Ratings, 
and  Nationalities  of  the  Seamen  employed  on 
the  4th  April  1906  on  Vessels  registered  under 
Part  I.  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  in 
the  British  Islands. 

Copy  of  Report  upon  the  Conditions  and 
Prospects  of  British  Trade  in  New  Zealand, 
by  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Commercial 
Intelligence  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  based  on 
information  collected  by  their  Commissioner, 
Mr.  R.  J.  Jeffray. 

Copy  of  Report  upon  the  Conditions  and 
Prospects  of  British  Trade  in  Canada,  by  Mr. 
Richard  Grigg,  Special  Commissioner  of  the 
Advisory  Committee  to  the  Board  of  Trade  on 
Commercial  Intelligence. 

Copy  of  Translation  of  the  New  Customs 
Tariff  of  Servia,  as  modified  by  Commercial 
Treaties  with  the  United  Kingdom,  Germany, 
Italy,  Belgium,  and 
France,  Switzerland, 
Turkey;  together  with  the  Tariff  of  Servian 
Duties  known  as  " Trosharina." 

Light 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Railways Act,  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,, 
18 9 6,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
1896. 
amending  the  Holmfield and  Southowraro  Light 
Railway  Orders  of  1902  and  of  1905  (Holmfield 
and  Southowram  Light  Railway  (Extension  of 
Time)  Order,  1907;. 

Light 
Bail ways  Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways Act, 
1896. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
amending  the Headcorn  and Maidstone  Junction 
(Headcorn  and 
Light  Railway  Order,  1906 
Maidstone  Junction  Light  Railway  (Amend-
ment)  Order  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  authorising  the  construction  of  Light 
Railways  in the  Urban  District  of  Colwyn  Bay 
and  Colwyn,  in  the  County  of  Denbigh, 
in 
extension  of  the  Light  Railways  authorised  by 
the  Llandudno  and  Colwyn  Bay  Light  Railway 

VOL,  163. 

Order,  1898,  and  amending  the  said  Order,  and 
the  Llandudno  and  Colwyn  Bay  Light  Rail-
way  (Deviation  and  Amendment)  Order  1903 
(Llandudno  and  Colwyn  Bay  Light  Railway 
(Extension  and  Amendment)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  amending  the  borrowing  powers, of  the 
Southwold  Railway  Company,  and  for  other 
purposes  (Southwold  Light  Railway  (Borrowing 
Powers,  &c.)  Order,  1907). 

6' 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  ^g W a ys   Acfc' 
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
extending  the  borrowing  powers of  the  Kent and 
East  Sussex  Light  Railway  Company (Kent and 
East  Sussex  Light  Railway  (Further  Borrowing 
Powers)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and modified and confirmed  by  the  Board  1896' 
of  Trade,  authorising  the  transfer  to  the  Great 
Western  Railway  Company  of 
the  powers 
conferred  on  the  Callington  Light  Railway 
Company  by  the  Callington  Light  Railway 
Order,  1900,  as  amended  by  the  Callington 
Light  Railway  (Extension  of  Time)  Order, 
1903,  and  reviving  the  powers  granted  and 
extending  the  period  limited  by  the  said  Orders 
lands,  and 
for  the  compulsory  purchase  of 
extending  the  period  limited  by  the  said  Orders 
for  the  completion  of  the  railway  and  works 
thereby  authorised  (Callington  Light  Railway 
(Amendment  and  Transfer)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  1896" 
of  Trade,  transferring  to  a  Company  the  powers 
conferred  upon  the  Rural  District  Councils  of 
Escrick  and  of  Riccall  by  the  Derwent  Valley 
Light  Railway  Order,  1902,  and  amending 
that  Order  (Derwent  Valley  Light  Railway 
(Transfer,  &c.)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  18%" 
amending  the  Dartford  District  Light  Railways 
Order,  1903  (Dartford  District  Light  Railways 
(Amendment  and  Extension  of  Time)  Order, 
1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and confirmed by  the  Board  1896' 
of  Trade,  authorising  the  East  and  West  York-
shire  Union  Railways  Company  to  exercise 
further  borrowing  powers  (East  and  West 
Yorkshire  Union  Light  Railway  (Borrowing 
Powers)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  ^<jj.ways Act» 
1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of 
of  Trade,  authorising 
additional  Light  Railways  in  the  Borough  of 
Maidstone  (Maidstone  Corporation  Light  Rail-
ways  (Extensions)  (No.  2)  Order,  1907). 

the  construction 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified and  confirmed  by  the  Board  1896* 
of  Trade,  reviving  the  powers  granted  and 
extending  the  period  limited  by  the  Cromarty 
and  Dingwall  Light  Railway  Order,  1902,  for 
the  compulsory purchase  of  lands, and  extending 
the  period  limited  by  that  Order, for  the  com-
pletion  of 
the  railway  and  works  by  that 
Order  authorised,  and  authorising  a  deviation 
of  part  of  the  said railway,  and  the  compulsory 
purchase  of  certain  lands  for  the  purposes  of 
B  4 

29th  January. 

1903. 

[No.  1. 

the  said  railways  and  works 
(Cromarty  and 
Dingwall  Light  Railway  (Extension  of  Time, 
Deviation,  and  Amendment)  Order,  1907). 

Copy  of  Report  on  Charitable  Endowments  Board of 

appropriated  to  Elementary  Education 
Administrative  County  of  Kent. 

in  the  Education. 

Irish  Land 
Commission 
, p 
tttooeedujgso. ^ 

Copy  of Return  of  Proceedings  of  the  Irish 
.  Land  Commission  under  the  Land  Law  Acts, 
( I r e l a n d).  A c t g j 
1 8 9 1 j 

L a b o u r e r g 

] g 83  

to  

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Land  Law 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1887  (Eviction 
Notices.) 

Banking, 
Railway,  and 
Shipping 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 
Evictions 
(Ireland.) 

National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 
Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Irish  Railways 
(Viceregal 
Commission.) 
Congested 
Districts 
Board 
(Ireland.) 
Inebriates 
Acts  (Ireland.) 

National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Lunacy 
(Ireland.) 

Births, 
Deaths,  and 

Peterhead 
Harbour. 

NorthSea 
inv-sti^tion 
Committee 

Board of 
Education 
(Special 
Reports.) 

and  the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during  the  months 
of  July,  August,  September,  October,  and 
November  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made  under  the 
Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the  month  of 
January  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  under  section  7  of  the  Land 
Law  (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  of  the  number  of 
in  the  High  Court  of 
Eviction  Notices  filed 
Justice  and  County  Courts  in  Ireland  during 
the  quarter  ended  on  the  30th  September  1907. 
Copy  of  Report  on  the  Banking,  Railway, 
and  Shipping  Statistics  of  Ireland  for  the  half-
year  ended  30th  June  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Evictions  in  Ireland  for 

the  quarter  ended  30th  September  1907. 

Copy  of  Appendix 

the  Seventy-third 
Report  of the  Commissioners  of  National  Educa-
tion  in  Ireland,  being  for  the  year  1906-7. 
Section  II. 

to 

. 
Copy  of  Appendix 

the  Seventy-third 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  National  Educa-
tion  in  Ireland,  being  for  the  year  1906-7. 
Section  III. 

to 

Copy  of  Abstracts  showing 

the  acreage 
under  Crops  and  the  number  of  Live  Stock  in 
each  county  and  province  of  Ireland,  for  the 
year  1906-7. 

Copy  of  Agricultural  Statistics  of  Ireland, 

with  detailed  Report  for  the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Prices  of  Crops,  Live 
Stock,  and  other  Irish  Agricultural  Products 
for the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Second  Report  of the  Viceregal  Com-

missioners  on  Irish  Railways,  and  Appendix. 

Copy  of  Sixteenth  Report  of  the  Congested 
Districts  Board  (Ireland),  being  for  the  year 
ending  31st  March  1907. 

Copy  of  Third  Report,  with  Appendices,  of 
the  Inspector  for  Ireland  under  the  Inebriates 
Acts,  1879  to  1900,  being  for  the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Section  I.  of  the  Appendix,  to  the 
Seventy-third  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of 
National  Education 
in  Ireland,  for  the  year 
1906-7. 

, 

Copy  of  Fifty-sixth  Report, with  Appendices, 
of  Inspectors  of  Lunatics  (Ireland),  for  the 
year  1906. 

Copy  of  Sixty-ninth  Annual  Report  of  the 
Registrar  General  of  Births,  Deaths,  and 
Marriages  in  England  and  Wales,  1906. 

Copy  of  Reports  respecting  Peterhead  Har-

bour  Works. 

Copy  of  Second  Report  (Southern  Area) 
o n 
Hydrographical  Investigations 
in  the  North  Sea  and  adjacent  waters,  1904-5. 
Part  I. 

Copies  of  Special  Reports  on  Educational 
Subjects,  Vol.  18.  The  Education  and  Train-
the  French  Primary  School  Teacher. 
ing  of 
Vol.  19.  School  Training  for  the  Home  Duties 
of  Women.  Vol.  21.  School  Excursions  and 
Vacation  Schools. 

Board of 
Education. 

Copies  of  Reports  from  Universities  and 
University  Colleges  in  Great  Britain  partici-
pating  in  the  Parliamentary  Grant,  1907. 

Copy  of  Official  Correspondence  relating,  to  Board of 
the  payment  of  Teachers'  Salaries  in Merioneth-  Education, 
shire. 

Copy  of  General  Report  on  thes  Instruction 
in  Wales 

and  Training  of  Pupil  Teachers 
(including  Monmouthshire). 

Board of 
Education. 

Copy  of  Statistics  of  Public  Education  in 

England  and  Wales,  1905-6-7. 

Copy  of  Regulations  providing,  for  Special 
in  Aid  of  certain  Local  Education 

Grants 
Authorities  in  England  and  Wales,  1907-8. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Board  of  Education 

for  the year  1906-7. 

Copy  of  Building  Regulations  for  Secondary 
Schools  and  Pupil  Teacher  Centres,  being 
in  designing  and 
principles  to  be  observed 
fitting  up  new  buildings,  rules as  to  construction, 
&c.,  and  certain  requirements  as  to  Plans, 
Specifications,  and  Estimates. 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Copy of Memorandum on the  Study  of History  Education 
(Scotland.) 

in  Scottish  Schools. 

Copy  of  Report  on  Secondary  Education  in  Secondary 
Scotland  for  the  year  1907,  by  J.  Struthers,  Education 
'(Scotland.) 
E s q u i r e,   C.B.,LL.I>: 

Copy  of  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Fishery  Board 

Fishery  Board  for  Scotland,  being  for  the  year  (Scotland.) 
1906.  Part  III.,  Scientific  Investigations. 

Copy  of  Report  of. the  Inspector  for  Scotland 

under  the  Inebriates  Acts  for  the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  for  Scotland  as  to  the  Proceedings  of 
Distress  Committees  in  Scotland  for  the  year 
ended  15th  May  1907. 

Copy  of  Report  on  the  Judicial  Statistics  of 

Scotland for the  year  1906. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
of  the  Departmental  Committee  on  House-
letting  in  Scotland. 
Vol.  II.  Minutes  of 
Evidence,  Appendices,  and  Index. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 

the  Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Public  Elementary 
Schools  and  Certified  Efficient  Schools 
in 
England  (excluding  Monmouthshire)  on  1st 
August  1907. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Amending  Order  No.  3,  amending  Final 
Order  No.  42,  made  under  section  11  (8)  of 
the  Education  Act,  1902. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Peterhouse  or  Saint  Peter's  College, 
Cambridge,  under  the  Universities  of  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  the  4th  May 
1907,  altering  and  amending  Statute  X X I.   of 
the  Statutes  of  the  College. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  under  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
the  27th  May  1907,  altering  and 
1877,  on 
amending  Statute  I.  of  the  Statutes  of 
the 
College. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  under  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877,  on  the  19th  June  1907,  altering  and 
amending  Stat.  Tit.  II.,  Clauses  1,  2,  7,  8,  9, 
and  15,  and  Stat.  Tit.  X X I I I .,   Clause  8,  of 
the  Statutes  of  the  College. 

Inebriates Acts 
(Inspector's 
Report) 
(Scotland.) 
Unemployed 
Workmen  Act, 
1905. 

Judicial 
Statistics 
(Scotland.) 
House-letting 
(Scotland) 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 
No.  17. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Cambridge.) 
No.  1. 

Universities  of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act.  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No.  2. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No.  3. 

NO.  1.]  S  EDW.  Y IL 

29th  January. 

9 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act. 

Copies of  Order in  Council  under the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  9th  September 
1907,  entitled  the  Nigeria  Coinage  Order  in 
Council,  1907 5  Orders  in  Council,  dated  2nd 
November  1907,  (1)  providing  for  the  exercise 
of  His  Majesty's  jurisdiction  in  the  Islands  of 
the  Pacific  Ocean  known  as  the  New  Hebrides, 
in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  Anglo-
French  Convention ;  (2) entitled the East  Africa 
Order  in  Council,  1907  ;  (3)  entitled  the  North 
Eastern  Rhodesia  Order  in  Council,  1907  ;  (4) 
entitled  the  Swaziland  Crown  Lands  Order 
in  Council,  1907  ;  Order 
in  Council,  dated 
21st  December  1907,  entitled  the  Nyassaland 
Order  in  Council,  1907  (No.  2). 

Merchant 
Shipping  Act 
1894. 

Copies  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Mer-
chant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  dated  2nd  November 
1907,— 

(1)  relating  to  Seamen's  Lodging-houses  in 
the  County  Borough  of 

the  district  of 
Swansea  ; 

(2)  confirming  byelaws  made  by  the  Trinity 
House  of  Kingston-upon-Hull,  fixing  the 
rates  of  Pilotage  between  Hull  and  Goole; 
(3)  applying  section  238 of  the  Act  to  Sea-
men  who  desert  from  Roumanian  merchant 
ships; 

(4)  revoking  Orders 

in  Council  of  3rd 
1863  and  7th  January  1864, 
February 
made  under  the  Passengers  Act,  1855, 
respecting  the  carriage  of  Emigrants  on 
board  ship. 

Weights  and 
Measures Act, 
1878. 

Naval 
Discipline  Act, 
1866. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 
Colonial 
Prisoners' 
Bemoval  Act, 
1884. 

Government  of 
India  Act, 
1858. 

Copies  of  Orders 

in  Council  under 

Weights  and  Measures  Act, 
21st  December  1907,— 

the 
1878,  dated 

(1)  defining the amount of error to be  tolerated 
in local standards when verified or re-verified 
by  the  Board  of  Trade ; 

(2)  fixing  the  fees  to  be  paid  in  respect  of 
the  verification  and  stamping  of  Weights 
and  Measures. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Naval 
Discipline  Act,  1866,  dated  2nd  November 
1907,  approving  certain  revised  General  Orders 
for  regulating  the  procedure  and  practice  of 
Naval  Courts-Martial,  to  come  into  force  on 
1st  April  1908. 

Copies  of  sixteen  Orders  in  Council  made 
under  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Copy  of  Order in  Council  under  the  Colonial 
the 
Prisoners'  Removal  Act,  1884,  entitled 
Colonial  Prisoners'  Removal  Order  in  Council, 
1907,  dated  9th  September  1907. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  unc.er the  Govern-
ment  of  India  Act,  1858,  dated  21st  December 
1907,  approving a  Statement  of  new and  revised 
appointments  and  alterations  of  salaries  in  the 
Establishment  of  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
India  in  Council. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 
the  Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to 
Board  of  Education,  Universities  of  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  Act,  1877  (Cambridge),  and 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877  (Oxford),  be  printed. 

Diseases of 
Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
Animals Acts,  ^he directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
ti j e  Diseases  of  Animals 
1894 to  1903. 
of  
Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  23rd  August  1907, 
entitled  the  Glanders  or  Farcy  Order of  1907. 

a n  Q r d er  

u n d er 

Diseases of 
Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of 
Animals Acts,  Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  26th  August 
a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine 
1894 to 1903. 

Station  at  the  Port  of  Liverpool. 

VOL.  163. 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Diseases of 

Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  13th  Sep-
tember  1907,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quar- 
antine  Station  at  the  Royal  Albert  Docks,  in 
the  Port  of  London. 

0 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Diseases of 
Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  19th  Sep-  ^ " f 1 8, ^ 8' 
tember  1907,  revoking  Order  No.  7324,  of 
0  903' 
26th  August  1907,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals 
Quarantine  Station  at  the  Port  of  Liverpool. 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Diseases df 
Animals  Acts,  1894 to  1903, dated  23rd  October  f"'^ 1 8,^ 3-
1907,  revoking  Order  No.  7335,  of  13th  Sep- 
' 
tember  1907,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals 
Quarantine  Station  in  the  Borough  of  East 
Ham. 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Diseases of 
Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903, dated  28th  Novem-  f "Iff 1 3,^ 3' 
ber  1907,  revoking  Order  No.  6682,  of  15th 
May  1903,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Wharf 
at  the  Port  of  Southampton. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Shop  Hours 

to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  Act;  1904" 
—Copies  of  Orders  made  by  the  Councils  of  the 
Boroughs  of  Macclesfield,  Widnes,  Haslingden, 
Burslem,  Cheltenham,  Rawtenstall,  Thornaby-
on-Tees,  Shoreditch,  Stepney, 
the  County 
Boroughs  of  Halifax  and  Preston,  the  Urban 
Districts  of  Tunstall  and  Llanelly,  the  Counties 
of  Lancaster,  West  Suffolk,  Chester,  and  the 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  confirmed  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment,  fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for  certain 
classes  of  Shops. 

Copy  of  Licence  to  be  at  large  granted  to  Penal 

John  Williams,  or  Taylor,  to  which  are  annexed  f^nd^fn^f*8 
conditions other than those contained in Schedule Licence!)1^ 
A  of the  Penal  Servitude  Act.  1864. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  28th  August  Factory  and 

1907,  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  t h e ^ k s h oP 
Home  Department 
in  pursuance  of  section  79  (Dangerous 
of  the  Factory  and Workshop  Act,  1901,  for the  and  Unhealthy 
processes of  spinning and weaving  Hemp or  Jute,Industries-) 
or  Hemp  or  Jute  Tow,  and  processes  incidental 
thereto. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  13th  December  Factory and 

1907,  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  ^°jjkshop 
Home  Department  in  pursuance  of  section  79  (Dangerous 
of  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  for  the  and  Unhealthy 
manufacture  of  nitro-  and  amido-derivatives  of  In(lustnes-) 
Benzene,  and  the  manufacture  of  explosives 
with  use  of Dinitrobenzol  or  Dinitrotoluol. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  20th  December  Factory  and 

1907,  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Workshop 
Home  Department,  in  pursuance  of  section  79 ^Dariserous 
of  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  in  and Unhealthy 
respect  of  processes 
involving 
Horsehair  from  China,  Siberia,  and  Russia. 

the  use  of  industries.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  Polling 

City  of  Bath,  altering  certain Polling  Districts  Districts  (City 
in  Lincombe  and  Widcombe  and  Walcot  Wards of  B a t h -) 
in  the  city. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Lloyd-George  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Wages and 
Command,—Account  of  the  sums  received  and  Effects of 
paid  by  the  Board  of  Trade  in  respect  of  the  I)eceased 
Seamen. 
Wages  and  Effects of  Deceased  Seamen  in 
year  ended  31st  March  1907. 

No.  4. 

the 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  also  presented,—-Return  to  Electric 

an  Order,  dated  the  22nd  day  of  August  in  the  Lighting  Acts, 
last  Session of  Parliament, for  a Return  relative  (London  1888 

30th—31st  January. 

1908. 
to  whom  Pensions  have  been  granted  since  the 
Constabulary  Estimate  for  1907-8  was  prepared, 
with the amount and date of  Pension in each  case. 

[No.  a 

10 

Electricity 
Supply.) 

No.  5. 

Ramsgate 
Harbour. 

No.  6. 

to  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  1882  and  1888 
(London  Electricity  Supply). 

Mr. Lloyd-George  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Statement,  relating  to  Ramsgate  Har-
Ijour, of  the receipts  and  payments  made  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  for  the  year  ended  31st  March 
1907,  together  with  an  Account  of  the  receipt 
and  issue  of  Stores. 

Seamen's 
Account  of  all  deposits  received  and  repaid 
Savings  Banks  by  the  Board  of  Trade  on  account  of  Seamen's 
OrderTand 
Savings  Banks  under  the  authority  of  the 
Transmission  Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  during  the  year 
ended  20th  November  1906,  and  of  the  interest 
of Wages.) 
thereon;  Statement  showing  the  number  and 
No.  7. 
amount  of  Seamen's  Money  Orders  issued  and 
paid  at  ports  in  the  United  Kingdom  and  at 
ports  abroad,  from  1855  to  31st  March  1907; 
also  Statement  showing  the  receipts  and  pay-
ments  in  connection  with  the  transmission  of 
Seamen's Wages,  Home  and  Foreign,  from  1878 
to  31st  March  1907. 

General 
Fttudh°USe 
g 

Copy  of  Account  of  the  General  Lighthouse 
Fund,  showing  the  income  and  expenditure  for 
the  year  ended  31st  March  1907. 

T r a de   as  

West Highland  Copy  of  Sixth  Annual  Report  by  the  Board 
t 0  the  condition  and  working  of 
f l x S on
fromBanavie  the  Banavie  and  Mallaig  Railway,  the  rates 
and  charges  for  Traffic,  and  the  receipts  and 
to Mallaig.) 
expenditure  of  any  Company  in  working  the 
No.  9. 
Railway,  for the  year  1906-7. 

Patents  and 
Designs  Act, 
1907. 

Copy  of  Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade 

under  (he  Patents  and  Designs  Act,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Wages 
and  Effects of Deceased  Seamen,  Electric  Light-
ing  Acts,  1882  and  1888  (London  Electricity 
Supply),  Ramsgate  Harbour,  Seamen's  Savings 
Banks  (Money  Orders  and  Transmission  of 
Wages),  General  Lighthouse  Fund,  and  West 
Highland  Railway  (Extension  from  Banavie  to 
Mallaig),  be  printed. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Rules  of  the  Estates 
Commissioners,  dated  4th  November  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
(Gunnery.) 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Result  of  Test 
of  Gunlayers with  Heavy  Guns  in  His  Majesty's 
Fleet,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
Second  Ballot 
jjj g  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports 
in Foreign 
(Marcel-68 
from  His  Majesty's  Representatives  abroad 
laneous, 
showing  the  regulations  and  methods  which 
No. 2,1908.)  guide  the  application  of  the  Second  Ballot  at 

Elections  in  Foreign  Countries. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Children 
under  the 
Poor  Law. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,— Copy  of  Report  to  the  President 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  on  Children 
under  the  Poor  Law,  by  Dr.  Macnamara,  M.P., 
Parliamentary  Secretary  to  the  Board. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Royal  Irish 
Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Constabulary  Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing  the names 
of   a l }  Constabulary  Officers  now  in  receipt  of 
(Pensions.) 
Pensions,  of  all  Head  Constables,  Sergeants, 
and Constables, and  of  all Widows  and  Children, 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to  Super-

the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  ^g"atIon  A c t' 
Copies  of  Treasury  Minutes  under  the  Super-
annuation Act, 1887, granting a retired allowance 
to  each of  the following, viz.  :  Charles  Barwick, 
Rural  Postman,  Scarborough  Post  Office ;  Mr. 
T.  O.  Hewitt,  Engineer,  First  Class,  Engineer-
in-Chiefs  Department,  Post  Office ;  Mr.  T.  S. 
Williams,  Counter  Clerk  and  Telegraphist, 
London  Postal  District,  Post  Office;  Mr.  W. 
L.  Mowll,  Overseer,  Post  Office,  Brighton; 
Mr.  F.  Westington,  Overseer,  Post  Office, 
Brighton;  Mr.  H.  E.  Kohler,  Overseer,  Post 
Office,  Brighton  ;  Mr.  T.  F.  Hart,  Assistant 
Superintendent,  Post  Office,  Brighton;  Mr. 
Owen  Cook,  Second  Class  Surveyor  of  Taxes, 
Inland  Revenue;  Mr.  F.  T.  Freeman,  Staff* 
Clerk,  War  Office ;  Mr.  W.  R.  Barton,  a  Clerk 
of  the  Higher  Grade  of  the  Second  Division, 
War  Office;  Mr.  John  Guillon,  Foreman  of 
the  Yard, Chatham, Admiralty  ;  Walter  Charles 
Bass,  Established  Butler,  Haslar  Hospital, 
Admiralty. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-  Super-

annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  5th  September  1907, annuation Act, 
declaring  that  Henry  Harris,  Labourer,  Royal 
Laboratory,  War  Department,  was  appointed 
through 
without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate 
inadvertence  on  the  part  of 
the  head  of  his 
Department. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-  Super-
annuation  Act,  1859,  dated  21st November  1907,  annuations. 
declaring  that  for  the  due  and efficient  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  the  office  of  Small  Holdings 
Commissioner  professional  or  other  peculiar 
qualifications  not  ordinarily  to  be  acquired  in 
the  Public  Service  are  required. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute, dated  28th October Super-
1907,  granting  a  special  Pension  to  Sir  H.  VV.  annuation. 
Primrose,  K.O.B.,  e.s.i.,  i.s.O.,  late  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Inland  Revenue. 

Account  showing  all  the  sums  which  have  Treasury 

been  received  into  the  Treasury  Chest,  and  Chest, 
which  have  been  paid  out  of  the  same,  between  No.  10. 
the  1st  April  1906  and  the  31st  March  1907, 
and  of  the  liabilities  and  assets  of  the  Treasury 
Chest  on  the  latter  day  ;  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Copy  of Return  of the  amount  of  N otes  issued Bank of 
more  than  forty  years  which  have  not  been  EnS land-
presented  for  payment,  and  which  have  been 
written  off, on  the  13th  November  1907,  from 
the  total  amount  of  Notes  issued  from  the  Issue 
Department  of  the  Bank  of  England,  pursuant 
to  the  Bank  Act,  1892. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  11th Decern-  Public Works 

ber  1907,  authorising  the  renewal  of  the  lease (Ireland.) 
of  two  small  plots  of  Land  near  the  Royal 
Marine  Hotel,  Kingstown. 

Copy  of Treasury Warrants, dated 5th Decern-  Inland 
ber  1907,  appointing  Mr.  George  Frederick Revenue. 
Howe  and  Mr.  Albert  Grasemann  to  be  Special 
Commissioners  of  Income  Tax. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Public  Public 

Accounts  and  Charges  Act, 
1891,  dated  Accounts  and 
16th  December  1907,  directing  that,  as  from  i ^ e es   Act' 
the  1st  April  1908,  the  receipts  under  section 
28  (9)  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1906, 
shall  be  applied  as Appropriations  in  Aid  of  the 
moneys  to  be  granted  by  Parliament 
for 
Mercantile  Marine  Services. 

Copy of  Treasury  Minute under the Labourers  Labourers 
(Ireland)  Act,  1906,  dated  6th  January  1908,  (Ireland) Act, 
directing  that  the  Labourers'  Cottages  Fund 

 
NO. L ]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

29 th  January. 

11 

Account  be  examined  and  audited  by 
Comptroller  and Auditor  General. 

the 

Copy  of  Treasury  Order,  dated  22nd  October 

1907,  regulating  Fees  in  County  Courts. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Merchant 
Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  S h lPP i ng-
to the  proposed  legislation  of  Australia  and  New 
Zealand  on the  subject  of  Merchant  Shipping. 

County  Courts 
(England) 
(Fees.) 

Elementary 
School 
Teachers' 
Deferred 
Annuity Fund. 
No.  11. 

Motor Car 
Acts. 

Lunacy 
(Scotland.) 

Lunacy 
(Scotland.) 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  12. 
Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  13. 
University  of 
Glasgow. 

No.  14. 

East  India 
(Loans raised 
in  England.) 
N o.   15. 

East  India 
(Loans raised 
in  India.) 

No.  16. 

Copy  of  First  Septennial  Actuarial  Report 
on the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Elementary 
School  Teachers'  Deferred  Annuity  Fund. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table ; and  that  the  Papers relative to  Treasury 
Chest  and  to  Elementary  School  Teachers' 
Deferred  Annuity  Fund  be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copies  of  Orders  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
prohibiting  Motor  Car  Traffic  on  certain  high-
ways  in  the  Counties  of Perth  and  Wigtown. 

Copy  of  General  Rules  for the  management 
of  the  Kingseat  Asylum  at  Newmachar,  Aber-
deen. 

Copy  of  General  Rules  for  the  government 

of  the  Asylum,  Riccartsbar,  Paisley. 

Copies  of  Orders  made  by  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904, 
providing  for the  early  closing  of  certain  Shops 
in the  Burghs  of  Dundee  and  Perth,  and in  the 
Shettlestone  and  Tollcross  Special  Lighting 
District,  in  the  County  of  Lanark.' 

Copy 

of  University  Court  Ordinance, 
No.  X X I I.   (Edinburgh,  No.  11)  (Regulations 
for Degrees  in  Arts). 

Copy 

of  University  Court  Ordinance, 
No.  X X I I I.   (Glasgow,  No.  6)  (Regulations 
for  Degrees  in  Arts). 

Copy  of  Annual  Statistical  Report  by  the 
University  Court  of  the  University  of  Glasgow 
to  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  under  section 
thirty  of  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
for the  year  1906-7. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordinance) 
and  the  University  of  Glasgow  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Morley  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Return  of  all  Loans  raised in  England  under 
the  provisions  of  any  Acts  of  Parliament, 
chargeable on the Revenues of India, outstanding 
at  the  commencement  of  the  half-year  ended  on 
the  30th  September  1907,  with  the  rates  of 
interest  and total  amount  payable  thereon,  and 
the  date  of  the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the 
debt incurred  during  the  half-year,  the  moneys 
raised  thereby  during  the  half-year,  the  Loans 
paid  off or discharged  during  the half-year,  and 
the  Loans  outstanding  at  the  close  of  the  half-
year  ;  stating,  so far  as the  public  convenience 
will  allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for  which 
moneys have  been raised  during  the half-year. 

Return of all  Loans raised in India, chargeable 
on  the  Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the 
commencement  of  the  half-year  ending  on  the 
30th  September  1907,  with  the  rates  of  interest 
and  total  amount  payable  thereon,  and  the 
date  of the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the  debt 
incurred  during the half-year, the  moneys  raised 
thereby  during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid 
off or discharged  during  the  half-year,  and  the 
Loans  outstanding  at  the  close of the  half-year; 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow,  the purpose  or service  for  which  moneys 
have  been raised  during  the  half-year. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

Copy  of  Papers  relating  to  the  working  of  Queensland. 

Taxation  on  the  unimproved  value  of  Land  in 
Queensland. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,—Return  to  an  Compulsory 
Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  27th day  of  Native  Labour 
March in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  for  a ^ 0 omes-) • 
Return  relative  to  Compulsory  Native  Labour 
(Colonies). 

Mr.  Churchill also  presented,  pursuant  to the  Trinidad, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  for  the  government  of  District  Prisons, 
and  amended  Rules  providing  for  punishment 
of  Officials  for  breaches  of  discipline, 
in 
Trinidad. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Sydney Buxton presented, by His Majesty's  Postal 

Command,—Copy  of  Postal  Agreement  for the 
exchange  of  Postal  Parcels  between  the  Post 
Office of the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland  and  the  Post  Office of  the  Empire 
of Japan,  dated  31st  January  1907. 

Copy  of  Postal  Agreement  for  an  exchange 
of  Money  Orders  between  the  Post  Office  of 
the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  and  the  Post  Office of  the  Republic  of 
Salvador,  dated  27th  June—27th  August  1907. 
Copy  of  Agreement  between  the  Post Office 
of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  and  the  Post  Office  of  the  Dutch 
Colony  of  Cura9ao  for  the  exchange  of  Money 
Orders,  dated  25th  April—15th  Jnne  1907. 

Postal 
Agreement 
(Salvador.) 

Postal 
Agreement 
(Curasao.) 

Copy  of  additional  Articles  to  the  Postal 
Agreement  for  an  exchange  of  Money  Orders 
between  the  Post  Office  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  and  the  Post  Office  of  the  Dutch 
Colony  of  Surinam,  dated  the  28th  October— 
2nd  December  1907. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  also presented, pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post 
(No.  10)  Warrant,  1907,  dated 
Amendment 
12th  September  1907. 

Postal 
Agreement 
(Surinam.) 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and 
(No.  11) 

Post  Amendment 
dated  16th  September  1907. 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and 

Post  Amendment 
dated  18th  September  1907. 

(No.  12) 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and 
(No.  13) 

Post  Amendment 
dated  10th  January  1908. 

Colonial  Parcel 
Warrant,  1907, 

Colonial  Parcel 
Warrant,  1907, 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Fost.) 
Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Colonial  Parcel 
Warrant,  1908, 

Copy  of  Treasury  Warrant,  dated  30th 
September  1907,  as to  the  Foreign  and  Colonial 
Post,  except  Parcels. 

Account  showing  the  gross  amount  received 
and  expended  on  account  of  the  Telegraph 
Service  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907, 
and  the  balance  of  the  expenditure  over  the 
receipts,  prepared  in  pursuance  of  section  4 
of  the  Telegraph  (Money)  Act,  1876 ;  and  a 
Statement  additional  to  the  above  Account, 
prepared  in  pursuance  of  the  same  section. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Post 
Office  Telegraphs  (including  Telephones)  be 
printed. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House:— 
c  2 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 
Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial  Post, 
except 
Parcels.) 
Post Office 
Telegraphs 
(including 
Telephones.) 
No.  18. 

12 

30th—31st 

[No.  a 

Lunacy. 

Lunacy. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the Lord  Chancellor  of  the 
number  of  visits  made,  the  number  of  patients 
seen,  and  the  number  of  miles  travelled  by  the 
Visitors  of  Lunatics  between  1st  April  and 
30th  September  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of  all  sums  received  by  the 
Visitors  of  Lunatics  for  travelling  expenses,  or 
upon  any  other  account,  from  1st  January  to 
31st  December  1907. 

Public  Trustee  Copy  of  the  Public  Trustee  Rules,  1907, 
29th  November  1907. 
(Bules.) 

Shipping 
Casualties 
(Rules.) 

Copy  of  General  Rules  for  formal  investiga-
tions  into  Shipping  Casualties,  and  appeals  and 
re-hearings,  dated  22nd  November  1907. 

Mersey  Docks 
and  Harbour 
Board. 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Mersey  Docks  and 
Harbour  Board  for  the  year  ending  1st  July 
1907. 

Public  Records  Copy  of  Second  Schedule  containing  a  list 
(High  Court of  and  particulars  of  classes  of  Documents  be-
longing  to  the  late  Courts  of  King's  Bench, 
Justice.) 
Common  Pleas,  and  Exchequer,  and  the  suc-
ceeding  King's  Bench,  Common  Pleas,  and 
Exchequer  Divisions  of  the  High  Court  of 
Justice,  which  are  not  considered  of  sufficient 
public  value  to  justify  their  preservation  in  the 
Public  Record  Office. 

Public Records  Copy  of  Seventh  Schedule  containing  a  list 
a n (]   particulars  of  classes  of  Documents  per-
(War 
t h e  Department  of  His  Majesty's 
Department.) 
t a i n i ng  
Principal  Secretary  of  State  for  War  which  are 
not considered of sufficient public value  to  justify 
their  preservation  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

to  

Mr. Speaker 
reports  His 
Majesty's 
Speech. 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House  had, 
this  day,  attended  His  Majesty  in  the  House  of 
Peers,  when  His  Majesty  was  pleased  to  make 
a  most  Gracious Speech  from  the Throne  to  both 
Houses  of  Parliament;  of  which  Mr.  Speaker 
said  he  had,  for  greater  accuracy,  obtained  a 
Copy;  which  he  read to the House, as  followeth : 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

The  visit  of  the  German  Emperor  with  His 
Imperial  Consort  during  the  past  autumn  was 
a  source  of  great  pleasure  to  Me  and  to  the 
Queen.  The  cordial  reception  given  to  Their 
Majesties  by  My  people was warmly  appreciated, 
and  cannot fail  to  confirm  the  friendly  relations 
existing  between  the  two  nations. 

The  lamented  death  of  the  King  of  Sweden 

has  caused  Me  much  sorrow. 

My  relations  with  foreign  Powers  continue 

to  be  friendly. 

My  Government,  animated  by  the  sincere 
desire  to  settle  by  mutual  agreement  certain 
interests  of  Great 
questions  concerning  the 
Britain  and  Russia  on  the  Continent  of  Asia, 
have  concluded  with  the  Russian  Government 
a Convention relating to their respective  interests 
in  Persia,  Afghanistan,  and  Thibet.  The  terms 
laid 
this  Convention  have  already  been 
of 
before  you,  and,  acting  in  its  spirit,  the  two 
Governments  have  been  able,  notwithstanding 
disturbances  and  complications  in  Persia,  to 
maintain  a peaceful  policy. 

My  Government  have joined with  the  Govern-
ments  of  France,  Germany,  and  Russia  in  a 
Treaty  for  preserving 
the 
Kingdom  of  Norway.  The  text  of  the  Treaty 
will  be published  in  due  course. 

integrity  of 

the 

The  correspondence  recently  presented  to  you 
has  placed  you  in  possession  of  the  results  of 
the  Second  International  Peace  Conference  at 
its  labours  in 
The  Hague,  which  concluded 
October  last.  The  various  instruments  annexed 
to  the  Final  Act  of  that  Conference  show  the 

January. 

1 9 0 8. 
progress  that  has  been  made,  and  they  are 
the  attentive  consideration  of  My 
receiving 
Government.  One  of  the  most  important  of 
these  instruments  establishes  the  great  principle 
of  an  International  Court  of  Appeal  in  Prize 
cases.  My  Government  are  considering  the 
the 
question  of 
leading  maritime  nations  to attend  a  Conference 
in  London  in  the  course  of  next  autumn,  with 
a  view  of  coming  to  an  understanding  on  certain 
important  points  of  International  Law  for  the 
guidance  of  the  Court. 

inviting  representatives  of 

The  condition of  the Christian  and Mussulman 
population  in  the  Macedonian  vilayets  shows  no-
improvement;  the bands of different  nationalities 
continue  to  pursue  a  campaigu  of  violence,  and 
the  situation  gives  serious  cause  for  anxiety. 
The  Great  Powers  of  Europe  have  agreed  ta 
present  to  the  Turkish  Government  a  scheme 
for  the  improvement  of  the  judiciary  in  that 
region,  and  My  Government  have  made  further 
proposals  to  the  Sultan,  and  also  to  the  Great 
Powers, for dealing  effectually with  the  principal 
causes  of  disturbance. 

My  Government  are  fully aware  of  the  great 
anxiety  felt  with  regard  to  the  treatment  of  the 
native  population  in  the  Cocgo  State.  Their 
sole  desire  is  to  see  the  government  of  that 
State  humanely  administered  iu accordance  with 
the  spirit  of  the  Berlin  Act,  and  I  trust  that 
the  negotiations  now  proceeding  between  the 
Sovereign  of  the  Congo  State  and  the  Belgian 
Government  will  secure  this  object. 

Negotiations  are  being  conducted  with  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  for  an  Agree-
ment  to  refer  to  the  International  Court  of 
Arbitration  at  The  Hague  questions  pending 
between  the  two  Governments  which  relate  to 
It  is  hoped  that 
the  Newfoundland  Fisheries. 
by this  friendly procedure  a long-standing  source 
of  difficulty  may  be  satisfactorily  removed. 

The  difficulty  which  "had  arisen  respecting 
into  Canada  has  been 
the 

Japanese  immigration 
settled  on  terms  agreed  upon  between 
respective  Governments. 

I  sincerely  lament  to  have  to  inform you  that, 
owing  to failure  of  the  rains  over  parts  of  India 
during  last  year,  conditions  of  scarcity  accom-
panied  by  much  sickness  have  arisen.  Prompt 
and  well-considered  measures  of relief  have  been 
taken,  and  the  situation  is  faced  both  by  the 
stricken  people  and  by  My  officers with  courage 
and  hope. 

Gentlemen  of the  House  of  Commons, 

Estimates  for  the expenditure  of  the  year  will 

in due  course  be  laid before  you. 

In  connection  with the  financial  arrangements 
of  the  year  proposals  will  be  brought  forward 
for  making  better  provision  for  old  age,  and 
legislation  with  that  object  will  be  submitted. 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

Bills  will  be  laid before  you  for  the  following 

purposes:— 

To  amend  the  Law  of  Licensing  in  England 

and  Wales  ; 

To  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Elementary 

Education  in  England  and  Wales  ; 

To regulate  the  hours  of  underground  labour 

in  Coal  Mines; 

To  amend  the  Acts  relating  to  the  Housing 
of  the  Working  Classes,  and  to  regulate 
the  laying  out  of  Land  needed  for 
the 
development  of growing  urban  centres; 
To amend the  system of  Valuation of  Property 
in England  and  Wales  for the  assessment  of 
imperial  and local  charges ; 

No. L.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

mh—mh 
To  improve  and  extend  University  Education 

in  Ireland ; 

To  amend  in  various  particulars  the  Land 
Purchase  (Ireland)  Act  of  1903,  especially 
with reference  to the  compulsory acquisition 
of untenanted  Land  in  connection  with  the 
relief  of  congestion; 

To  establish  an  Authority  for  the  control  and 
improvement  of  the  Port  and  Waterway 
of  London ; 

To  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating 
to  the  protection  of  Children,  and  to  the 
treatment  of Juvenile  Offenders. 

The  Bills  relating 

to  Scottish  Land  and 
Valuation,  which  were  introduced  last  Session 
but  failed  to  pass  into  Law,  will  be  again 
submitted  to  you. 

Your  labours  upon  these,  and  upon  all  other 
matters,  I  humbly  commend  to  the  blessing  of 
Almighty  God. 

Kings  Speech  A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
AddrSs )°r a°  ProP osed>  That  an  humble  Address  be  presented 

to  His  Majesty,  as  followetli: 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our  humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann)  ; 

And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 
And  a  Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald)  :—It  was  resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Adjournment.  A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn — (Mr. 
WhUeley):—  It  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

And accordingly the House, having continued 
to sit  till twenty-three  minutes  after  Nine 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  2.] 
Thursday,  30th January  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

Mr. Speaker's  fT\HE  House  being  met,  the  Clerk  at  the 
Absence. 
X  Table  informed  the  House  of  the  unavoid-
able  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker,  through  indis-
position,  from  this  day's  Sitting:—Whereupon 
Mr.  Emmott,  the  Chairman  of Ways  and  Means, 
proceeded  to  the  Table,  and,  after  Prayers, 
took  the  Chair  as Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
the  Standing  Order. 

Prayers. 

Private  Bills. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That,  in  accordance  with  Standing  Order  79, 
he  had  conferred  with  the  Chairman  of  Com-
mittees  of  the  Honse  of  Lords,  for the  purpose 
of  determining  in  which  House  of  Parliament 
the respective  Private  Bills  should  be first con-
sidered,  and they  had  determined  that  the  Bills 
contained  in  the  following  list  should  originate 
in  the  House  of  Lords,  viz.:— 

VOL.  163. 

January. 
Aire  and  Calder  Navigation. 
Alliance  and  other  Assurance  and  Insur-

13 

ance  Companies. 

Ammanford  Urban  District  Council 

Water. 

Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway. 
Audenshaw  and  Saddleworth  Urban  Dis-

trict  Councils. 
Barry  Railway. 
Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company. 
Bristol  Corporation. 
Bristol  Docks. 
Bristol  Tramways. 
Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council. 
Camberwell 

and 

other  Metropolitan 

Borough  Councils  (Superannuation). 

Cardiff  Railway. 
Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company. 
Croydon  and  Southern  Districts  Tramways. 
Crystal  Palace  Company. 
Fine Art  and  General  Insurance'Company. 
Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and 

Harbours. 

Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Brompton 

Railway. 

Great  Western  Railway. 
Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation 

Scheme). 

Heme  Bay  Pier. 
Highgate  Hill  Tramways. 
Huddersfield  Water. 
Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico. 
Keighley  Corporation. 
King's  College,  London  (Transfer). 
Law  Guarantee  Trust  and  Accident  and 
Insurance 

Indemnity 

United  Legal 
Societies. 

Llanelly  and  Burry  Port  Water  Board. 
Llanelly  Gas. 
London  and  District  Electricity  Supply. 
London  and  Windsor  Motor  Roads,  Tram-
* 
London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast  Rail-

roads,  and  Tramways. 

way. 

London  County  Council  (Tramways~and 

Improvements). 

London  Electric  Supply. 
London  Motor Roadways  Approach. 
London 

(Westminster  and  Kensington) 

Electric  Supply  Companies. 

Magee  Presbyterian  College,  Londonderry. 
Malvern  Hills. 
Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation. 
Metropolitan  District  Railway. 
Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways. 
Monmouthshire  County  Council. 
Northern  Assurance  Company. 
Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society. 
Pontypridd  Water. 
Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council. 
Rhymney  and  Aber  Valleys  Gas  and 

Water. 

Rhymney  Railway. 
Rochester  Bridge. 
Saint  Marylebone 
(Superannuation). 

Borough  Council 

Skegness  Urban  District  Council. 
South Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribution. 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and  Mid-
land  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East 
and  West  Junction  Railways  (Amalga-
mation). 

C  3 

30th—31st 

January. 

1908. 
between  the  Windlesham  and  Bagshot  Polling 
Districts. 

[No.  a 

14 

Swansea  Valley  Gas. 
Taff Vale  Railway. 
Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act 

(1904)  Amendment. 

Upton  Town  Hall. 
Wath-upon-Dearnc  Urban  District  Council 

Gas. 

West  London,  Barnes,  and  Richmond 

Tramways. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Beport. 

Explosions 
(Worsboro' 
Dale.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department 
on  the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion 
which  occurred  in  the  Press  House  at 
the 
Factory  of  Messrs.  Kynoch,  Limited,  at • Wors-
boro'  Dale,  near  Barnsley,  in  the  County  of 
Yorkshire,  on  the  12th  December  1907,  by 
Major A.  Cooper-Key,  His  Majesty's  Inspector 
of  Explosives. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
Penal 
Servitude  Acts suant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
(Conditional 
Parliament,—Copy  of  Licence  granted  under 
Licence.) 
the  Penal  Servitude  Acts  to  Ada  Wheeler,  a 
convict  under  detention  in  Aylesbury  Prison, 
permitting  her  to be  at  large  on  condition  that 
she  enter  the  East  End  Refuge,  Finchley,  N. 

Penal 
Copy  of  Licence  granted  under  the  Penal 
Servitude Acts  Servitude  Acts  to  Elizabeth  Davies,  a  convict 
n n d e r  detention  in  Aylesbury  Prison,  permitting 
S S o " " 1 
her  to  be  at  large  on  condition  that  she  enter 
the Home of  Compassion, 63, Sutherland  Street, 
S.W. 

Penal 
Servitude  Acts 
(Conditional 
Licences.) 

Workmen's 
Compensation 
Act,  1906 
(Begulations 
as to  Returns 
from 
Employers.) 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts (Fruit 
Preserving.) 

Copy  of  Licences  granted  to  William  Wood 
and  Daniel  Condron  under  the  provisions  of 
the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  1853  to  1891,  to 
which  are annexed  conditions  other  than  those 
contained  in  Schedule  A  of the  Penal  Servitude 
Act,  1864. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  15th  January 
1908,  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the 
Home  Department  under  section  12  of  the 
Workmen's  Compensation  Act,  1906,  as  to 
Returns  to  be furnished  each year  by Employers 
in  certain  Industries  with  respect  to  the  com-
pensation paid under the Act during  the  previous 
year. 

Copy  of  Order,  dated  11th  September  1907, 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department 
in  pursuance  of  sections  41  and 
58  of  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901, 
prescribing  conditions  to  be  observed  in  Fac-
tories  and  Workshops in  which  women or  young 
persons are  employed  in  the  process  of  cleaning 
or preparing  Fruit,  in  pursuance  of  the  special 
exception  allowed  by  section  41. 

Copy  of  Order, dated  23rd  September  1907, 
Factory  and 
Workshop 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
^ 
Acts 
(Particulars of Department,  applying  the  provisions  of  section 
Piecework 
H6  of  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901, 
Wages) 
with  modifications,  to  Factories  and  Workshops 
(Brass.) 
in  which  the  mixing,  casting,  or manufacture  of 
Brass,  or of  articles  of  Brass,  is carried  on. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  ths  Council  of  the 
County  of  Lancaster  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops 
within the  [Jrban  District  of  Ashton-in-Maker-
field. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County of 
Surrey.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  County  Council 
of the  County  of  East  Suffolk  altering  certain 
Polling  Districts  in the  Northern  or  Lowestoft 
Parliamentary  Division  of  the  county. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County of 
East  Suffolk.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  County  Council 
of  the  County  of  Essex  altering  certain  Polling 
Districts 
in  the  Eastern  or  Maldon  Parlia-
mentary  Division  of the  county. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County of 
Essex.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Lancaster  redividing  the  Parlia-
mentary  Division  of  Gorton  into  convenient 
Polling  Districts. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County  of 
Lancaster.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  County  Council 
of  the  County  of  Surrey  dividing  the  present 
Parliamentary  Polling  District  of  Farnham  into 
three  Polling  Districts. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County  of 
Surrey.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His  Board of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report ^'icuJture^^ 
on  the  distribution  of  Grants  for  Agricultural  (Distribution 
Education  and  Research  in the  year  1906-7, &c. of  Grants.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Agricultural 

Command,—Copy  of  Tables  showing  the  extent  Statistics 
in  statute  acres  and  the  produce  of  the  Crops '  re and'-) 
and  numbers  of  Live  Stock  for  the  year  1907. 

Copy of  Report of  the  Viceregal  Commission  Crown  Jewels 

appointed  to  investigate  the  circumstances  of  Commission 
the  loss  of  the  Regalia  of  the  Order  of  Saint  (Irelaad' ) 
Patrick,  and  to  inquire  whether  Sir  Arthur 
Vicars  exercised  due  vigilance  and  proper  care 
as the  custodian  thereof. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Eviction  Notices  filed  Land Law 

during  the  quarter  ended  31st  December  1907.  2jfi887 
(Eviction 
Notices.) 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Pharmacy 

directions  of  several Acts of  Parliament,—Copy  A c t s
of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Pharmacy  Acts 
(Ireland),  dated  24th  January  1908,  approving 
of  a  Regulation  made  by  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  of  Ireland. 

  (Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Returns  from  the  City  Marshal  of  Pawnbrokers' 

Dublin  of  Pawnbrokers' Accounts  for  the  year ®et"rn» 
ended  31st  December  1906. 

(Ireland.; 

Copies  of  Importation  of  Horses,  Asses,  and Department of 

Mules  (Ireland)  Order,  1907,  Nos.  I.  and  II. 

Copies  of  four  Orders  in  Council,  dated  5th  Winter  Assizes 

November  1907,  for  holding  Winter  Assizes  in (Ireland.) 
Ireland. 

Instruction  for 
Ireland. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  approving  of Rules  General 
made  by  the  General  Prisons  Board  for  the  f / L X^  A^ 
(Ireland)  Act, 
J 
1877, and 
government  of  ordinary  Prisons  in  Ireland. 
Prisons 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1907. 

•  T 

i.  

„ 

I 

. 

Copy  of  Orders  made  by  the  Urban  District  Shop  Hours 

Council  of  Omagh  and  by  the  Council  of  the  Act>19<H-
County Borough of  Londonderry under the  Shop 
Hours  Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord 
Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  fixing  the  hours  of 
closing  for certain  classes  of  Shops. 

Copy  of  Time  Table  of  Intermediate  Exami- intermediate 

nations  in  Ireland  for  the  year  1908. 

. 

Education 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  County  Council 
of  the  County  of  Surrey  altering  the  boundary 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  H is   Army (Special 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Form  of  Attes-  Reserve.) 

No. L ]  8  EDW.  VII. 

29 th  January. 

15 

Army 
(Imperial 
yeomanry.) 
Army. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  3,1908.) 

lation  to  be  used  for  enlisting  Militiamen  as 
Special  Reservists  under  the  Territorial  and 
Reserve  Forces  Bill. 

Copy  of  Training  Return  of  Imperial  Yeo-

manry  for  1907. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  (1)  New  Edition  of  Rules  of  Pro-
cedure  for  Courts-Martial,  containing  (2)  Rules 
for Field  Punishments. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,— Copy  of  Exchauges 
of  Notes  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
France.  Arrangements under  Article  X.,  para-
graph  4,  of  the  Convention  of  20th  October 
1906  respecting 
29th 
August  1907. 

the  New  Hebrides. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
Estimates, 
1908-9. 

No.  19. 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Navy  Estimates  for  the 
year  1908-9,  with  explanation  of  differences. 

Navy 
(Statement 
explanatory  of  1 onu "<T 
Estimates.) 

Copy  of  Statement  of  the  First  Lord  of  the 
Admiralty  explanatory  of  the  Navy  Estimates, 
'  y u B~ y-

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon the 
Table ;  and  that  the  said  Estimates  be  printed. 

Super-
annuation 
Act,  1884. 

Alderney  Mail 
Service. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
(Ireland.) 

West  Indian 
Inter-Colonial 
Mail  Service. 

to 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1884,  dated  14th  January  1908,  declaring 
that  Sir  R.  Hay Drummond  Hay,  His  Majesty's 
Consul  General,  Beirut,  formerly  Clerk  to  the 
Mission,  Tangier,  was  appointed  without  a  Civil 
Service  Certificate  through  inadvertence  on  the 
part of  the  head  of his  Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Contract,  dated  the  28th  day  of 
September  1907,  between  the  Postmaster  Gene-
ral  and  the  Alderney  Steam  Packet  Company, 
Limited,  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails  between 
Alderney  and  Guernsey,  Alderney  and  Cher-
the 
bourg,  and  any  other  places  at  which 
Company's  Mailships  call; 
together  with  a 
Copy  of  the  Treasury  Minute  thereon, dated  the 
6th  day  of  December  1907.—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Ordered,  That there be laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Account  of  receipts  and  payments 
of  the  Accountant  General  of 
the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  in  Ireland  in  respect  of 
funds  of  suitors  in  the  said  Court,  including 
therein  funds to  the  credit  of  Lunacy  Accounts, 
in the  year  to the  30th  day  of  September  1907, 
together  with  a  Statement  of  liabilities  and 
assets  and  particulars  of  securities  in  Court 
on  the  30th  day  of  September  1907.—(Mr. 
Runciman.) 

Ordered,  That  there be laid before this  House 
a  Copy  of  Contract,  dated  the  29th  day  of 
August  1907,  between  the  Crown  Agents  for 
the  Colonies  and  the  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet 
Company  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails  between 
certain  Colonies  in the West  Indies, for a  period 
of  tenyyears; 
together  with  a  Copy  of  the 
Treasury  Minute  thereon,  dated the  12th  day of 
October  1907.—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House  Civil 

a  Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund,  1906-7,  showing  (1)  the  receipts  and  n n  ' 
payments  in  connection  with  the  Fund  in  the 
year  ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1907;  (2)  the 
distribution  of  the  capital  of  the  Fund  at  the 
commencement  and  close  of  the  year;  together 
with  Copy  of  the  Correspondence  with 
the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon.— 
(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House  Trade and 
a  Return  of  Accounts  relating  to  Trade  and  Navigation. 
Navigation  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  each 
month  during  the  year  1908. —(Mr.  Lloyd-
George,,) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-  Parliamentary 
sented  to  His Majesty,  that He  will be graciously  Constituencies 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
&c'") 
before  this  House a Return showing, with  regard  Kingdom.) 
to  each  Parliamentary  Constituency 
the 
United  Kingdom,  the  total  number  and,  as  far 
as possible,  the  number  in  each  class  of  Electors 
on the  register  now in  force ;  and  also  showing 
the  population  and  inhabited  houses  in  each 
Constituency  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  22  of  Session  1907).—(Sir  Charles 
Dilke.) 

in 

Ordered,  That  no  Bills,  other  than  Govern-  Ballot for 

0 1 0 n s' 

ment  Bills,  be  introduced  in  anticipation  of  the 
ballot,  and  that  all  Members  who  desire  to 
ballot,  whether  for  Bills,  or  for  Motions  for 
Tuesday  4th  February  and  Tuesday  11th 
February,  and  Wednesday  5th  February  and 
Wednesday  12th  February,  do  hand  in  their 
names  at  the  Table  during  the  Sitting  of  the 
House  on Wednesday  29th January or  Thursday 
30th  January,  and  that  a Copy  of such  Notices 
be  handed  in,  at  the  latest,  during  the  Sitting  of 
the  House  on  Friday  31st  January  ;  that  the 
ballot  for  the  precedence  of  the  said  Bills  and 
Motions  be  taken  on  Friday  31st  January,  at 
a  convenient  time  and  place,  to  be  appointed  by 
Mr.  Speaker,  and  that  the  presentation  of  Bills 
on  Monday  3rd  February  be taken  immediately 
after  Questions.—(Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey.) 

Ordered,  That the Proceedings on the Address,  Business of 
House 

in  answer  to  His  Majesty's  Speech,  shall,  until 
concluded,  have  precedence  of  all  other  Orders speech* 
of  the  day,  and  of  Notices  of  Motions,  at  all Motion'for an 
Sittings 
for  which 
(Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey.) 

they  are  set  down.  —  Address.) 

The  Order of the  day  being read, for resuming King's Speech 
for an 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  p r o p o s ed  
instant  January, 
upon  the  29th  day  of 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty,  as followeth : 

this 

reas J 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer  our  humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann); 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to  Unemployed 

the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  Distress-
words  " And,  further,  we  desire  humbly  to 
express  our regret  that.,  in  view  of  the  distress 
arising  from lack of  employment,  Your  Majesty's 
c  4 

16 

30th—31st  January. 

1908. 

[No.  a 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Advisers  have  not  seen  fit  to  recommend  any 
legislation  dealing  with  the  subject."—(Mr. 
Ramsay  Macdonald.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be there  added  :—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon; 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

t Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  % 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Thomas Corbett, 

Noes, 

\IVlr.  Claude Hay: 

|  318. 

3g 

1 
J 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 

That  those  words  be  there  added; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Tellers for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Charles  Duncan  :  I 
\ 
J 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

1  ^g 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And the  Main Question being again  proposed : 

—The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the 

Debate  Etood adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  sixteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  3.] 
Friday,  31s£ January  1908. 
The  House  met at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

THE  House  being  met,  the  Clerk  at  the 

Table  informed  the  House  of  the  unavoid-
able  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker,  through  continued 
indisposition,  from  this  day's  Sitting:—Where-
upon  Mr.  Emmott,  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means,  proceeded 
to  the  Table,  and,  after 
Prayers,  took  the  Chair  as  Deputy  Speaker, 
pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  lor 
Private  Bills,  That 
in  respect  of  the  Bills 
comprised  in  the  list  reported  by .the  Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means,  as  intended  to  originate  in 
the  House  of  Lords,  they  have  certified that  the 
Standing  Orders  have  been  complied  with  in  the 
following  cases,  viz.  :— 

Aire  and  Calder  Navigation. 
Ammanford  Urban  District  Council  Water. 
Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway. 
Audenshaw  and  Saddle worth  Urban  Dis-

trict  Councils. 

Barry  Railway. 
Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company. 
Bristol  Corporation. 

Mr,  Speaker's 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

Private  Bills 

Bristol  Tramways. 
Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council. 
Camberwell 

and 

other  Metropolitan 

Borough  Councils  (Superannuation). 

Cardiff  Railway. 
Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company, 
Crystal  Palace  Company. 
Fine Art  and  General  Insurance  Company. 
Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and 

Harbours. 

Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Brompton 

Railway. 

Great  Western  Railway. 
Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation 

Scheme). 

Heme  Bay  Pier. 
Highgate  Hill  Tramways. 
Huddersfield  Water. 
Keighley  Corporation. 
King's  College,  London  (Transfer). 
Law  Guarantee  Trust  and  Accident  and 
Insurance 

Indemnity 

United  Legal 
Societies. 

Llanelly  and  Burry  Port  Water  Board. 
Llanelly  Gas. 
London  and  District  Electricity  Supply. 
London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast  Rail-

way. 

London  Electric  Supply. 
London  Motor  Roadways  Approach. 
London 

(Westminster  and  Kensington) 

Electric  Supply  Companies. 

Magee  Presbyterian  College,  Londonderry. 
Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation. 
Metropolitan  District  Railway. 
Monmouthshire  County  Council. 
Northern  Assurance  Company. 
Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society. 
Pontypridd  Water. 
Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council. 
Rhymney  and  Aber  Yalleys  Gas  and 

Water. 

Rhymney  Railway. 
Rochester  Bridge. 
Saint  Marylebone 
(Superannuation). 

Borough 

Council 

Skegness  Urban  District  Council. 
South Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribution. 
Swansea  Valley  Gas. 
Taff  Vale  Railway. 
Upton  Town  Hall. 
Wath-upon-Dearne  Urban  District  Council 

Gas. 

And  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with  in  the 
following  cases,  viz.:— 
Bristol  Docks. 
London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

Improvements). 

Malvern  Hills. 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and  Mid-
land  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East 
and  West  Junction  Railways  (Amalga-
mation). 

Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act 

(1904)  Amendment. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—  Private  Bin 

Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Peti-  (standing 
tions for  the  following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Orders not 

29 th January. 
Return  to 

17 

No. L ]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

complied 
with.) 

Lords,  the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been 
complied  with,  viz.  :— 
Bristol  Docks 
London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

[Lords]. 

Improvements)  [Lords]. 

Malvern  Hills  [Lords]. 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and  Mid-
land  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East 
and  West  Junction  Railways  (Amalga-
mation) 

[Lords]. 

Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act 

(1904)  Amendment  [Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in the  cases  of  the  Peti-
following  Bills  the  Standing 
tions  for  the 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

Glamorgan 
(Mid 
Division) 
Writ. 

Dover  Graving  Docks. 
Lower  Thames  (Grays)  Dock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  do  issue 
his  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of the Crown,  to  make 
out  a new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a Member  to 
serve  in  this present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Glamorgan  (Mid  Division),  in  the  room  of 
Samuel  Thomas  Evans,  Esquire,  K.C.,  who, 
since  his  Election  for  the  said  county,  hath 
accepted  the  Office  of  His  Majesty's  Solicitor 
General.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  at  the  rising  of 
the  House  this  day,  do  adjourn  till  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

'Worcester 
Borough 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  do  issue 
his  Warrant  to the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to make 
out  a new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a Member  to 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament for the  Borough 
of  Worcester,  in  the  room  of  George  Henry 
Williamson,  Esquire,  whose  Election  has  been 
declared  to  be  void.—(Sir  Alexander  Acland-
Hood.) 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 
Compulsory 
Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  Corn-
Native  Labour pulsory  Native  Labour  (Colonies),  which  was 
presented  upon  the  29th  day  of  this  instant 
(Colonies.-) 
January,  be  printed. 
No.  20. 

v 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
Polling 
Districts 
t 0  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
WeTs^fidk.)  Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  County  Council  of 
West  Suffolk,  renaming  the  Bradford  Saint 
George  Polling  District  the  Rougham  Polling 
District. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund,  1906-7. 
No. 21. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented, — Return 
the  30th  day  of  this 

to  an 
Order,  dated 
instant 
January,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Civil  Con-
tingencies  Fund,  1906-7. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of 
this  instant  January,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  (Ireland). 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
(Ireland.) 

No.  22. 

Alderney 
Mail  Service. 
No. 23. 

an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day 
of   West Indian 
this  instant  January,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Inter' Rolonial 
Mail  Service. 
West  Indian  Inter-Colonial  Mail  Service. 
No.  24. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  County  Courts 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of (England) 
Treasury  Order,  dated  17th  January  1908,  (  e es   ) 
regulating  Fees  in  County  Courts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  that  the  said  Returns  be  printed. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,—-Return  to  an  Trade and 
Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  this 
instant  Navigation. 
January,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Trade  and  No. 25. 
Navigation. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Bank of 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  England, 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—An  No. 26. 
Account  of  the  amount  of  all  Exchequer  Bills 
and  other  Government  Securities  which  have 
been  purchased  by  the  Governor  and  Company 
of  the  Bank  of  England,  or on  which  any  sum 
or  sums  have  been  lent  and  advanced  for  the 
public  service  by  the  Governor  and  Company  of 
the  said  Bank,  in  the  year  ended  5th  January 
1908  : 
And  an  Account  of  the  amount  of 
balances  of  sums  issued  for  the  payment  of 
dividends  due  and  not  demanded,  and  which 
remained  in  the  hands  of  the  Governor  and 
Company  of  the  Bank  of  England  on  certain 
days,  being  those  next  before  the  issue  from  the 
Exchequer  of  money  for  the  payment  of  divi-
dends  on  account  of  the  National  Debt  for  each 
of  the  four preceding  quarters  respectively. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming  King's  Speech 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Maiu  Question  (Motion  for an 
proposed  upon  the  29th  day  of  this 
January,  That  an humble  Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty,  as  followeth: 

instant  Address-> 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
in  Parliament 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our  humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for  the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann)  j 

And  the  Main  Question  being  again  pro-
posed  :—The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned 
Debate. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made  Government 

that 

to the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  of  Indin-
the  words  " But  humbly  submit 
the 
present  condition  of  affairs in  India  demands  the 
immediate  and serious  attention of  His  Majesty's 
Government;  that  the  present  proposals  of  the 
Government  of  India  are  inadequate  to  allay 
the  existing  and  growing  discontent;  and  that 
comprehensive  measures  of  reform  are  impera-
tively  necessary  in  the  direction  of  giving  the 
people  of  India  control  over  their  own  affairs."— 
(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
there  added:—The  said  proposed 
the  House, 

was,  with  leave  of 

words  be 
Amendment 
withdrawn. 

And  the Main  Question  being again proposed : 
Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made Bgypt. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of 
this  instant  January,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Alderney  Mail  Service. 

to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words  " But  we  regret  that,  while  views 
favourable  to  constitutional  reform  in  Egypt 

VOL.  163. 

D 

18 

31 st  January.—3rd  February. 

1908. 

[No.  4. 

have  been  expressed  by  the  British  Consul 
General  there,  Your  Majesty's  Ministers  have 
not  enjoined  upon  him  the  duty  of  granting  the 
respectful  demand  of  the  General  Assembly 
that  former  forecasts  of  such  reform  by  Your 
Majesty's  Representatives  should  now  be  ful-
filled."—(Mr.  John  Robertson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  :—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Main Question being again  proposed : 

—The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—( Sir Edward.  Carson) :—It was resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  Standing  Order  No.  3, it  being 
then  twenty  minutes  before  Five  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Belfast 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill 

Blaydon and 
Kyton  Water 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 

[No.  4.] 
Monday,  3rd February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P  R A T E R S. 

A B I LL   to  empower the  Lord  Mayor,  Alder-

men,  and  Citizens  of the  City  of  Belfast 
to  acquire  the  undertaking  of  the  Cavehill  and 
Whitewell  Tramway  Company,  and  for  other 
purposes,  was  presented, and  read the  first  time ; 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  for  extending  the  boundaries  of  the 
County  Borough  of  Blackburn,  and  to  authorise 
the Corporation of that  borough  to  construct  new 
tramways  in  the  borough ;  to make  street  and 
bridge  improvements  ;  to  borrow  money,  and for 
other  purposes, was presented,  and  read  the  first 
time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read a  second  time. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  the  sale  of  the  water 
undertakings  of  the  Blaydon  Urban  District 
Council  and the  Ryton  Urban  District  Council; 
to confer powers  upon the  Weardale and  Consett 
Water  Company  and  the  Newcastle  and  Gates-
head  Water  Company,  and  for other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bilk. 

presented,  and  read  the  first  time 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

and  ordered 

A  Bill  to  extend  the  time  for  the  compulsory  Bury and 
purchase  of  lands  for  and  completion  of  works  District  Joint 
authorised  by  the  Bury  and  District  Joint  ™ter  Board 
Water  Board Act,  1903, was  presented,  and read 
the first time;  and ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  enable  the  Cheshire  Lines  Com-Cheshire Lines 

mittee  to  acquire  additional  lands;  to  extend Committee 
the time for  the  sale  of  superfluous  lands,  and  1  * 
for other purposes,  was  presented,  and read  the 
first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to amend  the  Glasgow  Building  Regu-  cuty of 
lations Act,  1900,  was  presented,  and read  the  Glasgow  BUI. 
first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  confirm  the  construction  by  the  Conway and 
Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water  Supply  Colwyn  Bay 
g ^ 1 
Board  of  their  existing  works,  and  to  confer 
upon  them  further  powers,  and  for  other  pur-
poses,  was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time; 
and ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

A  Bill to authorise the  Urban District Council  Criccieth 
of Criccieth  to  supply  water,  and to  acquire  the Water,and 
undertaking  of  the  Criccieth  Waterworks  Com-  ^Proyemenfc 
pany,  Limited,  and  to  make  further  provision 
in  regard  to  the  local  government  and  improve-
ment  of  the  district,  and for  other purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to be read  a  second  time. 

A  Bill for conferring further  powers  upon  the  Dartford Gas 

Dartford  Gas  Company,  and for other  purposes,  Bi]1-
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

A  Bill for  conferring further  powers  upon  the  Derby Gas 

Derby  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  was  Bill, 
presented,  and  read  the  first  rime ;  and referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Draycott  Gas 

Draycott  Gas  Company; 
powers  of  the  Long  Eaton  Gas  Company,  and 
for other  purposes,  wa3  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

to  repeal  certain  BiU* 

A  Bill for incorporating  and conferring powers  Dublin and 

on  the  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland  Electric  9ei}tra
Power  Company,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  Electric Power 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  Bill, 
to  be  read a second  time. 

(J 

Bromley  and. 
Crays Gas 
Bill. 

A  Bill  to  provide for  the  amalgamation  of  the 
Crays  Gas  Company  with  the  Bromley  Gas 
Consumers  Company,  and  for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

A  Bill  to  authorise the  Corporation  of  Burnley 
to  construct  additional  waterworks,  tramways, 
the 
and  street  improvements,  and  to  extend 
boundaries  of  the  County  Borough  of  Burnley ; 
to  amend  and  extend  the  Acts  relating  to  the 
said  borough;  to  confer  further  powers  with 
respect  to  the  supply  of  gas,  water,  and  elec-
tricity ;  to  make  further  provisions  for  the 
health,  local  government,  and  improvement  of 
the  said  borough,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 

A  Bill to  confer  further  powers  on the Dublin  Dublin  and 

Ea^™ 
and  South  Eastern  Railway  Company in relation  ®™th
a
to  their general  undertaking  and  their  separate 
1  ' 
ai  w ay 
undertakings  of  the  New  Ross  and  Waterford 
Extension  Railways  and  the  City  of  Dublin 
Junction  Railways,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  referred 
to the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

A  Bill to extend the powers of  the Corporation  Dublin 
of  Dublin  under  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Corporation 
Classes  Acts,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  pre-  BlU' 
sented,  and  read  the first time ;  and  ordered  to 
be read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Dublin 
Corporation  of  Dublin  in  relation  to  the  health,  Corporation 

'3 rd  February. 

19 

No. 4.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
(Various 
Powers)  Bill. 

local  and good  government,  and improvement  of 
the  city  ;  to  amend  the  constitution  of  the 
Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Bo&rd;  to  provide  for 
representation  of  the  Corporation  upon  the 
District  Board  of  Conservators  of  the  River 
LifFey, and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read the first time  ;  and ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time. 

Duiidalk 
A  Bill  to  amend  the  borrowing  powers  of  the 
Orbau  Dirtiict Urban  District  Council  of  Dundalk,  and  for 
0t h e r  purposes,  was presented,  and read  the first 
ounci 
time ;  and  ordered  to  be  read a  second  time. 

i  . 

Finchley 
= Si ct
nnci 

A  Bill  to  confer further  powers  on the  Urban 
  District  Council  of  Finchley  in  relation  to  their 
1  '  electricity  undertaking,  and  to  make  further 
and  better provision  with  regard  to the  improve-
ment,  health,  local  government,  and  finance  of 
the district, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read the first time ;  and ordered  to be read a 
second  time. 

Garw and 
A  Bill  for conferring further powers  upon  the 
Ogmore  Gas  Garw  and  Ogmore Gas  Company was presented, 
Blu" 
and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

ounci 

i  .  w at e r w o rk gj  

A  Bill  to  empower  the  Glyn  Corrwg  Urban 
Glyn  Corrwg 
Urban District Dist rict   Council  to  construct  sewerage  works, 
n e w  roads,  and  to  confer 
further  powers  upon  the  Council  in  relation  to 
their water  undertaking,  and  for other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

Gosport  Gas 
Bill. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the 
Gosport  Gas  and  Coke  Company was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  and  confer powers  upon  Holdemess 
the  Holderness  Water  Company  for  supplying  Water  Bill, 
water within the Borough  of  Hedon  and adjacent 
places in  the  East  Riding  of the  County of  York 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time j  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  extend  the  time  for' the  purchase Hull and 
of  lands  for  and  for  the  completion  of  certain Barnsley 
works  authorised  by  the  Hull,  Barnsley,  and B a , l w ay   BlIL 
West  Riding  Junction  Railway  and  Dock 
(South  Yorkshire  Extension  Lines)  Act,  1902 ; 
to  authorise  the  Hull  and  Barnsley  Railway 
Company  to  construct  new  railways,  and  for 
other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to authorise  the  Humber  Commercial  Humber 

Railway  and  Dock  Company  to  acquire  addi-
tional  lands  and  to  make  road  works  for  the  Dock ]fill.B 
purposes  of 
to 
their  dock  at  Immingham; 
authorise  the  said  Dock  Company  and  the 
Great  Central  Railway  Company  to  acquire 
additional  lands  for  the  purpose  of  forming 
junctions  between  the  Dock  Company's  rail-
ways and  the  Grimsby  District  Light  Railway, 
and  for other  purposes, was presented,  and  read 
the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners 
of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to extend  the  period  for the completion  Knott  End 
of  the  railway  authorised  by  the  Knott  End  Railway Bill. 
Railway Act,  1898 ;  to empower  the  Knott  End 
Railway  Company  to  construct  an  extension  of 
their  railway  from  Pilling  to  Galgate,  in  the 
County  of  Lancaster,  and  to  provide  for  the 
acquisition  by  that  Company of  the  undertaking 
of 
the  Garstang  and  Knott  End  Railway 
Company,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  pre-
sented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Great  Eastern  A  Bill  for  conferring  further  powers  upon 
the  Great  Eastern  Railway  Company  ;  for 
Railway 
Powers)1 Bill  extending  the  time  limited  by  former Acts  for 
the  completion  of  works  and  the  purchase  of 
lands,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  empower  the  Corporation  of  Leeds  Leeds 

to  acquire  lands  and  construct  works  for  the  Corporation 
disposal  of  sewage,  and  to  lay  down  tramways,  1  ' 
and  for other  purposes,  was presented,  and  read 
the first time ;  and  ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time. 

Great  Eastern  A  Bill  to  amend  the  powers  of  the  Great 
Railway 
Eastern  Railway  Company  with  respect  to  the 
(Steamboats)  u ge  Q£  gteam  vessels  was  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners 
of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Greyetones 
Gas Bill. 

Harwich 
Docks Bill. 

for 

A  Bill 

incorporating  and  conferring 
powers  on  the  Greystones  Gas  Company,  and 
for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  a  Company,  and  to 
authorise  the  Company  to  construct  docks,  sea 
walls,  and  other  works  at  Harwich,  in  the 
County  of  Essex,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

Hastings 
A  Bill  to revive  and  extend  the period  limited 
Harbour Bill.  f o r  the  compulsory  purchase  of  lands,  and  to 
extend  the  period  limited  for  the  construction 
and  completion  of 
the  harbour  and  works 
authorised  by  the  Hastings  Harbour  Act,  1890, 
and  the  Hastings  Harbour  Act,  1897,  and  for 
other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

VOL.  163. 

A  Bill  to  extend  the  limits  for  the  supply  of  Leicester 
gas  and  water  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Corporation 
Burgesses  of  the  County  Borough  of  Leicester,  BlU" 
and  to  confer  further  powers  with  respect  to 
electricity, milk supply, and streets and  buildings, 
and  to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to 
sanitary  matters  and  for  the  good  government 
of  the  borough,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered 
to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Lincoln 
Corporation  of  the  City of  Lincoln  with  respect  Corporation 
to  their  water undertaking,  and  to  authorise  the  BlU* 
Corporation  to  construct  additional  waterworks 
and  to  extend  their  limits  for  the  supply  of 
water;  to  consolidate  the 
loans  and  sinking 
funds of  the  Corporation  and to  borrow  money, 
and  for other  purposes,  was presented,  and read 
the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

* 

A  Bill  for  empowering  the  Corporation  of  Liverpool 
the  City  of Liverpool  to  execute  a  widening  of  Corporation 
Hornby  Road  ;  to construct  a  tramway  in  the  powere)  Bill. 
Township  of  Litherland,  and  to  establish  a 
compensation  insurance  fund  in respect  of  their 
officers,  servants,  and  workmen;  for  making 
further  provisions  relating  to  the  water  under-
taking  of  the  Corporation  ;  for  making  further 
D  2 

th  February. 

1908. 

[No.  13. 

20:th—11 
regulations  with  respect  to  buildings,  sewers, 
and  sanitary  matters  ;  for  making  certain 
licensing  and  registration  regulations  ; 
for 
authorising  the  Corporation  to  purchase  the 
undertaking  of 
the  Liverpool  Crematorium 
Company,  Limited,  and for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to  be read  a  second  time. 

railways  and  worka by  those  Acts  authorised  ;  to 
authorise  the  County  Councils of  the  Counties of 
Westmeath  and  Meath  and  the  Corporation  of 
Drogheda  to  grant  guarantees  in  respect  of  the 
capital  of  the  Mullingar,  Kells,  and  Drogheda 
Railway  Company,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets  and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 

A  Bill  for  conferring  on  the  Corporation  of 
the  City  of  Liverpool  further  powers  for  the 
better  regulation  of  buildings,  the  formation of 
streets,  and  the  laying  out  and  development  of 
estates  within  the  city,  and  for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

London  . 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

A  Bill  to  make  sanitary  provisions  applicable 
to  the  Administrative  County  of  London;  to 
confer  powers  upon  the London  County  Council 
and the Councils of certain metropolitan boroughs; 
to  make provisions  with  respect  to  the  drainage 
of  parts of  the Metropolitan  Borough of  Hackney 
and 
the  Urban  Districts  of  Tottenham  and 
Willesden, and for other purposes, was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time. 

London  Port 
and  Docks 
Bill. 

A  Bill  to  make  provision  for  the  improvement 
of  the  Port  of  London,  and  to  impose  rates  on 
goods  imported  into  the  said  port,  and  for  other 
purposes,  was  presented, and  read  the  first  time; 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

Louth  and 
East  Coast 
Railway 
(Transfer) 
Bill, 

A  Bill  for  transferring  to  and  vesting  in  the 
Great  Northern  Railway  Company  the  under-
taking  of  the  Louth  and  East  Coast  Railway 
Company,  and for other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time  ;  aud  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

.Macclesfield 
and  District 
Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 

A  Bill for the abandonment of  the Macclesfield 
and  District  Tramways,  and  for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for 
Private  Bills. 

Madras 
Bailway 
Company 
(Purchase) 
Bill. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

A  Bill 

to  provide  for  the  vesting  of  the 
railways  and  other  property  of  the  Madras 
Railway  Company  in  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
Council  of  India,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the 
Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Citizens  of  the 
City  of  Manchester  with  reference  to  the  con-
struction  of  waterworks, 
street  works,  and 
sewerage  works,  and  otherwise  for  the  better 
local  government  and  improvement  of  the  city ; 
to  extend  the  city,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of  the  Borough 
of  Margate  with regard to  the  audit  of  accounts, 
and  to  make  further  provision  with  regard  to 
the  health,  local  government,  and  improvement 
of  the  borough,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered 
to  be  read a second  time. 

A  Bill  for  conferring  further powers  upon  the  North  East 
North  East  London  Railway  Company  was K a i l w ay   B i l l-
presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and  referred 
to the  Examiners of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

London 

A  Bill  to  confer  additional  powers  upon  the  North  Eastern 
the  Railway  Bill, 

for 

lands,  and  upon 

North  Eastern  Railway  Company 
construction  of  new  railways  and  other  works 
and  the  acquisition  of 
the 
Midland and  North  Eastern  Railway  Companies 
for  the  acquisition  of  lands;  to 
Committee 
provide  for the  transfer  to  the  South  Yorkshire 
Joint  Line  Committee  of  certain  powers  of  the 
Hull  and  Barnsley  Railway  Company,  and  for 
other  purposes,  was presented,  and  read  the  first 
time  ;  and referred to the Examiners of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  further  extend  the  time  limited  for  Nottingham, 

the  purchase  of  lands,  and  also  for  the  construc-
tion  and  completion  of  the  tramways  and  works  Tramways 
authorised  by  the  Nottinghamshire  aud  Derby- Bill, 
shire  Tramways  Act,  1903,  and 
for  other 
purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time; 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Padiham 

Padiham  Urban  District  Council  in  relation  to (
their  gas  and  water  undertakings,  and  for  other 
purposes,  was  presented,  and read  the  first  time; 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Urban  strict 
Council  Bill. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Rochdale 

and  Burgesses  of  the  Corporation 

Mayor,  Aldermen, 
Borough  of  Rochdale  with  reference  to  theirBil1, 
water,  tramway,  and  electrical  undertakings;  to 
authorise  the  construction  of  a  new  street,  and 
for other  purposes,  was  presented, and  read  the 
first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  enable  the  Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Seaham 

Company  to  raise  additional  capital,  and  for  Harbour  Dock 
other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the  1 
first  time  ;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  the  Sligo  aud  Arigna  Sligo and 
Railway  Company,  and  to  empower  them  to ^JJJ®  B i lL 
construct  railways  in  the  Counties  of  Sligo  and  ai  w ay   1 
Roscommon,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

A  Bill 

to  authorise 

the  Urban  District  Slough  Urban 
Council  of  Slough  to  purchase  the  undertaking  {^ t r i ct   W a t er 
of  the  Slough  Waterworks  Company,  and  to 
the  Urban  District  of 
supply  water  within 
Slough  and  the  neighbourhood 
thereof,  and 
for other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

Mullingar, 
Kells,  and 
Drogheda 
Bailway  Bill. 

A  Bill  to  revive  and  extend  the  period  limited 
bv  the  Mullingar,  Kells,  and  Drogheda  Railway 
Acts,  1903  and  1904, 
the  compulsory 
purchase  of  lands,  and  to  extend  the  period 
limited  by  those  Acts  for  the  construction  of  the 

for 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  and confer powers  on the  Southwell 

trict  G as 
Southwell  District  Gas  Company,  and  for other  5?,s
I
purposes,  was  presented, and  read the  first  time ;  1  ' 
and referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills, 

'3  rd  February. 

21 

No.  4.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
South  West 

A  Hill  to  empower  the  South  West  Suburban 
to  raise  additional  capital, 
for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and 
the 

V^aterBUl.  Water  Company 
and 
read  the 
time; 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

and  referred  to 

first 

Stockport 
Corporation 

A  Bill 

to  empower 

the  Corporation  of 
Stockport  to  construct  a  temporary  tramroad 
and  other  works  in  connection  with  their  water-
works,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time ;  and ordered to be  read a 
second  time. 

Swinton  and 
G£?mn011gh 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  and  confer  powers  upon 
t he   S w i n t on   a u d  Mexborough  Gas  Light  Com-
pany  was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time; 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

Thames 
Conservancy 
Bill. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  money  powers  on  the 
the 
Conservators  of  the  River  Thames  for 
deepening,  widening,  and  improvement  of 
its 
bed  and  channel  between  Gravesend and  London 
Bridge,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time. 

. 

„.  

A  Bill  to  empower the  West  Bridgford  Urban 
West 
District  Council  to acquire from  the  Corporation 
Bridgford 
, 
Urban  District  « 
Water  Council  of  the  City  of  Nottingham  the  portion  of  the 
water  undertaking  of  the  Corporation  which  is 
Bill. 
situate  in  the  district  of  the  Council,  and  to 
authorise  the  Council  to  construct  a  pumping 
station,  reservoir,  and other  works for  the  supply 
of  water,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time. 

,, 

,. 

,, 

r 

, 

West Biding 
Council  Bill 

A  Bill  for  transferring  to  the  County  Council 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire  the  powers 
and  duties  of  the  Standing  Joint  Committee  of 
the  said  riding,  and  for  dissolving  the  said 
Joint  Committee,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Widnes 
Corporation  Corporation  of  Widnes 

to 

in  relation 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the 
their 
water,  gas,  and  market  undertakings  and  the 
Widnes  and  Runcorn  Bridge  undertaking  ;  to 
authorise  them  to  provide  and  work  omnibuses, 
and  to  make  further  and  better  provision  for  the 
health,  improvement,  and  good  government  of 
tlie  Borough  of  Widnes,  and for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Wolver- 
immpton 
Bil

r^ oratl0n 

A  Bill  to  extend  the  time  for  the  construction 
Qf  tramways  by  the  Corporation  of  Wolver-
hampton,  and  to  make  further  provision 
in 
regard  to  the  tramway  and  water  undertakings 
local 
of 
government,  and  improvement  of  their  borough, 
and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

the  Corporation,  and 

the  health, 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
Penal 
Servitude Acts t o 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Licence!)1"11  Copy  of  Licence  granted  to  John  Lee  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  1853  to 
1891,  to  which are annexed  conditions other  than 
those  contained  in  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal 
Servitude  Act,  1864. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Evening  Schools  Education, 
under 
the  Board  of 
Education  for  the  school  year  ending  31st  July 
1906. 

the  administration  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. 

liirrell 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Evictions 
of   (Ireland.) 

Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  the  n u m b er  
Evictions  from  Agricultural  Holdings  in  Ireland 
which  have come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Con-
stabulary,  and  also  of  the  number  of  Tenancies 
determined,  in  the  quarter  ended  31st  December 
1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made  under  the  Irish  Land 
Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the  month  0f C o m a i i 8 s i o n-
February  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Local 

directions  of  an Act of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the Government 
Poor  Law  Relief  (Ireland)  (House  of  Commons  (Ireland) 
' 
Return)  Order,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Ottawa Mint, 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  25th  January  1908, 
directing  that  the  Accounts  of  the  expenditure 
out  of  the  Ottawa  Mint  Annuity  be  examined 
and  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General. 

Copy  of  Account  of  the  Imperial  Ottoman  imperial 
Ottoman 
Guaranteed 

Guaranteed  Loan  of  1855  for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  1 hat  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the  Loaa of 1855. 

IT  

I 

• 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Sugar 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  Convention 
respecting the adhesion of  Russia  to  the  Brussels  No°  M my 
Sugar  Convention  of  the  5th  March  1902. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Transvaal. 

Command, —  Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to  legislation  affecting  Asiatics  in  the 
Transvaal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there be  laid  before  this House  Deaths from 

a  Return  giving  statistics  showing  the  number Alcohol 
of  Deaths  in  Ireland  due  to  Alcohol  and  Tuber-  CIreland") 
culosis  for  the  twelve  months  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  December  1907.—(Mr.  Sloan.) 

Mr.  At'Arthur, 

supported  by  Mr.  Charles  Ecclesiastical 
Corbett,  Mr.  Harmood-Banner,  Sir  George  Keke-  Disorders  Bill. 
wich,  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  Mr. 
Ridsdale,  Mr.  Watson  Rutherford,  Mr.  Seddon, 
Mr.  Sloan,  Mr.  Frederick  Edwin  Smith,  Mr. 
Austin  Taylor,  and  Mr.  Luke  White,  presented 
a  Bill  to  provide  for  the  better  enforcement  of 
the  Laws  relating  to  Public  Worship,  and  to 
deal with  Ecclesiastical  Disorders  in  the  Church 
of  England  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  14th  day  of 
this  instant  February  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  1. 

Mr.  Toulmin,  supported  by  Mr.  Alden,  Mr.  Sweated 
Barnes,  Mr.  Chiozza  Money,  Sir  Charles  Dilke,  Industries 
Mr.  Enoch  Edwards,  Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  Arthur  Bl11, 

D3 

B iU  2-

th  February. 

1908. 

[No.  13. 

22:th—11 
Henderson,  Mr.  Russell  Rea,  Mr.  William  Red-
mond,  Mr.  Shachleton,  and  Mr. Harold  Tennant, 
presented  a  Bill  to  improve  the  conditions  of 
employment,  including  the  establishment  of  a 
legal  minimum  wage,  of  persons  employed  in 
certain  Industries:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  21st 
day  of  this 
instant  February;  and  to  be 
printed. 

"Women's 
menhir"85"  James 
meigj]j  g 

Mr.  Stanger,  supported  bv  Mr.  Burt,  Mr. 
Stuart,  Sir  Charles  M'Laren,  Mr.  Corrie 
Grant,  Mr.  Dickinson,  Mr.  Hart-Duvies,  Mr. 
Gulland,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Mr.  Howard, 
Mr. Leif  Jones,  and  Mr.  Snowden, presented  a 
Bill  to  enable  Women  to  vote  at  Parliamentary 
Elections:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  28tli  day 
of  this instant  February  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill 4. 

Mr.  Henry  Walker,  supported  by  Mr.  Acland, 
Education 
Authorities)  Mr.  Adhins,  Sir  Francis  Channing,  Mr. Fenwick, 
Mr.  Gordon  Harvey,  Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  Mr. 
Bill. 
Staveley-Hill,  Mr.  Massie,  Sir  Francis  Sharp 
Powell,  Mr.  Verney, and  Mr.  Winfrey,  presented 
a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Local 
Education  Authorities  in  England  and  Wales  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  6th  day  of  March  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Unemployed 
Workmen 
Bl11'  ... 

Mr.  Whitwell  Wilson,  supported  by  Mr. 
Arthur  Henderson,  Mr.  Enoch  Edwards,  Mr. 
Steadman,  Mr,  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  John 
Ward,  Mr.  Shachleton,  Mr.  Alden,  Mr.  Chiozza 
Money,  Mr.  Branch,  Mr.  Barnes,  and  Mr. 
Nicholls,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  Work 
through  Public  Authorities  for  unemployed 
persons,  and 
for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  13th  day  of 
March  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

M r-  

Honsing of 
Mr.  Hogan,  supported  by  Mr. John  Redmond, 
Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien,  Mr.  Mooney, 
Classes
(Ireland)  Bill.  Mr.  William  O'Brien,  Mr.  Dillon,  Mr.  Nannetti, 
Bill  6.  Mr.  Joyce,  Mr.  Hay den,  Mr.  William  Redmond, 
Mr.  Joseph  Devlin,  aud  Mr.  Timothy  M.  Heuly, 
presented  a  Bill  to  provide  further  facilities  for 
the  erection of  Houses  for the  Working  Classes 
in  cities  and  towns  in  Ireland  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  20th  day  of  March  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

J}ill  7 

Registration  of  Mr.  Sloan,  supported  by  Mr.  Wolff  and  Mr. 
d") Bill  J°rdon,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  in 
regard  to  the  registration  of  Clubs  in  Ireland, 
and  for  other  purposes  connected  therewith  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  27th  day  of  March  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  8. 

Captain  Craig,  supported  bv  Colonel  M'Cal-
Poor Law 
(Ireland)  Bill.  mont  Mr.  Lonsdale,  Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Thomas 
Corbett,  Mr.  Charles  Craig,  Mr.  John  Gordon, 
Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 
and  Mr.  George  Clark, 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  relief  of  destitute  Poor  in  Ireland  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  3rd  day  of  April  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Malicious 

Mr.  Muldoon,  supported  by  Mr.  John  Red-

Bill  9. 

(Seland) Bill.  m o n f l>  Mr.  Dillon,  Mr .Joseph  Devlin,  and  Mr. 
Cullinan,  presented  a  Bill  to deal  with  the  Law 
relating  to  compensation  for  malicious  Injuries 
in  Ireland  : And  the  same was  ordered  to be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  10th  day  of 
April  next;  and  to be  printed. 

Sir  Charles  Dilke,  supported  by  Mr.  Seddon,  Shops  Bill. 

Mr. Bowerman,  Mr.  Timothy  Dav'ies,  Mr. Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  M'Crae,  Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr. 
Alfred  Scott,  Mr.  Shackleton,  Mr.  Tennant,  and 
Mr. Wedgwood, presented a Bill to amend the  Law 
relating  to  Shops  :  And  the  same  was ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  1st  day 
of  May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  10. 

Mr.  Haviland-Burke, 

supported  by  Captain  Criminal Law 

Donelan,  Mr.  Joseph  Devlin,  Mr.  William 
O'Brien,  Mr.  Hayden,  and  Mr.  Harrington,  (jgg*) RepeLl 
presented  a  Bill  to  repeal  the  Criminal  Law  Bill, 
and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act,  1887  :  And  the  Bill  11. 
same  was ordered  to be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  8th  day  of  May  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  supported  by  Mr. House-letting 

Cross,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  Charles  (Scotland) 
Price,  Mr.  Find lay,  Mr. Gulland,  Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  '' g.jj  ^ 
Smeatou,  Mr.  Younger,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor, 
and  Mr.  Robert  Duncan,  presented  a  Bill  to 
reform  the  system  of  House-letting 
in  Scot-
land :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Dickinson,  supported  by  Sir  William  Elections and 

Collins, Sir Edwin  Cornwall,  Sir  William  Cremer,  Registration 
Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Carr-Gomm,  Mr.  Crooks,  CLo°^.d)  BiU* 
Mr. Pickersgill,  Mr. Pearce,  Mr.  Bertram  Straus, 
Mr.  Waterlow,  and  Mr.  Wiles,  presented  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Elections  and  the 
registration  of  electors  in  London:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

15111  13, 

Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  supported  by  Mr.  Liquor Traffic 
Findlay,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  Sutherland,  Sir  John  0-ocal  Option) 
Jardine,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  Crombie,  Mr.  Wood, 
Mr.  M'Galium,  Mr.  Ainsworth,  and  Mr.  Eugene 
Wason, presented  a  Bill  to  empower  electors  in 
Scotland  to  prohibit  or  limit  the  sale  of  Intoxi-
cating  Liquors  in  their  respective  areas  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  22nd  day  of  May  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

JJJIJ 

an 

Mr.  Winfrey,  supported by  Mr. Henry  Walker,  Public  Rights 

Mr. Alexander  Cross, Mr.  Cheetham, Mr.  Ramsay  of  w?y  Bm-
Macdonald,  and  Mr.  Higham,  presented  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Public  Eights  of 
Way  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  29th  day  of  May 
next;  and to  be  printed. 

B i l1 

Mr. Jenkins,  supported by  Mr. Enoch  Edwards,  Coal  Mines 
Sir  James  Jacoby,  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Shackletnn,  (Eight  Hours) 
Mr.  John  Williams,  Mr.  Thomas 
Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  William  Abraham  (Rhondda), 
Mr.  Wadsworth, 
and  Mr.  James  Haslam, 
presented  a  Bill  to  limit  the  hours  of  work 
below ground  in  Coal  Mines:  And  the same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
the  5th  day  of  June  next  ;  and  to be  printed. 

Richards,Bl11;. 

B l 11   16-

Captain  Donelan,  supported  by  Mr.  Field,  Town  Tenants 
Mr.  William  O'Brien,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Joyce,  (Ireland)  Act 
Mr.  Mooney,  Mr.  Augustine  Roche,  M>.  Patrick  Amendment 
O'Brien,  and  Mr.  Gwynn,  presented  a  Bill  to  Bill, 
amend  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907  :  Bill  17. 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  20th  day  of  March  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Marnham,  supported  by  Mr.  Croydon  Parliamentary 

Marks,  Mr.  Cowan,  and  Mr.  Brodie,  presented  a Elections 
Bill 

to  remove  certain  disqualifications  at 

 
'3 rd  February. 

23 

No.  4.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
(Disqualifica-  Parliamentary  Elections:  And  the  same  was 
r e a (j  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
tion Removal)  o r (j e r e (j 
the  27th  day  of  March  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

t o  ^ 

Bill  18. 

Education 
(Provision  of 
Meals) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

B i ll   1 9. 

Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  supported by 
Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  Keir  Hardie,  Mr. 
Shackleton,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Bames,  Mr.  Wilhie, Mr.  Thome, 
Mr.  M'Crae,  Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  md  Mr. 
Steicart,  presented  a  Bill 
to  enable  School 
Boards  in  Scotland  to  provide  Meals  for  school 
childrenS  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Friday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Goal  Mines 
(Check-
weighers)  Bill. 

B UI   2 0. 

Sir  Walter  Foster,  supported  by  Mr.  Brace, 
Mr.  Enoch  Edwards,  Mr.  William  Harvey, 
Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  Mr.  William  Abraham 
(Rhondda),  Mr.  Joseph  Walton,  Mr.  Walsh, 
Mr.  Burt,  and  Mr.  Fenwick,  presented  a  Bill  to 
remove  the  legal  disabilities  of  Colliery  Check-
weighers  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  29th  day 
of  May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Access to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

B i ll   2 1. 

Mr.  Trevelyan,  supported  by  Mr.  Barnes, 
Mr.  Bryce,  Mr.  Arthur  Demur,  Mr.  Lehmann, 
Mr.  Crombie,  and  Mr.  Russell  Rea,  presented  a 
Bill  to  secure  to  the  public  the right  of  access 
to  Mountains  and  Moorlands:  And  the  same 
was ordered  to be read a second time  upon Friday 
the  15th  day  of  May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  22. 

Mr.  MCrae, 

supported  by  Mr.  Cameron 
Corbett,  Mr.  Crombie, Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson, Mr.  Charles  Price,  and  Mr.  Dundas 
White,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Police 
(Scotland)  Act,  1890:  And 
the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Ecclesiastical 
Assessments 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  23. 

Mr.  M'Crae,  supported  by  Mr.  Crombie, 
Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson,  Mr. 
Sutherland,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  M'C'allum,  and 
Mr.  Rainy,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
regarding  Ecclesiastical  Assessments 
in  Scot-
land:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second time  upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

B i ll   2 4. 

Merchandise 
Marks  Bill. 
Bill 25. 

Mr.  MCrae, 

supported  by  Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson,  Mr.  Crombie,  Mr.  Younger,  Mr. 
Barnes,  Mr.  Dalziet,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  Dundas 
White,  and  Mr.  Cleland,  presented  a  Bill  to 
facilitate  the  acquisition  of  Open  Spaces  by 
Local Authorities in Scotland : And the same was 
ordered  to  be read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Sir  Howard  Vincent,  supported  by  Mr. 
Chamberlain,  Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil,  Mr,  Middlemore, 
Sir  Frederick  Came  Rasch,  Mr.  Field,  Sir 
Benjamin  Stone,  Sir  Francis  Lowe,  and  Mr. 
Parhes,  presented  a Bill  to  amend  the  Merchan-
dise  Marks  Act,  1887:  And 
the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Exportation  of 
Old Horses 
Bill. 

B i ll   2 6, 

Sir  Howard  Vincent,  supported  by  Sir 
Brampton  Gurdon  and  Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 
presented  a  Bill  to  regulate  the  exportation 
of  old  Horses,  and  to  diminish  cruelty  in  con-
nection  therewith  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Franchise and 
Removal of 
Women's 

Sir  Charles  DUke, supported  by  Mr.  Bell,  Mr. 
Bennett,  Mr.  Byles,  Mr.  Keir  Hardie,  Mr. 
Hodge,  Mr.  Masterman,  Mr.  Chiozza  Money, 

VOL.  163. 

* 

Mr.  Robert  Pearce,  Mr.  Shackleton, Mr.  Sheehan,  Disabilities 
and  Mr.  Whitwell  Wilson,  presented  a  Bill  t o B m-
establish  a  single  Franchise  at  all  Elections,  and  Bill  27. 
thereby  to  abolish  university  representation 
and  to  remove  the  disabilities  of  Women:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
instant 
upon  Friday  the  28th  day  of 
February  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

this 

Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  supported  by  Colonel  Sir Licensed 

to  secure 

Ivor  Herbert,  Mr.  Shackleton,  Mr.  Treoelyan,  Mr. 
Whitwell  Wilson,  and  Dr.  Rutherford,  presented  Days)  Closing 
a  Bill 
Premises  on  certain  Election  D a y s;   And  the  Bill  28. 
same  was ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  February  ; 
and  to be  printed. 

the  closing  of  Licensed  Bill. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  Post Office 
section  eleven  of  the  Savings  Banks  Act,  1904 :  Savings  Bank 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second 
time  upon  Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

1  "... „Q 
1 

Mr.  Bryce,  supported  by  Mr.  Crombie,  Sir  Access  to 
John  Dewar,  Mr.  Sutherland,  Mr.  Arthur  Dewar, Mcmntams 
Mr.  Gullaiid,  Mr.  John  Henderson,  Mr.  Barnes,  EM. 
Mr.  Dundas  White,  and  Mr.  Wilhie, presented  a  Bin  30. 
Bill  to  secure  to  the  public  the  right  of  access 
to  Mountains  and  Moorlands  in  Scotland:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  29th  day  of  May  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Walter  Rea,  supported  by  Mr.  Brunner,  Elementary 

Mr.  Henderson,  Mr.  Maddison,  Mr.  Masterman,  ?s
and  Mr.  Yoxall,  presented  a  Bill  to  alter  the age  Attendance) 
of  exemption  from  attendance  at  School:  And  Bill, 
the  same was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  6th  day of  March  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

B i ll   31. 

dl?oat
1

ion 

Mr.  Winfrey  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Copyhold 

Law  relating  to  the  enfranchisement  of  Copy-
hold  Property  : And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  sccond  time  upon  Tuesday  the  5th  day of 
May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

gm  gg 

Dr.  Shipman,  supported  by  Sir  Francis  Local 

Channing,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Mr.  Arthur  Government 
Henderson,  Mr.  Adkins,  Mr.  Charles  Roberts, 
Mr,  Bertram  Straus,  Mr.  Albert  Dunn,  Mr,  Wales)  Bill. 
John  Robertson,  Mr.  Thomas Frederick  Richards, 
B i ll   33. 
Mr.  Holt,  and  Mr.  Dickinson,  presented  a  Bill 
to  extend  the  qualification  for  being  elected  on 
County  and  Borough  Councils:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  10th  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

(EiS^'and 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming  King's  Speech 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Main  Q u e s t i on   (Motion for an 
proposed  upon  the  29th  day  of  January  last, 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty,  as  followeth: 

rc 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann)  ; 

And  the  Main  Question  being  again  pro-
posed :—The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned 
Debate. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be  Agrarian 
made  to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end ^F™?®. 
thereof  the  words  " But  humbly  express  our 
D  4 

re 

24 

3rd—Uh  February. 

1008. 

[No.  5. 

regret  that  Your  Majesty's  Advisers  have  failed 
to  refer  to  the  increase  of  agrarian  crime  and 
disorder  in  Ireland,  or  to  give  any  assurance  as 
to  the  adoption  of  measures  for  the  better  pro-
tection  of  the  lives  and  properties  of  Your 
Majesty's  subjects,  and  for  the  repression  of 
intimidation  in  that  part  of 
lawlessness  and 
Your  Majesty's  dominions."—(Mr.  Long.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  s—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon; 

Aud  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

authorised  by  the  Select  Committee 
to  be 
borrowed,  and  shall  report  the  whole  Bill  to  the 
House,  stating  in  their  Report  what  parts  of the 
Bill  have  been  considered  by  each  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power,  if 
they  so  determine,  to  sit  as  two  Committees, 
and  in  that  event  to  apportion  the  Bills  referred 
to  the  Committee  between  the  two  Committees, 
each  of  which  shall  have  the  full  powers  of, and 
be  subject  to  the  instructions  which  apply  to, 
the  undivided  Committee,  and  that  Four  be  the 
quorum  of  each  of  the  two  Committees.—(Mr. 
Herbert  Samuel.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned 
till  to-morrow. 

[No.  5.] 

Tuesday, 4th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Leeds Borough  f\RDERED, 
(South 
DirUion) 

That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
^  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to 
make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the  Borough  of  Leeds  (South  Division),  in  the 
room  of  Sir  John  Lawson  Walton,  K.C., 
deceased.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Standing 
Orders 
(Private 
Business) 

Police  and 
, Sanitary 
Committee. 

Standing  Order  98,  relating 

to  Private 
Business,  was  read,  and  amended,  in  1.  2,  by 
leaving  out  from  the  first  word  " o f"   to  the 
word  " Members,"  in  1. 3,  and  by  iuserting  the 
word  " Eleven,"  instead  thereof.—(The  Chair-
man  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  Selection  do 
nominate  a  Committee,  not  exceeding  Twelve 
Members,  to  be  called  the  Police  and  Sanitary 
Committee,  to  whom  shall  be  committed  all 
Private  Bills  promoted  by  municipal  and  other 
local  authorities  by  which  it  is  proposed  to 
create  powers  relating  to  police  or  sanitary 
regulations  in  conflict  with,  deviation  from,  or 
excess  of  the  provisions  of  the  general  Law. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  150  and  173a 

apply  to all  such  Bills. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons, papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Four  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee. 

Ordered,  That  if  the  Committee  shall  report 
to  the  Committee  of  Selection  that  any  Clauses 
of  any  Bill  referred  to  them  (other than  Clauses 
containing  police  and  sanitary  regulations)  are 
such as, having  regard  to  the  terms  of reference, 
it  is  not,  in  their  opinion, necessary  or  advisable 
for them to deal with, the Committee  of  Selection 
shall  thereupon  refer  the  Bill 
to  a  Select 
Committee,  who  shall  consider  those  Clauses, 
and  so  much  of  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill  as 
relates  thereto, and shall determine  the  expendi-
ture  (if  any)  to  be  authorised  in  respect  of  the 
parts  of  the  Bill 
referred  to  them;  that 
the  Committee  shall  deal  with  the  remaining 
Clauses  of  such  Bill,  and  so  much  of  the  Pre-
amble  as  relates  thereto,  and  shall  determine 
the  period  and  mode  of repayment of  any  money 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Estimate  of 
the  further  sums 
required  to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments  for  the  service  of  the 
year  ending  31st  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 

Civil  Services 
and  Revenue 
Departments 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimates, 
1007-8.) 

N o.   27. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  H is   Army (Supple-

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Estimate  of  the  mentary 
further  amount  that  will  be  required  during  ^o^S/f' 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1908  to  meet 
expenditure  not  provided  for  in  the  Original 
Army  Estimates  of  the  year  under  Yote  5  ; 
Grants,  Allowances, and  Miscellaneous  Charges 
of  Volunteer  Corps,  including  the  Permanent 
Staff";  also  expenses  of  County  Associations. 

28. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Lighthouse 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Administration 
Royal  Commission  appointed  to  inquire  into and  commission.) 
report  on  Lighthouse  Administration.  Vol.  I. 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the  (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council on Education in  Scotland, 
dated  4th  February  1908,  providing  for  special 
Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  School  Boards 
in 
Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Church 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  Temporalities 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  -.—Copy (  J 
of  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  upon  the  Account  of  the  Irish  Land 
Commission  in  respect  of  Church  Temporalities 
in  Ireland  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907 ; 
together  with  the Account  for the  above  period, 
and  that  from  26th  July  1869  (the  date  of  the 
Irish  Church  Act)  to  the  31st  March  1907. 

'  * 

2q 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this House  Brewers' 
a  Return  of  Accounts  of  the  number  of  persons  Licences-
in  each  of  the  several  Collections  of  the  United 
Kingdom licensed  as  Brewers  for  sale,  i.e., Com-
mon  Brewers,  Victuallers,  Retailers  of  beer  to 
be  drunk  on  the  premises,  Retailers  of  beer  not 
to  be  drunk  on  the  premises,  and  Brewers  of 
beer  not  for  sale,  particularising  each  class  in 
each  Collection  ;  and  of  the  number of  Licences 
issued  to  Victuallers  and  Retailers  of  beer  to  be 
drunk  on  the  premises  and  not  to  be  drunk  on 

'3 rd February. 

25 
time  upon  Friday  the  21st  day  of  this  instant 
February  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

No.  4.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

the  premises ;  and  stating  also  the  quantities  of 
malt,  unmalted  corn,  rice,  &c.,  sugar,  including 
its  equivalent  of  syrups,  &c.,  hops  and  hop 
substitutes,  used  by  Brewers  of  beer  for  sale, 
and  of  malt  and  sugar  used  by  Brewers  not, for 
sale,  from  the  1st  day  of  October  1906  to  the 
Of  the  amount 
30th  day  of  September  1907  : 
of  Licence  Duty  paid  and  Beer  Duty  charged 
from  the  1st  day  of  October  1906  to  the  30th 
day  of  September  1907,  distinguishing  Brewers 
for  sale from  other  Brewers : 
Of  the  number 
of Brewers for  sale (i.)  who  use  malt  and hops, or, 
hop  substitutes  only,  and  (ii.)  who  use  malt with 
substitutes  for  same,  and  hops  or  hop  substi-
tutes,  paying  for  Licences,  from  the  1st  day  of 
October  1906  to  the  30th  day  of  September 
into  classes,  according 
1907,  separating  them 
to  the  number  of  barrels  of  beer  charged 
with  duty  calculated  at  1'055  degrees  gravity, 
viz.  :  under  1,000  barrels;  1,000  and  under 
10,000;  10,000  and  under  20,000 ;  20,000  and 
under  30,000;  30,000  and  under  50,000 ;  50,000 
and  under  100,000;  100,000  and under  150,000 ; 
150,000  and  under  200,000;  200,000  and  under 
250,000;  250,000  and  under  300,000;  300,000 
and  under  350,000 ; 350,000 and  under  400,000 ; 
400,000  and  under  450,000  ;  450,000  and  under 
500,000;  500,000  and  under  600,000  ;  600,000 
and  under  700,000;  700,000  and  under  800,000 ; 
800,000  and  under  900,000;  900,000  and  under 
1,000,000  and  under  1,500,000; 
1,000,000; 
•1,500,000  and  under  2,000,000;  2,000,000 
barrels  and  over;  showing  separately,  in  each 
class,  the  quantities  of malt,  unmalted  corn,  rice, 
&c.,  sugar,  including  its  equivalent  of  syrups, 
&c.,  hops  and  hop  substitutes  used;  and  stating 
also  the  number  of  bulk  barrels  of  beer  pro-
duced,  and  the  amount  of  Licence  Duty  paid 
and  Beer  Duty  charged  in  each  class :- 
And 
of  the  number  of  barrels  of  beer  exported  from 
the  United  Kingdom,  and  the  declared  value 
thereof,  and where  exported  to,  from the  1st  day 
of  October  1906  to  the  30th  day  of  September 
1907,  distinguishing  England,  Scotland,  and  Ire-
land  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  14  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Telegraph 
Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
(Construction)  a  Copy  of  Memorandum  in  reference  to  the 
1  ' 
Telegraph  (Construction)  Bill.— (Mr.  Sydney 
Buxton.) 

New  Member 
sworn. 

Percy  Archer  Clive,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
County  of  Hereford  (Southern  or  Ross  Divi-
sion),  was  sworn. 

Coroners' 
Inquests 

Fatalities) 
Bill. 

Sir  Francis  Channing,  supported  by  Mr.  Belt, 
Sir  Charles  Schwann,  Mr.  Hudson,  Mr.  Charles 
Nicholson,  Mr.  Tomkinson,  and  Mr.  Massie, 
to  amend  the  Law  as  to 
presented  a  Bill 
Bill  34.  Coroners'  Inquests  in  the case  of  fatal  Accidents 
on Railways,  and for  purposes  relating  thereto : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday the  8 th  day of  May next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Telegraph 
Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented  a Bill  to  amend 
(Construction)  the  Telegraph  Acts,  1863 to 1907, with respect to 
Blij; 
the  construction and maintenance of  Telegraphic 
telegraphic 
telephonic  and  other 
purposes  :  And  the same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Thursday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill 35.  Xjines 

for 

Scottish Land 
Bill. 

Sir  Edward  Tennant,  supported  by  Mr.  Munro 
Ferguson,  presented  a  Bill  to  establish  a Depart-
Bill 36.  ment  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
in  Scotland,  and  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
agricultural  holdings and allotments in  Scotland: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 

V O L.  163. 

Mr.  Findlay, 

supported  by  Sir  Andrew  Feus and 

Torrance,  Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  Mr.  Beale,  Mr,  Building 
Hodge,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  Mr. 
Mr.  Menzies,  Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  and  Mr.  Bill. 
Dundas  White,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Bill  37. 
Law  relating  to  Feus  and  Leases  for  Building 
in  Scotland:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  14th  day  of 
this  instant  February;  and  to  be  printed. 

Laidlaw,1*^^d) 

Mr.  Trevelyan,  supported  by  Mr.  Brigg  and  Local 

Mr.  Adkins,  presented  a.   Bill  to  transfer 
County  Councils  in  England  and  Wales  the  K r f of 
powers and  duties  of  the  Standing  Joint  Com-  Standing 
mittees  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  j° i nt 
a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  1st  day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

JJJQ 

to  Government 

Mr.  Higham,  supported  by  Mr.  Luke  White,  Coroners' 
Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  Mr.  Summerbell,  Mr.  Inquests  Bill. 
Toulmin,  and  Mr.  Cameron,  presented  a  Bill  to  Bill  39. 
dispense  with  the  compulsory  viewing  of  bodies 
on  the  holding  of  Coroners'  Inquests  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Friday  the  3rd  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Higham,  supported  by  Mr.  Dunn,  Mr.  Ballot  Act 

Rowlands,  Dr.  Shipman, Mr.  Clough, Sir  Maurice 
Levy,  and  Mr.  Fenwick,  presented  a  Bill  to 3,11. 
amend  the  Ballot  Act,  1872,  and  to  provide  for 
the  taking  of  a  second  Ballot  at  Parliamentary 
and  other  Elections  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the 
24th  day  of April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

40. 

Mr. Samuel  Roberts,  supported  by  Sir  Francis  Police  Super-

Lowe,  Dr.  Shipman,  Mr.  Glover,  and  Mr.  annuatiou 
Staveley-Hill,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law relating to the superannuation of the Police : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

u 
Bill  41. 

Mr.  Staveley-Hill, 

supported  by  Mr.  Lee,  Infant  Life 
Mr.  Hay,  Mr.  Hilts,  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Protection 
and  Mr.  Nicholls,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Infant  Life  Protection  Aot,  1897  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday the  10th  day of  March  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill  42. 

Bill. 

Mr.  Robert  Pearce,  supported  by  Sir  William  Daylight 
Bull  and  Mr.  Horniman,  presented  a  Bill  to  S a v i ns B m-
promote  the  earlier  use  of  Daylight  in  certain 
^3. 
months  yearly,  and  for  other  purposes  relating 
thereto  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Resolved,  nemine  contradicente,  That  an  Assassination 

r ouke'o" 

humble  Address  be  presented  to  His  Majesty  to °£  ^ 
convey  to  His  Majesty  the  expression  of  the  th°e
indignation  and  deep  concern  with  which  this  Braganza. 
House  has  learned  the  assassination  of  His 
Majesty's  ancient  ally  and  friend,  His  Majesty 
the  King  of  Portugal  and  the  Algarves,  and of 
His  Royal  Highness  the  Duke  of  Braganza; 
and  to  pray  His  Majesty  that  He  will  be 
graciously  pleased  to  express  to  His  Majesty 
the  present  King,  on the  part  of  this  House,  His 
faithful  Commons, their abhorrence  of  the  crime, 
and  their  sympathy  with  the  Royal  Family  of 
Portugal, and  with  the  people of  that  country.— 
(Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty  by  such  Members  of  this  House 

26: 

th—11  th  February. 

1908. 

[No.  13. 

as  are  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy 
Council  or  of  His  Majesty's  Household. 

King's  Speech 
The  Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming 
(Motion  for an the  adjourned  Debate on the  Amendment  which, 
Upon  the  3rd  day  of  this 
instant  February, 
Address.) 
was  proposed to  be  made  to  the  Main  Question 
proposed  upon  the  29th  day  of  January  last, 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty,  as followeth : 

Agrarian 
Crime 
(Ireland.) 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to oflfer our  humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann)-, 

Which  Amendment  was,  at  the  end  of  the 
Question  to  add  the  words  " But  humbly 
express  our regret  that  Your  Majesty's  Advisers 
have  failed  to  refer  to  the  increase  of  agrarian 
crime  and  disorder  in  Ireland,  or  to  give  any 
assurance  as  to  the  adoption  of measures  for  the 
better  protection  of  the  lives  and  properties  of 
Your  Majesty's  subjects,  and  for  the  repression 
of  lawlessness  and  intimidation  in  that  part  of 
Your  Majesty's  dominions "—(Mr.  Long); 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
there  added: —  The  House 

those  words  be 
resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
And  the  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease : 

1 J 

|  414. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the Main  Question  being again  proposed : 
And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the 

Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit till  twelve minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   6 .]  • 

Wednesdayj 5th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

A B I LL   to  empower  the  Mayor,  Aldermen, 

and  Burgesses  of  the  Borough of  Doncaster 
to  construct  new  roads,  tramways,  and  other 
works  within  the  borough,  and  for  other  pur-
poses,  was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ; 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

A  Petition  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses  of  the  Borough  of  Margate,  praying 
that  provision  may  be  made  in  the  Margate 
Corporation  Bill  for  an  increase  in  the  number 
of  the  Council  and Wards  of  the  borough,  was 
presented,  and read;  and  ordered  to  be  referred 
to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  Leitrim 
(North 
Lei trim)  Writ. 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  in  Ireland, 
to  make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the  County  of  Leitrim  (North  Leitrim),  in  the 
room  of  Charles  Joseph  Dolan,  Esquire,  who, 
since  his  Election  for  the  said  county,  hath 
accepted  the  Office of  Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His 
Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead,  in  the  County 
of  York.—(Captain  Donelan.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Heport. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Factory  and 

Majesty's  Command, — Copy  of  Preliminary  1
Tables  of  cases  ot"  Industrial  Poisoning,  fatal  Notice  of 
and 
and  dangerous Accidents 
in  Factories,  Workshops,  &c.,Act' 1906-
occurrences 
during  the  year  1907. 

non-fatal  Accidents, 

ig^k8hof> Act> 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,—Return  to Telegraph 
an  Order,  dated  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  (Construction) 
February,  for a Return relative to the Telegraph  Bl11" 
(Construction)  Bill. 

No.  30. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Universities  of 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, —  2xf<?d. ?nd 
Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing  Body 
18776 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  under  the  Univer-  (Oxford.) 
sities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  No.  31. 
the  23rd  October  1907,  altering  and  amending 
Statute  X V I .,   Clauses  19  and 20, of  the  Statutes 
of  the  House. 

Copies  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Mer- Merchant 
chant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  dated  25th  J a n u a ry   p i p p i ng   Act; 
1908,  (1)  respecting  the  use  on  board  passenger 
ships  of  apparatus  for  distilling  water,  and 
defining  the  quantity  of 
to  be 
carried ;  (2)  directing  that  such  things  as  by  the 
Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  are  authorised 
to  be  done  by  a  British  Consular  Officer  shall, 
in  the  Protectorate  of  Southern  Nigeria,  be 
done  by  the  Chief  Officer of  Customs. 

fresh  water 

Copies  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Naval  Naval and 

and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865,  dated  ^ 
^y^ 
25th  January  1908,  approving  Memorials  of  the  Act  l865°nS 
Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying 
sanction  to  (1)  the  payment  of  continuous  extra 
pay  to  certain  Naval  Ratings  at  the  Bombay 
Naval  DepSt;  (2)  the  extension  to  the  Atlantic 
Station  of  the  scale  of 
free  conveyance  of 
baggage  and  mess  stores  authorised  for  other 
stations;  (3)  the  extension  of  the  allowance  for 
playing  the  Harmonium  during  Divine  Service 
to  certain  of  His  Majesty's  Ships  in  which  the 
allowance  has not  heretofore  been  paid. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877  (Oxford),  be  printed. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  554 Reports 
(Annua).) 
(Southern  Nigeria,  Annual  Report  for  1906). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's National 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee Physical 
appointed  by  the  Treasury  to  inquire  generally 
into  the  work  now  performed  at  the  National 
Physical  Laboratory,  Minutes  of  Evidence, 

a  ora  ory° 

tfo.-B.:!  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

5th February* 

Appendices, and Index; together with a Treasury 
Minute,  dated  the  1st February  1908,  recording 
their  Lordships'  approval  of  the  recommenda-
tions contained  in the  Report  of  the  majority  of 
the  Committee. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,—Return 
to 
an  Order,  dated  the  4th  day  of  this  instant 
February,  for  Returns  relative  to  Brewers' 
Licences. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Account  of  the  moneys  paid  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  under  the  Acts  2  & 3  Will.  4, 
c.  121,  and  6  & 7  Will.  4,  c.  94,  for interest  and 
sinking  fund  on  that  part  of  the  Greek  Loan 
which  is  guaranteed  by  this  country  under  the 
authority  of  the  said  Acts,  and  of  the  amount 
repaid  by  the  Greek  Government  on account  of 
the  same,  up to  Slst  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 
Table ; and that the Papers  relative  to  Brewers' 
Licences  and  Greek  Loan  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  all  applications  made  by  the  First  Lord  of 
the  Treasury  and  the  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-
chequer  to the  Governor  and  Deputy  Governor 
the  Bank  of  England  for  Advances  to 
of 
Government  authorised  by  Parliament,  from 
the  5th  January  1907  to  the  5th  January  1908, 
with  a  Copy  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Court  of 
Directors  thereon,  and  the  Answers  of  the  said 
Court  thereto. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Mr. James  O'Connor, supported by Mr.  Devlin, 
Mr.  O'Doherty,  and  Mr.  Ffrench,  presented  a 
Bill  to  effect  an equitable  administration  of  any 
general  Valuation  in  Ireland  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  27th  day  of  March  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Dr.  Ambrose,  supported  by  Mr.  Gwynn,  Mr. 
William  Redmond,  Mr.  Meagher,  Mr.  Lundon, 
Mr.  Mac Seill,  Mr.  Crean,  Mr.  John  Roche, Mr. 
Duffy,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Mac Veagh, Mr.  O'Malley, 
and  Mr.  M'Hugh,  presented  a  Bill  to  enable 
County  Councils  in  Ireland  to  acquire  and 
improve  and  sell  or  let  waste  Land,  and  for 
other  purposes i  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time upon  Friday  the  24th  day 
of April  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Williamson,  supported  by  Mr.  Ainsworth, 
Mr.  M'Crac,  Mr.  Watson  Rutherford,  Mr. 
Dalziel,  Mr.  Eugene Wason,  Major  Anstrutlier-
Gray,  Sir  Thomas  Glen-Coats,  Mr.  Crombie, 
Mr.  Owen  Philipps,  Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  and 
Captain  Waring,  presented  a Bill  to  provide  for 
the  better  prevention  of  fishing  by  Foreign 
Trawl  Vessels  within  areas  closed  to  British 
Trawl  Vessels:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  10th  day 
of  April  next j  and to  be  printed. 

Mr. Arnold  Herbert,  supported  by  Mr.  Beale, 
Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr.  Michlem,  Mr.  Napier,  Mr. 
John  Ward,  and  Mr.  Walker,  presented  a Bill  to 
amend  the  Law  as regards  a  landlord's  right  of 
Distress  for Rent:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  14th 
day  of  this instant  February  ; and to be  printed. 

Brewers' 
Licences. 

No.  32. 

Greek  Loan. 
No.  33. 

Bank of 
England. 

No.  34. 

Valuation 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
BUI  44. 

W aste  Lands 
(Ireland) 
Improvement 
Bill. 

Bill  45. 

foreign 
Trawlers 
Regulation 
Bill. 

Bill  46. 

Law of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Bill  47. 

Engines  and 
Boilers 
(Persons  in 
Charge)  BUI. 
Bill  48. 

Mr.  William  Edwin  Harvey,  supported  by 
Mr. John  Wilson,  Mr.  John  Johnson,  Mr.  Fen-
wick,  Mr.  Enoch  Edwards,  Sir  Alfred  Jacoby, 
Mr.  Joseph  Walton,  Mr.  Walsh,  Sir  Joseph 

VOL.  163. 

27 
I Cornpton  Rickett,  Mr. Hall,  and  Sir  Thomas  Roe, 
| presented  a  Bill  to  grant  certificates  to  persons 
in  charge  of  Engines  and  Boilers in and  about 
Mines  :  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  14th  day  of  this 
instant  February ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr. John  Gordon, supported  by  Mr.  Nannetti,  Civil  Bill 

Mr.  Harrington,  Mr.  Field,  and  Mr.  Waldron,  Courts 
presented  a  Bill  to  improve  the  procedure  and 
make  better  provision  for  the  discharge  of  the 
business  of the  Civil  Bill  Courts of  the City  and 
County  of  Dublin:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be read  a  second time upon Friday  the 6th day 
of  March  next  ;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr. Edward  Dunn,  supported  by  Mr. Higham,  Ballot  Act 

Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  Rowlands,  Mr.  Glendinning, (1872) 
Mr.  Nicholls,  and  Mr.  Richardson,  presented  a  f ^ ^ m' 
Bill  to  amend  the  Ballot  Act,  1872,  and  to  ^ill  50 
provide  for  the  taking  of  a  second  Ballot  at 
Parliamentary  and  other  Elections:  And  the 
same was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Friday  the  3rd  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Guinness,  supported  by  Mr.  Arthur  Allen  Polling 

and  Mr.  Leverton  Harris,  presented  a  Bill  to  Arrangements 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  arrangement  of  mentaiy 
Polling  Districts  in  Parliamentary  Boroughs  :  Boroughs)Bill. 
And  the  same  was ordered  to  be read  a  second  Bill 51. 
time  upon  Monday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

The  Order of the  day being  read,  for resuming  King's  Speech 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Main  Question  (Motion  for an 
proposed  upon  the  29th  day  of  January  last, A 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty,  as followeth  : 

res8'-) 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann); 

And  the  Main  Question  being  again  pro-
posed :—The  House  resumed the  said  adjourned 
Debate. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be made  Board of 
to  the  Question,  by  adding at the  end  thereof  the Education, 
words  " But  humbly  express  our regret  that  the 
recent  action  of the  Board  of  Education  has  not 
been  in  accordance with the traditional  principles 
of  administration 
in  this  country."  —  (Lord 
Robert  Cecil.") 

And the Question  being  put,  That those words 

be  there  added; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  j 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the j Viscount  Valentia, 
\Mr.  Henry  Forster 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for thefMr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\ M i\   Joseph  Pease : 

| 

79 

J 272. 

So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And the Main  Question being  again  proposed 

—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

A.nd  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 
E  2 

28 

6th  February. 

1908. 

[No. 7. 

Selection. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Tide  First 
Report. 

Civil Services 
and Revenue 
Departments 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimates, 
1907-8.) 

No.  35. 
Consolidated 
Fund. 

No.  36. 

[No.  7.] 

Thursday,  6th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P  B  A  T  E  E  S. 

ME.   William  Abraham 

(Cork),  Mr.  Crombie, 
Mr.  Dalziel,  Mr.  Fenwick,  Sir  Henry 
Aubrey-Fletcher,  Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon, 
Sir  Joseph  Leese,  Colonel  Lockwood,  Mr.  George 
Roberts,  Mr.  Herbert  Roberts,  and  Mr.  William 
Frederick  Smith  were  nominated  Members  of  the 
Committee  of  Selection.—(Sir  William  Brampton 
Gurdon.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Estimate  of 
sums 
required  to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments  for  the  service  of  the 
year  ending  31st  March  1908. 

further 

the 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Abstract  Account  showing  the  issues  made  from 
the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom 
in  the  financial  year  ended  31st  March  1907 
for  the  interest  and  management  of  the  Debt, 
for  the  Civil  List,  and  all  other  issues  in  the 
financial  year  for  services  charged  directly  on 
the  said  Fund  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Duchy of 
Cornwall. 

An  Account  of  the  receipts  and  disbursements 
of  the  Duchy  of  Cornwall  in  the  year  ended  on 
the  31st  December  1907. 

Snperannua- 
Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
tion Act, 1887. annuation  Act,  1887,  dated  1st  February  1908, 
granting  to  Mr.  J.  G.  Houldsworth,  Assistant 
Superintending  Engineer,  Post  Office, a  retiring 
allowance  under  the  Act. 

by   P a r l i a m e r it  

Appropriation  Accounts  of  the  sums  granted 
Civil  Services 
D u r a n te 
f o r  Civil  Services,  Classes  I.  to 
(Appropria-  VII.,  and  the  Revenue  Departments  (including 
tion Accounts.) the  Post  Office Packet  and Telegraph  Services), 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907  ;  together 
with the Reports of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon,  and  certain  Reports  upon  Store 
Accounts. 

No.  37. 

Navy  (Appro-
priation 
Account) 

No.  38. 

Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums  granted 
by  Parliament  for  Navy  Services  for  the  year 
1906-7  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comp-
troller  and  Auditor  General  thereon,  and  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
upon  the  Store  Accounts  of  the  Navy. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  said  Estimates,  and  the 
Papers  relative  to  Consolidated  Fund,  Civil 
Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Appro-
priation  Accounts),  and  Navy 
(Appropriation 
Account),  be  printed. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  —  Return 

to  an 
Transvaal 
Colony (Civil  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  27th  day  of 
Servants 
ervan  s 
August  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  for  a 
Dismissed.) 
Return  relative  to  Transvaal  Colony 
(Civil 
No.  39. 
Servants  Dismissed). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Telegraphs 
(Foreign 
Written  Press 
Telegrams.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  ot'  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Telegraph  (Foreign  Written  Press  Tele 

grams)  Amendment  (No.  1)  Regulations,  1907, 
dated  15th  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Comptroller  of  the  Household  reported  Assassination 

i 

t-«i 

to  the  House,  That  their  Address  of  the 4th  day 
•  Portugal  ana 
• 
ot  this  instant  1 ebruary,  relative  to  the  Assassi-  the Duke of 
nation  of  the  King  of  Portugal  and  the  Duke  of Braganza. 
Braganza,  had  been  presented  to  His  Majesty ; 
and  that  His  Majesty had been pleased  to  receive 
the  same  very  graciously,  and  to  give 
the 
following  Answer: 

t- 

i 

I  thank 

you 

for  your 

loyal  and  dutiful 

Address. 

I  unite  with  you  in  the  expression  of  indigna-
tion  and  deep  concern  at  the  tidings  of  the 
assassination  of  My  illustrious  ally  and  friend, 
His  Majesty  the  King  of  Portugal  and 
the 
Algarves,  and  of  His  Royal  Highness  the  Duke 
of  Braganza;  and  I  will  not  fail  to  convey  to 
King  Manuel  your  sentiment  of  abhorrence  at 
the  perpetration  of  such  a  crime,  and  your 
sympathy  with  His  Majesty  and  the  Members 
of  the  Royal  Family  of  Portugal,  and  with  the 
people  of  that  country. 

Walter  MacMurrough  Kavanagh,  Esquire,  New Members 

Member  for  the  County  of  Carlow,  was  sworn, 

sworn. 

commonly 

Thomas  Charles  Reginald  Agar  -  Robartes, 
Esquire, 
the  Honourable 
called 
Thomas  Charles  Reginald  Agar-Robartes,  Mem-
ber  for  the  County  of  Cornwall  (Mid  or  Saint 
Austell  Division),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Courthope, supported  by  Sir John  Dickson-  Larceny  Bill. 
Bill  52. 

Poynder,  Mr.  Courtenay  Warner,  Mr.  James 
Mason,  Mr.  Leif  Jones,  Mr.  Hicks  Beach,  Mr. 
Lane-Fox,  Mr.  Everett,  Mr.  Acland,  Mr.  Brace, 
Mr.  NicholU, and  Mr. Laurence  Hardy,  presented 
a  Bill  to  amend  the  Larceny  Act,  1861  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Smeaton,  supported  by  Mr.  Dundas  White  Ecclesiastical 

and  Mr.  Pirie,  presented  a  Bill  to  exempt  all  Assessments 
feuars from  Ecclesiastical  Assessments  in  Scot- (No° 2)^111 
land:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
g yi   53 
second  time  upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Sir Edward  Tennant,  supported  by Mr.  Munro  Crofters' 
Ferguson,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Acts  Holdings 
relating  to  Crofters'  Holdings  in  Scotland  :  And  i^ndmelt 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  Bill, 
upon  Thursday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  Bill  55. 
February  ;  and  to  be  prin ted. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

supported  by  Sir  Dogs' 

Francis  Channing,  Mr.  Ellis  Griffith,  and  Mr. protection 
MacNeill,  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  experi- 
j ^j   ^ 
ments  upon  Dogs  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  supported  by  Major  Whale 
Anstruther-Gray,  Mr.  Morton,  Mr.  Sutherland,  Faeries 
Mr.  M'Kinnon  Wood, and  Mr.  Galloway  Weir, 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Whale  Fisheries Amendment 
to  provide  moreBiU-
(Scotland)  Act,  1907,  and 
effective  means 
the  Whale 
Fisheries  of  the  Shetland  Isles  during  the  time 
of  the  summer  herring  fishing:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  February; 
and  to  be  printed. 

regulating 

i^m?) 

56. 

of 

Mr.  Gill,  supported  by  M r.  Shackleton,  Mr. Highways 

Kelley,  Mr.  Clynes,  Mr.  Parker,  and  Mr.  Tyson  Bm-
Wilson,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend the Highways 

' Bill  57. 

No.  4.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

'3 rd February. 

29 

Act,  1835 :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  3rd  day  of 
April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Small 

Bill?

  a n 
Bill  58. 

Mr.  Sinclair,.  supported  by  the  Lord  Advo-
c ate,   presented a Bill  to  encourage  the  formation 
of  small  Agricultural  Holdings  in  Scotland, 
and  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  tenure  of 
such holdings  (including  crofters' holdings),  and 
for  other  purposes  connected  therewith:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Land  Values 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

Bill  59. 

The  Lord  Advocate,  supported  by  Mr.  Sin-
clair  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland, 
presented  a Bill to provide  for  the  ascertainment 
of  Land  Values  in  Scotland  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
Business of 
p u t )  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  King's  Speech 
t ^ H -e  
Speech* 
(Motion  for  an  Address),  if  under  discussion  at 
Motion for an  Eleven  of  the clock  this  night, be not  interrupted 
the 
Address.) 

t h e  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of 

u n d er  
House)—(Sir  Henry  Gampbell-Bannerman)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

IMr.  Joseph  Pease: 
Tellers  for  the f Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Henry  Furster  : 

|  328. 

| 

78. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

King's  Speech 
The  Order of the  day being read, for resuming 
(Motion  for an  tj , e  a d j o u r n ed  Debate  on  the  Main  Question 
proposed  upon  the  29th  day  of  January  last, 
That  an  humble  Address  be presented  to  His 
Majesty,  as  followeth : 

e8S'' 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament—(Mr.  Lehmann)  ; 

And  the  Main  Question  being  again  pro-

Eosed :—The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned 

)ebate. 

Another Amendment was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words  " But  we  humbly  beg  to  represent  to 
Your  Majesty  that  in  the  interests  of the  trade 
and  commerce  of  the  United  Kingdom 
it  is 
highly  important  that  the  status  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  should  be  raised,  and  that  it  should  be 
placed  on  a par with  the  Office  of a Secretary  of 
State."—(Sir  William  Holland.) 

Board of 
Trade. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  : —  The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
the  House, 
withdrawn. 

leave  of 

And  the  Main Question  being  again  proposed : 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be  Transvaal 

made  to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end (Civil 
thereof  the  words  " But  we  humbly  represent  to  e 
Your  Majesty  that this  House  regrets  that  Your 
Majesty's  Government  has  not  taken  advantage 
of  its  opportunities  to  safeguard  the  interests 
of  retrenched  civil  servants  of  the  Transvaal 
Administration,  and  secure  for  them  due  com-
pensation  and  pension."—(Sir  Gilbert  Parker.) 

oe'-' 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
said  proposed 
the  House, 

words  be  there  added:—The 
Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
withdrawn. 

And the  Main  Question  being again proposed  : 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be  Hop  Industry, 

made  to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  " But  we  humbly  represent  to 
Your  M ajesty  that  the  critical  condition  of  the 
hop  industry,  which  involves  so  great  a  diminu-
tion  in  rural  employment,  requires  urgent  and 
remedial  consideration 
from  Your  Majesty's 
Government."—(Mr.  Laurence  Hardy.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:— The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House, 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question being again proposed  : 

—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer  rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be  now  put. 

tion  be  now  put; 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question put 
(P"s° ant  t 0 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

r 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 
Tellers  for the! Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

1 
J 

J 

249. 

62. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put:—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-

sented  to  His  Majesty,  as followeth : 

Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

We,  Your  Majesty's  most  dutiful  and  loyal 
subjects,  the  Commons  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  in  Parliament 
assembled,  beg  leave  to  offer our  humble  thanks 
to  Your  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  : —  The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
the  House, 
withdrawn. 

leave  of 

Ordered,  That the  said  Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty  by  such  Members  of  this  House 
as  are of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy 
Council  or of  His  Majesty's  Household. 

And the Main  Question being  again  proposed : 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

Merchant 
to  be 
Shippingin  made   to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end 
th ereof   the  words  " But  we  humbly  expreiss our 
Time of War. 
regret  that  Your  Majesty's  Plenipotentiaries  at 
The  Hague  Conference  were  not  authorised  to 
forward the reduction of international  armaments 
by  assenting  to  the  principle  of  the  immunity  of 
enemy  merchant  vessels,  other  than  carriers  of 
contraband,  in  time  of  war."—(Mr.  Frederick 
Edwin  Smith.) 
VOL.  163. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  Supply, 

resolve itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider of  the 
Supply  to  be  granted  to  His  Majesty.—(Mr. 
Runciman.) 

Ordered,  That the  several  Estimates  presented 
to  this  House  during  the  present  Session  be 
referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, ways and 

resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of Means. 

£  3 

30: 
the  Ways  and  Means  for  raising  the  Supply  to 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty.—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

th—11  th  February. 

Post Office 
Savings 
Bank  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Telegraph 
(Construction)  Second  Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
House  of 
Commons 
pointed  to  control  the  arrangements  for  the 
Refreshment'1  Kitchen  and  Refreshment Rooms in  the  Depart-
the  Serjeant-at-Arms  attending  this 
Rooms.) 

ment  of 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 

Seventeen  Members. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Barnard,  Sir  Randal  Cremer,  Mr.  Dalziel, 
Mr.  Fenwick,  Viscount  Helmsley,  Colonel  Sir 
Ivor  Herbert,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  Sir  James 
Jacoby,  Colonel  Lockwood,  Mr.  Lonsdale,  Mr. 
MiKillop,  Mr.  Power,  Mr.  William  Redmond, 
Sir  Edward  Strachey,  Mr.  Thorne,  Mr.  Walrond, 
and  Mr.  Osmond  Williams. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order, it being  then  twenty-five 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

1908. 

[No.  13. 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Destructive  Destructive 
Insects  and  Pests  Acts,  1877  and  1907,  dated  i f f ^ a n d 

rAflra  A i^tifi 
10th  December  1907,  entitled  the  American  1877  a a d  i907_ 
Gooseberry  Mildew  Order  of  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Employers' 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  — Copy  ^j^a^ce 
of  Board  of  Trade  Rules  (Underwriters)  under  companies 
the  Employers'  Liability  Insurance  Companies  Act, 1907. 
Act,  1907. 

Copy  of  Board  of  Trade  Rules  (Employers'  Employers' 

Liability 
' 

Insurance  Companies)  under 

the Liability 
InsnrEDCfi 
Employers'  Liability  Insurance  Companies  Act,  companies 
1907. 
Act,  1907. 

• 

s 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant,  to  the  Super-
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of a n n u a t i o n-
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1859,  dated  28th  January  1908,  granting 
a  special  Pension  to  Sir  Mackenzie  Dalzell 
Chalmers,  K.C.B., c.s.i.,  late  Permanent  Under 
Secretary  of  State  for the  Home  Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Shetland  Mail 

a  Copy  of  Contract,  dated  the  6th  day  of  Service. 
December  1907, between the  Postmaster  General 
and  the  North  of  Scotland  and  Orkney  and 
Shetland  Steam  Navigation  Company,  for  the 
conveyance  of  Mails  between  Aberdeen  and  the 
Shetland  Islands;  together  with  the  Copy  of 
the  Treasury  Minute  thereon, dated  the  6th  day 
of  February  1908. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elections and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elections  and  Registra- fLoidon^Bill 
tion  (London)  Bill; 

on 

1 

. 

[ N o.   8 .] 

Friday,  7th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one of  the Examiners of  Petitions  for 
ing 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  folio 
thereof, 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Madras  Railway  Company  (Purchase)  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the 
Duchy  of  Cornwall,  which  was  presented  upon 
the  6th  day of  this  instant  February, be  printed. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order 62 
complied 
with.") 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 

Duchy of 
Cornwall. 

No.  40. 

Destructive 
Insects  and 
is?? A<rn907 
a 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
a n  Order  under  the  Destructive  Insects  and 
' Pests  Acts,  1877  and  1907,  dated  29th  Novem-
ber  1907,  entitled  the  American  Gooseberry 
Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of  Bushes) 
Order  of  1907. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  in  order  to 
add the  words " this  House  declines  to  proceed 
with  a Bill which  turns  a county into  a  borough, 
alters  , the  franchise,  the  electoral  boundaries, 
and  the  hours  of  polling  in  one  part  of  the 
country  without  regard  to 
the 
United  Kingdom,  and  which  does  not  deal  with 
the  question  of  redistribution."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

the  rest  of 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Mr.  Dickinson  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  Closure 

to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  withholds  his 
then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  House  assent, 
resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  Mr.  Speaker 

proceeded  to interrupt,  the  Business: 
r 

interrupts 
Business. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Dickinson  rose  in  his  place  Closure 
and claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  claimed,  bnt 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withhedd  his  assent,  and  ^ h h r i ds   h'is 
declined  then, to  put  that  Question  ;  and  the  assent. 
Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

No. 8.]  8  Emv.  YII. 

7 th—10 th  February. 

31 

Education 
(Provision  of 
Meals) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
^Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

the  28th  day  of  this 

upon  Friday 
February. 

Merchandise 
Marks  Bill., 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

the  21st  day  of  this 

upon  Friday 
February. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Old 
Old  Horses 
B1U- 
Horses  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 
the  21st  day  of 

this 

upon  Friday 
February. 

Police  (Super-
annuation) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  (Superannuation) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Landholders 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

[No.  9.] 

Monday,  10th February 1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 

Jrivate  Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following  complied 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  with.) 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Great  Eastern  Railway  (General  Powers) 

South  West  Suburban  Water  Bill. 
Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Bill. 
Nottinghamshire  and Derbyshire  Tramways 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills be read  a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  [•&»•*»• J 
Bills,  That  in  respect  of  the  Bills  comprised  in 
the  list  reported  by  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means,  as  intended 
in  the 
House  of  Lords,  they  have  certified  that  the 
Standing  Orders  have  been  complied  with  in 
the  following  cases,  viz.:— 

to  originate 

Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways. 
Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Petitions 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition&™not 
for the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders have  complied 
not  been  complied  with,  viz.: — 

with.) 

Ards  and  Bangor  Railways  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for (Petition  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill  (standing 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied  Orders  not 
with,  viz.:— 

complied 
/ t A m n l i o il 
with.) 

^ 

0 

. 

, 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Margate  Corporation  Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Land  Values 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Land  Values  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  wiD,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
two  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  011 Standing  Orders. 

The  Comptroller  of  the  Household  reported  King's  Speech 

to  the  House,  That  His  Majesty,  having  been 
attended  with  their  Address  of  the  6th  day  of 
this  instant  February,  was  pleased  to  receive 
the 
the  same  very  graciously,  and  to  give 
following  Answer: 

I  have  received  with  great  satisfaction  the 
loyal  and  dutiful  expression  of your  thanks for 
the  Speech  with  which  I  have  opened 
the 
present  Session  of  Parliament. 

1688 

Ordered,  That  the  Belfast  Corporation  Bill  Belfast 

be read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next. 

Corporation 

Bill  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Burnley  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a  Burnley 

second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Bury  and  District  Joint  Water  Board Bury and 

Bill  was read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  City  of  Glasgow  Bill  was  read  a  second  csty of 

time,  and  committed. 

E  4 

Glasgow  BiU. 

Corporation 
BiU. 

District  Joint 
Water  Board 
Bill. 

\Oih  February. 

1908. 

[No.  9. 

Conway  and 
Colwyn  Bay 
Joint  Water 
Board  Bill. 

The  Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water 
Board  Bill  was  read  a  second  -time,  and  com-
mitted. 

The  Thames  Conservancy  Bill  was  read  a  Thames 

second time,  and  committed. 

The  Criccieth  Water  and  Improvement  Bill 

was read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

The  West  Bridgford  Urban  District  Water 
Council  Bill  was read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted. 

Criccieth 
Water  and 
Improvement 
Bill. 
Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Dublin  and 
Central 
Ireland 
Electric  Power  t o - m o r r o w. 
Bill. 
Dublin 
Corporation 

The  Doncaster  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  for  the  Second  Reading  of  the 

West  Riding  County  Council  Bill  being  read ; 

Ordered, That  the  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland 
time 

Electric  Power  Bill  be  read  a  second 

Ordered,  That  the  Dublin  Corporation  Bill 
tj me   u p o n  Thursday  the  19th 

be   r e ad   a  s e c o nd 
day  of  March  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  called  the  attention  of the  House 
to the  provisions  of the  Bill,  which  were  of  too 
important  a  character  to  be  dealt  with  by  a 
Private  Bill: 

Whereupon  the  Order  was  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Conservancy 
Bill. 

West 
Bridgford 
Urban  District 
Water 
Council  Bill. 

West  Biding 
County 
Council  Bill. 
Mr.  Speaker 
call9  attention 
to  the 
provisions  of 
the  Bill,  which 
should  have 
been  dealt 
with  as a 
Public  Bill. 

Dublin 
Corporation 
Powers)  Bill,  upon  Thursday  the  19 th  day  of  March  next. 

the  Dublin  Corporation 
(Various  Powers)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That 

Dundalk 
Urban  District  Council  Bill  be  read  »  second time  to-morrow. 
Council  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Dundalk  Urban  District 

Ordered,  That  the  Finchley  Urban  District 

Finchley 
Urban  District  Council  Bill  be read  a  second  time  to-morrow. 
Council  Bill. 
Glyncorrwg 
Council*En"0' w as   rea<*  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Greystones 
Ctas  Bill. 

Harwich 
Docks  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Greystones  Gas  Bill  be 

read  a  second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Harwich  Docks  Bill  was  read  a  second 

time,  and  committed. 

Harbour Bill,  time,  and  committed. 

The  Hastings  Harbour Bill  was  read  a second 

The  Leeds  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill  Widnes 

be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Wolverhampton  Corpora-  Wolver-

tion  Bill  be read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

hampton 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Select  Committee  on  standing 

Standing Orders do consist of  Thirteen  Members.  Orders. 

Sir  John  Brnnner,  Sir  Frederick  Cawley, 
Mr.  Ellin,  Sir  Thomas  Esmonde,  Sir  Frederick 
Dixon-Hartland,  Sir Joseph Leese,  Colonel  Long, 
Mr.  Mildmay,  Mr.  William  Redmond,  Mr. 
Shackleton,  Mr.  James  Stuart,  Mr.  David  Alfred 
Thomas, and Mr. Eugene  Wason were  accordingly 
nominated  Members  of  the  Select  Committee. 
—(Mr.  Ellis.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

1 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

Petitions 
Vide  First 
Beport. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His Judicial 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Judicial  Statis-  Statistics 
tics,  Part  I.,  relating  to  Criminal  Proceedings, 
Police,  Coroners,  Prisons,  Reformatory  and 
Industrial  Schools,  and  Criminal  Lunatics  for 
England  and  Wales  for  1906. 

(w S) 

Ordered,  That  the  Leicester  Corporation  Bill 

Copy  of  Tables  of  Comparison  between  the  Children  Bill, 

be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Lincoln  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

provisions  of  the  Children  Bill  and 
Enactments. 

existing 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(General 
Powers)  Bill, 

Ordered,  That 

the  Liverpool  Corporation 
(General  Powers)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
> 
t o - m o r r o w. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets  and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 
London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 
Manchester 
" Corporation 
Bill. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Liverpool  Corporation 
(Streets  and  Buildings)  Bill  be  read  a  second 
time  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  County  Council 
(General  Powers)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Manchester  Corporation 

Bill  be  read  a  second time  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Margate  Corporation  Bili 

be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Padiham 
Urban  District  w a s  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 
Council  Bill. 

The  Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Rochdale 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Rochdale  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

i 

Slough  Urban 
District  Water  read  a second  time,  and  committed. 
Bill. 

The  Slough  Urban  District  Water  Bill  was 

Stockport 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Stockport  Corporation  Bill 

be  read  a Second time  to-morrow. 

o 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson presented,  pursuant  to Navy 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Discipline.) 
of  Rules  and  Regulations,  dated  18th  January 
1908,  amending  Regulations  for  Naval  Prisons, 
made  by  the  Admiralty  under  section  81  of  the 
Naval  Discipline  Act. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman 

presented, —  Return 
this 

to  an  Shetland Mail 
i n s t a nt   Service. 

Order,  dated 
February,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Shetland  No. 41. 
Mail  Service. 

the  7th  day  of 

Mr.  Runciman  also presented,  pursuant to  the  Land  Begistry 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, — (New 
Account  showing  the  money  issued  from  the Act''i900') 
Consolidated  Fund  under  the  provisions  of  the  U  * 
Land  Registry  (New  Buildings)  Act,  1900,  and 
of  the  expenditure j  the  money  expended  and 
borrowed  and  the  securities  created  under  the 
said  Act,  for  the  period  ended  the  31st  March 
1907  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comp-
troller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

' 

Accounts  showing  the  moneys  issued  under  Public  Offices 
the  provisions  of the  Public  Offices (Acquisition  (Acquisition  of 
of  Site)  Act,  1895,  Session  2;  
Offices  (Westminster)  Site  Act,  1896; 
Public  Offices (Whitehall)  Site  Act,  1897;  the  • 
Public  Buildings  Expenses  Act,  1898  ;  and  the 

the  Public  ^ 

^ 
'.„ 
' 

the 

-J 

No. 9.]  8  EDW.  v n. 

10 th  February, 
Public  Buildings  Expenses  Act,  1903; 
the 
moneys  issued  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund, 
the  moneys  borrowed  and  the  securities  created 
in  respect  thereof,  the  disposal  of  moneys 
issued  to  the  National  Debt  Commissioners  for 
temporary 
expenditure 
investment,  and  the 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Acts  to  the  31st 
March  1907  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Superannua- 
Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
tion Act, 1887. annuation  Act,  1887,  dated  6th  February  1908, 
granting  a  retired  allowance  to  Mr.  George 
MacEvey,  Civil  Assistant,  Ordnance  Survey, 
Board of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ; and that  the  Return  relative  to  Shetland 
Mail  Service,  and  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
Land  Registry  (New  Buildings)  Act,  1900, and 
the  Public  Offices  (Acquisition  of  Site)  Act, 
1895,  &c., be  printed. 

Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series, Nos.  3956 
and  3957. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

33 

set  upon  the  use  of  passenger Tickets:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  18th  day  of this instant  February ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr. Acland  Allen,  supported by  Mr.  Guinness, Polling 
presented  a  Bill  to make  further  provision  with Districts 
respect  to  the  arrangement  of  Polling  Districts  ootmciW  Bill 
for the Election  of County  Councillors:  And  (he  Bill 63 
same  was  ordered  to  be read  a second  time  upon 
M onday  next;  and  to be  printed. 

Mr.  Bottomley  presented  a  Bill  to  enable  the  Divorce Law 
Wives  of  persons  sentenced  to  long  terms  of Amendment 
imprisonment,  or  of  persons  certified  to  be  1 ' 
incurably insane,  to  annul  their  Marriages  : And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  28th  day  of  this  instant 
February;  and to  be  printed. 

' 

Mr.  Hyde,  supported  by  Major  Dunne,  Mr.  Workmen s 
Cecil  Harmsworth,  Dr.  Hazel,  Mr.  Harold  Compensation 
Pearson,  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  and 
Mr.  Stewart-Smith,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act,  1906  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  18th day  of this  instant 
February;  and  to  be  printed. 

' 
Bl11  6o-

Sir  John  Brunner,  supported  by  Sir  Robert  Commons BUI. 

Augmentation  The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of an  Act  of  Parliament, was laid  upon  the 
of  Benefices, 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
Return  of  Proceedings  under  the  Augmenta-
tion  of  Benefices Act,  1863,  up  to  and  inclusive 
of the  7th  February  1908. 

Hobart,  Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr.  Lyulph  Stanley,  Bill 66. 
and  Mr.  Trevelyan,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  Inclosure  Acts,  1845  to  1899,  and  the 
Law  relating  to  Commons  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
the  29th  day  of  May  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Compensation 
on Non- 
Lteences°f 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to His  Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a Return  showing,  in  respect 
of each of  the  Licences  for which  compensation 
was  awarded  at  the  supplemental  meetings  of 
the Quarter  Sessions  for the  County  of  London, 
held  on  the  27th  and  28th  days  of  January 
1908,  the  total  amount  awarded,  and  the  share 
thereof  assigned  to  the  licence-holder,  and the 
values  at  which  the  licensed  premises  were  in 
1907  assessed  for  Schedule  A  of  the  Income 
Tax  and 
local  rates.  —  (Sir  Thomas 
Whittaher.) 

for 

New Members  Samuel  Thomas  Evans,  Esquire,  K.C.,  His 
Majesty's  Solicitor  General,  Member  for  the 
sworn. 
County  of  Glamorgan 
(Mid  Division),  was 
sworn. 

Edward  Alfred  Goulding, Esquire, Member for 

the  Borough  of  Worcester,  was sworn. 

fairies 
(Scotland) 

Mr.  Gulland,  supported  by  Sir  John  Tuke, 
M r-  Cie(and}  Mr.  Mi  Callum,  Mr.  Findlay,  Mr. 
Bill  60.  Sutherland,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  M' Crae,  Mr. 
Younger,  Mr.  Menzies,  Mr.  Wilhie,  and  Mr. 
Esslemont,  presented  a  Bill  to  regulate  Dairies, 
and  ensure  the  purity  of  milk  supplies  in  Scot-
land :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  21st  day  of  this 
instant  February  ;  and  to be  printed. 

Sea Fisheries  Mr.  Morton,  supported  by  Mr.  Weir,  Mr. 
Smeaton, Mr. Lamont,  Mr.  Cathcart  Wason, Mr. 
Regulation 
BilL  a 
John  Hope,  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  and  Mr. 
Bill 61.  Sutherland,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the 
suppression  of  illegal  Fishing  by  trawl  vessels : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  18 th day  of  this  instant 
February ;  and to  be  printed. 

Railway 
Mr.  Morton, supported  by  Mr.  Rowlands,  Mr. 
Tickets BUI.  Ernest  Lamb,  Mr.  Weir,  Mr.  John  Hope,  Mr. 
Bill 62.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  and  Sir  Howard  Vincent, 
presented  a  Bill  to  prevent  a time  limit  being 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Perks,  supported  by  Sir  George  White,  Sale of 

Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  John  Wilson,  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Mr.  Nicholls,  Sunday Bill, 
and  Mr.  Maclean,  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  Bill 67. 
the  sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors  on  Sunday  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read  a second 
time  upon  Friday  the  8th  day  of May  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Lloyd  Morgan,  supported  by  Mr.  Abel  Payment of 

Thomas, Mr. Hay  Morgan,  Mr. Mackarness,  Mr-
Bertram,  Mr.  Herbert,  and  Mr.  Partington, 
presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for the  payment  of 
the  expenses  of  Jurors  attending  assizes  and 
quarter  sessions:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be read  a second time upon Tuesday  the  10th day 
of  March  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Bl1168, 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Children. 

Bill  to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating 
to  the  protection  of  Children  and  Young  Per-
sons,  reformatory  and  industrial  schools,  and 
juvenile  offenders,  and  otherwise  to  amend  the 
to  Children  and  Young 
Law  with  respect 
Persons:  And  that  Mr.  Herbert 
Samueland 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  do  prepare  and  bring 
it  in. 

Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  accordingly  presented  a  Children BilL 

Bill  to consolidate  and amend  the  Law  relating  Bill  69. 
to  the  protection  of  Children  and  Young  Per-
sons,  reformatory  and  industrial  schools,  and 
juvenile  offenders,  and  otherwise  to amend  the 
Law  with  respect  to  Children  and  Young 
Persons  :  A nd the  same  was  read the  first  time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and  to be  printed. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself  Supply, 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

! 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Army  (Supplementary)  Estimate,  1907-8. 
1.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed, That 
a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £100  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 

10th—11th  February. 

1908. 

[No.  9. 

u 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
for  additional  expenditure 
the 
following  Army  Services,  viz.  :— 

in  respect  of 

Yote  5. Volunteer Corps: Pay,  Allowances, 

&o. : 

E  (a).  Grants 
- 

the  extinction  of 
-
E  (b).  Expenses  of  County  Associations 

for 
- 

Debts 

- 

- 

. 

Less  Surpluses  on  other  Votes 

350,000 
8,000 

558,000 
357,900 

£100 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 50   be  granted  for  the 
said  Service—(Mr.  Harold  CW),—put,  and 
negatived. 

Original  Question  put,  and agreed  to. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Class  II. 
2.  £l00,000  (supplementary  sum),  the  year 
ending  on  the  3lst  day  of  March  1908,  for  the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  cf  the  Board  of  Agricul-
ture  and  Fisheries,  and  of  the  Royal  Botanic 
Gardens,  Kew,  including  certain  Grants  in  Aid. 

3.  £ 20   (supplementary  sum),  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908,  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of 
the 
Expenses  of  Coinage. 

the  Mint, 

including 

Class  III. 
1  4.  £1,870,  the  year  ending  on  the  3lst  day  of 
March  1908,  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Office of  Public  Trustee. 

Class  V. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Small 

the  Small  Landholders  Landholders 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

^Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Land Values 

Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

B d L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn —  (Mr. 
Whiteley):—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative,; 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued 
to  sit  till  two  minutes  before 
Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

[No.  10.] 
Tuesday,  11th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P  it AY Kits. 

(~\RDERED, 

That  the  Holderness  Water  Holderness 
Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  Water Bill. 

next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Blackburn 
Second  Reading  of  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Corporation 
Bill; 

B,U" 

^ 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

5.  ,£327,  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908,  for  making  good  the  net  loss  on 
the  raising  of 
transactions 
money  for  the  various  Treasury  Chests  Abroad 
in  the  year  1906-7. 

connected  with 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dublin and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dublin  and  Central 
Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill;  

Electric  Power 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1' 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dundalk 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dundalk  Urban  District  U r b a n  District 
Council  Bill;  

Council  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finchley 
Second  Reading  of the  Finchley  Urban  District  U r b a n  District 
Council  B i l l;  
Council  Bill,  i 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means'.r 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Greystones 

Second  Reading  of  the  Greystones  Gas  Bill;  Gas Bil1-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Post Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bin- 

Bank  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Leicester 
Second  Reading  of  the  Leicester  Corporation  Corporation 
Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  g e c o n (J   Reading of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 
Bil1, 

B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Liverpool 
Second  Reading  of  the  Liverpool  Corporation  Corporation 
$ £ 3 ML 
(General  Powers)  Bill; 

Ordered, 
to-morrow. 

That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

time 

No.  8.]  8  E m v.   Y I I. 

7 th—10 th  February. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets and 
Buildings) 
BiU. 

London 
County 
CouncU 
(General 
Powers)  BiU. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Liverpool  Corporation 

(Streets,  and 
Buildings)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(General  Powers)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
g e c o n t[   Reading  of  the  Manchester  Corporation 
Bill; 

° 

P 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Margate  Corporation 
Bill; 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Stockpoit 
Corporation 
Bill, 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Stockport  Corporation  Bill  was,  accord-
ing  to Order, read  a  second  time, and committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Widnes  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Wolver-
hampton 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Wolverhampton  Cor 
poration  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Yide  First 
Report. 
Parliamentary 
Constituencies 
( Electors,  &c.) 
(United 
Kingdom.) 
No.  44. 

Duchy of 
Lancaster. 

No.  45. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and ordered to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return 
to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  30th 
day  of  January  last,  for a  Return  relative  to 
Parliamentary  Constituencies 
(Electors,  &c.) 
(United  Kingdom). 

Ordered,  That the said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to 
the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
of  the  receipts  and disbursements  of  the  Duchy 
of  Lancaster  in  the  year  ended  on  the  21st 
December  1907;  also  a separate  Account  of  the 
capital  of  the  said  Duchy  to  the  same  date. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Papers  were 

laid  upon  the 

Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House  :— 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  28th 
day  of  March  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (County  of  Berks). 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  26th 
day  of  July  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (Administrative  County 
of  Devon). 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County of 
Berks.) 

No.  46. 
Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(Administra-
tive  County  of 
Devon.) 

No.  47. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  be  printed. 

35 
Allegiance  have,  between 
the  1st  day  of 
January  1907  and  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907,  been  registered  at  the  Home  Office, 
giving  the  country  and  place  of residence  of  the 
person  naturalised,  and  including  information  as 
to  any  Aliens who  have, during  the  same  period, 
obtained  Acts  of  Naturalisation  from the  Legis-
lature  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  75  of  Session  1907).  —  (Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel,) 

Mr.  Thome,  supported  by  Mr.  Steadman,  Mr.  Hours of 
Parker,  Mr.  dynes,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  Mr.  Labour  Bill, 
Glover, Mr.  Gill,  Mr. George Roberts,  Mr.  Walsh,  Bill  70. 
and  Mr.  Curran,  presented  a Bill  to  restrict  the 
Hours  of  Labour  in  all  trades  and industries  to 
Eight  per day  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  1st  day 
of  May  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself Supply, 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Class  III. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  a 
supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £2,500  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come  in  course  of payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
for  Criminal  Prosecutions  and  other  Law 
Charges  in  Ireland. 

' 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the ( Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers  for the ("Mr. Patrick  O'Brien, 

Noes, 

lCaptain  Donelan: 

1 
J 
1 
J 

207. 

75. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £5,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
the  Royal  Irish  Con-
for  the  Expenses  of 
stabulary : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do report  Progress,  and  ask  leave 
to  sit  again—(Mr.  Charles  Craig),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  the  Committee  had 
made  Progress  in  the  matter to  them  referred; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from  the  Committee  Supply [loth 

of  Supply  several  Resolutions;  which  were read,  February] 
t* n 
as  follow  : 

Keport. 

AUens 
(Naturalisa-
tion.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His  Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a Return  showing  the  names 
of  all  Aliens  to whom  Certificates of  Naturalisa-
tion  have  been 
issued,  and  whose  Oaths  of 
VOL.  163. 

Army  (Supplementary)  Estimate,  1907-8. 

1.  That  a  supplementary  sum not  exceeding Army (Supple-

£100  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray mentary) 
the  charge which will come in  course  of payment f9o™^te' 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
F  2 

36 

11th  February, 

1908, 

[No.  10. 

Marph  1908  for  additional  expenditure  in  respect 
of  the  following  Army  Services,  viz.  :— 

Vote  5.  Volunteer Corps : Pay, Allowances, 

&c.: 

E  (a).  Grants  for  the  extinction  of 

Debts 

E  (b).  Expenses of  County Associations 

Less Surpluses  on other  Votes 

350.000 
8,000 

358,000 
357,900 

£100 

Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Class  II. 

2.  That  a supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£100,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will come in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March 1908  for  the  Salaries  and Expenses  of the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  and  of  the 
Royal  Botanic  Gardens,  Kew,  including  certain 
Grants  in  Aid. 

3.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 20   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Salaries  and Expenses  of the 
Mint,  including  the  Expenses  of  Coinage. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries, 
&c. (Supple-
mentary.) 

Mint (Supple-
mentary.) 

Class  III. 

Office of 
Public 
Trustee. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,870  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in course  of  payment  during the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908  for 
the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of the Office of  Public 
Trustee. 

Class  Y. 

Treasury 
5.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £327  be  granted 
<Jhe*fa Abroad.  t c  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908  for 
making  good  the  net  loss  on  transactions  con-
nected  with  the raising  of  money  for  the  various 
Treasury  Chests  Abroad  in the  year  1906-7. 

Mr.  George  Hardy 

rose  in  his  place  and  Closure 

claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  withholds  his 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question  :—Then  the  assent. 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

Mr.  George  Hardy 

rose  in  his  place  and  Closure 

claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now J^'Teaker 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  withholds  bis 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  assent. 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation*^^" 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bia 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Daylight 
Second  Reading  of the  Daylight  Saving  Bill  ;  Saving Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Polling 

Second  Reading  of  the  Polling  Arrangements  fp™{g?ments 
(Parliamentary  Boroughs)  Bill; 

mentary 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  ^ u g h 8) 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for  resuming  Elections and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Begistration 
upon  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was (Loildon>  Bm-
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs' 
Second  Reading  of the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill;  Protection 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  First  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

to-morrow. 

Railways 
(Nationalisa-
tion.) 

time; 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed, That  this  House  doth  agree with 
the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  :—And  a 
Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  a quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  further  proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  4. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  in  view  of  the  widespread  com-
plaints  on  the  part  of traders,  agriculturists,  and 
the  general  public  with  regard  to  railway 
charges  and  facilities,  and  particularly  with 
regard 
foreign 
goods,  the  time  has  come  to  consider  how  far 
these  evils  could  be remedied  by  State  purchase 
of the  Railways, as foreshadowed  by the  Railway 
Regulation  Act  of  1844—(Mr,  George Hardy)  ; 

to  preferential 

treatment  of 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  5,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " by"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and 
adding  the  words  " any  change  in  the  existing 
relations  between  the  Railways  and the  State " 
—(Mr.  Lloyd-George),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Ordered, 

That  a  S e l e ct   Committee  be  ap-infant  Life 
pointed to inquire  and report as to the desirability  Protection, 
of  extending  the  provisions  of  the  Infant  Life 
Protection  Act,  1897,  to  homes  in  which  not 
more  than  one infant  is  kept  in  consideration  of 
periodical  payment,  and  of  altering  the  limit  of 
age  prescribed  by  section  2  of  that  Act. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Arthur  Allen,  Mr. Bright,  Lord  Robert  Cecil, 
Mr.  Ellis,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  John  Taylor,  and 
Mr.  Power. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr,  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That 

the  Committee  of  Public  Public 

Accounts  do  consist  of  Fifteen  Members. 

committee 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Cavendish,  Mr.  Ashton,  Mr,  Bowles,  Mr. 
Brigg,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Sir  Daniel  God-
dard,  Mr.  Hnzleton,  Sir  Robert  Hobart,  Mr. 
Leij  Jones,  Sir  George  Kekewich,  Mr.  Kettle, 
Mr.  MlCrae,  Mr.  Parker,  Mr.  Runciman,  and 
Colonel  Williams. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons, papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

No. 10.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Home  Work. 

11th—12 th  February. 

37 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed  to  consider  and  report  upon  the  con-
ditions  of  labour in  trades  in  which  Home  Work 
is prevalent,  and  the  proposals,  including  those 
for  the  establishment  of  wages  boards  and  the 
licensing  of  work-places,  which  have  been  made 
for the  remedying  of  existing  abuses. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 

Twenty-one  Members. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated of 
Mr.  Arkwright,  Mr.  Bridgeman,  Sir  William 
Bull,  Mr.  Boland,  Mr.  Brunner,  Mr.  Chiozza 
Money,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Arthur  Dewar,  Mr.  Fell, 
Mr.  Gooch,  Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  Mr.  Ernest 
Lamb,  Mr.  Hugh  Law,  Mr.  Massie,  Mr.  Master-
man,  Mr. Parkes,  Mr.  Richardson,  Mr.  Robinson, 
Mr.  Stuart  Samuel,  Mr.  Trevelyan,  and  Sir 
Thomas  Whittaker. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Land  Values 

Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

BllU 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  11.] 
Wednesday, 12 th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at a quarter  of  an hour  . 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

P R A T E R S. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Report. 

send for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Seven  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Question, 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee 
in  the  First  Resolution,  That  a  supplementary 
sum  not  exceeding  £100  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to.  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1908  for  additional 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  following  Army 
Services,  viz.  :— 

Vote 5. Volunteer Corps : Pay, Allowances, 

&c.: 

E  (a).  Grants  for  the  extinction  of 

Debts 

E  (b).  Expenses of  County Associations 

Less Surpluses on other  Votes 

£ 

350,000 
8,000 

358,000 
357,900 

£100 

was  resumed. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 

The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding,  the 
Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Second  and  subsequent 
to-

into  consideration 

Resolutions  be  taken 
morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Landholders 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

MR.  Speaker 

from  one  of the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  c o mpiied 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, with.) 
Standing  Order  63  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Swinton  and Mexborough  Gas  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

The  Madras  Railway  Company  (Purchase)  Madras 
Company 

Bill  was read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

(Purchase) 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Manchester 
Second  Reading  of  the  Manchester  Corporation Corporation 
Bill; 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
February. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Margate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Margate  Corporation Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

r 

• 

Petitions 
•  Vide First 
Beport. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Treaty  Series 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Treaty  between  (No- 4> 19080 
the  United  Kingdom,  France,  Germany,  Nor-
way,  and  Russia  respecting  the  Independence 
and  Territorial  Integrity  of  Norway.  Signed at 
Christiania,  2nd  November  1907.  Ratifications 
deposited  at  Christiania,  6 th February  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant Penal 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Servitude Ac a 
Copy  of  Licence  granted  to  Daniel  Condron,  to  L i c ^ S^ 
which  are  annexed  conditions  other  than  those 
contained  in  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude 
Act,  1864. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Private 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of (s^tland) 
the  House  of  Lords  and  the  Chairman  of  Ways Act, 1899. 
and  Means  in  the  House  of  Commons  under  the  No. 48. 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899,  that  they  are  of  opinion  that  the  Post 
Office  Site  (Glasgow)  Order ought  to  be  intro-
duced  in  Parliament  as  a Public  Bill,  and  that 
the  Leith  Burgh  Order,  the  Motherwell  Burgh 
F  3 

• 

h—11 th February. 

1908. 

[No. 13. 

38:t 
Extension,  &c.  Order,  the  North  British  and 
Mercantile  Insurance  Company  (Ocean  Marine 
Insurance  Transfer, &c.)  Order, and  the  Wishaw 
Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Order  ought  to  be  dealt 
with  by  Private  Bill  and  not  by  Provisional 
Order. 

Crown  Jewels 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Appendix  to  the  Report 
of 
to 
the  Viceregal  Commission  appointed 
investigate  the  circumstances  of  the  loss  of  the 
Regalia  of  the  Order  of  Saint  Patrick,  and  to 
inquire  whether  Sir  Arthur  Vicars  exercised 
due  vigilance  and  proper  care  as  the  custodian 
thereof.  Minutes  of  Evidence. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Pauperism 
(England and 
Wales) 
(Monthly 
Statements.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Statements  for  each  month  of  the 
year  1908  of  the  number  of  Paupers  relieved  in 
England  and  Wales  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  23  of  Session  1907).— 
(Dr.  Macnamara.') 

Railway  and 
Canal Traffic 
Bill. 

B i ll   71. 

Trusts  Bill. 
Bin  72. 

Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  73. 

Parliamentary 
Elections  Bill, 
Bill  74. 

Industrial 
Schools Bill. 
Bill  75. 

Mr.  Pirie, 

supported  by  Dr.  Ambrose,  Mr. 
Barnes,  Mr.  Gretton,  Sir  William  Holland,  Mr. 
John  Hope,  Mr.  Lambton,  Mr.  Murray,  and 
Mr.  Nussey,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Railway  and  Canal  Traffic  Act,  1854  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  5th  day  of  May  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Rendall,  supported  by  Mr.  Cave,  Mr. 
Micklem,  Mr.  Stewart-Smith,  Mr.  Buckmaster, 
Mr.  Stnnger,  Mr.  Hillss  Mr.  Bertram,  and  Mr. 
Radford,  presented  a  Bill  to  codify  the  Law 
relating  to  private  Trusts  and  Trustees  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Morton,  supported  by  Mr.  John  Hope, 
Mr.  Smeaton,  Mr.  Sutherland,  Mr.  M'Callum, 
Mr.  Pirie,  Mr.  Dundas  White,  Mr.  Weir,  and 
Sir  Robert Jardine,  presented  a Bill to  repeal  the 
Law  which  prohibits  the  growing  of  Tobacco 
in  Scotland:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  John  Robertson,  supported  by  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Burt,  Mr.  Alden,  Mr.  Hiyham, 
Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  Mr.  Dalziel,  and  Mr. 
Dundas  White,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  votes  at  Parliamentary  Elec-
tions  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  i 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  10th  day  of  April 
next;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Atherley-Jones,  supported  by  Mr.  Frede-
rick  Edwin  Smith,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  Mr. 
Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  Hamar  Greenwood, 
Mr.  John  Hope,  Sir  Joseph  Compton  Rickett. 
and  Mr.  Lloyd  Morgan,  presented  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Industrial  Schools  Act,  1866 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  28th  day  of  this  instant 
February  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
BilL 

Bill  76. 

Mr.  Holt,  supported  by  Mr.  Barran,  Mr. 
Brunner,  Mr.  Cheetham,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor, 
Mr.  Toulmin,  Mr.  William  Lever,  and  Colonel 
Seely,  presented  a Bill  to  amend  the  Municipal 
Corporations  Act,  1882,  as  to  the  Election  of 
Aldermen.:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon Tuesday  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Irish 

Bill  to  amend  the  Law  concerning  the  Peerage 
of  Ireland;  And 
that  Mr.  Swift  MacNeill, 
Sir  Charles  Dilke,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  Sir. 
Beaumont,  Mr.  Atherley-Jones,  Mr.  Smeaton, 
Mr.  John  O'Connor,  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald, 
Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Mac Veagh,  and 
Mr.  William  Redmond  do  prepare  and  bring 
it  in. 

Mr.  Swift  MacNeill  accordingly  presented, a  Irish  Peerage 

Bill  to  amend  the  Law  concerning  the  Peerage  BlU-
of  Ireland  :  And  the  same  was  read  the 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

first  B i ll   77. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Small 

proposed,  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Small  Land-Landholders 
holders  (Scotland)  Bill  and  the  Land  Values  ^ n d i La 
(Scotland)  Bill  the  Committee  on  the  Financial  Values 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  to  the  Bill  shall  be  gcotland) 
deemed  to  have  been  set  up,  as  required  by  the  (^location of 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House,  and  the  Second  Time.) 
Reading,. Committee  stage,  and  Report  stage  of 
the  Bill  (including  the  Financial  Resolution  (if 
any)  relating  thereto),  and  the. Third Reading  of 
the Bill, shall  be proceeded with in  the  following 
manner  :— 

u 

(a)  The  Committee  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  to  the  Bill 
and  the  Second  Reading  of  the  Bill  shall 
be  proceeded  with  and  brought 
to  a 
conclusion  on  the  first  allotted  day;  and 
the  Bill  shall,  when  it  has  been  read; 
a  second  time,  stand  committed  to,.  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  without 
Question  put; 

(b)  The  Report  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  and  the  Committee 
stage  of  the  Bill,  and,  if  the  Bill  is  not 
amended  in  Committee,  the  Report  of  the 
Brll  to the  House,  and  the  Third  Reading 
of  the  Bill,  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
brought  to  a  conclusion  on  the  second 
allotted  day,  and  on  the  conclusion  of  the 
consideration  of  the  Bill  in  Committee 
the  Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the 
House  without  Question  put  ; 

(c)  If  the  Bill  is  amended  in  Committee 
the  Report  stage  and  the  Third  Reading 
of  the  Bill  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
brought to a  conclusion  on  a third  allotted 
day : 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  (other  than  Friday)  shall  be  considered  an 
allotted  day  for  the  purposes  of  this  Order  on 
which  the  Bill  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of 
the  day,  or on which  any  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  thereto  is  put  down 
as  first  Order  of the  day,  followed  by  the  Bill: 

On  any  allotted  day  on  which  Proceedings 
on  any  Business  allotted  to  that  day  are  to  be 
brought to a conclusion  the  Speaker  or Chairman 
shall,  at  10.30  p.m.  if  the  day  is  one  on  which 
Government  Business  has  precedence  after 
8.15  p.m.,  and  at  7.45  p.m.  if  the  day  is  one  on 
which  Government  Business  has  not  precedence 
after 8.15  p.m.  (if  those  Proceedings  have  not 
already  been  brought  to  a  conclusion),  put; 
forthwith  the  Question  on  any  Amendment  or 
Motion  already  proposed  from  the  Chair,  and 
shall  next  proceed  successively  to  put  forthwith 
the  Question  on  any  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government  of  which  notice  has  been  given,  but 
no  other  Amendments,  and  on  any  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business 
to  be 
in  the  case  of  Government 
concluded,  and 
Amendments  or of  Government  new  Clauses  or 
Schedules  he  shall  put  only  the  Question  that; 

7 th—10 th  February. 

39 
And  the  Question being put, That  those  words 

be there  added; 

No.  8.]  8  E m v.   YII. 

the  Amendment  be  made,  or  that the  Clause  or 
Schedule  be  added  to  the  Rill,  as the  case  may 
be,  and  on the  Committee  stage  of  the  Bill  the 
Chairman, in  the  case  of  a  series  of  Clauses  to 
which  no  notice  of  Amendment  has  been  given 
by  the  Government,  shall  put  the  Question  that 
those  Clauses  stand  part  of  the  Bill  without 
putting  the  Question  separately  as respects  each 
Clause: 

Proceedings  to  which  this  Order  relates  shall 
not,  on  any  day  on  which  any  Proceedings  or 
Business  are  to be  brought  to  a conclusion under 
this  Order,  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions 
of  any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings 
of the  House: 

In  the  case  of  an  allotted  day  being  a  day 
on  which  Government  Business  has  not  pre-
cedence  after  8.15  p.m.  the  time  at  which  the 
Proceedings  or  Business  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  are  so brought  to  a conclusion  shall, 
if  that  time  is  later  than  a  quarter  past  Eight, 
be  substituted,  for  the  purposes  of  Standing 
Orders relating  to  the precedence  of  Business  at 
different  Sittings  and  to  the  time  for  taking 
Private  Business,  for 8.15  p.m.: 

On  an  allotted  day no  dilatory  Motion  on  the 
Bill,  nor  Motion 
to  recommit  the  Bill,  nor 
Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing  Order 
10,  nor  Motion  to postpone  a Clause,  shall  be 
received  unless  moved  by  a  Min'stsr  of  the 
Crown,  and  the  Question  on  any  such  Motion 
shall  be  put forthwith without  any  Debate  : 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  a  day  being  allotted 
to  any  such  Business  if  the  Business  to 
be  concluded has  been  otherwise  disposed 
of;  or 

(b)  prevent  any  other  Business  being 
proceeded  with  on  an  allotted  day  in 
accordance  with  the  Standing  Orders 
of  the  House  after  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  on  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of 

— (Sir  Henry  Campbell-Banner man) ; 

Sir  Henry  Campbell-  Bannerman  acquainted 
the  House  that  he  had  received  His  Majesty's 
Recommendation  of  the  payment of  any salaries, 
compensation,  and  other  expenses  that  may  be 
incurred  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  encourage  the. formation  of  small 
Agricultural  Holdings  in  Scotland,  and  of  the 
payment  of an  annual  Grant  for  the  purposes of 
such  Act)  :—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
---(Mr.  Henry  Forster):—It  was resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Begistration of  A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That,  in  the opinion of  this  House,  the 
Voters. 
complexity  and  limitations  of  the  Laws  regu-
lating, the  Registration  of  Voters  deprive  large 
numbers of  persons  otherwise  qualified  to  vote 
of  such  right,  and  therefore 
is  urgently 
necessary  that  immediate  steps  be  taken  for the 
amendment  of  these  Laws—(Mr.  Rowlands)  ; 

it 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Sir  HenryKimber, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Thomas Corbett: 

Tellers  for  the ( M r.   Wkiteley,: 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Joseph 

Pease: 

1 
J 

,, 
' 

} 129. 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, 
the  complexity  and 
limitations  of  the  Laws 
regulating  the  Registration  of  Voters  deprive 
large  numbers  of  persons  otherwise  qualified  to 
vote  of  such  right,  and  therefore  it w  urgently 
necessary  that  immediate  steps  be taken for  the 
amendment  of  these  Laws. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Daylight 
Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill;   Saying  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The Order of  the day being  read, for resuming  Elections and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment which,  Registration 
upon  the  7th day  of  this  instant  February,  w a s  (London)  BUI. 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs' 

Second  Reading  of the  Dogs'  Protection  BiU ; 

|™tection 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for resuming  Supply [10th 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question proposed February] 
npon  the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  February, 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee 
in  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  which  were  then 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  ; 

e p o  ' 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Supply  [10th 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent  February] 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  llth  day  of  this  Beport-
instant  February,  were  reported  from the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read, for receiving  Supply  [ l l th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  llth  day  of  this instant  February; 

fiepon-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. . 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  adding  at 
the  end  thereof 
the  Words  " but  such  amendment  ought  to  be 
accompanied  by  arrangements  for  the  better 
representation  of  all  voters  by  a  redistribution 
of  seats."—(Sir  Henry  Kimber.) 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading of  the Telegraph  ( C o n s t r u c t i o n)   (instruction) 
BiU; 

BlUl 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

F  4 

40 

\2th—13^  February. 

1908, 

[No.  m 

Post  Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
B l l L 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Landholders 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Land  Values 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

'Children  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  12.] 
Thursday,  13th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E B S. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order 62 
complied 
with.) 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 
Army 
Estimates, 
1908-9. 

No.  49. 

Army 
(Ordnanoe 
Factories) 
Estimate, 
1908-9. 

No. 50. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1899. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
the 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
following  Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading 
thereof,  Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

in  the  case  of 

Macclesfield  and  District Tramways  (Aban-

donment)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

The  Margate  Corporation  Bill  was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—  Estimates  of  the  sum 
required  for  die  year  ending  31st  March  1909 
for the  Effective  and  Non-effective  Services  of 
the  Army. 

Estimate  of  the  sum  required  for  the  year 
ending  31st  March  1909  to  defray  the  expense 
of the  Ordnance  Factories. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimates  be  referred 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  — 
Copv  of  Order  made  by  the  Town  Council  of 
the  feorough  of  Taunton  under the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours  of  closing  for certain  classes  of  Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  after  conferring  with  the  Chairman  of 
Committees  of  the  House  of  Lords,  for  the 
in  which  House  of 

Jurpose  of  determining 

'arliament 

the  respective  Bills  under 

the 

Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
they  had 
1899,  should  be 
determined 
following  Bills  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  viz.:— 

first  considered, 

that  the 

Leith  Burgh. 
North  British  and  Mercantile 
(Ocean  Marine 

Company 
Transfer,  &c.). 

Insurance 
Insurance 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Claude  Hay,  supported  by  Sir  Arthur  Nurses 

Bignold,  presented  a  Bill  to  regulate  the  quali- Registration 
fications  and  registration  of  trained  Nurses 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  78. 

Bill. 

Mr.  Hills,  supported  by  Mr.  Beale,  Mr.  Buck-*  Conveyancing 

master,  Mr.  Cave,  and  Mr.  Miehlem,  presented  a 
Bill  to  amend  the  Conveyancing  and  Law  of 
Property  Act,  1881  : And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Thursday  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

BiU 79. 

Mr.  Hills,  supported  by  Mr.  Beale,  Mr. Buck-  Settled  Land 

master,  and  Mr.  Micklem,  presented  a  Bill  to  B i Ul. ll   an 
amend  the  Settled  Land  Acts,  1882  to  1890:  Bill  80. 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Sir  Walter  Foster,  supported  by  Sir  Alfred  Pensions (Old 

Thomas,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  Pensions  -Age) Bill, 
for poor persons  over  the  age  of  sixty-five years: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Thursday  the  27th  day of  this  instant 
February;  and to  be  printed. 

Sir  Walter  Foster,  supported  by  Sir  Francis  Housing of 

Charming,  Mr.  Soames,  Mr.  Hart-Davies,  and Working 
Mr.  Nicholls,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  AmenlLient 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  Acts,  and BiiL 
otherwise  to  facilitate  the  building of  Houses  for  Bill 82. 
the  Working  Classes in  rural  districts:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
February  :  and  to be  printed. 

Mr.  Gwynn,  supported  by  Mr.  Clancy,  Mr.  Ferries 

John  Roche,  Mr.  Duffy,  Mr.  O'Malley,  Mr.  ( M a n d)   Bill. 
Hazleton,  and  Mr. Fetherstonhaugh,  presented  a 
Bill  to  confer  on  County  Councils  in  Ireland  the 
power  to  establish  and maintain  Ferries,  and  for 
other  purposes  connected  therewith:  And  the 
same  was ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and to  be printed. 

i 

Mr.  Thome,  supported  by  Mr.  0 'G r a d y,  Mr.  Luggasre 
Parker,  Mr.  Jenkins,  Mr.  Gill,  Mr.  Tyson  ^ f n i t i o n> 
-^iu 84 
Wilson,  Mr.  Summerbell,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Frederick  Richards,  presented  a  Bill  to  define 
Luggage  on  Railways  with  respect  to  Bicycles  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  8th  day  of  May  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hedges,  supported  by  Mr.  Brodie,  Mr.  Voters 

Marnham,  Mr,  Micklem,  and  Mr. Rowlands,  pre-
sented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the 
qualification  and  registration  of  Voters,  and  Bill  85. 
for  other  purposes  relating  to  Elections:  And 
the  same was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
instant 
upon  Friday  the  28th  day  of  this 
February  ;  and  to be  printed. 

Sir  Thomas  Roe,  supported  by  Mr.  Godfrey  Prb«n District 

Baring,  Mr.  Rlingworth,  Mr.  Nield,  Mr.  Herbert  p?™®0?. . 
Roberts,  and  Mr.  Luke  White,  presented  a  Bill  k n ^* 
to  enable  Urban  District  Councils  to  advertise 
the  attractions  and advantages  of  their  districts: 

BiU 86. 

No.  8.]  8  E m v.   YII. 

7 th—10 th February. 

And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Thursday  the  2nd  day  of  April  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  87. 

Mr.  Arthur  Henderson, 

Local 
supported  by   Mr. 
fidmTs^on of  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  George  Roberts,  Mr. 
the Press to  Charles  Duncan,  Mr.  Clynes,  Lord  Robert  Cecil, 
Meetings) Bill.  Mr.  Leif  Jones,  Mr.  Scott,  Mr.  Hodge,  Mr. 
Summerbell,  Sir  John  Randies,  and  Sir  Gilbert 
Parker,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide 
the 
admission  of  representatives  of  the  Press  to  the 
meetings  of  certain  Local  Authorities  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  10th  day  of  March  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

for 

Business of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill  and  Land 
Values 
(Scotland) 
Bill 
(Allocation  of 
Time.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on the  Motion 
for  the  allocation  of  time  with  respect  to  the 
Small  Landholders 
the 
Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill  have  precedence 
this  day  of  the  Business  of  Supply. —  (Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

(Scotland)  Bill  and 

the  case  of 

The  Order of the  day  being read,  for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  12th  day  of  this  instant  February, 
the  Small  Landholders 
That  in 
(Scotland)  Bill  and the  Land  Values  (Scotland) 
Bill  the  Committee  on  the  Financial  Resolution 
(if  any)  relating  to  the  Bill  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  been  set  up,  as  required  by  the  Standing 
Orders  of  the  House,  and  the  Second  Beading, 
Committee  stage,  and  Report  stage  of  the  Bill 
(including  the  Financial  Resolution  (if  any) 
relating  thereto),  and  the  Third  Reading  of  the 
Bill,  shall  be  proceeded  with  in  the  following 
manner:— 

(a)  The  Committee  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  to  the  Bill 
and  the  Second  Reading  of  the  Bill  shall 
be  proceeded  with  and  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  the  first  allotted  day;  and 
the  Bill  shall,  when 
it  has  been  read 
a  second  time,  stand  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  without 
Question  put; 

(b)  The  Report  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  and  the  Committee 
stage  of  the  Bill,  and, if  the  Bill  is  not 
amended  in  Committee,  the  Report  of  the 
Bill  to  the  House, and  the  Third  Reading 
of  the  Bill,  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
brought  to  a  conclusion  on  the  second 
allotted  day,  and  on  the  conclusion  of  the 
consideration  of  the  Bill  in  Committee 
the  Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the 
House  without  Question  put; 

(c)  If  the  Bill  is  amended  in  Committee 
the  Report  stage  and  the  Third  Reading 
of  the  Bill  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
brought 
third 
allotted  day: 

to  a  conclusion  on  a 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  (other  than  Friday)  shall  be  considered  an 
allotted  day  for  the  purposes  of  this  Order  on 
which  the  Bill  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of 
the  day,  or  on  which  any  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  thereto  is  put  down 
as  first  Order  of  the  day,  followed  by  the  Bill : 
On  any  allotted  day  on  which  Proceedings 
on  any  Business  allotted  to  that  day  are  to  be 
brought  to a conclusion  the Speaker or Chairman 
shall,  at  10.30  p.m.  if  the  day  is  one  on  which 
Government  Business  has  precedence  after 
8.15  p.m.,  and  at  7.45  p.m.  if  the  day  is  one  on 
which  Government  Business  has  not  precedence 
after  8.15  p.m.  (if  those  Proceedings  have  not 
to  a  conclusion),  put 
already  been  brought 
forthwith  the  Question  on  any  Amendment  or 
Motion  already  proposed  from  the  Chair,  and 

VOL.  163. 

41 
shall  next  proceed  successively  to  put  forthwith 
the  Question  on  any  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government  of  which  notice  has  been  given,  but 
no  other  Amendments,  and  on  any  Question 
the  Business  to  be 
necessary  to  dispose  of 
concluded,  and  in 
the  case  of  Government 
Amendments  or of  Government  new  Clauses  or 
Schedules  he  shall  put  only  the  Question  .that 
the  Amendment  be  made,  or that  the  Clause  or 
Schedule  be added  to  the  Bill,  as  the  case  may 
be,  and  on  the  Committee  stage  of  the  Bill  the 
Chairman,  in  the  case  of  a  series  of  Clauses  to 
which  no  notice  of  Amendment  has  been  given 
by  the  Government,  shall  put  the  Question  that 
those  Clauses  stand  part  of  the  Bill  without 
putting  the  Question  separately  as  respects  each 
Clause  : 

Proceedings  to  which  this  Order  relates  shall 
not,  on  any  day  on  which  any  Proceedings  or 
Business  are  to  be brought  to  a conclusion  under 
this  Order,  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions 
of  any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings 
of  the  House  : 

In  the  case  of  an  allotted  day  being  a  day  on 
which  Government  Business  has  not  precedence 
after  8.15  p.m. the  time at  which the  Proceedings 
or  Business  to  be  brought  to  a conclusion  are  so 
brought  to  a conclusion  shall, if  that time is  later 
than  a  quarter  past  Eight,  be  substituted,  for 
the  purposes  of  Standing  Orders  relating  to 
the  precedence  of  Business  at  different  Sittings 
and  to  the  time  for  taking  Private  Business,  for 
8.15  p.m.: 

On  an  allotted  day  no  dilatory  Motion  on  the 
Bill,  nor  Motion  to  recommit  the  Bill,  nor 
Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing  Order 
10,  nor  Motion  to  postpone  a  Clause,  shall  be 
received  unless  moved  by  a  Minister  of  the 
Crown,  and  the  Question  on  any  such  Motion 
shall  be  put  forthwith  without  any  Debate  : 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  a  day  being  allotted 
to  any  such  Business  if  the  Business  to 
be  concluded  has  been  otherwise  disposed 
of  5  or 

(b)  prevent  any  other  Business  being 
proceeded  with  on  an  allotted  day 
in 
accordance  with  the  Standing  Orders  of 
the  House  after  the  Business 
to  be 
concluded  on  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of 

—(Sir  Henry  Campbell-Banner  man) ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and 
adding  the  words  " this  House  declines  further 
to  curtail  its  liberty  of  discussion  until  the 
Government  have  laid  upon  the  Table  of  the 
House  their  general  scheme  for  dealing  with 
Bills  involving  matters  of  controversy  "—(Mr. 
Henry  Forster),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words" 

" in  the  case  of " stand  part  of  the  Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to. the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Whiteley, 

Teas, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease: 
Tellers  for  the ("Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative, 

a 

1 
J 
adj-
1  „„ 
J 

IWi  February. 

[No.  12. 

1908. 
(c)  If  the  Bill  is  amended  in  Committee 
the  Report  stage  and  the  Third  Reading 
of  the  Bill  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
brought  to  a  conclusion  on  a  third 
allotted  day. 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  (other  than  Friday)  shall  be  considered  an 
allotted  day  for  the  purposes  of  this  Order  on 
which  the  Bill  is  put  down  as the  first  Order of 
the  day,  or on  which  any  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  thereto  is  put  down 
as  first  Order  of  the  day, followed  by  the  Bill. 

On any  allotted  day  on  which  Proceedings  on 
any  Business  allotted  to  that  day  are  to  be 
brought  to  a conclusion  the  Speaker  or  Chair-
man  shall,  at  10.30  p.m.  if  the  day  is  one  on 
which  Government  Business  has  precedence 
after  8.15  p.m.,  and  at  7.45  p.m.  if  the  day  is 
one  on  which  Government  Business  has  not 
precedence  after  8.15  p.m.  (if  those  Proceedings 
have  not  already  been  brought  to  a  conclusion), 
put forthwith  the  Question  on  any  Amendment 
or  Motion  already  proposed  from  the  Chair, 
and  shall  next  proceed  successively  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  any  Amendments 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  has 
been  given,  but  no  other  Amendments,  and  on 
any  Question  necessary 
the 
Business  to  be  concluded,  and  in  the  case  of 
Government  Amendments  or  of  Government 
new  Clauses  or  Schedules  he  shall  put  only  the 
Question  that  the  Amendment  be made,  or that 
the  Clause  or  Schedule  be  added  to  the  Bill,  as 
the  case  may  be,  and on  the  Committee  stage  of 
the  Bill  the  Chairman,  in  the  case  of  a series  of 
Clauses  to  which  no  notice  of  Amendment  has 
been  given  by  the  Government,  shall  put  the 
Question  that  those  Clauses  stand  part  of  the 
Bill  without  putting  the  Question  separately  as 
respects  each  Clause. 

to  dispose  of 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr. Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Arid the Main  Question being  again proposed : 

—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be  now  put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his 
assent,  and declined  then  to  put  that  Question : 
—Then  the  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Question,  in  1. 7,  by  leaving  out 
from the  second  word  " the " to  the  end  of  1. 22, 
and inserting the  words  " manner  prescribed  by a 
Select  Committee" — (Lord  Robert  Cecil),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 

left  out  stand  part  of 

proposed  to  be 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Nces  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the 1 Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 
Tellers  for the/Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

| 
J 
\ 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury  :  J 

Noes, 

^ 

^ 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question being again proposed: 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  rose in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be now  put. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

And  the  Question being  put,  That  the  Ques-
tion  be  now  put:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

l_Mr. Joseph Pease : 
Tellers  for the J Viscount  Valentia, 
I. Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Noes, 

So it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

j- 331. 
\ 
J 

84. 

Proceedings  to  which  this  Order  relates  shall 
not,  on  any  day  on  which  any  Proceedings  or 
Business  are  to  be  brought  to  a  conclusion 
interrupted  under  the 
under  this  Order,  be 
provisions  of  any  Standing  Order  relating  to 
the  Sittings  of the  House. 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of 

the  Small 
Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  and  the  Land 
Values  (Scotland)  Bill  the  Committee  on  the 
Financial  Resolution  (if  any)  relating  to  the 
Bill  shall  be  deemed  to  hare  been  set  up,  as 
required  by  the  Standing  Orders  of  the  House, 
and  the  Second  Reading,  Committee  stage,  and 
Report stage of the  Bill  (including  the Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  thereto),  and  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Bill,  shall  be  proceeded 
with  in the following  manner  :— 

(a)  The  Committee  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  relating  to  the  Bill 
and  the  Second  Reading  of 
the  Bill 
shall  be  proceeded  with  and  brought  to 
a  conclusion  on  the  first  allotted  day  ; 
and the  Bill  shall, when  it  has been  read 
a  second  time,  stand  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  without 
Question  put; 

(b)  The  Report  stage  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  (if  any)  and  the  Committee 
stage  of  the  Bill,  and, if  the  Bill  is  not 
amended  in  Committee,  the  Report  of 
the  Bill  to  the  House,  and  the  Third 
Reading  of  the  Bill,  shall  be  proceeded 
with  and  brought  to  a conclusion  on  the 
second  allotted  day,  and  on  the  con-
clusion  of  the  consideration  of  the  Bill  in 
Committee  the  Chairman  shall  report  the 
Bill  to  the  House  without  Question  put; 

In  the  case  of  an allotted  day  being  a day  on 
which  Government  Business  has  not  precedence 
after 8.15  p.m.  the  time  at  which  the  Proceed-
ings  or  Business  to  be  brought  to  a  conclusion 
are  so brought  to  a conclusion  shall,  if  that  time 
is  later than  a quarter past Eight, be substituted, 
for the  purposes  of  Standing  Orders  relating  to 
the  precedence  of  Business  at  different.  Sittings 
and to the  time  for taking  Private  Business,  for 
8.15  p.m. 

On an  allotted  day  no dilatory  Motion  on  the 
Bill,  nor  Motion 
to  recommit  the  Bill,  nor 
Motion  for Adjournment  under  Standing  Order 
10,  nor  Motion  to  postpone  a  Clause,  shall  be 
received  unless  moved  by  a  Minister  of  the 
Crown,  and  the  Question  on  any  such  Motion 
shall  be put  forthwith  without  any  Debate. 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall—• 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  a  day  being  allotted 
to  any  such  Business  if  the  Business  to 
be  concluded  has  been  otherwise  disposed 
of;  or 

(b)  prevent  any  other  Business  being 
proceeded  with  on  an  allotted  day  in 
accordance  with  the  Standing  Orders  of 
the  House  „  after  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  on  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of. 

Vdlh—lUh  February. 

43 

No. 12.]  8  EDW.  YIT. 
Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon the  11th  day of this  instant  February,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in 
the  First  of  the  Resolutions  which  were  then 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Supply [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  11th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  were  reported  from the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply  [11th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day  being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  11th  day  of this instant  February; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Telegraph 
(Construction) Second  Reading of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Landholders 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Land Values 
(Scotland) 
B,1L 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

[No.  13.] 

Friday,  IMi  February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented,  Public 

and  read ;  and  ordered  to  lie 

upon  the  ^ition, t 

Table. 

Report. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Army 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—^™P r i a t i on 
Copy  of  the  Appropriation  Account  for  1906-7, 
with  the  Report  of the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon,  and  upon  the  Store  Accounts 
of  the  Army. 

^ 

Copy  of  Annual  Accounts  of  the  Ordnance Army 

Factories  for  the  year  1906-7,  with  the  Report 
of  the  Comptroller and  Auditor General  thereon. 

Copy  of  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums Army 
granted  by  Parliament  for  the  expense  of  the  i0' 1^ 1"; 6 
Ordnance  Factories,  the  cost  of  the  productions'(Appropriation 
of  which  have  been  charged  to  the  Army, Navy,  Accounts.) 
and  Indian  and  Colonial  Governments,  &c.,  and  No.  53. 
the  Statement  of  the  surpluses  and  deficits 
upon  the  Grants for the  year  ended  3lst  March 
1907  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comp-
troller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Copy of  Annual  Accounts  of  the  Royal  Army Army 

Clothing  Factory  for  the  year  1906-7,  with  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

54 

Account  prepared  by  the  War  Office  under  Military 
the  provisions  of  the  Military  Works  Acts,  ^ q ? 8, ^ 8' 
1897,  1899,  1901,  and  1903,  showing  the  amount  1901; and 
expended  and  borrowed  and  the 
created  under  the  Acts,  for  the  year  ended  No.  55. 
31st  March  1907  ;  together  with  the  Report  of 
the  Comptroller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

securities 1903. 

Account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditure  of  Chelsea 

the  Commissioners  of  Chelsea  Hospital  (for 
services  other  than  those  voted  by  Parliament)  Money and 
in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  t he   Legacy 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

N o- 5 6' 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ; and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson  presented,  pursuant  Greenwich 
to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  ^vStf  ^ 
—Accounts  of  the  receipts  and  expenditure  of Foundation, 
the capital  and  of  the  income  derived  from  the 
j^o. 57. 
lands  and  other  property  held  for  the  benefit  of 
Greenwich  Hospital,  and  the  Foundation  of 
Samuel  Travers,  Esquire,  for the  year  ended  on 
31st  March  1907 ;  together  with  the  Report  of 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

upon  Monday  next. 

.Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Whiteley):—It  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Vol..  163. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 

Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  46 
(Northern  Nigeria,  Report  of  the  Results  of  the laneous") 
Mineral  Survey,  1904-5,  by  Professor  Wynd-
ham  R.  Dunstan,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  Director  of 
the  Imperial  Institute). 

Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  47  (Northern  Colonial 
Nigeria,  Report  on  the  Results  of  the  Mineral Reports 
Survey,  1905-6,  by  Professor  Wyndham  R.  f ™^ 
Dunstan,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  Director  of  the 
Imperial  Institute). 

Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  48  (Nyasaland  Colonial 
Protectorate,  Report  on  the  Results  of  the  ?,ePort,8 
Mineral Survey,  1906-7, by  Professor Wyndham LneousO 

G  2 

14:th—11 th  February. 

1908. 

[No. 13. 

R.  Dunstan,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  Director  of  the 
Imperial  Institute). 

Ordered,  That the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception— 
Substitution of 
another  Day 
for Saturday.) 

Polling 
Districts 
(County Of 
Stafford.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  dated  26th 
December  1907,  in  pursuance  of  the  Factory 
and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  as  amended  by  the 
Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1907,  revoking  a 
previous  Order  and  granting  a  special  excep-
tion,  authorising  the  occupiers  of  certain  classes 
of  Factories  and  Workshops  to  substitute  some 
other day  for  Saturday  as  the  weekly  short  day. 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Stafford,  altering  the  Chase  Town 
Polling  District  of  the  Lichfield  Parliamentary 
Division  and  constituting a new Polling  District, 
to  be  called  the  Chase  Terrace  Polling  District 
of  the  Lichfield  Parliamentary  Division. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 

Pauperism 
Wales?110'and  d a t ed   t ] ie   1 2 th   d a jr   of   t h is   i l l s h m t  February,  for 
(Monthly 
Statements.)  Wales)  (Monthly  Statements). 

a  Return  relative  to  Pauperism  (England  and 

No.  58. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ecclesiastical 
Disorders Bill. 

Closure 
claimed, but 
Mr. Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr. Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Disorders 
Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  " no  Bill  will  provide  an  effective 
remedy 
the 
for  Ecclesiastical  Disorders 
Church  of  England  which  does  not  make  pro-
vision  for  the  separation  of  the  Church  from 
the  State,  and  confer  upon  the  Church,  thus 
liberated 
from  State  control,  the  power  to 
regulate  its  own  affairs "—(Mr.  Masterman),— 
instead  thereof. 

in 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question :—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

Mr.  MlArthur  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 
to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined 
then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  House 
resumed  the  Debate. 

Mr.  M*Arthur  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 
to  move.  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined 
then  to  put  that  Qtfestion:—Then  the  House 
resumed  the  Debate. 

Mr.  Austin  Taylor  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question  :—Then  the 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

Licensed 
Premises 
W cW  
Bill- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Licensed  Premises 

Second  Reading  of 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Feus ahd 

Second  Reading  of 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

the  Feus  and  Building 

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time  Btn-

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Law of 
Second  Reading  of the  Law  of  Distress  Amend-  Distress 
,  t.-n 
ment  Bill; 
"  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Wednesday  next. 

° 

Amendment 
Bmi 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers Woiiew 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill;  

Charg")  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the police 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  Superannua-
B i l l;  

tion  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Mr  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)-.—And  the 
said  Motion  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of  (Provision of 
f s ^ L d)   ' 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Bill, 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Daylight 

Second  Reading  of the  Daylight  Saving  Bill; 

Saving BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order of  t he  day being read, for resuming  .Ejections and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Registration 
upon  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was  $i°ndon) 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time ; 

0?v/er«/, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then  four 
minutes  after  Five  of 
till 
Monday  next. 

the  clock, 

[No.  14.] 
Monday,  17th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Beport  Private  Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  (Standing 

for  Private  Bills,  That 
following  Bills,  referred  on  the  First,  Reading  with.) 
thereof,  Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

the  case  of  the 

in 

Draycott  Gas  Bill. 
Gosport  Gas  Bill. 
North  Eastern  Railway  Bill. 
Hull  and  Harnsley  Railway  Bill. 
Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Bill. 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read a second "time. 

"NO. 14.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

17th  February. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order  63 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof. 
Standing  Order  63  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Garw  and 
Ogmore Gas 
Bill. 

Great  Eastern 
Bailway 
(General 
Powere)  Bill. 
Nottingham-
shire  and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
Bill. 

South West 
Suburban 
Water  Bill. 

Swinton  and 
Mexborough 
Gas  Bill. 

Belfast 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Southwell  District  Gas  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

The  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Great Eastern Railway  (General  Powers) 

Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Nottinghamshire  and  Derbyshire  Tram-
ways  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted. 

Ordered,  That  the  South  West  Suburban 
Water  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
the  2nd  day  of  March  next. 

Q 

The  Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas  Bill  was 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
February,  at  a quarter  of  an hour  after  Eight  of 
the  clock. 

Finchley 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Urban  District  Second  Reading  of  the  Finchley  Urban  District 
Council  BUI.  Council  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Leicester  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(General  Powers)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

thousand  nine  hundred  and 

45 
of  a  fund  bequeathed  by  the  late  Mr.  Yincen 
Stuckey  Lean,  consisting  at  the  present  time  of 
three 
fifty-four 
pounds  nineteen  shillings  and  five  pence  Stock 
in  Local  Loans;  and  also  of  a  fund  bequeathed 
by the  late  Mr. Charles Drury  Edward  Fortnum, 
invested  in  Metropolitan  Consolidated  Three 
and  a  half  per  Cents,  amounting  at  the  present 
time to seven  thousand eight hundred and twenty-
four  pounds  eight  shillings  and  seven  pence 
Stock;  that 
is  necessarily 
the  establishment 
attended  with  an  expense  far  beyond  the  annual 
produce  of  the  above-mentioned  sums,  and  the 
trust  cannot with  benefit to  the  public  be carried 
on  without  the  aid  of  Parliament  ;  and  praying 
the  House  to  grant  them  such  further  support 
towards  enabling  them  to  carry  on the  execution 
of  the  trust  reposed  in  them  by  Parliament  for 
the  general  benefit  of  learning  and  useful  know-
ledge  as  to the  House  shall  seem  meet. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Petition  be  referred 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Lighthouse 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  ^ f g f ™" 
Royal  Commission  on  Lighthouse  Adminis-  CommiSon.) 
tration.  Vol.  II.  Minutes  of  Evidence,  with 
Appendices  and  Index. 

v 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
Parliament, — Copy  of  Order  made  by 
the 
Town  Council  of  the  Borough  of  Darlington 
under  the  Shop  Hours Act,  1904,  and  confirmed 
by 
for  the  Home 
Department,  fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for 
certain  classes  of  Shops  within  the  borough. 

the  Secretary  of  State 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  190i. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  dated  26th 
December  1907,  in  pursuance  of  section  36  of 
the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  as 
amended  by  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act, 
1907,  granting  to  certain  Factories  and  Work-
shops  a  special  exception  as  to  the  period  of 
employment  for  women  and  young  persons,  and 
revoking  the  Order  of  24th  July  1906. 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception— 
Employment 
between  9 a.m. 
and 9  p.m.) 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  of Factory  and 

bt 
factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  as  Departments^— 

State  for  the  Home  Department,  dated  26th  Workshop 
December  1907,  in  pursuance  of  section  151  of  f ^^ 
the 
amended  by  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  Period of 
1907,  allowing,  as  regards  Laundries, 
separate  departments  of  work  may  be  treated 
as separate  Factories  or  Workshops. 

that  EmP loyment-> 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Beport. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Beport. 

British 
Museum. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered to  lie  upon the  Table. 

A  Petition  of  the  Trustees  of  the  British 
Museum  being  offered  to  be  presented—(Mr. 
Trevelyan); 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  by  His  Majesty's 
the  House  that  His 
Command,  acquainted 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  contents 
of  the  said  Petition,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of  the  House. 

Then 

the  said  Petition  was  brought  up, 
and  read;  setting  forth,  That  the  only  funds 
belonging  to  the  Petitioners  for  the  support  of 
the  British  Museum  consist  of  thirty  thousand 
pounds  Two and  one-half  per  Cent.  Consolidated 
Annuities,  the  annual  dividends  whereof  amount 
for  1908-9  to  seven  hundred  and  fifty  pounds ; 
of  a bequest  of  the  late  Earl  of  Bridgwater,  the 
annual  proceeds  of  which  amount  to  about  three 
hundred  and  fifty-nine  pounds;  of  a bequest  of 
the  late  Lord  Farnborough,  the  annual  proceeds 
of  which  amount  to  about  seventy-two  pounds ; 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, by  His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  (Annual 
Consular  Report,  Annual  Series,  No.  3958. 
Series.) 

Copy  of  Accession  of  Colombia  to  the  Con-  Treaty  Series 
vention,  signed  at  Geneva,  6 th   July  1906,  for (No. 5,  1908.) 
the 
the  amelioration  of 
Wounded  and  Sick  in  Armies  in  the  Field, 
28th  October  1907. 

the  condition  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant,  to  the  Woods, 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, —- Forests, and 
Abstract  Accounts  of  the  Commissioners  of  His Revenues 
Majesty's  Woods,  Forests,  and  Land  Revenues 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and Auditor  General 
thereon. 

<jg 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-  Superannua-
annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  12th February  1908, t i on   Aot>1884-
declaring  that  Henrv  Judd,  Artificer,  Roval 
G  3 

th—11 th February. 

1908. 

[No.  13. 

46: 
Small  Arms  Factory, Enfield  Lock,  War  Office, 
was  appointed  without  a  Civil  Service  Certifi-
cate  through,  inadvertence  on  the  part  of  the 
head  of  his  Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Woods, 
Forests,  and  Land  Revenues  be  printed. 

University of 
Edinburgh. 
No.  60. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  on  the  state  of  the  Finances  of  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  made  by  the  Univer-
sity  Court  of 
the 
Secretary  for  Scotland  in  terms  of  the  30th 
section of  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889, 
for the  year  ending  31st  August  1907. 

the  said  University 

to 

University  of 
Edinburgh, 
No.  61. 

Copy  of  Annual  Statistical  Report  by  the 
University  Court  of  the  University  of  Edin-
burgh 
to  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  under 
section  30  of  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act, 
1889,  from  1st  October  1906  to  30th  September 
1907. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
N o.   62. 

Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinance,  No. 
X X I.   (Edinburgh,  No.  9)  (Regulations  as  to 
Bursaries,  &c.). 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Shop Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Cnpv  of  Order 
made  by  the  Urban  District  Council  of  Bray 
under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  and  con-
firmed  by  the  Lords  Justices  General  and 
General  Governors  of  Ireland,  providing  for 
the  early  closing  of  certain  Shops  within  the 
urban  district. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
morrow,  the  Tobacco  Growing  (Scotland)  Bill 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  25 th  day  of 
February. 

this 

Bill 88, 

Sir  Henry  Kimber, 

supported  by  Sir  John 
Representation 
of the  People  Bethell,  Mr.  Simon,  Earl  of  Ronaldshay,  Mr. 
Bill: 
David  Thomas,  and  Mr.  Nield,  presented  a  Bill 
to  provide  for  the  better  representation  of  the 
people 
same  wa3 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to  be  printed. 

in  Parliament:  And 

the 

Lights  on 
Vehicles 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  89. 

Home Work 
Regulation 
Bill. 

B i ll   90. 

Mr.  Watt, 

supported  by  Mr.  Gulland,  Sir 
Andrew  Torrance,  Mr.  M'Killop,  and  Mr.  Rose, 
the 
presented  a  Bill 
carrying  of  Lights  by  Vehicles  at  night:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

to  render  compulsory 

Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  supported  by  Mr. 
George  Roberts,  Mr.  Edmund  Lamb,  Sir  Gilbert 
Parker,  Mr.  Wedgwood,  Mr.  Bennett,  Mr.  Pirie, 
Thomas  Corbett,  Mr.  Mitchell-
Mr.  Seddon, 
Thomson,  and  Mr.  Fenwick,  presented  a  Bill  to 
provide  for  the  better  regulation  of  Home 
Industries:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of 
June  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Prosecution  of  Mr.  Attorney  General  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Prosecution  of  Offences  Acts,  1879 
Offences 
1 8 8 4  .  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
(Amendment)  a nd  
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Bill  91. 

Mr.  Hudson,  supported  by  Mr.  Wardle,  Mr. Railways 
J.  W.  Taylor,  Mr.  Summerbell,  Mr.  Thome,  (Eight  Hours) 
Mr.  Joyce,  Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr.  Sheehan,  Mr.  Bllj; 
Curran,  Mr.  Bell,  and  Mr.  Chiozza  Money, 
presented  a Bill  to  provide  for  the  establishment 
of  a  working  day  of  Eight  Hours  for  certain 
grades  employed  in  the  manipulation  of  traffic : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  March 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

J2-

El11 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was AngJo-Bussian 

proposed,  That  this  House,  while  welcoming  Convention, 
the  principle  of  an  agreement  with  Russia  in 
regard  to  Persia,  Afghanistan,  and  Thibet,  is  of 
opinion  that  the  terms  of  the  Convention,  while 
involving  at  several  points  a  material  sacrifice 
of  British  interests,  still  leave  room  for  inter-
national  misunderstandings  of  a  kind which  both 
the  contracting  Powers  desire  to  avoid—(Earl 
Percy)  :—And  the  said  Motion  was,  with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Whiteley)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued 
till  one  minute  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

to  sit 

[No.  15.] 

February  1908. 
Tuesday, 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Macclesfield  and  District  Tramways  Macclesfield 

(Abandonment)  Bill  was  read  a  second  Tramwa^ 

time,  and  committed. 

(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 
The  Holderness  Water  Bill  was,  according  to Hoidemess 
Water  Bill. 

Order,  read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Blackburn 
Second  Reading  of  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Corporation 
B i l l;  

" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland  Electric  Dublin  and 

Power  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  Central 
Ireland 
j 
Electric Power 
second  time,  and  committed. 
Bill.' 

. ..  

j 

, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Greystones 

Second  Reading  of the  Greystones  Gas  B i l l; 

G a s 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next.  1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Liverpool 
Second  Reading  of  the  Liverpool  Corporation  Corporation 
(General  Powers)  B i l l;  
Powers)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Widnes 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l;  

• 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

the  Widnes  Corporation  corporation 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Wolverhampton  Corporation  Bill  was,  Wolver-

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 

. 
c o m m i t t e d.  

' 

* 

Corporation 
Bill. 

No. 15.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

18th  February. 

47 

Divorce Bills.  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  the  Lord 
Advocate,  Mr.  Attorney  General,  Sir  Edward 
Carson,  Mr.  Cave,  Sir  David  Brynmor  Jones, 
Sir John  Kennaway,  Sir  Joseph  Leese,  and  Mr. 
Solicitor  General  were  nominated  Members  of 
the  Select  Committee  on Divorce  Bills.—(Mr. 
Whiteley.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Publio 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Beport. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Inebriate 
Reformatories  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to 
the 
K e n t r ^ o 6 1" S e c r e t a i7   of  State  for  the  Home  Department, 
by  R.   W.  Branthwaite,  Esquire,  M.D.,  D . P . H ., 
His  Majesty's  Inspector  under  the  Inebriates 
Acts,  concerning  an  outbreak  of  Enteric  Fever 
at  Brentry  Certified  Inebriate  Reformatory. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Naval  Works 
Acts,  1895, 
1896,  1897, 
1899,  1901, 
1903,  and 
1905. 

No.  63. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  — 
Account  prepared  by  the  Admiralty  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Naval  Works  Acts,  1895,1896, 
1897,  1899,  1901,  1903,  and  1905,  showing  the 
amount  of  money  issued  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund ;  the  mode  in  which  it  was  provided  ;  the 
amount  and  nature  of  the  securities  created  in 
respect  thereof;  the  amount  of  the  surplus  of 
income  above  expenditure,  for the  financial  year 
ended  31st  March  1896,  set  apart 
the 
Exchequer  Account in  accordance with  section 4 
of  the  Naval  Works  Act,  1896,  and  the  applica-
tion  thereof;  the  amount  of  money  expended  in 
pursuance  of  the  Acts,  and  the  purposes  on 
which that  money  was  expended,  distinguishing 
the  expenditure  under  each  of  the  heads in  the 
Schedule  of  the  Acts,  during  the  year  ended 
the  31st  March  1907  ;  together  with  the  Report 
of  the  Comptroller and Auditor General  thereon. 

in 

National  Debt 
(Military 
Savings 
Banks.) 

No.  64. 

An  Account  of  the  gross  amount  of  all 
moneys  received  and  paid  by the  Commissioners 
for  the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  on 
account  of the Fund for Military  Savings  Banks, 
pursuant  to  the  Military  Savings  Banks  Act, 
1859,  from  the  19th  September  1845  to  the 
5th  January  1908. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

University of 
Aberdeen. 

No.  65. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
0f   Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  University  of 
Aberdeen  for  the  year  ending  30th  September 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Light 
Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented, by His  Majesty's 
Railways  Act,  Command,—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light 
Railway  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Rail-
1896. 
ways  Act,  1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by 
the  Board  of  Trade, authorising the  construction 
of a  Light  Railway  in the County of  Flint,  from 
Dyserth  to  Newmarket  (London  and  North 
(Dyserth  and  Newmarket 
Western  Railway 
Light  Railway)  Order,  1908). 

L i g h t 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Railways Act,  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
1896. 
authorising  the  construction  of  Light  Railways 
in  the  County  of  Salop,  from  Stottesdon  to 
Billingsley  (Stottesdon,  Kinlet,  and  Billingsley 
Light  Railway  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Light 
Railways  Act,  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and modified and confirmed  by  the  Board 
1896. 

VOL.  163. 

of  Trade,  authorising  the  construction  of  a 
Light  Railway  in  the  Parish  and  Rural  District 
of  Catherington,  in  the  County  of  Southampton, 
in  extension  of the  Light  Railway  authorised by 
the  Portsdown  and  Horndean  Light  Railway 
Order,  1898,  and  for  other  purposes  (Portsdown 
and  Horndean  Light  Railway  (Extension,  &c.) 
Order,  1908). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid before this  House  Prices of 
a  Return  giving  the  quantities  of  Coal  exported Exported 
from each  of  the  ports  of  the  United  Kingdom,Uoa1' 
by  quarterly  periods,  in  1907,  at  prices  not 
exceeding  5s.,  above  5s.  but  not  exceeding  6s., 
above  6s.  but  not  exceeding  Is.,  and  so on  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  90  of 
Session  1907).—(Mr.  David  Alfred  Thomas.) 

Ordered, That  there  be laid  before  this  House  Coal  Exports 

a  Return  giving,  for the  year  1907,  the  export&c-
of Coal  from  each  port in  the  United  Kingdom 
to  each country  abroad,  together  with  summary 
Statements  showing  the  export  of  Coal  in  every 
period of  three  months  from  the  principal  dis-
tricts  of  the  United  Kingdom  to  the  principal 
groups  of  foreign  countries;  and  also  showing 
the  quantity  shipped  at  each  port in the  United 
Kingdom  for  snips'  use  on  foreign  voyages 
during  the like  period  (in continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  94  of  Session  1906).—(Mr. 
David  Alfred  Thomas.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this House  British 
an  Account  of  the  income  and  expenditure  of  Museum, 
the  British  Museum  (Special  Trust  Funds)  for 
the  year  ending  the  31st  day  of  March  1908; 
and  Return  of  the  number  of  persons  admitted 
to  visit  the  Museum  and  the  British  Museum 
(Natural  History)  in  each  year  from  1902  to 
1907,  both  years  inclusive;  together  with  a 
Statement  of the  progress  made  in  the  arrange-
ment  and description  of  the  collections,  and  an 
Account  of  objects  added  to  them  in  the  year 
1907.—(Mr.  Trevelyan.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  Carmarthen 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out a new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a  Member  to  writ.1 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Carmarthen (Western  Division),  in  the  room 
of  John  Lloyd  Morgan,  Esquire,  K.C.,  who, 
since  his  Election  for  the  said  county,  hath 
accepted  the  Office of  Recorder  of  the  Borough 
of  Swansea.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

William  Middlebrook,  Esquire,  Member  for  New  Member 

the  Borough  of  Leeds  (South  Division),  was  sworn, 
sworn. 

Mr. Ellis  reported  from the  Select  Committee standing 

on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions;  which Orders, 
were  read,  as follow : 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Camborne  Water,  Camborne 

Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Water, 
the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with;  that  the parties  be  permitted  to  deposit 
their  Petition  for a  Bill. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Lower  Thames Lower 
(Grays)  Dock,  Petition  for  Bill,  the  S t a n d i ng   Thames 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the < G r a y 8)   Dock-
parties  be  permitted  to proceed  with  their  Bill. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Dover  Graving  Dover  (tawing 

Docks,  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  Docks, 
ought  to  be dispensed  with ;  that  the  parties  be 
permitted  to proceed  with  their  Bill. 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Margate  Corpora-  Margate 
tion  Bill,  Petition  for  additional  provision,  the  Corporation 

O  4 

BiU-

48:th— 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with ; 
leave  to  insert  the 
that  the  promoters  have 
additional  provision,  if  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  think  fit. 

11 th  February. 

Hnmber 
Commercial 
Railway  and 
Dock  Bill. 

5.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Humber  Com-
mercial  Railway  and  Dock  Bill,  Petition  for 
dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128  in the  case 
of  the  Petition  of  Grimsby  Rural  District 
Council  against  the  Bill,  the  said  Standing 
Order  ought  to  be dispensed  with. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Bill  93. 

Parliamentary 
Sir  Randal  Cremer,  supported  by  Mr.  Burt, 
Voters 
Mr.  Bell,  Mr.  Cabbold,  Mr.  Fenwic'h,  Mr.  Mad-
B^ufStrat'10n^  dison>  Mr.  Dudley  Ward,  and  Mr.  John Wilson 
(Durham),  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  qualification  and  registration  of 
Parliamentary  Voters,  and  for  other  purposes 
relating to Elections:  And  the same  was  ordered 
to  be read  a second  time upon Thursday the  27th 
day  of this instant February;  and  to  be  printed. 

1908. 

[No. 13. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That  " to the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  " this  House,  while  desirous  of 
increasing  the  number  of  small  owners  and 
occupiers  in  Scotland  wherever  they  are  likely 
to  prosper,  declines  to  proceed  with  a  Bill 
which  establishes  in  the  Lowlands  a  system  of 
land  tenure  alien  to  the  traditions  of  the  people 
and  utterly  unsuited  to  the  conditions  of  agri-
culture "—-(Mr.  Lambton),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to be  left out  stand  part  of  the 
Question:—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  Mr.  Speaker 

Eight  of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded  to Pute 
put  the  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  (pursuant to 
Business  to  be  concluded  this  day  under  the  Order of  the 
Order of the  House  of  the  13th  February. 

House.) 

Privileges. 

Mr.  Attorney  General,  Sir  Henry  Aubrey-
Fletcher,  Mr.  Balfour,  Sir  Henry  Cnmpbell-
Bannerman,  Mr.  Ellis,  Mr.  Swift  MacNeill,  and 
Mr.  John  Wilson  (Durham)  were  nominated 
Members  of the  Committee  of  Privileges. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Small 
Landholders 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself 
j n t o  a  Committee  on  Small  Landholders  (Scot-

[Salaries/fee.] land)  [Salaries,  &c.]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Resolved,  That,  for  carrying  out  the  provi-
sions  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
encourage  the  formation  of  small  Agricultural 
Holdings  in  Scotland,  it  is  expedient  to  autho-
rise— 

(i.)  the  payment  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  of  the  salaries  of  the  Chairman  and 
of  each of  the  other  members of the  Land 
Court; 

(ii.)  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided 

by  Parliament,  of— 

(a)  the  salaries  and  remuneration  of 
the  Agricultural  Commissioners  and 
other  persons  appointed  or  employed 
by  them  and by  the Land  Court, and 
the  expenses  incurred  by  the  Land 
Court  and the  Agricultural  Commis-
sioners  in  the  execution  of  their 
duties  ; 

(b)  an  annual  sum  not  exceeding 
eighty-five thousand  pounds  for  the 
use  of 
the  Agricultural  Commis-
sioners ; 

(c)  compensation  in  certain  cases  to 
members  and  officers of  the  Crofters 
Commission. 

-(Mr.  Sinclair.) 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee  had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill.  ,., 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Landholders 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
left  out  stand  part  of  the 

proposed  to  be 
Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Teas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 
- 

n 

( Mr, Joseph Pease : 
fSir  Alexander  Acland-

1 ellers for the'  Hood 

Noes, 

[Viscount  Valentia : 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Joseph  Pease : 

Sir  A lexander  Acland-
Tellers  for the f Si 
' — 
[Viscount  Valentia : 

Hood, 

Noes, 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

1 3 5 3. 

1 106. 

347. 

} 103. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now read a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of 
the House  of the  13th February,  to a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  for  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land Values 

Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

BUL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for resuming Snpply [loth 

the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question  proposed Fetarau-y] 
upon  the 
l l th   day  of  this  instant  February, 
That  this  House  doth agree  with the  Committee 

• •..•,. 

No.  15.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

18th  February. 

49 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

in  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  which  were  then 
reported  from the  Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  11th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  were  reported from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply  [11th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the day beino read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  Ilth  day  of  this  instant  February  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post  Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
BiU- 
* 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Bank  Bill; 

to-morrow. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill  Division 
(Numbers 
Incorrectly 
reported.) 

in  the  Aye  Division  Lobby, 

Mr. Joseph  Pease  and  Viscount  Valentia,  the 
in  the 
Tellers 
Division  this  day  on  the  Question,  That 
the 
Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  be  now  read 
a  second  time,  came  to  the  Table  and  stated 
that  they  had  erroneously  reported  the  number 
of  the  Ayes  as  247  instead  of  347,  which  was 
the  proper  number: 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  directed  the  Clerk 
to  correct  the  number  in  the  Journal  of  the 
House  accordingly,  Ayes  347,  Noes  103. 

Dundalk 
The  Dundalk  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
Urban  District  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 
Council  Bill,  and  committed. 

Local 
Taxation. 

Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, 
the  present  system  of  Local  Taxation  and  the 
relations  between  Local  and  Imperial  burdens 
demand  the immediate attention of  His  Majesty's 
Government,  with  a  view  to  a  more  equitable 
adjustment  as  between  Local  and  Imperial 
obligations.—(Mr.  Hedges.) 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Act  (1907) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sea Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
tion  Bill; 

Bil1' 

8 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill! 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  S f ^ f 1 0^ 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill;  
Aldermen)0 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time  Bil]-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  Peerage 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  9th  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill;  Protection 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
February. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  t h e  Fp 

o£ 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  ^^u"1011 ° 
(Scotland) 
of  Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU' 

upon  Wednesday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
February. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Daylight 
S a 7 i ns  BiU-

Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the  ° f P e oP le 
People  Bill; 

BlU' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Polling 

Second  Reading  of 
(County  Councils)  Bill; 

the  Polling  Districts 

Councils)  B 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Polling  Arrangements  (Parliamentary  Polling 

Boroughs)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read fP™£f! ments 
a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  mentary 
Committee. 

Boroughs) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being read,  for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate on the  Amendment which,  Disorders  Bill, 
upon the  14th  day  of  this instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

till  to-morrow. 

H 

50 

ISfh—lidiii  Mbrmty. 

. 

[No.  16. 

The  Order  of  the day befog read, for  resuming 
Elections  and 
Registration 
the  adjourned Debate  on the Amendment  which, 
(London)  Bill.  u p (m   t h e  7th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a second  time ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

,[No.  1'6.] 

Wednesday, 19th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

till  to-morrow. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Workmen's 
Insurance 
(Germany.) 

Public 
Petitions. 

Ordered,  That there  be laid  before this House 
a Return  showing,  in  terms  of  English  money, 
j-]ie  l at e st   available  annual  Statement with  refer-
" ence  to  Workmen's  Insurance  in  the  German 
Empire  against  (1)  sickness,  and  (2)  invalidity 
and  old  age ;  giving  in each  of  the  above  classes 
of  Insurance  (1)  the  number  of  persons  insured, 
(2)  the  number  compensated,  (3)  receipts  from 
all  sources,  (4)  contributions  from  employers, 
contributions  from employees,  contributions from 
the  State,  (5)  amount  of  expenses  incurred,  (6) 
amount  of  accumulated  funds,  and  (7)  average 
compensation  per  case.—(Mr.  Lewis  Haslam.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  Petitions 
presented  to  the  House,  with  the  exception  of 
such  as  relate  to  Private  Bills;  and  that  such 
Committee  do  classify  and  prepare  abstracts  of 
the  same,  in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall 
a,ppear  to  them  best  suited  to  convey  to  the 
House  air requisite  information  respecting  their 
contents,  and  do  report  the  same  from  time  to 
time  to  the  House ;  and  that  the  Reports  of  the 
in  respect  of  each 
Committee  do  set  forth, 
Petition,  the  number  of  signatures  which  are 
accompanied by addresses,  and  which  are  written 
on sheets  headed  in  every  case  by  the  prayer  of 
the  Petition  ;  provided  that  on  every  separate 
sheet after the first the prayer may be reproduced 
in  print  or  by  other  mechanical  process  :— 
And  that  such  Committee  have  power  to  direct 
the  printing  in  extenso  of  such  Petitions,  or 
of  such  parts  of  Petitions,  as  shall, appear  to 
require  it  :—And  that  such  Committee  have 
power  to  report  their  opinion  and  observations 
thereupon  to  the  House. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Mr.  Edward  Barry,  Mr.  Burt,  Mr.  Charles 
Craig,  Mr.  Ellis  Griffith,  Mr.  Leicester  Harms-
worth,  Mr.  Henniker  Heaton,  Colonel  Kenyon-
Slaney,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  Mr.  Wynford 
Philipps,  Mr.  Agar-Robartes,  Mr.  Charles  Shaw, 
Lord  Willoughby  de  Eresby,  Mr.  Wills,  and 
Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

In  pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  1 

(Sittings  of the  House)  I  hereby  nominate— 

The  Right  Honourable  Charles  Beilby 

Stuart-  Wortley, 
Sir  William  Holland, 
Mr.  Charles  Fenwick,  . 
Mr. Alfred  Hutton,  and 
Mr.  Patrick  Joseph  Power 

to  act during  this  Session as temporary  Chairmen 
of  Committees  when  requested  by  the  Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 
Speaker. 

18th  February  1908. 

A Bill  for  conferring  further  powers  on  the Tyne 

Tyne  Improvement  Commissioners  in  refer-  Improvement 

ence  to  dredging  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time ; and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, Madras 

itself  into  a  Committee  to Company 
to-morrow,  resolve 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  the  (Purchase) 
Revenues  of  India,  of  any  Annuities  created Bill 
under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  provide  [Annuities.] 
for  the  vesting  of  the  undertaking of the  Madras 
Railway  Company  in  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
Council  of  India,  and  of  any  costs,  charges,  and 
expenses  incurred under  such Act—(Mr.  Sydney 
Buxton); 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,  acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Several Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

,  yide^First 
Report. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Census of 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906.  • 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-Committals 
tions of  an  Act of Parliament,—Copy  of  Returns  ( I r e l a n d^ 
from  the  Clerks  of  the  Crown  and  Peace  in 
Ireland  of  the  number  of  persons  committed  for 
Trial  in  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  „ Advocate  presented,  by  His Rivers 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Joint  Report,  p^vention 
dated  22nd  October  1907,  to  the  Secretary  for Act and 
Scotland  and.-  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Public  Health 
Scotland,  on the  Pollution  of  the  River  Leven  (^ o t l a n d) 
(Dumbartonshire),  by  Mr.  W.  S.  Curphey, 
Inspector  under  the  Rivers  Pollution  Prevention 
Acts,  and  Dr.  Dittmar,  Medical  Inspector  to 
the  Local  Government  Board  for  Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr,  Edmund  Robertson  presented,  by  His  Navy  (Battle 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Result  of  Battle  Practlcc' ) 
Practice  in  His  Majesty's  Fleet,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Bridlington 

tions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  the  Piers  and 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— Abstract  Harbonr-
of  the  General  Annual  Account  of  the  Commis-
sioners  of  Bridlington  Piers  and  Harbour  for 
the  year  ending  26th  July  1907. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Land  Registry, 

a  Return  showing  the  work  done  in  the  Land 

Mo. 16 ]  8  E p w.   YII. 

Registry,  in  each  of  the;  years  1906  and  1907, 
respectively,  under  the various  Acts  hereinafter 
mentioned,  namely  z-rr 

1.  Under  the  Land  Transfer  Acts,  1875  and 

1897— 

first 

registered  on 

(a)  T he   number,  value,  and  acreage  (where 
known)  of  estates  the  titles  to  which 
were 
registration 
from  the  1st  day  of  January  1906  to  the 
31st  day  of  December  1907,  showing 
the  numbers  of  estates  registered  with 
absolute,  qualified,  and  possessory  title, 
and  good  leaseholds;  and  also the numbsr 
of  estates  registered  under  the  Small 
Holdings  Act,  1892 ; 

(b)  The  total  number  of  separate  titles  on 
the  register  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907  (i.)  by  first  registration,  (ii.)  by 
subdivision  of  estates  already  registered, 
and 
the  1862 
register; 

(iii.)  by  transfer  from 

(c)  The 

total  number  of  separate.'titles 
which  have  been  removed 
the 
register  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907. 

from 

51 

.^nd  showipg  the  amount  of  fees  received  and 
the  amount  of  Salaries and  expenses  in  the  Land 
Registry  from  the  1st  day  of  April  1906  to  the 
31st  day  of  March  1907,  distinguishing,  for  the 
purposes  of  section  22  of  the  Land  Transfer 
Act,  1897,  the  fees  received  and  salaries  and 
expenses  paid  under  the  Land  Transfer  Acts 
and  the  other  Acts  above  referred 
(in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  276 
of  Session  1906),—(Mr.  Rowlands.) 

to 

7 

Resolved, 

. That 

an  humble  Address  be  Deaths from 

be 

presented  to  His  Majesty,  that  He  will 
graciously  pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  privation 
be 
laid  before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  (London.) 
number  of  Deaths  in  the  Administrative  County 
of  London,  in  the  year  1907,  upon  which  a 
coroner's jury  h$s  returned  a  verdict  of  Death 
from  Starvation,  or  Death  accelerated  by 
Privation  ;  together  with 
observations 
furnished  to  the  Local  Government  Board  by 
boards  of  guardians  with  reference  to  cases 
included  in 
the  Return  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  313  of  Session  1907). 
—(Mr.  Talbot.) 

any 

2.  Under  the  Land  Registry  Act,  1862— 

(a)  The  total  number,  value,  and  acreage 
(where  known)  of  estates  the  titles  to 
which  were  registered  on  first  registra-
tion ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Minute^  of  the  Evidence  Home  Work, 

taken  before  the  Select  Committee  on  Home 
Work  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament  be 
referred 
to  the  Select  Committee  on  Home 
Work. —(Sir  Thomas  Whittaker.) 

(b)  The  total  number  of  separate  titles  on 
the  register  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907  (i.)  by  first  registration, and  (ii.)  by 
subdivision  of  estates  already  registered; 
(c)  The  total  number  of  Separate  titles 
which  had  been 
the 
register  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907  otherwise  than  by  transfer  to  the 
1875  register. 

removed 

from 

3.  Under  both  the  Acts  of  1875  and  1862— 

(a)  The  total  number  of  separate  titles  on 
the  register  on  the  31st  day  of  December 
1907  ; 
(b)  The 

total  number  of 

transactions 
registered  from  the  1st  day  of  January 
1906  to  the  31st  day  of  December  1907, 
showing  the  numbers  of  (i.)  first  regis-
trations  under  the  Acts  of  1875  and 
1897,  (ii.)  conveyances, 
transfers,  and 
transmissions  of  land,  (iii.)  mortgages, 
charges,  further  charges,  and  transfers 
of  mortgages  and  charges,  (iv.)  recon-
veyances  of  mortgages  and  cessation  of 
charges, 
(v.)  leases  and  surrenders  of 
leases,  (vi.)  miscellaneous. 

4.  Under 

the  Mortgage  Debenture  Acts, 
1865  and  1870,  and  the  Improvement  of  Land 
Act,  1864— 

A  statement,  so  far  as  may  be  practicable, 
of  the  nature  and  amount  of  the  work 
done  under  these  Acts  from  the  1st  day 
of  January  1906  to  the  31st  day  of 
December  1907. 

5.  Under  the  Land  Charges  Registration  and 
Searches  Act,  1888,  and  the  Land  Charges  Act, 
1900— 

The number of registrations,  official searches, 
and  ordinary  searches  made  from  the 
,  1st  day  of  January  1906  to  the  31st  day 

of  December  1907. 

6.  Under  the  Middlesex  Registry  Act,  1708, 
and  the  Land  Registry  (Middlesex  Deeds)  Act, 
1 8 9W 

The  number  of  registrations  and  searches 
made  from  the  1st  day  of  January  19061 
to  the  31st  day  of  December  1907. 

VOL.  163, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  folioweth : 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating  to the transfer of Training  Colleges 
in  Scotland;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

Transfer of 
Training 
Colleges 
(Scotland) 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Clyde 
The  Lords  have 
Provisional  Order  under  the Navigation 
Act  to  confirm  a 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  annuation) 
1899,  relating  to  the  Clyde  Navigation; 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

to  Order 

Bill  [Lords.'] 

The  Transfer  of  Training  Colleges  (Scotland)  Transfer of 

Order  Confirmation  Bill 
(under  section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation  ^ojf^j-) 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be  taken  Order 
into  consideration  upon  Friday  next. 

\_Lords]  was  ordered  Training 

Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

1 

•  • J 

The  Clyde  Navigation 

(Superannuation)  Clyde 

Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was 
o r d e r ed   Navigation 
(under  section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation  anaultion) 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be  taken  Order 
into  consideration  upon  Friday  next. 

r 

Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

J 

Sir  John  Tuhe, 

supported  by  Sir  Philip  Prohibition of 

Magnus,  Mr.  Charles  Price,  Mr.  Gulland,  and  Medical  _ 
Sir  William  Collins,  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  companief 
Joint  Stock  Companies from acting as physicians,  Bill, 
surgeons,  or  medical  practitioners:  And  the  Bill  94. 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  3rd  day  of  March  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Leif  Jones,  supported  by  Mr.  Brace,  Public  Health 

Mr.  Helme,  Viscount  Helmsley,  Mr.  M<Crae,  Act (1875) 
ffiZr* 
Mr.  Nicholls,  Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  Mr.  Shackle- 
ton,  Mr.  Soares,  and  Mr.  Luke  White,  presented  Eights)  Bill, 
a  Bill  to  empower  Local  Authorities  to  acquire  Bill  95. 
Water  Rights  otherwise  than  by  agreement; 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read a  second 
time  upon  Monday  the  2nd  day  of  March  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

H  2 

52:th— 

11 th  February. 

1908. 

[No. 13. 

Building 
Mr.  Munro  Ferguson,  supported  by  Mr. 
rs "tL  <n  Lamont,  presented  a  Bill  to  deal  with  Building 
Bil°  n  ' 
and  other  Lands  in  Scotland:  And  the  same 
Bill  96.  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Thursday  the  5th  day  of  March  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Rights  of  Way  Mr. Munro Ferguson, supported by  Sir Thomas 
Glen-Coats,  presented  a Bill  to  amend the Local 
(Scotland) 
Bill  97  Government  (Scotland)  Act,  1894,  with  regard 
to  Rights  of  Way  :  And  the  same  was ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Thursday  the 
5th  day  of  March next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Norses 
Mr.  Munro  Ferguson,  supported  by  Sir  John 
Registration  Dickson-Poynder,  Sir John Kennaway,  Sir George 
2)  ™-  Robertson,  Mr.  Rose,  Mr.  Rainy,  Mr.  Fell,  Mr. 
(No
b
Bill 98.  Crooks,  Dr.  Rutherford,  Mr.  Jowett,  and  Mr. 
•M< Killop,  presented  a  Bill  to  regulate  the  quali-
fications  of  trained  Nurses,  and  to  provide  for 
their  registration  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Thursday  the 
5th  day  of  March next;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Jesse  Collings,  supported  by  Sir  John 
Agricultural 
Elemental- K e n n a w aV>   Mr.  Rothschild,  Sir  Francis  Lowe, 
Schools  BiU.  Mr.  Hunt,  Mr.  Arkwright,  Mr.  Carlile,  and  Mr. 
Bill 99.  Butcher,  presented  a  Bill  to  promote  Agricul-
tural  Education  and  Nature  Study  in  Public 
Elementary  Schools':  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Jesse  Collings,  supported  by  Sir  John 
Purchase  of 
Land 
fEn  land and  ^ennaway,  Mr. Herbert  Roberts,  Colonel  Kenyon-
Wales^Biu!1 Slaney,  Colonel  Lockwood,  Mr.  Gourthope,  Sir 
Bill  100.  Berkeley  Sheffield,  Mr.  Gardner,  Earl  Winterton, 
Mr.  Staveley-Hill,  and  Mr. Pike Pease, presented 
a  Bill  to  provide  facilities  for the  sale  of  Land 
to  occupying  tenants,  and  to  extend  the  system 
of  peasant  proprietary  in  England  and  Wales : 
And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  next;  and  to be  printed. 

Small 
Holdings. 

Mr.  Speaker 
puts  the 
Question 
(pursuant  to 
S.0.  JSTo. 11.) 

Small 
Holdings  Bill. 
BilJ  101. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Small  Holdings  Act,  1892— 
(Mr.  Jesse  Collings) ; 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  v/ho 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  11. 
And  the  Question  was  agreed  to. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Jesse  Collings,  Colonel 
Long,  Mr.  Hunt,  Mr.  Bridgeman,  Mr.  Lane-
Fox,  Mr.  William  Nicholson,  Mr. Arthur  Stanley, 
Mr.  Ellis  Davies,  and  Mr.  Mildmay  do  prepare 
and bring in  the  Bill. 

Mr. Jesse  Collings accordingly  presented a Bill 
to  amend  the  Small  Holdings  Act,  1892 :  And 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
to be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before Mr.  Speaker 

Eight  of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded  to  ^^ 
put  the  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the (pursuant to 
Business  to  be  concluded  this  day  under  the Order of the 
Order of the  House  of  the  13th February. 

House  ) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand  part  of  the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Joseph Pease : 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Harold  Cox, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Everett: 

363. 

99. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now read  a  second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a second 
time,  and  committed,  pursuant  to  the  Order of 
the  House  of  the  13th February,  to a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  for lo-morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for receiving  Small 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  S m a ll   LandhoWers 
Landholders  (Scotland)  [Salaries,  &c.] ; 

[Salaries, &o.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 
Committee on the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  ^ ^^ 
Bill; 

Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   O r d er   of 

t he   d ay   b e i ng   r e a d,   f or   t he   Children  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Supply  [loth 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  llth  day  of  this  instant  February, 
That  this  House  doth agree  with  the  Committee 
in the  First  of  the  Resolutions  which  were  then 
reported  from the  Committee  of  Supply ; 

e p o r' 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for taking  Supply  [loth 

into  consideration  the  Second 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day  of  this  . 
instant  February,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

a nd  

s u b s e q u e nt   ^roary] 

Land Values 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Scotland)  i  Second  Reading  of the  Land  Values  (Scotland) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

And  a  Motiou  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Mr. 
Harold  Cox.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "now"  stand  part  of  the  Question:— 
And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

The Order of the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply  [nth 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of   February] 
the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  February  ; 

epor" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

NO.  16.]  8  EDW.  V I I, 

19th  February. 

53 

Telegraph 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
^Construction)  Sejsond Reading  of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 

The  Order  of 

Ordered.  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post  Office 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of 
BlU- 

Bank  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Post  Office  Savings 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Political 
Funds. 

A  Motion  being made, and the Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  regrets  the  secrecy 
under  which  Political  Funds  are  accumulated 
and  administered,  and  regards  such  secrecy  as 
a  peril  to  its  privileges  and  character—(Mr. 
Belloc); 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Question, in 1. 2,  by  inserting,  after the word 
" administered,"  the  words  " especially  the  way 
in  which  large  sums,  derived  from  the  secret 
funds of  the  Tariff  Reform  League  and  other 
similar  societies,  are  spent  in  electoral  contests 
without  being  returned 
candidates' 
expenses."—(Mr.  Buckmaster.) 

the 

in 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there inserted  :—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon; 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Mr.  Belloc  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 
move,  That  the  Question  be now  put;  but  Mr. 
Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  then 
to  put  that  Question:—Then the House  resumed 
the  Debate. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  proposed  Amendment,  in  1.  2,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  " funds,"  the  words 
"at  the  disposal  of  the  Liberal  Party  or."— 
(Captain  Craig.) 

And the  Question  being  put, That those words 
be there  inserted  in  the  said proposed  Amend-
ment ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trusts  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trusts  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Feus and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Feus  and  B u i l d i ng   Bribing 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon  Wednesday  the  8th day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Law of 
Second  Reading  of the  Law  of  Distress  Amend- Distress 

.  TJ.I, 

° 

ment  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Amendment 
Bil] e 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill;  

Ohtrge")  Bill. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  Corporations 
^ r n e nf 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bm-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Daylight 

Second  Reading  of the  Daylight  Saving  Bill;  

Saving  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Polling 
Second  Reading  of the Polling Districts  ( County  Districts 
Councils)  Billf 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time  Bil1* 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Captain  Craig, 

Yeas, 

I Sir  Frederick  Banbury 

Tellers for the (Mr.  Belloc, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Edmund  Lamb  % 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  D e b a te   on  the  A m e n d m e nt   which,  Disorders BilL 
ujwn the  14th day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

j 

53. 

1 1 5 3. 

And  the Question  being put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Buckmaster, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Soares : 

Tellers for thej Viscount  Morpeth, 
I Mr.  Claude Hay  : 

Noes, 

} } 60. 

So  it  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

proposed  :—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And 

Mr.  Speaker 
it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
interrupts  the  a n (j  objection  being  taken  to  further  proceed-
j ng s  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded  to  interrupt  the 
u  ness. 
Business : 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Whereupon  Colonel  Seely  rose  in  his  place 
and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
p u t;   but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question,  and 
the 
Debate  stood  adjourned. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order of the day being read,  for resuming  Elections  and 

J n 

' 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment which, 
upon the  7th  day  of this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read a  second  time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  seventeen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr, Speaker,  pursuant  to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Polling Arrangements  (Parliamentary 

Boroughs)  Bill. 

H  3 

20til  February. 

1908.  [No. IT. 
A  Bill  to  incorporate  the  Lower  Thames  Lower  Thames 

(Grays)  Dock  Company  ;  to  authorise  an  im- 
provement  of  the  channel  of  the  River  Thames, 
and  the  construction  of  a dock,  a  railway,  and 
other  works in the  Counties  of  Essex  and  Kent, 
and for other purposes,  was  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to be  read  a  second 
time. 

D o c k 

1  " 

[No.  17.] 
Thursday, 20th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

Private  Bills 

Order 62 g 
complied 
with.) 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of the  Examiners of Petitions  for 
'rivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
: 3ills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Derby  Gas  Bill. 
Louth  and  East  Coast  Railway  (Transfer) 

Private  Bills 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills be  read  a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private 
Bills,  That  in  respect  of  the  Bills  comprised  in 
the 
list  reported  by  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means, as intended  to originate  in the  House 
of  Lords,  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with 
in  the 
following  case,  viz.  :— 

Alliance  and  other  Assurance  and  Insur-

ance  Companies. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[ Lords J 

Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for the following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Private Bills 
1[Lords.] 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[Lords.'] 

Alliance  and  other  Assurance  and  Insur-

ance  Companies [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private 
Bills,  That  in  respect  of  the  Bills  introduced 
{mrsuaut to  the  provisions  of  the  Private  Legis-
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and 
ation  Procedure 
which  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  had 
directed  to  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
they  have  certified  that  the  Standing  Orders 
have  been  complied  with  in  the  following  case, 
viz.  :— 

North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Com-
pany (Ocean  Marine  Insurance  Transfer, 
&c.). 

And  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
in  the 

Orders  have  not  been  complied  with 
following  case,  viz.  — 
Leith  Burgh. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Biils,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Leith  Burgh  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Dover Graving  A  Bill  to  authorise 
the  construction  and 
Docks Bill.  maintenance  of  graving  docks  and  quays  and 
other  works  in  connection  therewith  at  Dover, 
in  the  County  of  Kent,  was presented,  and  read 
the  first  time;  and ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

The  House, according to Order,  resolved  itself Madras 
into  a Committee  on  Madras  Railway  Company  q*^*^ 
(Purchase)  [Annuities]. 

(Purchase) 
[Annuities.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  creation  of 
Annuities,  to  be  charged  on  and  payable  out 
of  the  Revenues  of  India,  in  lieu  of  the  sum 
of  money  amounting  to  twelve  million  eight 
hundred  and  nineteen  thousand  five  hundred 
and  fifty-eight  pounds  six  shillings  and  three 
pence,  agreed  upon  for  the  purchase  by  the 
Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of  India  of  the 
undertaking  of  the  Madras  Railway  Company, 
and  the  payment  of  any  costs  and  expenses 
incurred  by  the  said  Secretary  of  State  under 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  for vesting  the 
said  undertaking  in  the  said  Secretary  of  State 
in  Council  of  India,  and  also any  costs,  charges, 
and  expenses  of  obtaining  and  passing  the  said 
Act  not  provided  by  the  surplus  profits  arising 
from  the  said  undertaking  for  the  half-year 
ending  the  31st  day  of  December  1907.—(Sir 
Henry  Fowler.) 

And it  being  Three  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress in  the  matter 
to them  referred ;  and  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy of Regulations and Conditions Education, 
affecting  the  recognition  by  the  Board  of  Edu-
cation  under  section  48  of 
the  Elementary 
Education  Act,  1876,  of  Elementary  Schools  in 
England,  excluding  Wales  and  Monmouthshire 
(being  neither  Public  Elementary  Schools  nor 
Schools  applying  for  recognition  under  any 
other  Act  of  Parliament),  as  Certified  Efficient 
Schools. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic (A1}011?1 
and  Consular  Reports, Annual  Series, Nos.  3959 
and  3960. 

en 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-  Merchandise 
morrow,  the  Merchandise  Marks  Bill  was  read  Marks Bill, 
and discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 
the  28th  day  of 

this 

upon  Friday 
February. 

No.  17.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
Old  Horses  morrow,  the  Exportation  of  Old  Horses  Bil 
Bll!' 

was read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 
the  28th  day  of 

this 

upon  Friday 
February. 

Selection 
(Unopposed 
Committees) 
(Panel.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
t h e  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
selected  the  following  Seven  Members  to  be  the 
Panel  to  serve  on  Unopposed  Bill  Committees 
under  Standing  Order  109  :—Sir  David  Bryn-
mor  Jones,  Mr.  P'aulton,  Lord  Robert  Cecil, 
Mr.  Crombie,  Mr.  Beale,  Mr.  Hills,  and  Mr. 
Mooney. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sale of 
Mr.  Williamson,  supported  by  Mr.  Murray, 
Whisky  Bill.  Mr.  Cathcart  Wason, and  Sir  Andrew  Torrance, 
Bill  102.  presented  a Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  sale  of  Whisky,  and  to  provide  for  the 
marking  of  casks  and  other  vessels  containing 
Whisky:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of 
April  next;  and  to  be  printed; 

Absent Voters  Mr.  Williamson,  supported  by  Mr.  MiCrae, 
Sir  Robert  Ropner,  Major  A nstruther-  Gray, 
Bill  103.  Mr. Havelock  Wilson, Mr.  Rainy,  Mr.  Crombie, 
and  Captain  Waring, presented  a  Bill  to  facili-
tate  the  recording  of  Votes  at  Parliamentary 
Elections  by fishermen, sailors, and other persons 
liable  to  habitual  absence 
from  their  usual 
residence  in  pursuit  of  their  calling  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to be read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Mitchell  -  Thomson, 

Sale of Food 
supported  by  Mr. 
and  Drags 
Younger,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Lamont,  and  Mr. 
^Amendment)  Ra^nlh  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Sale  of 
Food  and  Drugs  Acts,  1875  to  1907  :  And  the 
(Scotland) 
Bil1- 
same  was  ordered  to be  read  a  second  time  upon 

Bill  104.  Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Aged 
Pensioners 
Bill. 

Bill  105. 

Places  of 
Worship 
(Sites)  Bill. 
Bill  106. 

Mr.  Goulding,  supported  by  Mr.  Remnant, 
Mr.  Hay,  Mr. John  William  Wilson,  Sir  William 
Bull,  Mr.  Charles  Craig,  Sir  John  Randies,  and 
to  provide 
Mr.  Courthope,  presented  a  Bill 
Pensions  for  the  aged  deserving  Poor  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  6th  day  of  March  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  David  Davies,  supported  by  Sir  Aljred 
Thomas,  Mr.  Herbert  Roberts,  Mr.  Hay  Morgan, 
Mr.  William  Jones,  and  Mr.  Rees,  presented  a 
Bill  to  provide  for  the  acquisition  of  Sites  for 
Places  of  Worship  by  compulsory  powers  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

Bill  107. 

Mr.  David  Davies,  supported  by  Sir  Alfred 
Thomas,  Mr.  Herbert  Roberts,  Mr.  Hay  Morgan, 
and  Mr.  William  Jones,  presented  a  Bill  to 
enfranchise  Places  of  Worship  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and  to be  printed. 

Public  Offices  Mr.  liar  court  presented  a Bill  to  provide  for 
rifl6? 
the  acquisition  of 
land  for  the  extension  of 
• 
Bill.enS 
certain  Public  Offices  in  Westminster  and  of 
the  Patent  Office, and  for  certain  other  public 
purposes :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read 
a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  next;  and to  be 

Bill  108. 

55 
Mr.  Haworth,  and  Mr.  Beaumont,  presented  a 
Bill  to  alter  the  Law  relating  to  the  descent  of 
Land  upon  an  intestacy  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday 
the  6th  day  of  .April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Business of 
House 

put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  B u s i n e ss  
if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of 
of  Supply, 
the  clock  this  night,  be  not  interrupted  under 
the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House), 
notwithstanding  anything 
in  Standing  Order 
No.  15—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)  ; 

u pp 

The  House  divided, 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 
Tellers  for  the f 

6  Noes* 
' 

(.Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

\ 
J 
Alexander  Acland-  1 
} 
J 

1  H o o d> 
[Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

314. 

73. 

So  it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Coal  Mines 
proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Bill  (Eight  Hours) 
to  amend  the  Coal  Mines  Regulation  Acts,  ^ 
1887  to  1905,  for  the  purpose  of  limiting  hours 
of  work  below  ground  —  (Mr.  Secretary 
Gladstone); 

'' 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a brief  Mr.  Speaker 

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who |!uts  t.he 
made  the  Motion  arid  from  a  Member  who  (pursuant  to 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in s.o. No. 11.) 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  11. 
And  the  Question  was  agreed  to. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  and 
Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  do  prepare  and  bring  in 
the  Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone accordingly presented  Coal  Mines 

a  Bill  to  amend  the  Coal  Mines  R e g u l a t i on  
Acts,  1887  to  1905,  for  the  purpose  of  limiting 
hours  of  work  below  ground  :  And  the  same 
was read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next  ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Honrs) 

JJJH H'Q" 

The  House, according to  Order,  resolved itself  Supply, 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 
Revenue  Departments. 

1.  Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £260,000 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
for  the  Salaries  . aud  Expenses  of  the  Post 
Office, including  Telegraphs  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £259,900  be 
granted  for  the  said  Service  —  (Mr.  Watson 
Rutherford)-.—Debate  arising; 

Mr.  Joseph  Pease  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put. 

Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now  put.  Question  pat 
The  Committee  divided. 
Pa cCur'e 
C
S
"I o n r  of Debate.) 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
J 

I Mr.  Whitley. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Thomas  Corbett, 

.„ 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Fell: 

/ 

Primogeniture  Mr.  Arnold  Herbert, 
Bffl\ 

supported  by  Mr. 
Michlem,  Mr.  Stewart-Smith,  Mr.  Stanger,  Mr. 
Bill  109.  Napier,  Sir  Albert  Spicer,  Mr.  Herbert  Craig, 

Question  put  accordingly,  That  a  sum  not 
exceeding  £259,900  be  granted  for  the  said 
Service. 

VOL.  163. 

H  4 

56 

20th-21st  February. 

[No.  17. 
A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

1 9 0 8.  

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Watson  Rutherford,\ 
J 
I Mr.  Seddon: 
1 
J 

Tellers  for  thef  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

\Uv.  Whitley  x 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Class  III. 

11. 

195. 

put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Joseph Pease)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-seven  minutes 
before  Two  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
this  dav. 

2.  Motion  made, and Question proposed,  That 
a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £5,000 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
for  the  Expenses  of  the  Royal  Irish  Constabu-
lary  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £4,000  be 
granted  for the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Hayden.) 

Question  put. 

Friday,  21 st  February  1908 : 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for thef Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

I.Mr.  Whitley. 

].  63. 

142. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
3.  £6,000  (supplementary sum), the  year end-
ing  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908,  for  the 
Expenses  of  the  Board  of  Education,  including 
a  Grant  in  Aid  of  the  Imperial  College  of 
Science  and  Technology. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

•day. 
'  The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

the  First  Resolution  reported 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  February, 
That  this  House  doth  agree with  the  Committee 
in 
from  the 
Committee  of  Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  That  a  supplementary  sum 
not  exceeding  £100  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, 
to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1908  for  additional  expenditure 
following  Army  Services, 
in  respect  of  the 
viz.:— 

Vote  5.  Yolunteer Corps : Pay, Allowances, 

&c.: 

E  (a).  Grants  for 

the  extinction  of 

Debts 

E (b).  Expenses  of  County Associations 

Less Surpluses  on other  Yotes 

£ 

350,000 
8,000 

358,000 
357,900 

£100 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
And  the  Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
iteport. 

[No.  18.] 

Friday,  21 st February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

F B A I E S S. 

THE   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  Madras 

itself  into  a  Committee  on  Madras  Railway  ® s i l ¥ ,y 

(Purchase) 
[Annuities.] 

. 

Company  (Purchase)  [Annuities]. 
N 
(In  the  Committee.) 
Motion  made,  and  Question  again  proposed, 
That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  creation  of 
Annuities,  to  be  charged  on  and  payable  out  of 
the  Revenues  of  India,  in  lieu  of  the  sum  of 
money amounting to twelve  million eight  hundred 
and  nineteen  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-
eight  pounds  six  shillings  and  three  pence, 
agreed  upon  for  the  purchase  by  the  Secretary 
of  Slate  in  Council  of  India  of  the  undertaking 
of the  Madras  Railway  Company,  and  the  pay-
ment  of  any  costs  and  expenses  incurred  by  the 
said  Secretary  of  State  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  for  vesting  the  said  undertaking 
in  the  said  Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of 
India,  and  also  any  costs,  charges,  and  expenses 
of  obtaining  and  passing 
the  said  Act  not 
provided  by  the  surplus  profits  arising  from 
the  said  undertaking  for  the  half-year  ending 
the  31st  day  of  December  1907.—  (Sir  Henry 
Fowler.) 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  Clyde 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Clyde  Naviga-  Navigation 
tion  (Superannuation)  Order  Confirmation  Bill  annuation) 
[Lords']. 

Order 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Transfer of 

take  into  consideration  the  Transfer  of  Training  Training 
Colleges  (Scotland)  Order  Confirmation  Bill  § £ 2 E d) 
[Lords]. 

Order 

Ordered,  That  the  BUI  be  read  the  third  time  B i l f ^ r ^] 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  :  and  ordered to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

1 

Vide  First 
Beport. 
Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, by  His  Africa 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  further  Cor re- (No-1>  1908-) 
spondence  respecting  the  Independent  State  of 
the  Congo. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

21 st  February. 

57 

No. 18.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Ajrmy 

Mr.  Secretary  Ilaldane  presented,  by  His 

on Estimates!) Majesty's  Command,  —Copy  of  Memorandum 
of  the  Secretary  of  State  relating  to  the  Army 
Estimates  of  1908-9. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

University  of 
Aberdeen. 

No.  66. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  as  to  Statistics  of  the  University  of 
Aberdeen,  under  the  provisions  of  section  30 
of  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889,  from 
1st  October  1906  to  30th  September  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Worcester 
(Western or 
Bewdley 
Division) 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the 
County  of  Worcester  (Western  or  Bewdley 
Division), 
in  the  room  of  Alfred  Baldwin, 
Esquire,  deceased.—(Mr.  Henry  Forster.) 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills  do  examine  the  Public  Offices 
Sites  (Extension)  Bill,  with  respect  to  com-
pliance  with  the  Standing  Orders  relative  to 
Private  Bills. 

Sweated 
Industries 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sweated  Industries  Bill; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months."  —  (Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
t l  now"  stand  part  of  the  Question:—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Home  Work.—(Mr.  Toul-
min.) 

Scottish  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Scottish  Land  Bill; 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And  a  Debate arising thereupon ; 
Sir  Frederick  Banbury  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  tit  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  six  months."—(Sir  John 
Dewar.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand part  of  the  Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Sir  Edward  Tennant, 
(.Sir  Frederick  Banbury 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Whitley. 
So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

VOL.  163. 

44. 

} 
} 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
"upon  this  day  six  months"  be  added  at  the 
end  of  the  Question:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Then  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  this  day  six  months. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  ^otland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The Police  Superannuation Bill  was,  according  Police  Super-

to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  animation 
a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police Super-
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation a^uation^ 
(Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

t he   Settled  Laud 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensed 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  P r e m i s es   Premises 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

^ C l o s i ng 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Bin. 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 

Second  Reading  of the  Small  Holdings  Bill;  

Holdings 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  C o r p o r a t i o ns  Oorpowtioms 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Aldermen) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time  BiU-

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for  resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  Disorders Bill, 
upon  the  14th day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The Order of  the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply  [20th 

the  Report  from the  Committee  of  Supply of  the  February] 
20th  day  of this  instant  February  ; 

Beport-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

58 

2lst—kl±th  February. 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

[No.  18. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  1 lt.h  day  of  this 
instant  February,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply  [ l l th 
February] 
Report. 

The Order of the day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from the  Committee of  Supply  of  the 
llth  day  of  this instant  February  ; 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
ten minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  19.] 
Monday,  24th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

P R A T E R S. 

Monday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Land  Values 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the  Land Values  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Small 
Landholders 
W W *]   Landholders  (Scotland)  [Salaries,  &c.] ; 

The Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Small 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Small 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Landholders  Committee on the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland) 
^Scotland) 

B i n 

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Telegraph 
(Construction)  Second  Reading of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post  Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
BiU- 

Bank  Bill; 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from one  of  the Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following complied 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  with.) 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.  :— 

Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  ordeVnot 
for the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  have  complied 
not  been  complied  with,  viz.  : — 
London  United  Tramways. 

with.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  [-&"•<£».] 
Bills,  That in respect  of  the  Bills  comprised  in 
the  list  reported  by  the  Chairman  of Ways  and 
Means,  as intended  to  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with  in  the 
following  cases,  viz.:— 

Croydon  and  Southern  Districts  Tramways. 
West  London,  Barnes,  and  Richmond 

Tramways. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for Petitions 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petitions [standing 
for the following  Bills, originating  in the  Lords,  Orders  not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied ^1
with,  viz.  : — 

piie<i 

h

Croydon  and  Southern  Districts  Tramways 

[.Lords]. 

West  London,  Barnes,  and  Richmond 

Tramways  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Publications. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed  to  examine  the  Publications  printed  by 
Order  of  this  House,  or presented  to  it  through 
Public  Departments,  and  to  call  attention  to 
any  case  in which  unnecessary  expense  has  been 
incurred. 

The  Committee  was accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Harold  Cox, 
Mr.  William  Jones, Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr. Jeremiah 
MacVeagh,  Mr.  Maddison,  Mr.  John  Robertson, 
and  Mr.  Toulmin. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

The  Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Bill  was read  a Bromley  and 
Crays Gas 

second  time,  and committed. 

The  Draycott  Gas  Bill  was  read  a  second  Draycott  Gas 

time,  and committed. 

The  Gosport  Gas  Bill  was  read a second  time,  Gosport  Gas 

and  committed. 

Bil1, 

Bil1-

The  Hull  and Barnsley Railway Bill  was read Hull and 
-  Barnsley 

a  second time,  and committed. 

' 

Railway  Bill. 
The  North  Eastern  Railway  Bill  was  read  a  North  Eastern 
Railway  Bill. 

second  time,  and  committed. 

No.  19.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Southwell 
District  Gas 
Bill. 

The  Southwell  District  Gas  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Tyne 
Improvement  8 e c o n (1   t i m e>   a n d  committed. 

The  Tyne  Improvement  Bill  was  read  a 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Finchley 
CoruncilDBill.iCt Second  Reading  of  the  Finchley  Urban  District 

Council  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

24th  February. 

59 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  |ie upon the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Morley  presented,—Return  to  Bast  India 

an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  26 th  day  ( B o m b ay 
of  July  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  for  a  Department.) 
Return  relative  to  East  India  (Bombay  Political 
Department). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Leicester  Corporation 
Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return  Compensation 

to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  10th on Non-
day  of  this  instant  February,  for  a  Return  ^ ^ c e s^ 
gg 
relative  to  Compensation  on  Non-renewal  of 
Licences. 

to-morrow. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(General  Powers)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  5 th  day  of  March  next,  at  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of the  clock. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Blackburn  Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  5 th  day  of  March  next,  at  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Widnes 
Corporation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Widnes  Corporation 
Bill; 

Madras 
Kailway 
(Purchase) 
[Annuities.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  5 th  day  of  March next,  at  a 
quarter  of an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Sir  Henry  Fowler  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Madras  Railway  Company  (Purchase) 
[Annuities]  a  Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as 
followeth: 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  creation 
of  Annuities,  to  be  charged  on  and  payable  out 
of  the  Revenues  of  India,  in  lieu  of  the  sum  of 
money  amounting  to  twelve  million  eight  hun-
dred  and  nineteen  thousand  five  hundred  and 
fifty-eight  pounds  six  shillings  and  three  pence, 
agreed  upon  for  the  purchase  by  the  Secretary 
of  State  in  Council  of  India  of  the  undertaking 
the 
of  the  Madras  Railway  Company,  and 
payment  of  any  costs  and expenses  incurred  by 
the  said  Secretary  of  State  under  any  Act  of 
the  present  Session  for  vesting  the  said  under-
taking  in  the  said  Secretary  of  State  in  Council 
of  India,  and  also  any  costs,  charges,  and 
expenses  of  obtaining  and  passing  the  said  Act 
not  provided  by  the  surplus  profits  arising  from 
the  said  undertaking  for  the  half-year  ending 
the  31st  day  of December  1907. 

The said Resolution,  being  read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  on  the  Madras  Railway  Company 
(Purchase)  Bill  that  they  have  power  to  make 
provision  therein  pursuant  to the said Resolution. 
—(Sir  Henry  Fowler.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seeond 
Beport. 
Land Forces 
Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,—Return  to 
andForefnin  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  20th  day 
Countries!)1 
February  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament, 
f° r  a  Return  relative  to  Land  Forces  (Great 
No.  67. 
Britain  and  Foreign  Countries). 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-  Prisons 
suant  to the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  (England 
—Copy  of  draft  Rules  proposed  to  be  made  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart- 
ment  under  the  Prison  Act,  1898,  and  the 
Criminal  Appeal  Act,  1907,  for  the  treatment 
and  custody  of  Appellants  not  admitted 
to 
bail. 

Wales.) 
" 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  National  Debt 

directions  of 
several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  (Savings 
(1)  An  Account  of  the  gross  amount  of  all®*^diy 
sums  received  and  paid  by  the  Commissioners  Societies.) 
for  the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  on  No.  70. 
account  of  Banks  for  Savings  and  Friendly 
Societies  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  from 
their  commencement  at  6th  August  1817  to  the 
20th  November  1907  : 
(2)  An  Account  of 
the  several  transactions  which  have  taken  place 
daring  the  year  ended  20th  November  1907  in 
the  investment  of  all  moneys  which  came  into 
the  hands  of  the  Commissioners  for the  Reduc-
tion  of  the  National  Debt  for  Savings  Banks 
and  Friendly  Societies: 
(3)  A  Statement 
showing  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  liabilities 
of  the  Government  to  the  trustees  of  Savings 
Banks  and  Friendly  Societies  respectively  on 
20th  November  1907,  &c. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Lunacy, 

to 

the  Lord  Chancellor  under 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
Return 
the 
Lunacy  Act,  1890,  of 
the  number  of  visits 
made,  and  the  number  of  patients  seen,  by  the 
several  Commissioners  in  Lunacy, during the  six 
months  ending  on  the  31st  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  War-  Hastings 

rant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to make  out  a 
new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a  Member  to  serve 
in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  Borough  of 
Hastings,  in  the  room  of  Harvey  Du  Cros, 
Esquire,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said 
borough,  hath  accepted  the  Office  of  Steward 
or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Three  Chiltern 
Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough,  and  Burnham, 
in  the  County  of  Buckingham.—(Mr.  Henry 
Forster.) 

showing 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  National 
the  number  of  National  Schools 

a  Return 
Schools  in  Ireland;  the  number  of  managers.  Cireland.) 
clerical  and  lay,  of  the  various  denominations ; 
and  the forms of  agreement  they  have  executed 
with  their  teachers.—(Mr.  Huyk  Barrie.) 

l  2 

60 

24th  February. 

1908. 

[No.  la 

Divorce Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Friday  next,  the  Divorce  Law  Amendment  Bill 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Jeremiah  MacVeagh,  supported  by  Mr, 
Polling 
Districts  and 
, Long,  Mr.  Joyce,  Lord  Arthur  Hill,  Mr.  Patrick 
Voters^"011 °f  O'Brien,  Captain  Craig,  Mr.  Thomas  Corbett, 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Mr.  Devlin,  and  Mr.  Kennedy,  presented  a  Bill 
to  confer  upon  County  Councils  in  Ireland  the 
power to alter  the Polling  Districts  and  alter  the 
method  of  compiling  lists  of  Voters:  And  the 
same  was  ordered to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and to be  printed. 

Bill  111. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Land  Values 

Committee  on  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bills  (Scotland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  receiving  Small 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Small  Landholders 
Landholders  (Scotland)  [Salaries,  &c.] ; 

[ i a i S & c .] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Elementary 
Education 
Bill  to  regulate  the  conditions  on  which  public 
Wales')1  aU  money  may  be  applied  in  aid  of  Elementary 
Education  in  England  and  Wales,  and  for 
other  purposes  incidental  thereto  r  And  that 
Mr.  M'Kenna,  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Banner man, 
Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer,  Mr.  Attorney 
Greneral,  and  Mr.  Lough  do  prepare  and  bring 
it  in. 

Edition7 
Mr.  M'Kenna  accordingly  presented  a Bill  to 
(En^anTand  regulate  the  conditions  on  which  public  money 
Wales) Bill,  may  be  applied  in  aid  of  Elementary  Education 
in  England  and  Wales,  and  for  other  purposes 
incidental  thereto  s  And  the  same  was  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Bill  112. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Prosecution ol  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Amendment)  Second  Beading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
B i l l ." 

(Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Coal Mines 
(,®igh„t^°"re)  Second  Reading  ot 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Beport. 

The Order of the  day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  this  instant  February ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

8upply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day  of  this 
instant  February,  were  reported  from the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the small 

Committee  on  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Landholders 
Rill  . 
1 5 1 1 1  ' 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office 
Bank  Bill; 

S a v i n gs   Savings Bank 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-  S J ^ j ^v 
A ct   (1907) 
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  ^ e n d m e i lt 

upon Tuesday  the  3rd day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the •^.1
BlU-
People  Bill  ; 

t.he  P e oP le 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  3rd  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  Nurses  Registration Registration 

B l l h 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Law of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Law of  Distress  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Amendment 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Daylight 

Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill; 

Saving  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Polling 
the  Polling  Districts  g ^ 8 

Second  Reading  of 
(County  Councils)  Bill;  

Councils)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply  [llth 
February] 
Bepoit. 

The  Order of the day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  February  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for resuming  Elections and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment which,  Registration 
upon  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  February,  Condon)  Bill, 
was  proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the  Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill 
be  now read  a second  time ; 

applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Derby  Gas 
Bill. 

No. 19.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

2ith—25th  February. 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

61 
which  are  applicable  thereto  have  oeen  complied 
with,  viz.  i— 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension)  Bill. 

The  Derby  Gas  Bill  was  read  a second  time, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

and  committed. 

to-morrow. 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Settled  Land  Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Larceny  Bill.. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ecclesiastical 
Disorders  Bill. 

The Order  of the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  February, 
was  proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the  Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Dover  Graving  Docks  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Dover  Graving 
Docks  Bill. 

The  Louth  and  East  Coast  Railway  (Trans-
fer)  Bill  was  read  a second  time, and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Greystones  Gas  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  10th  day  of  March  next. 

Louth  and 
East  Coast 
Bailway 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 
Greystones 
Gas  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Liverpool  Corporation 
(General  Powers)  Bill; 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed. 

Finchley 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

The  Leicester Corporation  Bill was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Skackleton  be  discharged  Standing 

from  the  Select  Committee on Standing  Orders ;  0rder8-
and  that Mr. Jenkins be added  to the  Committee. 
—(Mr.  Ellis.) 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Police  Superannuation  Bill 

A. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order  62 
complied 
with.) 

[No.  20.] 
Tuesday, 25th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

R.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
rivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
' iills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  With, 
viz.: — 

Cheshire  Lines  Committee  Bill. 
Humber  Commercial  Railway  and  Dock 

Bill. 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills be read  a second  time. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill 
(Standing 
Orders 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  21st  day  of  February,  That  in  the 
case  of  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders 

VOL.  163. 

The  Clyde  Navigation 

(Superannuation)  Clyde 

Order  Confirmation  Bill  [ Lords]  was,  according  Navigation 
to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments. 

Order 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to  B U U ™^ 
J 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Transfer  of  Training  Colleges  (Scotland)  Transfer of 

Order  Confirmation  Bill  £Lords]  was,  according  Training 
to  Order,  read  the third  time  and  passed. 

(S°cotfand) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  ^ £ m a t i on 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House  Bill [Lord™ 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vide  Second 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  East  East  India 
India  (Bombay  Political  Department),  which CBombajr 
w as  presented  upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  Department.) 
February,  be  printed. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Persia 

His  Majesty's Command,—Copy of Extract from (No- h  1908.) 
a  Despatch  from  the  Government  of  India  to 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  India  in  Council, 
dated  21st  September  1899,  relating  to  British 
Policy  in  Persia,  which  was  referred  to  in  the 
Debate  on  the Anglo-Russian  Convention  which 
took  plaee in  the  House  of  Lords on  the  6 th  and 
10th  February  J908. 

Copy of Correspondence  respecting the  Opium  China 

Question  in  China  (with  Map). 

(No.  l,  1908.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

1  3 

62 

25th  February 

[JSo.3(X 
Mr.  Luttrell,  supported  by  Sir  Walter  Foster,  Justices of the 

1908, 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
Penal 
rcondttiontf8 to   t l ie   d l r e c t i o ns   o £  several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
Licence.)  —Copy  of  Licence  granted  under  the  Penal 
Servitude  Acts  to  Mary  Ann  Guest,  a  convict 
under  detention  in Aylesbury  Prison,  permitting 
her  to  be  at  large  on  condition  that  she  enter 
the  London Female  Preventive  and Reformatory 
Institution,  35,  Eden  Grove,  Ilolloway. 

Shop  Hours 
Act, 1904. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Anglesey  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act, 
1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for the  Home  Department,  fixing  the  hours  of 
closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops  within  the 
Parish  of  Holyhead. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Railway, &c.  Mr. Lloyd-George  presented, by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  by  the  Board  of 
Bills. 
Trade  upon  all  the  Bills  and Provisional  Orders 
of  Session  1908  relating  to  Railways,  Canals, 
Tramways,  Harbours,  and  Tidal  Waters,  and 
the  supply  of  Electricity,  Gas,  and  Water. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public  Offices  Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 
to  the 
Site (Dublin)  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Account 
A o t' s h o w i ng   the  money issued  from  the  Consolidated 
'  Fund  under  the  provisions  of  the  Public  Offices 
Site  (Dublin)  Act,  1903, and of the  expenditure; 
the  money  expended  and  borrowed  and  the 
securities  created  under  the  said  Act,  for  the 
period  ended  the  31st  March  1907  ;  together 
with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Colonial 
Reports 
•(Annual.) 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
(Saint 

Command,—Copy  of  Report,  No.  555 
Vincent,  Report  for  1906-7). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Elementary 
Education 
S a g ^ M^   of  Education  on  the  Financial  Proposals 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  of  the  Board 
in 
the  Elementary  Education 

connection  with 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill,  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
East  India 
(Ecclesiastical  Sented to His  Majesty, that  He   will  be  graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
Charges.) 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  Charges  of 
Ecclesiastical  Establishments  in  India  for  the 
year  1906-7  on  account  of  the  Church  of 
England,  Church  of  Scotland,  Church  of  Rome, 
and  other  Churches;  and  showing,  as  far  as 
possible,  in  the  several  provinces  of  British 
India,  what  payments  are  made  at  stations  (a) 
where  there  are  European  troops,  and  (b)  where 
there  are  no  European  troops.—(Mr.  Herbert 
Roberts.) 

Sir  Francis  Channing,  Mr.  Halley  Stewart,  and  Peace  Bill. 
Mr.  Ashton,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
with  regard  to  the  appointment  of  Justices  of 
the  Peace:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

113» 

Mr.  Luttrell, 

supported  by  Mr.  George Spurious 
Greenwood  and  Mr.  Corrie  Grant,  presented  sP ort8  Btl1-
a  Bill  to  suppress  certain  spurious  Sports :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Luttrell,  supported  by  Colonel  Kenyon-  Clerks of  the 

Slaney,  Sir  John  Kennaway,  and  Sir  Francis  Peace  and 
Channing,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  councils  Bill, 
with  regard  to  the  appointment  of  Clerks  of  the 
Peace  and  County  Councils  : And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday 
next;  and to  be  printed. 

j 

to  amend 

Mr.  Bowerman,  supported  by  Mr.  Alden,  Mr. Housing of 
Bell,  Sir  John  Bethell,  Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr.  the  Working 
Steadman,  Mr.  Thome,  and  Mr.  Wiles,  presented  C1!f  jls 
1 
the 
a  Bill 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes,  to  amend  the 
Law  of  Rating,  and  to  establish  Fair  Rent 
Courts :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read a 
second  time  upon  Monday the  6th  day  of  April 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

the  Law  relating  to 

Mr.  Watt  presented  a  Bill  to  ensure 

the  Purity of  Milk 

purity  of  Milk  Supplies  of 
Urban  Districts  of  Scotland  :  And  the  same  g°1° tland) 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  gjjj  j j^ 
Monday  the  23rd  day  of  March  next;  and  to be 
printed. 

the  Rural  and  Supplies 

Mr.  Bottomley,  supported  by  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Divorce  Law 
Glover,  Mr.  Straus,  Mr.  Hugh  Lea,  Sir  Henry  ^endment 
Cotton,  Mr.  Dunn,  Mr.  Thome,  and  Captain  bjq  jjg' 
Kincaid-Smith,  presented a Bill  to enable  married 
persons  whose  wives  or  husbands  have  been 
sentenced  to  long  terms  of  imprisonment,  or  are 
incurably  insane,  or  who  have  been  judicially 
separated  for a period  of  five  years and  upwards, 
to  obtain  dissolution  of  their  Marriages:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  6 th  day  of  March  next j  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  William  Edwin  Harvey,  supported  by  Sir Coal Mines 
John  Barlow,  Sir  Joseph  Compton  Rickett,  Mr.  ^'^Hours 
Enoch  Edwards,  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Seddon,  Mr.  Enginemen) 
William  Abraham  (Rhondda),  Mr.  Glover,  Mr.  Bill. 
William  Johnson,  Mr.  Albert  Stanley,  Mr.  Hall,  Bill  119. 
and  Mr.  James  Haslam,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Coal  Mines  Regulation  Acts,  1887 
to  1905,  for  the  purpose  of  limiting  the  hours 
of  work  of  Colliery  Winding  Enginemen: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  10th  day of  March  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Monastic  and 

put,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to 
appoint  Commissioners  to  inquire  as  to  the  need  ns   u  10ns' 
for the  inspection  of  Monastic  and  Conventual 
Institutions—(Mr.  Thomas  Corbett); 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(No  2) Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  the 
assessment  of  Damages  under  the  Fatal  Acci-
dents  Acts; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Thomas  Corbett, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Beaumont: 

Tellers  for the/Captain  Donelan, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien: 

So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

. 

l 
J 
] 
J  151' 

No.  20.]  8  E d w.   V I I. 

25th—26th  February. 

mall 

Landholders 
(Scotland) 
[Salaries,  &c.] 

Mr.  Sinclair  reported  from the  Committee  on 
Small  Landholders  (-Scotland)  [Salaries,  &c.]  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth : 

That,  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  encourage  the 
formation  of  small  Agricultural  Holdings  in 
Scotland,  it  is  expedient  to  authorise— 

(i.)  the  payment  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  of the  salaries  of the  Chairman  and 
the 
of  each  of  the  other  members  of 
Land  Court; 

(ii.)  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided 

by. Parliament,  of— 

(a)  the  salaries  and  remuneration  of 
the  Agricultural  Commissioners  and 
other  persons  appointed  or  employed 
by  them  and  by  the  Land  Court, 
and  the  expenses  incurred  by  the 
Land  Court  and  the  Agricultural 
Commissioners  in  the  execution  of 
their  duties; 

(b)  an annual sum not exceeding  eighty-
five  thousand  pounds  for  the  use  of 
the  Agricultural  Commissioners ; 

(c)  compensation 

in  certain  cases  to 
members  and  officers  of  the  Crofters 
Commission. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Small  Landholders 
(Scotland)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.)  > 

Clause  No.  1  (Crofters  Acts  applied  through-

out  Scotland). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Joseph  Pease : 

Tellers  for  t h e j S ir   A I e x a n d er   A d a n d' 

Noes, 

Hood, 

^ 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

347. 

90. 

J 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Mr.  Sinclair,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest  is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Macedonia 

proposed,  That  this  House  regrets  the  failure  of 
the  reforms  which  have  been  introduced  for  the 
amelioration  of  the  condition  of  Macedonia,  and 
urges  the  Government  to press  for  the  establish-
ment  of  executive  control  by  an  authority 
responsible to the  Powers—(Mr.  George  Hardy): 
—And  the  said  Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

put.  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Whiteley):—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eight  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  the  f 
Noes, 

Alexander  Acland-

<  Hood, 
'  TlnnH 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

3 5 0. 

95. 

[ N o.   2 1 .] 

Wednesday,  26th February  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

And  it  being  after  a  quarter  before  Eight  of 
the  clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded  to  put  the 
Questions  necessary  to dispose  of  the  Business  to 
be  concluded  this  day  under  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  13th  February. 

Question  put,  That  Clauses  No.  2  to  No.  33, 

inclusive,  stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 
m  „ 
~ 
Tellers  for the I 
Noes, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  ; 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland• 

H o < 

[Viscount  Valentia % 

}  3 5 2. 

96. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Manchester  Corporation  Bill  was,  Manchester 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  Corporation 

B111, 

and  committed. 

A  Bill  to  extend  the  boundaries  of  the  Burgh  Motherwell 

to  authorise 

the  Provost,  Burgh 

of  Motherwell; 
Magistrates,  and  Councillors  of  the  said  burgh  Bof.6™011' &C' 
to  construct  and  maintain  sewers  and  sewage 
purification  works  ;  to  acquire  lands  for  sewage 
purification,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  pre-
sented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 
report  the  Bill  to  the  House,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of the  House  of  the  13th  February. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him 
same,  without 
Amendment. 

to  report 

the 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  on 

the  Wishaw  Burgh 

in  connection  with 

Provost,  Magistrates,  and  Councillors  of  the  5le(S^,city' 
their 
Burgh  of  Wishaw 
electricity  undertaking;  to  authorise  the  laying 
of  mains  and  pipes  in  connection  with 
the 
supply  of  gas  beyond  the  burgh;  to  make 
provision  with  respect  to  the  width  of  streets, 
and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time  ;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

1  ' 

Mr.  Speaker 
puts  the 
Question 
(pursuant  to 
Order  of  the 
House.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded  to  put 
the  Question,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of the  House 
Of the  13th  February. 
The  House  divided. 

VOL.  163. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

read;  and  ordered to  lie upon  the  Table. 

a nd   Public 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return  Aliens  (Natu. 

to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  11th  ralisation.) 
No.  75. 

i  4 

64 

2 6 th  February. 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

[No.  21. 

day  of 
relative  to  Aliens  (Naturalisation). 

this  instant  February,  for  a  Return 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do  lie  upon the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
France 
(No.  1, 1908.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  by  the 
Honourable  Reginald  Lister,  His  Majesty's 
Minister  at  Paris,  upon  the  French  Colonies. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Education 
The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
(Scotland.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  25th  February  1908,  providing  for  the 
distribution  of  the  General  Aid  Grant. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National  Debt  Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 
Annuities. 

No.  73.  Account  of 

to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—An 
the  gross  amount  of  all  Bank 
Annuities  and  any  Annuities  for terms  of  years 
transferred,  and  of  all  sums  of  money  paid, 
to 
the  Commissioners  for  the  Reduction  of 
the  National  Debt  j  and  the  gross  amount  of 
Annuities  for  lives  and  for  terms  of  years  which 
have  been  granted  for  the  same,  and  contracts 
for  payments  on  death  which  have  been  made 
under  the  provisions  of  the  National  Debt  Act, 
1829,  the  National  Debt  (Supplemental)  Act, 
1888,  the  Government  Annuities  Acts,  1864 
and  1882,  and  the  Savings  Banks  Act,  1887, 
within  the  year  ended  5th  January  1908. 

Irish Land 
Oommismon 
ccoun  .) 
No.  74, 

Drunkenness 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upou the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
tj i e  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  upon  the  Account  of  the  Irish  Land 
Commission for the year  ended  31st  March  1907 ; 
together  with  the  Account  for  the  above  period, 
and  that  from  22nd  August  1881  to  31st  March 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
R e t u rn   giving  the  number  of  arrests  for 
a 
Drunkenness  within 
the  Metropolitan  Police 
District  of  Dublin  and  the  Cities  of  Belfast, 
Cork,  Limerick,  and  Waterford,  from  the  hour 
of  9 p.m.  to  12  midnight  on  Saturdays,  and  from 
12  midnight  to  8  a.m.  on  Sundays,  and  from 
8  a.m.  on  Sunday  till  2  p.m.,  and  from  2  p.m.  to 
7  p.m.,  from  7  p.m.  to  9  p.m.,  from  9  p.m.  to 
12  midnight,  from  12  midnight  to  8  a.m.  on 
Monday,  between  the  1st  day  of  January  and 
the  31st  day  of  December,  both  days  inclusive, 
for  the  years  1906  and  1907  respectively;  and 
similar  Returns  for the  rest  of  Ireland,  from  the 
1st  day  of  January to  the  31st  day of  December, 
for  tbe  years  1906  and  1907  respectively;  the 
arrests  being  given  from  9  p.m.  on  Saturdays  to 
9  a.m.  on  Sundays,  and  from  9  a.m.  on  Sundays 
till  7  a.m.  on  Mondays.—(Mr.  Sloan.) 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Public 
Petitions 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That 
(  irst  epor .) ^^   jiafy  examined  the  Petitions  presented  upon 
the  30th  and  31st  days  of  January  last,  and  the 
3rd,  4th,  5th,  6th,  7th,  10th,  l l t h,   12th,  13th, 
14th,  17th,  18th,  19th,  20th,  and  21st  days  of 
this  instant  February,  and  had  directed  him  to 
make  a  Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to- Pensions (Old 

morrow,  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  was  read  Age)  Bill, 
and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-  Housing of 

morrow,  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
Acts  Amendment  Bill  was  read  and  discharged.  Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  March  next. 

Mr.  Cleland,  supported  by  Mr.  Arthur  Allen,  Municipal 
Mr.  M'Crae,  Mr.  Barnes,  Major  Coates,  Mr.  Blec* ions  B i lL 
Younger,  Mr.  Mooney,  Mr.  Mitchell-Thomson, 
120, 
Mr.  Adkins,  and  Mr.  M'Kinnon  Wood,  pre-
sented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Municipal  Elections 
(Corrupt  and  Illegal  Practices)  Act,  1884  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bl11 

Mr.  Seddon, 

supported  by  Mr.  Frederick  Bestraint-of 
B m 
1 ' 
' 

Edwin  Smith,  Mr.  Shachleton,  Mr.  Price,  Mr. 
Clement  Edwards,  and  Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  ^ 
presented  a  Bill  to  render  null  and  void  certain 
provisions of  Shop Assistants' Agreements  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  n e x t;   and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Tennant,  supported  by  Sir  Alfred  Thomas,  Public 

Mr.  Isaacs,  Mr.  Mackarness,  Mr.  Morrell,  Mr.  Libraries  Bill. 
Shachleton,  Mr.  Middlemore,  Sir  William  Holland,  Bill  122. 
Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  Sir  Charles  Schwann,  Mr. 
and  Mr.  Jowett,  presented  a 
Harmood-Banner, 
Bill 
to  Public 
to  amend 
Libraries:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Thursday  the  5th  day 
of  March  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

the  Acts  relating 

Mr.  Dundas  White,  supported  by  Mr.  Crombie, p o g s  (Injuries 

Dr.  Shipman,  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Sir 
Jardine,  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  and 
Mr.  Herbert,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  injuries  to  persons  by  Dogs: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

JohnPersons) 
1Q„ 
B lk   1 2 3° 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Leaseholds 

for  the  enfranchisement  of  (Enfranchise-

to  provide 

Bill 
Leaseholds  :  And  that  Mr.  Maclean,  Mr.  Hayment,) 
Morgan,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Ellis  Griffith,  Mr. 
(Rhondda),  Mr.  Gooch,  Mr. 
William  Abraham 
Jenkins,  Mr.  Simon,  and  Mr.  Rees  do  prepare 
and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Maclean  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to  Leaseholds 
provide  for  the  enfranchisement  of  Leaseholds  : (Bnfranchise-
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  andm™.,,   '  ' 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Wednes- 
day  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

1 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Land  Values 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Land  Values  (Scot-  (Scotland) 
land)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (New  entry  in  valuation  roll). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  7,  to  leave 
in 
out  the  words  " each  county  and  burgh," 
order  to  insert 
the  words  "the  County  of 
Lanarkshire  and  Burgh  of  Glasgow."—(Mr. 
Hugh  Barrie.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "each" 

stand  part  of  the  Clause  : 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before 
Eight  of  the  clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded  to 
put  the  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  -

No. 2l.j  8  E d w.   VII. 

26th  February. 

65 

Business  to  he  concluded  this  day  under 
Order  of the  House  of the  13th  February. 

the 

Question,  That  the  word  " each "  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  2  to  No.  4  agreed  to 
Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 
report  the  Bill  to  the  House,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of the  House  of  the  13th  February. 

The Order  of  the day being  read, for  receiving  Supply  [iltb 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^ ^^ 
the  11th  day  of  this  instant  February ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  gone through the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading  of the  Telegraph (Construction) ^Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  proceeded 
to  put  the  Question,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  13th  February. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Swings Bank 
Bank  Bill; 

*  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker puts 
the  Question 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the. 
House.) 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for t h e f S ir   Alexander 

Hood, 

Noes, 

' 
[Viscount  Valentia: 

Acland-

|  347. 

90. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Children  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Prosecution  of 
Oflences 
(Amendment)  ( A m e n d m e n t) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

B i U 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Cool Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  Second  Reading  of 
(No. 2) Bin.  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 
the  Coal  Mines 

the 
(Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  this  instant  February; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  11th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  were reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  being  convinced Congo Free 

that  the  present  system  of  administration  on  the  Btat?' 
Congo  is  destructive  of  the  personal  liberty  and 
economic  rights  of  the  native  population,  and 
of  the  freedom  of  commercial  intercourse  with 
the  outer  world,  as  guaranteed  by  the  Anglo-
Congolese  Convention  of  1884  and  the  Berlin 
Act  of  1885,  asks  the  Government  to do all  in 
its  power  to  secure that  a fundamental  alteration 
of  the  system  shall  be  effected by  any transfer  of 
control  of the  State  from  the  present  Sovereign 
to  any other  authority  ; and, failing such  transfer 
within  a  reasonable  time,  assures  the  Govern-
ment  of  its  hearty  support  in  the  measures  it 
may  be  necessary  to  take,  either  alone  or  in 
conjunction  with  the  other  signatories  of  the 
Berlin  Act,  in  order  to  insure  the  effective 
carrying  out  of its  provisions.—(Mr. Leif  Jones.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs' 
Second  Reading  of the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill;  Protection 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Mr.  Thomas  Corbett  rose  in  his  place  and  Closure 

claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and withholds his 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question : —Then  the  assent. 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate  • 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  (Provision  of 
of Meals)  (Scotland)  B i l l;  

f ^ n d) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  BiU-

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Agricultural 
Second  Reading  of  the  Agricultural  Education Education in 
£ cX   BM. 
in  Elementary  Schools  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  11th  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purchase of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land Land 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

^ a l ^ B i T* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  11th  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trusts  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Trusts  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

66 

26th—27th  February. 

1908. 

[No.. 21. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Small 
Holdings  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Small  Holdings  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  l l th   day  of  March  next. 

Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Tobacco  Growing  (Scotland)  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Workmen's 
Compensation 
Bill. 

.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  Workmen's  Compensation 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Engines  and 
Boilers 
(Persons  in 
Charge)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Sites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship 
(Sites)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  March  next. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
the 

Second  Reading  of 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

being 
Places 

read,  for  the 
of  Worship 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  March  next. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Perries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for  resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate on the  Amendment  which,  Disorders  Bill, 
upon  the  14th  day  of this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be  further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be   ap-  Hops, 

pointed  to  inquire 
into  the  past  and  present 
condition  of  the  Hop  Industry,  and  to  report 
thereon. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Arkwright,  Mr.  Barker,  Sir  William  Collins, 
Mr.  Courthope,  Mr.  Gretton,  Mr.  Mallet,  Mr. 
Napier,  Mr.  Rowlands,  Mr.  Edward 
Strauss, 
Mr.  Verney, and  Mr.  Patrick  White. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons, papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to  * 
sit  till  seven  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   2 2 . ], 
Thursday,  21th February  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

R.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 
from one of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  (Standing 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  cJm®flied 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  with.) 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

North  East  London  Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

tatl??s 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for ?at
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  orders  not 
for  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  have  complied 
not  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

with.) 

Camborne  Water. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Ordered, That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

till  Monday  next. 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill, 
originating  in  the  Lords,  the  Standing  Orders 
have  not  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Private  Bills 
[.Lords] 
(Petition  for 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
complied 
with.) 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

Improvements)  Bill'[Zorrfs]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

No. 22.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

21th  February. 

67 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Education 
(Scotland) 
(Code,  1908.) 

Trustee 
Savings 
Banks. 

No.  76. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Code  of  Regula-
tions for Day  Schools,  with  Appendices,  by  the 
Lords  of the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council  on 
Education  in  Scotland,  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Proceedings  of 
the  Inspection  Committee  of  Trustee  Savings 
Banks,  for the  year  ended  20th  November  1907, 
with  Appendices. 

• Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto ;  and  had  also  amended  the  Title,  as  fol-
loweth :—A  Bill  to  provide  for  the  creation  and  [Title 
management  of  the  Madras  Railway  Annuities, amended.] 
and for other  purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supole-

Table ;  aud  be printed. 

votes.*" 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
nominated  the  following  Members  to  serve  on 
the three  Standing Committees for  the considera-  men's  Panel.) 
tion  of  all  Public  Bills,  not  relating  exclusively 
to  Scotland,  which  may  be  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee:— 

National 
Gallery 
(Report.) 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Report of  the Director of  the  National 
Gallery  for  the  year  1907,  with  Appendices.— 
(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Assassination  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  he 
of the King of  ha(J received  a letter from the  Marquis  Soveral, 
of'thefDuke  of  which  he  read  to  the  House,  as  followeth : 
Braganza. 

Portuguese  Legation, 

Sir, 

February  26th,  1908. 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  I  am 
directed  by  His  Faithful  Majesty's  Govern-
ment  to  convey  to  the  Members  of  the  House  of 
Commons  the  sincere  appreciation  and  thanks 
of  my  Government  for the  kind  and  sympathetic 
expressions  of  condolence  passed  by  them  on  the 
lamentable  occasion  of  the  death  of  my  august j 
Sovereign,  His 
the  King  of 
late  Majesty 
Portugal  and  the  Algarves,  K.G.,  and  His  Royal 
Highness  the  late  Crown  Prince  of  Portugal, 
E.G. 
I  have  the  honour  to  request  that  you 
will  be  so  good  as  to  bring  these  expressions 
of  sincere appreciation of my Government  before 
the  House  of  Commons. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

with the  highest  consideration, 
Sir, 

Your most  obedient, 

The  Right  Honourable 
the  Speaker, 
&c.  &c.  &c. 

humble  Servant, 

S O V E B A L. 

New  Member 
sworn. 

for 

John  Lloyd  Morgan,  Esquire,  K.C.,  Member 
the  County  of  Carmarthen  (Western  Divi-

sion),  was  sworn. 

Madras 
Company 
(Purchase) 
BUl. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Madras  Railway 
Company  (Purchase)  Bill;  That,  pursuant  to 
the Instruction of the House of the 24th February 
last, the  Committee  had  made  provision  in  the 
Bill  authorising  the  creation  of  such  annuities, 
to be  charged on and payable out  of  the  revenues 
of  India,  in  lieu  of the  sum  of  money  amounting 
to  £12,819,558  6s.  3d.  agreed  upon  for the  pur-
chase by  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of 
India  of  the  undertaking of  the  Madras  Railway 
Company,  and  the  payment  of  any  costs  and 
expenses 
incurred  by  the  said  Secretary  of 
State  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  for 
vesting the said undertaking in the said  Secretary 
of  State  in  Council  of  India,  and  also  any  costs, 
charges,  and  expenses  of  obtaining  and  passing 
the  said  Act  not provided  by  the  surplus  profits 
arising  from the  said  undertaking  for the  half-
year  ending  the  31st  day  of December  1907. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee;  That  they  had 

VOL.  163. 

Standing  Committee  A. 

Mr.  Arthur  Allen,  Sir  William  Anson,  Mr. standing 
Ashley,  Mr.  Attorney  General,  Mr.  Godfrey  Committee A. 
Baring,  Sir  John  Bethell,  Mr.  Boland,  Mr. 
Bowerman,  Mr.  Cave,  Sir  Frederick  Cawley,  Mr. 
Evelyn  Cecil, Mr.  Clive, Mr.  Cobbold, Sir  WiUiam 
Collins,  Mr.  Charles  Corbett,  Mr.  Charles  Craig, 
Mr.  David  Davies,  Mr.  Ellis  Davies,  Mr. 
Timothy  Davies,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr. Arthur  Detvar, 
Sir  Walter  Foster,  Mr.  Gladstone,  Mr.  Goulding, 
Mr.  Gwynn,  Mr.  William  Edwin  Harvey,  Mr. 
Holt,  Mr.  William  Hope,  Mr.  Hudson,  Sir  John 
Jar dine,  Lord  John  Joicey- Cecil,  Mr.  William 
Jones, Mr.  Joyce,  Mr.  Lambton,  Mr. Bonar  Law, 
Mr. Maclaren,  Mr. Mansfield,  Mr. Lloyd  Morgan, 
Mr.  M'Killop,  Mr.  Morrell,  Mr.  Nussey,  Mr. 
O' Shnughnessy, Mr.  Parhes,  Mr.  William  Pearce, 
Dr.  Pollard,  Mr.  Raphael,  Sir  John  Randies, 
Mr.  Walter  Rea,  Mr.  Rendall,  Mr.  Thomas 
Richards,  Mr.  Thomas Frederick  Richards,  Mr. 
Ridsdale,  Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  Earl  of  Ronald-
shay,  Mr.  Rose,  Mr.  Rothschild,  Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel,  Mr.  Seaverns,  Colonel  Seely,  Dr. 
Shipman, Mr.  Smeaton,  Mr. Smyth,  Mr.  Waldron, 
Mr.  Walrond,  Mr .John  Ward,a,nA  Mr.  Cathcart 
Wason. 

Standing  Committee  B. 

Mr.  Alters - Douglas,  Mr.  Beauchamp,  Mr. Standing 
Bennett,  Mr.  Black,  Mr.  Bridgeman,  Mr.  Bright,  Committee  B. 
Mr.  Burns,  Mr.  Butcher,  Mr.  Byles,  Viscount 
Castlereagh,  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Mr.  Cleland, 
Mr.  Cochrane,  Mr.  Cooper,  Sir Edwin  Cornwall, 
Sir  Henry  Cotton,  Mr.  Courthope,  Mr.  Cowan, 
Mr.  Curran,  Mr.  Ferens,  Mr.  Flynn,  Mr.  Gill, 
Mr.  Haddock,  Mr.  Leverton  Harris,  Mr.  George 
Hardy,  Mr.  Harwood,  Mr.  James  Haslam,  Mr. 
Lewis  Haslam,  Mr.  Hazleton,  Colonel  Sir  Ivor 
Herbert,  Mr.  Higham,  Mr.  William  Johnson, Mr. 
William  Jones,  Mr.  Kelley,  Mr.  Kennedy,  Mr. 
Kettle,  Sir  Henry  Kimber,  Mr.  Lane-Fox,  Sir 
Joseph  Leese,  Sir  Maurice  Levy,  Sir  Francis 
Lowe,  Dr.  Macnamara,  Mr.  MArthur,  Mr. 
Meehan,  Mr.  Mond,  Mr.  Momey,  Mr.  Murray, 
Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr.  Nieholls,  Mr.  Nolan,  Mr. 
Paulton,  Sir  Francis  Sharp  Powell,  Mr.  Charles 
Price,  Mr.  Rainy,  Mr.  John  Robertson,  Mr. 
Rogers,  Mr.  Soares,  Mr.  Solicitor  General, 
Mr.  Austin  Taylor,  Mr.  Theodore  Taylor,  Mr. 
David  Alfred  Thomas,  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Walton, 
Mr.  Whitbread,  Mr. Llewelyn  Williams,  Mr. Wiles, 
and  Mr.  Wyndham. 

Standing  Committee  C. 

Mr.  William  Abraham,  Mr.  Ainsworth,  Mr. Standing 
Alden,  Mr.  Harmood-Banner,  Mr.  Barran,  Mr. Committee C, 
Beckett,  Mr.  Bowles,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Bramsdon, 
Mr.  Branch,  Mr.  Carlile,  Mr.  Cave,  Mr.  Cheet-
ham,  Mr.  Herbert  Craig,  Sir  William  Cremer, 
Mr.  Cullinan,  Mr.  Hart-Davies,  Mr.  Dickinson, 
Sir  Frederick  Dixon-Hartland,  Mr.  Duckworth 
K  2 

68 

27th  February. 

1908. 

[No. 22. 

Mr.  James  Duncan,  Mr.  Clement  Edwards,  Sir 
Frank  Edwards,  Mr. Denison  Faber,  Mr.  Findlay, 
Mr.  Harrison-Broadley,  Mr.  Hayden,  Mr.  Healy, 
Mr.  Howard,  Mr.  Kearley,  Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr. 
Lloyd-George,  Mr.  Long,  Mr.  Lynch,  Sir  Philip 
Magnus,  Major  MlMicking,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Mac-
Veagh,  Viscount  Morpeth,  Mr.  John  Murphy, 
Mr.  Myer,  Mr.  Napier,  Mr.  0'  Grady,  Earl 
Percy,  Mr.  Pickersgill,  Mr.  William 
Priestley, 
Mr.  William  Redmond,  Mr.  Rees,  Sir  George 
Robertson,  Dr.  Rutherford,  Mr.  Abel  Smith, 
Strachey, 
Mr.  Seddon,  Mr.  Soames,  Sir  Edward 
Mr.  Thornton,  Mr.  Verney,  Mr.  Vivian,  Mr. 
Walker,  Mr.  Warner,  Sir  George  White,  Mr. 
Whitehead,  Mr.  Osmond  Williams, 
Lord 
Willoughby  de  Efesby,  Mr.  Wills,  Mr.  Tyson 
Wilson,  and  Mr.  Young. 

Scottish  Standing  Committee. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  the  following  Mem-
bers,  representing  Scottish  Constituencies,  are 
appointed  to  serve  on  the  Standing  Committee 
for  the  consideration  of  all  Public  Bills  relating 
exclusively  to  Scotland,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing Committee  :—The Lord Advocate,  Mr. 
Ainsworth,  Mr.  Robert  Balfour,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr. 
Beale,  Sir  Arthur  Bignold,  Mr.  Bryce,  Mr. 
Buchanan,  Mr.  Caldwell,  Sir  Henry  Campbell-
Bannerman,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
Mr.  Cleland,  Sir  Thomas  Glen-Coats,  Mr.  Coch-
rane,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Sir  Henry  Craik, 
Mr.  Crombie,  Mr.  Cross,  Lord  Dalmeny,  Vis-
count  Dalrymple,  Mr.  Dalziel,  Mr.  Arthur 
Dewar,  Sir  John  Dewar,  Mr.  Robert  Duncan, 
the  Master of  Elibank,  Mr.  Erskine,  Mr.  Essle-
mont,  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson,  Mr.  Findlay,  Major 
Anstruther-Gray,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  Secretary 
Haldane,  Mr.  Leicester  Harmsworth,  Mr.  John 
Henderson,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  Sir  John 
Jardine,  Mr.  Laidlaw,  Mr.  Lamont,  Mr.  Murray 
Macdonald,  Mr.  M'Callum,  Mr.  M'Crae,  Sir 
Lewis  M'lver,  Major  M'Micking,  Mr.  Menzies, 
Mr.  Molteno,  Mr.  Secretary  Morley,  Mr.  James 
Murray,  Mr.  Morton,  Mr.  Pirie,  Mr.  Charles 
Price,  Sir Robert  Pullar,  Mr. Rainy,  Mr.  Edmund 
Robertson,  Mr.  Sinclair,  Mr.  Smeaton,  Mr.  Halley 
Stewart,  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland, 
Mr.  Sutherland,  Mr.  Tennant,  Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson,  Sir  Andrew  Torrance,  Sir  John  Batty 
Tuke,  Captain  Waring,  Mr.  Cathcart  Wason, 
Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  Weir,  Mr. 
Dundas  White,  Mr.  Wilhie,  Mr.  Williamson,  Mr. 
M'Kinnon  Wood,  and  Mr.  Younger. 

Chairmen's  Panel. 
Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  selected 
the  following  Eight  Members  to  be  the  Chair-
men's  Panel,  and  to  serve  as  Chairmen  of  the 
Four  Standing  Committees  to  be  appointed 
under  Standing  Order  No.  47  :—Sir  Francis 
Channing,  Sir  Thomas  Esmonde,  Mr.  Laurence 
Hardy,  Sir  William  Holland,  Sir  David  Brynmor 
Jones,  Mr.  Stuart-Wortley,  Mr.  Eugene  Wason, 
and  Mr.  John  William  Wilson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Scottish 
Standing. 
Committee. 

Chairmen's 
Panel. 

Ecclesiastical 
Assessments 
(Scotland) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next,  the  Eccle-
siastical  Assessments  (Scotland)  (No.  2)  Bill 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Charles  Price,  presented  a  Bill  to  abolish  the 
landlords'  right  of  Hypothec  for  rent  in  Scot-
land  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Dundas  White,  supported  by  Mr.  M'Crae,  Factors  Act 

Mr.  Younger,  Mr.  Beale,  Mr.  M'Callum, 
Mr.  Smeaton,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
Factors  Act,  1889  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  6th 
day  of  April  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

a nd   (1889) 

Amendment 

t n e  Bill. 

JJJJJ 

Colonel  Lockwood, 

supported  by  Sir  John  incest  Bill. 

Kennaway,  Mr.  Crossley,  Mr.  Henry  Wilson,  Bill  127. 
Mr.  Goddard  Clarke,  Mr.  Maclean,  Mr.  John 
Wilson,  and  Mr.  George  Hardy,  presented  a  Bill 
to  provide  for  the  punishment  of  Incest:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Sir  Walter  Foster, 

supported  by  Sir  John  public  Health 
Batty  Tuke,  Sir  Francis  Sharp  Powell,  and  Mr.  Officers Bill. 
Cooper,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  Bill  128. 
relating  to  the  qualification  and  tenure  of office 
of  Medical  Officers  of  Health,  and  for  other 
purposes  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of 
March  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Verney,  supported  by  Sir  Francis  Chan-  Education 

ning,  Sir  George  White,  Mr.  Bennett,  and  Mr.  Bil'-
Morrell,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  more 
effectual  public  control  in  regard  to  Education 
in  England  and  Wales:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  129. 
1,51 

Mr.  Claude  Hay,  supported  by  Major  Coates,  Merchandise 
Mr.  Goulding,  Mr.  Remnant,  and  Sir  Howard  Marks (No. 2) 
Vincent,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  section  16  of  BlU" 
the  Merchandise  Marks  Act,  1887  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-
morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  130. 

Mr.  Bell,  supported  by  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Character 
Richards,  Mr.  Seddon,  Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  Enoch  Note BUI. 
Edwards,  Mr.  Raphael,  Mr.  Hudson,  and  Mr.  Bill  131. 
Wardle,  presented  a  Bill  to  make  it  compulsory 
upon  employers  to  supply  a  Reference  Note  to a 
person  leaving  their  employment  and  desiring 
one:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  27th  day  of  March 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  Marquess  of  Hamilton,  supported  by  Mr.  Licensing  Act 

Fetherstonhaugh,  Mr.  Barrie,  and  Mr.  Moore,  Amendment 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Licensing  Act, 
1872,  and  the  Habitual  Drunkards  Act,  1879 : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

BiU  132. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Licens-  Business of 
ing  Bill  have  precedence  this day of  the  Business  t h e  House 
of  Supply.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.)  ^"PPW 

Ordered,  That  the Proceedings  on  the  Licens-  Business of 

Hoif se 
ing  Bill,  if  under  discussion  when  the  Business 
is  postponed,  be  resumed  and  proceeded  with,  BiU.)nSmg 
though  opposed,  after  the  interruption  of  Busi-
ness.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Licensing, 

proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Hypothec 
Abolition 
(Scotland) 
BUI. 

Bill  125. 

Mr. Dundas  White,  supported  by  Mr.  Crombie, 
Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  Mr.  Find-
lay,  Mr.  Smeaton,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Wilhie,  Mr. 
Gulland,  Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  M'Callum,  and  Mr, 

And  it  being  a quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 

4 

Na. 22.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

27th—-28th  February. 

69 

and  Means  under  Standing  Order  No.  8, further 
proceeding  was postponed  without  Question  put. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Belfast 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Corporation 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and, at the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the words 
"  upon this  day six  months."—•( Mr.  Devlin.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now  " stand  part  of  the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Wolff, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  George  Clark: 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Devlin, 
[Mr.  Scott: 

Noes, 

1130. 

j-176. 

So  it  passed in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
" upon  this  day  six  months "  be  added  at  the 
end  of  the  Question: — It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Then  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put  ; 

-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  this  day  six  months. 

Licensing. 

The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Question, 
That leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Bill  to  amend 
the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906,  was  resumed. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed ; 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 

after Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Friday  morning; 

Friday,  28th  February  1908 : 

And  the Question being put:—It  was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  to  amend the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906 : 
And  that  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  MY.  Lloyd-George, 
Mr.  M'Kenna,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  and  Mr. 
Herbert  Samuel  do prepare  and bring  in. 
,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  accordingly 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts, 
1828  to  1906  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to be  read  a second  time  upon 
Monday  the  9th  day  of  March  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Licensing. 

Licensing Bill. 
Bill  133. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  11th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply  [11th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  11th  day  of this  instant  February  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  Of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  this  instant  February; 

VOL.  163. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

.  . 
^ f e n 9 1 0 n ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Second  Reading  of the  Prosecution  of  Offences O®6"068 
(Amendment)  Bill;  

(Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next.. 

T he   O r d er   of  
Second  Reading  of 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

t he   d ay   b e i ng   r e a d,   f or   t he   Coal Mines 

t he   Coal  M i n es  

( E i g ht   (gig11*  Hours) 
V 

(No.2)801. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  "Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading of  the Telegraph  (Construction)  ^Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Savings  Bank 
Bank  Bill  ; 

Bil1' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
Second  Reading of  the  Crofters' Holdings (Scot-  Holdings 
land)  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  secdnd  time  Bil1-

upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  March  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters  J°lelia
t 
(Registration) 
' 
(Registration)  B i l l;  
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of Food 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Driigs and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill;  

Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  ^Scotland) 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill  was,  Law of 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  Distress 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Bill?*1 

e n 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Daylight 

Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill;  

Saving  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

K  3 

70 

26th—27th  February. 

1908.  [No..  21. 

Municipal 
Corporations' 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ecclesiastical 
The  Order of  the  day being read,  for  resuming 
Disorders Bill. tjj e  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  this  day. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  twenty 
minutes  after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on 
Friday  morning,  till  this  day. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

(Scotland)  Bill 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion that the  Tobacco 
Growing 
is  a  Bill  relating 
exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will  be  con-
sidered  by  the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish 
Bills. 

[No.  33.] 
Friday,  28th February  1908. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by   His Licensing 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statistics  as  to Statistics, 
the  operation  and  administration  of  the  Laws 
relating  to  the  sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors  for 
the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Report,  Annual  Series,  No.  3961. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

" 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board  of 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Consultative  Education. 
Committee  of  the  Board  of  Education  upon  the 
question  of  Devolution  in  county  areas. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Women's  Enfranchise-
ment  Bill; 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  BilL 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Mr. 
Cathcart  Wason.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now "  stand  part  of  the  Question : — 
And  a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

Lord  Robert  Cecil  rose 

in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put;  but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question :—Then  the 
House  resumed  the  Debate. 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Mr.  Stanger  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Lower  Thames  QRDERED, 
(Grays)  Dock 
Bill. 

the  Lower  Thames 
(Grays)  Dock  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

That 

upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  March  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Galway 
(County.) 

Bankruptcy 
Cbtirts 
(Ireland.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Report  of 
the  Chief 
Inspector,  Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  Gal way, 
East  Riding,  as  to  the  state  of  the  riding  in 
October  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Returns 
of  the  Official  Assignees  of  the  King's  Bench 
in  Bankruptcy  in  Ireland,  and  the 
Division 
Local  Courts  at  Belfast  and  Cork,  for  the  year 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

* 

•  • 

Queen  Anne's 
Bounty. 

National 
Gallery 
(Report.) 

N o,   7 7. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Annual  Report  and  Accounts  of 
the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  for  th-s 
year  ending  31st  December  1907, 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  27th  day  of  this 
instant 
February,  for  a Return  relative  to  the  National 
Gallery  (Report). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-
tion  be  now  put:  —* It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

And  the Question being  accordingly  put,  That 

the  word  " now " stand  part  of the  Question ; 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Stanger, 
l Mr,  Acland: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for thef Mr.  Cathcart  Wason, 

Noes, 

IMr.  Guest: 

j-  2 71 

j  92 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Stanger.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,. for  the Franchise and 

Second  Reading  of the  Franchise  and  Removal  Removal  of 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill;  
S m t i es 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bil1-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Open  Spaces 

Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

'  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

No. 23.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
Industrial 
Schools Bill. 

28th February.—2nd  March. 

71 
Report  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the 

Table. 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Voters 
(Qualification 
and  Registra-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Merchandise 
Marks Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  13th  day  of  March  next. 

Exportation  of 
Old  Horses 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Old 
Horses  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  13th  day  of  March  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Licensed  Premises  (Elec-

Licensed 
Premises 
(Election 
Days)  Closing  tion  Days)  Closing  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Education 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Merchandise 
Marks (No. 2)  g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks 

(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  9th  day  of  March  next. 

Ecclesiastical 
The Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming 
Disorders BiU.  ^g   adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which, 
upon the  14th  day  of  this  instant  February,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Elementary 
Education 
{England  and 
Wales)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Standing 
Committees 
^Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Stuart-Wortley 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  A  ;  and  Mr.  Eugene  Wason to  act  as 
Chairman of  the Standing Committee on  Scottish 
Bills. 

Mr.  Stuart-Wortley 

further  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  agreed  to 
the  following  Resolution:  That  any  Member  of 
the  Chairmen's  Panel  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
empowered  to  ask  any  other  Member  of  the 
Chairmen's  Panel  to  take  his  place  in  case  of 
necessity. 

VOL.  163. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being 
then 
thirteen  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill 

-

A. 

[No.  24.] 

Monday,  2nd March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from one of  the Examiners  of  Petitions for  (Standing 

. Jrivate  Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following  ° 
. Jills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  with.) 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Dartford  Gas  Bill. 
Knott  End  Railway  Bill. 
Blaydon  and  Ryton  Water  (Transfer)  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the Bills  be read  a second  time. 

The  Cheshire  Lines  Committee  Bill  was  read  Cheshire  Lines 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Committee 

The  Motherwell  Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill  Motherwell 

was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Extension  &c 
Bill. 

The  Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Bill  was  read  a  Seaham 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Harbour  Dock 
Bill. 

The  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Bill  was  Wishaw  Burgh 

read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

' 

Electricity, 
&c. Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  South West 

Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban  Suburban 
W a t er   BiU-
Water  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  10th  day  of  this 
March. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Beport. 
Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  49 J1®?01*8 
(East  Africa  Protectorate,  Annual  Report  o f ^ ^h 
the  Veterinary  Department,  1906-7). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  pursuant Army 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—  (Military 
Statement  of  the  amount  due  by  the  public to  la™!1) 
depositors  in  Military  Savings  Banks  on  the 
K  4 

72 

2nd  March. 

[No.M. 

31st  March  1906,  and  of  the  receipts,  interest, 
and disbursements  on  the  said  Military  Savings 
Banks  during  the  year  next  ensuing,  ending  on 
31st  March  1907,  &c. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Civil  Services 
and  Revenue 
Departments 
Estimates, 
1908-9. 

No. 79. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Estimates  for  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments 
the  year  ending 
31st  March  1909;  together  with  a  Copy  of  the 
Memorandum  by  the  Financial  Secretary  to  the 
Treasury  relating  thereto. 

for 

Uganda 
Railway  Acts, 
1896 and  1902, 
No.  80. 

Soane's 
Museum. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
showing  the  money issued from the  Consolidated 
Fund  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Uganda 
Railway  Acts,  1896  and  1902,  and  of  the  money 
expended  and  borrowed  and  securities  created 
under  the  said  Acts,  to  the  31st  March  1907  ; 
together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimates  be  referred 
to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  and  be  printed  ; 
and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Uganda  Railway 
Acts,  1896  and  1902,  do  lie  upon  the  Table 
and  be  printed. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 

Copy  of  Statement  of  the  Funds  of 

the 
Museum  of  the  late  Sir  John  Soane  on  the  5th 
January  1908. 

Public Records  Copy  of  Addition  to  the  Rules  for  disposal 
(Disposal of 
0f   Documents  under  the  Public  Record  Office 
Documents.)  ^^ 

l g 9 8 > 

l g 87  

ftnd 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

Down (West 
issue  his 
Down) Writ.  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  in  Ireland, 
to  make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the  County  of  Down  (West  Down),  in  the  room 
of  the  Right  Honourable  Lord  Arthur  William 
Hill,  who,  since  his  Election  for the  said  county, 
hath  accepted  the  Office  of  Steward  or  Bailiff 
of  His  Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead,  in  the 
County  of  York.—(Sir  Alexander  Acland-Hood.) 

Magistrates 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  R et u rn  0f   the number of  Magistrates  appointed 
in  the  different  counties  of  Ireland,  with  their 
names, addresses, and occupations or  descriptions, 
from  the  26th  day  of  April  1906  to  the  present 
time  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  136  of  Session  1906).—(Mr.  Devlin.) 

Leaseholds 
The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
(Enfranchise-  Wednesday  next,  the  Leaseholds  (Enfranchise-
m e nt)   Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 
ment)  1  . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  11th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Ecclesiastical 
Assessments 
(Scotland) 
(No.  3)  Bill. 
Bill  134. 

Mr.  Smeaton,  supported  by  Captain  Pirie, 
Mr.  Dundas  White,  and  Mr.  Morton,  presented 
a  Bill  to  regulate  Ecclesiastical  Assessments  in 
Scotland  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  20th  day  of 
April  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Armaments" 
(Reduction.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That, in view  of the  continued  friendly 
relations  with  Foreign  Powers  announced  in 
from  the  Throne,  this 
the  gracious  Speech 
House  trusts  that  further  reductions  may  be 
made  in  expenditure  on  Armaments,  and  effect 

be  given  to  the  policy  of  retrenchment  and 
reform  to  which  the  Government  is  pledged— 
(Mr.  Murray  Macdonald)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question, in  1. 3, by  leaving  out all the  words 
after  the  word  " House,"  and  adding  the  words 
" will  support  His  Majesty's  Ministers  in  such 
economies  of  naval  and military  expenditure  as 
are  consistent  with  the  adequate  defence  of  His 
Majesty's dominions "—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the  words 
the 

left  out  stand  part  of 

to  be 

proposed 
Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Murray  Macdonald, 
(.Mr.  Alexander  Harvey:  J 

Yeas, 

73. 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

^ 320 
J 

So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  :—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon; 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding,  the 
Debate  stood  adjourned. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children BilL 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Supply [loth 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent  February] 
Resolutions  which,  upon 
February 
mittee  of  Supply; 

the  11th  day  of 
last,  were  reported  from  the  Com-

° 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for receiving  Supply  [nth 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  11th  day  of  February  last; 

e p o 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for receiving  Supply [20th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

Eeport-

Ordered,•  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of 
(Extension)  B i l l; 

the  Public  Offices  Sites  ^ fL 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences  ?Feno(? 
,  . 
(Amendment)  B u i;  

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

,,  « .„  

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

(Eight  ^ ^ B X 0 
" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

No.  24.] 

8  EDW.  VII. 

2nd—3rd  March. 

73 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  ^ P ™ ^ 0^ 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Aldermen) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

to-morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Eights)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Polling 
Districts and 
c/voters'011 
(Ireland) Bill.  Committee. 

The  Polling  Districts 
and  Registration  of 
Voters  (Ireland)  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order, 
read  a second  time, and committed  to  a  Standing 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Polling 
Districts 
Council's) Bill.  Councils)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Polling Districts  (County 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morr6w. 

Workmen's 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-
Bill. 

• 

,. 
; tion  Bill; 

T>-n 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill. 

Ordered,- That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which, 
upon the 7th  day of  February  last,  was  proposed 
to be  made to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill.  S e c o nd   Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  BiU. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Women's 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement  Enfranchise-
-gjjj  . 

ment Bill. 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Franchise and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal  ^J^™,*0* 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill;  
Disabilities 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Biu-

upon  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  a  quarter  of  an hour  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  25.] 

Tuesday, 3rd  March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take 

into  con-
sideration  the  Madras  Railway  Company 
(Annuities)  Bill  (changedfrom  Madras  Railway 
Company  (Purchase)  Bill),  as  amended  in  the 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Madras 
Railway 
Company 
(Annuities) 
Bill 
(changed from-
Madras 
Railway 
Company 
(Purchase) 
Bill.) 

The  North  East  London  Railway  Bill  was 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

North  East 
London 
Railway  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Liverpool 
Second  Reading  of  the  Liverpool  Corporation  Corporation 
S )V 
(General  Powers)  Bill ; 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
March,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of 
the  clock. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions.^ 
vide  Second 
Report. 
Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His  Army. 

r 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  giving 
the  strength  of  each  Infantry  Battalion  and 
each  Battery  of  Artillery  on  the  Home  Esta-
blishment  on  1st  February  1908,  showing  the 
number  of  Men  in  each  unit  who  have  less  than 
one  year's  service  or  are  under  twenty  years  of 
age ; showing  also  the  number  of  Recruits at the 
Depot. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

to-morrow. 

Table... 

Incest  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read;  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Incest  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  'second  tim e 

upon  Monday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

. 

t  ^ 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Ecclesiastical 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Sixtieth  Report  Commission-
from  'the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  for  Eng-
land,  with  an  Appendix. 
L 

74 

3 rd  March. 

Ordered,  That  the  Said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

East  India 
Mr.  Secretary  Morley  presented,—Return  to 
(Ecclesiastical  a n  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  25th  day 
Charges.) 
of  February  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East 
India  (Ecclesiastical  Charges). 

N o.   81 

Ordered,  That  the  said Return do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Boycotting 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Return  of  the  number  of  cases  of  Boycotting 
and  of  persons  boycotted  throughout  Ireland  on 
the  31st  day  of  "March  1902,  the  31st  day  of 
July  1903,  the  30th  day  of  November  1905,  the 
31st  day  of  January  1907,  the  31st  day  of  July 
1907,  and  the  31st  day  of  January  1908,  in  the 
following  form :— 

Wholly 
Boycotting. 

Partial 
Boycotting. 

Minor 
Boycotting. 

Total  Number 
of  all  Cases 
of  Boycotting. 

Date. 
Date. 

1908. 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Polling  Arrange-
ments  (Parliamentary  Boroughs)  and  of  the 
Police  (Superannuation)  Bills):—Mr.  Guinness, 
Mr.  Levertori  Harris,  Mr.  Edward  Barry,  Mr. 
Whitehead,  Sir  Randal  Cremer,  Mr.  Kennedy, 
Mr.  Horniman,  Mr.  Brodie,  Mr.  Bethell,  Mr. 
Stopford  Brooke, Mr. Samuel  Roberts,  Sir  Francis 
Lowe,  Mr.  Glover,  and  Mr.  Staveley-Hill. 

[No. 25-
Polling 
Arrangements 
(Parlia-
mentary 
Boroughs) 
Bill  and  Police 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B:—  Mr.  Walsh. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Scottish 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to Committee 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  the 
following  Fifteen  Members  (in  respect  of  the 
Tobacco  Growing (Scotland)  Bill)  :—Sir  Frede-  Tobacco 
rick  Banbury,  Mr.  Bonar  Law,  Colonel  Sandys, 
Sir  Benjamin  Stone, Mr. Middlemore,  Sir  Edward  Bin. 
Sassoon, Mr.  William  Redmond,  Mr.  Macpherson, 
Mr.  Ward,  Mr. Richardson,  Mr. John  Rutherford, 
Mr.  Gibbs,  Mr.  Thornton,  Sir  Walter  Nugent, 
and  Sir  Berkeley  Sheffield. 

Cases.  Persona.  Cases.  Persons.  Cases.  Persons.  Cases.  Persons. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

—(Mr.  Lonsdale.) 

Hew  Member 
tiwom. 

Stanley  Baldwin,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
(Western  or  Bewdley 

County  of  Worcester 
Division),  was  sworn. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments) 
[Lords.] 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions  ;  which 
were  read,  as follow  : 

1.  That in the case of  the  Lincoln  Corporation 
Bill,  Petition 
for  dispensing  with  Standing 
Order  128 in  the  case  of the  Petition  of  Kirkby-
in-Ashfield  Urban  District  Council  against  the 
Bill,  the  said  Standing  Order  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  County 
Council (Tramways  and  Improvements)  [Lordsj, 
Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed with  ; that the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill,  on  the  condition  that 
the  powers  to  construct  Tramways  Nos.  3,  4, 
and  5  are  struck  out  of  the  Bill;  that  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill  do  report  how far  such 
Order has  been  complied  with. 

Thames  River 
Steamboat 
Service 
Act,  1904 
(Amendment") 
[Lords.'] 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Thames  River 
Steamboat  Service  Act,  1904 
(Amendment) 
[Lords],  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the  parties  be 
permitted  to proceed  with  their  Bill. 

Camborne 
Water. 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Camborne  Water, 
Petition  for Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed with  ;  that  the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were agreed  to. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from 
th e  Committee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had 
added  the  following  Member  to  Standing  Com-

Selection 
(Standing 
standing66 
Committee  A.  mittee  A:—Mr.  Baldwin. 
Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
standing 
Committee  C.  f r om   t he   C o m i Mi tt e e  .  That  they  had  added  the 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  C  : 
—Mr.  Freeman  Thomas. 

standing 
Committee A.  from  the  Committee;  That  t h h ad  
Standing  Committee  A 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon  farther reported 
**  '  ' 
—led  to 
— 
the  following  Fifteen 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

Committee  of  Supply; 

for  t he   Supply  (Navy 

Estimates.) 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave 
the  Chair—(Mr.  Edmund  Robertson)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to  Spirit  Rations, 

the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" That"  to the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  " this  House  is  of opinion  that,  in  the 
interests  of  the  men  in  the  Royal  Navy,  effect 
should  be  given 
the 
Victualling  Committee  of  last  year  to  raise  the 
money  allowance  in  lieu  of  the  spirit  ration,  and 
that  the  issue  of  the  spirit  ration  should  be  dis-
continued  in the  case  of  all  new  recruits,  whilst 
preserving  to  them  the  money  allowance  in  its 
place "—(Mr.  Gulland),—instead  thereof. 

to  the  suggestion  of 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main Question being again proposed: 
•And a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 
Mr.  Edmund  Robertson  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  moves  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question  put 
the  Q?™"ailt  t0 
S.O.  Closure 
0f  Debate.) 

tion  be  now  p u t ; — It   was  resolved 
. 
Amrmative. 

in 

r 

. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 
put,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do now  leave  the  Chair  : 
—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the 

Chair. 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into  Supply, 

the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 
Motion  made, and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Whitley),—put,  and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred;  and  that  he 
was  directed to  move,  That .the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Remitted,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

3rd—4th  March. 

75 

No. 25.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Chinese 
(British 
Ships.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That,  in  the  opinion of this  House,  the 
conditions  under  which  Chinese  seamen  are 
employed  on  British  vessels  at  ports  in  the 
United  Kingdom  calls for  an immediate  investi-
gation  by  a  Select  Committee  of  this  House, 
with  a  view  to  determining  whether  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1900, 
are  sufficient  to  enable  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
prevent  abuses  arising  out  of  the  employment  of 
Chinese  in  the  British  mercantile  marine— 
(Mr.  Fenwick)  ; — And  the  said  Motion  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Lloyd-George)  :—It was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

Ajid  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to  sit till  one minute before Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 
Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Polling  Districts  and  Registration  of 

Voters  (Ireland)  Bill. 

[No.  26.] 
Wednesday,  4th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  cilock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of the Examiners of Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Dublin  and  South  Eastern  Railway  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private 
Bills,  That  in  respect  of  the  Bills  comprised  in 
the 
list  reported  by  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and Means,  as intended to originate in  the  House 
of  Lords,  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with  in  the 
following  case,  viz.  : — 

London  and  Windsor  Motor  Roads,  Tram-

roads,  and  Tramways. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  the following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

London  and  Windsor  Motor  Roads,  Tram-

roads,  and  Tramways 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order  62 
complied 
with.) 

Private  Bills 
[Lords.] 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Humber 
Commercial 
Railway  and 
Dock  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Humber  Commercial  Rail-
way  and  Dock  Bill  be  read a second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next. 

V o i ,.   1 6 3. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide Second 
Beport. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  Hi8  Vivisection 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fourth  Report  (Royal 
of  the  Royal  Commission  on  Vivisection,  wi th  Commis81on > 
Appendix  (Minutes  of  Evidence),  October  to 
December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Civil  Services 
Command,—Estimate  showing  the  several  Ser-  a l ld   Revenue 
vices  for  which  a  Vote  on  Account  is  required  f ^ g ^ o te 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909. 
on  Account.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred  No.  82. 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Supplementary  Regula-  Education, 
tion for  Secondary  Schools  in  Wales  (including 
Monmouthshire),  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

OrderedThat 

there  be laid before  this  House  Revenue 

three  (Collection  of 

the 

a  Return  showing,  for  each  of 
Kingdoms,  (1)  the  amount  charged  for  Income  Taxe8-) 
Tax,  Land  Tax,  and  Inhabited  House  Duty  for 
the  financial  years  1906,  1907,  and  1908 ;  and 
(2)  the  amounts  and  percentage  of  the  same 
collected  in  each  country  by  the  31st  day 
of  January  and  the  28th  day  of  February, 
in  each  of  the  said  years  (in 
respectively, 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  82 
of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  M'Crae.) 

the 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  ko^ttees) 
added 
Committee  A 
Arrangements  (Parliamentary  Boroughs)  and 
the  Police  (Superannuation)  Bills):—Mr. 
of 
jEssex. 

to  Standing stan/Ung6 
the  Polling  Committee A. 

following  Member 
(in  respect  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Mooney  reported  from  the  Committee  on Harwich 

Group  A  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  in  the  case  o f D o c k s
the  Harwich  Docks  Bill  they  had  examined  L o ^ e d .] 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  but  the  same  had  not  been  proved  to 
their  satisfaction. 

  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Wilkie,  supported  by  Mr.  Steadman,  Mr.  Hours of 
Gill,  Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Bell,  Mr.  Barnes,*^0?™? 
Mr.  James  Haslam,  Mr.  Shackleton,  and  Mr.  guu6  ousea 
Thome,  presented  a  Bill  to  restrict  the  Hours  Bill  135 
in  Bakehouses  to  eight  Hours  per  day,  and 
not  more  than  forty-eight  Hours  per  week  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this 
instant  March ;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Sloan,  supported  by  Mr.  Thomas  Corbett, Handloom 
Mr.  MacVeagh,  Mr.  Glendinning,  and  Mr. Weaving 
Ward,  presented  a Bill  to  protect  the  interests 
of  Handloom  Weavers  in  Ireland,  and for other 
purposes  in  connection 
the 
same  was  ordered  to be  read  a second  time  upon 
Monday  the  30th  day  of  this  instant  March; 
and to  be  printed. 

therewith:  Ajid 

Mr.  Gill,  supported  by  Mr.  Shackleton,  Mr. Death 
BeU,  Mr.  Thome,  Mr,  James  Haslam,  Mr.  S ^ 0^ 8 
Wilkie,  Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Steadman,  Mr. Bill!"868'' 

L  2 

BUI 137. 

76 

4 th March. 

1908. 

[No. 26. 

Barnes,  Mr.  Kelley,  Mr.  George  Roberts,  and 
Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  Births  and  Deaths  Registration  Act,  1836, 
for  the  purpose  of  reducing  the  charges  for 
Death  Certificates  in  certain  cases  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Sir  George  Kekewich,  supported  by  Mr.  Stop-
j-ord  Brooke,  Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  Mr.  Gibbs, 
William, Redmond,  and Mr.  Simon, 
presented  a Bill  to amend  the  Pedlars  Acts  as 
regards  persons  for  whom  Certificates shall  not 
be  required  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
Bill  138 

The  Marquess  of  Hamilton,  supported  by  Mr. 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Mand)3ni  Moore>  M r-   Fetherstonhaugh,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Bill 139  Corbett,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  Drunkenness  in  Ireland,  and  for 
purposes  connected  therewith  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Supply  (Army  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Estimates.) 

C o m m i t t ee   o f  Supply  ; 

Price of 
Bread. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave 
the  Chair :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  it  being  a quarter  of  an hour after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  further  proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  4. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  is of  opinion  that  the 
recent  high  price  of  Bread  in  this  country  is 
due  to natural  causes  alone,  and that  any  import 
duty  on wheat  would  tend  to  raise  the  price  still 
higher  and  aggravate  the  suffering  caused  by 
dear  Bread—(Sir  Joseph  Leese)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  2,  by  leaving  out  all  the 
words  after  the  word  " causes,"  and  adding  the 
words  "and  neglect  of  British  resources,  and 
that  great  advantage  to  the  consumers  in  the 
United  Kingdom  would  follow such  a  rearrange-
ment of duties on food  products as will  encourage 
agriculture  in  the  United  Kingdom,  give  a 
preference  to  the  Colonies,  stimulate  the  pro-
ductive  power  of  the  Empire  as  a whole,  and 
so lessen  our  dependence  on  foreign  countries 
for  the  necessaries  of  life "—(Mr.  Goulding),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right  j 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

r 

m 
Tellers  for the 
^ o e s> 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-

R o o d^ 

[Viscount  Valentia  : 

|  203. 

) 90. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main Question being again  proposed : 

—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding, 
the  Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restraint of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Restraint  of  Trades  jS^-v  BiIL 
(Shops)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill;  

i n 

Charge)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Settled  Land 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Bm-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensed 
the  Licensed  Premises ?Ei^tion 

Second  Reading  of 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Days) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  o l o 8 i ng   BilK 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for resuming  Elections  and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment which,  Registration 
upon the  7 th  day of  February  last, was  proposed  ( L o n d o n)   Bl11' 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  the  Prohibition  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical ^^ 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 

b 
c^p^ies7 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time  Bfll< 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Whale 

Second  Reading  of the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

Act°(i907) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Amendment 

upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the  of   t he   P e oP le 
People  BUI,; 

BUL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Municipe! 
Elections  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Elections 

B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Justices of the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  P e a ce   BiU-
Bill; 

No. 26.]  8  E D ¥.   V I I. 

Uh  March. 

77 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Spurious 
Sports  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading' of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

•Clerks of  the 
Peace and 
-County 
Councils  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and 
County  Councils  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  Corporations 
ffi^nf 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a Second  time BiU. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Education 
(Provision  of 
Meals) 
•(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Trusts Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Education  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Question,  Supply  (Army 

That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the  Chair,  was  Estimates.) 
resumed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 

The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  objection  .being 

taken  to  further  pro-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

ceeding,  the  Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trusts  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

morrow. 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply  [loth 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent  p®^™^ 
Resolutions  which,  upon 
the  11 th  day  of 
February  last,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Sea Fisheries 
Regulation 
'(Scotland') 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Sea Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for  r e c e i v i ng   Supply  [ i l th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^ f ^ 3 
the  l l tn   day  of  February  last; 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Bailway 
Tickets Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing Act  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Amendment  Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Act  Amend-
BiH- 

ment  Bill; 

The  Order of the day being  read, for receiving  Supply  [20th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of February  last; 

epor . 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means-

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Daylight 
Saving  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  B i l l; 

Second  Reading of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
this  instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of 
March. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

•Open Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17 th  day  of  this 
March. 

Voters 
{Qualification 
and  Registra-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  "Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councifs) Bill, and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Polling  Districts  (County  Councils)  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 

V O L.   1 63 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites S i t es 
(Extension)  Bill  ; 

(Extension) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Second  Reading  of thg Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment.)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

^  S 

Hours) 

( N o . 2)   Blu. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

L  3 

78 

4 th—5th  March. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
BlU" 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post  Office 
Savings Bank  Second  Reading  of 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Post  Office  Savings 

Bank  Bill; 

Copy  of  Account  Of  receipts 

1908. 
into,  and 
payments  out  of,  the  Local  Taxation  (Ireland) 
Account,  under  the  Probate  Duties  (Scotland 
and Ireland) Act,  1888  ; the  Customs  and  Inland 
Revenue  Act,  1890;  the  Local  Taxation  (Cus-
toms  and  Excise)  Act,  1890;  the  Purchase  of 
Land  (Ireland)  Act,  1891  ;  the  Finance  Act, 
1894;  the  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Act, 
1898 ; and  thie Local  Government  (Ireland)  Act, 
1902^ for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1907. 

[No. 27.: 
Local 
Taxation 
(Ireland) 
Account. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Elementary 
Education 
Walfs)nBiird  ( E ng l a nd   a n d  Wales)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  sixteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  27.] 

Thursday,  5th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

* 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading 
thereof,  Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied 
with,  viz. :— 

London  Port  and  Docks  Bill. 
Great  Eastern  Railway  (Steamboats)  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bills be read  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That in the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Order  67  has  not  been  complied  with, 
viz.  :— 

Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order  62 
complied 
with.) 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order  67  not 
complied 
with.) 

Camborne 
Water  Bill. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  on  the 
Camborne  Water  Company  for  the  raising  of 
capital,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time  ;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets  and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  of  Selection  to  refer, if  they  think 
fit, 
(Streets  and 
Buildings)  Bill 
to  the  Police  and  Sanitary 
Committee.—(Mr.  Corrie  Grant.) 

the  Liverpool  Corporation 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Beport. 
Militia  Act, 
1882  (Deputy 
Lieutenants, 
Ireland.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of several  Acts  of Parliament,—Return  of 
Copies  of  the  several  descriptions  of  Qualifica-
tions under  the  Militia  Act,  1882,  lodged  with 
the  Clerk  of  General  Meetings  of  Lieutenancy 
in  Ireland  by  Deputy  Lieutenants  during  the 
year  1907,  as furnished  to  the  Chief  Secretary 
to  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland. 

Copy  of  Fertilizers  and  Feeding  Stuffs  Regu-
lations,  No.  2,  1907,  made  by  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  under  the  Fertilizers  and Feeding  Stuffs 
Act,  1906. 

Fertilizers and 
Feeding  Stuffs-
Act,  1906. 

Copy  of  the  American  Gooseberry  Mildew 
and  Black  Currant  Mite  (Ireland)  Order,  1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Department  of 
Agriculture 
and  Technical 
Instruction 
for  Ireland. 

Mr.  Secretary  Morley  presented,  by  His  East  India 

Majesty's  Command,— Copy  of  Tables  relating  (Trade0 
to  the  Trade  of  British  India  with  British 
Possessions  and  Foreign  Countries,  for  the  five 
years  1902-3  to  1906-7. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Board of 
Command,—Copy  of List  of Certified Schools for Education. 
Blind,  Deaf,  Defective,  and  Epileptic  Children 
in  England  and  Wales  on the  1st  August  1907. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to the  Post  Office 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of Q^J.®^, 
the  Money  Order  Amendment  (No.  2)  Regula-
tions,  1908,  dated  7th  February  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-  Divorce  Law 
morrow,  the  Divorce  Law  Amendment  (No.  2) Amendment 
)  1 • 
Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

( 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  13th  day of  this  instant  March. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Summary 

Monday  next,  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Ire- 
land)  Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

an 

JVBUI 
1' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Arthur  Philip  Du  Cros,  Esquire,  Member  for  New  Member 

the  Borough  of  Hastings,  Was sworn. 

sworn. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  from  the  Committee  Private  Bills 
on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills;  That  Mr.  Joyce,  (GrouP ° ) 
one  of the  Members  of  the  said  Committee,  was 
not  present  during  the  Sitting  of the  Committee 
this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  from  the  Committee  Private  Bills 

on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills;  That  the  parties  ( G r o uP   °  ) 
promoting  the  Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas 
Bill  had  stated  that,  the  evidence  of  William 
Brock  Keen,  of  23,  Queen  Victoria  Street,  in 
the  City  of  London,  was essential  to  their  case ; 
and,  it  having  been  proved  that  his  attendance 
could  not  be  procured  without  the  intervention 
of  the  House,  he  had  been  instructed  to  move 
that  the  said  William  Brock  Keen  do attend the 
said  Committee  on  Monday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of  the  clocks 

No.  41.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

25th March. 

79 

Ordered,  That  William  Brock Keen  do attend 
the  Committee  on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills  on 
Monday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Selection  . 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the 
following  Member  from  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  :—Mr. 
Ward  (added in respect  of  the Tobacco  Growing 
(Scotland)  Bill)  ;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect  of  the  Tobacco  Growing 
(Scotland)  Bill):  Mr.  Runciman. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
i;he  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Poisons and 
Pharmacy 
Bill. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bills. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers and 
Drains  Bill. 
Bill  140. 

The  Lords  have  come  to  the  following  Reso-
lution,  viz.  :  That  it 
the 
Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill  be  referred  to  a 
Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament. 

is  desirable 

that 

The  Lords  have  come  to  the  following  Reso-
lution,  viz.:  That  it is  desirable  that  the  London 
and  District  Electricity  Supply  Bill,  London 
Electric  Supply  Bill,  and  London  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  both 
Houses  of  Parliament. 

Mr. Dickinson,  supported  by  Sir  William  Bull, 
Mr.  Bowles,  Sir  William  Collins,  Mr.  Crooks, 
Mr.  Timothy  Doxies,  Sir  George  Far dell,  Mr. 
Claude  Hay,  Sir  Henry  Kimher,  Earl  Percy, 
Sir  Albert  Spicer,  and  Mr.  Waterlow, presented  a 
Bill  to  amend  the  Metropolis  Management  Acts 
with  respect  to  Sewers  Mid Drains:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

T 1"  1M r.
BUI  141. 

Mr.  Everett,  supported  by  Mr.  Cobbold,  Sir 
Rabbits on 
^T-n'Ti  fU1-  William  Brampton  Gurdon,  Mr.  George  Hardy, 
  Rogers,  Mr.  Soares,  Mr.  James  Parker,  and 
Mr.  Nicholls,  presented  a  Bill  to  allow  Com-
moners  to  kill  and  take  Rabbits  on  Commons : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this 
instant  March ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Breaches of 
Byelaws Bill. 
BiU 142. 

Mr.  Wedgwood,  supported  by  Sir  Francis 
Channing,  Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  Mr.  Austin 
Taylor,  and  Mr.  Mallet,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend the Law relating to penalties for breaches 
of  Byelaws  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  20th  day  of 
this  instant  March;  and  to  he  printed. 

Married 
Women's 
Property  Bill. 
BiU  143. 

Mr.  Hicks  Beach,  supported  by  Mr.  Staveley-
Hill,  Mr.  Lane-Fox,  Mr,  Cave,  Mr.  Micklem, 
and  Mr.  Rogers,  presented  a  Bill  to  render 
Married  Women  with  a  separate  estate  liable 
for the  support  of  their  parents :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Business ot 

put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  going  into  Com-
mittee  of  Supply,  if  under  discussion  when  the 
Business  is  postponed  this  day,  be  resumed  and 
proceeded  with,  though  opposed,  after the  inter-
ruption  of  Business—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer); 

u pp 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for 
NOPS 
noes, 

A c l a n d~ 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia: 

H o o d> 

1  , 

89. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for resuming  Supply  (Army 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed Estimates.) 
upon  the  4 th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the  Chair; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to  Trade 

the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word  Disputes  (Use 
"  That"  to  the  end  of the  Question,  in  order  to  of  T r o oW 
add the  words " in the opinion  of  this  House,  the 
powers  now  vested  in  chief  magistrates  to  call 
upon  the  War  Office  to  supply  troops  during 
times  of  trade  disputes  are  open  to  grave  abuse, 
are  a  menace  to the  liberty  of  the  subject,  and 
ought  to  be inquired  into  and  reported  upon  by 
a  Committee  of  this  House  "—(Mr.  Wardle),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do now  leave  the 

Chair. 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into  Supply, 

the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

To  report  Progress, and  askleave  to  sit  again. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  acquainted  the  House  that 
the Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  matter 
to  them  referred ;  and  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next, again  resolve  itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply [iot,h 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequentFebruary] 
l l th   day  of 
Resolutions  which,  upon 
February  last,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

e p o  ' 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Mr.  Scott,  _  supported  by  Mr.  Bell,  Mr. 
Authorities  Wedgwood,  Sir  Randal  Cremer,  Mr.  Crooks, 
M r'  H a™°° d>  Sir  Maurice  Levy,  Mr.  Shackle-
t C of 
ton,  Mr.  Arthur  Harvey,  Mr. John  Robertson, 
Land)  Bill. 
Bill  144.  Mr.  Snowden,  and  Mr.  Thomasson, presented  a 
Bill  to  provide  for  the  taxation  and  purchase 
of  Land  by  Local  Authorities  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order of the 4ay being read, for receiving  Supply  [nth 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  l l th   day  of  February  last; 

p 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being read,  for receiving  Supply  [20th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of February] 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

Beport-

l  4 

80 

5th—6th  March. 

1908. 

[No. 27. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  "Ways and  Means ; 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Polling  Districts (County  Councils) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Standing 
Committee. 

A. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Prosecution of 
Offences 
(Amendment) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Coal Mines 
S i g ho V ^ r°   Second  Reading  of 
2 )^ m. 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

H o u r s )

( N o.

[No.  28.] 

Friday,  6th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills, 

from one  of the  Examiners  of Petitions  for  ^ ° f 6

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  8nae(57  not 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  complied 
Standing  Orders  62  and  67  have  not  beenwith*^ 
complied  with,  viz.  :— 

6 

n

2

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
B,U' 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  BiU. 

The  London  County  Council 

(General 
Powers)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  strike  out  from  Part  II.  of  the 
Bill  all  Clauses  dealing  with  milk  supply  other 
than  the  Model  Milk Clauses.—(Mr.  Courthope.) 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
BiU. 

Widnes 
Corooration 
Bill.' 

The  Blackburn  Corporation  Bill  was,  accord-
ing  to Order, read a second  time,  and  committed! 
Ordered,  That  it  be-  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  strike  put  from  the  Bill  all 
Clauses  dealing  with  milk  supply  other  than  the 
Model  Milk  Clauses.—(Mr. .Courthope.) 

The  Widnes  Corporation  Bill  was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a second  time, fbid committed. 

Ordered,'  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  strike  . out  from.  the  Bill  all 
Clauses  dealing  with milk  supply  other  than  the 
Model  Milk  Clauses.—(Mr.  Citurthope.) 

Adjournment. 

: A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr 
Whiteley)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the.  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  six  minutes  before  Ten 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Mullingar,  Kells,  and  Drogheda  Railway 

BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Bill  was read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

The  Madras  Railway  Company  (Annuities)  Madras 
Railway 
Company 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  (Annuities) 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Bil)* 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vidifsecond 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Account  relative  to  Local  Local 
Taxation  (Ireland),  which  was  presented  upon  Taxation 
Acc^n^ 
the  5th  day  of this  instant  March,  be  printed. 

No. 83. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Railway 
Command,—Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Accidents. 
Casualties,  as  reported  to the  Board of  Trade  by 
the  several  Railway  Companies  in  the  United 
three  months  ending 
Kingdom,  during  the 
30th  September  1907  ; 
the 
the 
Reports  of 
Railway  Department  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
upon  certain  Accidents  which  were 
inquired 
into.  Part  II.,  Reports  on  Accidents. 

together  with 
the  Inspecting  Officers  of 

Copy  of  Return  showing  (IV  numbers  and  Passengers 

nationalities  of  the  Passengers 
arrived  in  the  United  Kingdom  for  or  from Europe: 
places  out  of  Europe ;  and  (2)  the  net  balance 
pf  such  Passengers  outward  or  inward  in  each 
month  of  the  year  1908. 

left  or 

that 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  MlKenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 

Command,  —  Copy  of 
Council  Syllabus,  contained  in  a  Return  to  an 
Order  of the  House of  I^ords, numbered  (115-1) 
—1906. 

•'  • 

the  London  County Education 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Treaty  Series 
e'  1908-> 

His  Majesty's  Comnumd,—Copy  of  Accession 
of  Sweden  to  the  International  Sanitary  Con-
vention,  signed  at  Paris,  3rd, December  1903, 
! 20th  December  1907. 

"  -

' 

No.  2 8 .]   8  E D W.   V I I. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

6th  March. 

81 
Mr.  Adhins  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

Table. 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

Army. 

Army. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1899 
(Commis-
sioners.) 

Education 
(Local 
Authorities) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
War  Office  Committee  on  the 
treatment  of 
Soldiers  invalided  for  Tuberculosis. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Schemes  made  by  the  Army  Council 
of 
and 
for 
Territorial  Force  Associations. 

establishment 

constitution 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  dis-
charged  the  following  Members  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect of  the  Polling  Districts 
and  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland)  B i l l ):  — 
Mr.  Attorney  General,  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel, 
and  Mr.  Gladstone; 
in 
substitution :  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr. Attorney  General 
for  Ireland,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for 
Ireland. 

and  had  appointed 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
from  the  Committee  ; That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Polling  Districts 
and  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland)  Bill)  :— 
Mr.  Agnew,  Mr.  Bertram  Straus,  Mr.  Robert 
Price,  Mr.  Marnham,  Mr.  Schwann,  Mr.  Hugh 
Law,  Mr.  M'Calmont,  Captain  Craig,  Mr. 
Thomas  Corbett,  Mr.  Kennedy,  Mr.  John 
Johnson,  Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Jeremiah  MacVeagh, 
Mr.  Long,  and  Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Law  of  Distress 
(Amendment)  Bill):—Mr.  Middlebrook,  Mr. 
Whitehead,  Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Lardner,  Mr.  Nield, 
Mr.  Brace,  Sir  William  Bull,  Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson,  Mr.  Butcher,  Mr.  Muldoon,  Mr.  Beale, 
Mr.  L.ehmann,  Mr.  Micklem,  Mr.  Napier,  and 
Mr.  Walker. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee;  That,  in  pursuance  of  the 
provisions  of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  they  had  selected  the 
following  Fifteen  Members  to  form  the  Parlia-
mentary  Panel  of  Members  of  this  House  to 
act  as  Commissioners  :—Mr.  MCrae,  Sir  John 
Tuke,  Mr.  Findlay,  Mr.  Ainsworih,  Sir  John 
Dewar,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  Mr.  Wilkie, 
Mr.  Bell,  Major  Anstrnther  -  Gray,  Viscount 
Dairymple,  Mr.  M'Callum,  Mr.  Charles  Price, 
Sir  Andrew  Torrance,  Sir  John  Jardine,  and 
Mr.  Tennant. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Local 

the  Education 

Second  Reading  of 
Authorities)  B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  six  months."—(Viscount 
Morpeth.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question put 
the  £p.?rs°ant  to 
S.O. Closure 
Cf  Debate.) 

tion  be  now  put:—It  was  resolved 
.  a. 
Affirmative. 

in 

,. 

r 

And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 
the 

the  word  " now" 

stand  part  of 

That 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the P^'"  A d k i n s>  

Yeas, 

I Sir  Francis  Sharp 

Powell-. 

Tellers  for  the/ Viscount  Morpeth, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Wedgwood  ; 

1 

Vl96. 

I 

58. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill;  

Attendance) 

Ordered,  That,  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlUi 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 

the  Civil  Bill  Courts  ?° ulr 

(Dublin)  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aged 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  B i l l;  

Pensioners 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a, second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of  this 
March. 

The Order of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which,  Disord®18 B m-
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Lands  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

'O^tland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Eights of  Way 

Second  Reading  of  the  Rights  of  W ay   (Scot-  (Scotland) 
land)  B i l l; 

BlU* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon' Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now  " stand  part  of  the  Question:—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 

Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
( N o.   2)  B i l l;  

(No. 2) Bill. 

VOL.  163. 

M 

82 

6th—9th  March. 

1908.  [No, 29. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Public 
Libraries  Bill.  g e c o nd   R e a d i ng   of   t h e  p u b l i c  Libraries  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
this  instant 

upon  Monday  the  16th  day  of 
March. 

Parliamentary  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
XSstration")  Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Yoters 
Bill. 

(Registration)  Bill; 

Bale of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Industrial 
Schools  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  o£ the  Industrial  Schools  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  16th  day  of  this 
March. 

Education 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  16th  day  of 
March. 

this 

Conveyancing 
Uil!. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Representation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
of  the  People  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
B l l L 

People  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill.  S e c o n d  heading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  B.) 

Sir  Henry  Kimber  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  B  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till Tuesday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
three  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

[No.  29.] 
Monday,  9th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

PK   A T E R S. 

THE   Blaydon  and  Ryton  Water  (Transfer)  Blaydon  and 

Bill  was  read  a second  time,  and  committed, 

Bill. 

The  Dublin  and  South  Eastern  Railway  Bill  Dublin  and 

was  read  a second time,  and  committed. 

Railway*8**"1 
Bill. 

The  Dartford  Gas  Bill  was  read  a  second  Dartford  Gas 

time,  and  committed. 

Bl11-

The  Knott  End  Railway  Bill  was  read  a  Knott  End 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Railway  Bill. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  for  the  (Scotland.) 
year  1907  by the  Director  on the  Royal  Scottish 
Museum,  Edinburgh. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to p0st Office 
the  directions of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  (Foreign and 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-  paicerPost') 
ment 
February  1908. 

(No.  14)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  8th 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Marriages, 
rnand,—Copy of  General  Abstract  of  Marriages,  Births,  and 
Births,  and  Deaths  registered  in  England  and  ^gj a n (j.) 
Wales  in  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  556 Reports 
(Basutoland,  Report  for  1906 - 7 ).  

(Annual.) 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Leeward 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of Islands. 
Prison  Rule  regarding  the  mode  of  employ-
ment  of  Female  Prisoners 
in  the  Leeward 
Islands. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson  presented,  by  His  Naval  Works. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum 
showing  Progress  ! and  Expenditure,  &c.  on 
items  included  in  the  Naval  Works  Act. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Church 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-seventh commission. 
Report  from  the  Church Estates  Commissioners, 
for the  year  preceding  1st  March  1908. 

10 

Ordered,  That  the  Said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Sirachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Diseases of 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Animals  Acts, 
B" 
of  an  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Animals 
Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  27th  February  1908, 
revoking  Order  No.  5179,  of  the  19th  May 

t0 

N0..8&]  8  E n w.   YII. 

9 th  March. 

83 

1894,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Wharf  at  the 
Port ..of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909,  including  18,463  Royal  Marines ; 

Deer  Forests 
(Highland • 
Crofting 
Counties.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  giving  the  name  of  each  Deer  Forest 
in  the  six  Highland  Crofting  Counties,  the 
amount  of  its  assessment,  its  acreage  for  the 
years  1883,  1898,  1904,  and  1908,  and  showing 
the  increase  or  decrease  in  the  acreage  between 
the  years  1904  and  1908  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  232  of  Session 
1905).—(Mr.  Weir.) 

Standing 
Committees. 

Ordered,  That  all  Standing  Committees  have 
leave  to  print  and  circulate  with  the  Votes  the 
Minutes  of  their  Proceedings,  and  any  amended 
Clauses  of  Bills  committed  to  them.  —  (Mr. 
Eugene  Wason.) 

Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 
Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No.  84. 

No,  84. 

Fatal 
Accidents 

Bill [Lords.] 
Bill  145. 
Gosport  G as 
Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

New  Member 
sworn. 

Mr. Eugene  Wason reported  from  the  Stand-
ing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the 
Tobacco  Growing  (Scotland)  Bill  was  referred; 
That 
they  bad  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to report  the  same  without  Amend-
ment  to  the  House, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  26th  day  of  June 
next. 

The  Fatal  Accidents  (Damages)  Bill  [Lords] 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  the  Gosport  Gas  Bill;  That 
they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,, and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone 
through  the.  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ; and be  printed. 

Francis  Edward  Meekan,  Esquire,  Member 
(North  Leitrim 

for  the  County  of  Leitrim 
Division),  was  sworn, 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  120,000  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys 
be  employed 
for  the  said  Services  —  (Mr. 
Murray  Macdonald)  :—Debate  arising; 

Mr.  Mallet  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 
move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but  the 
Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  then 
to.put  that  Question  :—Debate  resumed. 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Chairman 
withholds  his 
assent 

Question  put,  and  negatived. 

Original  Question  again  proposed  :—Debate 

arising  | 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be  now  put. 

Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the j Mr.  Whiteley, 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Joseph Pease : 
Tellers  for the j: Mr.  Claude  Hay, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Bramsdon : 
Original  Question put  accordingly, and  agreed 

1 !  1 8 9. 

43, 

to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  "House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply  [10th 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent  February] 
Resolutions  which,  upon 
l l th   day  of 
February  last,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

the 

Ordered,  That,  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply  [llth 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  l l th   day  of  February last 

port' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Bcroughs  Bill. 
Bill  146. 

Mr.  Burns  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Municipal  Corporations  Act,  1882,. with  respect 
to the  right  of Aldermen  to  vote  in  the  Election 
of  Aldermen  ;  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next  j  and  to 
be  printed. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for receiving  Supply  [20tb 

the  Report  from  the  Committee 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

of  Supply  of 

Ordered,  That. the  Report  be  received  to> 

morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill, 
Bill  147. 

Mr.  Burns  presented  a  Bill  to  relieve  places 
of  Religious Worship  from liability  to  contribute 
to  the  expenses  of  Paving  new  Streets 
in 
London":  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Sttpply 
[1st  allotted 
Day.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read 

f or  

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

t he   Ways  and 
Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 
Second  Reading  of the  Licensing  Bill; 

for  the  Licensing Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
128,000  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys  be  em-
ployed  for  the  Sea  and  Coagt  Guard  Services 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

I Second Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 
|  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow. 

• 

1 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

M  2 

84 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  oi  cue  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
d 
(A 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
t"i  Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

men men )  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Goal Mines 
(W   Hours) S e c o n d  Reading  of 
1 
'  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

9th  March, 

1908. 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

[No. 29. 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Franchise  and 
Removal of 
Women's 
Disabilities 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Elections 
Bill; 

Municipal 
Elections  Bill. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
^Construction)  Second  Reading of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post  office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  'Office  Savings 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales'* Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Irish  Peerage 
!  " 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Merchandise 
Marks (No. 2)  S e cond   Reading  of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

(No.  2)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Pnbiic  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Public  Health  Act 

Second  Reading  of 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of 
March. 

this 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill; 

Engines and 
Boilers 
(Persons  in 
Charge)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for resuming 
the  adjourned Debate  on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  7th day  of  February  last, was  proposed 
to be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be  further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Elections and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisher es 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-  Regulation 
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 
(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill;  

Tickets  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

.Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Nurses  Registration 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Workmen's 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-
1 

tion  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

S m e nf 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education Education 
(School.Attendance)  Bill; 

g ^ a n c e ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bll.l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Incest  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Incest  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 
the  Civil  Bill 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill; 

f or   t he   Civil  Bill 
Courts  Courts 

(Dublin)  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement 
Bill; 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BllL 

No.  29.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

dih—lOth  March. 

85 

Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Sale  of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bepresentation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  People  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
B l l L 

People  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill.  S e < J o nd   R e a d i ng   of   t h e  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  fourteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Education  (Local  Authorities)  Bill -

[No.  30.] 
Tuesday,  10th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Greystones 
Gas  Bill. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water  Bill. 

Mullingar, 
Kells,  and 
Drogheda 
Railway  Bill. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Greystones  Gas 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban 
Water  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  6th  day  of  this 
instant  March, That the Report of the  Examiners 
of  Petitions for Private Bills upon the  Mullingar, 
Kells,  and  Drogheda  Railway  Bill  be  referred 
to the  Select Committee  on Standing Orders,  was 
read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn.—(The 

Deputy  Chairman.) 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

V OL   1 6 3. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board  of 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Victoria  Education, 
and  Albert  Museum,  the  Royal  College  of 
Science  and  Art,  the  Geological  Survey  and 
Museum,  and  on  the  work  of  the  Solar  Physics 
Committee,  for the  year  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Lighthouses, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Reports  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  the  Trinity  In«pecti<H»0 
House  of  Deptford  Strond,  the  Commissioners 
• 
of  Northern  Lighthouses, and the Commissioners 
of  Irish  Lights  of  their  Inspection  of  Local 
Lighthouses,  Buoys,  and  Beacons. 

(.Local 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Mines  and 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the Quarries 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  Occidents at 
by Professor R. A.  S. Redmayne,  M.sc.,  M.I.M.E.,  certain 
F.G.8.,  on  the  causes  of,  and  circumstances  Collieries.) 
attending,  the  Shaft  Accidents  which  occurred 
at  the  Foggs,  Barrow,  and  Rawdon  Collieries 
on  4th  October  and  15th  and  18th  November 
1907,  respectively. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Explosion at 

mand, —  Copy  of  (1)  the  Report  of  District 
Inspector  Preston,  Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  t,odge, 
on  the  Explosion  at  Lord  Ashtown's  Lodge,  Glenahiry, 
Glenahiry,  County  Waterford,  to  the  Police 
. 
Authorities,  dated  7th  September  1907  ;  (2)  the  Water£ord-
Statement  of  District  Inspector  Preston,  dated 
l l th   September  1907,  furnished  to  Lord  Ash-
town,  to  the  County  Council  of  Waterford,  and 
to  the  Rural  District  Council  of Clonmel,  No.  2; 
and 
(3)  the  Statement  of  Sergeant  Rielly, 
dated  22nd  August  1907,  furnished  to  the  same 
parties,  and  referred  to  in  the  Statement  of 
District Inspector Preston, dated  l l th   September 
1907. 

Ordered, 

That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Sydney  Buxton  presented, by His Majesty's  Postal 
Command,—Copy  of  additional  Articles  to  the  Agreement 
Agreement,  dated  29th  April—7th  November  ( S u n n t t m' ); 
1906, for  an  exchange of Money  Orders  between 
the  Post  Office of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  and  the  Post  Office of  the 
Dutch  Colony  of  Surinam,  dated 
l l th 
December  1907—13th  February  1908. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Menzies,  supported  by  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  Fruit  Growers 

Ainsworth,  Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  Mr.  Beale,  and  (Scotland) 
Mr.  Dundas  White,  presented  a  Bill  to  give 
increased  security  of  tenure  to  Fruit  Growers  in 
Scotland  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to 
be  printed. 

Bill. 

Bill  148. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Police 
Bill  to  provide  one  day's  rest  in  seven  to  the  S^f!®^ 
Police:  And  that  Mr.  Remnant,  Mr.  Goulding,  Hollday  ) 
Sir  William  Bull,  and  Mr.  Claude  Hay  do 
prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Remnant  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to  Police 

provide  one  day's  rest  in  seven  to  the  Police  : 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

°R-»y?jo 

1 

M  3 

86 

IQth  March, 

1908. 

[No. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of 
fcrapply,  if  under  discussion when the  Business  i3 
postponed  this  day,  be  resumed  and  proceeded 
with,  though  opposed,  after  the  interruption  of 
Business—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers for  the 
Noes, 

["Viscount  Valentia; 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

} 270. 

87. 

\ 
j 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^ ^ a r c h] 
the  9th  day  of' this  instant  March; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Licensing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Supply. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself 

to-morrow. 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  Motion  made, and  Question proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £7,129,700  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses  of  Wages, 
&c.  to  Officers, Seamen  and  Boys,  Coast  Guard, 
and  Royal  Marines,  which  will  come  in  course 
of payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1909 : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  Item  B  (Coast  Guard,  Wages  and  Allow-
ances)  be  reduced  by  £100.—(Mr.  Fell.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Fell, 

Yeas, 

(Sir  William  Bull: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\  Mr. Joseph  Pease : 

} 46. 

235. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
2.  £2,306,700 

for  Works,  Buildings,  and 
Repairs,  at  Home  and  Abroad,  including  the 
cost  of  Superintendence,  Purchase  of  Sites, 
Grants  in  Aid,  and  other  charges  connected 
therewith. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
to-
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Bepori. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  11th  day  of  Feb-
ruary  last,  were  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply  [11th 
February] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being read,  lor  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  11th day  of  February  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites Sites^ 
(Extension)  B i l l; 

(Extension) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  ( N o.   2)  B i l l;  

K  •  ) 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  o±  tne  day  hemg  read,  tor  tne  Telegraph 
Second Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Savings Bank 
Bank  Bill; 

BlU" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education Education 
WateSu 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

the  Fatal  Accidents Accidents 

gu[2&] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Contempt of 

proposed,  That  the  jurisdiction  of  judges  in Court 
dealing  with  Contempt  of  Court  is  practically  * 
arbitrary  and unlimited,  and,  especially  in  view 
of  recent  exercises of  that jurisdiction in  Ireland, 
calls  for the  action  of  Parliament, with  a view  to 
its  definition  and  limitation  —  (Mr.  Nicholas 
Murphy); 

n  " 

No.  41.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

25th  March. 

87 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
" especially  in  view  of  recent  exercises  of  that 
jurisdiction  in  Ireland."—(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 

left  out  stand  part  of 

to  be 

proposed 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Eight; 

'  The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for the J Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

}  1 8 4. 

Tellers  for the J" Mr.  Charles  Craig, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Lonsdale: 

59. 

So it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  tlie  E i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

Tellers for  the/Mr.  Moore, 

Noes, 

(.Captain  Craig  : 

I 
J 

} 

181. 

66. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Resolved,  That  the  jurisdiction  of  judges  in 
dealing  with  Contempt  of  Court  is  practically 
arbitrary  and unlimited,  and,  especially  in  view 
of  recent  exercises  of that jurisdiction in  Ireland, 
calls  for  the  action  of  Parliament, with  a view  to 
its  definition  and  limitation. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next. 

Payment  of 
Jurors  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Payment  of  Jurors  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Local 
Authorities 
.(Admission of 
the Press)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Authorities 

Second  Reading  of 
(Admission  of the  Press)  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  J u r i s d i c t i on  
(Ireland)  Bill; 

J u r i s d i c t i on 
(Ireland) Bm. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
the  Married  Women's  Women's 

Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill; 

Property  B.U. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  Disorders  BllL 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Bm-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  Peerage 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill  ; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Incest  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  Incest  Bill, 

a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  ^ n d m e nt 
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  03.™t]and) 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming  Elections  and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which, Registraticm^ 
upon the  7th  day of  February  last,  was  proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

on 

1 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Coal  Mines 
(Might  Hours 
for  Winding 
Enginemen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill: 

day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 
the  Civil  Bill  Courts p"ul:'f.  ,  „.„ 
(Dublin)  Billi 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
. (Provision of 
Meals) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Voters 
• (Qualification 
. and  Registra-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of Food 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  ^ s
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Amendment 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Cj^ 1 1^) 

D r u g3 

to-morrow. 

M  4 

88 

10th—11th  March. 

1908. 

[No..  3 1s 

Ferries 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland) Bill,  Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill  5 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Stuart-Wortley 

reported  from  Standing  Standing 

Committee  A, to whom the Police Superannuation  p°™™lttee A" 
Bill  was  referred ;  That  they  had  gone  through snperannua-
the  Bill  and  made  an Amendment  thereunto. 

tion  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 87. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the Proceedings  No.  87. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

upon  Thursday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  four minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  31.] 

. 

Wednesday, 11th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A YE   R S. 

Humber 
Commercial 
K S S T 1 

Hp HE   Humber  Commercial  Railway  and 
J_  Dock  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
"Vide  Second 
Report. 

Army. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Revised  Forms 
the 
of  Attestation 
Territorial  Force. 

for  Men  enlisting 

into 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Boycotting 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  3rd  day  of  this  instant  March,  for 
Returns  relative  to  Boycotting  (Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Private 
Legislation 
fscotland) 
Act, 1899. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  12th  day  of 
February  last,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the 
Private  "Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
18 99,  be  printed,  was  read  and  discharged. 

Pauperism 
Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
(England  and  a  Copy  of  Statement  of  the  number  of  Paupers 
relieved  on  the  1st  day  of  Jauuary  1908,  and 
(Half-yearly 
similar  Statement  for  the  1st  day  of  July  1908 
Statements.) 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 108 
of  Session  1907).—(Dr.  Macnamara.) 

Inverness 
County 
Allotments^ 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House 
a Return  of  the  Report  of  a  Special  Committee 
County  Council  of  Inverness  upon 
applications  for  Allotments  in  North  Uist  and 
Barra,  made  in  September  1897,  together  with 
any  relative  Papers.—(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Polling 
Arrangements 
(Parlia-
mentary 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 

No.  86. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Polling  Arrange-
(Parliamentary  Boroughs)  Bill  was 
ments 
referred ;  That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same  without 
Amendment  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

No. 86. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  3rd  day  of  July 
next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  150. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Friday  the  3rA day  of  July  next  ;  and  be 
printed. 

:  Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged  the  following  Member from  Standing standing6 
Committee  A  (added  in  respect  of  the  Law  of  Committee A. 
Distress  Amendment  Bill)  : —  Mr.  Micklem ; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Arnold  Herbert. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Henry  Kimber  reported  from  the  Com-  Stockport 

the  Stockport  Corporation  Bill;  Corporation 

inittee  on 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-Bl11-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  verbally 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to  be  true ;  and had  gone  through  the 
Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Table  ; and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  vide Supple-
ment to the 
v otes. 

Sir  Henry  Kimber  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 

mittee  on  Group  B  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for  (Group  B.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned 
till  Wednesday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-  Pensions  (Old 

morrow,  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  was  r e ad   Age)  Bill, 
and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-Housing of 

morrow,  the  Housing  of  Working  Classes  Acts  Workiug 
Amendment  Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bill> 

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of 
March. 

this  instant 

Mr.  Mooney reported  from  the  Committee  on West 

the  West  Bridgford  Urban  District  Council urba^°Kstrict 
Water Bill;  That they had examined  the  allega-  council  Water 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Billj but the  Bill. 
same  had  not  been  proved  to  their  satisfaction. 

[Preamble 
not  proved.] 

_ 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An  Heme Bay 

Act  to  authorise  the  sale  of  Heme  Bay  Pier, 
and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  ^ "r 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Heme  Bay  Pier  Bill  [Lords']  was  read Heme Bay 

the  first  time. 

f™ 
[Lords.  \ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

llth  March. 

89 

No. 31.]  8  EDW.  7 1 1. 
National 
Military 
Training  Bill. 
Bill  151. 

Captain  Kincaid-Smith,  supported  by  Colonel 
Carlile,  Viscount  Castlereagh,  Mr.  Hills,  Vis-
count  Helmsley,  Mr.  Lynch,  Viscount  Morpeth, 
Mr.  Itees,  .Mr.  Rowland  Hunt,  Mr.  Fredetick 
Edwin  Smith,  Sir Edward  Tennant,  and  Captain 
Waring,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Terri-
torial  and  Reserve  Forces  Act,  1907,  and  to 
authorise  National  Military  Training  in  the 
Territorial  Force  :  And the same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time  upon  Wednesday  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Trawlers' 
Certificates 
Suspension 
BiU. 

BH1 152. 

Mr.  Weir,  supported  by  Mr.  Morton,  Mr. 
Ainsworth,  Mr.  Leicester  Harmsworth,  Mr. 
Cathcart  Wason,  Mr.  Bryce,  Mr.  Sutherland, 
Mr.  Younger,  and  Major  Anstruther-  Gray, 
presented  a  Bill  to  enable  Courts  to  suspend 
the  Certificates  of  Trawlers  convicted  of  illegal 
Trawling:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  20th  day 
of  this  instant  March ;  and to  be  printed. 

I  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 
Second  Beading  of  the  Small  Holdings  Bill;  

Holdings  Bill. 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time : —And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 
Wednesday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Leaseholds 

Second  Reading  of the Leaseholds  (Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill; 

m en 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Death 

Second  Reading  of  the  Death  Certificates Certificatesi  _ 
(Charges)  Bill  ; 
(Charges)  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Supply, 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

Question  put 
{pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
•of  Debate.) 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That a 
number  of  Land  Forces  not  exceeding  185,000, 
all  ranks,  be  maintained  for the  Service  of  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
at  Home  and  Abroad,  excluding  His  Majesty's 
Indian  Possessions,  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909 :—Debate  arising ; 
Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 
Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 
The Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

186. 

Yeas, 

\  Mr. Joseph  Pease : 

Tellers  for  the jMr. Murray  Macdonald,\ 
J 
Question  put  accordingly,  and  agreed  to. 

(Mr.  Luttrell: 

Noes, 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  further  proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  4. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That  this  House  is  of  opinion  that 
the  maximum  amount 
the  system  whereby 
sanctioned  by  Law  at  a time  when  the  valuation 
of  the  City  of  Dublin  was  comparatively  low 
still  continues  to  be  levied  is  unjustifiable,  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  the  valuation  of  the  city 
has  greatly  increased,  and  that  the  number  of 
Police  has not  appreciably  increased  ;  that  the 
crimeless  condition  of  the  city  does  not  warrant 
this  heavy  expenditure;  and  that  the  control 
of  this  Police  Force  should be vested in  the  local 
authorities,  as  is  the  case  in  cities  in  Great 
Britain—(Mr.  Meagher):—And  the  said  Motion 
was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Agricultural 
Education  in 
Elementary 
Schools  Bill. 

The  Agricultural  Education  in  Elementary 
Schools  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing 
Committee. 

Purchase of 
Land 
, 
„ 
$ B DB i u n 

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Second  Beading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land 

(England  and  Wales)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restraint of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Restraint  of  Trades 
(Shops)  Bill; 

(Shops)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensed 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  Premises ?™mi
ses
n 
t
DayT) Casing 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bl11, 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prohibition of 

dJ®l
e
Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical  pr
a
e b 
Companies7 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second time  Bl11, 

to-morrow. 

.. 

The  Trusts  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, read  Trusts  Bill, 

a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 

Select  Committee.—(Mr.  Rendall.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers ®®w.ers 
•  " Tj-ii 
and  Drains  Bill; 

j  tv 

Drains  Bui. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Local 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the  Press) 
Bill  be  now  read  a second  time ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Pr2s) bqi. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  Disorders BiU. 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 
till  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of  this instant  March. 

N 

90 

llth  March. 

1908. 

[No. 31. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 
o 

The  Order of the day being  read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [ 9 t h  March] 
the  9th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Eeport-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  7th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now read a second  time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26 th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Sale of  Pood 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow, 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill.  g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of the day  being  read, for receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [10th March] 
the  10th  day  of  this  instant  March; 

e p 0  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

(Exte^on) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Supply  (Army  The  postponed  proceeding  in  Committee  of 
Estimates.) 

Supply  (Army  Estimates)  was resumed. 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l; 

the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  (Eight  Hours) 

(No'  2)   BiU-

Resolution  to be  reported. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  b e i ng   read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  also  acquainted  the 
House  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day  of  Feb-
ruary  last,  were  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply;  • 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Report. 

Supply  [ l l th 
February] 
Report. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  l l th   day  of  February  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading  of the Telegraph (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

BUL 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  S a v i n gs   Savings Bank 
Bank  Bill; 

BiIL . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  ^ u cf i o?  
, 
(England  and 
7„  
(England  and  Wales)  Bill;  
Wales)Bill. 

,  ,CT  , 

J 

. 

, 

. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords'] ; 

the  Fatal  Accidents  f g ^K 

Bill™Z^2».] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Report. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Poisons and 
tion  the  Message  from the  Lords  of  the  5th  day  g ^ r ™ ^, 
of  this  instant  March,  That  it  is  desirable  that  1  L 
the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords]  be 
referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of both  Houses 
of  Parliament. 

Ho. 81.]  8  EDW.  v n. 

11^—12^  March. 

91 

Resolved,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with 

the  Lords  in the  said  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the 
Lords  to  acquaint  them  therewith:  And  that 
the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said  Message.—(Mr. 
Whiteley.) 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Incest Bill 

-

Standing 
Committee. 

A. 

[No.  32.] 
Thursday, 12th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P  ft  A Y  E  B  S. 

London  Port 
and  Docks 
Bill. 

QRDERED, 

the  London  Port  and 
Docks  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon 

That 

Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant  March. 

Lower Thames  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Grays)  Dock  Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) 
m 

Dock  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Probation of 
Offenders Act,  Majesty's  Command,—  Copy  of  Memorandum 
1907. 
issued  by  the  Home  Office  relative  to 
the 
administration  of  the  Probation  of  Offenders 
Act,  19  7,  containing  the  Rules  made  by  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department 
under  section  7 of  the  Act. 

Explosions 
(Explosion  of 
Cartridges on 
Registered 
Premises of 
Messrs.  Dyke 
and Co.) 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  Home  Department  on  the  circumstances 
attending  an  Explosion  of  Cartridges,  which 
occurred  on  the  registered  premises  of  Messrs. 
F.  Dyke  and  Company,  at  5,  Saint  George's 
Avenue,  Aldermanbury,  E.C.,  on  1st  January 
1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
(Dockyard 
Expense 
Accounts, 
1906-7.) 

No. 88. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Annual 
Accounts  for  the  year  1906-7  of  Shipbuilding 
and  Dockyard  Transactions,  &c., 
including 
Manufactures ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table  j  and  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Wines 
a  Return  showing  the  alcoholic  strength,  degree  ImP°rted-
by  degree,  of  Wines  imported  to  this  country 
during  the  year  1907  in  cask  from  the  various 
countries  of  Europe,  Madeira,  Australia,  and 
other  countries (in continuation  of Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  81  of  Session  1907).—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Derby Gas 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Derby  Gas  Bill  ; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, and amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged  the following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  A  :—Mr.  Charles  Craig  ;  and  had Committee A. 
appointed  in  substitution  :  Mr.  Thomas  Corbett. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  standing 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Thirteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Polling  Districts 
(County  Councils)  Bill)  : — Mr.  John  Wilson, 
Mr.  Glover,  Mr.  Guy  Wilson,  Sir  Edwin  Corn-
wall,  Mr.  Newnes,  Mr.  M'Kinnon  Wood,  Mr. 
Wiles,  Mr.  Carr-Gomm,  Mr.  Trevelyan,  Mr. 
Guinness,  Viscount  Morpeth,  Sir  William  Bull, 
and  Mr.  Goulding. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  Committee  A. 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Bill)  : —  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone 
and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  j  and had  appointed  in 
substitution :  Mr.  M'Kenna  and  Mr.  Lough-

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Thirteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  B i l l ) : — M r.   Walker,  Mr.  Wedg-
wood,  Mr.  Adkins,  Mr.  Gordon  Harvey,  Mr. 
Massie,  Mr.  Verney,  Mr.  Winfrey,  Mr.  Walsh, 
Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  Staveley-Hill,  Sir  Francis 
Sharp  Powell,  Viscount  Morpeth,  and  Sir Philip 
Magnus. 

• 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Thirteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Incest  Bill):  — 
Colonel  Lochwood,  Sir  John  Kennaway,  Colonel 
Sandys,  Colonel  Warde,  Mr.  Crossley,  Mr. 
Maclean,  Mr.  George  Hardy,  Mr.  Henry  Wilson, 
Mr.  Weir,  Mr.  Hedges,  Mr.  Robert  Pearce,  Mr. 
John  Wilson, and  Mr.  Clynes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Rochdale 
from  the  Committee  on the  Rochdale  Corpora-  Corporation 
tion  Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-Bil1* 
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as amended,  to 
be  true j  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

Table;  and be  printed. 

lie  upon  the  Vide  Sapple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

N  2 

92 

12tk   March. 

[.No.. 32. 
Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That  a  Supply  (Army 

1908. 

Conway  and 
Colwyn Bay 
Joint  Water 
Board  Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Parochial 
Medical 
Officers 
(Scotland) 
BUI. 

Bill  153. 

Mr.  Mooney  reported  from  the  Committee  On 
the  Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water 
Supply  Board  Bill;  That  they  had  examined 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make 
it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Cathcart  Wason, supported  by  Mr.  Aim-
worlh,  Mr.  Leicester  Harmsworth,  Sir  John 
Dewar,  Mr.  Crombie,  Mr.  Gulland,  Sir  Henry 
Craih,  Viscount  Dalrymple,  Major  Anstruther-
Gray,  Mr.  Younger, Mr.  Cross, and  Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  tenure  of  office  of  Parochial 
Medical  Officers in  Scotland  :  And  the same was 
ordered to  be read  a second  time  upon  Thursday 
the  30th  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  154. 

Sir  Howard  Vincent, supported  by  Sir  William 
Exportation  of 
Horses Bill.  Brampton  Gurdon,  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  and 
Mr.  Nield,  presented  a  Bill 
to  regulate  the 
exportation  of  Horses,  and  to  prevent  cruelty 
in  connection  therewith:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Wednes-
day  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  March ;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of 
Supply,  if  under  discussion  when  the  Business 
is  postponed  this  day,  be  resumed  and  proceeded 
with,  though  opposed,  after  the  interruption  of 
Business,  notwithstanding  anything  in  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  15  —  (Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer); 

sum  not  exceeding  £9,421,000  be  granted  for  Estimates.) 
the  said  Service—(Sir  Ivor  Herbert),—resumed. 

Question  again  proposed :—Motion,  by  leave, 

withdrawn. 

Original  Question,  That  a sum  not  exceeding 
£9,422,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to defray 
the  Expense  of  the  Pay,  &c.  of  His  Majesty  s 
Army  (including  Army  Reserve),  at  Home  and 
Abroad  (exclusive  of  India),  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the year  ending  on  the 
31st  clay  of  March  1909,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

2.  £1,743,000 for  Rewards,  Half Pay,  Retired 
Pay,  Widows'  Pensions,  and  other  Non-effective 
Charges  for Officers. 

3.  £1,782,000  for  Chelsea  and  Kilmainham 
Hospitals,  for  Oat  Pensions,  Rewards  for  Dis-
tinguished  Services,  Widows' Pensions,  and other 
Non-effective  Charges  for  Warrant  Officers, 
Non-commissioned  Officers, and  Men,  &c. 

4.  £167,000  for  Civil  Superannuation,  Com-
pensation,  Compassionate  Allowances  and  Gra-
tuities,  and  for  Payments  under the  Workmen's 
Compensation  Act. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the ( Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr. Joseph  Pease : 

Tellers for  the fA l e x a n d er   Acland-

6  Noes1" 
' 

1 1 0 0 ( 1 > 

1 
(Viscount  Valentiat 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Supply [loth 

• 277. 

79. 

into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent  February] 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day  of  Feb- B e p o r t' 
ruary  last,  were  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[2nd allotted 

The House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 

^ 

C o m m i t t ee   o f  S u p p l y. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  Motion  made,  and Question proposed,  That 
a  sum not  exceeding  £9,422,000  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  of  the  Pay, 
&c.  of  His  Majesty's  Army  (including  Army 
Reserve),  at  Home  and  Abroad  (exclusive  of 
India),  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1909 : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £9,421,000  be 
granted for the  said  Service.—(Sir Ivor  Herbert.) 

And  it  being  a quarter  of  an hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  under  Standing  Order  No.  8,  further 
proceeding  was postponed  without  Question  put. 

Liverpoo 
(General'011 
Powers)  pill,  and  committed. 

The  Liverpool  Corporation  (General  Powers) 
B i l1   was>  according  to  Order, read  a second  time, 

The  Order  of the  day being read,  for receiving  supply [llth 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  l l th   day  of  February  last; 

Report" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being  read,  for receiving  Supply [20th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

e p 0 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order of the  day being  read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^ g ^ 1 0^ 
the  9th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

epo  . 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

No.  32.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Supply 
K - t M 

The Order of the  day being  read, for receiving 
t h e  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Supply 
[ l l th   March] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  March ; 

12th—13th  March. 

93 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 
Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Agricultural  Education  in  Elemen-

A. 

Monday  next. 

tary  Schools  Bill. 

licensing  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
^Amendment)  ( A m e nd m en t)   Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Coal Mines 
(Eight  Honrs)  Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Hours  (Nc.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Post  Office 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bill. 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
Education 
ffitilf 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

j  —  Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 

(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

[Zords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

of 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Whiteley):—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued 
till  ten  miuutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

to  sit 

V O L.   163. 

[No.  33.] 
Friday,  13th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

PE   A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  for  reading  a  second  time  the  Great  Eastern 

Great  Eastern  Railway  (Steamboats)  Bill Railway 

was read  and  discharged. 

^Steamboats) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn.—(The 

Deputy  Chairman.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Yide'second 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  Boy-  Boycotting 
cotting  (Ireland),  which  was  presented  upon  the  (Ireland.) 
No.  89. 
11th day  of this  instant  March,  be  printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the Navy 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Annual 
Balance  Sheets  showing  the  cost  of  manu- facturing 
facturing  Provisions,  Victualling  Stores,  and Accounts, 
Seamen's  Clothing  (Hair  Beds)  at  the  Home  1906-7.) 
Victualling  Yards  and  Malta  Yard,  for  the  year  No.  90. 
1906-7;  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Mamf 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the  (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  27th  February  1908,  amending  the  terms 
of  paragraph  2  of  the  Minute  of  27th  April 
1899,  providing  for  the  distribution  of  the  sum 
available  for  Secondary  or  Technical  (including 
Agricultural)  Education,  under  section  2,  sub-
section  (4),  of  the  Local  Taxation  Account 
(Scotland)  Act,  1898. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy of  Regulations  and  Conditions  Education-
affecting  the  recognition  by the  Board  of  Educa-
tion,  under 
the  Elementary 
Education  Act,  1876,  of  Elementary  Schools  in 
Wales  and  Monmouthshire, being  neither  Public 
Elementary  Schools  nor  Schools  applying  for 
recognition  under  any  other  Act  of  Parliament 
as  Certified  Efficient  Schools. 

section  48  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Unemployed 
Second  Reading  of  the  unemployed  Workmen  Workmen  Bill. 
Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

N  3 

94 

13th March. 

[No.  33. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

1908. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That  " to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  " this  House,  while  ready  to  consider 
any  practical  proposal  for  dealing  with  the  evil 
of  unemployment,  cannot  entertain  a  measure 
which,  by  wasting  the  resources  of  the  nation, 
would  throw  out  of  work  more  persons  than  it 
could  assist,  and  would  destroy  the  power  of 
organised  labour,  but  hopes  that  the  Govern-
ment  will  give  immediate  consideration  to  the 
recommendations  in  the  forthcoming  Report  of 
the  Poor  Law  Commission,  so  far  as  they  deal 
with unemployment"—(Mr.  Maddisori),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  cf  the  Ques-
tion ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  John  Ward: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Fuller: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

|  116. 

|  265. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 

be  there  added; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 
I Mr.  Fuller  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Noes, 

IMr.  John  Ward: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

\ 
J 
"J 
J 

241, 

95. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Officers  Officers Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-  Ssh®f es
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

ds 
Act°(1907) 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Amendment 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Justices of the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  P e a ce   BiU-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  23rd  day  of 
March. 

this 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Spurious 
sP orts  Bm-

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  23rd  day  of 
March. 

this 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Clerks of  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and Peace and 
County  Councils  B i l l;  

Councils  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  23rd  day  of 
March. 

this 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Reading  of  the Local Authorities  (Taxa-  Authorities 
S ^ of 
tion  and  Purchase  of  Land)  BiH; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Land)  Bill, 

upon  Thursday  next. 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put; 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  while  ready  to 
consider  any  practical  proposal  for  dealing  with 
the  evil  of  unemployment,  cannot  entertain  a 
measure  which,  by  wasting  the  resources  of  the 
nation,  would  throw  out  of  work  more  persons 
than it could  assist,  and  would  destroy  the  power 
of  organised  labour,  but  hopes  that  the  Govern-
ment  will  give  immediate  consideration  to  the 
recommendations  in  the  forthcoming  Report  of 
the  Poor  Law  Commission,  so  far  as  they  deal 
with  unemployment. 

Merchandise 
Marks Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  1st  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Parliamentary 
. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters 
(Registration)  Bill;  

rati 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Settled  Land 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  B i l l; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prohibition  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  'Prohibition  of  Medical  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  B i l l;  

Companies7 

Exportation 
of  Old Horses 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Old 
Horses  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BU1-

upon  Monday  the  23rd  day  of 
March. 

this 

instant 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Divorce Law 
Amendment 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Divorce  Law  Amend-
ment  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Payment  of 
Jurors Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Payment  of  Jurors  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  March. 

the 
The  Order  of 
Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The Order of the day being  read,  for  resuming  Local 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
o£ 
upon  the  10th  day  of this  instant  March,  That  [ h e p^gs)" ° 
the  Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill. 
Bill  be  now  read  a second  time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

No. 33.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

\Wi—16th  March. 

95 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
thereto,  have  been 
and  which  are  applicable 
complied  with,  viz.:— 

Heme  Bay  Pier  Bill  [Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Sale of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ferried 
(Ireland)  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Ferries  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
added  the  following Members  to  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Polling  Districts 
(County  Councils),  Education  (Local  Autho-
rities), and Incest Bills)  :—Mr.  William  O'Brien 
and  Mr.  Ravanagh. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
BiU. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Monday  next, the  Municipal Corporations  (Elec-
tion  of  Aldermen)  Bill was  read  and  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  4th  day  of  May  next. 

Swinton  and 
Mexborough 
Gas  Bill. 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Hours of 
Labour  Bill. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  the  Swinton  and 

Mexborough  Gas  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Friday  the  1st  day  of  May  next,  the  Hours  of 
Labour  Bill  was read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
twenty-one  minutes  after  Five  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

- 

[-No; 34.]  -

Monday,  16th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords'] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and 
thereof,  the 
referred  on  the  First  Reading 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  (standing 
for  the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  Orders not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Cambrian  Railways  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  hia  Camberwell 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  ^ S ) 1 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  y}^. 
this  present  Parliament  for  the 
to  serve  in 
Borough  of  Camberwell  (Peckham  Division),  in 
the  room  of  Charles  Goddard  Clarke,  Esquire, 
deceased.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Several  Public  Petitionso were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

Public 
Petition*. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Fifty - fifth 
Report  of 
the  Charity  Commissioners  for 
England  and  Wales,  being  for the  year  1907. 

Charity 
Commission 
(England  and 
Wales.) 

Copy  of  Supplement  to  the  Annual  Report 
of  the  Chief  Inspector  of  Factories  and  Work-
shops  for  the  year  1906.  Returns  of  Persons 
employed  in  1904  in  Non-Textile  Factories,  and 
of  Summary  of  Annual  Reports'  of  Medical 
Officers of  Health  for  1906. 

Factories  and 
Workshops! 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  Polling 

pursuant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
Parliament,  —  Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Essex.) 
Council  of 
the  County  of  Essex,  altering 
certain  Polling  Districts  in  the  Mid  or  Chelms-
ford Parliamentary  Division. 

of 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the Shop Hours 

West  Riding  of  Yorkshire  under  the  Shop  Act> 190i-
Hours  Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secre-
tary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing 
the  hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of 
Shops  within 
the  Sowerby  Bridge  Urban 
District. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Emigration' 

Command,—Copy  of  Emigration  Statistics  of  Statistics 
(Ireland.) 
Ireland  for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Renna  presented,  bv  His  Majesty's  Elementary 
Command,—Copy  of  the  Enactments  proposed Education 
to be  amended  or  repealed  in  the  Schedules  to wale^Bifl. 
the  Elementary Education  (England  and  Wales) 
Bill. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Spring  Assizes 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  —Act> 1879. 
Copies  of  Two  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Spring  Assizes  Act,  1879,  and  the  Winter 
Assizes  Act,  1876,  of  28th  February  1908, 
constituting  Spring  Assize  Counties  Nos.  2  and 
3  for  the  purpose of  the  ensuing  Spring  Assizes. 

Copies  of  Two  Orders  in  Council  under  the Merchant 
Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  dated  the  29th  Shipping Act, 
February  1908,  (1)  applying  the  provisions  of  1894' 
to  Deserters  from 
section  2'38  of  the  Act 
Roumanian  Vessels ;  and (2) revoking  the Order 

N  4 

96 

25th  March. 

of  the  2nd  November  1907  relating  to the  same 
subject. 

future  arrangements 
Sinclair.) 

in  that 

1 9 0 8.  
island.  —  (Mr. 

[No. 41. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act. 1866. 

Copy  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Naval 
and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865,  of 
29th  February  1908,  approving  Memorials  of 
the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  for 
sanction  to  ( I)   the  continuance  of  payment 
of  Command  Money  heretofore  paid 
to  the 
Captains  of  the  Gunnery  Schools  at  Sheerness 
and  Devonport,  and  allowances  to  Gunners  at 
those  Schools  on  their  amalgamation  with  the 
Royal  Naval  Barracks  at  Chatham  and  Devon-
port ;  (2)  improvements  in the  Pay  and  Position 
of  Commissioned  Warrant  Officers and  Warrant 
Officers, and in  the  Pensions  of  Chief  and  Head 
Schoolmasters  in  His  Majesty's  Navy  ;  (3)  the 
payment  of  Prize  Money  for  proficiency  in 
Torpedo  Practice  ;  and  (4)  certain  modifications 
in  the  Rules  respecting  allowances  for  Gunnery 
and  Torpedo,  and the  application  to  men  in  the 
the  Regulations  abolishing  Re-
Service  of 
engaged  Pay. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Emigration. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,— Copy  of  Report  on  the  Emigrants' 
Information  Office  for  the  year  ended  31st 
December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board  of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1907. 

Super-
annuation 
Act,  1887. 

Local  Loans 
Fund. 

No.  48. 

Sir  Edward 

Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, — Copy  of  Agricultural 
Statistics,  1907.  Vol.  X L I I .,   Part  II.,  Return 
of  Produce  of  Crops  in  Great  Britain,  with 
Summaries  for  the  United  Kingdom. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Act  of  Sederunt  regulating  the  Fees  payable 
in  the  Sheriff  Courts  of  Scotland,  and  prescrib-
ing  the  form  of  Books  of  Account  to  be  kept 
by  Sheriff  Clerks. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Superannuation 
Treasury  Minute  under 
Act,  1887,  dated  15th  March  1908,  granting  to 
James  Ranyard  Lee,  First-  Class  Attendant, 
British  Museum,  a  retiring  allowance  under 
the  Act. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of an Act  of  Parliament, was  laid upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Accounts 
of  receipts  and  payments  by  the  Commissioners 
for the Reduction of  the National Debt  in respect 
of  the  capital  and  income  of  the  Local  Loans 
Fund,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907; 
together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Island  of 
Vatersay. 

No:  91. 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  the  Correspondence  between  Lady 
Gordon  Cathcart  and the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
and  the  Lord  Advocate,  with  reference  to  the 
seizure  and occupation of  the  Island  of  Vatersay 
by  Squatters;  and  with  regard  to  proposed 

Mr.  Sinclair  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Return. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  National 
Wednesday  next, the  National  Military  Training  Mmtary  ^ 
. 
Bill  was  read  and  discharged.  ' , 

am ng 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Huddersfleld 

Act  to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to 
the  discharge  of  compensation  waters  from  the 
water  undertaking  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses  of  the  County  Borough  of  Hudders-
field  ;  to which  the  Lords desire the  concurrence 
of  this  House. 

The  Huddersfield  Water  Bill  [Lords']  was Huddersfield 

read  the  first  time.. 

^atoBm 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Robert  Pearce,  supported  by  Sir  William  Calendar 

Bull,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  and  Mr.  Corrie 
Grant,  presented  a Bill  to  reform  the  Calendar, 
fix  Easter  and  other  and  more  Bank  Holidays, 
and  for  other  purposes  in  relation  thereto  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of 
this  instant 
March  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bi]L 

B l 11 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved itself Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

' 

^  allotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9  (Vote  on  Account). 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £21,805,000  be  granted 
to  His  Majesty,  on  account,  for  or  towards 
defraying  the  charges  for  the  following  Civil 
Services  and Revenue  Departments  for the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909,  viz.  :— 

Civil  Services. 

CLASS  I I. 

Board of  Agriculture  and Fisheries  -

Revenue  Departments. 

Post Office 

Civil  Services. 

CLASS  I I. 

Ireland: 

£ 
65,000 

• 6,500,000 

Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical 
- 

Instruction 

- 

-

CLASS  L 

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- 

--
Royal  Palaces 
Osborne 
-
Boyal  Porks and Pleasure  Gardens  -
Houses of  Parliament  Buildings 
Salisbury Memorial  - 
Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 

- 

-

Britain 

-

-

-

-

-

--

Art and Science  Buildings,  Great  Britain -
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings  -
Revenue Buildings 
-
Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom 
Harbours under the  Board of  Trade 

- 

- 

95,000 

20,000 
5,000 
52,000 
18,000 
1,000 

30,000 
25,000 
40,000 
250,000 
230,000 
90,000 
20,000 

N o . 3 1]  

8  EDW.  V I I. 

16th  March. 

- 

- 
- 
Peterhead  Harbour 
Rates  on Government  Property 
- 
Public  'Works and Buildings,  Ireland 
Eailways,  Ireland 

- 

..

.

£ 
10,000 
- 
-  300,000 
95,000 
- 
30,000 
- 

United  Kingdom  and England : 

CLASS  I I. 

.

.

.

..

..

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

Trade 

10,000 
House  of  Lords  Offices 
- 
20,000 
House  of  Commons Offices 
40,000 
Treasury and  subordinate  Departments 
75,000 
Home  Office 
24,000 
Foreign  Office 
25,000 
Colonial  Office  - 
5,000 
Privy  Council  Office 
-  100,000 
Board  of  Trade 
Mercantile  Marine  Services 
25,000 
- 
Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board  of 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Charity  Commission  - 
- 
- 
Civil Service  Commission  - 
- 
Exchequer  and Audit  Department 
Friendly  Societies  Registry 
Local  Government  Board  • 
Lunacy  Commission  -
-
Mint  (including  Coinage) 
National  Debt  Office - 
Public  Record  Office 
Public Works Loan  Commission 
Registrar  General's  Office 
- 
.
Stationery  and Printing 
Woods,  Forests,  &c., Office of 
- 
Works and Public  Buildings,  Office of 
- 
Secret  Service  - 

3 
15,000 
17,000 
25,000 
3,000 
85,000 
5,000 
5 
6,000 
10,000 
1,200 
- 
- 
15,000 
-  330,000 
8,000 
- 
36,000 
- 
40,000 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

--

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

..

..

-

.

Scotland  : 

Secretary  for  Scotland,  Office of 
Fishery  Board  -
-
Lunacy  Commission  -
Registrar  General's  Office - 
Local  Government  Board  - 

-
-

-
-

- 

- 

- 

--
--

- 

- 

Ireland : 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Departments  - 

Lord Lieutenant's  Household 
- 
Chief  Secretary's  Offices  and  subordinate 
- 
- 
Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests  Office 
Local  Government  Board 
- 
- 
Public Record Office 
Public  Works Office  - 
- 
Registrar  General's  Office 
Valuation  and Boundary  Survey 

- 
.

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

..

25,000 
7,000 
2,500 
1,500 
5,000 

2,000 

10,000 
1,000 
30,000 
2,000 
16,000 
5,000 
7,000 

CLASS  I I I. 

United Kingdom  and England : 

Law  Charges 
Miscellaneous  Legal  Expenses  - 
- 
Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 
Land  Registry  - 
- 
Public  Trustee  -
County  Courts  -
Police,  England and Wales 
Prisons,  England  and the  Colonies 
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great 

30,000 
28,000 
- 
' -  150,000 
16,000 
- 
1,000 
2 
15,000 
- 
-  320,000 

- 
- 
- 

--
--

- 
- 

-
-

-
-

-
-

- 

- 

- 

Britain 

Broadmoor  Criminal  Lunatic Asylum 

Scotland : 

Law  Charges  and Courts  of  Law 
Register  House,  Edinburgh 
- 
Crofters Commission 
.
Prisons 

..

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

Ireland: 

130,000 
15,000 

30,000 
15,000 
2,000 
35,000 

25,000 

Law  Charges and  Criminal  Prosecutions  - 
Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and  other 
- 

Legal Departments 
-

-

--

Land  Commission 
-
County  Court  Officers, &o. 
Dublin  Metropolitan Police 
Royal  Irish  Constabulary  - 
- 
Prisons 
Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools 
Dnndrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

43,000 
110,000 
40,000 
- 
- 
60,000 
-  615,000 
50,000 
- 
55,000 
- 
4,000 
- 

VOL.  163. 

CLASS  I V. 

- 
- 

United  Kingdom  and England  : 
- 

Board of  Education  - 
- 
British Museum 
National  Gallery 
-
National  Portrait  Gallery  - 
Wallace  Collection 
- 
Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
Universities  and  Colleges,  Great  Britain, 

- 
-

-
-

- 

-

£ 
7^00,000 
60,000 
17,000 
3,000 
3,000 
28,000 

and Intermediate  Education,  Wales 

-

Scotland: 
Public  Education 
National  Galleries 
Ireland: 
Public  Education 
Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
National  Gallery 
Queen's  Colleges 

CLASS  V. 

Diplomatic  and Consular  Services 
Colonial Services 
Telegraph  Subsidies  and Pacific  Cable 
Cyprus  (Grant  in  Aid) 

-

-

-

75,000 

850,000 
3,000 

760,000 
400 
•  2,000 
2,500 

•  250,000 
-  350,000 
25,000 
- 
49,000 
- 

CLASS  Y I. 

ances 

Superannuation  and Retired  Allowances  -  300,000 
Miscellaneous  Charitable  and other  Allow-
-

-
- 
Hospitals  and Charities,  Ireland 
Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies 
-

1,150 
17,000 

Deficiencies 

— 

--

--

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

CLASS  Y I I. 

Temporary  Commissions  - 
Miscellaneous  Expenses 
- 
- 
Repayments  to  the Local  Loans  Fund 
- 
Ireland  Development  Grant 

- 

- 

Revenue  Departments. 

Customs' 
Inland Revenue 

-

25,000 
4,740 

- 

-  100,000 

350,000 
-  830,000 

Total  for  Civil  Services  and 

Revenue  Departments 

£21,805,000 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
T h at   I t e m,   Class  I I .,   V o te   11  ( B o a rd   of  A g r i-
culture  and  Fisheries),  bp  reduced  by  £ 1 , 0 0 0 .— 
( M r.   Chaplin.) 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the J Y i s c o u nt   Valentia, 

Y e a s,  

( M r.   Henry  Forster 

: 

Tellers  f or   t h ef   Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

| 

87. 

1 2 0 7. 

Original  Question  again  proposed  : 
W h e r e u p on   M o t i on   made,  and  Question  put, 
T h at   I t e m,   Class  I I .,   V o te   11  ( B o a rd   of  A g r i-
culture  and  Fisheries),  be   reduced  by   £ 1 0 0 .— 
( S ir   Berkeley 

Sheffield.) 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  t h ef   Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Thomas  Corbett: 

T e l l e rs   f or   the ( M r.   Whiteley, 

N o e s,  

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

'( 
J 

4 7. 

167. 

Original  Question  again  proposed  : 
W h e r e u p on   M o t i on   made,  and  Question  put, 
T h at   I t e m,   R e v e n ue   Departments,  Y o te   3,  be 
reduced  by  £ 1 0 0 . — ( M r.   Samuel 

Roberts.) 

T he   Committee  divided. 

Tellers  f or   the  f Mr.  Samuel 

Roberts, 

Y e a s,  

( E a rl   Winterton: 

Tellers  for  the  f Mr.  Whiteley, 

N o e s,  

t  Mr.  Joseph  Pease  ; 

} 63. 

2 0 6. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
98 

1 Qth March. 

1908: 

[M 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

upon  Monday  next. 

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Children Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  thfe Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill  ; 

(Extension) 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
Eeport^810^ 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  receiving 
f r o m  tbe  Committee  of  Supply  of 

t he   R eP o rt  
the  12th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day  of  Feb-
ruary  last,  were  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply  [llth 
February] 
Keport- 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  l l th   day  of  February  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Eeport- 

The  Order  of  the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[9th  March] 
Report. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  9th  day  of  this  instant  March; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
Re0fcortMarCh] 

epor  ' 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  receiving 
t l ie   R eP o r f c  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  B i l l; 

(Amendment)-
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  tEight  Hours)-
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

2> B i l L 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction)  Obstruction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  l*™ 1^ B a nk 
Bank  Bill; 

*  B l U 

Ordtred,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill;  

Wales)  Biii.n 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

the  Fatal  Accidents 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Billow!] 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill;  Libraries BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[ l l th   March] 
Report. 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Industrial 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  B i l l;   Schools Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 

^orongha Bill.  in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  London Paving  Expenses 

. 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  B i l l; 

Bill> 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Merchandise 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

the  Merchandise  Marks  Marks (No. 2) 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of 
March. 

this 

•No. 34 ]  8  Edw.  YII. 

16th—17 th March. 

99 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of.  this  instant 
March. 

"Workmen's 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  g e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-

tion  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Franchise  and 
Removal  of 
Women's 
Disabilities 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Rail svay-
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of  this 
March. 

Elementary 
Education 
(School 
Attendance) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Fruit  Growers  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot-
(Scotland) 
Bill. 
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Police 
(Weekly 
Holiday)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the Police  (Weekly  Holiday) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of  this 
March. 

Civil  Bill 
Courts 
(Dublin)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Civil  Bill  Courts 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Leaseholds 
(Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the Leaseholds  (Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Second  Reading  of 

Licensed 
ejection 
Days)  Closing  (Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 
Bl11' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Licensed  Premises 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Metropolitan 
Drains ^Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Beading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 

r 

'  and  Drains  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of the day beitag read, for resuming  Elections  and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  Registration 
upon  the  7th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-  ( L o n d o n) B i u-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Second  Reading  of  the 
Bill; 

being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for resuming L0cai 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Authorities 
upon  the  10th  dayof  this  instant  March,  T h at   ( ^ m i s s i on   of 
the  Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill. 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said adjourned  Debate. 
And  the  Question  being  put:—It was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

B,11> 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs' Protection Bill  be now read a second  time ; 
Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of Food 

d
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  AC
Acts  Amendment  ( Scotland)  Bill; 

t3

Amendment 

Drug3 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill 

to-morrow. 

be  read  a second  time  (Scotland) 

Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  ten  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  35.] 
Tuesday,  llth  March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

rTIHE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the South West 
_L  Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Sub- Suburban 
Water Bill. 
urban  Water  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

_ 
O  ^ 

• 

Petitions. 
vide  Second 
Report. 

llth  March. 

1908. 

[No.  35, 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Public  Elementary 
Schools  in  Single-School  Parishes,  as  defined 
in  section  3  (6)  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table, 

East  India 
(-Land 
Revenue.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Morley  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Land  Revenue 
Assessments  in  the  Punjab  since  1855. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

7.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Leith  Burgh  Bill  Leith  Burgh 
to  be B i U  U^ds.] 

[Lords] 
the  Standing  Orders  ought 
dispensed  with  ;  that  the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

8.  That 

in  the  case  of  the  South  West  South  West 
Suburban  Water  Bill,  Petition  for  dispensing W^^KQ, 
with  Standing  Order  128  in  the  case  of  the 
a  81  1  ' 
Petition  of 
the  Metropolitan  Water  Board 
against  the  Bill,  the  said  Standing  Order  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

County  Court 
Rules. 

Workmen's 
Compensation 
Rules. 

Standing 
Orders. 

London 
United 
Tramways/ 

Ards  and 
Bangor 
Railways. 

Sligo  and 
Arigna 
Railway  Bill. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House  :— 

Copy  of  the  County  Court  Rules,  dated  13th 

March  1908.' 

Copy  of  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Rules, 
dated  14th  March  1908,  made  under  the  Work-
men's  Compensation  Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Ellis  reported from the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions;  which 
were  read,  as follow : 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  United 
the  Standing 
Tramways,  Petition 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the 
parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

for  Bill, 

for  Bill, 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Ards  and  Bangor 
Railways,  Petition 
the  Standing 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ;  that  the 
parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill 
on  the  condition  that  the  powers  to  construct 
Railways  Nos.  3  and  3A  are  struck  out  of  the 
Bill,  and  that  the  fact  that  a deposit  equal  to 
five  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  the  estimate  of 
expense  in  respect  of  the  remaining  railways 
proposed  to  be  authorised  has  been  made  with 
the  Accountant  General  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Judicature  in  Ireland  be proved  before  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill;  that  the  Committee  on 
the  Bill  do report  how  far  such  Order  has  been 
complied  with. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Sligo  and  Arigna 
Railway  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with;  that  the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill  on  the  condition  that 
Clauses  53  to  58,  inclusive,  are  struck  out  of  the 
Bill;  that  the  Committee  on the  Bill  do  report 
how  far  such  Order  has been  complied  with. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  County 
Council  (Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill 
[Lords'],  Petition  for  additional  provision,  the 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with ; 
that  the  promoters  have  leave  to  insert  the 
additional  provision  if  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  think  fit. 

Alliance  and 
other 
Assurance  and 
Insurance 
Companies 
[Lords. 

5.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Alliance  and  other 
Assurance  and  Insurance  Companies 
[Lords], 
Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with ;  that  the parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

West  London, 
Barnes,  and 
Richmond 
Tramways 
[Lords.] 

6.  That  in  the  case  of  the  West  London, 
Barnes,  and  Richmond  Tramways 
[Lords], 
Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed with  ;  that the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill  on  the  condition  that 
in 
all  tramways  are  struck  out  of  the  Bill 
respect  of  which  the  consents  of  the  local  and 
road  authorities,  to  the  extent  to  which  they 
are  necessary  under  Standing  Order  22,  are  not 
proved  before  the  Committee  to  whom  the  Bill 
is  referred;  that  the  Committee  on  the  Bill 
do  report  how far  such  Order  has  been  complied 
with. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from, 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Great  Wester® 

Act  to  provide  for  a  Superannuation  Scheme Railway 
for  officers  and  servants  of  the  Great  Western annuation 
Railway  Company, in  substitution  for  the  Great  Scheme)  Bill 
Western  Railway  Superannuation  Fund  esta-
blished  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Great 
Western  Railway  Act,  1864. 

The  Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation  Great  Western 

Scheme)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read the first time. 

^per 7 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to   t he   annuation 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

BiI1 

Mr.  Summerbell,  supported  by Mr.  Walsh, Mr.  Hours  of 
John  Taylor,  Mr.  Glover,  Mr.  Parker,  Mr. ^?]2acemen> 
Jowett,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Frederick  Richards,  presented  a  Bill  to  restrict  gjQ 155, 
the  Hours of  Labour  of  Surfacemen  at  collieries 
called  upon  to  work  seven  days  per  week  to 
eight  hours  per  day :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next; 
and  to be  printed. 

Mr.  Solicitor  General,  supported  by  Mr.  Costs  in 
Secretary  Gladstone  and  Mr. Attorney  General,  Q^™1^ 
presented  a  Bill  to  consolidate  and  amend  the 
Law  as  to  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to be  read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Bill  157. 

Mr.  Lupton,  supported  by  Mr.  Luttrell,  Mr.  Poor Law 
Lehmann,  Mr.  Higham,  Mr.  Robert  Price,  Mr. 
g ^S 
Winfrey,  Mr.  John  Ward,  and  Sir  John  Randies,  Exemption) 
presented  a  Bill  to  exempt  in  England  and  Bill. 
Wales  certain  poor  persons  from  compulsory  Bill  158. 
Contributions  to  the  Poor  Law  Guardians  on 
account  of  the  maintenance  of  relatives:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  supported  by  Mr.  A ins-  Crofters' 

worth,  Mr.  Leicester  Harmsworth,  Mr.  Weir, 
Mr.  Morton,  Mr.  Lamont,  Captain  Waring,  Mr. Bill. 
John  Henderson,  Mr.  Pirie,  Mr.  Williamson,  and  Bill  159. 
Mr.  Smeaton,  presented  a  Bill  to  extend  and 
amend  the  Acts  relating  to  Crofters'  Holdings 
in  Scotland,  1886  to  1891,  and  the  Congested 
Districts  (Scotland)  Act,  1897,  and  for  other 
purposes:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  4th  day  of  May 
next;  and to  be  printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved itself  Ways and 

into  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

Means. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

1.  Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service 
of  the  year  ending  on  the  31st. day  of  March 
1908,  the  sum  of  £375,817  be  granted^  out  of 
the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

No. 35.1  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

17 th  March. 
2.  Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the  March  1908  for  Criminal  Prosecutions  and 

1 01 

Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service 
of  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909,  the  sum  of  £44,355,400  be  granted  out  of 
the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

other  Law  Charges  in  Ireland. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
thereunto, by leaving out "£2,500 " and inserting 
" £2,400 "—(Captain  Craig),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  " £2,500  " 

stand  part  of  the  said  Resolution  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thef Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers  for the f Captain  Craig, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Thomas  Corbett: 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

1 
J 
\ 
J 

216. 

49. 

Supply  [10th 
February] 
Report. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Second  and  sub-
sequent  Resolutions  which,  upon  the  l l th   day 
of  February  last,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  February 
last,  viz.:— 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply [20th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  February] 
the  20th  day  of  February  last; 

p 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries, 
&c. (Supple-
mentary.) 

Mint  (Supple-
mentary.) 

Office of 
Public 
Trustee. 

Treasury 
Chests 
Abroad. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Class  II. 

2.  That  a  supplementary  sura  not  exceeding 
£100,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  and 
of  the  Royal  Botanic  Gardens,  Kew,  including 
certain  Grants  in  Aid. 

3.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£20  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Mint,  including  the  Expenses  of  Coinage. 

Class  III. 
4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,870  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Office  of 
Public  Trustee. 

Class  V. 
5.  That  a  sum  not exceeding  £327  be  granted 
to His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908  for 
making  good  the  net  loss  on  transactions  con-
nected  with  the  raising  of  money for  the  various 
Treasury  Chests  Abroad  in  the  year  1906-7. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  Lu^rt
epor ' 
the  11th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

MarohJ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 

ithe  Report  from the  Committee  of  Supply  of  C12th
jthe  12th  day  of  this instant  March; 
j  Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-
morrow. 

Bet>ort 

  March] 

I  The  Order of  the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 
I the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  9th day  of  this iostant  March ; 

epor ' 

March] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The Order of the  day being read,  for receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [ 1 0 t h  March] 
the  10th  day  of this  instant  March  ; 

port" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of the day being read, for  receiving  Supply 
6tort
p  r ' 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^e
the  16th  day  of  this  instant  March  ; 

Maroh] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply  [ l l th  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  reported  from  the 
February] 
Committee  of  Supply  of 
l l th   day  of 
Beport. 
February  last  a Resolution;  which  was read,  as 
followeth : 

the 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Class  III. 

That  a  supplementary  sum  not 
That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
Criminal' 
Prosecutions  £2,500 be granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the 
Chlrgese[nLaW charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
Ireland. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

Boroughs  Bill. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second  Reading  of the London Paving Expenses  ^ ^g 
Bill; 

Bj]1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

O 3 

1 02 

17th—18th  March. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No. 36. 

Children Bill, 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public  Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
(Amendment)  (Amendment)  B i U; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

[No.  36.] 
Wednesday,  1M   March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions for  ^ ^ g ^ 6 
! 3rivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  c o m Di i ed 
Jill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  with.) 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Camborne  Water  Bill. 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Poet Office 
Savings Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
BUL 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Derby Gas 

tion  the  Derby  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in  theBil1-
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  South West 

Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban  Suburban 
W a t e r B i l L 
Water  Bill; 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bills 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

of 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Lords'  Message  of the  5th  day  of 
this  instant  March,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the 
London  and  District  Electricity  Supply  Bill 
the  London  Electric  Supply  Bill 
[Lords], 
[Lords],  and  the  London 
(Westminster  and 
Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill 
[Lords]  be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of 
both  Houses  of  Parliament,  be  now  taken  into 
consideration  —  (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means)  : —It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

said  Lords'  Message  into  consideration. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords  in  the  said  Resolution.—(Mr.  Lloyd-
George.) 

Ordered< That  a Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint them  therewith:  And  that  the  Clerk 
do carry  the  said  Message. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn —  (Mr. 
Joseph  Pease):—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department 
by  the  Departmental  Committees  on  Check-
weighing  in  (1)  Cement  Works  and  Chalk 
Quarries,  and  (2)  Lime  Works  and  Limestone 
Quarries. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Check-
weighing  at 
Lime  and 
Cement 
Works,  &c. 
(Departmental 
Committees.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic and  (Annual 
Consular  Reports,  Annual Series,  Nos.  3962  and  8erie9-^ 
3963. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Transvaal 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Government 
Treasury  Minute,  dated  25 th  February  1908,  £™™nteed 
embodying 
the 
the  Treasury  Guarantee  of 
Transvaal  Treasury  Bills  issued  under  section 
1  (3)  of  the  Transvaal  Loan  (Guarantee)  Act, 
1907,  on  the,  1st  February  1908,  to  a  total 
amount  of  £500,000. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit 
till  twenty-five  minutes 
after  Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  criminal 
tions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid upon the  Appeal  Rules. 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of 
the  Criminal  Appeal  Rules,  1908. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the 

Press)  Bill. 

Mr.  Stuart'  Worthy  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Polling  Districts 
and  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland)  Bill  was 
referred ;  That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill 
and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committee  A 
Polling 
Districts  and 
Registration 
of  Voters 
(Ireland)  BiU. 
No.  92. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  next;  and  be  printed. 

No.  92. 

Bill  160. 

No. 33.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

\Wi—16th 

March. 

103 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councils)  Bill. 

Mr.  Stuart-Wortley 

reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Polling  Districts 
(County  Councils)  Bill  was  referred ;  That  they 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same  without  Amendment  to  the 
House. 

No.  93. 

No.  93. 

Ordered,  Thai  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  C.) 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  A.) 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills:  Thatj  for  the 
convenience  of  parties, 
the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Monday  next,  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following Members from  Standing 
Committee  A 
(in  respect  of  the  Education 
(Local  Authorities) Bill)  :—Mr.  Timothy  Davies 
and  Mr.  Walker;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect  of  the  Education 
(Local 
Authorities)  Bill)  :  Mr.  Benn  and  Mr,  Acland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Mooney  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Group  A  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  the  parties 
promoting  the  Glyncorrwg  Urban District  Coun-
cil  Bill  had  stated  that  the  evidence  of  Dr. 
William  Williams,  Medical  Officer  of  Health, 
Cardiff,  and  Isaac  Davies,  of  Abergwynfi, 
Schoolmaster,  was  essential  to  their  case;  and, 
it  having  been  proved  that  their  attendance 
could  not  be  procured  without  the  intervention 
of  the  House,  he  had  been  instructed  to  move 
that  the  said  Dr.  William  Williams  and  Isaac 
Davies  do  attend the  said  Committee  to-morrow, 
at  half-past  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  Dr.  William  Williams  and 
the  Committee  on 
Isaac  Davies  do  attend 
Group  A  of  Private  Bills  to-morrow,  at  half-
past  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Sligo  and 
Arigna 
Railway  Bill. 

The  House  was  moved, That  the  Report  from 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  in 
respect  of  the  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill 
might  be  read;  and the  same  being  read; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

National 
Military 
Training  Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
morrow,  the  National  Military  Training  Bill 
was read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of  April  next. 

Message  from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by 

Clyde 
Navigation 
(Super-
annuation) 
Order 
Confirmation 
[Urds.] 
Bill 

Irish  National 
Schools 
(Heating) 
Bill. 

Bill  161. 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Clyde  Navigation 
(Superannuation)  Order  Confirmation  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Captain  Craig,  supported  by  Colonel  Mi  Cai-
rn  out,  Mr.  Lonsdale,  Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Thomas 
Corbett, Mr.  Charles  Craig, and Mr. Hugh  Barrie, 
presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the  heating  of 
National  School  Houses  in  Ireland:  And  the 

YOL.  163. 

same was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Harmood  - Banner, 

supported  by  Mr.  Trust 

Armitage  and  Mr.  Scott,  presented  a  Bill  to  Investment 
amend  the  Law  as  to  the  investment  of  Trust 
Funds:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

BUI  162. 

Mr.  Winfrey,  supported  by  Mr.  Idris,  Mr. Pharmacy 

Henniker  Heaton,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  Remnant,Bl"\ 
Mr. Dobson,  Mr.  Cowan, Mr.  Crooks, Mr.  Vicker- 
mil 
man Rutherford,  and  Mr. Ellis  Griffith,  presented 
a  Bill  to  amend  the  Pharmacy  Acts:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Business of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of^eHou*; 
Supply,  if  under  discussion  when  the  Business  is  1  upp 
postponed  this  day,  be  resumed  and  proceeded 
with,  though  opposed,  after  the  interruption  of 
Business.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thef Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Letcis : 

Tellers  for  the^[vJlefander 
H o o d> 

i 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Noes 
' 

Adand~ 

|  302. 

1 ™. 

Sir  Henry  Fowler  reported  from  the  Com-  Supply 

mittee  of  Supply  of the  16 th day  of  this  instant  [16th March] 
March  a  Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as E e p o r t-
followeth: 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9  (Yote  on  Account). 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 2 1 , 8 0 5 , 0 00   be  Civil  Services 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  on  account,  for  or 
Revenue 
towards  defraying  the  charges  for  the  following  Estimates" 8 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments  for 1908-9 (Vote 
the  year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1909,  o n
  Account.) 
viz.  :— 

Oivil  Services. 

CLASS  II. 

Board of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  - 

- 

Revenue  Departments. 

Post  Office 

Ireland : 

Civil  Services. 

CLASS  II. 

Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical 

Instruction 

CLASS  I. 
-
-

-

- 

--

Royal  Palaces  -
Osborne 
- 
Royal  Parks and Pleasure  Gardens  - 
- 
- 
Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Salisbury  Memorial 
Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 

- 

£ 
65,000 

6,500,000 

95,000 

20,000 
5,000 
52,000 
18,000 
1,000 

Britain 

-

-

--

Art and Science  Buildings,  Great  Britain - 
Diplomatic  and  Consular Buildings  - 
- 
Revenue  Buildings  -
- 
Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
Surveys of  the United  Kingdom 
- 
Harbours  under the  Board of  Trade - 
- 
Peterhead  Harbour 
- 
- 
Rates  on Government  Property 
Public "Works and Buildings,  Ireland 
Railways,  Ireland 

--

- 

- 

-

-

30,000 
25,000 
40,000 
250,000 
-  230,000 
90,000 
- 
20,000 
- 
- 
10,000 
-  300,000 
95,000 
- 
30,000 

-
O  4 

 
 
 
c 

104 

18th  March. 

CLASS  II. 

.

.

- 

- 

United  Kingdom  and England: 
..

House  of  Lords  Offices 
House  of  Commons  Offices 
Treasury and subordinate  Departments 
- 
Home  Office 
Foreign  Office  - 
Colonial  Office  - 
Privy  Council  Office 
Board  of  Trade 
- 
Mercantile  Marine  Services 
Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board  of 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 

'£ 
10,000 
20,000 
40,000 
75,000 
24,000 
25,000 
5,000 
100,000 
25,000 

Trade 

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

--

--

- 
- 

- 
- 

Charity  Commission  -
Civil  Service  Commission  - 
Exchequer  and Audit  Department 
Friendly  Societies Registry 
Local  Government  Board  - 
Lunacy  Commission  -
Mint  (including  Coinage)  - 
National  Debt  Office 
Public  Record  Office 
Public Works  Loan  Commission 
Registrar  General's Office  - 
Stationery  and Printing 
- 
- 
- 
Woods, Forests,  &c., Office of 
Works and  Public Buildings,  Office of 
Secret  Service  - 
- 
Scotland : 

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

3 
15,000 
17,000 
25,000 
3,000 
85,000 
5,000 
5 
6,000 
10,000 
1,200 
15,000 
-  330,000 
8,000 
- 
36,000 
- 
40,000 
- 

- 

Secretary  for Scotland,  Office of 
Fishery  Board 
Lunacy  Commission  - 
- 
Registrar  General's  Office - 
Local  Government  Board - 

- 

- 

- 

- • 

- 

- 

- 

- 

25,000 
7,000 
2,500 
1,500 
5,000 

Ireland: 

- 

- 

Departments  - 

Lord Lieutenant's  Household 
Chief  Secretary's  Offices  and  subordinate 
- 
- 
Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests  Office 
Local  Government  Board  - 
- 
Public  Record  Office 
.
Public  Works  Office 
Registrar  General's  Office - 
- 
Valuation  and Boundary  Survey 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 

..

.

2,000 

10,000 
1,000 
30,000 
2,000 
16,000 
5,000 
7,000 

CLASS  H I. 

United  Kingdom and England : 

- 
- 

Law  Charges 
- 
Miscellaneous  Legal Expenses  - 
Supreme  Court of  Judicature 
- 
Land Registry 
Public  Trustee 
County  Courts  -
Police,  England  and Wales 
Prisons,  England  and the  Colonies 
Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools,  Great 

30,000 
28,000 
- 
-  150,000 
16,000 
1,000 
2 
15,000 
-  320,000 

--

- 

- 

-

-

-

Britain 

Broadmoor  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum 

Scotland : 

Law  Charges and  Courts of  Law 
Register  House,  Edinburgh 
- 
Crofters  Commission 
.
- 
Prisons 

.

- 

..

- 

- 

130,000 
15,000 

30,000 
15,000 
2,000 
35,000 

Ireland : 

- 

25,000 

Legal  Departments 
- 

Law  Charges and Criminal Prosecutions  - 
Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and  other 
- 
43,000 
-  110,000 
40,000 
- 
60,000 
615,000 
50,000 
55,000 
4,000 

Land  Commission 
County  Court  Officers, &c. 
Dublin Metropolitan Police 
Royal  Irish Constabulary  - 
Prisons 
Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools 
Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum  - 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

CLASS  I V. 

United  Kingdom  and England : 

Board  of  Education  - 
-
-
British Museum 
National  Gallery 
-
-
National  Portrait  Gallery 

- 

-
-

- 

- 

--
--

- 

- 

-7,000,000 
60,000 
17,000 
3,000 

- 

. 36. 

£ 
3,000 
28,000 

- 
Wallace  Collection 
Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
Universities  and  Colleges,  Great  Britain, 

.. 

- 

- 

- 

-

.

and Intermediate  Education,  Wales 

75,000 

Scotland : 
Public  Education 
National  Galleries 

-

- 
-

Ireland: 
Public  Education 
Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
National  Gallery 
Queen's  Colleges 

CLASS  Y. 

Diplomatic  and Consular  Services 
Colonial  Services 
Telegraph  Subsidies  and Pacific  Cable 
Cyprus  (Grant  in Aid) 

-

-

850,000 
3,000 

760,000 
400 
2,000 
2,500 

250,000 
350,000 
25,000 
49,000 

CLASS  V I. 
Superannuation  and Retired  Allowances  -  300,000 
Miscellaneous  Charitable and other  Allow-
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hospitals  and  Charities,  Ireland 
- 
Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies 
-

1,150 
17,000 

Deficiencies 

ances 

- 
- 

— 

--

- 

- 

-

-

-

CLASS  V I I. 
- 

Temporary  Commissions  - 
-
Miscellaneous  Expenses 
Repayments  to the  Local Loans  Fund 
Ireland  Development  Grant 

-

Revenue  Departments. 
-
Customs 
Inland Revenue 

--

-

-

-

-

25,000 
4,740 

100,000 

350,000 
830,000 

Total  for  Civil  Services  and 

Revenue  Departments 

£21,805,000 

T he   said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

t i m e; 

An   A m e n d m e nt   was  proposed 

thereunto,  by  
inserting  " £ 2 1 , 8 0 4 , 9 0 0"   —  (Mr. 
instead  thereof. 

to  be  made 
leaving  out  " £ 2 1 , 8 0 5 , 0 0 0"   and 
Dillon),— 

A nd  

the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at 
"  £ 2 1 , 8 0 5 , 0 00   "  stand  part  of  the  said  R e s o l u-
tion.^:—The  said  proposed  A m e n d m e nt   was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A nd   the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being   Bight-Hours 

in  the  opinion  of  this  H o u s e,   Working  Day. 

proposed,  That, 
the  time  has  arrived  when,  in the  interests  of  the 
workers  generally,  and 
in  v i ew   of  the  present 
large  number  of  unemployed,  the  working  day 
in  all  trades  and  industries  should  be  limited  by 
to  a  maximum  of  E i g ht   H o u rs   —  ( M r. 
Law 
: — A nd   a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 
Clynes) 

E a rl   Winlerton  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  Closure 

£ u t 
to  move,  T h at   the  Question  be  now  p u t;   b ut  
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  withholds  his 
then  to  put  t h at   Question  : — T h en   the  House   assent, 
resumed  the  D e b a t e. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury 

rose 

in  his  place  and  Closure 

a™ed' £ ut 
to  move,  T h at   the  Question  be  now  '?1
claimed 
f
p u t;   but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  withholds his 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question  : — T h en   the   assent. 
H o u se   resumed  the  Debate. 

A nd   it  being  E l e v en   of  the  clock,  the  D e b a te 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  D e b a te   be   resumed  upon 

M o n d ay   next. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 

Second  R e a d i ng   of  the  H o u rs   of  L a b o ur   ( B a k e-   Labour 
houses)  B i l l;  

(Bakehouses) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mo.  36.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

18 fh March. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this 
March. 

Rabbits  on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
•Commons  Bill.  S e c 0nd   Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Building 
Lands 
'(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Lands  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday the  13th  day  of  April  next. 

Rights  of  Way  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Rights  of  Way  (Scot-
(Scotland) 
Bm- 
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  13th  day  of  April  next. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
( N o. 2 ) Bi l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  13th  day  of  April  next. 

Representation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  People  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
BUL 

People  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Voters 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
and^e^ra1  Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
tton)RBUlfra~  a nd   Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
< l r e l a n d ) B l l L  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  riaces  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship  Worship 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

.  - 

• 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the.Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  B i l l!  

^Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Daylight 

Second  Reading  of  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill  ; 

S a v i ns  Biu-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Open  Spaces 

Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

BlU" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act  ^ W f^ 
( 1 8 7 5)   Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill;  

(Water 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Rishts>  Bil]-

upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this 
March. 

instant 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines  and 

Second  Reading:  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
,.
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill;  

N  T»-II 

(Personam 
charge)BiU. 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-
tion  (Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Restraint  of 
Trades 
(Shops)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Restraint  of  Trades 
(Shops)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal  Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  M i n es  
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  Bill  ; 

( E i g ht   W^Hours 
iSngmemeu) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  BlU-

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Whale 
fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Act  (1907) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  4th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of  (
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

M^ s i on   of 
(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11, 

to-morrow. 

Elementary 
Education 
(School 
Attendance) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
Second  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  ^omen's
Property  Bill;  

T1.1, 
Property  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Railways 
(Eight  Hours)  Second  Reading of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours) 
Bill. 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Bites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Places  of  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Sites)  Bill; 
VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  Peerage 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

B l l u 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

 
106 

ISth—19th  March. 

1908. 

[No. 36. 

Death 
Certificates 
(Charges')  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Death  Certificates 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  this  House  doth  agree 
with  the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution :•— 
And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  SeWers 
and  Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Sale  of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  1st  day  of April  next. 

Supply  [20th 
February] 
Beport. 

Mr.  Secretary 

Ilaldane  reported  from  the 
Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  20th  day  of 
February  last  several  Resolutions  ;  which  were 
read,  as follow.: 

Post  Office. 

Boyal  Irish 
Constabulary. 

Board o£ 
Educatiou. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
(Supplementary)  Estimates,  1907-8. 

Revenue  Departments. 

1.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£260,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-
ment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Post  Office, including  Telegraphs. 

Class  H I. 

2.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£5,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-
ment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Expenses  of  the  Royal 
Irish  Constabulary. 

Class  IY. 

3.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£6,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-
ment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st  day  of 
March  1908  for  the  Expenses  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  including  a  Grant  in  Aid  of  the 
Imperial  College  of  Science  and  Technology. 

The  first  two  Resolutions,  being  read a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
clock  on  Thursday 

the 

after  Twelve  of 
morning  ; 

Thursday,  19th March  1908 : 

Mr.  Lough  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

tion  be now  put; 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

t Mr.  Joseph  Pease • 
Tellers  for  the rYiscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

161. 

23. 

Aud  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee 
in  the  said  Resolution  ; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

]  161. 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

.  (Mr.  Watson Rutherford:  j 

!•  2 2. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [ l l t h
the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  March  ; 

Eeport" 

  March] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  f 1 2 th   >,aroh] 
the  12th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Eeport-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  l>th  March] 
the  9th  day  of this  instant  March  ; 

Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from the  Committee  of  Supply 

Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  March  [101h  M a r c h] 
several  Resolutions;  which  were 
follow; 

read,  as1{eport' 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £7,129,700  be  Wages, &c. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses 
of  Wages,  &c.  to  Officers,  Seamen  and  Boys, 
Coast  Guard,  and  Royal  Marines,  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,306,700  be  Works 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  Buildings, and 
of  Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs,  at  Home  and  i S S &d 
Abroad,  including  the  cost  of  Superintendence,  Abroad. 
Purchase  of  Sites,  Grants  in  Aid,  and  other 
charges  connected  therewith,  which  will  eome 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

No. 36.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

18th - 1 9th   March. 

107 

The  First  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  this  House  doth  agree 
with  the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  : — 
And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—  (Mr,  Whiteley)  : —  It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of  the  Telegraph (Construction)  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post  Office 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

° 

°  B , , L 

BanU 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  this 

this  day. 

day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Second  Resolution  be 

taken  into  consideration  this  day. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ways  and 
Means 
ri7th  March] 
Report. 
Consolidated 
Fund. 

Consolidated 
Fund. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (No.  1.) 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means  several  Resolutions;  which 
were  read,  as  follow : 

1.  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply 
granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service  of  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1908,  the 
sum  of  £375,817  be  granted  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

2.  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply 
granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service  of  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909,  the 
sum  of  £44,355,400  be  granted  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

The  First  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution:  And  that  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Runciman  do prepare  and 
bring  it  in 

Ordered,  That 

the  Second  Resolution  be 

taken  into  consideration  this  day. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Election of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
Boroughs^Biii.  ™ Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  da'y. 

London 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Expenses  Bill  Second Reading  of the  London  Paving  Expenses 
'Xp 

'  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Prosecution of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Offences 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
C e m e n t)   (Amendment)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

the  Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

. 

# 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  twenty-
one  minutes  before  One  of  the  clock  on 
Thursday  morning,  till  this  day. 

[No.  37.] 
Thursday,  19th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

rp   HE  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Conway  and 
Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Colwyn  Bay 
. 
Joint  Water 
t he   C o m-   ^oard  Bill. 
in  

tj.,1 
n  t 
B i l l,   as   a m e n d e d,  

#-t 

• 

tion  the 
Water  Board 
mittee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Rochdale 
tion  the  Rochdale  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended  Corporation 
in  the  Committee. 

And  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dublin 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dublin  Corporation Corporation 
Bill; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Second  Reading  of  the 
(Various  Powers)  Bill; 

being  read, 
Dublin 

f or  

t he   Dublin 

Corporation  Corporation 

L 

IV arious 
Powers)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

A  Bill  for  making  railways  in  the  County  of  Ards and 

Down,  to  be  called  the  Ards  and  Bangor  Rail-  Bangor 
ways,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

al  w a ys   Bl11" 

A  Bill  for  conferring  further  powers  on  the  London 
London  United  Tramways,  Limited  ;  for  con-  United 
structing  tramways,  and  widening  and  altering Tramways 
streets  and  roads,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and referred 
to the  Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

1 

£?t,iti2ns-
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Elections 
t he   (Colonies.) 

Command, —  Copy  of  Papers  relating  to 
machinery  and  cost  of  Elections 
British  Colonies. 

in  certain 

p  2 

111 24 th  March. 

1908. 
substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Agricultural 
Education  in  Elementary  Schools  Bill)  :  Mr. 
M'Kenna,  Mr.  Lough, and  Sir  Edward  Strachey. 

[No.  40. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Education 
The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
(Scotland.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing 
the  expenditure  from  the  Grant  for  Public 
Education  in  Scotland  in  the  year  1907,  with 
Statistics. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  tho 

Table. 

Loan  Fund 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Seventieth  Annual  Report 
of  the  Loan  Fund  Board  of  Ireland,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Foreign 
Trade and 
Commerce. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  Accounts  relating  to  the  Trade 
and  Commerce  of  certain  Foreign  Countries 
and  British  Possessions.—(Mr.  Lloyd-George.) 

Honrs of 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 

(Bakehouses)  Monday  next,  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Bake-
houses)  Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 
Biii. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  1st  day  of  April  next. 

Dublin  and 
South  Eastern  t he   D u b l in  
Railway  Bill. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
a nd   S o u t h  Eastern  Railway  Bill, 

with  Amendments. 

Vide  Supple- 
ment  totbe 

City of 
Glasgow Bill. 

Vide  Supple. 
Vo?es.tC  t he  

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a bl e  .  a nd   b e  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
f r o m  the  Committee  on  the,  City  of  Glasgow 
Bill ;  That  they  had  examined  the  allegations 
of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make 
it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e  5  a nd   b e  p r i n t e d. 

Seaham 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Harbour  Dock  f r o m  the  Committee  on  the  Seaham  Harbour 
Dock  Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to  be  true ;  and had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Bury  and 
WatoBoard1 
Bill. 
Vide  Supple- 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
t he   B u l7  a n d  District  Joint  Water  Board  Bill, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

V o t e s . 10  

t he  

T a b l

e 

5  a

n

d

b

e 

P a n t e d. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A.. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Agricultural  Educa-
tion  in  Elementary  Schools  Bill)  Mr.  Carlile, 
Mr,  Jesse  Collings,  Mr.  Butcher,  Sir  John 
Kennaway,  Mr.  Arkwright,  Sir  Francis  Lowe, 
Mr.  Hunt,  Mr.  Benn,  Mr.  Yoxall,  Mr.  Ad/tins, 
Mr.  Winfrey,  Mr.  Montagu,  Mr.  John  Taylor, 
Mr.  Dunn,  and  Mr.  Nicholls. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Local  Authorities 
(Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Richardson,  Mr.  Summerbell, 
Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  Mr.  Leif  Jones, Mr.  Scott, 
Mr.  Esslemont.  Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  Guinness,  Sir 
Frederick  Banbury,  Sir  Gilbert  Parker,  Mr. 
Du  Cros,  Mr.  George  Roberts,  Mr.  Strauss,  and 
Mr.  Clement  Edwards. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee ;  That  they  had  added  the  0 o m m i W ee 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  B  : 
—Mr.  Charles  Craig. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from, 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee  con-  Poisons and 

sisting  of  Five  Lords  to join  with  a  Committee  ^jf 
of  this  House  to  consider 
the  Poisons  and 
Pharmacy  Bill,  and  t.hey  request  this  House  to 
appoint  an  equal  number  of  its  Members  to  be 
joined  with  the  said  Lords. 

That  they  propose  that  the  said  Joint  Com-
in  Committee  Room  A,  on 

mittee  do  meet 
Tuesday  next,  at  Three  of  the  clock. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to- Trawlers' 
morrow,  the  Trawlers'  Certificates  Suspension  Certificates 
Suspension 
Bill  was read  and  discharged. 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  10th  day  of  April  next. 

Mr.  Trevelyan  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Buxton 
Scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  relating  Charity  Bill, 
to  the  Buxton  (Congregational  Chapel) Charity:  Bill  164. 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Trevelyan  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Long  Ashton 
Scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  relating  Charity  Bill, 
to  the  Long  Ashton 
(Congregational  Chapel  Bill  165. 
same  was 
Schoolroom)  Charity:  And 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday 
the  6th  day  of April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

the 

Blaydon  and 
(Transfer)^1 
Bin. 
Vide  Supple- 
Votes10  t he  

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
t he   B l aJ d on   a n d  ^ y t o n  Water  (Transfer)  Bill, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e  5  a nd   b e 

! , r i n t e d-

Mr.  Trevelyan  presented  a Bill  to  confirm  a  Abbots 
Scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  relating Qjj°™jey
to  the  Abbots  Bromley  (Congregational  Chapel) 
I^r.lt.y 
Charity  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
1 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  6 th  day  of 
April  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill 
' ° 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
Selection 
(Standing 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
Stan<KngeeS  discharged the following Members from  Standing 
Committee A.  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Agricultural 
Education  in  Elementary  Schools. Bill)  :—Mr. 
Attorney  General,  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone, 
and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel;  and  had  appointed  in 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Business of 

put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of the House 
Supply,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of  the 
pp  y'-> 
clock  this  night,  be  not  interrupted  under  the 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House),  not-
withstanding  anything in  Standing  Order  No. 15 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer) ; 

No. 37.]  8  EDW.  YIT. 

19th  March: 

109 

The  House  divided. 
The  Teas  to the  Eight; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thef Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

T  LI 
i  eiiers  TOT  tne /  YT  J 

fSir  Alexander  Acland- 
1 
(Mr.  Henry  Forsten 

f 
Noes 
" ' 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £167,000  be  Civil  Super-
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  annuation, 
of  Civil  Superannuation,  Compensation,  Com-
passionate  Allowances  and  Gratuities,  and  of Allowances 
Payments  under  the  Workmen's  Compensation  a n d
Act, which will come in course of  payment  during 
the  year  ending on the 31st  day of  March  1909. 

  Gratuities. 

"1 
J 

273. 

I 

] 
r 
J 

73. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Supply 
[10th  March] 
Report 
(4th  allotted 
Day.) 

The  /House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Second  of  the 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  18th  day  of  this 
instant  March,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant 
March : 

Works, 
2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,306,700  be 
Buildings,  and granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs,  at  Home  and 
epairs. 
Abroad,  including  the  cost  of  Superintendence, 
Purchase  of  Sites,  Grants  in  Aid,  and  other 
charges  connected  therewith,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

The  said ; Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Supply 
f i l th   March] 
Report. 

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the  11 th  day  of  this  instant  March 
a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  as  followeth : 

Land  Forces. 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 
That  a number  of  Land  Forces  not  exceed-
ing  185,000,  all  ranks,  be  maintained  for  the 
Service  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad, 
excluding  His  Majesty's  Indian  Possessions, 
during  the  year  ending on  the 31st day  of  March 
1909, 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
thereunto,  by  leaving  out  "  185,000"  and  in-
serting  "175,000"—(Mr.  Luttrell),  —  instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  "  185,000 " 
stand  part  of  the  said  Resolution  : —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  said  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

Supply 
Re2tortMarCh]  ^ P P ty  of  

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from the  Committee  of 
l 2 th   d aJ   of  this  instant  March 
several  Resolutions  ; which were read,  as  follow: 

t he  

Pay, &c. 

Half  Pay, 
Retired  Pay, 
and  other 
Non-efEective 
Charges for 
Officers. 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 
1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £9,422,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  the  Pay,  &c.  of  His  Majesty's  Army  (in-
cluding  Army  Reserve)  at  Home  and  Abroad 
(exclusive  of  India),  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st 
day  of  March  1909. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,743,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Rewards,  Half  Pay,  Retired  Pay,  Widows' 
Pensions,  and  other  Non-effective  Charges  for 
Officers,  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1909. 

Pensions and 
other  Non-
effective 
Charges for 
Warrant 
Officers, Non-
commissioned 
Officers, Men, 
and  others. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,782,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Chelsea  and  Kilmainham  Hospitals,  of  Out-
Pensions,  Rewards  for  Distinguished  Services, 
Widows'  Pensions,  and  other  Non-effective 
Charges  for  Warrant  Officers,  Non-commis-
sioned  Officers, and  Men,  &c.,  which  will  come 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Whiteley  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply 
Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  March  a [ 9 t h March] 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth: 

e p w  ' 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

That  128,000  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys  be  Coast  Guard 

employed  for  the  Sea  and  Coast  Guard  Services  Services, 
for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909,  including  18,463  Royal  Marines. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  ngreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Army 
Bill  to  provide,  during  Twelve  Months,  for  (Annual.) 
the  Discipline  and  Regulation  of  the  Army  : 
And  that  Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  Mr.  Edmund 
Robertson,  and  Mr.  Buchanan  do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Buchanan  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to Army 
provide,  during  Twelve  Months,  for  the  Disci-  ( A m r a l) 
pline  and  Regulation  of  the  Army:  And  the 
same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

167. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for resuming  Supply 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  D0th  March] 
upon  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in 
the  Resolution : 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £7,129,700  be  Wages, &c. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses 
of  Wages,  &c.  to  Officers,  Seamen  and  Boys, 
Coast  Guard,  and  Royal  Marines,  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
And the Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  Ways and 

to  take  into  consideration  the  Second  of  the  *1
<lans
M 
|
  ar3 
Resolutions  which,  upon  the  18th  day  of  this  tlep0rti
instant  March,  were  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Ways  and  Means: 

2.  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply  Consolidated 

granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service  of  the Fund, 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909, 
the  sum  of  £44,355,400  be  granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
And  the  said  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the  Consolidated 

Gentlemen  appointed  to  bring  in  a Bill  upon  the 
Resolution  reported  from 
the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means  on  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
March,  and  then  agreed  to  by  the  House,  that 
they  do make  provision  therein  pursuant  to  the 
said "Resolution. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented  a  Bill 

to  apply Consolidated 
certain  sums  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  ^ ° d( N o- 1> 
the  Service of  the  years  ending on the  thirty-first 
day  of  March  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
P  3 

110 
eight  and  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine : 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
next. 

24 th  March. 

1908.  [No.  40. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  V o t e rs   V o t e rs  
(Registration)  Bill; 

Binf"IM 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  o£  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  B i l l; 

day  being  read, 
the  Civil  Bill 

t he   Civil  Bill 

f or  
Courts  Courts 

(Dublin)  Bill. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
Munici  ai 
Boroughs  Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Expenses  Bill.  Second Reading of  the London  Paving  Expenses 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

the  30th  day  of  this 

upon  Monday 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  t'or  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

(Inland)  Bii'» 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill; 

_ 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Children Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill.; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
BilLCn  m e n 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  g e c o n (j   Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Post  Office 
Savings Bank  S e c o n d  R e a (jing  0f   the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bill. 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  \_Lords.~\, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Divorce  Law 
Amendment 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Divorce  Law  Amend-
ment  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

9 

Local 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Authorities 
^Taxation and  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Authorities  (Taxa-
Purchaseof 
tion  and  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill; 
Land)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time' 
instant 

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of  this 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of  (Provision of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

^ u L d) 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Beading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

t he   Irish  Peerage 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 
the  30th  day  of 

this 

upon  Monday 
March. 

The  Order-of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Death 

the  Death  Certificates  ^mcatcs 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill  ; 

(Charges)  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-  Debtors 
pointed  to  inquire  into  the existing  Law  relating  (imprison-
to  the  Imprisonment  of  Debtors,  and  to  report  ™ent-) 
whether  any  Amendments  are  desirable. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Stopford  Brooke,  Mr.  Byles,  Mr.  Charles 
Craig,  Mr.  Delany,  Mr.  Robert  Duncan,  Mr. 
Ferens,  Mr.  Gibbs,  Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Keswick, 
Sir  Charles  MiLaren,  -Mr.  John  Phillips,  Mr. 
Pickersgill,  Mr.  JKendall,  Mr.  Wadsworth,  and 
Mr.  Wills. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order, it  being  then  twenty-five 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

No.  38 ]  8  E d W.   V I I, 

20th  March. 

I ll 

[No.  38.] 

Friday,  20th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Stockport 
Corporation 
BiU. 

take  into  con-
HP HE   House  proceeded 
JL  sideration  the  Stockport  Corporation  Bill, 
as amended in  the  Committee. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Congestion  in 
Ireland 
(Royal 
Commission.) 

Medical 
Councils. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Tenth  Report  of 
the  Royal  Commission on  Congestion in  Ireland, 
with  Appendix  (Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  in 
Counties  Galway  and  Roscommon,  from  the 
18th  September  to  the  4th  October  1907),  and 
Documents  relating  thereto. 

Mr.  • Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
Parliament,—Returns  of  receipts  and  expendi-
ture  of  the  General  Medical  Council,  and  of  the 
Branch  Councils  for  England,  Scotland,  and 
Ireland;  also  Returns  of  receipts  and  expendi-
ture  of  the  Dental  Registration  Fund  of  the 
General  Medical  Council,  for  the  year  ending 
31st  December  1907. 

Metropolitan 
Accounts  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of 
Cattle Market. London  in  respect  of  the  Metropolitan  Cattle 
Market  for  the  year  1907;  also  an  Account  of 
extraordinary  works  executed,  other  than  the 
general  repairs,  for  the  same  period. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Irish  Land 
Purchase 
Finance 
(Departmentai  mental  Committee  appointed 
Committee.) 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Report  of  the  Depart-
into 
Irish  Land  Purchase  Finance  in  connection 
with  the  provision  of  Funds  required  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903. 

to  inquire 

Wines 
Imported. 

No.  94. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order, dated  the  12th  day of  this  instant  March, 
for  a Return  relative  to  Wines  imported. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

f 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand-
Standing 
O  tii*l.I Ull  Ufii 
Committee A,  ing  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Educa-
tion  (Local  Authorities)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Seaverns ; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Education  (Local  Authorities)  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Yoxall. 

O 

O 

, 

, 

, 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Local  Authorities 
(Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Secretary 
Gladstone  and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the 
Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the  Press) 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Burns  and  Dr.  Macnamara. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Housing of 
the  Working 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Housing  of  the  Working 

VOL.  163. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
the 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding 
words  "upon  this  day  six  months."  — 
(Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—-It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Town  Tenants 

Second  Reading  of the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland) 
Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bil1' 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Breaches of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Breaches  of  Byelaws  Byelaws  Bill. 
Bill  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time:—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  (Scotland) 

Bill. 

~  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

1 " 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be f urther adjourned 

till  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of  (Provision of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

(S ? a n d ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of 
March. 

this  instant 

Ordered,  That  the  Lords'  Message  of  the  Poisons and 

19th  day  of  this  instant  March,  relative  to  the  Pharmacy 
Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords],  be  now B l U 
taken  into  consideration.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

lLards^ 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

said  Message  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  he  appointed  to join  with  a  Committee 
to  be  appointed  by  the  Lords,  as  mentioned  in 
their  Lordships'  Message  of  the  19th  day  of  this 
instant  March,  to  consider  the  Poisons  and 
Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords]. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Atherley-Jones,  Mr.  Godfrey  Baring,  Mr. 
Idris,  Mr.  Kennedy,  and  Sir  John  Batty  Tuke. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee. 

p  4 

112 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  this  House 
do  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed  by 
their  Lordships. 

20th—23rd  March. 
1908. 
not  previously 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

inquired 

[No. 39. 

Lotteries and 
mentflse" 

Ordered, That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith  : And  that  the  Clerk 
do carry  the  said  Message.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  that  a  Select 
Committee  of  Five  Members  of  this  House  be 
appointed  to join with  a Committee  of  the  Lords 
to  consider  and  inquire  into  the  Law  (1)  as  to 
Lotteries,  including  the  sale  of  lottery  bonds, 
competitions  for prizes  which involve  an  element 
of  chance,  and  Advertisements  relating  thereto; 
(2)  as  to  indecent  literature  and  pictures,  and 
Advertisements  relating  to  things  indecent  and 
immoral;  and  to  report  what  Amendments,  if 
any,  in  the  Law  are  necessary  or  desirable.— 
(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  this  Resolution,  and  to  desire 
their  concurrence:  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  said  Message. 

Mr.  Mooney  reported  the  Lincoln  Corpora-

tion  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Lincoln 
tor poration 
Bill. 
"Vide Supple- 
ment to the  Table  ;  and  be  printed. 
Yotes. 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Huddersfield  Water  Bill  [Lords']. 
Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation 
[Lords]. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be read  a second  time. 

Scheme)  Bill 

The  Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water  Conway  and 
Board  Bill  was read the  third  time  and  passed.  Colwyn^Bay 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Board  Bill, 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Derby  Gas  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  Derby  Gas 

and passed. 

Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Rochdale  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the  Rochdale 

third  time  and  passed. 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

. 

Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Camborne  Water  Bill  was  read  a second  Camborne 
W a t er   Bm« 

time,  and  committed. 

The  Heme  Bay  Pier  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a Heme Bay 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Bill 
[Lords.] 

Glyncorrwg 
Mr.  Mooney reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Urban  District the  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District  Council  Bill; 
Council  Bill.  That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same by  leaving out  so much thereof  as  dealt 
with  the  portions  of  the  Bill  relating  to  the 
construction  of  waterworks,  and found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto  ;  and 
had  amended  the  Title,  as  followeth :—A  Bill 
e r np 0 w er   the  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District 
Council  to  construct  sewerage  works  and  new 
roads,  and for  other  purposes. 

[Title 
amended.] 

Vide  Supple- 
ment to the  Table  ;  and  be  printed. 
Votes. 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Police  and 
Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported from the Police  and 
Committee 
Sanitary  Committee;  That  in  the  case  of  the 
Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Bill  they  had 
Finchiev 
Urban  District  examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
a mble   of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be 
Councii  Bill. 
true;  and had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide  Supple- 
ment to the 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

^ a b le   ;  and  be  printed. 

r 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
two  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  39.] 

Monday,  23rd  March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

The  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill  was  read  Sligo  and 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Arigna 
Railway  Bill.. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  South West 

Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban Suburban 
Water  B i l l; 
Water Bill. 

B 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Tuesday  the  31st  day  of 
March. 

this 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Mr.  TJoyd-George  presented,—Return  to  an  Foreign 
Order,  dated  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  March,  Trade  and 
for  a  Return  relative  to  Foreign  Trade  and  Coi™ler=ej 
N o" 9 5" 
Commerce. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, by  His  Trade  Report® 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  (Annual 
S e i i e s° 
Consular  Report,  Annual  Series,  No.  3964. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  by  His  Postal 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Postal  Agree-  Agreement 
ment  for an  exchange  of  Money  Orders  between ^  ermany-> 
the  Post  Offiee  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
and  the  Post  Office  of  the  German  Empire, 
dated  9th January  1908—8th  February  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord Advocate  presented,—Return  to  an  Inverness 

Order,  dated  the  l l th   day  of this  instant  March,  County 
for  a  Return  relative 
Council  and  Allotments. 

to  Inverness  County  Allotments? 
gg 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be printed. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  the  Bromley  and  Bromley  and 

Crays  Gas  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Gaa 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
"J^*0  t h e 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

No.  39.]  8  EDW. VII. 

23rd—24th  March. 

113 

Borough 
Councils  Bill. 
Bill  168. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

B i ll   1 6 9. 

Employment 
of  British 
Subjects 
Abrpad  Bill. 
Bill  170. 

Weekly  Best-
Day  Bill. 

Bill  171. 

Mr.  Whitehead,  supported  by  Sir  William 
Hull,  Mr.  Soares,  Mr.  Buckmaster,  Mr.  Bertram 
Straus,  and  Mr.  Mallet,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Municipal  Corporations  Act,  1882, 
with  respect  to the  number  of  Councillors  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  3rd  day  of  April  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Gulland,  supported  by  Mr.  Findlay,  Mr. 
M'Callum,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Mr.  Eugene 
Wason,  Mr. Barnes,  Mr. Leif  Jones, Mr.  Dundas 
White,  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope,  Mr.  M'Kinnon 
Wood,  Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  and  Mr.  Charles 
Price,  presented  a Bill  to  exclude  Children  and 
Young  Persons  from  the  bars  of  Public-houses 
and  other  licensed  premises  in  Scotland  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Crooks,  supported  by  Mr.  Shackleton, 
Mr.  Curran,  Mr. Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr, Joseph  Wilson,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr. 
Walsh,  Mr.  Enoch  Edwards,  Mr.  John  Ward, 
Mr.  Fenwick,  and  Mr.  William  Abraham 
(Rhondda),  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  the 
engagement  of  British  Subjects  for  service  in 
the  place  of workmen  locked  out in  a  Strike  in a 
Foreign  Country  :  And  the  same  was  ordered to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Charles Price,  supported by Mr.  Steadman, 
Mr.  Bertram  Straus,  Sir  Alfred  Thomas,  Mr. 
Corrie  Grant,  Mr.  Remnant,  Mr.  Shachleton, 
Mr.  Ferens,  and  Mr.  Gulland,  presented  a  Bill 
to  secure  a  Weekly  Rest-Day:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Thursday  the  2nd  day  of  April  next;  and  to  be 
printed.  " 

. 

. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (No.  1) 
Bill. 

The  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Bill  was,! 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
for  to-morrow. 

•Army 
(  nnua ) 

The  Army  (Annual)  Bill  was,  according  to 
i  .  Order,  read  a second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  for  to-morrow. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Joseph Pease)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eighteen  minutes  after 
Fight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Housing  of 

the  Working  Classes 

A. 

(Ireland); Bill. 

VOL.  163. 

[No.  40.] 

Tuesday,  2M   March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from one  of the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for [Lords] 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the ^ Petition  ffiitioTa/01 
for  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill,  Provision) 
originating  in  the  Lords,  the  Standing  Orders 
have  not  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

compiled0' 

Wath-upon-Dearne  Urban District  Council  w i t h0 

Gas  Bill  [Lords'], 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Stockport  Stockport 

Corporation  Bill  be now read the  third  time; 

Corporation 

Mr.  Burns j  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as far as  His  Majesty's  interest  is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  City of 

tion  the  City  of  Glasgow  Bill,  as  amended  in  Glasgow. MIL 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

Orderedj  That  the  Committee  of  Selection  Police  and 

do nominate  Three  additional  Members  to  serve 
on  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee.—(Mr. 
Burns.} 

o m mi   ee" 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

' 

1 

read ;  and ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Railway 
Command,—Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Accidents. 
Casualties, as reported  to the  Board of  Trade  by 
the  several  Railway  Companies  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  during 
the  three  months  ending 
31st  December  1907 ; together  with the  Reports 
of  the  Inspecting  Officers  of 
the  Railway 
Department  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  certain 
Accidents  which  were  inquired  intoi  Part  I., 
Returns  of  Accidents. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to post office 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  (Foreign and 
of  the  Foreign and Colonial  Parcel  Post Amend- 
ment 
(No.  15)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  12th 
February  1908. 

Colonial 
' 
' Parcel  Post$ 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Tropical 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Advisory  diseases 
Committee  for the  Tropical  Diseases  Research  Fun"° 
Fund  for the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  —  Return  to  an  Prices  of 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  February  last, for Exported 

Q 

' 

Coal 

No.  97. 

114 
a  Return  relative  to  the  Prices  of  exported 
Coal. 

, 

1908. 
pany,  and  for  other  purposes;  .to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

2Uh  March. 

[No. 40. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
ta1r5'of 
Devon.)! 

No.  98. 

The  following  Paper  was  laid  upon  the  Table 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Further  Return 
t o a n 0 r d C T' d 8 t e d  the  28th  day  of  July  1905, 
for  a Return  relative  to  Inquiry  into  Charities 
(Administrative  County  of  Devon). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Infant  Life 
Protection. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Education 
(Local  Authorities)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Walter  Rea 
and  Mr.  A rthur  Dewar;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Bill)  :  Mr. Hutton  and  Mr.  Rogers. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from the  Select  Committee 
on  Infant  Life  Protection  j  That  they  had 
considered  the  matters  to  them  referred,  and 
directed  him  to  make  a Report  thereof  to  the 
House  ;  together  with  the  Minutes  of  Evidence 
taken  before  them,  and  an  Appendix. 

No.  99. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee. 
Wolver-
hampton 
Corporation 
BiU. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
BilL 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  B.) 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee;  That  in  the  case  of 
the  Wolverhampton  Corporation  Bill  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  verbally  amended  the 
same,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

.  Sir  Henry  Kimber  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  the  Leeds  Corporation  Bill;  That 
they  had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and amended  the  same 
so  as  to make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found the  same, as amended, to  be  true ;  and had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Henry  Kimber  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  B  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message  from 
the  Lords, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Madras  Rail-
way  Company  (Annuities)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An  Briton  Ferry 
A ct   to  extend  the  water  limits  of  the  Briton  Urban  District 
Ferry  Urban  District  Council,  and  to  enlarge 
their  powers  in  various  respects,  and  for  other 
purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Commercial 

Act  to  make  provision  with  reference  to  the 
substitution  of  a  memprandum  and  articles  of  c 0m p any   Bill 
association 
for  the  existing  constitutipn  and 
regulations  of  the  Commercial  Union  Assur- 
ance  Company,  Limited,  and  for  extending 
its  objects;  and 
to  repeal  the  Commercial 
Union  Assurance  Company, Limited,  Act,  1886, 
the  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company, 
Limited,  Act,  1890,  and the  Commercial  Union 
Assurance  Company,  Limited,  Act,  1900,  and 
for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of this  House. 

[Lords,] 
. 

[Lords]  was read the  first  time. 

The  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  Bill  Interoceanic 
Mexi^Bm 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council  Briton  Ferry 

Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

SanciUJnf0' 
[Lords.] 

The  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company Commercial 

Bill  [Lords]  was read  the  first  time. 

L 

J 

? n i o n 
Assurance 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Company  Bill 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

Mr.  Cooper,  supported  by  Sir  Walter  Foster,  Public  Health 

Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Crooks,  and  Mr.  Straus,  Bm-
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Public  Health  Bill 
Act,  1875,  and  the  Local  Government  Act, 
1888:  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of 
May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  Education 

to  establish  compulsory  Continuation  (Continuation 

a  Bill 
Schools  in  England  and  Wales,  and  to  amend  c  00 
the  Education  Acts,  1870  to  1902,  in  respect  of 
the  age  of  compulsory  school  attendance:  And 
that  Mr.  Chiozza  Money,  Mr.  Alden,  Mr.  Ellis 
Davies,  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  Mallet, 
Mr.  Masterman,  Mr.  Walker,  and  Mr.  John 
Ward  do prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Chiozza  Money  accordingly  presented Education 
a  Bill  to  establish  compulsory  Continuation  (Continuation 
Schools  in  England  and  Wales,  and  to  amend  Sc£°°!s> 
the  Education  Acts,  1870  to  1902,  in  respect  of 
the  age  of  compulsory  school  attendance:  And 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday  the  13th 
day  of  April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

l , 6\ 

15111 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Licensing 
Bill  to  consolidate  the  Law  relating  to  Justices'  (Consolida-
Licences  for  the  sale  by  retail  of  intoxicating  10n'-) 
liquor:  And  that  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone, 
Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  Mr.  Solicitor 
General,  and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  do  prepare 
and  bring  it  in. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  make  provision  for  dealing  with  the 
arrears  of  dividend  on  the  preferred  shares  of 
the  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  (Acapulco 
to  Yera  Cruz),  Limited,  and  for  the  increase 
and  rearrangement  of  the  capital  of  the  Com-

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  accordingly  pre- Licensing 
sented  a  Bill  to  consolidate  the  Law  relating  (Consolida-
te  Justices'  Licences  for  the  sale * by  retail  of t l 0 n)  Bl11-
intoxicating  liquor :  And  the  same  was read  the  Bill  174. 
first time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Madras 
Bailway 
Company 
(Annuities) 
Bill. 
Interoceanic 
Bailway  of 
Mexico  Bill 

No. 40.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

24th   March. 

115 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Prosecution  of  Offences  (Amendment) 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Thursday 
next.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Children  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon j 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Guinness):  —  It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (No.  1) 
Bill, 

The House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  1)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That 
the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
him  to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
Bill; 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

Post Office 
Savings Bank 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

the  Fatal  Accidents Accidents 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

to-morrow. 

Costs in 
Criminal 
Cases Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Costs in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Army 
(Annual) Bill.  Committee  on the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House.  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Licensing Bill.  T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Coal Mines 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(fgWHoure)  Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
(No.2)Bill.  Hours  (No.  2)  Bill; 

T he   Order  of 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  House of 
proposed,  That  this  House  is  of  opinion  that  Commons 
accommodation  should be  provided  in  the  House  p^) 8" 1 
of  Commons  for representatives  of  the  Foreign 
and  Colonial  Press,  and  that  such  extension  of 
the  Reporters'  Gallery  or  such increase  of  room 
elsewhere  should  be  made  as will  suffice for  this 
purpose—(Mr.  Smeaton)  :—And  the said Motion 
was,  with  leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Unemploy-
ment. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  beinj 
proposed,  That  this  House,  regarding  wit! 
anxiety  the  increase  of  Unemployment  among 
the  working  classes,  is  of  opinion  that,  with  a 
view  to  its  diminution,  such  a  reform  of  our 
fiscal  system  should  be  adopted  as  would  check 
unfair  competition,  lead  to  a  reduction  in  the 
hostile  tariffs  of  foreign  countries,  provide  a 
basis  for mutual  preference  between  the  Mother 
Country  and  the  Colonies,  and 
increase  the 
demand  for  labour  at  home—(Mr.  Goulding)  ••—• 
And  a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

stood  adjourned. 

to-morrow. 

Elementary 
Education 
(wfs)nBi5nd'  (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

"Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Tuesday  next. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being  Factory  and 

put,  That  the  Special  Order  of the  Secretary  of Workshop 
State,  dated  the  26th  day  of  December  1907,  f^cWes.) 
allowing  as  regards  Laundries  that  separate 
departments  of  work  may  be  treated  as  separate 
factories  or  workshops,  be  annulled —  (Mr. 
Ramsay  Macdonald); 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Ramsay  Macdonald,  \ 
j 
I Mr.  Parker-. 
T 
J 

Tellers  for thej Mr.  Whiteley, 

(Mr.  Joseph Pease; 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

175. 

26' 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Q  2 

116 

24 th  March. 

Ecclesiastical 
The  Order  of  the day being read, for resuming 
Disorders Bill.  t he   a<jjourned Debate  on  the Amendment which, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of  April  next. 

Calendar 
Reform Bill. 

The  . Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Calendar  Reform  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  9th  day of  April  next. 

Education 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Education  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

[No. 40. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters ^Registration) 
(Registration)  Bill;  

1908. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 

the  Civil  Bill 

C o u r ts   foum 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill;  

(Dublin)  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Death 

the  Death  Certificates  Certificates 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill; 

(Charges)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Merchandise 
Marks (No. 2)  Second  Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks 
BllL 

(No.  2)  Bill  j 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 

1  " 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

time; 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Police 
(Weekly 
Holiday)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Police  ( Weekly  Holiday) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Poor  Law 
(Compulsory 
Contribution 
Exemption) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  1st  day  of  April  next. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purity of  Milk 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Justices of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  ^  Peace 
Bill; 

B  • 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Spurious 
sP o r ts   B i U-

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Clerks of  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Clerks  of the  Peace  and  ^ e a nd 
County  Councils  Bill; 

County 
Councils  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon Thursday  the  2nd day  of  April  next. 

Trust 
Investment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trust  Investment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prohibition  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical  Medical ^ 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 
CompanieJ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

to-morrow. 

P h a r m a cy   Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pharmacy  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Daylight 
Saving  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Daylight  Saving  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill; 

Libraries  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the industrial 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  Bill;   Schools  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Thursday  the  2nd  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
tion  Bill; 

B d L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order 
Committee  on 
Bill; 

of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Women's 
the  Women's  Enfranchisement  Bnfranchise-

ment  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

upon Wednesday  the  1st  day  of  April  next. 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

No. 40.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Franchise  and 
Removal of 
Women's 
Disabilities 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Heading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Railways 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours)  gj£ ht   H o u r s ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

24:th—25th March. 

1 17 

upon  Monday  next. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Fruit  Growers 
(Scotiaud) 
M L 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
the  Married  Women's  Women's 

Property  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of  April  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Leaseholds 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Enfranchise-  Second  Reading  of  the  Leaseholds  (Enfran-
meut) Bill. 

chisement)  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

upon  Monday  the  13th day  of  April  next. 

Elections and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill.  u p 0Q  

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 

t he   7 th   d ay   o f  February  last,  was  pro-

posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a second  time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers Sewers and 
Drams B.u. 
and  Drains  B i l lf  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Sur-
facemen)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  2nd  day  of April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  gcotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Polling 
Districts and 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
j nt 0  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  ana 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as 
Registration  of  Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill,  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Standing  Order,  it  being then  ten 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councils)  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee)  ; 

[No.  41.] 

Wednesday,  25th March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Bight-Hours 
Working  Day. 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  18 th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That, 
in  the  opinion  of  this  House,  the  time  has 
arrived  when,  in  the  interests  of  the  workers 
generally,  and  in  view  of  the  present  large 
number  of  unemployed,  the  working  day  in  all 
trades  and  industries  should  be  limited  by  Law 
to  a maximum  of  Eight  Hours—(Mr.  Clynes); 

P R A T ER   S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Bury and 

tion  the  Bury  and  District  Joint  W a t er   District 

Board  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Board^aT 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Dublin  and 

tion  the  Dublin  and  South  Eastern  RailwaySontl1
Bill,  as amended  in the  Committee. 

R a i l w ay   B,u-

  Eastern 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

till  Thursday  the  2nd  day  of  April  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Seaham 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Rabbits  on 
Commons Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

tion  the  Seaham Harbour  Dock  Bill, as  amended ^ 1
in the  Committee. 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Elementary 
Education 
(School 
Attendance) 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  the  22nd  day  of  May  next. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

Several  Public  Petitions  Were  presented,  and  Public 

read,  and  ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

vides^ond 
Report. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Com-  Irish  Land 
mand,—Copy  of Return of  Advances made Under  Commission, 
the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the  month  of 
March  1907. 

Q  3 

r b o ur   D o ck 

1 18 

25th  March. 

1908. 

[No.  41. 

Explosion 
at  Lord 
Ashtown's 
Lodge, 
Glenahiry, 
County 
Waterford. 

Copies  of  the  Reports  of  County  Inspector 
Jennings,  Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  to  the 
Police  Authorities,  dated  14th  August  1907, 
17th  August  1907,  and  14th  September  1907, 
relative  to  the  Explosion  at  Lord  Ashtown's 
Lodge,  Glenahiry,  County  Waterford. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Coal  Exports, 
&c. 

No.  100. 

an 
Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,—Return  to 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  February  last,  for 
a  Return  relative  to  Coal  Exports,  &c. 

Ordered, That  the  said Return  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Mile End  Old 
Town. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  President  of  the 
Local  Government  Board  on  an  Inquiry  into 
the  Administration  of  the  Guardians  of  the 
Hamlet  of  Mile  End  Old  Town. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  by  His 
Postal 
Agreement  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Postal  Agree-
exchange  of  Postal  Parcels 
CMozam^que.) m e nt  
between  the  Post  Office of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain and  Ireland  and the  Post Office 
the  Portuguese  Colony  of  Mozambique, 
of 
dated  22nd  February  1908. 

t h e 

f or  

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post 
Amendment  (No.  16)  Warrant,  1908,-  dated 
26th  February  1908. 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Copy of  the Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post 
Amendment  (No.  17)  Warrant,  1908,  dated 
7th  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Law of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Mr.  Stuart-Wortley  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Law  of  Distress 
Amendment  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

No.  101. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  101. 

Ordered, That  the  Minutes of the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Bill  175. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  next;  and be  printed. 

Hull  and 
Barnsley 
Hallway  Bill. 
Yide  Supple-
ment' to  the 
Votes. 

Railway  Bills 
(Group 1.) 

Railway  Bills 
(Group  1.) 

Mr. Ashton  reported  the  Hull  and  Barnsley 

Railway  Bill,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Ashton  reported from  the  Committee  on 
Group  1  of  Railway  Bills;  That  Mr.  Thomas 
Richards  (Monmouth),  one  of  the  Members  of 
the  said  Committee,  was  not  present  during  the 
Sitting  of  the  Committee  this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Ashton  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Group  1  of  Railway  Bills;  That  Mr.  Stephen 
Collins,  one  of  the  Members  of  the  said  Com-
mittee, was not  present during  the  Sitting  of  the 
Committee  this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  empower  the  London  County  Council  to 
construct  and  work  tramways  and  make  a  new 
street  and street  improvements  and  other  works 
in the County of London, and for other purposes; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments) Bill 
[Zonfr.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  AnRhymney 
Act  to  authorise  the  Rhymney  Railway  Com-  PgjjjftBiU 
pany  to  reconstruct  their  Cardiff  passenger 
station;  to  make  a  new  railway;  to  raise  addi-
tional  capital,  and  for other  purposes;  to  which 
the  Lords desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Norwich 
Act  to  make  provision  with  reference  to  the  ^ ^ F i r0 
registration  under the  Companies  Acts,  1862  to 
1907,  of  the  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance [.Lords.] 
Society  as  a limited  company, and  the  alteration 
of  its  constitution,  the  extension  of  its  objects 
and  business,  and  the  subdivision  of  its  shares, 
by  substituting  a  memorandum  and  articles  of 
association for its  deed of settlement  and existing 
laws  and  regulations,  and  for  the  repeal  of  the 
Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society's  Act, 
1879,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  concur  with  the  Commons  in  the  Lotteries and 

Resolution  of  this  House  communicated  to them  Advertise-
on  Monday  last,  That  it  is  expedient  that  a m e n "" 
Select  Committee  of  Five  Members  of 
this 
House  be  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee 
of  an  equal  number  of  Lords  to  consider  and 
inquire into the  Law  (1)  as to  Lotteries,  includ-
ing  the  sale  of  lottery  bonds,  competitions  for 
prizes which  involve  an  element  of  chance,  and 
Advertisements  relating  thereto;  (2)  as to  inde-
cent  literature  and pictures,  and  Advertisements 
relating  to  things  indecent and  immoral;  and  to 
report what Amendments,  if  any, in the  Law  are 
necessary  or desirable, as desired  by  this  House. 

The  London  County  Council  (Tramways  and  London 
Improvements)  Bill  fLords']  was  read  the  first  County 
Council 
H'mo 
" m e*  
(Tramways 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

'[Lords.'] 

The  Rhymney  Railway  Bill  [Lords  ]  was read  Rhymney 

the  first  time. 

Railway  Bill 
[Lords, j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society  Norwich 

Bill  [Lords]  was  read the  first  time. 

Union  Fire 
Insurance -
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Society  Bill 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

Henry  Cubitt  Gooch, Esquire, Member  for the  New  Member 

Borough  of  Camberwell  (Peckham  Division),  sworn, 
was  sworn. 

A  Motion being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Prosecution  of 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to ?fenc®? 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of [Expensed] 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  salaries  and 
remuneration,  and of  any  expenses  that  may  be 
incurred  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of the  present 
Session  to  amend  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
Acts,  1879  and  1884—(Mr.  Whiteley)  ; 

Mr.  Sinclair,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

No. 41.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

25th  March. 

119 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Cruelty  to 
Mr.  George  Greemoood,  supported  by  Sir 
Animals Bill.  Francis  Channing,  Mr.  MacNeill,  Mr.  Crooks, 
Bill  176.  Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr.  Maddison,  Mr.  Ltittrell,  Mr. 
John  Robertson,  Mr.  Winfrey,  and  Mr.  Manfield, 
the  Cruelty  to 
to  amend 
presented  a  Bill 
Animals  Act,  1876  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  6th 
day  of  April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Gulland> 
M r > 

BUI  177 
umuu 

Ballot 
Mr.  Dundas  White,  supported  by  Mr.  Cleland, 
(Transferable  Mr.  Boulton,  Mr.  Findlay,  Mr.  Robertson,  Mr. 
Herbert,  and 
Smeaton,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  Votes  at  Parliamentary  Elec-
tions :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

M r-  Watt>  M r-  Arnold 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report the  same,  without  Amend-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Bill  was,  Consolidated 
^ 

according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 
passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Army 
(Annual)  BUI*  i n to   a  C o m m i t t ee   on  

_ 

The House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

t h e  A r my   (Annual)  Bill. 

(Iu  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  3  (Prices  in  respect  of  billeting). 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Ashley, 

Noes, 

^Captain  Craig  : 

^ 2 08 
J 

1  64. 

Clauses  No.  4  and  No.  5  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Special  enlistments)—(Mr.  Ashley) 

—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

\ 
J 
1 
J 

-Clause  be  read  a  second  time. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the J Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

\ Captain  Craig: 

Tellers  for  thefMr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease: 
Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  Army  Act, 
up, 

1881,  section  42)—(Mr.  Ashley)—brought 
land read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

^Clause  be  read  a  second  time. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Ashley, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Lambton  : 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

71. 

\ 
J 

243. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  Army  Act, 
1881,  section  136)—(Mr.  Ashley)—  brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion made,  and Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  Army  Act, 
up, 

1881,  section  137)—(Mr.  Ashley)—brought 
and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  Army  Act, 
Craig)—brought 

1881,  section  44)—(Captain 
up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motiou  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  Motion  and 
•Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to„ 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites  (E®s
Bill. 
(Extension)  Bill; 

tenslon) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Costs in 
Second  Reading  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  oasTs Kli 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  resuming  Children  Bill, 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Children  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ; 

Ordered,Tla&t  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 
the  Coal  M i n es  

( E i g ht   C W H o « r s) 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

K 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means" 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
^ ^ in 
'Boroughs  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second  Heading of  the  London Paving Expenses  PaTins 

^ 

Jtuxpenscs 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
B i l l; 

B lV 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Q  4 

1 20 

25th—26th  March. 

1908. 

[No.  42. 

Post  Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank - Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
BlU' 

Rank  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages') 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to 

the  Court of 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Annual 
Account  of  receipts  and  disbursements  of  the  (High  Court 
Court  of  Probate  Division  of  the  High  C o u rt   of  Justice) 
of  Justice  in  Ireland  for  the  year  ended  8.1st (Ireland-> 
December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Whiteley)  :—It  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  six  minutes, before  Eight 
of  the  clock,  adjourned till  to-morrow. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's South Africa.; 

Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 
to  the  recruitment  of  Labour  in  the  Nyasaland 
Protectorate  for  the  Transvaal  and  Southern 
Rhodesia  Mines. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

[ N o.   4 2 .] 

Thursday, 26th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of the Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Orders  66  and  67  have  not  been 
complied  with,  viz. :—• 

Ards  and  Bangor  Railways  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
66 and  67 
not  complied 
with.) 

Finchley 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
Urban  District  tion  the  Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Bill, 

ouno 

i  . 

ag   a m e n (j e (j   jn  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Dublin 
Corporation 
(Various 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Dublin  Corporation 

Second  Reading  of 
(Various  Powers)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

London  Port 
and  Docks 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  Port  and  Docks 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of  April  next. 

Lower 
Thames 
(Grays)  Dock 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) 
Dock  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of  April  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report, 
Board of 
Education. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Public  Elementary 
Schools  and  Certified Efficient  Schools  in  Wales 
and  Monmouthshire  on  1st  August  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
last,  for  a 

dated  the  24th  day  of  February 
Return  relative  to  National  Schools  (Ireland). 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Lunacy 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—-Copy  (Scotland,) 
of  General  Rules  for  the  management  of  the 
Edinburgh  District  Asylum  at  Bangour. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Pensions  (Old 

Monday  next,  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  was A g e)   BiU-
read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  the  29th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Housing  of 
u| c t8 
Monday  next,  the  Housing  of  Working  Classes  p[^j 3
Acts  Amendment  Bill  was  read  and  discharged.  AmeSment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bl11, 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Public  Health 

Monday  next,  the  Public  Health  Officers  Bill  Officers Bill, 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Friday  the  29th  day  of  May  next. 

Mr.  Whitbread  reported  from  the  Committee  Draycott  Gas 

on  the  Draycott  Gas  Bill:  That  they  had B i lL 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee,  and found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
to  t h e 

t

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

™n

e

g

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from  Standing 
(in  respect  of  the  Housing  of 
Committee  A 
the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  B i l l ):  —  Mr. 
Attorney  General,  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone, 
and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill):  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for 
Ireland,  and  Mr.  Birrell. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
BUI. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Clancy, 
Mr.  William  O'Brien,  Mr.  Heahj,  Mr.  Nannetti, 
Mr.  John  Redmond,  Mr.  Hayder,  Mr.  Harring-
ton,  Mr.  Field,  Mr.  William  Redmond,  Mr. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Housing  of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
Bill. 

No.  42.]  8  EBW.  VII. 

26th  March. 

1 21 

Glover,  Mr,  Summerbell,  Mr.  Campbell,  Mr. 
Guinness,  Mr.  Lonsdale,  and  Mr.  Barrie. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on the  Resolu-  Business of 
tion  relating  to  Prosecution  of Offences (Amend-  t he   House 
ment)  [Expenses]  have  precedence  this  day  of (Sut)P!.v-) 
the  Business  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer.) 

Great Eastern 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
f r om   t h e  Committee  on the  Great  Eastern  Rail-
(Gteneral
Powerc) Bill,  way  (General  Powers)  Bill;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Vide  Supple- 
ment to the  Table;  and  be  printed. 
' 
Votes. 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b le   5  a t ld   b e  P r i n t e d-

the Dartford  Gas Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 

Dartford Gas 
Bl11- 
Vide Supple- 
Votes'10 thG 
Wishaw  Burgh  The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
f r om   1116  Committee  on  the  Wishaw  Burgh 
&c?BiliC.ity' 
Electricity,  &c.  Bill;  That  they  had  examined 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make 
it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide Supple- 
ment to the  Table  ;  and be  printed. 
Votes. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Consolidated 

Fund  (No.  1)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Bill  178. 

Housing, 
Mr.  Burns,  supported  by  Dr.  Macnamara, 
Piannin<*  &c  P r e s e i )t ed   a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes,  to  provide 
Bill. 
for  the  making  of  Town  Planning  Schemes,  and 
to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to  the 
appointment  and  duties  of  County  Medical 
Officers  of  Health  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon Wednesday  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

Friendly 
Mr.  Runciman  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Societies  Bill.  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1896  ;  And  the  same 
Bill  179,  Was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  180 

Mr.  Findlay, 

supported  by  Mr.  Cameron 
Licensing 
(Scotland) 
Corbett,  Mr.  Robert  Balfour,  Mr.  Cross,  Mr. 
Amendment  Guuand>  Mr.  M'Callum,  Mr.  Sutherland,  and 
Wilhie,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  later  opening  in  the  morning  of  premises 
licensed  for  the  sale  of  excisable  liquors  in 
Scotland:  And  the  same was  ordered  to be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  the  8th day  of 
April  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 

Bill  181 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
to  amend  the  Laws  relating  to  Education 
in  Scotland,  and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith:  And  that  Mr.  Sinclair,  the  Lord 
Advocate,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for 
Scotland  do prepare  and bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Sinclair  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Laws  relating  to  Education 
in 
Scotland,  and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith:  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time,  and ordered  to  be read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

A  Motion  •was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Business of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of  House 
Supply,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of  the ^8upp'y,-) 
clock  this  night,  be  not  interrupted  under  the 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House)—(Mr. 
Chancellor  of the  Exchequer); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 
Tellers  for the] 
Noes, 

I Mr. Joseph  Pease : 

A c l a n d'  

| Viscount  Valentia: 

1 
J 

} 
f 

281. 

62. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself  Prosecution  of 
into  a  Committee  on  Prosecution  of  Offences (Amendment) 
(Amendment)  [Expenses]. 

[Expenses.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the  salaries 
and  remuneration  of  the  Director  of  Public 
Prosecutions  and  assistant  directors  appointed 
under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  amend 
the  Prosecution  of  Offences  Acts,  1879  and 
1884,  and  of the  expenses  incurred  in  pursuance 
of  such  Act.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end  of  the 
Question  to  add  the  words  " such  salaries  not  to 
exceed  £4,000 in all."—( Sir Frederick  Banbury.) 
there 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

added. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the (Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Claude Hay  : 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Joseph Pease  : 

49. 

273. 

Original  Question  put,  and agreed  to. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of  the  salaries  and  remuneration  of  the 
Director  of  Public  Prosecutions  and  assistant 
directors  appointed under any Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  amend  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
Acts,  1879  and  1884,  and  of  the  expenses 
incurred  in  pursuance  of such  Act. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply 

Committee  of  Supply ; 

(Civil  Services 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question Departments 

being  proposed, That  Mr.  Speaker  do now leave Estimates.) 
the  Chair; 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to Cost of 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word ^g™-nistra" 
" That"  to the  end  of  the  Question,  in  order  to ireUmd. 
add  the  words  " the  cost  of  Administration  in 
Ireland  is  excessive,  is unduly burdensome to  the 
people  of  that  country,  and  is  steadily  increas-
that  the  expenditure  is  not  subject  to 
ing; 

 
12 2: 

26ih  March. 

1908,  . [No. 42. 

Irish  control,  and is not allocated or administered 
in  such  a  way  as  to  promote  efficiency in  govern-
ment  or  national  well-being  ;  that,  so  far  from 
alleviating  the  injury  inflicted  on  Ireland  by 
over-taxation,  this  waste  of  her  resources  on 
certain  services  tends  rather  to  aggravate  i t; 
and  that  this  condition  of  affairs  constitutes  an 
intolerable  grievance  and  demands the immediate 
attention  of  Parliament"—  (Mr. 
Kettle),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of  Ihe  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being again  proposed : 

—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

MrVRunciman rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 

to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 
Tellers  for  thel  Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

182. 

\ 
J; 

31. 

So  it was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put; 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the 

Chair. 

Question put 
(pursuant to 
S.O. Closure 
o£ Debate.) 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  resuming  Children  Bill, 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Children  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  coal  Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines 
Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l;  

( E i g ht   (Eight  Hours) 

(No. »  Bd, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  A l d e r m e n - m e r m en  
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill;  

Boroughs Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the-London 
Second  Reading  of the  London  Paving  Expenses  Paving 
U'jj  ( 

bxpenses  iiiiL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction)  (Obstruction) 
Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Sa™g*  B mk 
Bank  Bill; 

BlU" 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 

To  report  Progress, and  ask  leave  to  sit  again. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred;  and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

the  Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

Bill^A] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Amendment  B i l l;  

day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
the  Crofters'  H o l d i n gs  

^ d i n g s^ 
Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11' 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Voters 

Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  B i l l;  

tion-)  Bill. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Prosecution of 
OfEences 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

Committee  on 
(Amendment)  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Costs in 
Criminal 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sunmary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Juriadicticm_^ 
i. 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

(re a n,  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restraint of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Shops)  Bill; 

the  Restraint  of  T r a d es   ^ es   (Shops) 

4 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Sites)  Bill; 

day 
the 

being  read,  for  the  Places of 
Places  of  Worship  J* 
m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Places of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship Worship 
tl 
(Enfranchisement)  BiU; 

(Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

NO. 421  S  EDW.  V I I. 

mk—WtiiWirch. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Public  Health 
Amendment 
(Water"10" 
Rights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Public  Health  Act 

S e c o n d 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  B i l l; 

f a d i ng   of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Divorce  Law 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Amendment  g e c o n (l   Reading  of  the  Divorce  Law  Amend-
( > o . 2)   BUI. 

m e n t ( N o > 2 ) B^ ] 1 ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Local 
Authorities 
S r r 3 
Purchase  of 
Land)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Authorities  (Taxa-
t i on   a n d  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Pariiamentaiy 
Voters 
(Registration) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters 
( R e g i s t r a t i o n)   B m 

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines-'.-. 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  Bill; 

the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

^ ^^ 
Enginemen) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B,u" 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Settled  Land 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k c t3   BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trust 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trust  Investment  Bill;  ^vestment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Daylight  Saving  Bill  was,  according  to  Daylight 

Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Saving  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 

Select  Committee.—(Mr.  Robert  Pearce.) 

Babbits  on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons  Bill.  S e c o nd   Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

B i l l;  

•  -

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Purchase  of 
Land 
\Vaies)°Bin.n 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
nd and  ® e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land 

(England  and  Wales)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Small 
The Order  of  the day  being read, for resuming 
Holdings  Bill,  the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  l l th   day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Small  Holdings  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses  Bill. 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Licensed 
Premises 
S y 1 
Closing  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Licensed  Premises 

Second  Reading  of 
(Election  Days)  Closing  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next. 

Irish National 
Schools 
But t i n g ) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools 
(Heating)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next. 

Kepreseutation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  People  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
B , n' 

People  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  April  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Death 

Second  Reading  of 
/ ni  
\  r c i,  
(Charges)  B u i; 

° 

the  Death  Certificates  p « t i f i c a^ . n 
(Charges)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

.  The  Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BiU" 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  prohibition  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  B i l l;  

Companie/ 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1-

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill  ; 

Bl!U 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twenty-seven  minutes after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   4 3 .] 

Friday,  27th March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

PR   A T E R S. 

THE   City  of  Glasgow  Bill  was  read  the  third  City of 

time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Glasgow  Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

R  2 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Eeport. 

Workmen's 
Insurance 
(Germany.) 
No.  102. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

124 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  an 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  February  last,  for 
Insurance 
a  Return  relative 
(Germany). 

to  Workmen's 

30th—31 

March. 

1908. 
had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the said  Acts, 
as  follow: 

[No. 44. 

1.  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Act,  1908. 
2.  Transfer  of  Training  Colleges  (Scotland) 

Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

3.  Clyde  Navigation  (Superannuation)  Order 

Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon the 

4.  Madras  Railway  (Annuities)  Act,  1908. 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order 
made  by  the  Urban  District  Council  of  Donag-
hadee  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  and 
confirmed  by  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland, 
fixing  the  hours  for  closing  certain  classes  of 
Shops. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Luke  White  reported  from  the  Committee  Motherwell 

on  the  Motherwell  Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill;  Burgh 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con- k^Bm10"' 
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

A 

m e nt   to   t h e 
Votes. 

Turkey 
(No.  1,  1908.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of 
further 
Correspondence  respecting  Proposals  by  His 
Majesty's  Government  for  Reforms  in  Mace-
donia. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Revenue 
(Collection  of 
Taxes.) 

No.  103. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  —  Return 

to  an 
Order,  dated  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  March, 
for  a  Return  relative  to  Revenue  (Collection  of 
Taxes). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Births, Deaths,  The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Marriages,  and  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Fifty-third 
the  Births,  Deaths,  and 
(Scotland.)  Annual  Report  on 
Marriages  in  Scotland,  for  1907,  and  Forty-
third  Annual  Report  on  Vaccination. 

Housing 
Conditions 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Return  showing  the  Housing  Con-

ditions  of  the  Population  of  Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Railway  and 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Canal  Traffic  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  . of  Nineteenth 
to'1894?5*  Annual  Report  of  the  Railway  and  Canal  Com-

mission,  with  Appendix. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Royal Assent. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir 
Henry  Frederick  Stephenson,  Gentleman  Usher 
of  the  Black  Rod : 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  :—And  being 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That the House,  at  the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the  House of 
Peers,  where  a  Commission under  the  Great  Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein  men-
tioned ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  authorised 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Registration 

Second  Reading  of  the  Registration  of  Clubs  of Clubs 
(Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months."  —  (Mr. 
Patrick  White.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"now"  stand  part  of  the  Question:  —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/" Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
J 
T  14Q 
j 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Sloan, 

IMr.  William.  Redmond: 

I Mr.  Robert  Duncan 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

: 

26. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections  Elections 
(Disqualification  Removal)  B i l l;  

tiioiTRemoval) 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question  Bl11-

being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Notice  being  taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
it  being  then  after 
being  present,  and 
Four  of 
the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker  without  a 
Question  first  put,  at  two  minutes  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

the  clock, 

No.  45.]  8  E d w.   VII. 

31  st  March. 

125 

Ordered,  That  the  Great  Western  Railway  Great Western 

Private  Bills 
(Standing 
Order 63 
complied 
with.) 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

[No.  44.] 
Monday,  30th March  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of  the  Examiners of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
Standing  Order  63  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

London  United  Tramways  Bill. 

Ordered., That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof, the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

[Lords]. 

London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

Improvements)  Bill  [Lords]. 
Rhymney  Railway  Bill [Lords]. 
Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society 

Bill 

[Lords], 

Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  Bill 

[Lords'], 

Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company 

Bill  [Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the Bills  be  read  a second  time. 

The  Bury  and  District  Joint  Water  Board 

Bury and 
District  Joint  Bill  was  read the  third  time  and  passed. 
Water  Board 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

1 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Dublin  and 
RaUway^n™  w as   rea<^  ^e   third  time  and  passed. 

The  Dublin  and  South  Eastern  Railway  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Finchley 
Urban  District  w a8   re£Uj the  third time  and  passed. 
Council Bill. 

The  Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Seaham 
Harbour  Dock  third  time  and  passed. 
Sill 

The  Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Bill  was read  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Bromley  and 
Crays Gas 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
the  Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Bill,  as 

tion 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third time. 

Glyncorrwg 
Urban  District  tj on 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
th e  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District  Council 

ounc 

1  . 

JJJJJ^ aa   amended   in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Lincoln  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

(Superannuation  Scheme):  Bill  [Lords]  be  read Railway 
' 
a  second  time  to-morrow. 

i  ,. 

J 

1 

L 

The  Huddersfield  Water  Bill 
read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

' 

(Superannua-
tion  Scheme) 
Bill [Lords.] 
[Lords]  was  Huddersfieia 

Water  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

£?V:tLnns' * 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative to National  National 
Schools  (Ireland),  which  was presented  upon  the Scbook 
26th  day  of this  instant  March,  be  printed. 

1  iSiT'lOl 

• 

1 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Local 
Command,—Copy  of  Returns of  Local  Taxation  Taxation 
in  Ireland  for  the  year  1906-7,  collected  and 
compiled  under  the  direction  of 
the  Local 
Government  Board for  Ireland  by  desire  of  his 
Excellency  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  [reland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Estimate  of 
the  further  amount 
required  in  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909 
for  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings. 

Civil  Services 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1908-9.) 

No.  105. 

Mr.  Runciman  also presented,  pursuant  to  the 
Resolution  of  the  House  of  the  4th  March  1879, 
—Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  30th  Alarch 
1908,  authorising  the  temporary  application  of 
surpluses  on  certain  Navy  Votes  for  the  year 
1907-8  to  meet  excesses  on  other  Navy  Votes 
for  the  same  year. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  30th  March 
1908,  authorising  the  temporary  application  of 
surpluses  on  certain  Army  Votes  for  the  year 
1907-8  to  meet  excesses  on  other  Army  Votes 
for  the  same  year. 

Public 
Accounts 
(Navy  Votes.) 
No.  106. 

Public 
Accounts 
(A.rmy  Votes.) 
No.  107. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon the 
Table,  and be  printed;  and  that  the  said  Esti-
mate  be  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply, 
and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House imperial 
a  Return  relating  to  Imperial  Revenue  (Collec-  Revenue 
tion  and  Expenditure) 
Ireland)  for  the  year  ending  the  31st  day  of  ture)  (Great 
March  1908  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Britain  and 
Paper,  No.  242  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Joseph 
Pease.) 

(Great  Britain  and  ^ollection^ 

Ircland) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House  Revenue  and 
a  Return  showing, for  the  year  ending  the  31st  Expenditure 
day  of  March  1908,  (I)  the  amount  contributed  ^ o £ i \ nd 
by  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,  respectively,  Ireland.)' 
to  the  Revenue  collected  by  imperial  officers ; 
(2)  the  Expenditure  on  English,  Scottish,  and 
Irish  Services  met  out  of  such  Revenue;  and 
(3)  the  balances  of  Revenue  contributed  by 
England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,  respectively, 
which  are  available  for  imperial  Expenditure 
(in  continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 245 
of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  John  O'Connor.) 

William  John  MacGeagh  Mac  Caw,  Esquire,  New  Member 

Member  for  the  County  of  Down  (West  Down  swom. 
Division),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  tlie Lords, 
one  of their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Cambeiwell 

Act  to  provide  for  the  granting  of  superannua-  and  other 
tion  allowances  to  the  officers  and  servants  of 
the  Councils  of  the  Metropolitan  Boroughs  of  councils 
Camberwell,  Deptford,  and  Hackney,  and  for 
R  3 

1 26 

30th—31st  March. 

, 

[No.  44. 

(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Business of 
the  Hbuse 
(Government 
of  Ireland.) 

Government 
of  Ireland. 

other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Camberwell  and  other  Metropolitan 
Borough  Councils (Superannuation)  Bill  [  Lords] 
was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That the  Proceedings on the Motion  relating 
to  the  Government  of  Ireland,  if  under  discus-
sion  at  Eleven  of  the  clock  this  night,  be  not 
interrupted  under  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
the 
of 
Exchequer); 

the  House)  —  (Mr.  Chancellor 

of 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thef Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

i> 

m 
r 
Tellers  for  the 

1.1.  (Sir  Alexander  Acland-
^ 

294. 

84. 

' 

[Viscount  Valentia  : 

So  it  wa§  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  present  system  of  Govern-
ment  in  Ireland  is  in  opposition  to  the  will  of 
the  Irish  people  and  gives  them  no  voice  in  the 
management  of their own affairs ;  that the  system 
inefficient  and  extravagantly 
is  consequently 
costly;  that  it  does  not  enjoy  the  confidence  of 
any  sectiou  of  the  population;  that  it  is  produc-
tive  of  universal  discontent  and  unrest,  and  is 
incapable  of  satisfactorily promoting  the  material 
and  intellectual  progress  of  the  people  ;  that  the 
reform  of  Irish  Government  is  a  matter  vital  to 
the interests of  Ireland,  and  calculated  greatly  to 
promote  the  well-being  of  the  people  of  Great 
Britain;  and,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House,  the 
solution  of  this  problem  can  only  be  attained  by 
giving  to  the  Irish  people  the  legislative  and 
executive  control  of  all  purely  Irish  affairs — 
(Mr.  John  Redmond)  ; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  1, by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " That  " to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and 
adding  the  words  "inasmuch  as  the  abandon-
ment  by  the  Imperial  Parliament  of its  undivided 
responsibility,  both  for  legislation  and  adminis-
tration  within  the  United  Kingdom,  would  injure 
the  prosperity  of  Ireland  and 
the 
security  of  Great  Britain,  this  House  is  unalter-
Irish 
ably  opposed 
Parliament  with  a  responsible  executive"— 
(Earl  Percy),—instead 

the  creation  of  an 

thereof. 

imperil 

to 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 

stand  part  of 

proposed  to  be  left  out 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t: 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the [Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

0'   Brien: 
Tellers  for  t h e { S i r^ W eT   A c l a n d' 

[ M r.   Patrick 

N o e s'  

[Viscount  Valentia: 

, 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

334. 

142. 

And 

the  Question 
words  be  there  added : 
Affirmative. 

those 
being  put,  That 
—It  was  resolved  in  the 

Then  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

p u t; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thef Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

t  Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

Tellers  for thefSir  ^1/^awrfer  Acland-

Noes 
' 

. H o o d> 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

}  313, 

J 

1 1 5 7-

So it   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

is 

that 

that 

their  own  affairs; 

it  does  not  enjoy 

Resolved,  That  the  present  system  of  Govern-
ment  in  Ireland  is  in  opposition  to  the  will  of 
the  Irish  people  and  gives  them  no  voice  in  the 
the 
management  of 
system  is  consequently  inefficient  and  extrava-
gantly  costly; 
the 
confidence  of  any  section  of  the  population  j 
that  it  is  productive  of  universal  discontent  and 
incapable  of  satisfactorily  pro-
unrest,  and 
moting  the  material  and  intellectual  progress  of 
the  people  ; that the reform of  Irish  Government 
is  a matter  vital  to  the  interests  of  Ireland,  and 
calculated  greatly  to  promote  the  well-being  of 
the  people  of  Great  Britain;  and,  in  the  opinion 
of  this  House,  the  solution  of  this  problem  can 
only  be  attained  by  giving  to  the  Irish  people 
the  legislative  and  executive  control  of  all  purely 
Irish  affairs,  subject  to  the  supreme  authority  of 
the  Imperial  Parliament. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning; 

Tuesday,  '6\st  March  1908  : 

The  Order  of  the  clay being read, for  resuming  Children  Bill, 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Children  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading of  the  Licensing (Consolidation)  (^"gjjj8" 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Licensing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being-read,  for  the  Elementary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  B i l l;  

ffi) 

BilT* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland*)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

BlU' 

" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  the  Main  Question being again proposed  : 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving  Prosecution  of 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the 
words  "subject  to  the  supreme  authority  of  the 
Imperial  Parliament."—(Mr.  Simon.) 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Prosecution  OfEences 
of  Offences  (Amendment)  [Expenses]  ; 

[ExpTuS!]0 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

No.  4 4]   8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

mil—Slst  March. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Mesulved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 

the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read. a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Prosecution of 
Offences 
BIT 

^ A m e n d m e n t)   Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

Committee  on 

upon  Monday  next. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Public  Offices 
flTtension) 
Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Costs in 
Criminal  Cases  S e c o na   Reading  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
BlU" 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Coil  Mines 
( R .^  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Eight 

the  Coal  Mines 

Second  Reading  of 
1  '  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  Peerage 

Second  Reading  of the  Irish  Peerage  Bill ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

^ o t ^ d) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1' 

upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Employment 

Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British °f  British 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill;  

I f f i B i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  Bill; 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

BorooghsBili.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police 
Second Reading  of  the Police (Weekly  Holiday)  (Weekly 
Bill; 

Holiday)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

London 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill  Second  Reading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 

Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  annuation 
^ f l f m d ) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  s 9 c o n (i   Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading  of 
•(Dublin)  Bill;  ° 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 
. 

the  Civil  Bill  Courts 

( D u b l i n. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  7th  day  of  April  next. 

Post  Office 
Savings  Bank  g e c o nd   R e a d i ng 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
() f f i o e  Savings 
t h e  p o s t 

0f 

Bank  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Fatal 
a)amanes) 
ftm\Lords.-]  (Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading 

of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purity  of  Milk 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Sup-^PP 1^ 
^ill  a n 
plies  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  £°™P e n s a t i on 
tion  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Handloom 
Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill.  ( I r e k n d)   Bill  ; 

The  Order  ©£-4h©  day  being  read,-for  the 
the  Handloom  Weaving 

Second  Reading  of 

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Women's 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement  Enfranchise-
jjjjj  , 

ment  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  13th  day  of  April  next,  resolve  itself  into 
the  said  Committee. 

Aged 
Pensioners 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Franchise an 

Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill;  

E  4 

Disabilities 
Bill, 

128 

30th—31  March. 

1908. 

[No. 44. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  13th day  of  April  next. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill.  u p on  

The Order  of  the  day  being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
0f   February  last,  was proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

t he   nh   d ay 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

Polling 
RoSstoatfondofint0  consideration 
Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill. i n  the  Standing  Committee; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
the  Polling  Districts  and 
Registration of  Voters (Ireland)  Bill, as amended 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April 
next. 

Polling 
Districts 
(bounty 
Councils)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Polling-Districts  (County 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Wednesday  the  8 th  day of April 
next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

TicketB  Bin-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ferries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(inland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  W ednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Valuation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Valuation 

(Ireland)  (Inland)  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  28th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Character 
S o te   Bm-

Second  Reading  of  the  Character  Note  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  9th  day  of April  next. 

Railways 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Eight  Hours)  S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours) 

Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Payment of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Payment  of  Jurors  Bill;  Jlirora  Bil!-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

upon Friday  the  1 st  day  of  May  next. 

Married 
Women's 
Property  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Married  Women's 

Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and  Drains  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time" 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

Law of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Law  of  Distress  Amend-
ment  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Rights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Town  Tenants 

Second  Reading  of  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland) ^t
Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

0) 

el.a°d
Amendment 
Sill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  9th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order of  the day being read,  for resuming  Breaches of 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  By e l a ws   Bil1-
upon  the  20th  day  of  this  instant  March,  That 
the  Breaches  of  Byelaws  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

And  it  being  after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock  on  Monday  evening,  Mr.  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it 
being  then  seven  minutes  after  Twelve  of 
the  clock,  till  this  day. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Registration of  Clubs (Ireland)  Bill 

A. 

No.  45.1  8  EDW.  V I I. 

31s£  March. 

[No.  45.] 

Tuesday, 

March  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-

tion  -the  Hull  and  Barnsley  Railway  Bill, 

as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Shipbuilding,  &c.  due  to  the  reappropriation  of  Programme  of 
Cash  Provision,  &c. 
Shipbuilding, 
&c.) 

No.  108. 
Copy  of  Reports of  His  Majesty's  Astronomer  Cape of Good 

at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  Observatory  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  for  the  years  1906 
and  1907. 

to 
T 
serva  ry" 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Navy 
Estimates,  1907-8  (Statement  on  Programme 
of  Shipbuilding,  &c.),  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  ;day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban 
Water  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  9th  day  of April  next. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His  Army. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  General  Annual 
Report on  the  British  Army  for  the  year  ending 
30th  September  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Hull  and 
Barnsley 
Bailway  Bill. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water  Bill. 

Great  Western 
Bailway 
(Superannua-
tion  Scheme) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Metropolitan 
Police 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 

Bill  182. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

The  Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation 
Scheme)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Mr.  Herbert  Samuel,  supported  by  Mr.  Secre-
tary  Gladstone,  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  made  by one  of  His  Majesty's 
Principal  Secretaries  of  State  under  the  Metro-
politan  Police  Act,  1886,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Police  Courts  Act,  1897  :  And  the  same  was 
read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  WKenna  presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Naval 
and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865,  dated 
19th  March  1908,  approving  Memorials  of  the 
Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying 
sanction  to  (1)  certain 
in  the 
Pay  and  Position  and  new  Regulations  for  the 
Retirement  of  Engineer  Officers of  His  Majesty's 
Naval  Service  ;  (2)  the  payment  of  a  Special 
Allowance  of  one  shilling  and  six  pence  a  day 
to  the  Chief  or  Senior  Gunner  of  the  Torpedo 
School  Ship  at  Sheerness. 

improvements 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act,  1890. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  19th  March  3 908, 
entitled  the  Northern  Nigeria  Order  in  Council, 
1908. 

Supreme Court  Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Supreme 
of Judicature  Court  of  Judicature  Act,  1875,  dated  19th 
Act, 1875.  March  1908,  amending  the  Order  in  Council 
of  28th  July  1893,  as  amended  by  the  Order 
in  Council  of  7th  May  1907,  relating  to  the 
Circuits  of  the  Judges. 

Territorial and  Copies  of  Three  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Reserve  Forces Territorial  and  Reserve  Forces  Act,  1907,  dated 
Act,  iao7. 

i g th   M a i. ch   1 9 0 g)  

v i z <._ 

(1)  For  the  transfer  of  the  Yeomanry  and 
Volunteers  to  the  Territorial  Force  : 
(2)  Relating  to  the  Property  of  the  Hon-

ourable  Artillery  Company; 

(3)  Applying  certain  Enactments  relating 
to  the  Militia,  Yeomanry,  or  Volunteers 
to  the  Territorial  Force. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
presented,  by  H is 
?907™?tet!'  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Statement 
(Statement  on  showing  probable  effect  on  the  Programme  of 

Mr.  Edmund  Robertson 

VOL.  163. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Treaty  Series 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Convention  (No.  7,1908.) 
between 
'France 
the  United  Kingdom  and 
respecting  Commercial Relations between  France 
and  Barbados.  Signed  at  London,  9th  January 
1907.  Ratifications  exchanged  at  London,  18th 
March  1908. 

Copy  of  Despatches 

from  His  Majesty's  panami  Canal 
Minister  at  Panamd,  respecting  the  employ-  (Commercial, 
ment  of  British  West  Indian  Labour  in  t h e Na  2' 1 9 0 80 
Panamd  Canal  zone. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-  Testamentary 

sented  to His Majesty, that  He will be graciously  Bequests 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid  counties.) 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the  limi-
tations  imposed  by  Law  upon  Testamentary 
Bequests 
in  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Russia, 
and  the  United  States  of  America.  —  (Mr. 
Holt.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from  Standing 
Committee  A:   —  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for 
Ireland  and  Dr.  Shipman  (in  respect  of  the 
(Ireland) 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
Bill);  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in 
respect  of  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill):  Mr.  T.  W.  Russell  and  Sir 
George  White. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Housing  of  the 
Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Ashton  reported  the  North  Eastern  Rail-  North  Eastern 

way  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Railway  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment to the 
Votes. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

1 

' 

Mr.  Ashton  reported  the  Humber  Commercial  Humber 

Railway  and  Dock  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Dock BiU. 

J 

Table;  and be  printed. 

r 

Commercial 
Railway  and 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  tW 
Votes. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police  Police  and 
and  Sanitary  Committee;  That  in  the  case  of Committee 
the Leicester  Corporation  Bill they had examined  x.eiccster 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  Corporation 
the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  Bil1-
it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
Votes t0   t h f t 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

1 30 

31 st  March. 

1 9 0 8. 

[No.  45. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Lower  Thames 
(Grays)  Dock 

Ards and 
Bangor 
Railways  Bill. 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions,  which 
were  read,  as follow : 

i.   That  in  the  case  of  the  Lower  Thames 
( G r a y s)   D o ck   B i l l j  p e ti t i 0n   for  dispensing  with 
Standing  Order  128  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
of  the  Northfleet  Paper  Mills,  Limited,  the  said 
Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Ards  and  Bangor 
Railways  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with  ;  that  the  parties  be  permitted 
to  proceed  with  their  Bill  on  the  condition  that 
resolutions  of  the  Belfast  and  County  Down 
Railway  Company,  and  of  the  County  Council 
of  the  County  of  Down  and  the  Urban  District 
Council  of  Newtownards,  approving  of  the  Bill 
as  introduced,  and the  deposit  of  Copies  of  the 
said  resolutions  in  accordance  with  the  require-
ments  of  the  Standing Orders,  are  proved  before 
the  Committee  on  the  Bill,  and  that,  failing 
such  proof,  Clause  19  and  Clauses  83  to  90, 
both  inclusive,  be  struck  out  of  the  Bill;  that 
the  Committee  on  the  Bill  do  report  how  far 
such  Order  has  been  complied  with. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
A v on 
Towcester, and  - r L V U U' 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Redditch,  and 
Stratford. 
upon-Avon 
Junction,  and 
Bast and West 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  f Lords.'] 

(Amalgamation) 

[Lords],   Petition 

Towcester,  and  Midland 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Stratford-upon-
Junction, 
Evesham,  Redditch,  and  Stratford-upon-Avon 
Junction,  and  East  and  "West  Junction  Rail-
for 
ways 
Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with  ;  that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  proceed 
with  their  Bill  on  the  condition  that  a  Clause  is 
inserted  in  the  Bill  to  the  following  effect,  viz., 
that  no  sale  shall  take  place  of  the  amalgamated 
undertaking  without  the  consent  of  the  memo-
rialists,  Charles  William  Bartholomew,  Richard 
Donald  Bain,  and William  Howard  Gray,  which 
does  not  provide  for  the  payment  to  the  said 
memorialists  of  the  sum  of  at  least  £5,000  in 
cash  in  respect  of  the  debenture  stock  mentioned 
in  section  4  of  the  Act  of  1901,  or  in  respect  of 
the  stock  of  the  new  company  incorporated  by 
the  Bill,  to  be  exchanged  therefor  under  the 
provisions  of  the  said  Bill;  that  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill  do  report  how  far  such  Order  has 
been  complied  with. 

Cambrian 
Railways 
[Lords.] 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Cambrian  Railways 
[Lords],  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ;  that  the  parties  be 
permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ards and 
Bangor 
Railways  Bill. 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Report  from 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  in 
respect  of  the  Ards  and "Bangor  Railways  Bill 
might  be  read  ;  and  the  same  being  read 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Sir  Henry  Kimler 

reported  from  the  Com-
Slough  Urban 
DUtrict Water  m i t f c ee   o n  Group  B  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  in 
[Preamble 
the  case  of  the  Slough  Urban  District  Water 
not proved.]  Bill  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  but  the  same 
had  not  been  proved  to  their  satisfaction. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Fire Inquests • 
Bill. 

Sir  Henry  Cotton,  supported  by  Sir  William 
Holland,  Mr.  Star  key,  Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr. 
Bill  183.  Yoxall,  and  Mr.  Richardson,  presented  a  Bill 
to  provide  for  the  holding  of  Eire  Inquests: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  1st  day  of  May  next; 
and  to be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Irish 

put,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Bill  to  Universities, 
make  further provision with respect to  University 
Education  in  Ireland—(Mr.  Birrell); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Moore, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Lonsdale: 

j- 307. 

}  24. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr.  Secretary 
Haldane,  and  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland 
do  prepare and  bring  in  the  Bill. 

Mr.  Birrell  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to  Irish 

make  further  provision  with  respect  to  Univer-
sity  Education  in  Ireland:  And  the  same  was 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

B i ll  

1 8 4. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Taxation 

put,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House,  any  Basis' 
attempt  to  broaden  the  basis  of  Taxation  by 
placing  small  import  duties  on  a  large  number 
of  articles  is  opposed  to  all  principles  of  sound 
finance,  wasteful  and  uneconomical  as  regards 
collection,  disturbing  and  harmful  to  industry 
and  commerce,  would  tend  to  raise  the  price 
of  all  the  taxed  articles  to  consumers,  and,  in 
practice,  would  lead  to  the  imposition  of  high 
tariffs of  the  same  character  as those  in  force  in 
protected  countries—(Mr.  Mond)  ; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

l.Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers  for  t h e f ^ T^ 

A c l a n d~ 

Noes 
' 

i 
[Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

' 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

j- 280. 

91. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Merchandise 
2) 

Second  Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks 
(No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses 
Bill; 

Registration  Registration 

° 

BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pharmacy Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pharmacy  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  justices of the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  pe»ce Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Spurious 

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill; 

Sports  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

No. 45.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Public 
Libraries  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

31 st  March. 

131 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea Fisheries 

Second  Reading  of the  Sea Fisheries  Regulation  Regulation 
} 
(Scotland)  Bill ? 

ffi 

Ordered,  Tbat  the  Bill  lie  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bailway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

11(311648 Bil)-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Holdings 

Second'  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Amendment  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  "Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Sites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Places  of  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Sites)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming  Children  Bill, 

the  adjoilrned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this instant  March,  That 
the  Children  Bill  he  now  read a  second  time  ; 

upon  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of April  next. 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Places  of  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for receiving  Prosecution of 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on Prosecution  ??encej 
of  Offences (Amendment)  [Expenses]  ; 

[Expenses.]  ' 

upon  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of  April  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Babbits on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  'Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

, 

• 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

upon  Thursday  next. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee.' 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses BiU. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  seeond  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Coal Mines 
fm-'Winding8  Second Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines (Eight  Hours 
Enginemen) 
BlU" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

for Winding  Enginemen)  Bill; 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prosecution of 

the  Prosecution  of  Oirences 9®ence? 

Committee  on 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites SH*8 
(Extension) 
(Extension)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Death 
(Chafes)6Bill.  S e c o n d 

f a d i ng   of  the  Death  Certificates 

' (Charges)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Handloom 
Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Handloom  Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  8th  day  of  April  next. 

Employment 
of  British 
Subjects 
Abroad  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 
VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Costs in 
Second  Reading  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  Criminal Case 
Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
E E j J f t ni 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of  the London  Paving  Expenses Paving 
jjjU  . 

Expenses  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of  the Telegraph (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

Bl11-

s  2 

31st  March.—1st  April. 

1908. 

[No. 46. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Savings 
Bank  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
aDam^es) 
Bill^zfrfe] 

Dartford  Gas 
BiU. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Yide  Second 
Report. 

Trade  Reports 
. (Annual 
Series.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

of 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  46.] 

Wednesday} 

April  1908.1 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-

tion  the  Dartford  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in 

the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be  read  the  third  time. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series, Nos.  3965 
and  3966. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Police 
(Scotland.) 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Acts. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fiftieth  Annual 
Report  of  His  Majesty's  Inspector  of  Con-
stabulary  for  Scotland,  for  the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Crofters  Commission 

for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Port  of 
London  Bill. 
No.  109. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Memorandum  in  reference  to  the 
Port  of  London  Bill.—(Mr.  Lloyd-George.) 

Mr.  Lloyd-George  accordingly  presented  the 

said  Paper. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  Standing 
Standing 
Committee  A.  Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Incest  Bill  was 
referred;  That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill 
Incest  Bill. 
and  made  an  Amendment  thereunto. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported 

from  Standing  standing 

Committee  A,   to  whom  the  Local  Authorities  Committee  A. 
(Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill  w as   r e f e r r e d;   Authorities 
That  they  had  gone  through  t he   Bill  and  m a de   (Admission  of 
Amendments  thereunto. 

•" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Friday  the  26th  day  of  June  next;  and  be 
printed. 

the  Press) 
Bill. 

No.  111. 

No.  111. 

Bill  186. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  the  Chair-standing 
men's  P a n e l;   That  they  had  appointed  Mr.  Committees 
to  be  Chairman  of  Standing  pang™ en  s 
Laurence  Hardy 
Committee  B,   and  Mr.  John  William  Wilson  to 
be  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  C. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  the  Chair-

men's  Panel  to  make  a  Special  Report. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  the  Chair- Chairmen's 

men's  Panel;  That  they  had  agreed  to  the  panei. 
following  Special  Report:— 

That  the  Chairmen's  Panel  do  make  a  Special  Special 
Report,  recommending  that  Standing  Orders  47  E eP o r t-
and  62  should  be  amended  so  as  to  provide  that 
it  should  not  be  necessary  for  Proceedings  on  a 
Standing  Committee  to  be  suspended  in  con-
sequence  of  the  absence  of  a  quorum,  except 
upon  the  Chairman's  notice  being  called  thereto 
by  a  Member  of  the  Committee,  or  where,  on  a 
Division  being  taken,  it  appears  that  less  than  a. 
quorum  of  the  Committee  are  present. 

Ordered,  That  the  Special  Report  do  lie  upon  No.  112. 

the  Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of the  Proceedings  No.  112. 

of  the  Chairmen's  Panel  be  printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following  Members from  Standing 
Committee  A :—   Mr.  Carlile  and  Sir  Francis 
(in 
Lowe',  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
respect  of  the  Agricultural  Education  in  Ele-
mentary  Schools  Bill)  :  Yiscount  Morpeth  and 
Sir  Philip  Magnus. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Agricultural 
Education  in 
Elementary-
Schools  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Luke  White  reported  from the  Committee  Dublin  and 

on  Group  D  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  in  the  case Central 
of  the  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland  Electric  g^ctrfc Power 
Power  Bill  they  had  examined  the  allegations  Bill, 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  but  the  [Preamble 
same  had  not  been  proved  to  their  satisfaction. 

n ot   p r o v e 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Luke  White  reported  from the  Committee  Private  Bills 
on  Group  D  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for  the  (Group p.) 
the  Committee  had 
convenience  of  parties, 
adjourned  till  Monday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

No.  110. 

No.  110. 

Bill  185. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

  Lords, 

Ordered.  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken into  consideration 
upon  Friday  next;  and  be  printed. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Audenshaw 
Act  to alter the constitution of the Ashton-under-  c ^ ^ n a if  Ct 
Lyne,  Stalybridge,  and  Dukinfield  (District) 

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2nd April. 

133 

Waterworks  Joint  Committee,  and  to  make  the 
Audenshaw  Urban  District Council  a  combining 
authority;  and  to  make  further  and  better 
provision  with  regard 
improvement, 
health,  local  government,  and  finance  of  the 
Urban  District  of  Audenshaw,  and  for  other 
purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

the 

to 

Merthyr Tydfil  The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Corporation 
Act  to  empower  the  Corporation  of  Merthyr 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Tydfil  to  construct  street  works  and  to  provide 
recreation  grounds;  and  to  make  further  and 
better  provision  with  regard  to  the  health,  im-
provement, and  good  government  of  the  borough, 
and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Llanelly  Gas 
BiU  [Lords.] 

Tafl Vale 
Elailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to authorise the Llanelly  Gaslight  Company 
to raise additional capital, and for other  purposes; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confer further powers upon  the  Taff  Vale 
Bailway  Company  with  respect to  their  Penarth 
Harbour  and  Dock  undertaking,  and  for  other 
purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

Fishguard  and  The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Bosslare 
^  Act  to  empower  the  Fishguard  and  Rosslare 
Harbours Bill  Railways  and  Harbours  Company  to  construct 
harbour  works  at  Fishguard  in  substitution  for 
[Lords.] 
certain  authorised  harbour  works  and  railways 
in  connection  therewith,  and  for other  purposes; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Skegness 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
ComcilDBm iCt  A ct   t 0  authorise  the  Urban  District  Council  of 
Skegness  to  purchase  the  undertaking  of  the 
[Lords.] 
Skegness  Water  Company  ;  and to  make  further 
and  better  provisions  in  regard  to  the  health, 
local  government,  and 
the 
district,  and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

improvement  of 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  iutituled  An 
North British 
^ M e r c a n t i le  Act  to  provide  for  the  transfer  of  the  under-
Compan^Biil  taking  of  the Ocean  Marine Insurance  Company, 
Limited,  to  the  North  British  and  Mercantile 
[Lords.] 
Insurance  Company  ;  to  increase  the  capital  of 
and  to  amend  the  Acts  relating  to  the  latter 
Company,  and for other  purposes  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Pontypridd 
Water  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Ponty-
pridd  Waterworks  Company,  and  for  other 
purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

The  Audenshaw  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Audenshaw 
CorunciiDBiifCt i L o r d s']   was read  the  first  time. 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Merthyr  Tydfil  The  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Bill  [Lords'] 
B M P[ S .]   was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and  Fishguard  and 

Harbours  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Bosslare 
Railways and 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Harbours  Bill 

J 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

The  Skegness  Urban  District  Council 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

t he  

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Bill  Skegness 

Urban  District 
Council  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  North  British 
and Mercantile 
Insurance 

Company  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time, 
. 

- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Company  BiU 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

the  first  time. 

The  Pontypridd  Water  Bill  [Lords]  was read  Pontypridd 
Water Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Select  Committee  on  the  Trusts  Bill  was  Trusts  Bill, 

nominated  of  Mr.  Beale,  Mr.  Clancy,  Mr. 
Cave,  Dr.  Hazel,  Mr.  Hills,  Mr.  Micklem, 
Mr.  John  O'Connor,  Mr.  Radford,  Mr.  Rendall, 
Mr.  Stewart-Smith, 

and  Mr.  Salter. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persona,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Mr.  Attorney  General  reported 

from  the  Prosecution of 

Committee  on  Prosecution  of  Offences  (Amend-  Offences 
ment) • [Expenses]  a  Resolution;  which  was  [Expenses.] 
read,  as followeth  : 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the 
salaries  and  remuneration  of  the  Director  of 
Public  Prosecutions  and  assistant  directors 
appointed  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  amend  the  Prosecution  of  Offences  Acts, 
1879  and  1884,  and  of  the  expenses  incurred  in 
pursuance  of  such  Act. 

The eaid Resolution  being  read  a  second  time  ; 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  Resolution,  by  adding  at 
the  end 
thereof  the  words  " such  salaries  not  to  exceed 
three  thousand  pounds  in  all."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That  those  words 

be  there  added; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  t h e]  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  "I  ^ 
I Captain  Craig: 
Tellers  for the { Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

/ 

272. 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Committee  on  the  Prosecution  of  Offences Offence® 
(Amendment)  Bill;  

^Amendment) 

Llanelly  Gas 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Llanelly  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was read  the 

first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Taff  Vale 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

The  Taff  Vale  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Clerk  at  the  Table  informed  the  House  Chairman of 

of  the  unavoidable  absence,  owing  to  indis-
position,  of the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means. 

(Unavoidable 

Then  the  House  resolved  itself  into  the  Com-  A b s e n c e° 

mittee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Offices  of  Director  of  Public 
to  be 

Prosecutions  and  Treasury  Solicitor 
separate). 

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1908. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

[No.  46. 

Supply. 

134 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  6,  to  leave 
out  from  "1884"  to  the word  "shall,"  in  1.  7. 
— ( M r.   Claude  Hay.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 

to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause : 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and-ask  leave 
to sit again—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury)  :—Motion, 
by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Original  Question  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the  fMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

i Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

Tellers  for  the r Mr.  Claude  Hay, 

282. 

J 
"1  71 

Noes, 

\ S ir   Frederick  Banbury 

: J 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  11, 
to leave  out from the word  " appoint  " to  the  end 
of  the  subsection,  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
" with the  sanction of  the  Treasury, one  assistant 
director."—( Sir  Frederick 

Banbury.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J'Mr.  Whiteley, 

^ 
J 
Tellers  for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  ] 
J 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

(Mr.  George  Faber: 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  2  and  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Ways and 
Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

London 
Paving 
Expenses 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

^ 

1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  B i l l; 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

the  Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

km^frl] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

to-morrow. 

Costs in 
in  Criminal  Cases  Bill  was, 
Criminal  Cases according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
Bil1, 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Costs 

Children Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Children  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Housing, Town  Planning, 
&c.  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Friendly 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Societies  BiU.  Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Explosion 
proposed,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House,  (Glenahiery.) 
the  interests  of  truth  and  justice  require  a  full 
public  inquiry  upon  oath  into  all  the  circum-
stances  connected  with  the  Explosion  at  Lord 
Ashtown's  Shooting  Lodge  at  Glenahiery  on 
the  14th  August  last,  including  the  subsequent 
attempt  made  to  incite  a number  of  the  inhabi-
tants  of  the  County  of  Galway  to  commit  an 
outrage  upon  Woodlawn  Church  on  31st  August 
last—(Mr.  Haviland-Burke) 

; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1. 6,  by inserting,  after the word 
" last,"  the  words  " including  the  action  of  the 
police  authorities,  and  all  the  circumstances 
connected  with  the  preparation,  contents,  and 
circulation  of  the  police  reports,  and  of  the 
statement  of  the  l l th   September  1907  signed  by 
District  Inspector  Preston  relating thereto, and." 
— ( M r.   Moore,) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  : —The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with  leave  of the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

!  Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 

. 
] 
/ 
U-
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Sale of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Bakehouses) 
Bill. 

M.   46.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

1st  April. 

135 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered.  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  and Sewers and 
Drains  Bill; 
Drains  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Bake-
houses)  Bill; 
,  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Wednesday  next. 

Poor  Law 
(Compulsory 
Contribution 
Exemption) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Heading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill ,• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Housing  of 
Working 
Classes Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing  of  Working 
Classes  Acts  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Wednesday  n^xt. 

Voters 
(Qualification 
and  Begistra-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Restraint of 
Trades 
(Shops)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Restraint  of  Trades 
(Shops)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Purchase  of 
Land 

S r B ir  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

The Order of the day being  read, for  resuming 
Small 
Holdings  Bill,  the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the 11th day of  March last, That  the  Small 
Holdings  Bill  be now read a  second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Married 
Women's 
Property  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's 
Property  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill  was,  according  to  Ferries 

Order,  read  a second time,  and  committed  to  a (Ireland)  Bill. 
Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considerar  Lotteries and 

tion that  part  of  the  Message  from the  Lords  of  Advertise-
the  25th  day  of  March  last  concurring  with  the  men 8" 
Commons  in  their  Resolution  relating  to  the 
appointment  of  a  Joint  Committee  on  Lotteries 
and  Advertisements. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  be appointed  to join  with  a  Committee 
to  be  appointed  by  the  Lords  to  inquire  into  the 
Law— 

(1)  as  to  Lotteries,  including  the  sale  of 
lottery  bonds,  competitions  for  prizes 
which  involve  an  element  of  chance,  and 
Advertisements  relating  thereto; 

(2)  as  to  indecent  literature  and  pictures, 
and  Advertisements  relating  to  things 
indecent  or  immoral; 

and  to  report  what  Amendments,  if  any, in  the 
Law are  necessary or  desirable. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the 
Lords  to  acquaint  them  therewith:  And  that 
the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said  Message.—(Mr. 
Whiteley.) 

Mr.  Beckett,  Mr.  Herbert  Craig,  Mr.  Hastings 
Duncan,  Mr.  O' Malley, 
Joseph 
Wilson were  nominated  Members  of  the  Com-
mittee. 

and  Mr.  Henry 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee. 

A  Motion being  made, That  this  House  will,  Children 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  [Expenses.] 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by Parliament,  of  any  expenses 
incurred  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons 
— ( M r.   Joseph  Pease)  ; 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton,  by   H is   Majesty's  Com-
mand,  acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee.. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twenty-nine  minutes  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

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2nd  April. 

1908. 

[No.  47. 

[No.  47.] 

Thursday,  2nd  April  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Bromley  and 
Crays  Gas 
Bill. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Bill  was  read 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Glyncorrwg 
CouncilBill101 w as   reac^  ^ 

third  time  and  passed. 

The  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Lincoln  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 

third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Selection. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson  be  added 
to  the  Committee  of  Selection.—(Sir  William 
Brampton  Gurdon.) 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Crown's 
'Nominee 
Account. 

No.  113. 

Superannua-
tion  Act,  1884. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  Of  Parliament,  — 
Abstract  Account  of  the  receipts  and  payments 
of the  Treasury  Solicitor,  in  the  year  ended  31st 
December  1907,  in  the  administration  of  Estates 
on  behalf  of  the  Crown  under  the  authority  of 
the  Treasury  Solicitor  Act,  1876  ;  and  alpha-
betical  list  of  Intestates'  Estates  in  respect  of 
which  letters  of  administration  were  granted  to 
the  Treasury  Solicitor  as  Crown's  Nominee; 
and  of  other  cases  (partial  intestacies,  &c.)  in 
which  accounts  were  opened  in  the  books  of  the 
Treasury  Solicitor  in  the  same year  in  respect  of 
moneys  received  by  him  as  Crown's  Nominee. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  30th  March  1908, 
declaring 
that  Mr.  George  Samuel  Newth, 
Lecture  Assistant,  Normal  School  of  Science, 
Board  of  Education,  was  appointed  without  a 
Civil  Service  Certificate  through  inadvertence 
on  the  part  of  the  head  of  his  Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table  ; and  that the Paper relative to the  Crown's 
Nominee  Account  be  printed. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Report,  Annual  Series,  No.  3967. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  114. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1839 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  115. 
University  of 
Glasgow.'  • 
No.  116. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  lo 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—-Copy 
of  University  Court  Ordinance  No.  X X I V. 
(Aberdeen,  No.  2)  (Regulations  for  Degrees  in 
Arts). 

Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinance  No. 
XXV".  (Aberdeen,  No.  3)  (Regulations  as  to 
Bursaries,  &c.). 

Copy  of  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  Univer-
sity  of  Glasgow  for  the  year  ending  30th 
September  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Criminal 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  the  APP e a l  Rules. 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of  the 
Criminal  Appeal  Rules,  1908'. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  A 
the  Education 
(in  respect  of 
(Local  Authorities)  Bill):—Dr.  Shipman;  and 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
had  appointed 
(Local  Authorities)  Bill)  :  Sir 
the  Education 
George  White. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee. A. 
Education 
(Local 
Authorities) 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—Mr.  MKillop 
the 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill) 
and  Mr.  Field;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the  Working; 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill)  :  Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien 
and  Mr.  Thomas  O'Donnell. 

(in  respect  of 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

(in  respect  of  the  Registration  of  Registration 
B i u 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  Committee A. 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A 
Clubs (Ireland)  Bill  and of  the  Ferries  (Ireland) 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Attorney  and  Ferries 
General,  and  Mr.  Herbert 
in  substitution:  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr. 
appointed 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  and  Mr.  T.  W. 
Russell. 

and  had  (Ireland)  Bill, 

Samuel; 

(in  respect  of 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members 
the  Registration  of 
Clubs  (Ireland) Bill  and of  the  Ferries  (Ireland) 
B i l l ) : — M r.   Sloan,  Mr.  Wolff,  Mr.  Fetherston-
haugh,  Mr.  Barrie,  Mr.  Patrick  White,  Mr. 
Crean,  Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr.  Mooney,  Mr.  Hart-
Davies,  Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  Hazleton,  Mr.  Gwynn, 
Mr.  Jordan,  Mr.  Farrell,  and  Mr.  MacVeagh. 

Registration 
of  Clubs 
(Ireland)  Bill 
and  Ferries 
( Ireland)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members 
from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect of  the  Children  Bill)  :—Mr. 
Burns,  Dr.  Macnamarn,  Mr.  Paulton,  and  Mr. 
Austin  Taylor-,  and  had  appointed  in  substitu-
tion  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  :  the  Lord 
Advocate,  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland, 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone, 
and  Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Children  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  B. 
Standing  Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill):—   Children  Bill. 
Mr.  Parker,  Mr.  Richardson,  Mr.  Hugh  Law, 
Mr.  John  Roche,  Mr.  Hay,  Lord  Edmund 
Talbot,  Viscount  Morpeth,  Sir  Henry 
Craik, 
Mr.  Acland  Allen,  Mr.  Atherley-Jones,  Mr. 
Williamson,  Mr.  Tennant,  Mr,  Maclean,  Mr. 
Gulland,  and  Mr.  Whitehead. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  selected 
the  following  Member  to serve  on the  Unopposed 
Bill  Committee,  under  Standing  Order  109, 
in  place  of  Mr.  Grombie,  deceased  :  Mr.  Munro 
Ferguson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Sale of Food 

Wednesday  next,  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  '™d Drug s 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill  was  read  and Amendment 
discharged. 

(Scotland) 
Bill 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  29th  clay  of  this  instant 
April. 

No.  47.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Dover  Graving  The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  the  Dover 
Docks  BUI.  Graving  Docks  Bill,  with  Amendments. 
Vide  Supple- 
ment  to  the 
Votes, 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  He  U p on  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

2nd  April. 

Louth  and 
East  Coast 
Railway 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment to  the 
Votes. 

the 
The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from 
Committee  on  the  Louth  and  East  Coast  Rail-
way  (Transfer)  Bill;  That  they  had  examined 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make 
it  apparent  that  the  working  agreements  therein 
referred  to  had  been  lawfully  made,  and  that 
the  provisions  of  the  Bill  had  been  approved  by 
the  holders  of  debenture  stock  affected  thereby, 
and  found  the  Preamble, as  amended,  to be  true; 
through  the  Bill  and  made 
and  had  gone 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie 

upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Dundalk 
The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the 
Urban  District  Committee  on  the  Dundalk  Urban  District 
CouncUBiU.  Council  Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Knott  End 
Railway  Bill. 

[Title 
amended.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Heme  Bay 
Pier  BiU 
[Lords.] 

Private  Bills 
(Group  E.) 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Lotteries  and 
Advertise-
ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the 
Committee  on  the  Knott  End  Railway  Bill; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto  ;  and  had  also  amended 
the'  Title,  as  followeth  :—'A  Bill  to  extend  the 
the  railway 
the  completion  of 
period 
authorised  by  the  Knott  End  Railway  Act, 
1898;  to  provide  for  the  acquisition  by  the 
Knott  End  Railway  Company  of  the  under-
taking  of  the  Garstang  and  Knott  End  Railway 
Company,  and  for other  purposes. 

for 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  the  Herne 

Bay  Pier  Bill  [Lords],  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

Colonel  Seely  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  Group  E  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for  the 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  bad 
adjourned  till  Monday  next,  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  appointed  a.  Committee 
consisting  of  Five  Members  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  the  Commons  to  consider  and 
inquire  into  the  Law  as  to  Lotteries  and  Adver-
tisements,  and  propose  that the  Joint  Committee 
do meet  in  the  Chairman  of  Committees'  Com-
mittee  Room  on  Tuesday  next,  at  Three  of  the 
clock. 

VOL.  163. 

1 37 

Mr.  Clancy,  Member 

for  Dublin  County  Adjournment. 

(North  Division),  rose  in  his  place  and  asked 
leave  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House 
for  the  purpose  of  discussing  a definite  matter 
of  urgent  public  importance,  viz.,  " the  action  Mail Steamers 
of  the  Government  in  compelling,  under  threats  a t  •Kingstown' 
of  force,  the  removal  of  the  Mail  Steamers 
from  the  Carlisle  Pier,  Kingstown,  at  a  time 
when  the  trial  of  a  Petition  of  Right  is  actually 
in 
pending 
England 
the 
legality  of  such  removal;"  and the  pleasure  of 
the  House  having  been  signified,  the  Motion 
stood  over,  under  Standing  Order  No.  10,  till 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock 
this  evening. 

the  High  Court  of  Justice 
try 

the  very  question  of 

in 
to 

Mr.  Cleland,  supported  by  Mr.  Walker,  Mr.  Trade  Disputes 

Parker,  Mr.  Whitwell  Wilson,  Mr.  Findlay,  Mr.  B m\ 
BiU 
Jones,  and  Mr.  T.  P. 
Dalziel,  Mr.  William 
O'Connor,  presented  a  Bill  to  promote  arbitra-
tion  in  Trade  Disputes  :  And  the  same  wa3 
ordered to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Thursday 
next;  and to  be  printed. 

187, 

Mr.  Cleland,  supported  by  Mr.  Bonar  Law,  Bankruptcy 
Mr.  Watt,  Mr.  Dundas  White,  Mr.  Menzies,  (Scotland) 
and  Mr.  Charles  Price,  pre-  BilJ-  _ 
Mr.  MCallum, 
sented  a  Bill 
to  consolidate  and  amend  the 
Bankruptcy  Laws  of  Scotland:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hodge, 

supported  by  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Vivisection 
Macpherson,  Mr.  Lupton,  Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  (Abolition) 
Mr.  Collins,  Mr.  Parker,  Mr.  John  Wilson,  Mr. 
Thome,  and  Mr.  John  Johnson,  presented  a  Bill 
to  provide  for the  total  abolition  of  Vivisection  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  5th  day  of  May  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

l g 9 

Mr.  Dickinson, 

supported  by  Viscount  Mor-  Industrial  and 

peth,  Mr.  Maddison,  Mr,  Samuel  Roberts,  Mr.  Provident 
Rowlands,  Mr.  Fletcher, 
sented  a  Bill 
Provident  Societies  Act,  1893:  And  the  same  Bill  190. 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

to  amend  the  Industrial  and  Bill. 

and  Mr.  Vivian,  pre-  Amendment) 

M r.   Burns, 

s u p p o r t ed   by   D r.   Macnamara, 

Public  Health 

fresented  a  Bill  to  make  the  provisions  of  the  (Markets in 

'ublic  Health  Act,  1875,  with  respect  to  the  D ^ 0 t 8)   B i lL 
provision  and  regulation  of  Markets,  applicable  Bill  191. 
in  Rural  Districts:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Port  of 
Bill  to  provide  for the  improvement  and  better  London, 
administration  of  the  Port  of  London,  and  for 
that  Mr. 
purposes  incidental 
Lloyd-George,  Mr.  Burns,  Mr.  Buxton,  Mr. 
Harcourt, 
do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in. 

and  Mr.  Kearley 

thereto:  And 

Mr.  Lloyd-George 

accordingly  presented  a  Port of 

Bill  to  provide  for  the  improvement  and better  London  Bill, 
administration  of  the  Port  of  London,  and  for  Bill  192. 
purposes  incidental  thereto  :  And  the  same  was 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  the  13th  day  of  this 
instant  April;  and to be  printed. 

The  Clerk  at  the  Table  informed  the  House  Chairman of 
of  the  unavoidable  absence,  owing  to  indis- Way8 and 
position,  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  Means' 
from this  day's  Sitting. 

1.38 

2nd  April. 

[No. 47. 

Supply 
[5th  allotted 
Day.] 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 

Class  I. 

1.  £473,000  to  complete 

the  sum  for  the 
Customs,  Inland  Revenue,  Post Office, and  Post 
Office Telegraph  Buildings  iii Great Britain,  and 
certain  Post  Offices abroad, including  Furniture, 
Fuel,  and  sundry  Miscellaneous  Services. 

2.  Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £342,900  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment, during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909,  in  respect  of  sundry  Public 
Buildings  in  Great  Britain,  not  provided  for  on 
other  Votes: 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £342,400  be 
granted  for  the  said  Service —  (Sir  Frederick 
Banbury):—Motion,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 
Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
3.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £52,400  (including  a  sup-
plementary  sum  of  £13,000)  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty, 
to  complete'  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of 
Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings,  and  for  the 
maintenance  of  certain  Cemeteries  abroad : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £52,300  be  granted 
for  the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Hicks  Beach.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Hicks  Beach, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Gibbs: 

Tellers  for the j'Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

J  28. 

|  189. 

1908. 
Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £52,050  be  granted 
for the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Goulding.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Goulding, 

Yeas, 

(.Sir  Frederick  Banbury 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Original  Question  again  proposed : 

1 
:) 

32. 

188. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding,  the 
Chairman  proceeded  to  interrupt  the  Business: 

Whereupon  Mr.  Harcourt 

rose  in  his  place 
and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put. 

Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now  put.  Question  put 
The  Committee  divided. 
sfaciosnre 
of  Debate.) 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Thomas  Corbett, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Courthope : 
Original  Question  put  accordingly,  and  agreed 

-I 
j  187. 

32. 

to. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  also  acquainted  the 
House  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution  of 

Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences Offences 
/  a 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 
BUL 

i , . ii  

.s 

i 

And  it  being  after  a  quarter  past  Eight  of 
the  clock,  and  leave  having  been  given  to  move 
the  Adjournment  of  the  House  under  Standing 
Order  No.  10,  further  proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites  Sites 
(Extension)  B i l l;  

(Extension) 

A  Motion  w as   made,  and  the  Question  was 
Adjournment 
sta'^r 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
OrtoNo.  10.)  (Mr.  Clancy)  :—And  the  said  Motion  was,  with 
Mail Steamers  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn, 
at  Kingstown. 

to  complete 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £52,400  (including  a  sup-
plementary  sum  of  £13,000)  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty, 
the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of 
Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings,  and 
for 
the  maintenance  of  certain  Cemeteries  abroad, 
resumed. 

Question  again  proposed: 
Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £52,200  be  granted 
for  the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Thomas  Corbett.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  \ 
j 
\ 
j 

\M*.  Ashley  i 
Tellers  for  the  [Mr.  Whiteley, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease: 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

„„ 

lg0 
' 

Original  Question  again  proposed : 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  seeond  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- Town 
ning,  &c.  B i l l;  

Planning, &c. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Friendly 
Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill ;  Societies BiiL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill;  

, Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second  Reading  of  the London Paving  Expenses  Paving 
g j jj   . 

6 

1 

° 

; . Expenses  Bill. 

No. 47.1  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

2nd  April. 

139 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police 

Second Reading of the  Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  ^^ 
Bill  | 

Bm 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Post  Office  Savings 

Second  Reading  of 
Bank  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railways 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours)  (E,\Sht  Hours) 
Bill; 

lU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  \Lordsi1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  Children  [Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Rabbits on 
Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons  Commons BUI. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the Death 

the  Death  Certificates  Certificates 

(Charges) BiU. 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Urban District  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Councils 
Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils 
(Advertising) 
(Advertising)  Bill  ; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Weekly  Rest-
Day BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Weekly  Rest-Day  Bill  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Clerks of the 
Countand 
Councils Bill.  County  Councils  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e co n ( i  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Industrial 
Schools BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant  April. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Employment 

Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British  °f  ®.n"sh 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill;  

Abroad Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Sea Fisheries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-  ^fg^tion 
(Scotland) 
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  B i l lj 

T i e k e t s Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
the  Married  Women's  Women's 

Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill;  

Property  Bill. 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Hours  of  Labour 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Surfacemen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon Monday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant  April. 

Divorce Law 
Amendment 
(No, 2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Divorce  Law  Amend-
ment  (No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  13th  day  of this  instant  April. 

Local 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Authorities^  Second  Reading of  the Local Authorities  (Taxa-
Wrchaseof11  tion  and  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill; 
Land) BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Parliamentary  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
fRte^t  r  n"> Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters 
Bin?18  ra  1 

(Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Upon  Thursday  next. 

Prohibition  of 
Medical 
Companies7 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 

V O L.   163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  was  moved,  That  so much  of  the  Lotteries and 

Lords'  Message  of  this  day  as  relates  to  the 
place  and  time  of  meeting  of  the  Joint  Com-
mittee  on  Lotteries  and  Advertisements  be  now 
taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

said  Message  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  appointed  by 
this  House  do meet  the  Lords' Committee  in  the 
Chairman  of  Committees'  Committee  Room  on 
Tuesday  next, at  Three  of  the  clock, as  proposed 
by  their  Lordships.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That a Message  be sent  to  the  Lords, 
to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  hath  directed 
the  Committee  appointed  by  this  House  to  join 
with  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Lords 
on  Lotteries  and  Advertisements  to  meet  the 
Committee  appointed  by  their  Lordships  in  the 
Chairman  of  Committees'  Committee  Room  on 
T  2 

140 
Tuesday next, at  Three  of  the  clock, as  proposed 
by  their  Lordships:  And  that  the  Clerk  do 
carry  the  said  Message. 

2nd—3rd—6th  April 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

1908. 

[No. 48. 

Acland-

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twenty-one  minutes  after  Eleven 
of the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES, 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of Bill. 

Standiug 
Committee. 

Ferries (Ireland)  Bill 

Children Bill 

Costs in Criminal Cases Bill  -

[No.  48.] 

Friday,  3rd  April  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

H o l l a nd 
Barnsley 
Railway  Bill. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Hull  and  Barnsley  Bailway  Bill  was 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Great  Eastern 
(General 
Powers)  Bill.  Powers)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
(General 

the  Great  Eastern  Railway 

tion 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

'Trade Reports 
•(Annual 
Series.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Report,  Annual  Series,  No.  3968. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

1Seoti? n 
Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
Committees.)  the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
-standing 
discharged  the  following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  B.  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  : 
, 
•Children  Bill. 
—air  Maurice  Levy  ;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  : 
Mr.  Wedgwood. 

.  - 

a.  

,,  

1 

, 

, 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Tellers  for  the 
Yeas 
' 

f Sir  Alexander 
. H o o d> 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

Tellers  for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Herbert  Lewis  : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

35. 

89. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coroners' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  ; 

l ^ e s ts   BilL 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Higham, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Luke  White-. 

1 118. 

Tellers  for  the f Viscount  Helmsley, 

| 
( S ir   Frederick  Banbury:  J 

Noes, 

^ 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second  time, 

and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ballot  Act 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot  Act 
Amendment  (No.  2)  Bill; 

(1872)  0872> 

fxo^BUi 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Notice  being  taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock, 
the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker  without  a 
Question  first  put,  at  twenty-five  minutes 
after  Four  of  the  clock,  till  Monday 
next. 

[No.  49.] 

Monday,  6th  April  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,^-Report  Private  Bills 

from one of  the Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  S ^ n ft 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders  inquired,  into 
not  previously  inquired 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Camberwell 

and 

Borough  Councils 
[Lords]. 
Bill 

other  Metropolitan 
(Superannuation) 

Ordered,  That  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Port  of 
London  Bill.  Private  Bills  do  examine  the  Port  of  London 
Bill,  with  respect 
the 
Standing  Orders  relative  to  Private  Bills.— 
(Mr. 

to  compliance  with 

Lloyd-George.) 

Poor  Law 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Ireland) 

Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Pontypridd  Water  Bill  [Lords], 
Audenshaw  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and 
[Lords], 

Harbours  Bill 

Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]. 
North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance 
[Lords], 

Company  Bill 

Ordered, That the Bills  be  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Kincardine 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  County Writ, 

Interoceanio 
BaUway  of 
Mexico BUI 
[Lords.] 
London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 

f l ^ S^  B i U 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 
Irish  Mail 
Service. 

Kingstown 
Harbour. 

Super-
annuation 
Act,  1884. 

N < * 4 &]  

8  E D W.   Y I I. 

Derby  County 
(Western 
Division) 
Writ. 

out  a new  Writ  for  the electing  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in  this present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Kincardine,  in  the  room  of  John  William 
Crombie,  Esquire,  deceased.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in this  present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Derby  (Western  Division),  in  the  room  of 
the  Right  Honourable  Victor  Christian  William 
Cavendish,  now  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  called 
up  to  the  House  of  Peers.—  (Sir  Alexander 
Acland-Hood.) 

Dartford 
Gas Bill. 

The  Dartford  Gas  Bill  was  read  the  third 

time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the Bill  to 

Qth  April. 

141 
The  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  Bill 
[Lords]  was read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 
Improvements)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  United  Tramways 
Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the 
27 th day  of this  instant  April. 

Ordered,  That  the  Norwich  Union  Fire  In-  Norwich 
surance  Society  Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a  second  Union  Fire 
time  upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  sodeTyBUl 
April. 

[Lords.] 

The  Rhymney  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was read  Rhymney 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

a  second  time,  and committed. 

The  Herne  Bay  Pier  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

read;  and ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Herne  Bay 
Pier  Bill 
[ Lords.'] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Drayoott  Gas 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Draycott  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

Gosport  Gas 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Gosport  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Humber 
Commercial 
Railway  and 
Dock  BiU. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Humber  Commercial  Railway  and 
Dock  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill .be read the  third  time. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Leeds  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Leicester  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Motherwell 
Burgh 
Extension, 
&c.  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Motherwell  Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

North  Eastern  The  House  proceeded  to  take  intp  considera-
tion  the  North Eastern Railway  Bill, as  amended 
Eailway  BUI 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Wishaw Burgh  The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
the  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Bill, 
Eiectricity, 
&c.  Bill. 

tj o n 
as amended  in the  Committee, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Briton  Ferry  Urban  Dis-
Briton  Ferry 
Urban iMstrict  t r i c t  Council  Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a  second 
Council BUI 
time  upon  Monday  the  27 th day  of  this  instant 
[Lords.] 
April. 

Commercial 
•Union 
Assurance 
Company 
BUI [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Commercial  Union  Assur-
ance  Compauy  Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 

VOL.  163. 

in  1898 

the  arrangement  made 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 
to 
for  the 
acceleration  of 
the  Irish  Day  Mail  Service 
and the  revision  of  the  same  in  the  present  year. 
Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  to  the  use 
of  Kingstown  Harbour  by  the  Vessels  of  the 
London  and  North  Western  Railway  Company. 
Mr. Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of  several Acts of  Parliament,—Copies 
of  Treasury  Minutes  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1884,  declaring  that  the  undermentioned 
persons  were  appointed  to  the  offices set  against 
their  names  without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate 
through  inadvertence  on  the  part  of  the  heads 
of their  Departments,  viz.: — 

George  G.  Bishop,  Lad,  Royal  Gun  Fac-

tory,  Woolwich. 

Samuel  Shannon,  Artificer,  Royal  Small 

Arms  Factory,  Enfield. 

Account  of  all  moneys  received  on  account 
of  contracts  for  the  grant  of  deferred  Life 
Annuities,-and  for  payments  on  death,  and  of 
the  disposal  thereof;  and  of  the  contracts  made 
during  the  year  ended  31st  December  1907, 

Government 
Insurances 
and  Annuities. 
No.  117. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Govern-
ment  Insurances  and Annuities  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His 

Command, —  Copy  of  Rules  under  the 
Land  Purchase  Acts,  dated  26th  March  1908, 
supplemental  to  and  amending  the  Rules  dated 
the  16th  March  1897,  19th  March  1900,  17th 
May  1901,  14th  March  1902,  and  (Provisional 
Rules)  4th  December  1903. 

Majesty's  i™h Land 
Irish  (Rules.) 
> *  Commission 
. • 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Morley 

presented,  by  His  Hast  India 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Papers  relating 
to  the  use  for Presbyterian  Services  of  Garrison  churches  ia 
Churches  in  India  which  have  been  consecrated  India.) 
for  the  Services  of the  Church  of  England. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane 

presented,  by  H is   Army 

Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  approximate  works/T 
Estimate  of  expenditure,  for  the  year  1908-9, 
under  the  Military  Works  Acts  of  1897,  1899, 
1901,  and  1903. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

' 

Table. 

T  3 

142 

28th—29 th April, 

1908. 

[No.  53. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on 
Nature  Study  and  the  Teaching  of  Science  in 
Scottish  Schools. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Telegraph 
^Construction) in   t he  

The  Orders  made  upon  the  2nd  day  of  July 
] a 8 t  g e g si on  0f   Parliament,  for  a  Return 
relative to the Telegraph  (Construction) Bill, and 
that  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the  Table  and 
be  printed,  were  severally  read  and  discharged. 

Committees. 

Ordered,  That  all  Committees  have  leave  to 
sit,  notwithstanding  any  adjournment  of  the 
for  the  Easter 
House,  till 
Recess.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

the  adjournment 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn 
till  Tuesday  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  April. 
—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  two  minutes  before  Four 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  Tuesday  the 
14th  day  of  this  instant  April. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Coroners' Inquests  Bill 

A. 

[No.  50.] 
Tuesday,  14th  April  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

/ P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
riot  previously 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

inquired 

Llanelly  Gas  Bill  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Port of 
London  Bill 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
the 
Private  Bills,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of 
House  of  the  3rd  day  of  April,  That  in  the 
case  of  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders 
which  are  applicable thereto  have  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Port  of  London  Bill. 

Great  Eastern 
(General 
Powers)  BiU. 

The  Great  Eastern  Railway  (General  Powers) 

Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Blaydon  and 
Ryton  Water 
(Transfer) 
BiU. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Blaydon  and  Ryton  Water  (Transfer) 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Dover 

tion  the  Dover  Graving  Docks  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Knott  End 
Bil-

tion  the  Knott  End  Railway  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Release  of  deposit  applicable  to 
railways  given  up  during  progress  of  the  Bill) 
was  twice  read;  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  c o n s i d e r a - L o u th   and 

the  Louth  and  East  Coast  Railway 

tion 
(Transfer)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

(Transfer) 
Sill 

Ordered,  That  the Ards  and Bangor  Railways  Ards and 
Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  £an,gor  „.„ 
Railways BUI. 
4th  day  of  M ay   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  South West 

Second  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban 
Water  B i l l; 

W a t e r B m' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  30th  day  of  this 
April. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London  Port 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Port  and  Docks 
Bill; 

* 

D o o ks 

m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lower  Thames 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) ((f,1;aJ's) D o ck 
Dock  B i l l; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  39,  128,  and  Private  Bills, 

for & c-

the 

that 

time 

230  be  suspended,  and 
depositing  Petitions  and  Memorials  against 
Private  Bills,  or  against  any  Bill  to  confirm 
any  Provisional  Order  or  Provisional  Certifi-
cate,  and  for  depositing  duplicates  of  any 
Documents  relating  to  any  Bill  to  confirm  any 
Provisional  Order  or  Provisional  Certificate, 
also  for  depositing  at  the  Private  Bill  Office 
all  Documents  relating  to  any  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899,  be  extended  to  the  first  day  on  which  the 
House  shall  sit  after  the  Recess.—(The  Deputy 
Chairman.) 

A  Petition  of  the  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Sligo  and 

Company,  praying  that  provision  may  be  made  Arigna 
in  the  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill  granting  E a i l w ay   BlU" 
further  powers  to  the  Company  with  respect  to 
an  agreement  with  the  Midland  Great  Western 
of  Ireland  Railway  Company,  and  enabling 
them  to  make  three  further  pieces  of  railway, 
was  presented,  and  read;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were presented,  and  PubUc 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table.' 

videSec^nd 

Report. 

The  following  Papers, presented  by  Command  Parliamentary 

of His  Majesty  during the Recess,  were  delivered 
to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  of  Commons 

NO  50]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

14 th  April. 

Turkey 
(No.  2,1908.) 

during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order  of  the  14th  August  18U6:— 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  respecting 
Proposals  by  His  Majesty's  Government  for 
Reforms in  Macedonia. 

Copy  of  Supplementary  Agreement  between 
Treaty  Series 
(No.  8,1908.)  the  United  Kingdom  and  Germany  respecting 
Commercial  Travellers' Samples, signed at Berlin, 
10th  March  1908. 

Copy  of Accession  of  Spain  to  the  Declaration 
Treaty  Series 
(No.  9,1908.)  respecting  Maritime  Law,  signed; at  Paris,  16th 

April  1856,  18th  January  1908. 

Trade  Reports 
(Miscellaneous 
Series.) 
Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 
Department 
of  Agriculture 
and  Technical 
Instruction 
for  Ireland 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 
Transvaal. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland.) 

Judicial 
Statistics 
(England 
and  Wales.) 

Royal 
Observatory 
(Edinburgh.) 
Cost of  Living 
(German 
Towns.) 

Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 

Miscellaneous  Series,  No.  667. 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  3969  and  3970. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Departmental  Com-
mittee  on  Irish  Forestry,  together  with  Minutes 
of Evidence,  Appendices,  and Index. 

Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 

the 
Transvaal  Indentured  Labour  Laws  Temporary 
Continuance  Act,  1907. 

to 

Copy  of  Return  of  the  Areas,  Population, 
and  Valuation of  Counties, Burghs, and  Parishes 
in  Scotland. 

Copy  of  Judicial  Statistics  for  England  and 
Wales,  1906.  Part  II.  (^Civil Judicial  Statistics), 
edited  by  Sir  John  Macdonell,  C.B.,  LL.D., 
Master  of the  Supreme  Court. 

Copy  of  Eighteenth  Annual  Report  of  the 

Astronomer  Royal  for  Scotland. 

Copy  of  Report  of  an  Inquiry  by  the  Board 
of  Trade  into  Working  Class  Rents,  Housing, 
and  Retail  Prices, 
together  with  Rates  of 
Wages  in  certain  Occupations  in  the  principal 
Industrial  Towns  of  the  German  Empire;  with 
an Introductory  Memorandum and a Comparison 
in  Germany  and  the  United 
of  Conditions 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Mr. Kearley  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-Life  Assurance 

tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  ^P®1"68-
Statements  of Accounts  and  of  Life  Assurance  No.  121.  ..', 
and Annuity  Business, and Abstracts of Actuarial 
Reports,  deposited  with  the  Board  of  Trade 
under  the  Life  Assurance  Companies  Act,  1870, 
during  the year  ended  31st December  1907. 

Copy  of  draft  Order  in  Council  under  the Merchant 
F u n d)   pipping 

Merchant  Shipping  (Mercantile  M a r i ne  
Act,  1898, altering  the exemptions  in  the  Second  MarineVund) 
Schedule  to  the  Act,  by  adding  thereto  Sailing Act,  1898. 
Yachts  not  registered  in  the  British  Islands 
which  come  into  territorial  waters  adjacent  to 
the  United  Kingdom  with  the  sole  object  of 
taking  part  in  Yacht  Racing. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Life 
Assurance  Companies  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Irish Land 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made Commission, 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month of April  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  ut>on the 

Table. 

2

Mr,  Secretary  Morley  presented,  pursuant  East  India 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — (Loans  raised 
Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in  England  underm  ®ngland
) 
the  provisions  of  any  Acts  of  Parliament, 
chargeable on the Revenues of India, outstanding 
at the  commencement  of  the  half-year  ended  On 
the  31st  March  1908, with  the  rates  of  interest 
and  total  amount .payable  thereon,  and  the  date 
of  the 
termination  of  each  Loan,  the  debt 
incurred  during  the  half-year,  the  moneys  raised 
thereby  during  the  half-year, the  Loans paid  off 
or  discharged  during  the  half-year,  and 
the 
Loans  outstanding  at  the  close  of  the  half-year ; 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for which  moneys 
have  been  raised  during  the  half-year. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the | 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(General 
Reports.) 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

University  of 
Saint 
Andrews. 

No.  118. 

University  of 
Saint 
Andrews. 

No.  119. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  ;  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  General  Report 
by  His  Majesty's  Chief  Inspector on the  Schools 
in  the Northern and Highland  Divisions of  Scot-
land for the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Regulations  for  the  preliminary 
Education,  Training,  and  Certification  of 
Teachers  for various grades  of  Schools,  1908. 

The  Lord  Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Annual  Statistical  Report  by  the 
University  Court  of  the  University  of  Saint 
Andrews  for  1906-7. 

Copy  of  Annual  Report  on  the  state  of  the 
Finances  of  the  University  of  Saint  Andrews 
for the  year  1906-7. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
University  of  Saint  Andrews  be  printed. 

Mr.  M'  Kinnon  Wood  presented,  by  H is   Board of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statement  show-  Education. 
ing  the  cases  in  which  the  Board  of  Education 
have received  applications from Local  Education 
Authorities  for  Special  Grants  for the  building 
of  new  Public  Elementary  Schools,  and  the 
stage  which  each  case  had  reached  on  31st 
March  1908. 

Copy  of  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  Board of 
in  force  from  1st  August  1908  in  England  Education, 
(excluding  Wales  and  Monmouthshire). 

Copy  of  Regulations  for  the  preliminary  Board of 
Education  of  Elementary  School  Teachers:  Education. 
(1)  Pupil  Teacher  Regulations;  (2)  Bursary 
Regulations;  (3)  Student Teacher  Regulations; 
in  force  from  1st  August  1908  in  England 
(excluding  Wales  and  Monmouthshire). 

. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

> 

1 

Table. 

Naval  Savings  Mr.  Lambert 
Banks. 

No.  120. 

to 

presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
0£  deposits  in  Naval  Savings  Banks,  and  the 
payments  thereof,  and  of  interest  thereon;  of 
all  investments  under  the  Naval  Savings  Banks 
Act,  1866,  and  the  application  of  the interest  or 
dividends  accruing  in  respect  thereof;  and  of 
the  proceeds of any  sale  of any  stocks,  annuities, 
or securities,  during the  financial  year  1906-7. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Horse 

Command,—Copy  of  Twelfth  Report  of  the 
Royal  Commission  on  Horse  Breeding. 

Commission,); 

Mr.  Hobhouse  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Greek  Loan 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—o£  1898-
Account,  up  to  31st  March  1908, of  the  total 
sums  issued  from  the  Consolidated  Fund,  pur-
suant  to  the  Greek  Loan  Act,  1898, in  respect 
of  the  Annuity  which  was  guaranteed  by  Her 
T  4 

1 44 

14 th  April, 

1908. 

[No. 50. 

late  Majesty  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the 
raising  of  a  Loan  by  the  Government  of 
Greece,  and  of  the  snms  paid  in  or  towards  the 
repayment  of  any  money  so  issued. 

between  the  Caerphilly  Urban  District  Council 
and  the  Company,  and  for  other  purposes;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Egyptian 
Guaranteed 
l o an   of  1885. 

Irish  Land 
Purchase 
Fund. 

No.  123. 

Account,  up  to  the  31st  March  1908,  showing 
the  total  sums  issued  from  the  Consolidated 
Fund,  pursuant to  the Egyptian  Loan Act,  1885, 
in  respect  of  the  Annuity  of  £315,000  which 
was  guaranteed  by  Her  late  Majesty  for  the 
purpose  of  facilitating  the  raising  of  a  Loan  by 
the  Government  of  Egypt,  and  of  the  sums  paid 
in  or  towards  the  repayment  of  any  money  so 
issued. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper  was  laid  upon  the  Table 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:  —  Accounts  of 
receipts  and  payments  by  the  Commissioners  for 
the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  in  respect 
of  the  capital  and  income  of  the  Irish  Land 
Purchase  Fund,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March 
1907  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the  C° mP _ 
troller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

Dewsbury 
issue  his 
Borough Writ.  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the 
Borough  of  Dewsbury,  in  the  room  of  Walter 
Runciman,  Esquire,  who,  since  his  Election  for 
the  said  borough,  hath  accepted  tha  Office  of 
President  of  the  Board  of  Education.—(Mr. 
Whiteley.) 

Manchester 
Borough 
(North  West 
Division) 
Writ. 

Sheffield 
(Central 
Division) 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the 
Borough  of  Manchester  (North  West  Division), 
in  the  room of  the  Right  Honourable  Winston 
Leonard  Spencer  Churchill,  who, since his  Elec-
tion for the said borough, hath  accepted the Office 
of  President  of  the  Committee  of  Privy  Council 
for  Trade  and  Plantations.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the 
Borough  of  Sheffield  (Central  Division),  in  the 
room  of  Colonel  Sir  Charles  Edward  Howard 
Vincent,  K.C.M.G.,  O.B.,  deceased.—(Mr.  Henry 
Forster.) 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Army 
(Annual) 
Bill. 
Patents  and 
Designs Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords have  agreed to the Army  (Annual) 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  explain  section  ninety-two of  the  Patents 
and  Designs  Act,  1907;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Municipal 
Representation Act  to  authorise the  introduction  of  proportional 
r ep r e s e ntation   in  Municipal  Elections,  and  for 
Bill  [Lords.] 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

Cardiff 
rifl 

B1U 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
-A-ct  f o r  empowering  the  Cardiff Railway  Com-
pany  to  construct  new  railways;  for  extending 
the  time  for  the  purchase  of  certain  lands  and 
for  the  completion  of  certain  railways;  for 
reviving the  powers of  the  Company to  construct 
certain  works ;  for  confirming  an  agreement 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Metropolitan 

the  Metropolitan  Electric 

Act  to  empower 
Tramways, Limited,  to  construct a  new  tramway  um [Lords.] 
and  widen  certain  streets  and  roads,  and  for 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Argentine 

Act  to  increase  and  regulate  the  capital  of  the 
Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Company,  [Lord!.]  1 
Limited,  and  to  fund  the  arrears  of  dividend  on 
its  preferred  stock  by  the  issue  of  fully  paid 
stock,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Saint 

Act to provide for the granting of  superannuation  Marylebone 
allowances  to  the  officers  and  servants  of  the councU 
Council  of  the  Metropolitan  Borough  of  Saint  (Superannua-
J^1 
Marylebone,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this  House.  [Lords.] 

The  Cardiff  Railway  Bill  [Lords]   was 

the  first  time. 

read  Cardiff 

Bailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways 

[Lords]  was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

B i ll   Metropolitan 
Electric 
Tramways 
t he   Bin  [Lords.] 

The  Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Bill  Argentine 

North Eastern 
Bailway  Bill 

Ordered,  -That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council  Saint 
(Superannuation)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  g ^ g jf  ne 
time. 

Council 

s 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

S ™' 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Thomas  Dacres  Royal Assent. 

Butler,  Esquire,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the  Black 
Rod: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers:—Aud  being 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That the  House,  at the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the  House 
of  Peers,  where  a  Commission  under  the  Great 
Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying 
the  Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein 
mentioned;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  autho-
rised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  said 
Acts,  as  follow: 

1.  Army  (Annual)  Act,  1908. 
2.  H e me   Bay  Pier  Act,  1908. 

f 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Tramways 
a  Return  of  Street  and  Road  Tramways  and and Light 
Light  Railways  authorised  by  Act  or  Order, ( g ^t   and 
showing  the  amount  of  capital  authorised,  paid  Road.) 
up, and  expended;  the  length  of  line  authorised, 
and  the  length  open  for  public  traffic  down  to 

No. 50.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

llth—21th  April. 

1 45 

the  31st  day  of  December  1907  in  respect  of 
companies,  and  the  31st  day  of  March  1908  in 
respect  of  local  authorities;  the  gross  receipts, 
working  expenditure,  net  receipts,  and  ap-
propriation  of  net  receipts;  the  number  of 
passengers  conveyed,  the  number  of  miles  run 
oy  cars,  and  the  quantity  of  electrical  energy 
used  during  the  year  ended  on  the  foregoing 
dates  respectively;  together  with  the  number 
of  horses,  engines,  and  cars  at  those  dates  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  301 
of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Lloyd-George.) 

The  Order  made  upon  the  26th  day  of 
August  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  That 
laid  before  this  House  a  Return 
there  be 
showing  the  following  particulars  with  respect 
to  the  areas  of  Municipal  Corporations,  District 
Councils,  Joint  Boards  or  Joint  Committees,  or 
other  Local  Authorities  in  England  or  Wales 
which  have  contracted  Loans  on  the  security 
of  any  rate  or  rates;  that  is  to  say,  (a)  area 
of  district;  (b)  population  according  to  the 
last  Census;  (c)  rateable  and  assessable  value 
according  to  the  last  valuation  list;  (d)  rates 
made  in  the  district  during  the  last  preceding 
financial  year;  (e)  the  sum  of  the  balances  of 
outstanding  Loans  contracted  by  the  Local 
Authority  :  and  (f)  the  amount  of  the  outstand-
ing  Loans  to  which  the  limitation  of  section  234 
of  the  Public  Health  Act,»1875,  applies,  was 
read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House 
a  Return  showing  the  following  particulars  with 
respect  to  Town  Councils,  other  Urban  District 
Councils,  and  Metropolitan  Borough  Councils 
in  England  and  Wales;  that  is  to  say,  (a)  area 
of  district  of  each  Council;  (b)  population  of 
district  according to the last  Census;  (c)  rateable 
or  assessable  value  of  district;  (d)  rates  in  the 
pound  of  the  principal  rates  raised  in  the  year 
1905-6  by,  or  for 
the  purposes  of,  each 
Council;  (e)  the  outstanding  balance,  at  the 
end  of the  year  1905-6,  of  Loans  contracted  by, 
or  repayable  by,  each  Council,  distinguishing 
between  (1)  Loans  for  waterworks,  gasworks, 
electric  lighting,  tramways,  markets,  or  har-
bours,  docks,  &c.,  and  (2)  Loans  for  other 
in  the 
purposes;  and  (f)  amounts  remaining 
Sinking  Funds,  Loans  Funds,  and  Redemption 
Funds  of  each  Council  at  the  end  of  the  year 
1905-6.—(Mr.  Henry 

Forster.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  showing  the  amounts  voted  for  Law 
Charges  and  Criminal  Prosecutions  in  Ireland 
in  each  financial  year  from  1881-2  to  1907-8, 
both  inclusive,  distinguishing  Original 
from 
Supplementary  Votes,  and  showing  also  the 
audited  expenditure 
in  each  year,  so  far  as 
practicable,  and  the  amount  surrendered  to  the 
Exchequer  at  the  end  of  each  year,  with  notes 
explanatory  of  any  new  charges  to  the  Vote  in 
the  period  mentioned.—(Mr.  Long.) 

Loans 
contracted 
by  Local 
Authorities. 

Loans 
contracted 
by  Local 
Authorities. 

Law  Charges 
and  Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police  Police and 
and  Sanitary Committee  ;  That  in the case  of the  Sanitary^ 
Committee. 
Margate  Corporation  Bill  they  had  agreed  to 
Margate 
the  following  Report  s— 
Corporation 
Bill. 

That,  in  pursuance  of  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  18th  day  of  February  last,  the 
Committee have inserted the additional  provision 
there  referred  to. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  examined  the  alle-
gations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, 
and amended  the same  so as to  make it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
y o t e g 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police  Police  and 
j ^ J ^ ee 

and  Sanitary  Committee;  That  in  the  case 
the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill  they  had  agreed  widnes 
to  the  following  Report:— 

Corporation 
BUI. 

That, pursuant to the  Instruction of  the  House 
of  the  5th  day  of  March  last,  the  Committee 
have  struck out  from  the  Bill  all  Clauses  dealing 
with  milk  supply  other  than  the  Model  Bill 
Clauses. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had examined the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

lie  upon  t he   Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn  till  Adjournment. 

Monday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  April.— 
(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-three  minutes 
after  Four  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
Monday  the  27th  day  of  this 
instant 
April. 

[No.  51.] 

Monday,  llth  April  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Draycott  Gas  Bill  was  read  the  third  Draycott 

time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

W a s B i 1 1 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
Selection 
t he   C o m m i t t ee   o f  Selection;  That  they  had 
Committees) 
Standing 
discharged the following  Members  from  Standing 
Committee  B.  Committee B  (in respect  of  the  Children Bill)  :— 
Children  Bill.  M r  Solicitor  General,  Mr.  Whitbread,  and  Mr. 
Mond;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  :  Mr.  Bramsdon, 
Mr.  Fiennes,  and  Mr.  Percy  Barlow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Gosport  Gas  Bill  was read  the  third  time  Gosport 
Gas Bill. 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Humber  Commercial  Railway  and  Dock  Humber 

Bill  wa3 read  the  third time  and  passed. 

RaXkytnd 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Dock  Bill, 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Colonel  Seely  reported  the  Manchester  Cor-

poration  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

The  Leeds  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the Leels 

third  time  and passed. 

Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

u 

27th  April 

1908. 

[No.  51. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bii|. 

The  Leicester  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 

third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Motherwell 
BuTgh 
Kxlension, 
&c.  Bill. 

The  Motherwell  Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill 

was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

North  Eastern 
Railway  Bill. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That 

the  North 
Eastern  Railway  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time; 

Mr.  Whiteley,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest 
is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein 
as  they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Wishaw  Burgh  The  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Bill  was 
5lec^M?ity' 
tec. Bill. 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

r 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Dundalk 
Urban 
District 
Council  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Dundalk  Urban  District  Council  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Audenshaw 
Urban 
District 
Council  Bill 
[Ijyrds.] 
Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.'] 
Fishguard 
and  Rossi are 
Railways and 
Harbours  Bill 
[Lords.'] 
Merthyr 
Tydfil 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
North  British 
and Mercantile 
Insurance 
Company 
Bill  [Lord*.] 
Pontypridd 
Water  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Audenshaw  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
[T^ords] was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Camberwell  and  other  Metropolitan 
Borough  Councils  (Superannuation)  Bill  [Lords] 
was  read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and 
Harbours  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed. 

The  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Bill 
was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

[Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  North  British  and  Mer-
be 

cantile  Insurance  Company  Bill 
read  a second time  to-morrow. 

[Lords] 

The  Pontypridd  Water  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Briton  Ferry 
The  Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council 
nrbanD^ict  j }^   [Lords']  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
[Zorrf*.] 1 

second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Commercial  Union 

Commercial 
Union 
Second  Reading  of 
Company  Bill  Assurance  Company  Bill  [Lords] 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

; 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  United  Tram-
ways  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Norwich 
Second  Reading  of  the  Norwich  Union  Fire  France 6 
Insurance  Society  Bill  [Lords] 
Society  Bill 
l^'-l 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

; 

to-morrow. 

Dr.  Macnamara, 

supported  by  Mr.  Bums,  Local 

presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  p"^™™*?* 
Orders  of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating  orders (No. 1) 
N 
to  Bath,  Little  Lever,  Stanhope,  Stratford-on-  Bill. 
Avon  (Rural),  Stratton  and  Hude,  and 
Hemel  Hempstead  Joint  Hospital  District: 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time. 

the  Bill  193. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

Dr.  Macnamara, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns,  Local 

presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Government 
Orders  of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating oriera(No. 2) 
to  Bridlington,  Fulwood,  Romford,  and  Wey-  Bill, 
mouth  and  Melcombe  Regis:  And  the  same  Bill  194. 
was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  lor  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Edinburgh 
Provisional  Order«under  the  Private  Legisla-  Corporation 
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating ^ 
o X *' 
to  Edinburgh  Corporation  Tramways,  &c.:  And Confirmation 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
(under  section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  Bill  195. 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  5th  day  of  May  next  ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

The  following  Papers,  presented  by  Command 
of  His  Majesty  during  the  Easter  Recess,  were 
delivered  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  of 
Commons  during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order  of  the  14th  August  1896  :— 

Vide  Third 
Report. 

Parliamentary 
Papers 
(Recess.) 

Copy  of  Return  showing  the  Establishment 
of  each  Unit  of  Militia  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
and  the  numbers  present,  absent,  and  wanting 
to  complete  at  the  Training  of  1907. 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  relating  to 

the  Cancer  Research  Scheme  in  the  Colonies. 

Copy of  Regulations  as to Grants to  Secondary 

Schools  in  Scotland,  1908. 

Army  (Militia 
Units.) 

Cancer 
Research 
(Colonies.) 
Education 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Preliminary  Draft  of  the  Articles  of 
a  Charter  for  the  University  to  have  its  seat  in 
Belfast. 

Irish 
Jniversities 
Bill. 

Copy  of  Preliminary  Draft  of  the  Articles  of  Irish 

a  Charter  for  the  University  to  have  its  seat  in  Universities 
Dublin. 

Bl"-

Copy  of  Reports  of  His  Majesty's  Inspectors  Mines and 
of  Mines  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the Quarries. 
Home  Department  under  the  Coal  Mines  Regu-
lation  Acts,  1887  to  1896,  the  Metalliferous 
Mines  Regulation  Acts,  1872  and  1875,  and  the 
Quarries  Act,  1894,  for the  year  1907. 
Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 

the  Cyprus. 

to 

Affairs  of  Cyprus. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Proceedings  of  the  Irish  Irish  Land 
Land  Commission  under  the  Land  Law  Acts,  Commission 
the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Acts,  1883-91,  and 
the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during  the  month  of 
December  1907. 

Copy  of  Thirtieth  Annual  Report  of 

the  Prisons 

Prison  Commissioners  for  Scotland,  being  the  (Scotland.) 
Sixty-ninth  Annual  Report  on  Prisons  in  Scot-
land,  1907. 

No.  51.J  8  EDW.  V I I. 

27 th—28th  April. 
Treaty Series 
the  United 
Copy  of  Agreement  between 
(No. 10,1908.) K i n g (j om   a n (j   France  respecting  Death  Duties, 
signed  at  London,  15th  November  1907.  Rati-
fications  exchanged  at  London,  9th  December 
1907. 

Trade Reports 
s S ) 1 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 

A n n u a l  Series,  Nos.  3972  to 3974  and  3977. 

North  Sea 
Copy  of  Correspondence  with  His  Majesty's 
Declaration  Ambassador  &t  Berlin  respecting  a  Declaration 
No!Ti908oT'  by  the  Governments of  Great  Britain,  Denmark, 
France,  Germany,  the  Netherlands, and  Sweden 
on the  subject  of, the  maintenance  of  the  status 
quo in  the  Territories  bordering  upon  the  North 
Sea. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following osiers :50t 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

inquired 

Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council  (Super-

annuation)  Bill  [Lords]. 

Cardiff Railway  Bill 
Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Bill 

[Lords]. 

[Lords]. 

Skegness  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

[Lords], 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills be read  a second  tinfe. 

Land Law 
ioro7an<P ^ 
Notices.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
m a Qdj—Copy   of  Return  under  section  7  of 
'011 the  Land  Law  (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  of  Eviction 
Notices  filed  during  the  quarter  ended  31st 
March  1908. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Intermediate  Educa-

tion  Board  for  Ireland  for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business of 
the  House. 

Wolverhamp-
ton  Borough 
(East 
Division) 
Writ. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Manual 
in  the  Public  Business  of  the 

of  Procedure 
House  of  Commons,  1908. 

[Second  Edition.] 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament for  the  Borough 
of  Wolverhampton  (East  Division),  in  the  room 
of  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry  Hartley 
Fowler,  o.c.s.i.,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the 
said  borough,  hath  accepted 
the  Office  of 
Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Three 
Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough,  and 
the  County  of  Buckingham.— 
Burnham, 
(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

in 

Death of 
Sir  Henry 
Gampbell-
Bannerman. 

Notice  taken  of  the  Death,  on  Wednesday 
last,  of 
the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry 
Campbell-Bannerman,  G.C.B.,  Member  for  the 
Stirling  District  of  Burghs: 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

(Mr.  Asquith.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to-  sit  till  twenty-seven  minutes 
after  Three  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(.Standing 
Order 65 
complied 
with.) 

[No.  52.] 
Tuesday,  28 th   April  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P  R AY   E S S. 
,f  R.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  Standing  Order  65 
has  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

VOL.  163. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Blaydon  and  Biaydon  and 

Ryton  Water  (Transfer)  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

> 

Mr.  Whiteley,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest  is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Knott  End  Railway  Bill  was  read  the  Knott  End 

third  time  and  passed. 

Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Louth and  East  Coast  Railway (Transfer)  Louth  and 
Co48t 

Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to  (Transfer) 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Railway 

Bill. 

1 

The  North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  North  British 
Company  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  and Mercantile 
read  a second  time,  and  committed. 
Company  Bill 
[Lords,] 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the London 
Second  Reading of  the  London United Tram ways xramwav3 
B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society  Norwich 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a Union  F i re 
Socie^Bill 
second  time,  and  committed. 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his  Montrose 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  District  of 
out  a new  Writ  for the  electing  of  a  Member  to  B u r g hs 
serve  in this  present Parliament for the  Montrose 
District  of  Burghs,  in  the  room  of  the  Right 
Honourable  John  Morley,  O.M.,  who,  since  his 
Election  for  the  said  District  of  Burghs,  hath 
accepted  the  Office  of  Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His 
Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead,  in  the  County 
of  York.—(Mr.  Whiteley,) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

' 

* 

Mr. 

llobhouse 

presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Bankruptcy 

Petitions. 
Vide Third 
Beport. 

1 8 83 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  •— 
Account,  prepared  in  pursuance  of  the  Bank-
ruptcy  Act,  1883,  showing  the  receipts  and 
expenditure  on  account  of  Bankruptcy  pro-
ceedings  during  the  year  ended  31st  March 
1908. 

XT  2 

28th  April. 

1908. 
ment  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Conservators  for 
that  year. 

[No.  52. 

148 

Account  showing  the  receipts  and  expenditure 
Companies 
(Winding-up)  0n  account  of  Proceedings  under  the  Companies 
( Winding  Up)  Act,  1890, during  the  year  ended 
Act, 1890. 

No.  125,  31st  March  190S. 

Arklow 
Harbour. 

Copy  of  Eeport  of  the  Arklow  Harbour  Com-
missioners  for  the  year  1907;  and  a  Statement 
of  Accounts  for  the  same  period. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
$oe7and)  ACt'  ^ t ed   14th  April  1908. 

Copy  of  Regulations  made  by  the  Treasury 
under  the  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
Bankruptcy  Act,  1883  (Proceedings),  and  the 
Companies  (Winding  Up)  Act,  1890,  be  printed. 

Sheriff  Courts 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1907. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Act  of  Sederunt  anent  procedure  in  Appeals 
under  sections  5  and  30  of  the  Sheriff  Courts 
(Scotland)  Act,  1907. 

Sheriff  Courts 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1907. 

Copy  of  Act  of  Sederunt  regulating  the  Fees 

of Agents  and  others  in  the  Sheriff  Court. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  No.  3971. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Drunkenness 
(Ireland.) 

N o.   126. 

Law Charges 
and  Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Ireland.) 

N o.   127. 
Shop  Hours 
Act,  1901. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Return  of Advances made  under 
the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,,  during  the  month  of 
May  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated the  26th  day of  February  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  Drunkenness  (Ireland). 

Return  to  an  Order, dated  the  14th day  of  this 
instant  April,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Law 
Charges  and  Criminal  Prosecutions  (Ireland), 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  made  by  the  Municipal  Council  of  the 
City  of  Dublin  under the  Shop Hours  Act,  1904, 
and confirmed by the  Lord  Lieutenant  of Ireland, 
fixing 
the  hours  for  closing  certain  classes  of 
Shops  within  the  city. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  that  the  said  Returns  be  printed; 

Metropolitan 
Police; 

No.  128. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
-—Accounts  showing 
the  sums  received  and 
expended  for  the  purposes  of  the  Metropolitan 
Police  and  Police  Pension  Funds  during  the 
year  ending  31st  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Army 
(Volunteer 
Corps.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Return 
of  the  Volunteer  Corps  of  Great  Britain for  the 
year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  Fleets  (Great 

a  Return  showing  the  Fleets  of  Great  Britain,  Britain  and 
France,  Russia,  Germany,  Italy,  United  States  ^ o r e l g n 
Foreign 
Countries.) 
of  America,  and Japan on  the  31st  day  of  March 
: 1908,  distinguishing  Battleships,"  built  and 
'building;  Cruisers,  built  and  building;  Coast 
| Defence  Vessels,  built  and  building;  Torpedo 
I  Vessels,  Torpedo  Boat  Destroyers,  Torpedo 
| Boats,  and  Submarines,  built  and  building: 
j  Return 
to  show  Date  of  Launch,  Date  of 
: Completion;  Displacement,  Horse-Power,  and 
Armaments,  reduced  to  one  common  scale  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  184 
; of  Session  1907).—(Sir  Charles  Dilke.) 

j  The  Right  Honourable  Walter  Runciman,  New  Members 
; Member  for  the  Borough  of  Dewsbury,  was  sworn. 
I sworn. 

James  Fitzulan  Hope,  Esquire,  Member  for 
the  Borough  of  Sheffield  (Central  Division),  was 
sworn. 

Henry  William 

Petty-Fitzmaurice, 
Edmond 
Esquire  (commonly  called  the  Earl  of  Kerry), 
Member  for  the  County  of  Derby  (Western 
Division),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Rendull,  supported  by  Mr.  Hicks  Beach,  Public  Health 

Mr.  Howard,  Mr.  Abel  Smith,  and  Mr.  Rogers,  ^ g n d m e nt 
presented  a Bill to enable Rural  District  Councils  (Markets) 
to  provide  Markets  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  Bill, 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  next;  Bill  196. 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Haslam,  supported  by  Sir  Thomas  Roe,  Engines and 

Mr.  Bowerman,  anu  Mr.  William.  Edwin  Haroey,y?ileis 
. 
presented  a  Bill  to  grant  Certificates  to  persons  charge)  m 
in  charge of  Steam  and  Motor  Engines,  Boilers,  (No. 2) Bill, 
and  Steam  and  Motor  Cranes :  And  the same was  Bill  198. 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Lord  Robert  Cecil,  supported  by  Mr,  Shackle-  New-born 
and  Mr.  Chiozza 
to  provide  for 

ton,  Mr.  Simon, 
presented  a  BiU 
protection  of  the  Lives  of  New-born  Children  :  Bill  199. 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Money, 
the  better  Bill, 

Mr.  Barnes,  supported  bv  Mr.  Keir  Hardie,  Home Work 

Mr.  Witttie,  Mr.  Cameron  Corbett,  Mr.  Cleland, 
Mr.  Rainy,  Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  Mr.  Summer- 
bell,  Mr.  Parker,  Mr.  Jowett,  Mr.  Seddon,  and 
Mr.  Younger,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the 
better  regulation  of  Home  Industries  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  200. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane, 

supported  by  Mr.  Army  Council 

Acland,  presented  a  Bill  to  transfer  to  theBl1' -. 
Army  Council  certain  statutory  powers  and 
duties  of  the  Secretary  of  State  and  other 
officers, and for  other  purposes  connected  there-
with  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Thames 
Conservancy. 
No.  129. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House: — 
the 
General  Report  of  the  Proceedings  of 
Conservators  of  the  River  Thames  during  the 
year  ended  31st  December  1907,  with  a  State-

The  Select  Committee  on the  Daylight  Saving  Daylight 

Bill  was  nominated  of  Mr.  Harrison-Broadley, 
Mr.  Holt,  Mr.  Hutton,  Sir  Walter  Nugent,  Mr. 
Philipps, 
Robert  Pearce,  Captain  Pirie,  Colonel 
Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  and  Sir  Edward 
Sassoon. 

Saving  Bill. 

No.  52.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

2 8 th  April 

149 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution  of 

Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences  Offences 
(Amendment)  B i l l;  

(Amendment) 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.') 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

licensing Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That"  to  the  end  of the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "this  House  declines  to  proceed 
further  with  a  measure  which,  while  failing  to 
promote  the  cause  of  temperance,  violates  the 
principles  of  equity "— (Mr.  Cave),  — instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned— 
(Mr. Long)'. —It was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
? E n f i d na nd   Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
Wales)  Bill. 

(England  and  Wales)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Coal Mines 

C 

} 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Eight 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines 
Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Irish 
Universities 
BIU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Universities  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
^Markets  in 
Districts)  Bill,  in  Rural  Districts)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites ®jtes 
(Extension)  B i l l; 

(Extension) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-Town 
ning,  &c.  Bill; 

. 

^nnmg.icc. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Setolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldennen  in 
B £ 5 £V 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading of  the  London Paving  Expenses 

BU[ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

B l l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  S a v i n gs   Savings  Bank 
Bank  Bill; 

BUL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  M onday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

the  Fatal  Accidents Accidents 

gn^Sl] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  children 

Committee  on  Children  [Expenses]; 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Friendly 
Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  B i l l;   Societies  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[2nd  April] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2 nd  day  of  this  instant  April; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Port of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Port  of  London  B i l l;  

London  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Valuation  . 

Second  Reading  of  the  Valuation 
Bill; 

(Ireland)  (Ireland) BUI. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

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1 50 

28th   April 

1908. 

[No.  52. 

National 
Military 
Traming  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  National  Military  Train-
i ng   B m 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty  to 
Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals  Animals  Bill. 

Fruit  Growers  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot-
(Scotland) 
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Ecclesiastical 
The  Order of  the  day being read, for resuming 
Disordets  Bill,  the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensed 
the  Licensed  Premises Premises 

Second  Reading  of 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Da^) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  c l o s i ne  BiIL 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish National 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools  Schools 
(Heating)  B i l l?  

£ lt 

g ) 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Friday  the  15th day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Places of 
Worship 
(.Sites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship 
(Sites)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Thursday  next. 

Places of 
(Enfranchise-  S e c o n d  Reading  of 
ment) Bill!"6"  (Enfranchisement)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Places  of  Worship 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Lights  on 
Vehicles 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lights  on  Vehicles 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Primogeniture 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Primogeniture  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the  °f  the  People 
People  Bill; 

Bl,L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trust 

Second  Reading  of the  Trust  Investment  Bill; 

investment 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  11th day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aged 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  Bill; 

Pensioners 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing of  the  Working 
Classes  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Hypothec 
Abolition 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hypothec  Abolition 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th day  of  May  next. 

Factors  Act 
(1889) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Factors  Act  (1889) 
Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  27 th  day  of  May  next. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  BiU, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  Peerage 

Second  Reading  of the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  the  12th day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
tion  Bill; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  the  12th day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking Law of 
into  consideration  the  Law  of  Distress Amend- Distress 
ment  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- Amendment 
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

the  Public  H e a l th   A c t A c t  0875) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time Bights) Bill, 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill;  

Libraries  Bill.] 

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151 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours 
for  Winding 
Enginemen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the Coal  Mines (Eight  Hours 
for  Winding  Enginemen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers and 
Drains  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and  Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Larceny  Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill,; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Urban District  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 
Councils 
(Advertising) 
Bill. 

for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Weekly  Rest-
Day  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Weekly  Rest-Day 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

Prohibition of 
Medical 
Practice  by 
Companies 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Exportation of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses  H o r s ea  B«l-
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  incest Bill 

into  consideration  the  Incest  Bill,  as  amended 
^ 
in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  26th  day  of  June 
next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BlU-
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale of  Whisky  Bill  j 

Whisky Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Absent  Voters 

Second  Reading  of  the  Absent  Voters  B i l l; 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  infant  Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  "Life  Protection protection 
Bill; 

B,1L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of (Pro.™sion  o£ 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

S t l l n d) 

_ 

Police (Weekly  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Holiday)  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Police  (Weekly  Holiday) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B m-

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

upon  Monday  next. 

Employment 
of  British 
Subjects 
Abroad  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British 
Subjects  Abroad  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

tb -morrow. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  Bill  ; 

Bnl-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  annuation 
gm°tland> 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 

the  Civil  Bill  Courts  Cou* ts 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  Bill; 

(Dublin)Bill, 

Highways 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Second  Reading  of  the  Highways  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Merchandise 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

the  Merchandise  Marks  ^, r k s  (No. 2) 

BllU 

Borough 
Councils  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Second  Reading  of the  Borough  Councils  Bill  ; 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

Breaches of 
Byelaws  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  20th  day  of  March  last,  That 
the 
Breaches  of  Byelaws  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses Registration Bill;  lustration 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pharmacy 

Second  Reading  of the  Pharmacy  B i l l; 

Bil]-

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

VOL.  163. 

u  4 

28th  April 
the 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

[No.  52. 

152 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next, 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Poor  Law 
(Compulsory 
Contribution 
Exemption) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Voters 
(Qualification 
and  Registra-
tion)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Summary  Jurisdiction 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill.  c o m mi t t ed   to  a  Standing  Committee. 

(Ireland)  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order, read  a second  time, and 

Restraint of 
the 
Trades (Shops)  Second  Reading  of 
BU1- 

(Shops)  B i l l; 

T he   Order  of 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Restraint  of  Trades 

upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  for resuming  Elections  and 

the  adjourned  Debate on the  Amendment  which,  Registration 
upon the  7th  day  of February last,  was proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

o n) 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  PolUng 

into  consideration 
Registration  of  Voters 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

the  Polling  Districts  and  Districts and 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  vS 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Polling 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County  Districts 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing  c o u n c i l)   BiU. 
Committee)  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Justices of the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  P e a c e
Bill; 

  Bill-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Railway 
Tickets  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Feus  and 
Buil<ling 
Leases 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Feus  and  Building 

Second  Reading  of 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Friday  the  8th  day  of  May  next. 

Dogs 
(Injuries  to 
Persons)  Bill. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
to 

the  Dogs 

(Injuries 

Second  Reading  of 
Persons)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Spurious 
8P o r ts   B i l 1-

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Amendment  Bill; 

the  Crofters'  Holdings 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  May  next. 

Amendment 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Handloom 
the  Handloom  Weaving  ^ea7in£> 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Bakehouses)  Bill; 

the  Hours  of 

L a b o ur  

L a b o ur 

BiU.6  0US 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing  of  Working 
Classes  Acts  Amendment  Bill;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bm* 

Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Licensing 
(Scotland), 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Scotland) 
Amendment  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Purchase of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land L a nd 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

^ K i iT 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

upon  Friday  the  8th  day  of  May  next. 

Purity  of  Milk  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
Supplies 
(g c o t l a n d)  Bill°; 
(Scotland) 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for resuming  small 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Holdings  BiU. 
upon  the 
l l th   day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Small  Holdings  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time ; 

No. 52.1  8  EBW.  V I I. 

28th  April 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 

Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill; 

the  Married  Women's  ^ o m e n' s, 

Property  B i ll 

Industrial  and 
Provident 
Societies 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  and  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Calendar 
Reform  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  beiDg  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Calendar  Reform  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill  ; 

day  being  read,  for  the  Malicious 
the  Malicious  Iniuries  Jnjyies 

(Ireland) BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  7 th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Second  Reading  of 
Qualification  (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

the  Local  Government  Government 

(Eug'land and 

Character 
Note  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Character  Note  Bill; 

Ordeved,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Town  Tenants 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1907) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland) 
Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  WsJe8> Bin-

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the.  Foreign 
Second  Reading  of  the  Foreign  Trawlers  Regu-  Trawlers 
lation  Bill; 

gf 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the parliamentary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections  Elections  Bill. 
Bill; 

Trade 
Disputes  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Bankruptcy  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

Clerks of  the 
Peace  and 
County 
Councils  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and 
County  Councils  Bill; 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Local 
Authorities 
(Taxation  and 
Purchase  of 
Land)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Authorities 

Second  Reading  of 
(Taxation  and  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Parliamentary 
Voters 
(Registration) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters 
(Registration)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Railways 
(Bight  Hours) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  6th  day  of  May  next. 

Babbits  on 
Commons  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for. the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Death 
Certificates 
(Charges) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
the 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill; 

being  read,  for  the 
Death  Certificates 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  7th  day  of  May  next. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawlers' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawlers'  Certiticates  Certificates 
Suspension 
• 
o 
Bijj_ 
Suspension  B u i; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Friday  the  15th  day  of  M ay  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Lands  (Scot- L a n d s 
land)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Rights  of  Way 

Second  Reading  of  the  Rights  of  Way  CScot-  (Swaaad) 
land)  Bill  ; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration  ?®8's*raii°n 
(No. 2) BUI. 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Continua-  (Continuation 
Schools>  Bili' 
tion  Schools)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Leaseholds 
( Enfran- Enfranchise-
^ 
iiiaiiran-  meDt  Bin_ 

Second  Reading  of  the  Leaseholds 
chisement)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Women's 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement  Enfranchise* 
g ^l   _ 

ment  Bill. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  l l th   day  of  May  next,  resolve  itself into  the 
said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Franchise and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal  B®moVa,1 of 
Women s 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill 
Disabilities 
Bill. 

•  —- 

x 

1 54 

28th—29 th  April, 

1908. 

[No. 53. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l l th   day  of  May  next. 

Industrial 
Schools  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Hours  of  Labour 

Second  Heading  of 
(Surfacemen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Divorce  Law 
Amendment 
(No.  2)  BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Heading  of  the  Divorce  Law  Amend-
ment  (No.  2)  Bill  : 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ecclesiastical 
Assessments 
(Scotland) 
(No.  3)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Heading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-
ments  (Scotland)  (No.  3)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  June  next. 

Ballot  Act 
(1872) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(1872) 

the  Ballot  Act 

Second  Reading  of 
Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  May  next. 

Waste  Lands 
(Ireland) 
Improvement 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  clay  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Waste  Lands  (Ireland) 
Improvement  Bill: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  May  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  fourteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  53.] 
Wednesday,  29th April  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
BiU. 

Local 
•Government 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  3) 
Bill. 

B i ll   2 0 1. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   London  United  Tramways  Bill  was, 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 

and  committed. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating  to 
the  Boroughs  of  Burslem,  Hanley,  Longton, 
and  Stoke-upon-Trent,  and  the  Urban  Districts 
of  Fenton  and  Tunstall  :  And  the  same  was 
read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
Local 
Government  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
OrdIrs°(No. 4) Orders  of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating 
to  Bromley,  Grewe,  Milford  Haven,  Rhyl, 
Bifl. 
Bill  202.  Sawbridgeworth,  and  York  :  And  the  same  was 

read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

of  Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  Orders  (No.  1) 
1882  and  1888,  relating  to  Bispham-with-Nor-  Bill, 
breck,  Caldy  Manor,  Carmarthen,  Fleetwood, 
Halesowen,  Heswall,  Lowestoft  (Amendment), 
Lymington  (Extension),  Portsmouth  (Amend-
ment),  Southampton  (Amendment),  and  Woking 
(Extension)  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time. 

B i l1   2 0 3• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  aud 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Kearley  presented  a  Bill 

to  confirm  Electric 
certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by  the  Board  Lighting 
of  Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  gXre ?No  2) 
1882  and  1888,  the  Electric  Lighting  (Scotland)  Bill. 
Aet,  1890,  and  the  Electric  Lighting  (Scotland)  Bill  204. 
Act,  1902,  relating !  to  Barrhead,  Clydebank 
(Amendment),  Dundee  (Extension),  and  Ruth-
erglen  (Amendment):  And  the  same  was  read 
the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

A  Bill  to  regulate  the  expenditure  of  money London 
by  the  London  County  Council  on  capital County 
: account  during  the  current  financial  period  and  ( j ^ n e y)   Bill 
the  raising  of  money  to  meet  such  expenditure, 
and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read 
• the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

' 

1 

F®1?'1"?!', 
Vide  Third 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His   Explosions 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  (Dmas  Main 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  Gollierjr' ) 
by  William  Atkinson  and  J.   Dyer  Lewis,  His 
Majesty's  Inspectors  of  Mines,  upon  the  cir-
cumstances  attending  an  Explosion  of  Coal 
Dust  at  Dinas  Main  Colliery  on  14th  December 
1907. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-  Shop  Hours 

suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  A<;t>1904-
—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  Borough  of  Croydon  under  the  Shop 
Hours  Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secre-
tary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing 
the  hours  of  closing 
for  certain  classes  of 
Shops  within  a  certain  part  of  the  borough. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  bv  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  General  Report  (Scotland) 
by  His  Majesty's  Chief  Inspector on  the  Schools  ^™rts!) 
in  the  Western  Division  of  Scotland  for  the 
year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Government 
a  Return  of  the  amounts  of  British  Government  Departments 
Securities  held  by  the  several  Government  Seonritie8-
Departments  and  other  Public  Offices  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1908,  specifying  whether 
held, in  England  or  Ireland  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  159  of  Session 
1907)  :— 

£ 2i   per 
£ 2i   per 
Cent. 
Cent. 
Consols. 
Consols. 

£2$  per 
£2$  per 
Cents. 
Cents. 
(1905). 
(1905). 

£ 2j   per 
£ 2j   per 
Cents. 
Cents. 

£2§  per 
£2§  per 
Cent. 
Cent. 
War 
War 
Loan, 
Loan, 

Other  Securities, 

Annuities 
for  Terms 
of  Years, 

Exchequer 
Bonds  and 
Treasury  Bills, 

Electric 
lighting 
Provisional 

Mr.  Kearley  presented  a  Bill 

to  confirm 
certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by  the  Board 

-(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

No.  53.]  8  E D W.  VIE. 

29th  April. 

155 

National 
Physical 
Laboratory. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Account  of  receipts  and  expendi-
ture  of  the  National  Physical  Laboratory, 
with  Balance  Sheet,  for  the  year  1907.—(Mr. 
Hobhouse.) 

New  Members  William  Joy  nson-Hicks,  Esquire,  Member  for 
the  Borough  of  Manchester  (North  West  Divi-
sworn. 
sion),  was  8worn. 

Captain  the  Honourable  Arthur  Cecil  Murray, 

Member  for  Kincardine  County,  was  sworn. 

Public 
Petitions 
(Second 
Beport.) 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That 
they  had  examined  the Petitions  presented  upon 
the  24th,  25th,  26th,  27th,  and  28th  days  of 
February  last,  and  the  2nd,  3rd,  4th,  5th,  6th, 
9th,  10th,  llth,  12th,  13tli,  16th,  17t,h,  18th, 
19th,  20th,  23rd,  24th,  25th,  26th,  27th,  30th, 
and  31st  days  of  March  last,  3nd  the  1st,  2nd, 
3rd,  6th,  and  14th  days  of  this  instant  April, 
and  had  directed  him  to  make  a Report  thereof 
to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Law of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  for  taking  into  consideration,  upon 
Monday  next,  the  Law  of  Distress  Amendment 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee, 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Whaling 
Stations. 

Whaling 
Stations  Bill. 
Bill  205. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  3rd  day  of  July 
next. 

for 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  to  provide 
the  closing  of  existing 
Whaling  Stations  during  the  summer  herring 
fishing,  and  to  prohibit  Whaling  Stations  being 
established  in  the  future  on  any  part  of  the 
shores  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  :  And  that 
Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  Mr.  Gwynn,  Mr.  Leicester 
Dr.  Ambrose,  Mr.  Weir,-  Mr. 
Harmsworth, 
O'Malley,  Mr.  Morton,  Mr.  Hugh  Law,  Mr. 
Sutherland,  and  Mr.  Ainsworth  do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Cathcart  Wason  accordingly  presented 
a  Bill  to  provide  for  the  closing  of  existing 
Whaling  Stations  during  the  summer  herring 
fishing,  and  to  prohibit  Whaling  Stations  being 
established  in  the  future  on  any  part  of  the 
shores  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland:  And  the 
same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  the  13th 
day  of  May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  East India 
time  has  come 

for  an (Education.) 

proposed,  That  the 
impartial  and  searching  inquiry  into  the  scope, 
character,  and  methods  of  Education  in  India 
—(Mr.  Laid/aw):—And 
the  said  Motion  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of Food 

Second  Reading  of the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  ^ s
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  (

Amendment 
B^ t l a n d) 

D r n gs 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensed 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  Premises  p^ mi8. e8 
Days)10"1 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Closing  Bill, 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aged 
Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  Bill;  pensioners 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Metropolitan 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  Sewers and 
Drams Bdl. 
and  Drains  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Urban District 

Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill;  

(Advertising) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  B i l l; 

B i l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Highways Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Highways  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  Order of  the  day  being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  28th  day  of  this  instant  April,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Licensing  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 

BlU" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Amendment  was,  to  leave  out  from 
Which 
the  word 
"  That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question, 
in  order  to add  the  words  " this  House  declines 
to  proceed  further  with  a  measure  which,  while 
temperance, 
failing  to  promote  the  cause  of 
violates  the  principles  of  equity"—(Mr.  Cave), 
—-instead  thereof; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question:—The  House  resumed  the  said 
adjourned  Debate. 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  further  proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order No.  4. 
VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 

Law 

Exemption) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  IilU" 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Elections  and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  tlie  Amendment which,  ^ j ^ " 0" 
upon  the  7 th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed'to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time ; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

x  2 

1 56 

29th—30th  April. 

1908. 

[No.54. 

Industrial  and 
Provident 
Societies 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  and  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Harried 
"Women's 
Property  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
Property  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Married  Women's 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Amendment 
which,  upon  the  28th  day  of  this  instant  April, 
was  proposed  to  be  made  to the  Question,  That 
the  Licensing  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time, 
was  resumed. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question:—The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding, 
the  Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

? 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Prosecution  of 
(Amendment)
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
  T h i r d  f a d i ng   of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 

(Amendment)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Public Offices, 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning,  &c.  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ways  and' 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Summary Jurisdiction  (Ireland) Bill 

A. 

[No.  54.]  • 

Thursday;  30th  April  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

T1 

P R A Y E R S. 
HE   Dundalk  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

was read  the  third time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Dundalk 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Margate  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Swinton  and  Mexbrougli  Gas  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Swinton  and 
Mexbrough 
Gas  Bil). 

A  Clause  (Power  to create a Special  Purposes 
Fund)  was  twice  read  ;  and  made  part  of  the 
Bill. 

And  Amendments  were  made to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  South  West  Suburban  Water  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed. 

South  West 
Suburban-
Water  Bill. 

.  Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do issue  his  War-  Salop  County 
°r 
rant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  out 
a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to  Division) 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for the  County  Writ, 
of  Salop  (Northern  or  Newport  Division),  in 
the  room  of  Colonel  the  Right  Honourable 
William  Slaney  Kenyon-Slaney,  deceased.  — 
Acland-Hood.) 
(Sir  Alexander 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

. 
VideThird 
Report. 
Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, by His  Egypt 

r 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports  by  His (No. 1,1908.) 
Majesty's  Agent  and  Consul  General  on  the 
Finances,  Administration,  and  Condition  of 
Egypt  and  the  Soudan  in  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane 

presented,  by  H is   Military 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Pnsons-
discipline  and  management  of  Military  Prisons 
in  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Pauperism 
dated  the  l l th   day  of  March  last,  for  a Return  (England  and 
relative  to  Pauperism  (England  and  Wales) (Half-yearly 
Statements.) 
( H a l f - y e a r ly   Statements). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  -— Return  to  an  British 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  February  last,  for Museum, 
a  Return  relative  to  the  British  Museum. 

No.  131. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  also presented,  pursuant  to  the  Public 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, — ^ncom®, 
Account  of  the  Public  Income  and  Expenditure 
in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  together 
with  the  balances  in  the-  Exchequer  at  the 
Commencement  and  at  the  termination  of  the 
year,  and  the  amounts  received  into  or  issued 

" 

^J,0' 
* 

30 th  April. 

157 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

No. 54.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

from  the  Exchequer  in  respect  of  funded  and 
unfunded  Debt  created  or  redeemed  in  the  said 
year. 

Ordered,  That, the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Selection. 
( S t a n d i ng 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
added  to  Standing  Committee  A  the  following 
Fifteen  Members  (in  respect  of  the  Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill):—Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  Vis-
count  Helmsley,  Mr.  Fitzalan  Hope,  Sir  Edward 
Boyle,  Mr.  Higham,  Mr.  Luke  White,  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Summerbell,  Mr,  Toulmin,  Mr. 
Roche, 
Cameron,  Mr.  Ffrench,  Mr.  Augustine 
and  Mr. 
Mr.  John  Ward,  Mr.  Edmund  Lamb, 
Charles  Duncan. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Summary  Juris-
diction  (Ireland)  Bill)  : — Marquess  of  Hamilton, 
Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Fetherstonhaugh,  Mr.  Thomas 
Corbett,  Earl  of  Kerry,  Mr.  Mac Caw,  Captain 
Kincaid-Smith,  Mr.  Clough,  Mr.  Kettle,  Mr. 
Thomas  WDonnell,  Mr .'John  O'Connor,  Mr. 
Hazleton,  Mr.  Belloc,  Mr.  Henry,  and  Mr.  Albert 
Stanley. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
Standing 
Committee  B.  from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B:   — The  Lord  Advocate;  and  had 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
appointed 
Children  Bill.  Children  Bill):  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scot-

land. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Children  Bill. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee  C. 

Costs  in 
Criminal 
Cases  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Costa  in 
Criminal 
Cases  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B:  — Mr.  Parker  ;  and  had  reinstated 
Mr.  Austin 

Taylor. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  ;— 
Sir  Joseph  Leese  and  Mr.  Llewellyn 
Williams; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Children  Bill):  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald 
and  Mr.  Leif  Jones. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal 
Cases Bill);—Mr.  Chancellor of the  Exchequer ; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases Bill)  : Mr.  Solicitor 
General. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Fifteen1 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Costs  in  Criminal 
Cases  Bill):—Captain  Morrison  -  Bell,  Mr. 
Joynson-Hicks,  Mr.  Rawlinson,  Mr.  Fell,  Mr. 
Kennedy,  Mr.  Lardner,  Mr.  John  Williams 
Mr.  Boulton,  Mr.  Herbert,  Mr.  King,  Mr.  Ernest 
Lamb,  Mr.  Armitage,  Mr.  Markham,  Mr.  Hay 
Morgan,  and  Mr.  Ellis  Davies. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 
| 

Table. 

Southwell 
District  Gas 
Bill. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported! 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Southwell  District 
Gas  Bill;  That,  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
i 

VOL.  163. 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  v i de   Supple-
•  ment  to  the 
Votes. 

, 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Cheshire  Lines 

the  Cheshire  Lines  Committee  Bill,  with Amend-  Committee 

"Rill 
• 

ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  v i de   Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Great  Western 

the  Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation  Railway 
Scheme)  Bill  [Lords'],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

tio?s™eT 
f i ^s   ] 
t o ^* 

ment 

Votes., 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Garw  and 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Garw  and  Ogmore  Ogmore  Gas 
Gas  Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-  1 
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

1 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Mean3  reported  Huddersfield 

the  Huddersfield  Water  Bill 
Amendment. 

[Lords],  without  Water  Bill 

[ L o r A^ 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  c o p y h o ld 
Tuesday  next,  the  Copyhold  Enfranchisement  Enfranchise-
Bill  was  read  and  discharged, 

meQt  BllL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June  next. 

Mr.  Wedgwood  presented  a  Bill  to  consolidate  Education 
and  amend  the  Education  Acts  :  And  the  same  (Consolidation 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Thursday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  206. 

to  prohibit  Factory and 
Ac<} 

Mr.  Jowett  presented  a  Bill 

employment  between  Noon  on  Saturday  and  Six 
o'clock  on  Monday  morning  in  cotton,  woollen,  Amendment 
worsted,  flax,  hemp,  silk,  jute,  and  paper  Fac- Bill, 
tories, and  in  bleaching  and  dyeing  Works  : And  Bill  207. 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Proceedings  on the  Licens-  Business  of 
  House 
(Supply.) 

ing Bill.have  precedence this day of  the  Business  t h e
of  Supply.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

The Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Licensing Bin. 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  28th  day  of  this  instant  April,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Licensing  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time; 

Which  Amendment  was,  to  leave  out  from 
the  word  " That  " to  the  end of  the  Question,  in 
order  to  add the  words  " this  House  declines  to 
proceed  further  with  a  measure  which,  while 
temperance, 
failing  to  promote  the  cause  of 
violates  the  principles  of  equity "—(Mr.  Cave), 
—instead  thereof; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question:—The  House  resumed  the  said 
adjourned  Debate. 

x  3 

, 

158 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

SQth  April. 

[No, 
. The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

1908. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k e ts   Bm-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public-houses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-  (Exclusion  of 
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill  ; 

(ScSnd) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Bill, 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
^Amendment) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
( A m e n d m e n t)  

B i ] 1 ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning,  &c.  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolye  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Clerks of  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  Peace  a nd 
and  County  Councils  Bill  ; 

councfls  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Divorce  Law 
Second Reading of'the  Divorce Law  Amendment Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 
( N o.   2)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale of Food 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  ^ g
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Amendment 

D r u gs 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  (Scotland) 

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  May  next. 

Bill, 

Parochial 
Medical 
Officers 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Parochial  Medical 

Second  Reading  of 
Officers (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  May  next, 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading 
and  Drains  Bill; 

the  day  being  read, 
of  the  Metropolitan 

f or   t he   Metropolitan 
Sewers  Sewers and 
Drains  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

New-born 
Children 
(Protection) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  New-born  Children 
(Protection)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  11th  day  of  May  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Valuation 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Valuation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  Second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Sites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship 
(Sites)  Bill  ;  • 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  May  next. 

Public 
Libraries  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Publie  Libraries  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses Bill, 
Bill: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars Acts-
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
,  T>-11 
ment  Bui; 

Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for resuming  Elections  and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  ^ n ^ v E ; ]] 
upon  the  7th day of  February  last,  was proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

1 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  industrial and 

Second  Reading of  the Industrial  and  Provident Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

g S m e n t) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bm-

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  May  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  four  minutes  after Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

No.  55.j  8  EDW.  V I I. 

Is/!  May. 

[No.  55.] 

Friday,  1st  May  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take 

into  con-
sideration  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill,  as 

amended in  the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third time. 

iAanelly  Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Llanelly  Gas  Bill  [ Lords]  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Third 
Report. 
Reformatory 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
and  Industrial  Majesty's Command,—Copy of Fifty-first Report 
Britafa ) G r e at   of   H is   M aj e s ty ' s  Inspector  of  Reformatory  and 
Industrial  Schools,  for  1907.  Part  I.,  List  of 
ntam.; 
Schools  and detailed  Reports. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—' Copy  of  Memorandum 
explanatory  of  the  provisions  of  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Tellers for the/ Mr.  Seddon, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Scott: 

£• 

. i 
m  ii 
Tellers  for the|  g ir   F r aJ h 
Powelli 

fMr.  Harry  Marks. 
S h a r p 

NoeS> 

[ 

159 

190. 

45. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put:—It  was 

resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second  time. 
A  Motion  was  made,  and the  Question  being 
put, That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of the  whole  House—(Mr,  Herbert  Samuel) ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Captain  Norton : 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Claude Hay, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Goulding; 

139. 

"j 
J 

23. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  for  Monday 
next. 

;> 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Transfer  of  Powers  of  Standing  Joint  C o m - ^ ^f 
mittees)  Bill ; 
Standing 

the  Local  Government Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  committees) 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Bill. 

Irish  Railways  Mr.  Birrell 
•(Viceregal 
" 
Commission.) 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Third  Report  of  the  Vice-
regal  Commission  on  Irish  Railways. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Merchandise 

Second  Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks  Marks  BilL 
Bill; 

Irish  Railways 
(Viceregal 
Commission.) 

Copy  of Appendix  to  the  Third  Report  of  the 

Viceregal  Commission  on  Irish  Railways. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Shops  BiU. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Shops  Bill; 

And  a  Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and, at the end  of the  Question,  adding the words 
"  upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Mr.  Harry 
Marks.} 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word " now " stand  part  of  the  Question  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 
Sir  Charles  Dilke  rose 

in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Seddon, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Scott: 

Tellers  for  the f ^-   £ l a r rV  ^ r k s> 
Sharp 

trancis 

N o es  

> 

j  197. 

48. 

Powell: 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question being accordingly put,  That 

the  word " now " stand  part  of  the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right: 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  payment  of 
Second  Reading  of the  Payment  of  Jurors  Bill;  Jurors  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of the  Fire  Inquests  Bill; 

t he   Fire  Inquests 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act  Act (1875) 
fwa'ter"16"' 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Rfehts)  Bnl-

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this  instant  May. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read, for resuming  Bogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BilK 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  clay  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters Voters 
(Registration)  B i l l;  

(Registration) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon Friday  the  26th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Exportation of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses  Horses Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

X  4 

160 

1st—4-th  May. 

1908. 

[No. 56. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  B i l l; 

The  Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Bill  Argentine 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  g^hvay^ill™ 

. ..  

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Cardiff  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  Cardiff 

upon  Thursday  next. 

second  time,  and  committed." 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
Intoxicating 
Licences 
sented to His  Majesty, that  He  will  be  graciously 
(England  and  pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  relating  to  the 
Wales) 
transfer  of  Licences  for  the  sale  of  Intoxicating 
(Transfers.) 
the  premises  in 
Liquor  to  be  consumed  on 
England  and  Wales,  showing  for  every 
licens-
ing  district  the  number  of  applications  under 
section  4  and  section  14  of  the  Alehouses  Act, 
1828,  granted  in  respect  of  full  or  Alehouse 
Licences  and  of  other  on-Licences  during  the 
year  ended  the  31st  day  of  December  1907; 
and,  in  cases  where  the  same  Licence  was  so 
transferred  more  than  once  during  that  period, 
the  number  of  times  any  Licence  was  so  trans-
ferred,--(Mr.  Charles  Roberts.) 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A.  (in  respect  of  the  Summary 
Jurisdiction  (Ireland)  Bill)  : —  Mr.  Attorney 
General,  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  and  Mr. 
Herbert 
in  sub-
Samuel-,  and  had  appointed 
stitution  (in respect  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill)  :  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for  Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  uDOn  the 

Table. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one  minute  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  56.] 
Monday,  4th  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
the 
following  Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading 
thereof, 
Standing  Orders  which  are 
applicable 
thereto  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.  :— 

in  the  case  of 

the 

Metropolitan  Police  Provisional  Order  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council 
(Superannuation)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed. 

The  Skegness  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Ards  and  Bangor 

Second  Reading  of 
Railways  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  timo 

upon  Monday  next. 

Railway  B i ll 
[Lords.] 

Saint 
Marylebone 
Borough 
Council 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Skegness 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill 
[Lords] 
Ards  and 
Bangor 
Railways  Bill,. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Commercial 

Second  Reading  of 
Assurance  Company  Bill  [Lords] 

the  Commercial  Union 

; 

Company6Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  tlM'ds-l 

npon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  War-  Dundee 
rant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to make  out  a  B u r gh   W r i t-
new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to  serve 
in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  Burgh  of 
Dundee,  in  the  room  of  the  Right  Honourable 
Edmund  Robertson,  K.c.,  who,  since  his  Election 
for  the  said  burgh,  hath  accepted  the  Office  of 
Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Three 
Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough,  and 
Burnham,  in  the  County  of  Buckingham.  — 
(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do issue  his  War- Stirling 
rant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  out  a  District °£ 
new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to  serve 
in  this  present  Parliament 
the  Stirling 
District  of  Burghs,  in  the  room  of  the  Right 
Honourable  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman, 
G.C.B.,  deceased.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

for 

g 

~ 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

' 

Petitiops. 
Vide  Third 
Report. 

Mr.  Birrell 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Irish  Land 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  Proceedings  of  Commission 
the  Irish  Land  Commission  under  the  Land  (Proceedings^ 
Law  Acts,  the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Acts,  1883-
91,  and  the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during  the 
month  of  January  1908. 

Mr.  Birrell 

also  presented,—Return  to  an  Deaths  from 

Order,  dated  the  3rd  day  of  February  last,  for  a ^ c° h o1 
Return relative to  Deaths from Alcohol  (Ireland).( 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

) 

Table. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Margate  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 

third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Swinton  and 
Mexbrough 
Gas  Bill. 

The  Swinton  and  Mexbrough  Gas  Bill  was 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion the Manchester  Corporation Bill,  as amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Public 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Sixty-ninth Records. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the 
Public  Records. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  General  Report  (Scotland) 
by  the  Chief  Inspector  of  the  Southern  Division 
of  Scotland  for  the  year  1907. 

ep° 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

±th—5th  May. 

1 61 

No.  56.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 
Board of 

Sir  Edward 

Strachey 

presented,  by  H is 

an^Ksheries.  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report 
of  Proceedings  under" the  Acts  relating  to  Sea 
Fisheries  for the  year  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Bail way-
Servants 
(Hours of 
Labour.) 

Mr.  Kearley  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return,  in  pursuance  of 
section  4  of  the  Regulation  of  Railways  Act, 
1889,  of  Railway  Servants  of certain  classes who 
were,  on  one  or more occasions durinir  the  month 
of  January  1908,  on  duty  on  the  Railways  of 
the  United  Kingdom for more than  twelve  hours 
at  a  time;  or  who,  after  being  on  duty  more 
than  twelve  hours,  were  allowed  to  resume  work 
with  less  than  nine  hours'  rest. 

No  133  ® eP o r t 

Light 
Mr.  Kearley  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
?8%Way3 Act>  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —Copy  of 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  1896,  up 
to  the  31st  December  1907,  and  of  the  Pro-
ceedings  of  the  Light  Railway  Commissioners 
up  to  the  same  date. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  the  Light 
Railways  Act,  1896,  be  printed. 

East  India 
pt™ation 
° 
" 

Standing 
Costs'in'66 
Criminal 
Cases Bill. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to His Majesty,  that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before this House  a  Return showing  the  strength 
of  the  Army  in India,  European  and  Native,  and 
the  extent  of  the  population  and  area  under 
British  rule  in  India  at  the  following  periods, 
namely,  1856,  1860,  after  the  reductions  effected 
by  Lord  Lawrence,  1886,  at  the  present  time  ; 
and  also  showing  the  recommendations  as  to 
numbers  made  by  different  Army  Commissions, 
and  the  increase  in  the  garrison  of  Burma  after 
the  annexation  of  Upper  Burma.—(Mr.  Rees.) 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson 

from 
Standing  Committee  C,  to  whom  the  Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases  Bill  was  referred;  That  they 
had  gone through  the Bill  and made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

reported 

No.  134. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  134. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

Bill 208. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken into  consideration 
upon  Thursday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

Municipal 
ffiuTlm^l™  w as   rea(^ 
'r  ll  9(iQ 

The  Municipal  Representation  Bill  [.Lords] 
a n (l   ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time, upon  Wednesday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Mr.  Stuart-Wortley 

reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That • they  had  discharged  Mr. 
Stuart-  Wortley  from being Chairman of  Standing 
Committee  A,  and  had  appointed  Sir  Francis 
Channing 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  A  in  his  place. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  further  reported;  That 
they  had  discharged  Mr.  Eugene  Wason  from 
being  Chairman  of  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills,  and  had  appointed  Sir  William 
Holland 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  the  Standing 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  in his  place. 

John  Ward,  Mr.  Thome,  Mr .Arthur  Henderson,  (Trade 
Mr.  James  Haslam,  Mr.  Clynes,  Mr.  William  Disputes) Bill 
(Rhondda),  and  Mr.  Albert  Stanley, 
Abraham 
presented  a  Bill  to  prevent  the  Eviction  of 
Workmen in certain cases of trade disputes  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  210. 

* 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Runciman  be  discharged  Public 

from  the  Committee  of  Public  Accounts. 

Accounts 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Hobhouse  be  added  to  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Licens-  Business of 
ing  Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of  the  the House 
interrupted  under ^Licensing 
clock 
the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House).— 
(Mr.  Asquith.) 

this  night,  be  not 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for resuming  Licensing 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Bill, 
upon  the  28th  day  of  April  last,  was  proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Licensing 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 

Which  Amendment  was,  to  leave  out  from  the 
word  " That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  in • 
order  to  add  the  words  " this  House  declines  to 
proceed  further  with  a  measure  which,  while 
failing  to  promote  the  cause  of  temperance, 
violates  the  principles  of  equity  "—(Mr.  Cave), 
—instead  thereof  ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question  :—The  House  resumed  the  said 
adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  t h e | S 
Noes, 

A c l a n d'  

Hood, 

s 
(Viscount  Valentia 

• 

397. 

] 

147. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
The  House  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning  ; 

Tuesday,  5th  May  1908  : 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers for  t h e f S h r^ m d er   A c l a n d' 

Noes 
' 

. H o o d> 

I 
(Viscount  Valentia: 

394. 

148. 

J 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second  time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Army 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  Council  Bill; 

Council  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

Table. 

Workmen's 
Eviction 

Mr.  Walsh,  supported by  Mr. Enoch  Edwards, 
Mr.  Glover,  Mr.  Wadsworth,  Dr.  Pollard,  Mr. 

YOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-  (Consolida-
tion) Bill. 
tion)  B i l l;  

4th—5th  May. 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

[No.  56. 

upon  Monday  next. 

1 62 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
?EnSnd nand   ^ e e o n ( l  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
Wales)  Bill. 

(England  and  Wales)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Education  (Scotland) 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Coal Mines 
C^igM Hours)  s e c o na   Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Eight 

Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Irish 
Universities 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Universities  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Port of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Port  of  London  B i l l; 

L o n d on   Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution  o£ 
., 
(Amendment) 
BUI. 

Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences ?.fienc®f 
/  A 
(Amendment)  Hill; 

, \  r . .n  

i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites  s^®8 
(Extension)  Bill  ; 

.  „ 
(Extensa), 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
RuraiketSin 
Districts) Bill, in  Rural  Districts)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

•Supply 
[2nd  AprU] 
Report. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Election of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aider men in  g econd   Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
BMoughsBill.  i D  Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  jgjjj  _ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  London Paving  Expenses 

& 

or 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  s e c o n<i   Reading  of  the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
3 u l- 

Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post  office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
BiU- 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

of 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [L o r d s]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

children 
[Expenses.]  Committee  on  Children  [Expenses] ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

for  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Friendly 
Societies  Bill.  s e c o nd   Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- Town 
ning,  &c.  B i l l;  

™ r i g' 

te" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 

Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl"- 

Aldermen) 
0 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters* 
the  Crofters'  H o l d i n gs   foldings 
" g ^ h wO 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot- Fisheries 
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  B i l l;  

ACKWOT) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Amendment 

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant  May.  BUl' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  B° l!ers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

. 
Charge) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  <No- 2> B m-

upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Home Work 

Second  Reading  of  the  Home  Work  Bill; 

Bin-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  Kith  day  of  this  instant  ° 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Places of 
the  Places  of  Worship Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
b.N  TJ'II 
,  . 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

» 

(Enfranchise-
ment) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lights  on 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lights  on  Vehicles  ^»cles 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No. 56.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

4th—oth  May. 

163 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  seeond  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  12th  day of  this  instant  May. 

Cruelty to 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Animals Bill  Second  Beading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals 

Bill; 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading 
and Drains  Bill  : 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 
of 

the  Metropolitan  S e w e rs   Sewers and 
Drams Bill. 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Police 
(Weekly 
Holiday)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the Police  (Weekly  Holiday) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill, 

Second  Reading  of the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 

Polling 
E^stratio^fofint0.  consideration 
Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill,  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

the  Polling  Districts  and 
Registration  of Voters (Ireland)  Bill, as amended 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councils)  Bill. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee) ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into 

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

con-

Local 
Authorities 
(Taxation and 
Purchase of 
Land)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Authorities 

Second  Reading  of 
(Taxation  and  Purchase  of Land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Licensed 
Premises 
(Election 
Days) 
Closing  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  Premises 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Highways Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Highways  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of this instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 

Poor Law 
(Compulsory 
K S S So   Contribution  Exemption)  Bill j 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 

read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Married 
The  Married  Women's  Property  Bill  was, 
S p e r ty   Bill,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Factory  and 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Workshop  Act  Second  Reading  of  the  Factory  and  Workshop 
Amendment  A c t  ( 1 9 0 1)   Amendment  Bill; 
BiIL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Valuation 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Valuation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland) 

Bill; 

The  Order of the day being read,  for resuming  Elections and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment which,  Registration 
upon  the  7th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-  (Lo,ldo«)  Bl11-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Committee  on  the  Shops  Bill; 

being  read,  for  the  Shops BiU. 

Resolved, That this House will,  upon Thursday 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May,  resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  this  day. 

A  M otion being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Monument to-

upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this  instant  May,  n'r H<j™if 
resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  an Bannermin. 
humble  Address  to  be presented to His  Majesty, 
praying  that  His  Majesty  will  give  directions 
that  a  Monument  be  erected  at  the  public 
charge in the  Collegiate  Church  of  Saint  Peter, 
Westminster,  to  the  memory  of  the  Right  Hon-
ourable  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman—(Mr. 
Asquith) 

; 

Mr.  Asquith,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May,  resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

And  it  being  after  half-past Eleven  of  the 
clock  on. Monday  evening,  Mr,  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it 
being  then  ten  minutes  after  Twelve  of 
the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning," till  this 
day. 

[No. 57.] 
Tuesday,  oth  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an  hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  the  18th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Public 
Libraries Bill,  Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from one of the  Examiners of Petitions  for  [g t'2 Dg 
! Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  orders not 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading  thereof, the  Standing  Orders 
Y  2 

with.) 

1 64 

13t7i May: 

1 9 0 8.  

[No. 63. 

not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Taff  Vale  Railway  Bill  [Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Sir  Edioard  Strachey  presented  a  Bill  to  con- Land 

the  Land  ^j?JSj^ 
firm  a  Provisional  Order  under 
Drainage  Act,  1861,  in  the  matter  of  a  proposed  0rder Bill, 
drainage  district  in  the  Parishes  of  Blundeston,  Bill  211. 
Flixton,  and  Oulton,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk : 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
Provisional 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Order Bills 
0°dew 
g  Pfivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
applicable.')  Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no 

Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.  :— 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

• Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  1)  Bill. 

. Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow. 

Private  Bills 
(Petition  for 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders not 
•complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.  :— 

Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[standing 
Orders not 
•complied 
w i t l°  

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz. 

Honourable 
[Lords']. 

Artillery  Company 

Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill 

be  read  the  third time  upon  Thursday  next. 

Great  Western  The  House  proceeded to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Great  Western  Railwav  (Superannua-
Kaiiway 
t i o n  Scheme)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the 
t t o S c W )" 
Bill [Lords.]  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Edinburgh  Corporation  (Tramways,  &c.) 
to 

Edinburgh 
Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  according 
&c0 Order '  Order,  read  a  second  time. 
Binfirn,at 0 n 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Metropolitan 
Provisional 
OrderBUl. 

The  Metropolitan  Police  Provisional  Order 
w a s'   according  to  Order,  read  a  second 

time,  and  committed. 

Leith  Harbour  Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Order>i>CkS 
Provisional  Order  under the Private  Legislation 
Confirmation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Leith  Harbour  and Docks  :  And  the  same  was 
Bill. 
ordered  (under  section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Loch  Leven 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Water Power 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to  confirmation 
Loch  Leven  Water  :  And  the  same  was  read  Bill, 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  section  9  of  Bill  212. 
the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Wed-
nesday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant  May  ;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

vid^Fourth 
Report. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports, Annual  Series,  Nos.  3978 
and  3980  to  3986. 

e 

Copy  of  Accession  of  the  Colony  of  Trinidad  Treaty Series 
and  Tobago  to  the  Industrial  Property  Con-  CNo- n>  1 9 0 80 
vention  of  1883,  as  modified  by  the  additional 
Act  of  1900,  14th  May  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Regulations  for  the  Pre-  Education. 
Uminary 
Teachers  :— 

, Education  of  Elementary 

School 

(1)  Pupil  Teacher  Regulations; 
(2)  Bursary  Regulations; 
(3)  Student  Teacher  Regulations  ; 

• 

in  force  from  1st  August  1908  in  Wales  and 
Monmouthshire. 

. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Naval  and 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  Marine  Pay 
of  Orders  in  Council,  dated  9th  April 
under  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions 
Act,  1865,  praying  sanction  to  the  grant  of 
(1)  Climate  Allowance  to  Officers  and  Men  of 
His  Majesty's  Navy  or  Royal  Marines 
for 
service 
(2)  Messing 
Allowance  to  Sub-Lieutenants  in  command  of 
Torpedo  Boats  and  other  small  vessels. 

the  China  Rivers; 

in 

Copies  of  Orders  in  Council,  dated  9th  April  Territorial  and 
0f o r c es 

1908,  under  the  Territorial  and  Reserve  Forces  ^ e7 9
Act,  1907,  for transferring  ( !)   certain  Units  of 
' 
the 
the  Volunteer  Army  Medical  Corps  to 
Territorial  Force  ;  (2)  certain  Battalions  of  the 
Militia  to  the  Army  Reserve. 

e

Ordered,  That  tlie  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Shop  Hours 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Act, 1904. 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
Borough  of  Dewsbury  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department, 
the 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops. 

fixing 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Luke  White  reported  the  T y ne   Improve-  Tyne 

m e nt   Bill,  with  Amendments. 

' 

Improvement 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
t h e 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No,  57 ]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

5th  May. 

^Standing 
•Orders. 

Wath-upon-
Dearne 
Urban  District 
•Council Gas 
Bill  [Lords.} 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions  ;  which 
were  read,  as follow : 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Wath-upon-Dearne 
Urban  District  Council  Gas  Bill  [L o r d s ], 
Petition  for  additional  provision,  the  Standing 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ;  that  the 
parties  have 
the  additional 
to 
provision  if  the  Committee  on  the  Bill  think 
fit. 

insert 

leave 

165 
that  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  consolidate  and 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  protection  of 
Children  and  Young  Persons.—(Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again  —  (Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—put, 
and 
agreed  to. 

^Nottingham-
shire and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
<No.  2.) 

Pontypridd 
"Water Bill 
[Lords.] 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Nottinghamshire 
and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No.  2),  Petition  for 
leave  to  deposit  a  Petition for  Bill,  the  Standing 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ;  that  the 
parties  be  permitted  to  deposit  their  Petition  for 
a  Bill. 

Mr,  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That 
the  Com-
mittee  had  made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
That  the  Committee  may  have 
leave  to  sit 
again. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Pontypridd  Water 
Bill  [Lords],  Petition  for  dispensing  with  Stand-
ing  Order  128  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  of 
N.  B.  Allen  and  Company  against  the  Bill,  the 
said  Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with. 
The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Port of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Port  of  London  Bill; 

London Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Handloom 
"Weaving 
•(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Tuesday  next, the  Handloom  Weaving  (Ireland) 
Bill  was read  and  discharged. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply, 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

•Corporal 
Punishment 
(Restriction) 
BilL 

B i ll   2 1 3. 

Mr.  Lloyd  Morgan, 

supported  by  Mr.  Eugene 
Wason,  Mr.  Atherley-Jones,  Mr.  Abel 
Thomas, 
Mr.  Maddison,  and  Mr.  Hay  Morgan,  presented 
a  Bill  to  abolish  the  punishment  of  Flogging  in 
all  cases  where the offender's age exceeds  sixteen 
years  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  22nd  day  of  this 
instant  May  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Education of 
-Afflicted 
Children 
•(Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill  214. 

Mr.  Charles  Craig, 

supported  by  Captain 
Craig,  Mr.  Lonsdale,  Mr.  Barrie,  and  Mr.  Clark, 
presented  a  Bill 
for  the  better 
to  provide 
Education  of  Afflicted  Children  in  Ireland: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  this 
instant  May;  and  to  be  printed. 

Cruelty to 
Animals 
<No.  2)  Bill. 
B i ll   2 1 5. 

Mr.  Luttrell  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  the 
hunting,  coursing,  and  shooting  of  Animals 
which  have  been  kept  in  confinement:  And  the 
same  was ordered  to  be read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Debtors 
(Imprison-
ment.) 

Ordered,  That  Sir  Charles  MLaren 

be  dis-
charged  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Debtors 
(Imprisonment). 

Ordered,  T h at   Mr.  Stephen  Collins  be  added 

to  the  Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Education 
(Scotland) 
BilJ. 

The  Education  (Scotland)  Bill  was,  according 
to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of 
(Extension)  Bill; 

the  Public  Offices  S i t e s 8 i t es 

. 

(^tension) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-  Town 
p :n   . 
ning,  &c.  bill; 

Planning, &c. 
B m 

• „„  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway  and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  and  Canal  Canal Traffic 
Traffic  Bill; 

Ll11' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vivisection 
Second  Reading  of  the  Vivisection  C Abolition)  (Abolition) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Prosecution  of 
OfEences 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  A c ts   A c ts 
Amendment  (Markets)  B i l l;  

X - k" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BllL 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

Children 
fExpenses.] 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

i n to  a  Committee  on  Children  [Expenses]. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys provided  by  Parliament, of  any  expenses 
that  may  be  incurred  and  of  any  contributions 

VOL.  163. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines 
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  Bill; 

(Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

:  " 

• 

T  3 

Enginemen) 
Sill 

166 

5th  May. 

1908. 

[No.  57. 

Education 
(Provision  of 
Meals) 
( S c o t l a n d) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Open I 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Voters 
(Qualification 
and  Registra-
t i o n)   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification 
and  Registration)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Restraint  of 
Trades  (Shops)  g e c o n d 

The  Order 

of 
Reading 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  Restraint  of  Trades 

(Shops)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Rabbits  on 
The  Order  of 
Commons  Bill.  Second  Reading 
Bill; 

the  day  being 
of  the  Rabbits 

read,  for  the 
on  Commons 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Parliamentary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Elections  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  this 
May. 

Leaseholds 
(Enfranchise-  Second  Reading  of 
ment) Bill. 

ch i s em e n t)   B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Leaseholds  (Enfran-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  this  instant 
May, 

Industrial 
Schools  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  14th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

Hours  of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Hours  of  Labour 

Second  Reading  of 
(Surfacemen)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Aged 
Pensioners. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Sea  Fisheries 
(Scotland") 
  n 
Bill°.

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k e ts   Bm-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Friday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public-houses 
of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu- 
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill;  

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  BllL 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  BiU ; (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Exportation  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses  H o r s es   BilL 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 

Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time  Bil1-

Aldermen) 

upon  Wednesday  the  13th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Places  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship  J^^chise-
(Enfranchisement)  Bill;  

m e n t)   BiU, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory  g^ritotion 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill;  
Exemption) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time  Bl11, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill : 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  1 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  bo  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Married  Women's  Property  Bill 

A. 

No.  58,1  8  EDW.  V I I. 

[No.  58.] 

6th  May. 

167 
(c)  The  number  of  cottages  or  allotments 
unoccupied  within  each  district  council 
area; 

Wednesday, 

3%   1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Edinburgh 
Corporation 
(Tramways, 
&c.)  Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 

into  consideration  the  Edinburgh  Corpora-
tion  (Tramways,  &c.)  Order  Confirmation  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Second  Reading  of 
Orders  ( N o.   l)   Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill; 
Bll!" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

(d)  The  number  of  cottages  or  allotments 
the  rent  whereof  is  in  arrear,  and  the 
total  amount  of  such  arrears within  said 
area; 

(e)  The  number  of  cottages  applied  for  in 
each  rural  district  under  the  last  com-
pleted  scheme  under  the  Labourers  Acts, 
together  with  the  number  of  applications 
for  extra  half-acres  to  cottages  already 
built  under  the  said  scheme,  the  number 
of  applications  for  cottages  and  extra 
half-acres  sanctioned,  the  amount  of  the 
official,  legal,  engineering,  clerical,  and 
in  connection 
other  expenses  incurred 
with  the  preparation  and  confirmation  of 
every  such  scheme  and  the  particulars 
thereof;  and 

Local 
•Government 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 

•Orders (No. 2)  Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill; 
Bl11" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

(f)  The  number  of  cases  where  advances 
have  been  made  under  section  2  of  the 
Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  as  amended  by 
the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Act,  1906,  to 
agricultural  labourers. 
Shaughnessy.) 

— ( M r.   0'  

P u b l ic 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fourth 
Report. 
Deaths  from 
Alcohol 
(Ireland.) 

No.  135. 

Irish  Land 
Commission 
•(Proceedings.) 

Irish 
"Universities 
Bill. 

Irish 
Universities 
Rill. 

IHsli 
Universities 
Bill. 

Military 
Prisons. 

Bankruptcy 
Law 
Amendment. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  Deaths 
from  Alcohol  (Ireland),  which  was  presented 
upon  the  4th  day  of 
instant  May,  be 
printed. 

this 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  under  the  Land 
Law  Acts, 
(Ireland)  Acts, 
1883-91,  and  the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during 
the  month  of  February  1908. 

the  Labourers 

Copy  of  Preliminary  Draft  of  the  Articles  of 
a  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill  for 
the  College  to  have  its  seat  in  Dublin. 

Copy  of  Preliminary  Draft  of  the  Articles  of 
a  new  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill  for the  constituent  College  at  Cork. 

Copy of  the  Preliminary  Draft of  the  Articles 
of  a  new  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill  for the  constituent  College  at  Galway. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Rules  for  Military  Prisons 
in  the 
Field,  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  War. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kearley  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
the  Depart-
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of 
mental  Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  inquire  into- the  Bankruptcy  Law  and 
its  Administration.  Vol.  I.,  Report.  Vol.  II., 
Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Appendix. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Labourers 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 

a  Return  showing— 

(a)  The  number  of  cottages  and  allotments 
provided  under  the  Labourers  Acts  by 
each  district  council  in  Ireland; 

(b)  The  rents  reserved  in 

letting  under 

those  Acts  ; 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  u i t i m us 
a  Return  of  Abstract  Account  of  the  receipts Hasres 
and payments of the  King's and Lord Treasurer's  ^cco^tLd 
Remembrancer  in  Scotland,  in  the  year  ended  List  of 
the  31st  day  of  December  1907,  in  the  adminis-  Estates.) 
tration  of  Estates  and  Treasure  Trove on  behalf 
of  the  Crown  : 
-And  of  alphabetical  List  of 
Estates  which  fell  to  the  Crown  as  Uitimus 
Haeres  in  Scotland,  administered  by  the  King's 
and  Lord  Treasurer's  Remembrancer, 
in  the 
same  year.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Sir  William  Brampton 

Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged the following  Members from  Standing 
Committee  A  : —  Mr.  M'Kenna,  Mr.  Acland,  Committee  A. 
and  Mr.  Lough;  and  had  appointed 
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  Education  (Local  Education 
Authorities)  Bill)  :  Mr.  Runciman,  Mr.  M'Kin-  ^Xoritics) 
non  Wood,  and  Mr.  Walker, 

in  sub-

B;U 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Standing  . 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Married  Women's  Married 
Property  Bill)  :—Mr. Hicks  Beach,  Mr.  Staveley•  Women's 
Hill,  Mr.  Lane-Fox,  Mr.  Arkwright,  Mr.  Micklem, 
Mr.  Rogers,  Mr.  Dobson,  Mr.  Glendinning,  M r. 
Berridge,  Mr.  Hudson,  Mr.  Hugh  Law,  M r. 
William  Johnson,  Mr.  Lupton,  Mr.  Dunn, 
and 
Colonel  Ivor 

Philipps. 

BlU" 

i>rop,irty 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Standing 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  Committee  B. 
the following Members from Standing  Committee 
B  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  :^-Sir  Henry  Children  Bill. 
Kimber  and  Mr.  Courthope; 
and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill) : 
Mr.  Staveley-Hill 

and  Mr.  Guinness. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  Scottish 

from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills 
the  following  Fifteen  Members  (in  respect  of 
the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill)  r—Mr.  Ramsay  Education 
(Rhondda),  (Scotland) 
Macdonald,  Mr.  William  Abraham 
Mr.  Bell,  M r.   Boland,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Mac  Veagh,  BlU" 
Sir  William  Anson,  Mr.  Butcher,  Mr.  Haddock, 
the  Earl  of  Ronaldshay,  Mr.  Lambton,  Mr. 
Henry  Gooch,  Mr.  James  Hope,  Mr.  William 
Banbury,  and  Sir  Edward 
Jones,  Sir  Frederick 
Sassoon. 

Y  4 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

New-born 
Children 
(Protection) 
Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  npon 
Monday  next,  the  New-born  Children  (Protec-
tion)  Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

OrderedThat 

the  Bil!  be  withdrawn. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

Great Western  The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
S EW  B i U 
f° r  extending  and  varying  the  powers  of 
-  0)1  ^ 
the  Great Western  Railway  Company  in  respect 
of  certain  authorised  railways  and  works,  and 
for  other  purposes ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Great  Western 
Railway  Bill  w as  
IZoras.j 

T he   G r e at   W e s t e rn   R a i l w ay   B i ll  

[Lords] 

r e a (J   t he   first  t i m e. 

(Exemption) 
Bill. 

Bill  216. 

Cruelty  to 
Animals 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Bill  217. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Ellis  Griffith, 

supported  by  Colonel 
Sir  Francis  Chunning.  Mr.  Field,  Mr. 
Sandys, 
Tomhinson,  Mr.  Weir,  Mr.  MacNeill, 
Mr. 
Clement  Edwards,  Mr.  Crooks,  and  M r.   Sloan, 
presented  a  Bill  to  exempt  Dogs  from  painful 
experiments  ;  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Ellis  Griffith, 

supported  by   Mr.  Clement 
Edwards,  Mr.  MacNeill,  Mr.  Crooks,  and  Mr. 
Weir,  presented  a Bill  to  empower  a  Court  of 
Summary  Jurisdiction  to  dispose  of  Dogs  which 
have  been 
same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

ill-treated  :  And 

the 

Port  of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Port  of  London  B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 
Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move;  That  the  Question 
be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now put;  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left.' 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Whiteley, 

Y e a s,  

( Mr.  Herbert 

Lewis 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Morton, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Steadman  : 

|  183. 
V  18. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being accordingly  put  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 

time 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons.—(Mr. 
Kearley.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith  : And  that the  Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message.—(Mr.  Kearley.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  having  regard  to 
its  Resolution  unanimously  adopted  on  the  30th 
day  of  May  1906,  that  the  Indo-Chinese  Opium 
the 
trade 

indefensible,  welcomes 

is  morally 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Opium 
Traffic. 

6th  May. 

[No. 58-

1908. 
action  of  His  Majesty's  Government  in  dimin-
ishing  the  sale  of  Opium  for  export,  and  thus 
responding  to  the  action  of  the  Chinese  Govern-
ment  in  their  arrangements  for  the  suppression 
of  the  consumption  of  the  drug  in  that  Empire ; 
this  House  also  urges  His  Majesty's 
and 
to  a 
take  steps 
to 
Government 
to  bring 
speedy  close  the  system  of 
licensing  Opium 
dens  now  prevailing  in  some  of  our  Crown 
Colonies,  more  particularly  Hong  Kong,  the 
Straits  Settlements,  and  Ceylon. —(Mr.  William 
Johnson.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  H e a l th 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Bill; 

B i l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming  Breaches  of 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Br e la ws   B i l l, 
upon  the  20th  day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Breaches  of  Byelaws  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

-  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Whisky  Bill;  

Whisky  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Absent  Voters 

Second  Reading  of  the  Absent  Voters  B i l l; 

B l l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  i n f a nt   Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection  Protection 
B i l l ;- 

B l l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purity  of  Milk 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill"11 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railways 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours)  ( E i g ht   Hours) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  21st  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Urban  District 
Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils  S e i s i n g) 
(Advertising)  Bill;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  21st  day  of  this 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Representa-  Representation 
tion  Bill  [Lords]; 

Ml  [2**,,.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  21st  day  of  this 
May. 

KV>.  58.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

6th—7th 

May. 

1 69 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
B i l l. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Exportation  of 
Horses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a  second-  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Poor  Law 
(Compulsory 
Contribution 
Exemption) 
B i l l. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Prosecution  of 
OfEences 
(Amendment) 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Children 
[  Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  Children  [Expenses] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Public  Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning,  &e.  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to  morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 

- clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

VOL. 163, 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 
Mr.  Speaker  being  of opinion  that  the  Educa-
tion (Scotland)  Bill  is  a  Bill  relating  exclusively 
to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will  be  considered  by  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills. 

fNo.  59.] 

Thursday,  7th  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at a  quarter of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Manchester  Corporation  Bill  was  read Manchester 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Corporation 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the widnes 
Third  Reading  of  the Widnes  Corporation  Bill  ;  Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the third  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Leith  Harbour 

take  into  consideration  the  Leith  Harbour  and  a n d
Docks  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

  Docks 
Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time  BiU-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded Edinburgh 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Edinburgh  Cor-Corporation 
r) order' 
poration  (Tramways,  &c.)  Order  Confirmation &c
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Sill 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders Local 

(No.  I)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  Government 
second  time,  and committed. 

Orders(No  l) 
Bill. 
The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders Local 

(No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, read  a  Government 
second  time,  and committed. 

Orfws^No. 2 ) 
Bill. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide  Fourth 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Aliens  Act, 

Majrsty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  of Alien 1905. 
Passengers  brought 
to  the  United  Kingdom 
from  Ports  in  Europe,  or  within  the  Mediter-
ranean  Sea,  during  the  three  months  ending 
3lst  March  1908 ;  together  with  the  number  of 
Expulsion  Orders  made  during  that  period 
requiring  Aliens  to  leave  the  United  Kingdom. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  —  Return 

to  an uitimus 

Order,  dated  the  6th  day  of  this  instant  May,  Hasres 
for  Returns  relative  to  Uitimus  Haeres (Scot-  ^ o u u t l nd 
land)  (Account  and  List  of Estates). 

List of 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  E8^e3"1

), 
No.  136. 

the  Table;  and  be  printeJ. 

Mr.  Birrell 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Irish 

Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Persons  to  be Adversities 
proposed  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill 
for  nomination  to  be  Members  of  the  First 
Governing  Body  under  a  new  Charter  for  the 
constituent  College  at  Galway. 

% 

170 

ythMayi 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Sea  and  Coast 
Fisheries 
Fund 
(Ireland) 
(Non-
congested 
Districts.) 

Copy of  List  of  Persons to  be proposed  under 
the  Irish  Universities  Bill  for, nomination  as 
Members  of  the  First  Governing  Body  of  the 
College  to liave  its  seat  in  Dublin. 

, 

jBirrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  ' several  . Aots  of  Parliament,  — 
Annual  Account  of  the  Sea  and  Coast  Fisheries 
Fund  (Ireland)  (Norj-congested  Districts)  fpr 
the  year  ending  31st  December  1907. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

. 

Financial 
Statement, 
1908-9. 

No.  137. 

Corporal 
Punishment. 

Naval 
Expenditure 
(Principal 
Naval 
Powers.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Copy  of  Statement  of  Revenue  and  Expendi-
ture  as laid  before'the  House  by the  First  Lord 
of  the  Treastir^ ' ^ en   'Vpeaing'"^  Budget.— 
(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 
.. 
Paper. 

the  said 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to Hiw Majesty, that He  will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before this  House  a  Return  of  all  sentences  of 
Corporal  Punishment  inflicted  under  26  &  27 
Vict,  cu 44,  upon  persons  convicted  of  offences 
under  section  43  of the  Larceny  Act,  1861,  and 
section .21 of  the  Offences  against  the  Person 
Act,  1861,  in  England  and  Wales,  from  the 
31st  day  of  December  1906  to  the  31st  day  of 
December  1907 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  224  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  IJoyd 
Morgan.) 

Ordered,. That  there  be laid  before this  House 
a  Return  of  the  Naval  Expenditure  of  each  of 
the  principal  Naval  Powers,  showing  their  total 
estimated  Naval  Expenditure  in  each  of  the 
last  ten  years,  their  Expenditure  in  each  of  the 
years  named  on  new  construction,  including 
armament,  and  the  amount  of  their  new  con-
struction  in  each  of  those  years  expressed,  in 
tonnage.—(Mr.  Tliomasson.) 

Camborne 
Water  Bill, 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 

the  Camborne  Water  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Rhymney 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment to  the 
Votes. 

Tnteroceanic 
Railway  of 
Mexico  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Vide  Supple, 
raent  to  the 
Votes. 

Norwich 
Union  Fire 
Insurance 
Society  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways and Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Rhymney  Railway 
Bill  [Lords];  That  they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the Interoceanic Railway  of  Mexico Bill  [Lords], 
without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Norwich  Union Fire  Insurance  Society  Bill 
[Lords],  with  an  Amendment. 

Offeree?,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

2Jew  Member 
gworn, 

George  Rennie  Thome,  Esquire,  Member  for 
the  Borough of  Wolverhampton  (East  Division), 
was  sworn. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  f r om 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Education 
(Local  Authorities)  and  Coroners'  Inquests 
Bills):—Colonel  Seely,  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Bill):  Mr.  Mallet  and  (in  respect 
of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill)  Mr.  Cooper.  !; 
"  Orderedi  That  the  'Beport  do  lie  upon  the 
Table. 

; !„ r 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees^) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Education 
(Local 
Authorities) 
Bill  and 
Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from- the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  ; 

». 1 

The  Lords. have  agreed  to  the  Berby  Gas  Derby  Gas 

Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  Bill< 
desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Bogaor  Gas 
for  the  dissolution  and  reincorporation  of  Light and 
A ct  
the  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company,  Bin^iorjs?]17 
Limited,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Swansea 
Act  for incorporating  and conferring  powers  on   V a l l ey   d aw 
the  Swansea  Valley  Gas  Company,  and  f o r B m  l 1- 0^ 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 
The  Lords  have  come 

following Companies 
Resolution,  viz.,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  (Consolida-
Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill  and  the  Post 
Office (Consolidation) Bill  be referred to  a Joint  (Consoiida-
Committee  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament; 
which the  Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

t o t i o n) Bi U-

to  the 

The  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  Bognor  Gas 
JUghtand 

15111  [Lords]  was read t^   first  time.  -  , 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the Bill  [£m£j3r 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Swansea  Valley  Gas  Bill  [Ifords"] was  Swansea 

read  the  first  time. 

Valley  Gas 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  B1U 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private Bills, i >. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Mitchell'Thomson,  be  added  Public 
to  the  Committee  of  Public  Accounts.~(Mr,  Accounts 

Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Business of 

Means have  precedence  this  day  of the  Business  t he   House 
of  Supply.-i( Mr.  MquitLy-

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  of  the  Com-Business of 
mittee  of  Ways  and  Means,  if  under  considera- ^  House 
tion  at  Eleven  of  the  clock  this  night,  be  not  Means.)" 
interrupted  under  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of the House).—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

The House, according to  Order,  resolved itself  Ways  and 
; 

ihtd the  Comriiittee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

Means. 

1,  Resolved,  That 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Tea. 
the  Customs  duty  now 
chargfed  on  tea  shall  continue  to  be  charged 
until the first day  of  July  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine, that  is  to  say 

Tea 

: •  ' -  : 
— ( M r.   Asquith.) 

the  lb. 

F i ve   pence. 

V '•  Sugar. 

v 

'. 

2.  Resolved, That  the  Customs  duties-imposed 
and the  drawbacks  allowed  under  section  two  of 
the  Finance  Act,  1901  (being  duties  and  draw-
backs  in  respect of  sugar,  molasses,  glucose, and 

No/5&]  8 Edw.  VII. 

1th  May . 

saccharin),  and  the  Excise  duties  imposed  and 
the  drawbacks  allowed  on glucose and  saccharin 
under  section  five  of  the  same  Act,  and  the 
allowance  in  respect  of  molasses  used  for  food 
for  stock  tinder  subsection  two  of  section,  one 
of  the  Revenue  Act>  1903,  be  reduced  in  each 
case  by  fifty-six  per  cent.,  or  as  near  thereto  as 
the  Treasury  may  determine,  the  reduction  to 
take  effect  on  and  after  the  eighteenth  day., of 
May  nineteen  hundred  and  eight.  Provided 
that,  as respects  the  duty  charged  on  manufac-
tured  or  prepared  goods  under  section  iseven 
of  the  Finance  Act,  1901,  and  the  drawback 
allowed  on  any  such  goods  in  respect  of  which 
it  is  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commis-
sioners  of  Customs  that  the  duty  was  paid  on 
the  sugar,  molasses,  glucose,  or  saccharin  used 
in  the  manufacture  or  preparation  at  the  rates 
now  charged,  the  reduction  shall not  take  effect 
until  the  first  day of July  nineteen  hundred  and 
eight.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

' 

Irish  Tobacco. 
3.  Resolved}  That  there  shall  be  charged,  on 
and  after  the  first  day  of  January  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  on  tobacco  grown  in  Ireland, 
•  *, 
the  loUp^ing,Excijsq,duties,  ;npqelyJr-- 
s.  d. 
: 
U p on   tobacco,  manufactured,  n a m e l y :—  

Cavendish  or  negro  head  manu-
- 

factured  in  hond  - 

the  lb. 
U p on   tobacco,  unmanufactured,  namely  :— 

- 

3  10 

f 
Tobacco  containing 

more  of  moisture 
100  lbs.  weight  thereof 

Tobacco  containing  10  lbs.  or 
in  every 
- 
.less  than 
10  lbs.  of  moisture  in  every 
- 

>  100  lbs.  weight  thereof 

the  lb. 

- 

2  lQ  -> 
:  ; 
-

the  lb. 

-  3 

2 

and  there  shall  be  charged,  on  and  after  the 
same  date,  on  a  licence  to  be  taken  out  annually 
by  every  person  growing,  cultivating,  or  oaring 
tobacco  in  Ireland,  an  Excise  duty  of  five 
shillings.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

Amendment  of  Law. 
4.  Resolved,  That  it  is, expedient to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  the  National  Debt,  Customs, 
and Inland  Rftvienue.—-(Mr.  Asquith.) 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair 5  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the; Report  he > received  upon 

Monday  next.  ; 

r„,. 

•. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  tha;t;..iu|^aa^dirfccted;.to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,;  again  resolve  itself  into  t^e  said  Com-
mittee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  rea,d the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Children 

Committee  on  Children  [Expenses] ;  ; 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  >read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sijtes 
(Extension)  Bill;  

.  . 
(Extension) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next." 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- TOWJI 
ning,  &c.  Bill; 

-

Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  lime 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being'  read,  for  . the  Borough 
Second  Reading  of  the  Borough  Councils  Bill;   Councils  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Oi-der  of  t-he  day  being  read,  for  the  Civil Bill 
Second  Reading  of  the  Civil  Bill  Courts Courts ^' 
(Dublin)  Bill; 

(Dublin)  BilL 

- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  21st day of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  beings  read,,  for  the  Merchandise 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

t he   Merchandise  Marks  Marks (No.  2) 

r;  B1U-

OrMredf  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  21st dayof this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the pharmacy 

Second  Reading  of the  Pharmacy  Bill; 
'i,  Ordered,  That; the  S i l l be   read  a  second  time 
upon Thursday the  21st  day of this  instant  May. 

Bill. 

>  .• 

The  Order  of  the  da^  being,  read,  for  the  purchase of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Laud Land 
(England  and  Wales)  B i l l;  

® 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upbn  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Small 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  p r o p o s ed   Holdings  Bill, 
lipon  the  l l th   day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Small  Holdings  Bill  be now read  a second  time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate  be  further adjourned 
till  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Death 

Second  Reading-  of 
(Charges)  B i l l;  

^  - 

the  Death  Certificates  Certificates 

(Charges) BUI. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  iday  being  reads, for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Committee  of  Supply; 

upon  Friday  the  19th  day , of  June  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  re^d,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next.' 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
(Amendment) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Malicious 

Second  Reading  of 
v 
(Ireland)  B i l l;   v 

the  Malicious 

Injuries J?j,}rie'L „.„ 
(Ireland) BUI 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20tli  day  of  this  instant 
May.  • 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Consolida- (ponsoUda*, 
tion  and  Amendment)  Bill;  
Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon Thursday  the  21st  day of  this  instant May. 

z2 

4th—5th May. 

1908. 

[No. 56. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

172 

The  Order  of  the  day 

Second  Beading  of  the  Pedlars 
ment  Bill; 

being  read,  for  the 
Acts  Amend-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Poor  Law 
(Compulsory 
Contribution 
Exemption) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twelve  minutes  after  Eleven  of the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  60.] 
Friday,  8th May  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Great Western  rp  HE   Great  Western  Railway  (Superannua-
Railway 
t; o n  Scheme)  Bill  [Lords]  was read the third 
ticm^Scbcm^'  time  and passed, with  Amendments. 
Bill [Lords.-]  Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreeid  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  —  Return 

to  an National 

Order,  dated  the  29th  day  of  April  last,  for  ^^ 
a  Return  relative  to  the  National  Physical  ^ 
Laboratory. 

* 

^ 
' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the Hop Industry. 

Lords,  to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be 
pleased  to  give  leave  to  the  Lord  Evereley  to 
attend  to  be  examined  as a  Witness  before  the 
Select  Committee  on  the  Hop  Industry  :  And 
that  the  Clerk  do carry  the  said  Message.—(Sir 
William  Collins.) 

Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Mr. 
Lonsdale.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now " stand  part  of  the  Question  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Cheshire  Lines  The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Cheshire  Lines  Committee  Bill,  as 
Committee 
1  ' 
amended  in the  Committee. 

Mr.  John  Redmond  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
8.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques 

tion  be now  put; 

jjocal 
Mr.  Masterman,  supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
Government  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm certain  Provisional 
  0 r d e rs   of   t he   L o c a l  Government  Board  relating 
Ordere (No  5)
to  Bethnal  Green,  Bradfield  (Rural),  Cam-
Bill. 
Bill  218.  bridge,  Spennymoor,  Surbiton,  and  Worthing, 
and the  Accrington  and  Church  Outfail  Sewer-
age  District  (two)  :  And  the  same  was  read  the 
first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
Local 
Government  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
Orders (ifo  6) Orders  of the  Local  Government  Board  relating 
to  East  Ham,  Gateshead,  Neath,  Salford,  and 
BUI. 
Bill 219.  Shipley,  and  the  Birmingham  Tatne  and  Rea 
Main  Sewerage  District,  and  the  Middlesex 
Districts  Joint  Small-pox  Hospital  District: 
And  the  same  was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fourth 
Beport. 

Natal. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to  Native  Affairs in  Natal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  :  J 

\  oriQ 

Tellers  for thef S i*  Alexander  Acland- 
. 

1 
' 
(Viscount  Valentia: 

Noes 
' 

| 
r  7 6' 
J 

So it  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 
That  the  word  " now"  stand  part  of  the 
Question  ; 

The House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the | Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien ; 

201. 

m  11 
j. 
Tellers  for  the 
JNoes, 

("Sir Alexander  Acland-  1 
I 
J 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

H o < 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  : —The  Bill  was  accordingly  read a  second 
time. 

A  Motion  was made,  and the  Question  being 
put, That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of the  whole  House—(Mr.  Long)  ; 

Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Annual  Report  of  the 
Commissioners  of  Education  in  Ireland  for  the 
year  1907. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

No. 60 ]  8  E d w.   VII. 

8th—llth  May. 

173 

Tellers  for 

t h e j S 

{Sir  Alexander  Acland- 

Hood, 

Viscount  Valentia; 

Tellers  for  the/Captain  Donelan, 

Noes, 

{Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien 

1 
V 

74. 

J 
"1 
i  J 

190. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

Coroners' 
Inquests 
(Railway 
Fatalities) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Inquests 

the  Coroners' 

Second  Reading  of 
(Railway  Fatalities)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

[No.  61.] 
Monday,  llth  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  [Lords'] 

nf t 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and previously 
referred  on 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
and  which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been 
complied  with,  viz.:— 

the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  inquired;into 

in  the  case  of  the  S ' n

Sale  of 
Intoxicating 
Liquors  on 
Sunday  BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Intoxicating 
Liquors  on  Sunday  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Great  Western  Railway  Bill  [Lords]. 
Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  Bill 

[Lords']. 

Swansea  Valley  Gas  Bill 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read a second  time. 

Luggage 
(Definition) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Luggage  (Definition) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Feus  and 
Building 
Leases 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Feus  and  Building 

Second  Reading  of 
Leases  (Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Licensing 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Scotland) 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing 
Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Polling 
Districts  and 
ofevoterei0n  Registration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Polling  Districts  and 
as 

into  consideration 

(Ireland)  Bill, 

of  Voters 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into 

con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
rolling 
Districts 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
Councils)  Bill.  Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
the  Standing  Orders which  are applicable  thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  1)  Bill. 

Electric  Lighting 

Provisional  Orders 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Local  Government 

Provisional  Order 

(No.  3)  Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  4)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time 

tc-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for Petitions 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  (standing 
for the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  Orders  not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.  : — 

Newry,  Keady,  and  Tynan  Railway  Bill 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Committee); 

The  Huddersfield  Water  Bill  [Lords]  was  Huddersfield 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Exportation of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses  Bill. 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  for  taking  into  consideration  the  Garw and 
G a s 

Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  the 
former  Committee.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means.) 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Interoceanic 
tion  the  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  Bill  MeSc^BUl 
[Lords]  (not  amended  in  the  Committee). 

[Lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
Hous,e  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being 
then twenty-six  minutes  after Five  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Southwell 
tion the  Southwell  District  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  ^ r i ot   G as 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill, Tyne 

as  amended  in  the  Committee,  be  taken  into  ^ r o v e m e nt 
consideration  to-morrow. 
1  3 

174 

•'11$  May. 

[No. 61. 

Taff Yale 
BM^lmfo ]  {.Lords] be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Taff  Vale  Railway  Bill 

Ards and 
Bail way 8 Bill  Second  Reading  of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Ards  and  Bangor 

Railways  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read,  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Commercial 
Second  Reading  of 
Assurance 
Company Bill  Assurance  CompanyBill  [Lords] 
[lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Commercial  Union 
; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

, 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Edinburgh  Corporation  (Tramways,  &c.) 
to 

Edinburgh 
(TmrnwaT  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  according 
&c.)'Order'  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 
Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Leith Harbour  The  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks  Order  Con-
Order00^ 
firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
Confirmation  third  time  and  passed. 
BiI1, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  dekire  their  concurrence. 

Public 
Vide^ourth
Beport. 
Polling 
(County of
Durham.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

rea(^ ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

to  

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
t l i e  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Durham,  altering  the  Polling  Place 
for  the  Morton  Grange  Polling  District,  in  the 
Houghton-le-Spring  Parlianaentary  Division. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

.  ; 

. 

National  Debt  Mr.  Hohhou.se  presented,,  pursuant  to  the 
(Terminable  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Annuities.)  Copy  of  Treasury  Warrants  under  the  National 
Debt  Act,  1883,  dated  6th  May  1908,  for  the 
adjustment  of  the  Terminable  Annuities  created 
under  the  Finance  Act,  1899,  and  held  by  the 
National  Debt  Commissioners  on  account  of  the 
Trustee  and Post  Office  Savings  Banks. 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  life upon  the 

Table. 

Copy  of  Hoine  Accounts  6f  the  Gftvernineht  East  India 
India. 
Accounts.) 
Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the  No.  140. 

. , . , - .:  

, 

Table ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  East 
India  "  (Home 
India 
: ' ' 
- 
Accounts)  be printed! 

(Estimate)  and  East 

Colonel  Seelu  presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  Colonial 

Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  50 
(British  Cotton  Cultivation.  Reports  on  the  janeous.) 
(Quality  of  Cotton-grown  in  British  Possessions, 
|by  Professor  Wyndham  Dunstan,  M.A.,  LL.D., 
F.R.8.,  Director  of  the  Imperial  Institute)^ 

• 

Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  51  (Southern  Colonial 
Nigeria.  Report  on  the  Forest  Administration  Reports 
of  Southern  Nigeria  for  1906).  , 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 
; 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Post Office 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  fFomgn and 
£be Foreign  and > Colonial  Parcel  Postt Amend-  p a^   post.) ' 
ment  (No.  18)  Warrant,  1908, dated  l l th   April 
1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

., 

• 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Lunacy, 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  Was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House :—Copy of 
Report  made  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  under  the 
Lunacy  Act,  1890,  by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics, 
of  the  number  of  visits  made,  the  number  of 
patients  seen,  and the  number  of  miles  travelled 
by  the  said  Visitors,  between  the  1st  day  of 
October  1907  and  the  31st  day  of  March  1908. . 

The  Right  Honourable  Winston  Leonard  New  Member 

Spencer  (Jhurchtll,  Member  for  the  Birgh  of sworn. 
Dundee,  was  sworn. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from,Selection 

t he   C o m m i t t ee   of   S e l e c t i o n;   / t h at  
discharged  the following  Member from Standing  S i ' ng 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill):  Committee  B. 
—Mr.  Kennedy,  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  :  Mr.  Children  Bill. 
..,-., 
Lardner. 

t h ey   h ad   (Standing  ^ 

.••.^ 

> 

; 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

• 

' 

• 

' 

-  " 

f 

Treaty Series 
(No. 12,1908.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Protocol 
recording  Accession  of  Russia  to  the  Inter-
national  Sugar  Convention  of  oth  March  1902, 
and  Additional  Act  of  28 th  August  1907. 
Signed  at  Brussels,  10th  December  1907. 
Procesi-Verbaux  recording  Deposit  of  Ratifi-
cations,  31st  March  1908. 

: : 

, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  frota  the-  Lords by the  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords  give  leave  to  the  Lord  Eversley  Hop  Industry, 

to  attend  in  order  to  his  being  examined  as'it' 
Witness  before the  Select  Committee  appointed 
by  this  House.on  the  Hop  Industry,  ab  desired 
by  this  House,  his  Lordship  consenting. ' 

Turkey 
f Copy  of  further  Correspondence  respecting 
(No. 3,1908.)  the  Affairs  of  South  Eastern  Europe  (in  con 
tinuation  of  Turkey,  No.  1,  1907). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

'•  Table.  \ 

\  / 

' ^ 

.  ' 

East  Indian 
France. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Committee  on 
East  Indian  Railway  Finance  and  Administra-
tion  for  1907. 

r 

: 

/ 

Bast India 
(Estimate.) 

Mr.  Buchanan  alsopresented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,-Copy  of 
No.  139.  Estimate  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  of  the 
Government  of India  for  1907-8,  compared with 
, 
the  Results  of  1906-7. 
Copy  of  Finance  arid  Revenue  Accounts 'of 
•  h' !  • 

t h e  government  of India-for -1906^7, 

; 

East  India 
& u e a n' d 
Accounts.) 

'"'  * 

Lord  Robert  Cecil,  supported  by  Mr.  Shackle-  Infant  Life-  . 
ton,  Mr.  Ciiiozxa  Money*..- and  Mr.  i S i i n o B ^ p r e - ^ ^^  
. 
sented  a  Bill  to  prevent  thes  destruction  ,,of • -R II  ooVv" 
the  same  was 
Children  during  birth:  And 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time upon  Wednes- , 
day  next ;  and to  be printed. 

, 

1 

Mr.  Hills,  supported  by  Sir  William  Anson,  University  of 
Sir  David.  Brynmor  Jones,  and  Mr*  Hudson,  Durham Bill, 
presented  a Bill  to  make  further  provision  with  Bill  221. 
respect to  the  University  of  Dttrhama  And  the 
same  was ordered to be  read a  second  time upon 
Monday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  May- ;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Bowerman,  supported  by  Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Cheap Trains 

Hudson,  Mr.  John  Taylor,  Mr.  Wardle, 
; 

, 

' 

a n d B i n-

Bill  222. 

 
 
No.  61.]  S  B d w.   V I I. 

llth  May.; 

175 

Mr.  Thome,  presented 4  Bill  to amend the  Law 
relating  to  Cheap  Trains  for  the  .working 
classes  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of 
this  instant  May ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  Children  [Expenses]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  again  proposed, 
That  it  is  expedient  to1 authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  Of  any 
expenses  that  may  be  incurred  and  of  any 
contributions  that  may  be  made  under  the  pro-
visions;  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the 
protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons.— 
(Mr.  Herbert 

Samuel.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Irish 

Second  Reading  of the  Irish  Universities  Bill;   Universities 

1 

BiJI. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,,That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That "  to  the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  .words  "this  House  refuses  to  take  any 
step which  would  tend  to  increase  the  strength 
of  denominational  interests  in  any  branch  of 
education  in  Ireland,  believing  that  the  interests 
of truth  and  the  welfare  of  the  nation  demand 
the  maintenance  of  an  entirely  free  atmosphere, 
particularly  in  the  region  of  higher  education, 
and that  this  cannot  be  secured  on  a  denomina-
tional  basis,  and  therefore  declines  to  proceed 
further with the measure"—(Mr.Alfred Hutton), 
—instead  thereof. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  1.  3,  to  leave  out 
from the  word  "incurred " to  the word  "under." 
—(Sir  Frederick 

Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion ; 

tion  be now  put; 
. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question 
(pursuant 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to be 

left  out  stand part  of the  Question. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Joseph  Pease  ; 

1-264 
J 

Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

^g 

Noes, 

;  \Mr.  Lonsdale 1 

j 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  1.  4,  to 
leave  out from  the  first  word  " of  " to the  word 
" to," in  1, 4,  in  order  to insert  the  words  "the 
Bill  now  in  C p i t t p i t t e e ( C a p t a in   Craiy),— 
instead thereof. 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left out  stand  part  of the  Question. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers for the (Captain  Craig, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Ashley: 

266. 

1 
J 

56. 

Main  Question  again  proposed  : —  Debate 

arising ; 

Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to move,  That  the  Question  be now  put. 
Question  put, That  the  Question  be now  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

f 

} 268. 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Captain  Craig: 

Question  put  accordingly. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

I  Mr.  Joseph  I'ease  -. 

Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Captain  Craig; 

\ 
J 

i 
] 
\ 
J 

' 

, 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided by  Parlia-
ment,  of  any  expenses  that  may  be  incurred  and 
bf'  any  contributidns  that  may be  made  under 
the  provisions  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons. 
•  Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come to  a  Resolution. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  House  divided. 
The Teas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Whiteley, 

, Yeas,  1 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Hutton, 
I Dr.  Hazel: 

Noes, 

|  352 

}  38 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question being again proposed : 

—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being 
taken  to  further  proceeding, 
Mr. Speaker proceeded to interrupt the Business: 
Whereupon  Mr.  Asquith  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now put. 

. 

v 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right 5 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

} 328. 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  \ 
j 

(Captain  Craig-. 

Noes, 

.„ 
' 

So  it  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right 5 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

{ Mr.  Joseph  Pease: 

Tellers  for  the J Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Captain  Craig: 

} 344, 

31. 

\ 
J 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  the  Bill  was read  a second  time. 
A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House—-(Sir  Edward  Carson); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the]  ^ f

j ^ er
[Viscount  Valentia 

  Acland-  1 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the [ Mr.  Whiteley, 

50. 

311. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Noes, 

t  Mr.  Joseph  Pease % 

morrow. 
V VOL.  163. 

So it  passed in  the  Negative, 

%  4 

176 

llth  May. 

1908. 

[No, 61. 

The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Licensing 
Bil1- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for receiving  Ways and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of this  instant  May  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

Report?3^ 

Army  Council 
Bill* 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Army  Council  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Elementary 
Education 
(V /S   BilTd  (England  and Wales)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Costs in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  as amended  in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Coal Mines 
M J ^ T 0  Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
(l K C tS   in  
Districts) Bill, in  Rural  Districts)  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[2nd  April] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of April  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Election of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
B o Ur o ^ B i U.   Municipal  Boroughs  Billj 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  heing  read,  for  the 
Telegraph 
(Construction)  ^cond  Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post, Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  B a nk  S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
L l l h 

Bank  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lord*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being:  read,  for  the 
ths  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prosecution of 

Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences Offences 
/  « 
(Amendment)  B i l l;  

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

N°r».n 

i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites (Extension) 
(Extension)  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
o 
D-ii 
nmg,  &c.  Bill; 

Planning,  &c. 
BiUi 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Oruer  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fruit  Growers 

Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot- (Scotland) 
laud) Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Buxton 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charit3- Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

i 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Abbots 
Second  Reading  of the Abbots  Bromley  Charity  Bromley 
gjjj 

j  Charity Bill. 

J 

s 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  t he  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish National 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools  Schools 
(Heating)  Bill; 

Friendly 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Societies  Bill,  Second  Reading  of the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  21st  day  of this instant  May, 

No. 61.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

llth—im 
Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 

Bepresentation 
T he 
of  the  People  Second 
Bill. 

People  Bill; 

May. 

and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  21st  day of  this  instant  Hay. 

till  Monday  next. 

Trust 
Investment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the  Trust  Investment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day of this  instant  May. 

Jnstiees of the  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace 
Peace Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Housing  of 
Working 
Classes  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing  of  Working 
Classes  Acts  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Thursday the 21st  day of this  instant May. 

Local 
Government 
Qualification 
( Kngland  and 
Wales)  BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Second  Reading  of 
Qualification  (England  and  Wales)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Building 
Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order 

of 
Reading 

Second 
land)  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  Building  Lands  (Scot-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  (Exemption)  Bill; (ademption) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty  to 
Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals f5»imal? 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 
BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

for  the  Urban District 

Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill; 

.(Advertising) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Poor Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory  (Compulsory 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 
Exemption)1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Bii1, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  p r o p o s ed   Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BiU" 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

, 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

And  it  being  after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order, 
it  being  then  seven 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
Upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement 
Bill; 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  25th  day  of  this  instant  May,  resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee, 

Franchise and  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Removal  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
Women's 
of  Women's  Disabilities  B i l l; 
Disabilities 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Police 
(Weekly 
Holiday)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the Police  (Weekly  Holiday) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday the  21st  day of this  instant  May. 

Metropolitan 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and  Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  BUI.  u p o n t he  

The  Order of the  day being read,  for resuming 
th e  adjourned  Debate on the  Amendment  which, 
7 t h  d ay  0f   February  last,  was  proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 

YOL.  183. 

Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ire-
land)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill. 

A. 

'[No.  62.] 
Tuesday,  12th  May  1008. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Cheshire  Lines  Committee  Bill  was  Cheshire  Lines 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

Committee 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Tyne 

into  consideration  the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill,  Improvement 
as  amended  in  the  Committee; 

1 

A  A 

"IMMay. 

"ISOS. 

Assistant  Printers  employed  in  the  Office of any 
Commander  in  Chief. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

: 

[NT0. 63. 
i' 

'  I Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Thursday  the  21st  day  of  this 
instant  May,  at a quarter  of an hour  after  Eight 
of the  clock. 

TafE Vale 
Railway  Bill. 

The  Taff Yale  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was read 

a; second  time* and  committed. 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders 
(N0.  1)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
. 
v 

, 

, 

' 

Electric 
Lighting 
Provisional  • 
' 
,  ® 
Orders (No. 1)  second., time,  and  committed. 
Bill.  : 
Electric 
Lighting 
Orders°(No.  2) visional  Orders (No.  2)  Bill; 
lsiu- 

' ;  " 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,, for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Electric  Lighting  Pro-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Local  •  _., 
Government 
Provisional 
Order (No. 3> 
B i l l. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
. 
Orders (No.  4) 
Bill. 
Metropolitan 
Commons 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 

Bill  223. 

to-morrow. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional,  Order 
(No.  3)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and committed.-"' 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  4)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented  a  Bill 
to 
confirm a  Scheme under  the  Metropolitan  Com-
mons  Acts,  1866  to  1898,  relating  to  Maiden 
Green,  in  the  County  of  Surrey  :  And  the  same 
was  read  the  first  time. 

C  * 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fourth 
Report. 
in  pursuance  of 
Railways 
Abandonment.  Standing  Order  1586,—Copy  of  Report  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  respecting  the  Metropolitan 
District;Railway  Bill  [Lords],  and  the  objects 
thereof. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented, 

'*> 

'< 

Congested 
Districts 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1897. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Ireland 
Development 
Grant  Act, 
1903. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  referred  to 

the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Tenth  Report 
to  the  Secretary  fbr  Scotland  of  the  Congested 
Districts  (Scotland) Board, under  the  Congested 
Districts  (Scotland)  Act,  1897: " 

Copy  of  Report  of the  Committee  of  Council 
in  Scotland,  with  Appendix, 

on  Education 
1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His Majesty's  Com-
mand, —Copy- of Report  of the  Lord  Lieutenant 
of  Ireland  of  all  his  Proceedings  under  the 
Ireland  Development  Grant  Act,  1903,  for  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

•; 

.. 

, 

s •  -

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

Naval  and 
Marine Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,-^Obpy  of  Statement  in  illustration 
of the  Memorandum  on  the  Financial  Proposals 
in  connection  with  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill. 

''.'*" 

Mr.  Runciman  also presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  in  Council  of  the  5th  May  1908  under 
the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act, 
;1865,  approving  a  Memorial  of  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying  sanc-
to 
tion 

to  the  payment  of  an  allowance 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Congestion 
Majesty's  Command—Copy  of  E l e v e n th  R e p o rt  ^Ireland 
of  the  Royal  Commission  on  Congestion-  in  commission.) 
Ireland,  with  Appendix  (Minutes  of . Evidence 
taken  in  London,  22nd  to  24th  January  1908, 
and  Documents  relating  thereto). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mri  Hobhouse  presented,  by  H is  Majesty's  Civil Services 

Command,—  Estimate  of 
required  to  be  voted  in  the  year  ending  31st  Estimates 
March  1 9 09  for  Stationery  and  Printing. 
1 9 0 8 - 9 . ) ', 

the  further  sums (Supple-

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be referred  No.  ^1. 

to the  Committee  of  Supply  ;  and  be  printed. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  International 

His  Majesty's  Command,—-Copy  of  Report  of 
the  British  Delegate  to  the  International  Sugar  (Commercial, 
Commission  upon  a  Special  Session,  called  to  No. 3,1908.) 
consider an Application  from the Italian Govern-
ment,  on  26th  March  1908. 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, Trade Reports 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  3 9 89  to  3 9 9 1. 

(Annual 
Series.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Exportation  of  Horses  Bill  Exportation of 

be read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Horses Bin. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message  f r om 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by th«  Lcrtls< 
one  of their  Clerks;  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  King's College, 

for  transferring 

to  the  University  of London 

Act 
London  the  powers  and  duties  of  King's  Col-  Biif[XmL.] 
lege,  London,  in  relation  to  Instruction  of  a 
university  standard  in  subjects  comprised  within 
the  faculties  in  the  University  other  thaa  the 
Faculty  of  Theology,  and  for  other  matters 
connected  therewith;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  King's  College,  Ldndon  (Transfer)  Bill   King's College, 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

^rranSer) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bill  [L«i-d».~[ 

Examiners  of Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  supported  by  Mr. House-letting 

Cross,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr.  Charles  (Scotland) 
Price*  Mi.  Findlay,  Mr.  Gulland,  Mr.  -Watt, 
Mr.  Smeaton,  Mr.  Younger,  Mr.; 2'.  P.  O'Connor, 
and  Mr.  Robert  Duncan,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Law  as  to  the  letting  and rating  of 
Houses  in  Scotland,  and  for  other  purposes 
relating  thereto:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday, next;  and 
'  . 
to  be  printed* 

Hl 

^.fAJJ 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Business of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the'  Housing,  the House 
Town  Planning,  &e.  Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  x ^s i ng' 
Eleven  of the  clock this night, be not interrupted  planning, &c 
under  the  Standing  Order 
House)—(Mr.  Asquith) i 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right j 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Whiteley, 

(Sittings  of  theB i !i) 

-  "  •• 

. 

. 
. 
272. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph Pease  i 
Tellers  for tlief Viscount  Valentiar 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Pike  Pease; 

So it  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

j 
. "1 
J  -

No. 62.]  8  Edw*  Y IL 
Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
BiU?nmg' &C'  Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-

12 th May ± 

ning,  &c.  Bill  ; 

AM   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed.  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out.  from 
the  word 
" That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "this  House  is  of  opinion  that  no 
measure  dealing  with  the  housing  question -can 
be  carried  out  satisfactorily  which  does  not 
as  a  preliminary  provide  for  the  valuation  of 
land  apart  from  buildings,  and  until  power  is 
given  to  the  local  authorities  to  purchase  land 
compulsorily  at  such  ascertained  value "—(Mr. 
Hart-  Davies),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
. words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the 
Question:—The  said proposed  Amendment  was, 
with .leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
' Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly -read a second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Prosecution  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Prosecution  of  Offences 
Offences 
(Amendment)  Bill; 
Bil"'6 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Public  Offices  Sites 

Second  Reading  of 
(Extension)  Hill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Friendly 
Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill;  Hocioties  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

; 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for receiving  Ways and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of  this instant May  ; 

Beport 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,; for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Costs in  i; 

into  consideration  the  C o s ts  
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

in  

C r i m i n al   Cases  Criminal Cases 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
the  Municipal .  Elections  Elections  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the 
upon  Tuesday  next. 

Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The.  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines  and' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
(Persons in  Charge)  Bill; 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

( , 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish Peerage 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill  ; 

Bil1, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of  this instant  May. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
London 
Paving 
Ex  enses Bill  Second  Reading of the London  Paving  Expenses 

'  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
tion  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Employment 

Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British  ^jJJ^jf 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill;  

Abroad Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next.. 

to ^morrow. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second . Reading of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bill. 

Bank  Bill; 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

of 

Second  Reading 
( Damages)  Bill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

YOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Spurious 
sPorts  BiIL 

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Calendar 
Second  Reading  of  the  Calendat  Refbrtn Bill;  BefonuBill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a, second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Character 
Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Character  Note  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of  this instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bights of Way 

Second  Reading  of  the  Rights  of  Way  (Scot-  (j^ otland) 
land)  Bill; 

~ 

A  A  2 

180 

12 th  May. 

1908, 

'[ETa. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow.  . 

Ballot  Act 
(1872) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(1872) 

the  Ballot  Act 

Second  Reading  of 
Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  the  23th day  of this  instant  May. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Act  (1907) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Engines  and 
Boilers 
(Persons In 
Charge) 
(No.  2)   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of  this instant  May. 

Public 
Libraries Bm.  Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Cruelty  to 
Animals 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals 
(No.  2)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Vivisection 
(Abolition) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  V ivisection  (Abolition) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Rabbits  on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons  Bill.  s e c o n (i   Beading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Public-houses  (Exclusion 
of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill ; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Borough 
Councils  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Borough  Councils  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  25th  day  of this instant  May. 

Pens  and 
Building 
Leases 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Feus  and  Building 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  20th  day  of  this  instant 
May, 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  tl)e  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and  Drains  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty  to 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals  Animals 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory ^cmpakory 
Exemption) 
Contribution  Exemption)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House was moved, That the Message from  Companies 
the  Lords  of  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May,  (Oonsolida-
which  communicates  to  the  House  the  following 
Resolution,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  Com<-(Coneoiida-
panies  (Consolidation)  Bill  and  the  Post  Office tion)  Bill. 
(Consolidation)  Bill  be  referred 
to  a  Joint 
Committee  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament,  to 
which  Resolution  the  Lords  desire  the  concur-
rence  of  this  House,  might  be  read;  and  the 
same  being  read; 

The House proceeded to take the  said  Message 

into  consideration. 

Resolved, That  this  House  doth  agree  with the 

Lords  in  the  said  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the 
Lords,  to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  doth 
concur  with  their  Lordships  in  the  Resolution 
communicated  to  this  House  in  their  Lordships' 
Message  of  the  7th  day  of  this instant  May,  on 
the  subject  of  the  Companies  (Consolidation) 
Bill  and the  Post  Office (Consolidation)  Bill,  as 
desired by  their  Lordships  :  And  that  the  Clerk 
do carry  the  said  Message.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  a p-   commons, 

pointed  to  consider  every  Report  made  by  the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  certifying 
the  expediency  of  any  Provisional  Order  for 
the  enclosure  or  regulation  of  a  Common,  and 
presented  to  the  House  during  the 
last  or 
present  Sessions,  before  a  Bill  be brought  in  for 
the  confirmation  of  such  Order. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  that  they  have  power,  in  respect  of 
each  such  Provisional  Order,  to  inquire  and 
report  to  the  House  whether  the  earne should  be 
confirmed  by  Parliament,  and,  if  so,  whether 
with or without  modification ; and  in  the  event  of 
their  being  of opinion  that  the  same  should  not 
be  confirmed,  except  subject  to  modifications,  to 
report  such  modifications  accordingly,  with  a 
view  to  such  Provisional  Order being  remitted 
to the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 
Twelve  Members,  Seven  to be  nominated  by the 
House  and  Five  by  the  Comnittee  of  Selection. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons,  papers, and records^ 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee,—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

And  it  being  after half-past Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  a  quarter 
of  an  hour  before  Twelve  of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

ffo.  62.]  S  EDW.  V I I. 

12th—13th  May. 

181 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Irish  Universities  Bill 

-

C. 

[No.  63.] 
Wednesday,  13th May  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  BiU 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.") 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upou  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
the  Standing  Orders which are applicable  thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

London  County  Council  (Money)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time. 

Derby  Gas 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Derby  Gas  Bill  ;  and  the  same  were  twice  read, 
and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Norwich 
fTnion  Fire 
Insurance 
Society  Bill 
[Lor At.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society 
Bill  \_L<>rds~\,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read the  third  time. 

Loch  Leven 
Water  Power 

The  Loch  Leven  Water  Power  Order  Con 
firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
Confirmation  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be  taken  into  con-
Bill. 

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Electric  Lighting  Pro-

Kiectric 
Lighting 
S S SX   2) visional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill; 
Bil1- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
Local 
presented  a Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
Government 
Orders'°(No.  7)  "Orders of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating 
to  Abergavenny,  Newport,  Newton  Abbot, 
Bill. 
Bill 225.  Stockport,  and  Waterloo-with-Seafortb,  and  the 
Wirral  Joint  Hospital  District:  And  the  same 
was  read  the  first  time. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order (No.  8) 
Bill. 

BiU  226. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
presented  a Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating  to 
Crewe:  And  the  same  was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  BUI  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

vide  Fourth 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Shop  Hours 
to  the directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Act, 1904. 
of  an  Order made by the  Urban District  Council 
of  Llanelly  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904, 
and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for the 
Home  Department,  fixing  the  hours  of  closing 
for  certain  classes  of  Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Code  of  Regu-  (Scotland) 
lations  made  by  the  Committee  of  Council  on  [jj52jj a t , 0n 
Education  in  Scotland  for Continuation  Classes, 
providing  further instruction  for those  who  have 
left  school,  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Weights  and 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Measures. 
Regulations  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  No.  142. 
the  Weights  and  Measures  Acts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Local 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order  ^™f n m e i lt 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland  (Ireland.) 
under  the  Local  Government  Act,  1888,  with 
respect  to  the  Urban  County  District  of  Larne. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  and (Annual 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  3975, 
3976,  3979,  3988.  and  3993  to  3995. 

s) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee of  Selection  ;  That  they  had dis-  (Standing 
charged  the  following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee A  (in  respect of the Married Women's  Committee  A. 
Property  Bill)  :  —  Colonel  Seely  ;  and  had  Married 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  property  Bill 
Married  Women's  Property  Bill);  Mr.  Master-
man. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Layland-  Barratt  reported from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  B );   That  in 
the  case of the  London  County  Council  (General 
Powers)  Bill  they  had  agreed  to  the  following 
Report  :— 

That,  in  pursuance  of  the  Instruction  of  the 
House  of  the  5th  day  of  March  last,  the  Com-
mittee  have  struck  out  Part  II.  of the  Bill. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  B.) 
London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

Mr.  Layland-Barratt 

further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto;  and 
had  amended  the  Title,  as  followeth  s—A  Bill  [Title 
to  make  sanitary  provisions  applicable  to  the  amended.] 
Administrative  County  of  London;  to  amend 
the  London  Building  Act,  1894; 
to  confer 
powers  upon  the  London  County  Council  and 
the  Councils  of  certain  Metropolitan  Boroughs  ; 
to  make  provisions  with  respect  to  the  drainage 
of parts of  the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney 

A  A  3 

182 
and  the  Urban  Districts  of  Tottenham  and 
Willesden,  and for other  purposes. 

18 tfi  May. 

[No. 68. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Offices 

1908. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Offices  Sites ®te® 
(Extension)  Bill; 

( 

B i n . ° n s l o n 

. 

Vide  Supple- 
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  A.) 
Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  A)  ;  That  in 
the  case  of  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Bill  they 
had agreed  to  the  following  Report  :— 

That  the  Committee  have  given  effect  to  the 
Instruction  given  by  the  House  on  the  Second 
Reading  of  the  Bill  by  striking  out  of  the  Bill 
all  Glauses  relating  to  milk  supply  which  are  not 
in  conformity  with  the  Model  Clauses  sanctioned 
by  the  House. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  further  reported  from  the 
Committee ;  That they had examined  the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same  to  be  true ; 
and had gone through  the Bill and made  Amend-
ments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Dublin  and 
Dublin  and 
South  Eastern  g o u th   Eastern  Railway  Bill,  without  any 
Railway  Bill, 

a 
. 
i 
Amendment. 

City  of 
Glasgow  Bill. 

Great  Western 
Railway 
(Superannua-
tion  Scheme) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
(No.  1)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  City  of  Glasgow 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the  Great  Western 
Railway  (Superannuation  Scheme)  Bill  [Lords], 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm a Provisional  Order  made  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  under  the  Tramways  Act,  1870, 
relating  to  Manchester  Corporation  Tramways: 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  extend  the  time  for  the  completion  of 
certain  works  by  the  London,  Brighton,  and 
South  Coast  Railway  Company;  to  authorise 
certain street works in the Borough  of Worthing, 
and  to  confer  certain  powers  upon  the  Corpora-
tion  of  Worthing  with  reference  thereto, and for 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
(No.  1)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Bill 227. 

The  Tramways  Order  Confirmation  (No.  1) 

Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

London, 
Sou1;htC1oast(1  R a i l w ay 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast 

B i l 1  {Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Ffrench, 

supported  by  Mr.  Clancy, 

Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Marquess  of  Hamilton,  Mr.  James 

the 
O'Connor, 
Bill  228.  Mr.  John  Gordon,  Mr.  iMrdner,  Mr.  Kettle,  and 
Mr.  Moore, presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  Deputy  Coroners  in  counties 
and  boroughs  in  Ireland;  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to be  read  a second  time  upon  Wednes-
day  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Prosecution  of  The  Prosecution  of  Offences  (Amendment) 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third 
Offences 
, 
,. 
(Amendment) 
time  and  passed. 
Bill, 

° 

' 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Mr. 
Watson 

Rutherford.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand  part  of the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  the J Sir  Frederick 

Banbury, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  George  Faber  : 

j  263. 
j  38. 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  : —The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Select  Committee  of  Five  Members,  Three  to 
be  nominated  by  the  House  and  Two  by  the 
Committee  of  Selection. 

Ordered,  That  all  Petitions  against  the  Bill 
presented  Five  clear  days  before  the  meeting  of 
the  Committee  be  referred  to  the  Committee; 
that  the  Petitioners  praying  to  be  heard  by 
themselves,  their  Counsel,  or  Agents  be  heard 
against  the  Bill,  and  Counsel  or  Agents  heard 
in  support  of the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Harcourt.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Ba 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time  :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
— ( L o rd   Robert  Cecil)  ; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Rightj 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

[Captain  Craig : 

Tellers  for the [ Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

[ M r.   Joseph  Pease: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Original  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

[ M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  the  / Sir  Frederick 

Banbury, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  George  Faber  : 

41. 

/ 
1- 2 3 6. 

]  215. 

\  44. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a second  time, 

and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second Reading of the Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

BilL 

tfoM.)  8Jk>w.  VII 

Ordercd,Tha.t 
upon  Monday  next. 

the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Friendly 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Societies  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  ol  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Town  Tenants 
Second  Reading  of  the  Town. Tenants  (Ireland)  (Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill  $ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trade 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  Bill;  

Disputes  Bill. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Bankruptcy 
Second  Reading  of  the  Bankruptcy  (Scotland)  ^Scotland) 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
M 
, 
..  
B o r o u g hs   Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expense* Bill,  JJJJJ. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the London Paring  Expenses 

& 

6 

P 

Ordered,  That  t h e B i ll   be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 
(No.2)BU.. 
(No.  2)  Bill ; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Continua-
tiou  Schools)  Bill; 

\ 

schools)Bui. 

Costs in 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Criminal  Cases  i n to   consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bl11' 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant  Ma)'. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Waste Lands 

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Waste  Lands  (Ireland)  (Ireland) 
T 
Improvement  Bill; 

,  tP.,. 

Bill. 

'  Improvement 

v 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  27 th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Whaling 

Second  Reading  of  the  Whaling  Stations  B i l l; 

Sfcations  BiU-

and 

Means 
[7tb  May] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  tiilie 
upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

•;0-gdered'> .That..-the  Report  be  received  upon; 

Monday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  re'adj  for 

the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Native Affairs 
(South 
Africa.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  recognising  signs 
of  a  growing  opinion  on  the  part  of  the  self-
governing  Colonies  of  South  Africa  in  favour 
of  safeguarding  the  rights  and  future  of  the 
Natives  in  any  scheme  of  political  unification 
or  federation,  expresses  its  confidence  that  His 
Majesty's  Government  will  welcome  the  adop-
tion  of  provisions  calculated  to  render  possible 
the  ultimate  inclusion  of  the  whole  of  British 
South  Africa  in  federal  union.— (Mr.  Alden,) 

Weekly  Best-
Day  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for.  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Weekly  Rest-Day.  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Prohibition  of 
Medical 
Practice  by 
Companies 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next* 

, 

, 

VOL.  163, 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,,  for  the  Home  Work 

Second  Reading  of  the  Home  Work  Bill; 

Bil1: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  of  Afflicted Afflicted 
Children  (Ireland)  Bill;  
:  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  next. 

(Ireland)Bill. 

;  The  Order  of 
Second  Reading 
Traffic  B i l l; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway  and 
Trafflc 
of  thq  Railway  and  ~ 

Canal 
' 

Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health 
Amendment  (Markets)  Bill; 
i  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  timo 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of this  instant  May. 

Acts  "^cts 

Amendment 
(Markets)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  B i l l; 

day  being  read,  for  the  Goal Mines 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  E ^ L ^ J 3 
for  Winding 
Enginemen) 
BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  26th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  ^ K n o? 
Aldermen) 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 
Bill. 

A  A  4 

1 84 

13t7i  May: 

1908. 

[No.  63. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
Bil1- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Heading  of  the  Public  Health  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Sale  of 
Whisky  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Side  of  Whisky  Bill; 

. The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Absent  Voters 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Absent  Voters  Bill; 

»  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Coroners* 
Inquests 
(Kailway 
Fatalities) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Inquests 

the  Coroners' 

Second  Reading  of 
(Railwny  Fatalities)  Bill; 

• Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  rend  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

Sale  of 
Intoxicating 
Liquors  on 
Sunday  Bill.. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Intoxicating 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of 
Liquors  on  Sunday  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

" 

• 

Luggage 
(Definition) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Luggage  (Definition) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs 
( E x e m p t i o n) 
Bill. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  (Exemption)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

the  21st  day  of  this 

upon  Thursday 
'  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Exportation of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses  Bill. 
Bill; 
: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Babbits  on 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

The  Order  of 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  L aw 

Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory  (Compulsory 
Contribution 
„ 
Contribution  Exemption;  B i ll   ; 
Exemption) 

\  D -n  

.. 

• 

• 

. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Select  Committee  on  the  Port  of 
Port of  London  Bill do consist of  Five  Members, L o n d on   Bm-
to  be joined  with  a  like  number  of  Lords. 
Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent 

to  the 
Lords  to acquaint them therewith, and  to  request 
that  their  Lordships  will  be  pleased  to  appoint 
an  equal  number  of  Lords  to  be  joined  with  the 
Members  of  this  House  :  And  that the  Clerk  do 
carry  the  said  Message.— (Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Select  Committee  was  nominated  of  Mr, 
Ashley,  Sir  William  Bull,  M r.   Russell  Rea,  S ir 
Albert  Spicer,  and  M r.   Williamson. 

Ordered,  That  all  Petitions  against  the  Bill 
presented  on  or  before  the  25th  day  of  May 
1908  be  referred  to  the  Committee;  that  the 
Petitioners  praying  to  be  heard  by  themselves* 
their  Counsel,  Agents,  or  Witnesses  be  heard 
against  the  Bill,  and  Counsel  heard  in  support 
of  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—  ( M r.   Joseph  Pease.) 

Ordered,  That a Select Committee be appointed  Police  Forces 
to  inquire  and  report  whether,  having  regard  to  r)Voc\kly  Rest<' 
the  conditions  of  service  in  Police  Forces  in  the 
United  Kingdom,  it  is  desirable  that  provision  , 
should  be  made,  by  legislation  or  otherwise,  for 
granting  to  every  constable  one  full  day  off 
duty  in  seven;  what,, if  any,  alterations  in  the 
conditions  of  service  and  police  administration 
should  accompany  this  change  ;  what  would  be 
the  cost,  and  how  it  should  be  borne  so  as  not 
to  increase  the  charge  on  imperial  funds. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  M r.   Armitage,  M r.   Cochrane,  M r.   Charles 
Duncan,  M r.   Hedges,  M r.   Herbert 
Lewis, 
Colonel  Lockwood,  M r.   Nannetti,  Mr.  William 
Priestley, 

and  M r.   Rogers. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the  : 

C o m m i t t e e . — ( M r.   Joseph  Pease.) 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Public  Offices 

the  payment,  out  of  [Expanses!] 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of • authorising 
moneys  provided  by Parliament, of any  expenses, 
so far  as  riot  otherwise  provided  for, incurred  by 
the  Commissioners  of  Works  under  any  Act  of 
the  present  Session  to  provide  for  the  acquisi-
tion  of  land  for  the  extension  of  certain  Public 
Offices in  Westminster  and  of  the  Patent  Office, 
and  for  certain  other  public  purposes—(Mr. 
Joseph  Pease)  ; 

the  House 

Mr.  Churchill,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted 
that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

. 

• 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and  Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Irish 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  Universities 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  remunera-
tion,  expenses,  and  other  sums  in  pursuance  of 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  make  further 

Q f  [ E x p e n s e s .] 

No. 63.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

13^—14^  May. 

185" 

provision  with  respect  to  University  Education 
in  Ireland—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease)  ; 

the  House 

Mr.  Churchill,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted 
that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  eight  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  Lower  Thames 
D o o k 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Gravs) 
Dock  Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Kiectric 
Second  Reading  of  the  Electric.  Lighting  Pro-   Lighting 
visional  Orders  (No.  2)  B i l l;  

oXrs°(No. 2) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B m-

upon  Monday  next. 

A  Petition  of  the  there-undersigned  persons,  Holderness 
promoters  of  the  Holderness  Water  Bill,  pray-  Water  Bill, 
ing  that  provision  may  be  made  in  the  Bill 
authorising  the  County  Council  of  the  East 
Riding  of  the  County  of  York  to  create  Water 
Districts  and  to  constitute  Water  Committees, 
was  presented,  and  read  ;  and  referred  to 
the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

read:  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

1 

Petitions. 
Vide  Fourth 
Report. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. Bill  -

B. 

[ N o.   64.] 
Thursday,  14th May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
complied 
with.) 

MB..  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of the  Examiners  of Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition 
for  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  have 
not  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

Nottinghamshire  and  Derbyshire  Tram-

ways  (No.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Interoceanic 
Bailway  of 
Mexico  Biil 
\_Lords.~] 

The  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  Bill 

[.Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward 

Grey  presented,  by  Treaty  Series 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Treaty  of  (NT°- 13,1908.) 
Commerce  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Servia.  Signed  at  Belgrade,  17th  February 
1907.  Ratifications  exchanged  at  Belgrade, 
31st  March  1908. 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports.  Trade  Reports 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  3997  and  3998. 

'  (Annual 
Series.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

there  be  laid  ^ris^o'1 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-  East  India 
sented to His  Majesty, that  He   will be graciously  (Railways  and 
pleased  to  give  directions  that 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the  esti-
mated  position,  as  regards  capital  expenditure, 
of  the  several  Railways  and  Irrigation  Works 
under  construction  in  India  on  the  31st  day  of 
the  proposed  expenditure 
March  1908,  and 
thereon  during  1908-9  (in  continuation  of  Par-
liamentary  Paper,  No.  150  of  Session  1907),— 
( M r.   Robert  Price.) 

Sir  Francis  Chanrting  reported  from  Standing  Standing 

to  whom  the  Registration  of  aeTstrarion^f 

Committee  A, 
Clubs  (Ireland)  Bill  was  referred  ;  That  they  ciubs 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-  (Ireland)  Bill, 
ments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  143. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Southwell 
District  Gas 
Bill. 

Camborne 
Water  Bill. 

The  Southwell  District  Gas  Bill  was  read  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the Proceedings  No.  143. 

third  time  and  passed. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  229. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Camborne  Water  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time, 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  considera-
tion  upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June  n e x t; 
and  be  printed. 

Robert  Vernon  Harcourt,  Esquire,  Member  N ew   Member 

for  the  Montrose  District  of Burghs,  was  sworn,  sworn. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

London  Port 
and  Docks 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  Port  and  Docks 
Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

the  28th  day  of  this 

upon  Thursday 
May. 

VOL.  163. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they had  dis-
charged  the  following  Members  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Attorney 
Samuel-,  and  h ad 
G e n e r a l,   and  M r.   Herbert 
appointed 
the 
in  substitution 
Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal  Bill)  :  Mr. Birrell,  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ire I aud,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for  Ireland. 
I 

(in  respect  of 

B  B 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal 
Bill. 

186 

14 th  May. 

1908. 

[JSTo. 64. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(]  887)  Repeal 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  0. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
BiU. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f urther  reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the'"Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill) : 
— M r.   Lonsdale,  M r.   Moore,  M r.   Hugh  Barrie, 
Mr.  Mac Caw,  Mr.  Haviland-  Bur he,  Captain 
Donelan,  M r.   William  O'Brien,  M r.   Hayden, 
M r.   Harrington, 
' M r. 
Hazleton,  M r.   Byles,  M r.   Gleridinning,  M r. 
Horviman, 

Mr  .  John  O'Connor, 

and  M r.   Weir. 

f/ir  WWia™. Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   reported 
from the  Committee  ; That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Cheetham, Viscount  Morpeth,  Mr, 
Thornton,  M r.   Walker,  M r.   Soames,  Mr.  Ains-
worth,  M r.   Young,  M r.   Kearley,  M r.   Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer,  and  Sir  Edward  St rue hey ; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Irish  Universities  Bill)  :  Dr.  Hazel,  Mr. 
Charles  Craig,  M r.   Hugh  Barrie,  M r.   S e c r e t a ry 
Haldane,  M r.  
Illingworth,  M r.   Massie,  M r. 
Boland,  Mr.  Birrell,'  Mr.  Attorney  General  for 
Ireland,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Ireland. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
B i l l ) : — L o rd   Edmund  Talbot,  M r.   Butcher,  Sir 
John  Randies,  M r.   Campbell,  Captain  Craig, 
M r.   Moore,  M r.   Thomas  O'Donnell,  M r.   Dillon, 
M r.   Skeehan,  M r.   William  O'Brien,  M r.   John 
Redmond,  M r.   Devlin,  M r.   Kettle,  M r.   Hutton, 
a nd   M r.   Walsh. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

of  

c a se  

Council  Bill 

Police and 
Sanitary 
(Section^.) 
Audenshaw 
Urban  District  tions  contained 
Council  Bill. 

Mr.  Lay land- Bar ratt  reported  from the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  B );   That  in 
t h e  Audenshaw  Urban  District 
t he  
the  allega-
they  had  examined 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, 
and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  con-
sistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed 
by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone 
through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide  Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the, 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
(Srction B) 
Skegness  ' 
U r b an   District  contained  in  the  Preamble  of 
Council  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Mr.  Lay  land-Bar  ratt  reported  from the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  B );   That  in 
the  case  of  the  Skegness  Urban  District  Council 
they  had  examined  the  allegations 
Bill  [Lords'] 
the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  t r u e;   and 
had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ments  thereunto. 

Vide  Supple- 
ment  to  the  Table;  and  be  printed. 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Garw  and 
Ogmore  Gas 
Bill. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  (recommitted)  Bill, 
with  Amendments. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Metropolitan 
Police 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

T he   Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Metropolitan  Police 
Provisional  Order  B i l l;   That  they  had  con-
sidered  the  said  Order; 
the  said  Order 
ought to be confirmed;  and that  they had  directed 
him  to  report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to 
the  House. 

that 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

, 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Fishguard  and 
and  Rosslare  Railways  and  Kailwavs  and 
the  Fishguard 
Harbours  Bill  [T^ords],  without  Amendment.  '."•  Harbours  Bill 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  t h e ' f ^ ^ p p l e. 
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

, 

, 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  r e p o r t ed   North  East 
the  North  East  London  Railway  Bill,  without  ^ " ^y  Bm_ 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That 

the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council  (Super-
annuation)  Bill  [I.ords],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

;  The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the Camberwell and other  Metropolitan  Borough 
Councils  (Superannuation)  Bill  [Lords],  with 
Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Argentine  North 
Eastern  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Saint 
Marylebone 
Borough 
Council 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 
Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
t i o n)   Bill 
[Lords.] 
Vide  Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 

Argentine 
North  Eastern 
Railway  Bill 
[Lordx.] 

Table;  and  be  printed. 
I 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  v i de   Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 
that  a  Message  from 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted 

the  House 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Hurly's 
Act  to  dissolve  the  Marriage  of  Honoria  Ilurly   Divorce  Bill 
with  Maurice  Randall  Hurly,.  a  Major  ip  the  iLords-'] 
93rd  Burma  Infantry,  her  now  husband,  and  to 
enable  her  to  marry  again,  and  for  other  pur-  ; 
poses ; to  which the Lords  desire the  concurrence 
of  this  House. 

, 

H u r l y's   Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  W a s;  read  the  Hurly's 

'H; 

time,  and  ordered 

to  be  read  a  second  Divorce  Bill 

l L o r d s- ] 

first 
time. 

Mr.  Ferens,  supported  by  Mr.  Howell  Davies,  Association  of 
  Sanitary 

Mr.  Stuart,  Mr.  Guy  Wilson,  Mr.  Luke  White,  P°rt
and  Mr.  Stanley  Wilson,  presented  a  Bill 
remove  doubts  as  to  the 
payments  by  Port  Sanitary  Authorities:  And  Bill 230. 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

legality  of  certain  Bill, 

to  ^penscs) 

The House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

gh   allotted 

(In  the  "Committee.) 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  and 
Supplementary  Estimate,  1908-9. 
Class  I I. 

1.  £5   (supplementary  sum)  for  Stationery, 
including  Reports  of  Parlia-
y 

Printing,  8tc., 
mentary  Debates. 

No. 64.]  S  BDW.  VII. 

Uth—IM 

to  complete 

>  2.  £405,212 
the  sum  for  Sta-
tionery,  Printing,  Paper*  Binding,  and  Printed 
Books  for  the  Public  Service;  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Stationery  Office;  and 
for  sundry  Miscellaneous  Services, 
including 
Reports  of  Parliamentary  Debates. 

t•  ' 

• • • 

Class  I. 
3;  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £355,000  be  granted 
to 
His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  Rates  and  Contributions  in 
lieu  of  Rates,  &c.  iii  respect  of  Government 
Property,  and  for  Rates  on  Houses  occupied  by 
for 
Representatives  of  Foreign  Powers,  and 
the  Rating  of 
the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
and  for 
Government  Property  Department, 
a  Contribution 
the 
London  Fire  Brigade  : 

towards  the  Expenses  of 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £354,900  be  granted 
for  the  said  Service.-—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr,  Fell, 

Yeas, 

I M r.   Cross: 

Tellers  for  t h e / M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\  Captain  Norton  : 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  BiU. 

P o st   O f f i ce   S a v i n gs   B a nk   B i ll 

Standing 
Committee. 

c. 

[No.  65.] 
Friday,  15th May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House-  proceeded 

[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

sideration  .  the  Rhymney  Railway  Bill  Railway  Bill 

to 

take 

into  con-  Rhymney 

L  or  S' J 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

}  28. 

1 1 9 9. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Loch  Leven 
take  into  consideration 
L e v en   W a t er   Water  Power 
L o ch  
Power  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Confirmation 

t he  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  B m-

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Class  I I, 
4.  £ 35   to  complete  the  sum  for  the  Salaries 
the 
the  Mint, 

including 

and  Expenses  of 
Expenses  of  Coinage. 

5.  £8,420  to  complete  the sum  for the  Salaries 

and  Expenses  of  the  National  Debt  Office. 

Class  V I. 

6.  £338 

for  certain 
Miscellaneous  Charitable  and  other  Allowances. 

to  complete 

the  sum 

Class  I I. 

7.  £23,178 

to  complete 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
Commission. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

tne 
the 

sum  for 
the 
Civil  Service 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions, 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

the  Chair;  and 

Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
.  move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 

sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—-(Mr. 
Josef h  Pease)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
to  sit  till  twenty  minutes  after 
to-
the  clock,  adjoux-ned  till 

tinued 
Eight  of 
morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ,•  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

v i de   Fourth 
Report. 

D r.   Macnamara 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Coast  Guard. 
the 

Command, —  Copy  of  Report  of 
Inter-
Departmental  Conference  on  the  Coast  Guard, 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Birrell  p r e s e n t e d,   by   H is   M a j e s t y 's   Corn-Banking  and 

mand,  — Copy  of  Report  on  the  Banking  and  Railway 
Railway  Statistics  of  Ireland  for  the  half-year  ^ a n dO 
ended  31st  December  1907. 

Copy  of  Return,  pursuarit 

to 

the  Evicted  Evicted 

Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907,  giving  particulars 
of  cases  in  which  persons  have  been 
with  the  assistance  of  the  Estates  Commissioners 
up  to  31st  December  1907. 

reinstated  ^^ 

Act< 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward 

Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  j^™,' 1 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  3987 
and  3992. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

r e p o r t ed   f r om 
S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged  the following  Members from  Standing 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Children  B i l l ): 
—Mr.  GUI and  Mr.  Curran;  and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Children  Bill)  : 
M r.   Tyson  Wilson  a nd   M r.   Keir  Hardie. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B, 
Children  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
B i l l ):   —  M r.   Cullinan, 
Dixon-
Hartland, 
a nd   L o rd   Willoughby  de  Eresby  ;  a nd 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
Irish  Universities  B i l l ):   Mr.  Gwynn,  Mr. 
Gordon,  a nd   t he   M a r q u e ss   of  Hamilton. 

Sir  Frederick 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

VOL.  163, 

B  B  2 

188 

15th  May. 

1908. 

[No. 65. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Criminal  L aw 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal 
Bill. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill): 
—Mr.  M'Killop  ;  and  had  appointed 
in  sub-
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill): 
Mr.  Kavanagh. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury); 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

House-letting 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  House-letting  (Scot-

Second  Reading  of 
land)  Bill; 

Mr.  Speaker 
calls  attention 
to  the 
Provisions  o£ 
the  Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  called  the  attention of  the  House 
to  the  fact  that  some  of  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  were  beyond  the  Title  of 
the  Bill  as 
presented  to  the  House  : 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for t h e / S ir   Frederick  Banbury,  1 
J 

I Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  t h e / M r.   Trevelyan, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Arthur  Dewar : 

61. 

177. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

Whereupon  the  Order  was  discharged,  and 

mittee. 

the  Bill  withdrawn. 

Access  to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Access  to  Mountains 
Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding 
the 
words  "upon 
this  day  six  months." —  (Mr. 
James  Mason.") 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned— 
( L o rd   Robert  Cecil)  : 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

| 

5 9. 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Craig  : 
Tellers  for the/ Captain  Norton, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Whitley: 
So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

<, 

1195. 

Mr.  Trevelyan  rose  in  his  place and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  p u t; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Trevelyan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Arthur  Dewar 

T e l l e rs   for  t h e/   Sir  Samuel  Scott, 

N o e s, 

1  I Sir  Frederick  Banbury 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put,  That 

j 190. 
) 
;J 

61. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ecclesiastical 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-  Assessments 
ments  (Scotland)  Bill;  
(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  12th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ballot 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot  (Transferable 
Vote)  Bill; 

W e ) B l l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Disorders  Bill, 
the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
upon 
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  BiU  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Friday  the  29th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hypothec 
the  Hypothec  Abolition  Abolition 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  BillT 

} 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Foreign 
Second  Reading  of  the  Foreign  Trawlers  Regu-  Trawler* 
lation  B i l l;  

°  Regulate 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Trawlers' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawlers'  Certificates  Certificates 
Suspension  Bill;  
Suspension 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Transfer  of  Powers  of  Standing  Joint  Com- 
mittees)  Bill  ; 

the  Local  Government  Government 
feracf0* 
Standing  Joint 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  ^ m i U e e s> 

upon  Friday  next. 

the  word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Trevelyan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Arthur  Dewar 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr.  James  Mason, 

Noes, 

\ Mr  .Lane-Fox-. 

I 
J 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

Second  Reading  of  the  Highways  Bill; 

t he   Highways 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of June  next. 

177. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Police  Super-

65. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  annuation 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

No.  65 ]  8  E d w.   V I I. 

15th  May. 

189 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o nd   R e a d i ng   of   t h e  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
^Scotland) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Sea Fisheries  Regulation 

( S c o t k n d)

B i

lf

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next* 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the'  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Polling 
Districts  and 
^r
(Ireland)  Bill,  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
j n t 0 
the  Polling  Districts  and 
Registration of  Voters (Ireland)  Bill, as amended 

consideration 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Polling 
(County8 
Councils)  Bill.  Councils)  Bill  (not  amended 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
" l t0   c o n si d e r a ti o n  A® Polling  Districts  (County 
in  the  Standing 

Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Tuesday  next. 

llouse-ietting 
(Scotland) 
B,1U 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading  of 
land)  (No.  2)  Bill  ; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Scot-

the  House-letting 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June   next. 

Public-houses 
ChUdrnr  0f  S e c o nd   B e a <i i ng   of  the  Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Exclu-

sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Shops  Rill. 

Committee  on  the  Shops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Tuesday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections  Ek°tiong Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Leaseholds 
Second  Reading  of  the  Leaseholds  (Enfran-   (Enfranchise-
chisement)  Bill; 

ment>  B l l h 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  industrial 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  Schools  Bill;   Schools  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4,th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty  to 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty 
° 
(No.  2)  Bill; 
' 

to  Animals 

( S o.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June   next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty to 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty 
(Amendment)  Bill; 

to  Animals  ^ J ' ^ ls 
"""" 

(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  i n f a nt   Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection  Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill;  ° 

(No.2)   BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  Sewers  and 
and  Drains  Bill  ; 
Drains  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory  (Compulsory 
ExempdonT 
Contribution  Exemption)  B i l l;  

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1, 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  l"2lld
the  2nd  day  of  April  l a s t; 

E eP o r t-

  April] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Horses  Bill. 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Ways  and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Parochial 
Medical 
Officers 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Places  of 
Worship 
(Sites)  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

Second  Reading  of 
Officers (Scotland)  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Parochial  Medical 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Offices 

Committee  on  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension) 
[Expenses]; 

. 

[ E x p e n s e "] 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Places  of  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Sites)  Bill; 
VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish 

Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses] ; 

[Expenses"] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday  " 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

B  B  3 

 
 
190 

28th—-29ih May. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No.  74. 

Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

.[Title 
amended.] 

. 

the  allegations  contained 

Mr.  Nussey  reported  from 

the  Committee 
on  the  Doncaster  Corporation  Bill;  That  they 
in 
had  examined 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the 
same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with 
the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto;  and  had  also  amended 
the  Title,  as followeth  :—A  Bill  to  empower  the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of  the  Borough 
of, Doncaster  to  construct  a  new  road,  a  light 
railway,  and  other  works  within  the  borough, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Vide  Supple-
m e nt  to  the 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
• to  Standing  Order  No.  3, it  being  then 
twenty-niue  minutes  after  Five  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next.. 

[No.  66.] 
' Monday,  18th May  19,08. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour' 
before Three  of the  clock. 

p R A Y E K S. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

M R.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of  the Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.  :— 

inquired 

Kind's  College,  London 

(Transfer)  Bill 

The  Camborne  Water  Bill  was read  the  third  Camborne 
Water  Bill. 

time  and  passed. 

,. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society  Norwich 
Bill  [Lords]  was read  the  third  time  and  passed,  Union  Firo 
, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill to  
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House  . 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
thpir  Lordships. 

[Lords.] 

>v 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Fishguard  and 

tion  the  Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  andRossiare 
TT 
JT  
Harbours  Bui  [Lords]. 

TVII  rr  

Railways  and 
Harbours  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. [Lords/j 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-North   East 

tion the  North  East  London  Railway  Bill. 

i

i.

• 

London 
Railway  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company 
Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted. 

The  Great  Western  Railway  Bill  [Lords] 

was  read  a  second  time; and  committed. 

The  London  County  Council  (Money)  Bill 

was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Swansea  Valley  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Bognor  Gas  , 
Light  and 
Coke  Company 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

Great  Western 
Eailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 

Swansea 
Valley  Gas 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  ^ read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ards  and  Bangor  Rail-
ways  Bill  ; 

Ards  and 
Bangor 
Kailways  Bill. 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

London,  Brighton, and  South  Coast  Railway 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the Bills  be read  a  second  time. 

Private  Bills 
(Petition  tor 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—'Report; 
from  one  of 
the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That'  in  the  dase  of  the  Petition; 
for  additional  provision  in  the following  Bill  the 
Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied  with, 
viz.  :— 

Holderness  Water  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(no  Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
f r om   one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading 
thereof,: 
no  Standing  Orders  are  applicable,,  viz. :—-

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  6)  Bill. 

j 
Land  Drainage  Provisional  Order  Bill. 
,  Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
Cm plied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable 
thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.  : — 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No,  5)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

. , 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  tfor  the  Commercial 

Second  Reading  of 
Assurance  Company  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

the  Commercial  Union-Union 

£™Bi>l 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  {.Lords.] 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June  next. 

The  Loch  Leven  Water  Power  Order  Con-  L 0 0h   Leven 
firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Water  Power 
third  time  and  passed. 

C o n f i r m a t i on 

Ordered,  That,  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Bill, 

the  Lords, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Metropolitan  Police  Provisional  .Order  Metropolitan 

Bill  was,  according  to Order, read  the  third  time  £olic.e. 
j 
and  passed. 

Provisional 
0 r d er   Bill> 

-i 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the. Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordere(No.  2) 
Bill. 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders  Electric 
(No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a Lighting 
second  time,  and  committed. 

• 

° 

Ordered,  That  so  much  of  Standing  Order  91  standing 
the  Select  Orders. 

the  quorum  of 

as  fixes  Five  as 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  be 
suspended. 

read  and 

Ordered,  That,  for 

the 
Session,  Three  be the quorum  of  the  Committee. 
— ( M r.   Ellis.) 

the  remainder  of 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  tipon  the,Table< 

Petitions. 
Vide  Totes 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  also  presented, and fourth 

and  read  ;  and  referred  to  a  Select-Committee^  Report:  * 

 
15th  May. 

191 

No. 65 ]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Congestion  in  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Co emmMon y) al  M aj e s ty ' 8  Command,—Copy  of  Final  Report  of 
the  Royal  Commission  appointed  to  inquire  into 
and report  upon  the  operation  of  the Acts  dealing 
with  Congestion  in  Ireland,  with  Appendices 
(Index  to  and  Digest  of  Evidence). 

Shop  Hours 
Act, 1904. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order  made  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  by  the  Council  of  the  Borough  of 
Darlington,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
the 
State  for  the  Home  Department, 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops., 

fixing 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upbn  the 

Table. 

Bast  India 
(Railways  and 
Irrigation 
Works.) 

No.  144. 

Bast  India 
(Progress  and 
Condition.) 

No.  145. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  —• Return 

to  an 
Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  14th  day  of 
this  instant  May,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East 
India  (Railways  and  Irrigation  Works). 

Mr.  Buchanan  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statement  exhibiting  the  Moral  and  Material 
Progress  and  Condition  of  India  during 
the 
year  1906-7.  Forty-third  Number. • 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 

Post  Office 
(Inland  Tost.) 

Railway 
Accidents. 

Mr.  Birrell 

Command,—Copy  of  Statistical  Tables  of 
Dublin  Metropolitan  Police  for  the  year  1907. 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  P a p er   do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant 
to 
the  directions of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Inland  Post  Amendment  (No.  10)  Warrant, 
1908,  dated  28th  April  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy;  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and 
Casualties,  as  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by 
in  the  United 
the  several  Railway  Companies 
Kingdom,  during 
ending 
31st  December  1907  ;  together  with  the  Reports 
of 
the  Railway 
Department  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  certain 
Accidents  which  were  inquired  into.  P a rt   I I ., 
Reports  on  Accidents. 

Inspecting  Officers  of 

three  months 

the 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

the  year  for  reduction  of  Debt,  distin-
guishing  the  sums  expressly  provided  for 
service  of  the  Debt,  the  Old  Sinking 
F u n d,   and  Miscellaneous  Receipts;  the 
gross  amount  of  Debt 
the 
amount  of  Debt  created,  and 
the  net 
increase  Or decrease  of  Debt  in  the  year  ; 
I I.   A  similar  Statement  in  respect  of  other 

redeemed, 

capital  Liabilities; 

I I I.   A  similar  Statement  in  respect  of  the 
aggregate  gross  Liabilities  of  the  State. 

—(Mr/Hobhouse.) 

Mr.  Hobhouse  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Return. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Seville 

Stanier,  Esquire,  Member 

for 

the   N ew   Member 

County  of  Salop  (Northern  or  Newport  Divi-  sworn, 
sion),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a  Message  from 

M essage  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  follovveth : 

  Lords, 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  JBill, intituled  An   Sunday 
Act  to  provide  for  the  closing  of  Shops  and  the   Closing 
prohibition  of  Street  Trading  on  Sundays  ;  to  j ^ X / j" 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this ; 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  smaii 

A ct   to  amend  the  L aw   with  respect  to  Small  Holdings  and 
Holdings  and  Allotments  in  Scotland  ;  to  which  fg^Snd) 8 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House.  Bill  [Lords.] 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Monument to 

into  a  Committee  on  Monument  to  Sir  H e n ry   Sir  Henry 
Campbell-Bannerman. 

G e r m a n. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

to 

the  memory  of 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty praying  t h at   His  Majesty 
will  give  directions  that  a  Monument  be  erected 
in  the  Collegiate  Church  of  Saint  Peter,  West-
minster, 
late  Right 
Honourable  Sir  H e n ry   Campbell-Bannerman, 
with  an  inscription  expressive  of  the  high1 sense 
entertained  by  this  House  of  the  eminent  ser-
vices 
in 
Parliament  and  in  great  Offices of  State,  and  to 
assure  His  Majesty  that 
this  House  will  make 
good  the  expenses  attending  the  same.—(Mr. 
Asquith.) 

rendered  by  him 

the  country 

the 

to 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

\ 

F ee   Fund 
(House  of 
Lords.) 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—:Account  of  the  Fee  Fund  of 
the 
House  of  Lords  from  1st  April  1907  to  31st 
March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and 
the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received 

to4 

morrow. 

( 

; 

, 

u  , 

The following Paper, pursuant  to  the  directions 
Union  of 
0f  an   Act  of  Parliament,  was laid  upon  the  Table 
Benefices  Act 
K o n ^ th   V  the  Clerk.of  the  House  : - C o py   of  Scheme 
the  Union  ot  Benefices  Act,  1860,  for 
under 
Saint  Paul, 
effecting  an  Union  of  the  Benefices  of  Saint 
Charlton.) 
Luke,  Charlton,  with  Saint  Paul,  Charlton. 

No.  146. 

National  Debt.  Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Return  showing,  for  each  financial 
year  commencing 
the  1st  day  of  April  from 
1875  to  1908,  inclusive— 

I.  The  total  amount  of  dead-weight  Debt 
outstanding  on  the  1st  day  of  April ;  the 
amounts  which  were  made  available  in 

VOL.   163. 

;  The  Order  of 
Second,  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(England  and  Wales)  B i l l; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and, at  the. end  of  the  Question,  adding  the  words 
"  upon  this  day  six  months."—(Lord  Balcarres.) 

_A,nd  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
A nd 

word  "  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

B  B  4 

192 

18 th  May. 

1908. 

[No.'66, 

And  it  being  Eleven  of the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed 

to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for receiving  Ways  and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  W a ys  
Means  of the  7th  day  of this  instant  May  ; 

a nd   M e a ns 

Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Army  Council 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  Council  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Coal  Mines 
( E i g h t H o u r s)  s e C 0 Da   Reading  of 
( N a 2 ) B l l L  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
(Markets  in 
Districts)  Bill. & R"™1  Districts)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Telegraph 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second  Reading  of  the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
B m- 

The  Order  of 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Friendly 
the 
Societies  Bill.  g e c o n c)   Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  for receiving  Supply 
rt

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  ^e
the  14 th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

4t

h

0

May;i 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order  of  the day being  read, for  receiving  S u p p ly 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  o f . ^ K^ p r i 11 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be1  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  W a ys   and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means;  

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House, according  to Order,  resolved  itself  Public  Offices 
into  a  Committee  on  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension) 
(Extension)  [Expenses]. 
[ E x p e n s e s .] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out 
of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses,  so far  as  not  otherwise  provided  for, 
incurred  by  the  Commissioners  of  Works  under 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  provide  for 
the  acquisition  of 
the  extension  of 
certain  Public  Offices  in  Westminster  and  of 
the  Patent  Office,  and  for  certain  other  public 
purposes.—(Mr.  Hareourt.) 

land 

for 

upon  Thursday  next. 

To report  Progress, and  ask  leave  to  sit  again. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

{Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  BiH; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the London Paving  Expenses 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bl11, 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the 
sideration  to-morrow. 

Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Children 
(Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]  ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

the  Chair;  and 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress 
to  them 
in 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit 
again. 

the  matter 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 

to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish 

Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses]  ; 

Universities 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  National 
the  National  Military  Military 

Second  Reading  of 
Training  Bill;  

Training  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

lip on  Thursday  the  18th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  clerks  of  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and  Peace  and 
County  Councils  Bill  ; 

County 
Councils  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being 
Second  Reading  of  the  Divorce 
ment  (No.  2)  Bill; 

read,  for  the  Divorce  L aw 
Law  Amend-  Amendment 
(No.  2)   Bill. 

No. 66.]  a  Er>w.  Y II 

18th  May. 

193 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upofi  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Sale  of  Pood 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Second  Reading  of  the 
Bill; 

being  read,  for  the valuation 
Valuation 

(Ireland)   (Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

upon  Friday  next. 

Industrial  and 
Provident 
Societies 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  and  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Merchandise 
Marks  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Payment  of 
Jurors  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Jurors 

Second  Reading  of  the  Payment  of 
Bill 5 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  June  next. 

Fire  Inquests 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Fire  Inquests  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read,  for  resuming  Breaches of 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Byelaws  Bill, 
the 
upon  the  20th  day  of  March 
Breaches  of  Byelaws  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

last,  That 

Ordered,  That  the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fruit  Growers 

Second Reading  of the  Fruit  Growers  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of 
Qualification  (England  and  Wales)  B i l l;  

the  Local  Government 

( E n g l a nd   and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  W a l e s^ B i n-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day being  read, for  resuming  Elections  and 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  7th  day of  February  last,  was  proposed 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

on  

1 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Public  Health  Act 

Second  Reading  of 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

till  Monday  next. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Holdings 
of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the   Employment 

Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill; 

- 

Subjects 
. n w .s 
Abroad  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

to-morrow. 

Lights  on 
Vehicles 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lights  on  Vehicles 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Cruelty  to 
Animals  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to Animals  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Weekly  Best-

Second  Reading  of  the  Weekly  Rest-Day  B i l l;   Day  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prohibition of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  B i l l;  

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill> 

to-morrow. 

Education 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Education  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  of  Afflicted  Afflicted 
Children  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J  une  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second Reading  of  the Local  Authorities  (Taxa-

Local 
Authorities 
(i>Tu"chaS°enofnd  tion  and  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill 
Land)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bailway  and 
the  Railwav  and  Canal  C a" al   Traffic 

Second  Reading  of 
Traffic Bill; 

" 

Bl11' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June  next. 

Licensed 
Premises 
(Klection 
Uavs) 
Closing  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  Premises  (Elec-
tion  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  P ^ 0^ ' 0" 3 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill;  
Aldermen)0- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11-

' 

upon  Monday  next. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Factory  and 
Workshop  Act  S e Cond   Reading  of  the  Factory  and  Workshop 
Amendment  Act  (1901)  Amendment  Bill  j 
Bill, 

1 6 3. 

YOU 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,- for  resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  BU1' 

•  " • 00 

!  ' " 

Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

, Ordered,  That the Debate  be  further adjourned 

tilt  to-morrow. 

;  ? 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
( N o.   2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

.Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Metropolitan 
nJ!ers  nnn 
I/F&1QS i/lili 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 

i  t\  

riMi 
• 
and  Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  tg 
sit  till  eight  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  tQ-morrow. 

18th—19th  May. 

[No.67. 
Mr. Attorney  General,  Mr.  Attorney  General  Divorce  Bills, 

1908. 

for  Ireland,  Sir  John  Kennaway,  Sir  Joseph 
Leese,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  Sir  David  Brynmor 
Jones,  Sir  Edward  Carson,  Mr.  Cane,  and  Mr. 
Solicitor  General  for  Ireland  were  nominated 
Members  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Divorce 
Bills.—(Secretary  Sir  Edvmrd  Grey.) 

, 

The  Land  Drainage  Provisional  Order  Bill  Land 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  drainage 
and  committed. 

Orderism. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  5)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  Government 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Orders (N^  5) 
Bill., 
The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

• 

' 

, 

(No.  6)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a Government 
second  time,  and  committed. 

S t aK   6) 

' 
Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

Bill. 

' 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
vide  Votes 
A  Public  Petition  was  also  presented,  and and  Fourth 

r 

. 

. 

read  ;  and  referred  to  a  Select  Committee. 

Report. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill.  . 

Standing 
Committee. 

Access to Mountains  Bill 

[ N o.   67.] 

' 

Tuesday, 

1M   May 

1 9 0 8. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

"Provisional 
Order  Bills 
( no   Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

R.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—-Report 
from one  of the  Examiners  Of  Petitions  for 
rivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case of  the  following 
•  Jill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,,no 
Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.:— 

^ 

Metropolitan  Commons  Provisional  Order 

; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Rhymney 
Railway  BiU 
f  Lords.] 

The  Rhymney  Railway  Bill  [ Lords]  was  read 

the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 
r  Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Garw  and 
Ogmore  Gas 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  (recommitted) 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Railway 
relating  to  the  j^turns 

Command,  —  Copy  of  Return 
Railways  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  the  year  itltemenv? 
1907  (Preliminary  Statement). 

Copy  of  Annual  Statement  of  the  Trade  of  Trade 
the  United  Kingdom  with  Foreign  Countries (foreign 
and  British  Possessions  for  the  year  1907,  com-British163 
pared  with  the  four  preceding  years.  Vol.  I.  

Possessions,) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His   Aliens  Act, 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Second  Annual  1905-
Report  of  His  Majesty's  Inspector  under  the 
Aliens  Act  ( P a rt   I.),  and  a  Statement  with 
regard  to  the  expulsion  of  Aliens  ( P a rt   II.),  in 
respect  of  the  year  1907. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented, —  Corporal 

Return  to  an  Address 
to  His  Majesty,  dated  Punishment, 
the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May,  for  a  Return  No.  147. 
relative  to  Corporal  Punishment. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Mr.  M'Senna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  N a vy 

the  Hydro-  (Hyd»> 
Command, —  Copy  of  Report  by 
grapher  of  the  Admiralty  of  the  work  performed  Report )S 
under  the  direction  of  the  Lords  Commissioners 
of  the  Admiralty  during  the  year  1907,  in  the 
examination  and  charting  of  the  Seas  and  Coasts 
in  various  parts  of  the  Globe. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,— Cojiy  of  Diplomatic  (Annual 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  No.  3996.  Series'-) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Table. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
(General 

tion 
the  London  County  Council 
Powers)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Saint 
Marylebone 
Borough 
Council 
(Superannua-
tion) BiU 
[Lords,] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council 
(Superannuation)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  the  third  time. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  East  India 

to  ^o^s 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
consider  of  authorising  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
Council  of  India  to  raise  money  in  the  United  Works.] 
Kingdom,  on  the  security  of  the  Revenues  of 
India,  for  the  construction,  extension,  and  equip-
ment  of  Railways  in  India  by  State  agency  or 
through  the  agency  of  companies,  and  for  the 
construction  of  Irrigation  Works—  (Secretary 
Sir  Edward  Grey)  j 

No*. 67.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

19$  May. 

Naval 
Casualties. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to 
the 
consideration  of the  House. 

the  House 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Return  specifying,  for  each  year  from  1901 
to  1907,  both  inclusive,  every  Accident  and 
to  any  of  His  Majesty's 
Casualty  occurring 
Ships  and  Vessels  during  manoeuvres  or  tactical 
exercises  ordered  by  the  Admiralty,  under  the 
following heads:  date  of  casualty,  station,  ship, 
tonnage, complement,  nature  of  casualty,  number 
of  lives  lost.—(Mr.  Bowles.) 

Standing 
Committee  A.  Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Ferries 
(Iceland) Bill. 

Sir  Francis  Channing  reported  from  Standing 
(Ireland) 
w as   r ef e r red   That  they  had  gone  through 

'  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

No.  148. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  RepOrt  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  148. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Bill  231. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Sligo  and 
Arigna 
llailway  Bill, 

Nottingham-
shire  and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
(No.  2.) 

Private  Bjlls 
(Group  F .) 

Ordered,  That 

in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

the  Bill,  as  amended 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions  ;  which 
were  read,  as  follow  : 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Sligo  and  Arigna 
Railway  Bill,  Petition  for  additional  provision, 
the  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed 
with  ;  that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  insert  the 
additional  provision  if 
the 
Bill  think  fit. 

the  Committee  on 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Nottinghamshire 
and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No.  2),  Petition  for 
Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with;  that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  proceed 
with  their  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Nussey  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Group  F  of  Private  Bills;  That 
the  parties 
promoting  the  Pontypridd  Water  Bill  [LordsJ 
had  stated  that  the  evidence  of  F r a nk   Treharne 
James,  Solicitor,  of  Merthyr  Tydfil,  was  essen-
tial  to  their  case;  and,  it  having  been  proved 
that  his  attendance  could  not  be  procured 
without  the  intervention  of  the  House,  he  had 
been  instructed  to  move  that  the  said  Frank 
Treharne  James  do  attend  the  said  Committee 
to-morrow,  at  Two  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  Frank  Treharne  James  do 
attend  the  Committee  on  Group  F  of  Private 
Bills  to-morrow,  at  Two  of  the  clock. 

Message  from  Mr.  Speaker  acq uainted  the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth s 

to  

A ct  

a me nd  

Thames  Biver 
Service  Act,
1904 
( A m e n d m e n t)  rates,  and  charges  at  the  piers  and 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
the  Thames  River  Steamboat 
Service  Act,  1904,  with  respect  to  the  tolls, 
landing-
p ] a c es   o f  the  London  County  Council  on  the 
River  Thames,  and  for  other  purposes ;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Thames  River 
steamboat 
Service  Act, 
1904 

The  Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act, 
the 

1904  (Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 
first  time. 

VOL.   163. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  (Amendment) 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  ^ 

BlU 

: 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Charles  Duncan  be  dis-  Police  Forces 
Ke8t" 

charged  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Police  ^^ 
Forces  (Weekly  Rest-Day). 

Ordered,  T h at   M r.   William  Edwin  Harvey 

be 

added  to  the  Committee.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

M r.   Ahers-Douglas,  M r.   Lewis  Harcourt, 

and  Public Offices 

;Mr.  Morton  were  nominated  Members  of  the 
Select  Committee  on  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
[(Extension)  Bill.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

n 

Mr.  Carr-Gomm,  Mr.  Cowan,  Mr.  Winfrey,  Commons. 

Mr.  Lardner,  Mr.  Cecil Harmsworth,  Mr.  Hicks 
Beach,  and  Mr.  Arkwright  were  nominated 
Members  o£ the  Select  Committee  on  Commons. 
I—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

Mr.  Asquith 

reported  from  the  Committee  on  Monument to 

Monument  to  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman  ®ir 
a  Resolution  ;  which  w^s  read,  as followeth  : 

Bannerman, 

,  , Y  , 

That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty  praying  that  His  Majesty  will  give 
directions  that  a  Monument  be  erected  in  the 
Collegiate  Church  of  S&int Peter,  We^tininster, 
to 
the  memory  of  the  I^tte  Right  Honourable 
jSir  Henry  Campbell  - Bannerman,  with  an 
inscription  expressive  of  the  high  sense  enter-
tained  by  this  House  of  the  eminent  services 
rendered  by  him  to  the  country  in  Parliament 
and  in  great  Offices of  State,  and  to  assure  His 
Majesty  that'  this  House  Will  make  good  the 
expenses  attending  the  same. 

The  said  Resolution,  being 

read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty  by  such  Members  of  this  House 
as  are  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy 
Council  or  of  His  Majesty's  Household. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Elementary 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Education 
upon  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May,  was. pro-  ^land^and 
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the 
Elementary  Education.  (England  and  Wales) 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ; 

Which  Amendment  was,  to  leave  out 

the 
word " n o w ,"   and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  to 
add  the  words  "upon  this  day  six  months"--— 
(Lord  Balcarres)', 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 
Ordered,  That 

morrow. 

the  Debate  be  resumed 

to-

^  , 

. 

, 

T he   O r d er   of  t he   d ay   b e i ng  

r e a d,   f or  

t he   Public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets  (Marketsin 
in  Rural  Districts)  B i l l;  

S c t t J B i H .. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of  the Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
B i l l; 

BlU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  f a t ai   . •••-
Fatal  Accidents  A c c i d e n t s' 

the 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

. 

gjTj^&.j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  eecpnd  time 

to-morrow. 

C  C % 

 
196 

19th  May. 

1908, 

[No. 67. 

Erection  of 
Aldermen  in 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Borough^Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Voters 

Second  Reading  of  the  Voters  (Qualification  W " ^ 0^ 
and  Registration)  B i l l;  

t i o n)   Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
London 
E x ^ n s es   Bill  ® e c o n^   Reading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 

^ 

'  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restraint  of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Shops)  B i l l; 

the  Restraint  of' 

Trades  T r a d e s
Bill. 

  ( S h oP s) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Costs  in 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Criminal  Cases  i n t o  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Children 
[Expenses/] 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

W a ys   and 
Means 
[ 7 th   M a y] 
Eeport. 

The  Order  of the day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Surfacemen)  Bill  ; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours  of 
the  Hours  of  Labour  k?bo„ur 

(Surfacemen) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant 
May. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Aged 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aged  Pensioners  B i l l;  

Pensioners 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J une  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  B i l l;  

BiU" 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
[14th  M a y] 
Report, 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Amendment  Bill;  

A m e n d m e nt 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  29th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trust 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trust  Investment  Bill;  

Investment 
Bill, 

# 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Supply 
[ 2 nd   A p r i l] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Conveyancing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Settled Land 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

o 

Public Offices 

( E x t e n s i o n) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension) 
[Expenses]; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Justices  of  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  P e a oe   BiJI-
Bill; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  28th  day  of  this instant  May. 

Irish 
Universities 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Urban  District 

Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill;  

^Advertising) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the 28th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters' Holdings  (Scot-
land)  Amendment  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading of  the  Municipal  Elections Bill;   Elections  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Education 
(Provision  of 
Meals) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Provision  of 
Meals)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for ^ the  Engines  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  Boilers 
(Persons  in  Charge)  Bill; 

S h ^ B U l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J une  next. 

No.  67. J  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

-20ft  May. 

197 

Larceny Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill  j 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Weekly Rosfr. 

Second  Beading  of  the  Weekly  Rest-Day  Bill;  I'ay Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Public  Health 
BiU- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Babbits  on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of June  next. 

Ballot 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Transferable  Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot  (Transferable 
Vote)  Bill. 

Vote)  Bill; 

\ 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Hypothec 
Abolition 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Hypothec  Abolition 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of J u ne   next. 

Police  Super- 
annuation 
S c o t l a n d) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 

( S c o t l a n d)  

B m 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Polling 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
Districts 
Cou^ifs)  Bill  Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Public-houses 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Exclusion  of  Second Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclusion 
(Scotland) 
Bil1- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

to-morrow. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Shops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  on  the  Shops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Crofters' Holdings  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of June  next. 

Lights  on 
Vehicles 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Lights on Vehicles  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prohibition  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical  Medieal^ 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill;  
Companies7 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bi,1> 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations  Corporations 
* 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill« 

upon  Monday  next. 

The Order  of  the day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  Bil!' 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the  Debate be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Infant  Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection  Protection 
(No.  2)  B i l l;  

(No. 2) BUI, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-  Employment 
ry   i n 

pointed  (1)  to  inquire  into  the  powers  possessed 
by  Civil  Authorities  to  obtain  Military  Aid  in Disturbances, 
the  suppression  of Disturbance,  and  to  consider 
whether  those  powers  ought  to  be  subjected  to 
any  and  what  modification  or  restriction;  (2) 
further  to  inquire  into  the  duties  and  responsi-
bilities  now attaching to Military  Officers in these 
cases,  and  to  consider  whether  it  is  expedient 
that  these  duties  and  responsibilities  should  be 
further  defined. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Sir Frederick Banbury,  Mr.  Chance, Mr.  Curran, 
Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Lanibton,  Mr.  Lamont,  Mr. 
Paulton,  Mr. A Ibert Stanley,  and Mr. Middlebrook. 
Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  thirteen  minutes  alter  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  68.] 
Wednesday,  20th May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-Argentine 

tion  the  Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  North  Eastern 

Bill  {Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

f u Z i I]  m 

Ordered, That, the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Wolver-
tion  the  Wolverhampton  Corporation  Bill,  as hampton 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

BilL*0™  ° n 

And  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 
' 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Widnes 
Third  Reading  of  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill;   Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

C  C  3 

198 

20th  May. 

1908. 

[No. 68. 

Metropolitan 
Provisional
Order  Bill. 

The Metropolitan  Commons Provisional Order 
to  Order,  read  a  second 

w as'  according 

time,  and  committed, 

• 

Public 
VideVoves 
and  Fourth 
ePor   • 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table.. 

, 

A  Public  Petition  was  also  presented,  and 

read;  and  referred  to  a  Select  Committee. 

National  Debt.  M r.  Hobhouse 

p r e s e n t e d,  by  H is  M a j e s t y 's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing  (1)  the 
aggregate  gross  liabilities  of  the  State  as  repre-
sented  by  the  nominal  funded  Debt,  estimated 
capital liability in respect of terminable  annuities, 
unfunded  Debt,  and  other  liabilities  in  respect 
of  Debt,  the  estimated  assets, and the  Exchequer 
balances,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year  from 
1835-6  to  1907-8,  both  inclusive  ;  and  (2)  the 
gross  and  net  expenditure  charged  annually 
during  that  period  against  the  Public  Revenue 
on  account  of  the  National  Debt,  and  other 
payments  connected  with  capital  liabilities,  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper  [C.  3476] 
of  Session  1907). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
( A n n u al 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  No.  3999. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Temporary 
Laws. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  Report 
of  the  Select  Committee  on  Expiring  Laws  in 
No.  149.  Session  1866,  was  laid  upon  the  Table  by  the 
Clerk  of 
the  House:—Copy  of  Register  of 
Temporary  Laws  for  the  Third  Session  of  the 
Twenty-eighth  Parliament  of  the  United  King-
dom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  (8  Edward 
V I I .,  1908). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Mr.  David  Alfred  Thomas 

the 
London  United  Tramways  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments. 

reported 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 
Vide  Supple- 
VotestOth0  Table;  aud  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Rifle 
reSonlraT8 
(Grants.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-

to  H is  Majesty, that He  will be  graciously 

s e n t ed 

there  be  laid 
pleased  to  give  directions  that 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  amounts 
last 
of  the  Grants  made  during  each  of  the 
five  years  by  Colonial  Governments 
to  Rifle 
Associations  for  the  encouragement  of  Rifle 
Shooting,  and  for  the  maintenance  and  expenses 
of  Colonial  representative  Rifle  Teams.—(Mr. 
Courthope,) 

., 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
Local 
to 
Taxation, 
National  Debt, 
.  , 
., 
a nd  A s s e s s o rs  consider  o±  authorising 
the  payment  ot  an 
[ P a y m e n t s .]  annual  sum,  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund,  to 
the  Local  Taxation  Account,  and  of  increased 
allowances  to  Assessors  of  Taxes,  out  of  moneys 
to  be  provided  by  Parliament, and  of  authorising 
the  application  of  the  surplus  of  income  over 
,  expenditure  for  the  year  ending  the  31st  day 

of  March  1908—(Mr.  Hobhouse)  ; 

the  House 

Mr.  M'Kenna,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted 
that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Atherley-Jones  reported  from  the  Select  Poisons  and 
Committee  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  Pharmacy  Bill 
of  the  House  of  Lords  on  the  Poisons  and  ^  m 
the 
Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords']  (now  pending  in 
Lords);  That 
they  had  considered  the  said 
Bill,  and  taken  evidence  thereon,  which  they 
had  agreed  to  report  to  the  House  ;  and  had 
gone , through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  150. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  Trawlers' 
Friday  next,  the  Trawlers'  Certificates  Suspen-Certificates 
sion  Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  29th  day  of  this  instant  May. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the  Public 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That  Petitions 
they  had  examined  the  Petitions  presented  upon  ^ " rd 
the  27th,  28th,  29th, and  30th  days  of  April  last, 
and  the  1st  and  4th  days  of  this  instant  May, 
and  had  directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof 
to  the  House.  ; 

• 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a  Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by t he Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Rochdale  Rochdale 

Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments  ; to  which  Corporation 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House, 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment  Norwich 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Norwich  Union  Fire 
Insurance  Society  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Society  Bill 
[Lords."] 
Amendment. 

to 

the 

The  Lords  have  come 

following 
Resolution,  viz.,  That  it  is  expedient  that  the 
Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Same,  Joint  Committee  to  which  the  Post  Office 
(Consolidation)  Bill  and  the  Companies  (Con-
solidation)  Bill  are  to  be referred  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of   this: House. 

Slatute  Law 
Revision  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Post  Office 
(Consolida-
t i o n)  Bill  and 
Companies 
, 
(Consolida-
tion)  BUI. 

Mr.  Muldoon,  supported  by  Mr.  Long,  Mr.  Local 

Fetherstonhaugh,  apd  Mr.  John  Redmond,  pre-
sented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Local  Registration  (Ireland) 
of  Title  (Ireland)  Act,  1891 :  And 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  uponB i l 1-
Monday  n e x t;  and  to  be  printed. 

the  same  Amendment 

Bill 232. 

' 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  National  Flag, 

proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  provide  for  the  due  display  of  the  National 
Flag  on  certain  occasions  in  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  more  particularly  on  Empire  Day— 
(Captain  Craig)-, 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion, Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  (pursuant  to 
in  pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  11.  

Speaker 

S.O. No. 11.) 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Henry  Fotster, 

(Viscount  Valentia  : 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  George Roberts, 

\ 
j 
] 
[Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  :  J 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

88. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for resuming  Elementary 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Sn^ncTand 
upon  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  May,  was Vales) BiuT 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 

 
Ka   6 8 .1  

S  ! t > W.   Y II 

Mth  May. 

Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Which  Amendment  was, 

to,  leave  out  the 
word  "  now,"  and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question, 
to  add  the  words  " upon  this  day  six  months''— 
(Lord  Balcarres)  ; 

< 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  word  " now "  stand  part  of  the  Question ;•— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put  j 
The  House divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr.  Whiteley, 

; 

Y e a s,  
m  11 
j 
Tellers  for thel 
NTnPfl 
' 

\  M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 
f Sir  Alexander Acland-
, 
1  M o o d> 
[Viscount  Valentia: 

, i 

\  205. 

, 

" The  Order  of  the day being read, for receiving  Ways  and 
1 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of this  instant  May  ; 

Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for  receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 
Report  be 

Ordered,  That  -the 

received 

to-

morrow. 

: , The  Order  of 
Committee  of  Supply; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply, 

}  370. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed 

to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

East  India 
Loans 
r r i 
[Railway  and  ^ 
Irrigation 
Work3-l 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 

L 

J 

. 

T„  
Irrigation  W o r k s ];  — 

,. 

, 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order of the day being  read, for  receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Suoply  of  [ 2 nd  AP rill 
the  2nd  day  of April  last; 

Beport" 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ;• 

Means. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   O r d er   of  t he   d ay   b e i ng   r e a d,  

f or  

t he   Public Offices 

Committee  on  Public  Offices Sites  (Extension)  S i t e s 
[Expenses]; 

\ 

' ' • •,  f S S E j '. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Public  Health 
CMarfcets in 
Districts)  Bill,  in  Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
g e o o n (j  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Irish 

Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses]  ;  ,  Expenses ] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

upon  Monday  next.. 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
BUL 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon,Monday  net^t. 

Fatal 
Accidents 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  ' F a t al   Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

• . 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election of 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
B o ^ s B U l.   ™ Municipal  Boroughs  Bill  ; 

The  Order.of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next.. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 

. 

& 

o 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

taking 
Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases jnto   consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
lU' 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Children 
[Expenses.], 

The  Order of  the day being read,  for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]'? 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  n e xt 
VOL.   163. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Duration  o£ 

proposed.  That  no  Speech  by  a  Member,  other  Speeches, 
than  a  Member  of  the  Government,  made  in  the 
House  shall  exceed  one  half-hour  in  duration, 
except  with  the  leave  of  the  House  granted 
without  a  negative  voice,  and  that  no  Speech 
made  in  Committee  of  the  whole  House  shall, 
subject  to  the  same  qualification,  exceed  a 
quarter  of  an  hour;  that,  at  the  close  of  the 
sftid  period  of  one  half-hour  or  a  quarter  of  an 
hour  respectively,  Mr.  Speaker  or the  Chairman, 
as  the  case  may  be,  do  take  the  pleasure  of  the 
to 
House  whether  the  Member  be  allowed 
proceed;  and  that  this  Resolution  be  a  Standing 
Order  of  the  House —  (Mr.  Rees)  : — And  a 
Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Workmen's 

the  Workmen's  Eviction  Eviction 

Second  Reading  of 
(Trade  Disputes)  Bill; 

S ^ B i i l. 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  June  next. 

^he  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Places  of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill j 

the  Places  of  Worship  Worship _ _ 
L t o B i lT 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Infant  Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection  Protection 
Bill; 

B i l L 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  28th  day of this  instant  May, 

c c4 

•200 

mil—2lst  May. 

1 9 0 8.   -ttfo.  68. 

Purity of Milk  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
^PP1163.. 
Second  Reading,  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
(Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Purchase  of 
Land 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of.  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Purchase  of  Land 

Second  Reading  of 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Small 
The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  resuming 
Holdings  Bill,  the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
the 
upon  the  l l th   day  of  March 
Small  Holdings  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Ordered,  That  the Debate be further adjourned 

last,  That 

till  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Malicious 
Injnries 
(Ireland)  Bill, 

The  Order  of 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for 
the  Malicious 

the 
Injuries 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

s e c o na   Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

.LongAshton 
the 
Charity  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
J 
- g j jj   . 

J 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Feus  and 
Building 
Leases 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Feus  and  Building 

Second  Reading  of 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Coroners 
The  Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill  was,  according 
(Ireland)  Bill,  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to 

a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

Town  Tenants 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  Act  Second  Reading  of  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland) 
A m e n d m e nt  Act  ( 1 9° 7)   Amendment  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Trade 
Disputes  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Sale  of 
Whisky  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Whisky  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  Second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  June  next. 

Absent  Voters 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Absent  voters  Bill; 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of J u ne   next. 

Association of 
Authorities^  a e c o n d  Reading  of 
(Expenses) 
BUL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Association  of  Port 

Sanitary  Authorities  (Expenses)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second  Reading of the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation  B j ^ t i on 
0 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

g^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k e t s BM. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  industrial  and 

Second  Reading  of the  Industrial  and  Provident  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill;  

A m e n d m e n t) 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill, 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  (Ireland) Bill, 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Pedlars  Acta 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

Bin* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public-houses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-  g g j ? 1  o£ 
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill;  

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1-

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;   (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

' 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lights  on 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lights  on  Yehicles Vehicles 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

km 

} 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  Bil1, 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be now read a second  time  ; 
Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  four  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   6 9 .] 
Thursday,  21 st May  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

AM O T I ON   being  made.  That  the  Fishguard  Fishguard  and 

and  Rosslare  Railways  and  Harbours  Bill 

[Lords']  be  now  read  the  third  time  ; 

a n d 
Harbours  BiU 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey,  by  His  Majesty^ 
Command,  acquainted 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport 

the  House 

No. 69.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

21 st  May. 

2 01 

of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His 
Majesty's  interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House 
may  do  therein  as they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

North  Bast 
London 
Kail way  Bill. 

The  North  East  London  Railway  Bill  was 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Lower  Thames  •  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Grays)  Dock  Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) 
1  ' 

Dock  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Dublin  and 
Central 

Ordered,  That  the  Dublin and Central  Ireland 
the 

Electric  Power  Bill  be  recommitted 

to 

Electric  Power former  Committee  on  the  Bill. 
Bl11- 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  that  they  have  power  to  reconsider 
their  decision  on  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill  as 
reported  by  them  to  the  House,  except  in  so far 
as  the  same  relates  to  the  City  of  Dublin,  the 
Urban  District  of  Rathmines  and  Rathgar,  the 
Urban District of  Pembroke, and  King's  County. 
— ( M r.   John  C  Connor.) 

Divorce  Bills. 

Nottingham-
shire  and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Votes 
and Fourth 
Report. 

Mines  and 
Quarries. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  19th  day  of  this 
instant  May,  That  Mr.  Attorney  General  for 
I r e l a n d,   Sir  John  Kennaway,  Sir  Joseph  Leese, 
Mr.  Solicitor  General,  Sir  David  Brynmor 
Jones,  Sir  Edward  Carson,  M r.   Cave,  and  M r. 
Ireland  be  nominated 
Solicitor  General  for 
Members  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Divorce 
Bills,  was  read  and  discharged.—(Mr.  Joseph 
Pease.) 

A  Bill to  further  extend  the  time  limited  for 
the  purchase  of  lands  and  for  the  construction 
and  completion  of  the  tramways  and  works 
authorised  by  the  Nottinghamshire  and  Derby-
shire  Tramways  Act,  1903 ;  to  provide  for  the 
transfer  to  the  Corporation  of  Nottingham  of 
certain  of  the  powers  of  that  A c t;   to  authorise 
the  Corporation  to  construct  additional  tramways 
and  a  tramroad  and  street  improvements,  and 
for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the 
time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
first 
Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

A  Public  Petition  was  also  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  referred  to  a  Select  Committee. 

.

.. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  General  Report 
and  Statistics 
I., 
for 
District  Statistics.  Statistics  of 
the  persons 
employed,  output,  and  Accidents  at  Mines  and 
Quarries  in  the  United  Kingdom,  arranged 
according  to  Inspection  Districts. 

the  year  1907.  Part 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Evictions 
(Ireland) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  the  number  of 
Evictions from Agricultural  Holdings  in  Ireland 
which  have  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Con-
stabulary,  and  also  of  the  number  of  Tenancies 

V O L . 1 63 

determined,  in  the  quarter  ended  31st  March 
1908. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,—Return 

to  an  Magistrates 

Order,  dated  the  2nd  day  of  March  last,  for  a( I r e l a n d0 
Return  relative  to  Magistrates  (Ireland). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Light 

9gWays Act> 
a
Command,—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  f8
Railway  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Rail-
ways  Act,  1896, and  modified  and  confirmed  by 
the  Board  of  Trade,  amending 
the  London 
United  Tramways  (Light  Railway  Extensions) 
Order,  1904  (London  United  Tramways  Light 
Railways  (Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light. 

9gWays A c t' 
a
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  {*8
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
amending  the  Wolverhampton  and  Cannock 
Chase  Railway  Act,  1901,  and  the  Wolver-
hampton  and  Cannock  Chase  Railway  (Light 
Railway)  Order,  1907, in  reference  to  the  fund 
deposited  in  respect  of  the  application  for  the 
Act  of  1901,  and  otherwise  (Wolverhampton 
and  Cannock  Chase  Railway  (Light  Railway) 
Amendment  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

aJgWays A c t' 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  f8
1896, and  modified and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  reviving  the  powers  granted  and  ex-
tending the periods limited by the  Clacton-on-Sea 
and  Saint  Osyth  Light  Railway  Order,  1904, 
for "the  compulsory  purchase  of  lands  and  for 
the  completion  of  the  railway  and  works  by 
that  Order  authorised,  and  for  other  purposes 
(Clacton-on-Sea  and  Saint Osyth  Light  Railway 
(Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, j^ggWays  A c t' 
>1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
amending  the  Campbeltown  and  Machrihanish 
Light  Railway  Order,  1905,  by 
increasing 
borrowing  powers,  and 
for  other  purposes, 
(Campbeltown  and  Machrihanish  Light  Rail-
way  Amendment  Order,  1908). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Commons  Act, 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—-Copy 
of  Report  under  the  Commons  Act,  1876,  by common, 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  upon  Anglesey.) 
an  application  for  a  Provisional  Order  for  the  No.  151. 
regulation  of  Towyn  Trewan  Common,  in  the 
Parishes  of  Llanfihangel-yn-howyn  Llechylched 
and  Llanfaelog, in  the  County  of  Anglesey. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Housing  of 

Working 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  advance,  out  of  the  (i^ia^d) 
Consolidated  Fund,  of  any  sum  necessary  to  [Consolidated 
meet  any  deficiency  in  the  Fund  of  the  Suitors Fund.] 
in  the  Supreme  Court in  Ireland  under  any  Act 
of  the present  Session to provide further facilities 
for  the  erection  of  Houses  for  the  Working 
Classes  in  cities  and  towns  in  Ireland—(Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)  ; 

Mr,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  by  His 
the  House 
Majesty's  Command,  acquainted 
that  His  Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the 
subject-matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to 
the  consideration  of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

D  » 

21s£  May. 

1908. 

[No. 69. 

Local 
Government 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
<Mere°(No. 2) Provisional  Orders  (No.  2 j  Bill;  .That  they  had 
considered  the  said  Orders  ;  that  the  said  Orders 
Bill. 
ought 
they  had 
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without  Amend-
ment,  to  the  House. 

to  be  confirmed,-  and 

that 

Ordered,  That  the  Eeport  do  lie  upon  the 

.  Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Electric 
Lighting 
from  the'  Committee  on  the  Electric  Lighting 
OrdeM  (No.l)   Provisional  Orders  ( N o / 1)   Bill;  That  they  had 
considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said  Orders 
Bill. 
ought 
they  had 
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments,  to  the  House. 

to  be  confirmed;  and 

that 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

Briton  Perry 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Urban  District  f r o m  the  Committee  on  the  Briton  Ferry  Urban 
Council  Bill 
District  Council  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  they  had 
[Lords,] 
examined  the  allegations  of  the  Bill,  and  found 
the  same  to  be  true ;  and  had  gone  through  the 
Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto;  and  had 
also  amended  the  Title,  as  followeth :—An  Act 
to  extend  the  water  limits  of  the  Urban  District 
Council  of  Briton  Ferry,  and  to  enlarge  their 
powers 
for  other 
purposes. 

respects,  and 

in  various 

[Title 
amended.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   County  Courts 
[Lords.] 

the  Law  relating  to  County  Bill 

to  amend 

Act 
Courts;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
currence  of  this  House. 

the  con-

The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee  port of 
consisting  of  Five  Lords  to  join  with  a  Com-  London  Bill, 
mittee  of  this  House  to  consider  the  Port  of 
London  Bill 
this 
House);  the  Lords  propose  that  the  said  Joint 
Committee  do  meet  on  Wednesday  next 
in 
Committee  Room  A,  at  Three  of  the  clock;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

to  Message  of 

(pursuant 

.'•  -

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 

the  Committee-  of  Selection  ;  That 
discharged  th6  following  Member  from . Stand-  s S t ag 
ing  Committee  A  :—-Mr.  Rothschild;  and  had  Committee  A. 
appointed  in  substitution  :  Mr.  Stonier. 

thejr 

• 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  folloWing  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respeet  of  the  Access  to  Mountains  Access  to 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Younger,  Sir  Arthur  Bignild,  Sir  Mountains 
Samuel  Scott,  Mr.  James  Mason,  Viscount  1  ' 
CastUreagh,  Mr.  Maddison,  Mr.  Ramsay  Mao 
dona/d,  Mr.  Arnold  Herbert,  Mx.  Lamont,  Mr. 
Trevelyan,  Mr.  A insworth,  Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr. 
Bryce,  Mr.  Guy  Wilson, and  Mr.  Gulland. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  Committee  C. 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities  ir;ah 
Bill)  } —  Mr.  William  Redmond  ;  and  had  Universities 
appointed 
Irish  Universities  Bill)  :  Mr.  Clancy. 

in  substitution  (in  respect  of 

the  Cil1' 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  do  lie  upon 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Llanelly  Gas Bill [ i o ^ s ],   with  Amendments. 
Ordered,  That  :the  Report;  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Education 
(Local 
Authorities) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason ! reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

No.  152. 

No.  152. 

Bill  233. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report;  do  lie  upon 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
( S e c t i o n R)
Merthyr Tydfil  [Lords]  
Corporation 
B i ll   [Lords.] 

Mr.  Layland-Barratt 

they  had  examined 
in  the  Preamble  of 

reported  from the  Police 
a nd   Sanitary  Committee  (Section  B)  ;  That  in 
t h e  case  of  the  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Bill 
the  allegations 
contained 
the  Bill,  and 
amended  the. same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by 
the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, aS  amended, 
to  be  t r u e;   and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Ordered,  That  the 
Table ;  and  be  printed 

Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lor$s  by-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Rhymney 
Railway  BiU 
[Tmds.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Rhymney  Railway 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amfendfoifeiit. 

'  Captain  Waring^ supported; by  Mr.  Williamson  Poor  Law 
and  Mr.  James  Murray,  presented  a  Bill  to 
simplify the  mode  of  raising  the  assessment  for  plin?  " 
the  Poor  in  Scotland  : And  the same  was ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  next; 
knd  to  be  printed. 

, 

234, 

!  A  Motion  was ;made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed.That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Contempts  of 
Court—{Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland)  ; 
J  And  the  Motion  being  opposed^  after a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who 
made 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in 
p u r s u a n c e o f S t a n d i n g O r d e r N o . i l. 
And  the  Question  was  agreed  to. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Attorney  General  for 
Ireland,  Mr,  Birrell,  and  Mr.  Attorney  General 
do prepare  and ,bring  in  the  Bill. 

• 

Contempts  of 
Court. 

Mr,  Speaker 
puts  the 
Question 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  No.  11 

Mr. Attorney  General  for  Ireland  accordingly 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
Contempts  of  Court  :  And  the  same  was  read 
^he  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill 

BiU  2 35 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved itself  Supply 

into  the  Committee  Of Supply. 
j 

(In  the  Committee.) 

I  Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments,  : 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
| 
.Class  I I I.  

,  ••; 

. 

S J . f^ 

; 

. 'i .;. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding;  £160,978  be . granted-  to> 
H is   Majesty,, to  eomplet;e  the  sum,,necessary:to• 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of; 
^ayihent  during  the year  ending  on  the  31st  day 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Llanelly  Gas 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

 
No.  74.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

28^  May.  206 

of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Office  of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £160,878 
be  granted  for  the  said  Service.^-(Mr.  John 
Roche.) 

A nd   it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chiairman  of  W a ys 
and  Means  under  Standing  OrJer  No.  8,  further 
proceeding  was  postponed  without  Question  put. 

Tyne 
Improvement 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
i n to   COHSide ration   the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Committee; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Committee  on  Local  Taxation,  National  Debt, 
and  Assessors  [Payments]  ; 

the  Local 

' I ) e b t 
and  Assessors 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

[ P a y m e n t s .] 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Railways 
Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  ( E i g ht   Hours)  g ht   Hours) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 
Second  Reading  of  t he   Nurses'  Registration   Registratioi 
Bill; 

BiU-

'  ° 

° 

• 
time 

Ordered,  That 

into  con-
sideration  upon  Thursday  next,  at  a  quarter  of 
an  hour  a f t er   Eight  of  the  clock. 

the  Bill  be  taken 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Supply 
Services 
a n d B e v e n ue 
Departments 
Estimates.) 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question  proposed 
on  consideration  of  Question,  T h at   a  sum  not 
exceeding  £160,978  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, 
to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of 
March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Office of  the  Irish  Land  Commission; 

Which  Question  was,  That  a  sum  not  exceed-
ing  £160,878  be  granted  for  the  said  Service 
—(Mr.  John  Roche),—resumed. 

Question  again  proposed,  T h at   a  sum  not 
exceeding  £160,878  be  granted  for  the  said 
Service  :—Motion,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

: 

Original  Question  again  proposed:—Motion, 

by  leaye,  withdrawn. 

;  Class  I I. 

£120^788  to  complete  the  sum for the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction 
for  Ireland,  and  of  the  Services  administered 
by  that  Department,  including  sundry  G r a n ts 
in  Aid. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported.  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

the  Chair  ;  and 

Ordered^  T h at   the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
into  the  said  Com-

next,  again  resolve  itself 
mittee.' 

Supply 
[2nd  April] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  l a s t; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Supplv 
[14 th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  M ay  ; 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday-next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  info  the  said  Committee. 

Friendly 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Societies  Bill.  Second  Reading  of the  Friendly  Societies  B i l l; 
Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  ^  second  time 

upon  Monday1 next. 
-  VOL.   163.' 

-  • •• 

- 

' •  - ' 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the   Municipal 

Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Represents-   Representation 
tion  Bill  [LordT]; 

Bill  [ 2 ^ ,] 

1 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

•  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  c i v il   B in 
Second  Reading  of 
(Dublin)  B i l l;  

the  Civil  Bill  C o u r t s C o u r ts 

( D u b l i n)   Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Merchandise 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  B i l l; 

the  Merchandise  Marks  Marks ( N o- 2) 

B,1U 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pharmacy 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pharmacy  B i l l; 
i  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

B u l-

The  Order  of  t he   day  being  read, 

for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Consolida-
tion  and  Amendment)  B i l l;  

Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  3 rd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Irish  National 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools  Schools 
(Heating)  B i l l;  

" SaT*"*' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for . the  Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of 
People  B i l l; 

the  of  the  People 

B l I L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second 

time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing  of  Working 
Classes  Acts  Amendment  B i l l;  

Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B i lL 

upon  Thursday  next. 

1  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  (Weekly 
Bill  i 

the  Police 

^ 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  (Exemption)  B i l l;   (Exemption) 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  J u ne   next, 
i 

i> D  2 

204 

21st—22nd  May. 

1908. 

[No. 70. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Holdings 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Amendment  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Conveyancing 
Bil1- 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June   next. 

Settled  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June  next. 

Larceny  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Port  of 
London  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  so  much  of  the  Message  from 
the  Lords  of  this  day  as  relates  to  the  time  and 
place  of  meeting  of  the  Joint  Committee  on  the 
Port  of  London  Bill  be  now  taken  into  con-
sideration.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded 

to  take 
that  part  of  the  said  Message  into  consideration. 

to 

this  House 

Ordered,  That  the  Select  Committee  appointed 
by 
the  Committee 
join  with 
appointed  by  the  Lords  on  the  Port  of  London 
Bill  do  meet  the  Lords'  Committee 
in  Com-
mittee  Room  A  on  Wednesday  next,  at  Three 
of the  clock,  as  proposed  by  their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That a Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords, 
to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  hath  directed 
the  Select  Committee  appointed  by  this  House 
to  join  with  the  Committee  appointed  by 
the 
Lords  on  the  P o rt   of  London  Bill  to  meet  the 
Committee  appointed  by 
in 
Committee  Room  A  on  Wednesday  next,  at 
Three  of  the  clock,  as  proposed  by  their  Lord-
ships s  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said 
Message.—(Mr.  Whiteley.) 

their  Lordships 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  six  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill 

A. 

, 

[No.  70.] 
Friday,  22nd  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P E A Y E B S. 

THE   Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Bill  was  read  Garw  and 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

< 

Ogmore  Gas 
Bill. 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That 

the  London  London 
County  Council  (General  Powers)  Bill  be  now  County 
read  the  third  time; 

general 

And  notice  being  taken,  that  the  interest  of  Powers)  Bill, 

the  Prince  of  Wales,  as  Duke  of  Cornwall,  is 
concerned  therein; 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  by  Command  of  His 
Royal  Highness,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Royal  Highness,  having  been  informed  of 
the 
purport  of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as 
His  Royal  Highness's  interest  is  concerned,  that 
the  House  may  do  therein  as  they shall  think  fit. 
Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council  s a i nt 

(Superannuation)  Bill 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

[Lords]  was  read 

the  Marylebone 
Council1 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  ( S u p e r a n n u a-

the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Camberwell  and  other  Metropolitan 
Borough  Councils 
Bill 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

(Superannuation) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Doncaster  Corporation  Bill, as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  2)   Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
third  time  and  passed. 

oMers°(No  2) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Kill, 

the  Lords,  and  desire  theit  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Electric  Lighting 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Electric 
Lighting 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  1) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Mr.  Masterman,  supported  by  Mr.  Burns, 
presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
Orders  of  the.Local  Government  Board  relating 
to  Barry,  Bradford  (Yorks),  and  Sutton-in-
Ashfield  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time. 
to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

the  Bill  be  referred 

Ordered,  That 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  9) 
Bill. 

Bill  236. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Votes 
Several  Public  Petitions  were  also  presented  and  Fouith 

and  read  ;  and  referred  to  a  Select  Committee.  Report. 

,  . 

1 

No. 70.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

22nd  May. 

Magistrates 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  Magis-
trates  (Ireland),  which  was  presented  upon  the 

No.  J53.  21st  day  of  this  instant  May,  be  printed. 

presented,  pursuant 

University  of  Mr.  Runciman 
the 
I89s'0n ACt'  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Amendment  under  the  University  of  London 
Act,  1898,  of  Statutes  4,  26,  120,  and  127  of 
the  Statutes  of  the  University  of  London,  and 
of  Statute  11  of  the  Statutes  for  the  manage-
ment  of  University  College,  London. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ceylon. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of Correspondence  relating  to 
the  consumption  of  Opium  in  Ceylon. 
Saint  Vincent.  Colonel  Seely also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
additional  Rules  made  for  the  government  of 
the  Prison  in  Saint  Vincent. 

Grenada. 

Copy  of  Prison  Rule  abolishing  the  Punish-
ment  of  cutting  the  hair  of  Female  Prisoners 
in  Grenada. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Education 
(Scotland.)  Majesty's  Command,  — Copy  of  Thirty-fifth 
Annual  Report  by  the  A ccountant  for  Scotland 
to  the  Scotch  Education  Department. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Laud  Registry.  Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,—Return 

to  an 
No.  154.  Order,  dated  the  19th  day  of  February  last,  for 

a  Return  relative  to  the  Land  Registry. 

Tellers  for the r Mr.  Wkiteley, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Joseph  Pease  : 

Tellers  for  t h e f M r.   Cameron  Corbett, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Barnes: 

163. 

2 05 
1 
J 
\ 
J 

85. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill'  was  accordingly  committed 

to  a 
Committee of the  whole  House  for Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Blementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

ffiSLe, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil!-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Corporal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Restriction)  Bill; 

the  Corporal  Punishment y™fh™eut 
(Restriction) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 
t 
men
the  Local  Government  ®°Teni
c
c

Second  Reading  of 
(Transfer  of  Powers  of  Standing  Joint  C o m - K s of 
mittees)  Bill  ; 

Standing  Joint 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  g°™mlttees) 

upon  Tuesday  the  2nd  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Polling 

into  consideration 
Registration  of Voters (Ireland)  Bill, as amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

the  Polling  Districts  and  Districts and 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Valuation 
the  Valuation 

(Ireland)  (Ireland) Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Liquor  Traffic 
(LocalOption)  Second  Reading  of  the  Liquor  Traffic  (Local 
(Scotland) 

Option  (Scotland)  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and, at the  end  of  the  Question,  adding the  words 
"upon  this  day  six  months."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for t h e / M r.   Cameron  Corbett, 
1 Mr.  Eugene  Wason  : 

\  jgg 
j 
Tellers for  the [Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  \ 
f 

1 Mr.  James  Mason : 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

^ 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House—(Mr.  Sinclair) ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

VOL.   163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Open  Spaces 

Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second Reading  of the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

gSf l a n <» 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k e ts   i!i)1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the.day  being  read,  for  the  Pubiic-h 

Second  Reading  of  the  P u b l i c- h o u s es  
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill;  

( E x c l u - ^ ^ l u s i on   of 

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11-

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 

Second  Reading  of the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

(Scotland) 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

D  D  3 

' 2 06 

22nd—25 th  May. 

1908. 

[No,  7t 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Questidh'pry^dsed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Housing  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Working  Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working;  Classes 
( M a n d)  
^Consolidated 
u n 

(Ireland)  [Consolidated  Fund]  ; 
,  Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon'Monday 
next,-resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  A.) 
Padiham 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

Videi  Supple' 
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water  Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  F.) 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  ( Section  A );   That  in 
the  case  of  the  Padiham  Urban  District  Council 
Bill  they  had examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the 
same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee, 
and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true  ; 
and  had  gone 
the  Bill  and  made 
through 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Nussey  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
the  South  West  Suburban  Water  Bill;  That 
they  had  examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the 
same  to  make 
it  consistent  with  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  them,  and found the  same, as  amended, 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Nussey  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Group  F  of  Private  Bills;  That  the  parties 
promoting  the  Pontypridd  Water  Bill  [Lords] 
had  stated  that  the  evidence  of  Frederick  E. 
Jacob,  Mining  Engineer,  of  Aberavon,  Glamor-
ganshire,  was  essential  to  their , ca«e.;  and,  it 
having  been  proved  that  his  attendance  could 
not  be  procured  without  the  intervention  ,of  the 
House,  he  had  been  instructed  to  move  that  the 
said  Frederick  E.  Jacob  do  attend 
the  said 
Committee  on  Monday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  Frederick  E.  Jacob  do  attend 
the  Committee  on  Group  F  of  Private  Bills  on 
Monday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

University  of 
Durham  Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Monday  next,  the  University  of  Durham  Bill 
was  read  and  discharged. 

« 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  secondi  time 

upon  Monday  the  1st  day of  June  next. 

[No.;71.]:  • 
Monday,  26th May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

• 

p K A Y E K S;  

t 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  B i ib 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 

for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  ease  of  the  orders  not 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  previously 
referred  on 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, with.-) 
and  which  are  applicable 
complied  with,  v i z . :— 

the  First  Reading 

thereto,  have  been 

thereof,  the 

Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act, 

1904  (Amendment) Bill{Lords']. 

Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways  Bill 

[ Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
which  are  applicable  thereto  have  been  complied 
with,  viz.  :— 

Provisional 
Order  Hills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Tramways  Order  Confirmation  (No.  1)  Bill 
• 

\_Lords].y 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker 

laid  upon  the  Table.—Report  Provisional 
i from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Order  Bills 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  folio wing 
Bill,  refei red  on  the  First  Reading -thereof,  no.applicable.) 
Standing,Orders  are  applicable,  v i z .:

. 

Local  Government 

(No.  8)  Bill. 

Provisional  Order 
' 

!  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second /time 
,  :,.-"*•.' 

to-morrow.1 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Provisional. 
tells 

from  one  of  ; the  .Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Order 
Private  Bills,  That .in  the  case  of  the  following  (
0^ ef s
Bill,  referred  on  the  First.  Reading  thereof,  the  applicable  , 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto  hereto 
with.')6 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

mg 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  7)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-Hiorrow, 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  [standing 
for  the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  Orders  not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  - been, 'complied  complied 

• , I. 

° 

With.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being 
then 
seven  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

with,  viz.:— 

River  Wandle  Protection  Bill 

. < 
[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  om Standing  Orders. 

The  Comptroller  of  the  Household  reported  Monument  to 

to  the  House,  That  their  Address  of  the  19th  Sir  Henry 
day  of this  instant  May,  relative  to  the  Monu- BamJerman. 
ment  to  Sir  Ilenry  Campbell-Bannerman,  .had 
been  presented  to  His  Majesty ;  and  tli-at  His 
Majesty  had  been  pleased  to  receive  the  same 
very  graciously,  and 
following 
Answeri 

to  give 

the 

I  have  received  your-  Address  praying  that  I 
will  give  directions  that  a  Monument  be  erected 

 
No.  75.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

the 

to,  the  memory  of 

in  the  Collegiate  Church  of  Saint  Peter,  West-
late  Right 
minster, 
Honourable  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman, 
with  ah  inscription  expressive  of  the  high  sense 
entertained  by  the  House  of  Commons  of  the 
eminent  services  rendered  by him  to  the  country 
in  Parliament  and  in  great  Offices of  State,  and 
assuring  Me 
the 
expenses  attending  the  same. 

that  you  will  make  good 

' 

. I  shall  give  directions  in accordance with  your 

Address. 

Kouhdale 
Oorporation 

1  ' 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to 
the  Rochdale  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Argentine 
The  Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Bill 
North  Eastern  [Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
t ^ ^ j "'  

with  Amendments. 

29th  May.—June. 

207 
the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills?  and 
be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

Sir  Edward  • Strachey  presented  a  Bill  to  Usk  Fisheries  • 

confirm a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Salmon 
and  Freshwater  Fisheries  Act,  1907,  relating  to  gjjj gg'g 
the  River  Usk  and  other  waters:  And 
same  was  read  the  first  time. 

the 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
bo printed. 

, 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

viae  Votes 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  also  presented,  and  Fifth 

and  read  ;  and  referred  to a  Selcct  Committee.  BeP ort-

The  Lord  Advocate  presented;  pursuant  to  Shop  Hours 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  Act- l904< 
of  Orders  made  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
under  the  Shop  Hours.Ac%. 190®, providing  for 
the early  closing  of  certain  classes  of  Shops  in 
the  Burgh  of  Govan. 

. 

Oraered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them-that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Wolverhampton  Corporation  Bill  was 

read  the  third  time and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Irish Land 
mand,—Copy of  Return  of Advances made under  Commission, 
the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the  month 
of June  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Table. 

Wolver-
hampton 
Corporation 
Bill. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Bla^kbiifh, 
the'  Blackburn  Corporation 
corporation  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee,  be  taken 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That 

into  consideration  to  morrow. 

Skegness 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
Urban  District  tion  the  Skegness  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

as amended  in  the  Committee. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

King's  College, 
London 
(Transfer) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Bailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Ards  and 
Bangor 
Railways  Bill. 

Hurly's 
Divorce  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  King's  College,  London  (Transfer)  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

.Ordered,  That 

the  London,  Brighton,  and 
South  Coast  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a 
second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Ards  and  Bangor 

Second  Reading  of 
Railways  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  in  the  case  of  Hurly's  Divorce 
Bill  [Lords]  Standing  Orders  204  and  235  be 
suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second  time, 

and  committed. 

Electric 
Lighting 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 

Orders'xNo, l)  third  time  and  passed 
Bill. 

.  — 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

-

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

W ye   Fisheries 
Order^BM1 
r  er 
11' 
Bill 237. 

Sir  Edward  Stracfiey  presented  a'Bill.1  to 
c°nfirm   a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Salmon 
and  Freshwater  Fisheries  Act,1907,  relating  to 
the 
the  River  Wye  and  other  waters  ;  And 
same  was  read  the  first  time. 

VOL.   163. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  pursu&nt  Army 

to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
—• Copy  of  Regulations 
the  Territorial 
Force. 

for 

Copy  of  Regulations  for  the  Special  Reserve.  Army 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the  Reserve!) 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Polling 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act'  of  Parliament,—  ^iount^of 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  Southampton.) 
County  of Southampton, altering,certain  Polling 
Districts 
the  Basingstoke  Parliamentary 
Division. 

in 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-  East  Indian 

this  House  a  Return  showing 

sented to His  Majesty, that  He  will  be graciously  Products 
pleased  to  give  directions  that 
there  be  laid  i^ffs/)* 
the 
before 
Import  Duties 
approximate  percentages  of 
the  principal 
levied  in  various  countries  on 
articles  exported  from  India,  in  continuation  of 
the  Return  appended  to  the  Fiscal  Despatch  of 
the  Government  of  India  of  the  22nd  day  of 
October  1 9 0 2 ^ M r.   Se/wnafift) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent 

to 

Lords,  to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be  P j ^ e
pleased  to  communicate  to  this  House  Copies 
of  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Proceedings, 
together  with  Documents  deposited,  in  the  case 
of  Hurly's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]-.  And  that  the 
Clerk  do  carry  the  said  Message.  : 

,  l 

, 

. 

the  Hurly's 
1

B i 11 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to 

the  iinrly's 

Select  Committee  on  Divorce  Bills  that  they  Divorce'Bill 
do  hear  Counsel  and  examine  Witnesses  for J- ' cr 
Hurly's  Divorce  Bill  [Zior^s];and rtlso. that theyc:: 
do  hear  Counsel  and  examine  Witnesses  against J 
the; Bill,, if  the  parties  concerned  thmk  ,fit to, be 
heard  by  Counsel;  and  propnce^Wifossse^f-r,.,., 
(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

v 

D  D  4 

208 

25th—26th  May. 

1908. 

[No. 71. 

P a t e n ts   and 
Designs  B i ll 
[Lords.] 

Bill  239. 

N ew   Member 
sworn. 

The  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  [Lords]   was 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Arthur  Augustus  William  Harry 

Ponsonby, 
Esquire,  Member  for  the  Stirling  District  of 
Burghs,  was  sworn. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Bristol 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  empower  the  Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen, 
and  Burgesses of  the  City  of  Bristol to  construct 
dock  railways,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

Bristol 
Corporation 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Bristol  ; Corporation  Bill 

read  the  first  time. 

[Lords]   was 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Small 
H o l d i n gs   a nd 
A l l o t m e n ts 
( S c o t l a n d) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 
Bill 240. 

Business  of 
t he   H o u se 
( W a ys   a nd 
Means.) 

•  The  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  (Scot-
land)  Bill  [Lords]   was  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  of  the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means, 
if  under  consideration  at 
Eleven  of  the  clock  this  night,  be  not  inter-
rupted  under  the  Standing  Order (Sittings of  the 
House)—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  "Noes to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  : 

m  ii 
£ 
Tellers  for  the 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-

M 

' 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

276. 

72. 

W a ys   a nd 
Means. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Income  Tax. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
Income  Tax  shall  be  charged,  for  the  year 
beginning  the 
sixth  day  of  April  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight,  at  the  rate  of  one  shilling  in 
the pound.—(Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer.) 

Tuesday,  26th  May  1908  : 

Question  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the J" Mr.  Whiteley, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  : - 

Tellers  for t he   ("Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

( M r.   Hunt: 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

23() 

„. 

) 
j 
] 
j 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

the  Chair;  and 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for receiving  W a ys   a nd 
, 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  of  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

this 

lieport. 

day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  A r my   Council 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  Council  Bill; 

Bl11, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  L i c e n s i ng 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida- 
tion)  Bill; 

. 

^^ 
' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal  Mines 

the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  

Second  Reading  of 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill;  

( ® g h ' H o u r s) 
( N o. 2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  E l e m e n t a ry 

Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-   E d u c a t i on 
1 
1  - nr   1 
land  and  W ales)  xJill; 

( E n g l a nd   a nd 
Wales)  Bill. 

\  T> -ri 

, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  E a st   India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  Works]; 
Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day,  W o r k s .] 

K S & n d 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  p ab i ic   H e a l th 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets  ( M a r k e t s in 
in  Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

S o t s ) 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill, 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction)  ( C o n s t r u c t i o n) 
Bill; 

-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  f a t al 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

of 

the  Fatal  Accidents  A c c i d e n ts 

i ^ f Z l] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  E l e c t i on   of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  A l d e r m en   Aldermen  in 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

B o ^ & i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading  of  the  London  Paving Expenses  Paving 
j g jU  

" 

° 

E x p e n s es   Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

this 

day. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Costs  in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  C n m i n al   Cases 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

No.  71.]  8  EDW. Yn. 

25th—mth  May. 

Children 
[ E x p e n s e s .] 

The  Order  of the  day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Public  Offices 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Committee  on  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension) 
' 

-, 

^ 

. 

( E x t e n s i o n) 
[ E x p e n s e s .] 

r c,  
[Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Irish 
[Bx^snsas6]  Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Supply 
[21st  M a y] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of the day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  21st  day  of  this  instant  M a y; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

this 

day. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

209 
the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress 
them 
in 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
That 
the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit 
again. 

the  Chair;  and 

the  matter 

to 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cheap  Trains 

Second  Reading  of the  Cheap  Trains  Bill; 

BiI!-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Lands  ( S c o t - L a n ds 
land)  Bill; 

» n d) 

V 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Women's 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement  Enfranchise-
j g j lj   . 

ment  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Franchise  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal  Removal  of 
S m t i es 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time  BlU* 

upon  Monday  next. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Peerage  Bill; 

t he   Irish  Peerage 

BiU. 

Supply 
[ 2 nd   A p r i l] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Supply 
[ 1 4 th   M a y] 
Report. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of this  instant  May; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received 

this 

day. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Local 
Taxation, 
S Z ™'
[ P a y m e n t s .]  

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Local  Taxation,  National 

  Debt,  and  Assessors  [Payments]. 

( I n  the  Committee.) 

To  report  Progress, and ask  leave  to  sit  again. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  made  Progress 
them 
in 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
That  the  Committee  may  have 
leave  to  sit 
again. 

the  matter 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ballot  Act 

the  Ballot  Act 

(1872)  (1872) 

Second  Reading  of 
Amendment  B i l l;  
3 

Amendment 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scot-  Fisheries 
land)  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 

ACT?1907) 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  A m e n d m e nt 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

BlU" 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Engines  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Engines  and  Boilers  B o il e rs 
(Persons  in  Charge)  (No.  2)  B i l l;  

* 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  ( N o- 2) B m-

upon  Thursday  the  11th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Borough 
Second  Reading  of the  Borough  Councils  Bill;   Councils  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale  of  Food 

Second  Reading  of the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  311(1 Dru8 s 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

ime'ndment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  O^otland) 

Bill. 

this  day. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Consolidated 
Fund.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  [Consolidated  Fund]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

To  report  Progress, and  ask  leave to sit  again. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  B i l l ;' 

the  Public  Health  A c t A c t  (1875) 
t^ ment 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  K'g hts)  BiU-

A^ a

e

(

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensed 

Second  Reading  of 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 

the  Licensed  Premises 

E  E 

Days)1  n 
Closing  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  12th  day  of  June  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

1-73. 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Act  (1901) 
A m e n d m e nt 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Factory  and  Workshop 
Act  (1901)  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  11th  day  of  June  next. 

Fruit 
Growers 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot-
land)  Bill ;•:: . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the 

Local 
Q u I S on 
f a d i ng  of 
(England  and  Qualification  (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 
Wales)  Bill. 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

S e co?d 

upon  Friday  next. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
(London)  Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  7th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Employment 
of  British 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British 

Abroad  Bill.  Subjects  Abroad  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading 
and  Drains  Bill; 

the  day  being  read, 
of  the  Metropolitan 

for  the 
Sewers 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councils)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee) ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

Shops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Shops  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House will, upon  Thursday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  B i l l ;: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Local 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Registration  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Registration  of 
(Ireland) 
Amendment 
BllI° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Title  (Ireland)  Amendment  Bill  j 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  B u x t on 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charity  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

1 

this  day. 

• 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long  Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bill. 
B i l l; 

: 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

./ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read 
the  Abbots 

Second  Reading  of 
Charity  Bill; 

t he  Abbots 

f or 
Bromley 

, 
J  C h a n ty  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)"  Bill,  as  (Ireland)  Bill, 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  l i g h ts  on 
the  Lights  on  Vehicles  Vehicles 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Education 

into  consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho-  (Local 
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-  Authorities) 
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish  National 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools Schools 
(Heating)  Bill r 

( H e a u n g)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police 
Second  Reading of  the Police (Weekly  Holiday1!  (Weekly 
. 
g jH  . 

/ 

Holiday)  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

,  - D -n 

Bill, 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Liquor  Traffic 
Committee  on  the  Liquor  Traffic (Local  Option)  (Local  Option) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

^Scotland) 

Resolved,  That this.House  will, upon  Thursday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

t e n d a n c e) 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill> 

upon  Monday  next. 

Purity  of  Milk  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
Supplies 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
^Scotland) 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for resuming Dogs' 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
! upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  Bin-

-No. 71.]  & EDW. YII. 

25th—26th  May. 

2 11 

Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  this  day. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock  on  Monday  evening,  Mr.  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it 
being  then 
twenty-three  minutes  after 
Twelve  of  the  clock,  till this  day. 

[No.  72.] 

Tuesday,  26th   May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before Three  or  the  clock. 

Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
tion) Bill 
[Lords.] 

P K A T E B S. 

THE   Camberwell  and  other  Metropolitan 

Borough  Councils  (Superannuation)  Bill 
|'Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Doncaster  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 

third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,. T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Widncs 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Beading  of  the  "Widnes  Corporation  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 
upon  Thursday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Blackburn  Corporation 

into  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne 
next. 

London, 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Brighton, and  Second  Reading  of  the  London,  Brighton,  and 
S o u th   C o a s t  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Divorce Bills. 

Ordered,  T h at  

t he   L o rd   A d v o c a te   be   dis-
charged  from the  Select  Committee  on  Divorce 
Bills, 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Solicitor  General 

for 
Ireland  be  added  to  the  Committee.  —  (Mr. 
Whiteley.) 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
7>  B iU   w a s»  according  to  Order,  read  a 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No,  8)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

( N o- 

Local 
Pr°oVv™f 
Orders (No. 7)  Second  time,   a nd   c o m m i t t e d. 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order (No. 8) 
Bill. 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
(No. 1) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Beport. 

V O L.  163. 

The  Tramways  Order  Confirmation  (No.  1) 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie npon  the  Table. 

S e c r e t a ry   S ir   Edward  Grey  p r e s e n t e d,   by   H is   Africa 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  further  Corre-  <No- 2'  1908 > 
spondence  respecting  the  Independent  State  of 
the  Congo. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Runciman 

p r e s e n t e d,   by   H is   M a j e s t y 's   Board of 

i n  Education. 

Command,—Copy  of  List  of  (1)  Schools 
Boroughs  and  Urban  Districts  m  England  and 
Wales  containing  only  one  Public  Elementary 
School,  together  with  (2)  Schools  in  Boroughs, 
Urban  Districts,  and  Rural  Parishes  in  England 
and  Wales  in  which  there  is  more 
than  one 
Public  Elementary  School,  but  only  one  avail-
able  for  Boys,  or  for  Girls,  or  for  Infants. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Churchill  p r e s e n t e d,   by   H is   M a j e s t y 's   imports and 

Command,—Copy  of  Tables  showing,  for  each  Exports at 
of  the  years  1900-7,  the  estimated  value  of  P r i c e3  of  190°-
Imports  into  the  United  Kingdom,  and  Exports 
from  the  United  Kingdom,  at  prices  prevailing 
in  1900,  with  an  introductory  Memorandum. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

S ir   Francis  Channing 

r e p o r t ed   f r om   S t a n d i ng   standing 

Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Summary  Jurisdic-  Committee A. 
tion  (Ireland)  Bill  was referred  ;  That  they  had jungdjctjon 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  (Ireland) Bill, 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the  No.  155. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No.  155. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  241. 

Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Tuesday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon 

r e p o r t ed   f r om 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged  the following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A  :—Mr.  Attorney  General  (in 
respect  of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill),  and 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  (in  respect  of 
the 
Access  to  Mountains  Bill);  and  had  appointed 
in 
(in 
substitution  :  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
respect  of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill),  and  the 
Lord  Advocate  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains  Bill). 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the following Member  from  Standing  Committee 
C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities  Bill)  :— 
S ir   Randal  Cremer; 
a nd   h ad   a p p o i n t ed   in  s u b-
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
B i l l ):   S ir   William 
Collins. 
Ordered,  That 

the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 
Coroners' 
Inquests Bill. 
Access to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee O. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Table. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, Old Age 
to  t"ensi0D8-

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
consider  of  making  provision,  out  of  moneys 
to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  for - Old  Age 
Pensions—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)  ; 
Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, 
the  House 
that  His  Majesty, having  been  informed  of  the 
subject-matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to 
the  consideration  of  the  House. 

acquainted 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from"the  Select  Comjnittee  standing 

dm Standing  Orders  several  Resolutions  j  -which Orders; 
were  read,  as  follow : 

; 

-

E  E  2 

212 

2Qth  May. 

1908. 

[No.  72. 

Holderness 
Water  Bill. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
[Lords!] 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Holderness  Water 
the 
Bill,  Petition 
Standing  Orders  ought  not  to  be  dispensed 
with. 

for  additional  provision, 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Honourable  Artil-
lery  Company  [Lords]  Petition  for  Bill,  the 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with; 
that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with 
their  Bill. 

The  Second  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dublin and 
Mr.  Luke  White reported  from the  Committee 
Central 
on  the  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland  Electric 
Ireland 
Electric Power Power  (recommitted)  Bill;  That  they  had,  in 
accordance  with  the  Instruction  of the  House  of 
Bill. 
the  21st  of  May,  reconsidered  their  decision  of 
the  1st of April  upon  the  Preamble of the Bill as 
reported  by  them  to  the  House,  in  so far  as  the 
same  relates  to  the  area  of  supply  other  than 
the  municipal  area  of  the  City  of  Dublin,  the 
Urban  District  of  Rathmines  and  Rathgar,  the 
Urban District of  Pembroke, and King's  County, 
and,  after  hearing  Counsel  and  taking  further 
evidence,  had  agreed  to  the  following  Report:— 
to 
incorporate  and  confer powers  upon  a  Company 
for  the  supply  of  electrical  energy,  should  be 
amended  by  altering  the  short  Title 
thereof 
to 
the  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill, 
and  by  omitting  from  the  area  of  supply  the 
municipal  area  of  the  City  of  Dublin,  the  Urban 
District  of  Rathmines  and  Rathgar,  the  Urban 
District  of  Pembroke,  aud  King's  County  ;  and 
the  Committee  had  made  consequential  Amend-
ments  in  the  Bill. 

That  the  Bill,  the  object  of  which 

is 

Vide Supple-
ment to the 
Votes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 
that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Knott  End 
Bailway Bill. 

Dartford Gas 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Knott  End 

Railway  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Dartford  Gas 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Great  Eastern 
Railway  (General  Powers)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

Great  Eastern 
Railway 
(General 
Powers) Bill. 
Dnndalk 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to the Dundalk  Urban 
Urban  District 
District  Council  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 
Council BiU. 
Hull and 
to  the  Hull  and 
R^^a^Bill  Barnsley  Railway  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to 
a i 
'  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

House. 

Aire and 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Calder ^  ^  Act  to  authorise  the  undertakers  of  the  Aire 
BUl \lotA».\  and  Calder  Navigation  to  construct  works  and 
acquire  lands  in  connection  with  their  under-
taking; 
to  the 
to  amend  the  Acts  relating 
undertakers; 
to  confer  further  powers  upon 
them,  and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Hurly's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  communicate  Minutes  of  Evidence 
and  Proceedings  taken upon the  Second  Reading 
of  Hurly's  Divorce  Bill  [LordsJ,  together  with 
the  Documents  deposited  in  the  case,  as  desired 
by  this  House,  and  they  request  that  the  same 
may  be  returned. 

Aire and 
Calder 
Navigation 
BiU [Lords.] 

The  Aire  and  Calder  Navigation  Bill [.Lords] 

was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

M r.   Vivian, 

s u p p o r t ed   by   L o rd   Robert  Cecil,  Public  Health 

M r.   Walters,  M r.   Fenwick,  M r.   Bowles, 
William 
Collins,  M r.   Waterlow, 
Bull,  and  Viscount  Morpeth,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Public  Health  Acts  with  respect  to 
Sewers  and  Drains  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
the 
15th  day  of  June  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

S ir   William 

S ir   ^ e rs   aud 
j j jh   243 

M r.   James  Mason, 

s u p p o r t ed   by   S ir   Gilbert  Payment of 
Parker,  V i s c o u nt   Helmsley,  M r.   Hicks  Beach,  Rates Bill. 
M r.   Courthope,  M r.   Villiers,  M r.   Vivian, 
Mr.  Molteno,  presented  a  Bill  to  regulate  the 
payment  of  Rates  when  made  by  the  Owner 
instead  of  the  Occupier  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

a nd   Bill  244. 

M r.   Atherley-Jones, 

s u p p o r t ed   by   M r.   Cross,  Money 

M r.   Carr-Gomm,  M r.   0 'G r a d y,   M r.   Charles  Lenders  Bill. 
Bill  245. 
Nicholson,  M r.   Marnham,  M r.   Frederick  Edwin 
Smith,  and  Mr.  Walsh,  presented  a  Bill 
to 
amend  the  Money  Lenders  Act,  1900  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  3rd  day of  June  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being Government of 

proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill Scotland, 
to  amend  the  provisions  for  the  future  Govern-
ment  of  Scotland—(Mr.  Pirie)  ; 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief  Mr. Speaker 

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who Pu*s the 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who  ( p ^ a nt   to 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in  s.O. No. 11.) 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  11. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  L e f t. 
Tellers for  the f Mr.  Pirie, 

Y e a s,  

( M r.   Eugene  Wason  : 

Tellers  for  the/Sir-4/Mfflwfer  Acland-

Noes 
' 

H o o d> 

1 
[Lord  Balcarres  : 

257. 

102. 

j 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered, 

T h at   M r.   Pirie,  M r.   Barnes,  M r. 
L.amont, 
Gulland,  M r.   Robert  Harcourt,  M r.  
C a p t a in   Murray,  M r. 
M r.   Murray  Macdonald, 
Ponsonby,  M r.   Charles  Price,  M r.  
Sutherland, 
M r.   Eugene  Wason,  a nd   M r.   Wilkie  do  p r e p a re 
and  bring  in  the  Bill. 

Mr.  Pirie  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to Government 
amend  the  provisions  for the  future Government  ^Scotland 
of  Scotland  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

B i ll   2 4 6. 

Bill. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being Business of 

the  Copimittee  of  Ways  and  Means  and  Money  ° 

proposed,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Reports 
of 
Committees  authorising 
public  money,  other  than 
the  Committee  of 
Supply,  may  be entered  upon  at  any  hour  after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  though  opposed,  and  shall 
not  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House)—(Mr. 
Asquith); 

the  expenditure  of  Committees.) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  4,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "may,"  the  words  " at   least  two  days' 
notice  having  previously  been  publicly  given."— 
( S ir   Frederick 

Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted:—The  said  proposed 
the  House, 
Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 

No.  72.]  8  EDW.  T IL 

26th  May. 

Ordered,  That the  Proceedings  on the  Reports 
of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  and 
Committees  authorising 
the  expenditure  of 
public  money,  other  than  the  Committee  of 
Supply,  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour  after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  though  opposed,  and  shall 
not  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House). 

W a ys   and 
Means 
[ 7 th   M a y] 
Report. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported 
from the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  several 
Resolutions  ;  which  were  read,  as  follow  :' 

Tea. 

Sugar, 

Irish  Tobacco. 

Tea. 

1.  That  the  Customs  duty  now  charged  on 
tea  shall  continue  to  be  charged  until  the  first 
day  of  July  nineteen  hundred  and  nine,  that  is 
to  say  :— 

Tea 

<r 

* 

the  lb. 

- 

Five  pence. 

Sugar. 

2.  That  the  Customs  duties  imposed  and  the 
drawbacks  allowed  under  section  two  of 
the 
Finance  Act,  1901  (being  duties  and  drawbacks 
in  respect  of  sugar,  molasses,  glucose,  and 
saccharin),  and  the  Excise  duties  imposed  and 
the  drawbacks  allowed  on  glucose  and  saccharin 
under  section  five  of  the  same  Act,  and  the 
allowance  in  respect  of  molasses  used  for  food 
for  stock  under  subsection  two  of  section  one  of 
the  Revenue  Act,  1903, be  reduced  in  each  case 
by  fifty-six  per  cent.,  or  as  near  thereto  as  the 
Treasury  may  determine,  the  reduction  to  take 
effect  on  and  after  the  eighteenth  day  of  May 
nineteen  hundred  and  eight.  Provided  that,  as 
respects  the  duty  charged  on  manufactured  or 
prepared  goods  under  section  seven  of 
the 
Finance  Act,  1901,  and  the  drawback  allowed 
on  any  such  goods  in  respect  of  which  it  is 
shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commissioners 
of  Customs  that  the  duty  was  paid  on  the  sugar, 
molasses,  glucose,  or  saccharin  used 
the 
manufacture  or  preparation  at  the  rates  now 
charged,  the  reduction  shall  not take  effect  until 
the  first  day  of  July  nineteen  hundred  and 
eight. 

in 

Irish  Tobacco. 

3.  That  there  shall  be  charged,  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  January  nineteen  hundred  and 
nine,  on  tobacco  grown  in  Ireland,  the  following 
Excise  duties, namely  :— 

TJpon  tobacco,  manufactured,  namely:— 

s,  d. 

Cavendish  or negro  head  manu-
- 

factured in  bond 

- 

- 

the  lb. 

3  10 

Upon  tobacco,  unmanufactured,  namely 

Tobacco  containing  10  lbs.  or 
more  of  moisture  in  every 
100 lbs. weight  thereof 

Tobacco  containing 

less  than 
10  lbs.  of  moisture  in  every 
- 
100 lbs. weight  thereof 

the  lb. 

-  2  10 

the  lb. 

-  3  2 

and  there  shall  be  charged,  on  and  after  the 
same  date,  on  a licence  to  be  taken  out  annually 
by  every  person  growing,  cultivating,  or  curing 
tobacco  in  Ireland,  an  Excise  duty  of 
five 
shillings. 

Amendment  of  Law. 

Amendment 
of  Law, 

4.  That  it  is  expedient  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  National  Debt,  Customs,  and 
Inland  Revenue. 

213 
inserting  "2s.  lOd." —  (Mr.  Gwynn),  — instead 
thereof. 
And 

the  Question  being  proposed,  That 
"  3s.  10<f."  stand  part  of  the  said  Resolution  :— 
The  said  proposed Amendment was,  with leave of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 
The  Fourth  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported  Ways and 

from the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  of  the 
25th  day  of  this  instant  May  a  Resolution 
whith  was  read,  as followeth : 

[25th  M a y] 
Report. 

Income  Tax. 

That  Income  Tax  shall  be  charged,  for  the Income Tax. 

year  beginning  the  sixth  day  of  April  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight,  at  the  rate  of one  shilling  in 
the  pound. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the  Finance, 

the  Chairman  of 
said  Resolution:  And  that 
Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Hobhouse do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  accordingly  Finance  Bill, 
presented  a  Bill  to  grant  certain  Duties  of  Bill  247. 
Customs  and  Inland  Revenue,  to  alter  other 
Duties,  and 
to 
Customs  and  Inland  Revenue  and  the  National 
Debt,  and  to  make  other  provisions  for  the 
financial  arrangements  of  trie  y e a r:   And  the 
same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read a second  time to-morrow  ;  and to be printed. 

to  amend  the  Law  relating 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself Local 

into  a  Committee  on  Local  Taxation,  National 
Debt,  and  Assessors  [Payments].  
(In  the  Committee.) 

Debt"  a n ( J 

f p a y m e n t s .] 

the 
1.  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  that 
power  to  levy  the  duties  on  certain  local  taxa-
tion  licences  in  England  and  Wales  should  be 
transferred  to  county  councils,  and  that  section 
seventeen  of  the  Finance  Act,  1907,  should  not 
apply  to  such  duties,  and  that  an  annual  sum  be 
paid  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Local 
Taxation  Account,  to  be  distributed  amongst 
the  county  councils  in  England  and  Wales  in 
connection  with  the  transfer. 

2.  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  that 

the 
surplus  of income  over  expenditure  for  the  year 
ended  31st  March  1908, 
the  extent  of 
£600,000,  instead  of  being  applied  as  provided 
by  the  Sinking  Fund  Act,  1875,  be  applied  to 
defray  expenses  incurred  by  the  Commissioners 
of  Works  in  connection  with  public offices. 

to 

3.  Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of increased  allowances  to  assessors 
of  taxes.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be 

received  to-

The  first  two  Resolutions,  being read  a  second 

morrow. 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be  made 
thereunto,  in  1. 5,  by leaving  out  " 3s.  10d."  and 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  a nd 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs  Bill 
Bill  [Lords']  j 

'J 

* 

L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

E  E  3 

mth  May, 

1908. 

[No.'Tfc 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

,Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans 
[ R a i l w ay   a nd 
Irrigation 
Works.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Irish 

Committee  on  Irish  Universities  [Expenses]  ;  Universities 
j_ Expenses, J 

* 

Resolved,  Tnat  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for "the  Contempts  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  C o u r t C o u rt   Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

l'ublic  Health 
(Markets  in 
Districts) Bill,  Rural  Districts)  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  J^ist May] 
the  21st  day  of this  instant  May; 

ieport. 
e 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  Second Reading  of  the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

[Zordi,] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  £Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Election  of 
Munid eal in 
B o r o u g hs   B i l l,   Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Beading  of the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order of the  day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

[2nd  April] 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

), 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply 
May] 
ort
' 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

e p 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  London Paving  Expenses 
Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Friendly 
Second  Reading  of the  Friendly  Societies  BiU ;  Societies  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow, 

to-morrow. 

Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Children 
[Expenses]  % 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Public  Offices 
Sites 
( E x t e n s i o n) 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Public  Offices  Sites 
(Extension)  [Expenses]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of . moneys  provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of  any  expenses,  so  far  as  not  otherwise 
provided  for, incurred  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Works  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
the 
the  acquisition  of 
provide  for 
extension  of  certain  Public  Offices  in  West-
minster  and  of  the Patent  Office, and  for  certain 
other  public  purposes.—(Mr.  Harcourt.) 

land  for 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  House,  according  to Order,  resolved itself  Housing  of 
into  a  Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  o^® W°rkinS 
Classes  (Ireland)  [Consolidated  Fund]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

. 

(Ireland) 
[Consolidated 
F u n d .] 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
advance,  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund,  of  any 
sum  necessary  to  meet  any  deficiency  in  the 
Fund  of  the  Suitors  in  the  Supreme  Court  in 
Ireland  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
the 
Session  to  provide  further  facilities  for 
erection  of  Houses  for  the  Working  Classes  in 
cities  and  towns  in  Ireland.:—(Mr,  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer.) 

. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do now  adjourn.—  Adjournment. 

( M r.   Joseph 

Pease.) 

And  accordingly 

the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  nineteen  minutes  before 
Nine  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

.73.]  g  EDW.  VII. 

• [No.  73.] 

; 

Wednesday,  27th  May  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Llanelly  Gas 
Bill  [ Lords.] 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-

tion  the  Llanelly  Gas  Bill 

[Lords],  as 

amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Ayr 
Corporation 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Bill  248. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation 
to 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
Ayr  Corporation  Tramways i  And 
the  same; 
was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  (under 
section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  June  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

Oyster  and 
Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
(Ba^ooSth)  P r o v i8 i o n al   Order  under  the  Sea  Fisheries  Act, 
1868, relating  to  a  several  Oyster  and  Mussel 
Order 
Fishery  at  the  Bay  of  F i r t h:   And  the  same 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
was  read  the  first  timef 

Bill  249. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  F i f th 
Report. 

Motor  Car 
Acts. 

Local 
Government 
Act,  1888. 

Natal. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government 
Board  under  the  Motor  Car  Acts:  I.   County 
of  East  Sussex;  I I.   County  of  Middlesex; 
I I I.   County  Borough  of  Merthyr  Tydfil. 

Copies  of  Orders made  by  the  various  County 
and  County  Borough  Councils  in  England  and 
Wales  under  section  57  of  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Act,  1888,  as  confirmed  by  the  Local 
Government  Board. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to  Native  Affairs in  Natal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
Admiralty 
Casualties, &c. a  Return  giving  the  number  of  ships  and  other 
craft of  war  which  have  been  in  Accidents  since 
the  1st  day  of  January  1901;  giving 
the 
number  of  vessels  totally  lost  and  what  their 
original  cost  was,  with  the  numbers  of  those 
repaired  in  Government  Dockyards  and  those 
repaired  outside;  showing  also  the  number  of 
lives  lost  as  a  result  of  Accidents  during  the 
years  referred  t o;   and,  further,  showing  the 
amount  paid  in  Pensions,  &c.  to  the  dependants 
of those  who  lost  their  lives, with  the  total  cost 
i n v o l v e d . — ( M r.   Vincent  Kennedy.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
Bast  India 
Expenditure)  s e n t ed   t o  His  Majesty, that  He  will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that 
there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  net  Income 
and  Expenditure  of  British  India  under  certain 
specified  heads  for 
from 
1896-7  to  1906-7  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  T a p e r,   No.  119  of  Session  1907).— 
( M r.   Buchanan.) 
VOL.  163. 

the  eleven  years 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  ^mmi'tteos 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Standing  standing668 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of 
to  Committee  A. 
Mountains  Bill) : —  Colonel  Seely  ;  and  had 
appointed 
Access  to  Mountains  Bill):  Sir  John  Dewar. 

in  substitution  (in 

the  Bin.  aiDS 

the  Access 

respect  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson 

reported  from  the  Public 

Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That  Petitions 
they  had  examined  the  Petitions  presented  upon  Report) 
the  5th,  6th,  7th,  8th,  l l t h,   12th,  13th,  14th, 
15th,  18th,  19th,  20th,  21st,  and  22nd  days  of 
this instant  May,  and  had  directed  him  to  make 
a  Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Mr,  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a  Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords,  by  t h e
one  of their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

  Lords, 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Edinburgh  Edinburgh 
Corporation  (Tramways,  &c.)  Order  Confirma-  J ™ '™ 
Order*' 
tion  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Argentine 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Argentine  North 
Eastern  Railway  Bill 
Amendment, 

[Lords],  without  any  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Camberwell  and 
other  Metropolitan  Borough  Councils  (Super-
annuation)  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Camberwell 
and  other 
Metropolitan 
Borough 
Councils 
(Superannua-
tion)  BUI 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  for  amalgamating  the  undertakings  of  the 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and  Midland 
the  Evesham, 
Junction  Railway  Company, 
Redditch,  and  Stratford-upon-Avon 
Junction 
Railway  Company,  and  the  East  and  West 
Junction  Railway  Company,  and 
for  other 
purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of this  House. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Redditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon-Avon 
Junction,  and 
East  and  W e st 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  BiU 
[Lords.] 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Bristol 
Act  to  extend  the  time  for  the  construction  Tramways 
of  certain  authorised  tramways  of  the  Bristol  Bil1 
Tramways  and  Carriage  Company j Limited,  and 
for  the  acquisition  of  lands  in  connection  there-
with,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which 
the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Dpton  Town 

Act  to  provide  for  the  sale  of  the  property  of  Hall  Bill 
the  Upton-upon-Severn  ' T o wn   Hall  Trustees,  O ^ .] 
and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of this  House* 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   South  Wales 

Act  to  make  further  provision  in  regard  to  the  Electrical 
the  South  Wales  Electrical  nXibution 
undertaking  of 
Power  Distribution  Company; 
to  which 
[Lords.] 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

the  Bin 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Cambrian 

Act  for  enabling  the  Cambrian  Railways  Com- 
pany  to  raise  further  money  by  the  creation  and 
issue  of  debenture  stock;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

BiI1 

° r 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Rochester 
Act  to  make  better  provisions  for  the  constitu-  bridge  Bill 
tion  of  the  Court  of  Wardens  and  Assistants  l L o r d s-i 
of  Rochester  Bridge,  in  the  County  of  K e n t;   to 
E  E  4 

2 16 

27th   May. 

1908. 

[No. 73. 

empower  the  Court  to  contribute  to  the  funds 
of  the  new  College  of  Cobham,  in  the  same 
county,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East  and 
West  Junction  Railways  (Amalgamation)  Bill 
[Lords'] was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

and  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of moneys  to 
be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any  expenses 
incurred  for  that  purpose  and  connected  there-
with.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 
the  end  of 

the 
Question  to  add  the  words  " n ot   exceeding  in 
amount  £1,200,000."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 
Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

Amendment  proposed,  at 

added:—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Main  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  provide  for 
Old  Age  Pensions, and  to authorise the  payment, 
out  of  moneys to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
for  that  purpose  and 
any  expenses  incurred 
connected  therewith. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Redditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon-Avon 
Junction,  and 
East  and  West 
Junction 

(Amalgama-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Bristol 

The  Bristol  Tramways  Bill  [.Lords]   was  read 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

SffEES*] 

the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

to 

the 

Upton  Town 
Hall  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Upton  Town  Hall  Bill  \_Lords] was  read 

the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribu-

South  Wales 
JBlectricai 
p o w er 
Distribution 
Bill  [Lords.]  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

tion  Bill  \ Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Cambrian 
Railways  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Cambrian  Railways  Bill  [Lords]  was 

r e a (j  th e  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Bochester 
Bridge  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Rochester  Bridge  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Association  of 
The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Port  Sanitary  Friday  the  5 th  day  of  June  next,  the  Associa-
QSxpenses) 
of   P o r t  Sanitary  Authorities  (Expenses) 
Bill. 

ti?n 
Bill  was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Prevention  of 
Crime. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  to make  better  provision  for  the  prevention 
of  Crime,  and  for  that  purpose  to  provide  for 
the  reformation  of  young  offenders  and 
the 
prolonged  detention  of  habitual  criminals,  and 
for  other  purposes  incidental  thereto  :  And  that 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Attorney  General, 
and  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  do  prepare  and  bring 
• 
it  in. 

Prevention  of  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  accordingly  presented 
a  Bill  to  make  better  provision  for  the  preven-
Crime  Bill. 
Bill 242.  ^on  of  Crime,  and  for  that  purpose  to  provide 
for  the  reformation  of  young  offenders  and  the 
prolonged  detention  of  habitual  criminals,  and 
for  other  purposes  incidental  thereto  :  And  the 
same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Old  Age 
Pensions. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  Old  Age  Pensions. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself  Irish 

into  a  Committee 
[Expenses]. 

on 

Irish  Universities  Universities 
[ E x p e n s e^ 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  make  further  provision  with  respect 
is 
Ireland, 
to  University  Education 
expedient 
the  payment,  out  of 
to  authorise 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament— 

in 

it 

(a)  of  the  remuneration  of  the  Secretary 
to  the  Commissioners,  and  of  any  persons 
appointed  or  employed  by  them,  and  of 
any  expenses  incurred  by  the  Commis-
sioners  in  the  execution  of  such  A c t; 
and 

(b)  of  grants 

for  the  purposes  of  either 
of  the  new  Universities,  or  of  the  con-
stituent  colleges  of  the  new  University 
at  Dublin,  or  of  the  governing  bodies 
thereof. 

— ( M r.  

Birrell) 

Amendment  proposed,  in  1.  7,  after  the  word 
" A c t ,"   to  insert  the  words  "such  grants  not  to 
exceed  £70,000  per  annum."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

^ 

\ 
J 
"1, 
276. 
)' 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  t he  f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

\  Colonel  Sandys: 

Tellers  for  tlie/Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

t . M r.   Joseph  Pease: 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end  of 
the  Question 
to  add  the  words  "such  grants 
not  to  exceed  £80,000  per  annum."  —  (Sir 
Frederick 

Banbury.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

added. 

The  Committee  divided. 
T e l l e rs   for  t he   ("Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

(Colonel  Sandys: 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Whiteley, 

Noes, 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease  x 

. „ 

) 
J 
) 
J 

Main  Question  again  proposed  :  —  Debate 

arising; 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  provide  for  Old  Age  Pensions, 

Mr.  Birrell  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

29th May.—June. 

217 
And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after 
the  clock,  further  proceeding  was 
to 

Eight  of 
postponed  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
Standing  Order  No.  4. 

No.  75.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Qnestion  pat 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Whiteley, 

j-  2 7 0. 

} 

5 9. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease : 
Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Charles  Craig, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Ashley  : 
Question  put  accordingly,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolved,  That,  for  the  purposes  of  any Act  of 
the  present  Session  to  make  further  provision 
with  respect  to  University  Education  in  Ireland, 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  the  remuneration  of  the  Secretary 
to  the  Commissioners,  and  of  any  persons 
appointed  or  employed  by  them,  and  of 
any  expenses 
incurred  by  the  Commis-
sioners  in  the  execution  of  such  A c t; 
and 

(b)  of  grants  for  the  purposes  of  either 
of  the  new  Universities,  or  of  the  con-
stituent  colleges  of  the  new  University 
at  Dublin,  or  of  the  governing  bodies 
thereof. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

the  Chair;  and 

Shetland  Hail 
Service. 

Alderney  Mail 
Service. 

Ordered-,  That 

morrow. 

the  Report  be  received  to-

Resolved,  That  the  Contract,  dated  the  6th 
day  of  December  1907,  between  the  Postmaster 
General  and  the  North  of  Scotland  and  Orkney 
and  Shetland  Steam  Navigation  Company  for 
the  conveyance  of  Mails  between  Aberdeen  and 
the  Shetland  Islands  (printed  in  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  41  of  Session  1908),  be  approved.— 
(Mr,  Hobhouse.) 

Resolved,  That  the  Contract,  dated  the  28th 
day  of  September  1907,  between  the  Postmaster 
General  and  the  Alderney  Steam  Packet  Com-
pany,  Limited,  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails 
between  Alderney  and  Guernsey,  Alderney 
and  Cherbourg,  and  other  places  at  which  the 
in  Parlia-
Company's  Mailships  call  (printed 
mentary  Paper,  No,  23  of  Session  1908),  be 
approved.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

ai  em 

Resolved,  That  the  Contract,  dated  the  29th 
West  Indian 
MaUSerdce11  d ay   o f  August  1907,  between  the  Crown  Agents 
f o r  ^he  Colonies  and 
the  Royal  Mail  Steam 
Packet  Company  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails 
,  between  certain  Colonies  in  the  West  Indies 
in  Parlia-
for  a  period  of  ten  years  (printed 
mentary  Paper,  No.  24  of  Session  1908),  be 
approved.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
£ 
] 

Mr.  Bums 

reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension)  [Expenses]  a 
Resolution;  which  was  read,  as  followeth: 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses,  so far  as  not  otherwise  provided  for, 
incurred  by  the  Commissioners  of  Works  under 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  provide  for 
the  acquisition  of 
land  for  the  extension  of 
certain  Public  Offices  in  Westminster  and  of 
the  Patent  Office, and  for  certain  other  public 
purposes. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
this  House  doth  agree 

being  proposed,  That 
with  the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  ; 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  considers 

that  Housing  of 

immediate  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure  the  Workpeople-
provision  of  proper  sanitary  Housing  Accom-
modation  for  Workpeople  employed  upon  works 
of  construction,  and  in  other  occupations  of  a 
temporary  character.—(Mr.  Maddison.) 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading  of 
Amendment  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the   Factors  Act 

the  Factors  Act  (1889)  .0889) 

'Amendment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  beinj 

Second  Reading  of 
Persons)  B i l l; 

the 

read,  for 
(Injuries 

Dogs 

the  Dogs  (Injuries 
to  to.Persons) 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

t he   Hours  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Bake- 
houses)  B i l l;  

Bill. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Waste  Lands 

Second  Reading  of  the  Waste  Lands  (Ireland)  (treiand) 
Improvement  Bill; 

Improvement 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Whaling 

Second  Reading  of  the  Whaling  Stations  B i l l; 

s t a t i o n8   BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  4th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Home  Work 

Second  Reading  of  the  Home  Work  Bill; 

Bm* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coroners' 
Inquests  M,, e s t0 

the  Coroners' 

Second  Reading  of 
(Railway  Fatalities)  B i l l;  

F a t a l i t i S) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Intoxicating  intoxicating 
Liquors  on  Sunday  Bill;  
Sunday  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  lime 

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of  J une  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Sur-  Labour 
facemen)  Bill;  

(.Surfacemen) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  5th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Places of 
the  Places  of  Worship  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  RaUways 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railways  (Eight  Hours)  tW 
BUL 
Bill; 

Hour8> 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next, 
p  F 

2 18 

27th  May. 

1908. 

[No.  73. 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  B i l l; 

the  Nurses  Registration 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  l()th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
(No.  2)   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Registration 
of  Title 
(Ireland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Local  Registration  of  Title  (Ireland) 
Amendment  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee. 

Purity of  Milk  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
Supplies 
(Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Lights  on 
rScotland") 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Lights  on  Vehicles 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Housing  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Working  Second  Reading  of  the  H Q U s i ng   of the  Working 
Classes  Bill. 

C l a s g eg   B f f l 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Education 
Second  Reading  of  the Education  (Continuation  CCoMinuation 
Schools)  Bill; 

°  °° 

1 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Acts  ^ ® n d m e nt 
Amendment  (Markets)  Bill  ; 

(Markets) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BU1-

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal  Mines 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen)  Bill;  

the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

Enginemen) 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trust 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trust  Investment  Bill; 

Investment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  Municipal  Elections  Elections  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Spurious 
Sports  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  BiU ; 

Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Spurious  Sports  B i l l; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Calendar 
Reform  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

g e c o nd   R e ad i ng   of  the  Calendar  Reform  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Character 
Note  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Character  Note  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trade 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  Bill;  

Disputes  B i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Industrial  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Industrial  and  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  BiU  ; 

(Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlIL 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Rights  of  Way  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Rights  of  Way  (Scot-
(Scotland) 
BllL 
land)  BUI; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  11th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  Amendment  Amendment 
g £ t l a n d j 
(Scotland)  Bill? 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

Public 
Libraries  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Larceny  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Vivisection 
(Abolition) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Vivisection  (Abolition) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Bankruptcy  (Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Polling 

into  consideration 
Registration of Voters (Ireland)  BiU, as amended  0j  y 0t e is 
in  the  Standing  Committee 

the  Polling  Districts  and  Districts and 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  animation 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

g S^ 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

No. 73.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

27 th  May. 

2 19 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Sea  Fisheries 
Regulation 
( S c o t l a n d) 
Bill. 

t he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Begula-
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Bailway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public-houses 
( E x c l u s i on   of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

is  expedient 

The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Question,  Public  Offices 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  ^tension) 
in  the  Resolution,  That  it 
to  [ E x p e n s e s] 
authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  Report, 
by  Parliament,  of  any  expenses,  so  far  as  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  incurred  by  the  Com-
missioners  of  Works  under  any  Act  of 
the 
present  Session  to  provide  for  the  acquisition 
of  land  for  the  extension  of  certain  Public 
Offices in  Westminster  and  of  the  Patent  Office, 
and  for  certain  other  public  purposes,  was 
resumed. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being put,  That  the  Debate  be now  adjourned— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease):—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed 

to-

upon  Monday  next. 

morrow. 

Sale  of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Employment 
of  British 
Subjects 
Abroad  Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Employment  of  British 
Subjects  Abroad  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  11 th  day  of  June  next. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported  Housing  of 

from the  Committee on Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  [Consolidated  Fund]  a  Reso-  (Ireland) 
lution;  which  was read,  as followeth  : 

[Consolidated 
F u n d .] 

That  it  is expedient  to  authorise  the  advance, 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund,  of  any  sum 
necessary  to  meet  any  deficiency in  the  Fund 
of  the  Suitors  in  the  Supreme  Court  in  Ireland 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  provide  further  facilities  for  the  erection  of 
Houses  for  the  Working  Classes  in  cities  and 
towns  in  Ireland. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Polling 
Districts 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County 
C o u n c i l)   Bill.  Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee); 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  said  Resolution, being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Long  Ashton 
c h a r i ty   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
s e c 0nd   Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ferries 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Ireland)  Bill.  £ n t o  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.   163. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported  Local 

from the Committee on Local Taxation,  National  ^at^nai'Debt 
Debt,  and  Assessors  [Payments]  several  Reso-  and  Assessors' 
lutions;  which  were  read,  as  follow : 

[Payments.] 

1.  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  power  to  levy 
the  duties  on  certain  local  taxation  licences  in 
England  and  Wales  should  be  transferred  to 
county  councils,  and  that  section  seventeen  of 
the  Finance  Act,  1907,  should  not  apply  to  such 
duties,  and  that  an  annual  sum  be  paid  out  of 
the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Local  Taxation 
Account,  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  county 
councils  in  England  and  Wales  in  connection 
with  the  transfer. 

2.  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  surplus  of 
income  over  expenditure  for  the  year  ended 
31st  March  1908,  to  the  extent  of  £600,000, 
instead  of  being'  applied  as  provided  by 
the 
Sinking  Fund  Act,  1875, be  applied  to  defray 
expenses 
incurred  by  the  Commissioners  of 
Works  in  connection  with  public offices. 

3.  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  pay-
ment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of 
increased  allowances  to  assessors  of 
taxes. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 
Ordered,  That 

it  be  an  Instruction  to  the  Finance BiU. 

Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill  that  they  have 
F f 2 

220 
power  to  make  provision  therein  pursuant 
the  said  Resolution. 

27th—28th  May. 

1908. 
Resolution  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

to 

[No.  73. 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans 
[Railway  and 
Irrigation 
Works.] 

'  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Public  Health 
(Markets  in 
Rural 
Districts)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 
in  Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  21st  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Report. 

Ordered,  That 

morrow. 

the  Report  be  received  to-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last; 

Supply 
[2nd  April] 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The Order  of  the day being read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

Supply 
[14tb  May] 
Report. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

to-morrow. 

to-morrow. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

'  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twenty»one  minutes  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  g . jj   . 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the London  Paving  Expenses 

° 

& 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Costs  in 
Criminal  Cases j n to  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
c o n sideration   the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Children 
[Expenses.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrOw. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  Children  [Expenses]  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as  followeth : 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses 
that  may  be  incurred  and  of  any 
contributions  that  may  be  made  under  the  pro-
visions  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the 
protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  Resolution,  in  1. 2,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  and  of  any  contributions  .that  may  be 
m a d e . " — ( S ir   Frederick 

Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  said 

[ N o.   74.] 

Thursday,  28th  May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Skegness  Urban  District  Council  Bill  Skegness 

[Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  Prban  District 

with  Amendments. 

Council  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, with  Amendments; 
to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London  Port 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Port  and  Docks ^ 
Bill; 

D o o ks 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lower  Thames 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays)  4 ^ a y s)  D° ck 
Dock  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  June  next. 

Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  presented  a  Bill 
confirm  a  Provisional  Order  made  by  one 
His  Majesty's  Principal  Secretaries  of  State 

to  Marriages 
orc^giu1 
^ 

^ 

No.  74.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

28th  May. 

221 

under  the  Provisional  Order  (Marriages)  Act, 
1905 :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That 

the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

the  Bill  be  referred  to 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Beport. 
Historical 
Manuscripts 
(Boyal 
Commission.) 

Patents, 
Designs,  and 
Trade  Marks. 
N o,   156. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Calendar  of  the 
Manuscripts  of  the  Marquess  of  Ormonde,  K.P., 
preserved  at  Kilkenny  Castle.  New  Series, 
Volume  5. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Twenty-fifth  Report  of 
the  Comp-
troller  General  of  Patents,  Designs,  and  Trade 
Marks,  with  Appendices,  for the  year  1907. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill. 

[Title 
amended.] 

N o.   157. 

N o.   157. 

Bill  250. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Coroners'  Inquests 
Bill  was  referred ;  Tha t  they  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto  ;  and 
had  amended  the Title,  as followeth  :—A  Bill to 
dispense  with  the  compulsory  viewing  of  Bodies 
by  Juries  on  holding  of  Coroners'  Inquests. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Minutes of the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  n e x t; 
and  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following Members from  Standing 
Committee  C  :—Mr.  Campbell  and  Mr.  Moore; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Irish  Universities  Bill):  Mr.  Lonsdale  and 
Mr.  Staveley-Hill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Electric 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Lighting i 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Electric  Lighting 
Orders (Nb. 2) Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  B i l l;   That 
they 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Bill. 
[Provisional  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  tbey 
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
confirmed 1 

Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Land 
Drainage 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Land  Drainage 
Provisional  Order  Bill;  That 
they  had  con-
the  said  Order;  that  the  said  Order 
sidered 
they  had 
ought 
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without  Amend-
ment,  to  the  House. 

to  be  confirmed;  and  that 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 
VO L. 1 6 3. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Metropolitan 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Metropolitan  Com-
mons  Provisional  Order  Bill;  That  they  had  Order  Bill, 
considered  the  said  Order;  that  the  said  Order  [Provisional 
r
ought 
ngJm(,d -j 
they  had ^0
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without  Amend-
ment,  to  the  House. 

to  be  confirmed;  and  that 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Loudon 
the  London  County  Council  (Money)  Bill,  with  ° o u n ty 
. 
Council 
A 
Amendments. 
(Money)  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

v 

J 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Great  Western 
the  Committee  on  the  Great  Western  S f - , 8" 1 

from 
Railway  Bill  [Lords]  :  That  they  had  examined 
the  allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of 
the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

.  r 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
votes*0  t h e 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Arthur  Stanley  reported  from  the  Com-Swansea 
mittee  on  the  Swansea  Valley  Gas  Bill  [Lords'];  ^^furds  1 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con- 
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  t r u e;   and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

- 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
votes40  t h e 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Arthur  Stanley  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 

mittee  on  Group  G  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for  (Group  G.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon  University of 
Monday  next,  the  University  of  Durham  Bill  Durham Bill, 
was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Russell  presented  a  Bill 

to  Whale 

regulate  Whale  Fisheries  in  Ireland  :  And  the  fisheries 
same  was  ordered  to  be read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  the  15th  day  of  June  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

1  ' 

Mr.  T.  W.  Russell  presented  a  Bill 

to  Navigation 

facilitate  the  execution  of  Navigation  W o r ks   Works 
in  Ireland,  and  for  other  purposes  connected  ^ *  ° ~ 
therewith  ;  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  15th  day 
of June  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

' 

' 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[8th allotted 
Day.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  V. 
1.  Motion  made,  and  Question proposed,  That 
to 

a  sum  not  exceeding  £792,376  be  granted 

F  F  3 

2 22 

19th  May. 

1908, 

[No. 67. 

His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  sundry  Colonial  Services, 
including  certain  Grants  in  Aid. 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  under  Standing  Order  No.  8, further 
proceeding  was  postponed  without  Question  put. 

Tyne 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Improvement  into  consideration  the  Tyn«  Improvement  Bill, 

as  amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of  June 
next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the 
clock. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Third  Reading: 

The  Order  of 

of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  Widnes  Corporation  BiU; 
Ordered,  That  the  BUI  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Friday  the  12th  day  of  June  next. 

Supply 
(Civil  Services  B um  
and  Revenue 
Departments 
Estimates, 
1908-9.) 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That  a 
to 
n o t  exceeding  £792,376  be  granted 
, 
, 
T x.  
* ± l s  M a j e s t y,   to   c o m p l e te   t he  
to 
s um   n e c e s s a ry  
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  sundry  Colonial  Services, 
including  certain  Grants  in  Aid,  resumed. 

° 

, 

Question  again  proposed  : 
Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Class  I I I. 

for 
the  Office  of 

2.  £127,889  to  complete  the  sum 

the 
the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
Inspector  of  Reformatories,  and  for  the  main-
tenance  of  Juvenile  Offenders  in  Reformatory, 
Industrial,  and  Day  Industrial  Schools,  and 
under  the  Youthful  Offenders  Act,  in  Great 
Britain. 

3.  £400,345  to  complete  the  sum 

the 
Expenses  of  the  Prisons  in  England,  Wales, 
and  the  Colonies. 

for 

4.  £28,781  to  complete  the  sum  for the  main-
tenance  of  Criminal  Lunatics  in  the  Broadmoor 
Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

the  C h a i r;   and 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be 

received 

to-

morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  also  acquainted 

the 
House  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[ 2 nd   April] 
Report. 

Mr.  Harcourt  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
the  2nd  day  of  April  last  several 

Supply  of 
Resolutions;  which  were  read,  as  follow : 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  I. 

Bevenue 
Buildings 
(Customs, 
Inland 
Revenue,  Post 
Office,  and 
Post  Office 
t e l e g r a p h .) 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £473,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Customs, 
Inland  Revenue,  Post  Office,  and  Post  Office 

Telegraph  Buildings 
in  Great  Britain,  and 
certain  Post  Offices abroad, including  Furniture, 
Fuel,  and  sundry  Miscellaneous  Services. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £342,900  be  P u b l ic 
granted 
to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come Britain.) 
) 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  in 
respect  of 
sundry  Public  Buildings  in  Great  Britain,  not 
provided  for  on  other  Votes. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £52,400  (in- Diplomatic 
eluding  a  supplementary  sum  of  £13,000)  be  i ^ , ^ 3^ 
to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
granted 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  wiU  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
in 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909 for  expenditure 
respect  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings, 
and  for  the  maintenance  of  certain  Cemeteries 
abroad. 

01  m g s' 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Mr. Harcourt  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply 

this  instant  May  [^th May] 

p o r' 

Supply  of  the  14th  day  of 
several Resolutions;  which were  read,  as follow  : 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  and 
Supplementary  Estimate,  1908-9. 
Class  I I. 

i 

1.  That  a  supplementary  sura  not  exceeding  stationery and 

£5  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  P r i n t i n«' 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
the  year  ending  on  the  31 st  day  of 
during 
for  Stationery,  Printing,  &c., 
March  1909 
including  Reports  of  Parliamentary  Debates. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £405,212  be  stationery and 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  P r m t i n g' 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  3lst  day  of  March  1909  for  Stationery, 
Printing,  Paper,  Binding,  and  Printed  Books 
for  the  Public  Service;  for  the  Salaries  and 
for 
Expenses  of  the  Stationery  Office;  and 
sundry  Miscellaneous  Services,  including  Re-
ports  of  Parliamentary  Debates. 

Class  I. 

o p er  y' 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £355,000  be  Rates  on 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Government 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  Rates  and 
Contributions  in  lieu  of  Rates,  &c. in  respect  of 
Government  Property,  and  for Rates  on  Houses 
occupied  by Representatives  of  Foreign  Powers, 
and  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Rating 
of  Government  Property  Department,  and  for 
a  Contribution 
the 
London  Fire  Brigade. 

the  Expenses  of 

towards 

Class  I I. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 35   be  granted  Mint, 

to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of - payment  during 
the 
31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  aud 
Expenses  of  the  Mint,  including  the  Expenses 
of  Coinage. 

the  year  ending  on 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £8,420  be National Debt 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  0ffioe-
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  National  Debt  Office. 

Class  V I. 

6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £338  be granted  Miscellaneous 
to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  ^ ™ t a b le   a n d 

Allowances. 

No.  74.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

28^  May. 

223 

Civil  Service 
Commission. 

to  defray  the  charge  which will  come  in  course 
the  year  ending  on  the 
of  payment  during 
31st  day  of  March  1909  for  certain  Miscel-
laneous  Charitable  and  other  Allowances. 

Class  I I. 
7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £23,178  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909 for the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of the  Civil  Service  Commission. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Eeport. 

Mr.  Harcourt  reported  from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  this ^instant  May  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth  : 

Department  of 
Agriculture 
(Ireland),  &c. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  I I. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the,  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland,  and  of  the  Services administered  by that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read a second  time; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That 
this  House  doth  agree 
with  the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  :— 
And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  resuming  Public  Offices 

. 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  ®*te® 
upon  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  May,  That  [Expe^eT] 
this House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee in  the 
Resolution,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of  any  expenses,  so  far  as  not  otherwise 
provided  for,  incurred  by  the  Commissioners  of 
W orks  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  provide  for  the  acquisition  of  land  for  the 
extension  of  certain  Public  Offices  in  West-
minster  and  of  the  Patent  Office, and  for  certain 
other  public  purposes—(Mr.  Harcourt); 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
It   was 

the  Question  being  put  : 

And 

resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]-, 

[Lords^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  n e xt 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bast  India 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  j^™®,  ancl 
Irrigation  Works]  ; 

Irrigation 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday  W o r k s ,] 

And  it  being  Eleven  of the  clock,  the  Debate 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read}  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

, 

Old  Age 
Pensions, 

Old  Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

B i ll   2 5 4. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  Old  Age  Pensions  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth  : 

That  it  is  expedient  to  provide  for  Old  Age 
Pensions,  and  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  bo  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses  incurred  for  that  purpose  and  con-
nected  therewith. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  And  that  Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer,  Mr.  Asquith,  Mr.  Burns,  and 
Mr.  Attorney  General  do  prepare  and  bring 
it  in. 

Mr,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  accordingly 
presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  Old  Age  Pen-
sions  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a,  second 
time  upon 
Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second-Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets 
in  Rural  Districts)  Bill;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

i n 

Districts)  Bill. 

a 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of the Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

BU1" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

the 

Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

_ 

gug5&] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

• 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
^ f t i l l, 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second  Reading  of the  London  Paving  Expenses  Paving 
g j j j,  

or

Expenses  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  M onday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Costs  in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  Criminal .Cases 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

irjsh 
Universities 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for receiving 
Report  from the  Committee on Irish  Univer-

g i t i e s  E x p e n s e s ]; 

The  Order  of 
Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts  of 
the  Contempts  of  Court  Court  Bin. 

VOL.   163. 

p  P  4 

 
224 

28th—-29ih  May. 

1908. 

[No.  7 4. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

Friendly 
the 
Societies  B u i.  Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

the  day  being  read,  for 

upon  Monday  next. 

Justices  of 
the  Peace  Bill.  g e c o n (j   R e a (J i ng 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
0f   the  .Justices  of  the  Peace 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next. 

Urban  District 
Councils 
(Advertising) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Urban  District  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  1 Oth  day  of  June  next. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
Bill. 

Housing  of 
Wording 
Classes  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Housing  of  Working 
Classes  Acts  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Holdings 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  June  next. 

Shops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Shops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M u n i c i p al 
Corporations 
( E l e c t i on   of 
A l d e r m e n) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Irish  National 
Schools 
( H e a t i n g) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  National  Schools 
(Heating)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Liquor  Traffic 
(Local  Option)  Committee  on  the  Liquor Traffic (Local  Option) 
(Scotland) 
rscotw^ 
Bill. 

(Scotland)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Tuesday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Abbots 

Second  Reading  of the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity  ^ ly   Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars 
ment  Bill; 

read,  for  the  P e d l a rs   Acts 
Acts  Amend-  A m e n d m e nt 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the 
twenty 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Local Registration of  Title  (Ireland) 

A. 

Amendment  Bill. 

[ N o.   75.] 
Friday,  29th   May  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

PR   A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take into  considera- HuU and 

tion the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  Barnsley 
the  Hull  and  Barnsley  Railway  Bill;  and  the  E a i l w ay   BlU" 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders  Electric 

(No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third  time  and  passed. 

Orders  (No.  2) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  BiU-

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Land  Drainage  Provisional  Order  Bill  Land  Drainage 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  the third  time  and  o ' ^ B i if 
passed. 

Railway 
Tickets  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Buxton 
Charity  BiU. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Metropolitan  Commons Provisional  Order  Metropolitan 

Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
° 

, 
' 
time  and  passed. 

t h i rd   Commons 
Provisional 
order  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. . , 

Mr.  Masterman  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  Local 

certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local Govern-  p ® ^ ™ ^^ 
ment  Board  relating  to  Bethesda,  Monmouth,  orders^ 
and  the  Aspatria,  Silloth,  and  District  Joint  (No.  10)  B i ll 
Water  Board  District:  And  the  same  was read  Bill  255. 
the  first  time. 

No. 75.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 
the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  F i f th 
Eeport. 
Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland) 
(Agricultural 
Labourers.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

r e a d;   and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  and  Tables  relating  to 
Irish  Agricultural  Labourers, 
the  year 
1907-8. 

for 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Portrait 
Gallery. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-first  Annual  Report 
of  the Trustees  of  the  National  Portrait  Gallery, 
1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public  Eights 
of  W ay   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Rights  of  Way 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
and,  at 
words  "  upon 
this  day  six  months."  — ( S ir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  ; 

2 9th  May. 

225 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Captain  Craig)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the /Captain  Craig, 

Yeas, 

N o e s,  

] 
I Mr.  Meysey-Thompson:  I 
"J 
J 

[ M r.   Lyulph  Stanley; 

48. 

•161. 

Tellers  for the \ Mr.  Trevelyan, 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Original  Question  being  again  pro-

posed ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at 
the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon  this  day  six  months." —  (Lord 
Robert  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—Aud 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker 

proceeded  to  interrupt  the  Business  : 

Whereupon  Mr.  Trevelyan  rose  in  his  place  Closure 
and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  ^imed^but 
p u t;   but  Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  withholds'his 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question. 

assent. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Peusions  (Old 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pensions  (Old  A g e ) B i u-

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Winfrey, 
1 Mr.  Dewar  : 

Yeas, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

160. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Tellers  for  t h e / S ir   Frederick  Banbury, 

^ 

Noes, 

(Captain  Craig  : 

J 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Check-

Coal  Mines 
(Check-
weighers)  BiU, 

' weighers)  Bill; 

Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  calls 
attention  to 
the  Provisions 
of  the  BiU. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  called  the  attention  of 
the  House to  the fact  that some  of  the  provisions 
of the  Bill  went  beyond  the  Title  of  the  Bill  as 
presented  to  the  House  : 

Whereupon  the  Order  was  discharged,  and 

the  Bill  withdrawn. 

Access  to 
Mountains 
( S c o t l a n d) 
BiU. 

Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  calls 
attention  to 
the  Provisions 
of  the  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Access  to  Mountains 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Mr.   Deputy  Speaker  called  the  attention  of 
the  House  to  the  fact  that  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  were  identical  with  some  of  the  provisions 
of  the  Access  to  Mountains  Bill,  which  had  been 
read  a  second  time  upon  the  15th  day  of  this 
instant  May  : 

Whereupon  the  Order  was  discharged,  and 

the  Bill  withdrawn. 

Commons  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
And a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 
second  time 

VOL.   163. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Officers  Officers  Bill. 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  tead  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment which,  Disorders  Bill, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Amendment  B i l l;  

Amendment 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Trawlers' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawlers'  Certificates  Certificates 
Suspension  Bill;  
Suspension 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  19th  day  of  J u ne   next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of 
Qualification  (England  and  Wales)  Bill;  

the  Local  Government  Government 
( E n j l a u d a nd 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Wales>  Bm-

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Education 
into  consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho-  (L°®al... 
  on   168 
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-  B°u
mittee; 

Q  G 

226 

21st—22nd 

May. 

1908. 

[No.  70. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Purity of Milk 
Supplies 
i n f l a n d ) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Purity  of  Milk  Supplies 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Lights  on 
Vehicles 
(Scotland) 
. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Lights  on  Vehicles 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bankruptcy 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Bankruptcy  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  W a ys   and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Crime  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets  (Markets  in 
in  Rural  Districts)  Bill;  

S e t s)   Bill. 

_  _ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Municipal 
The  Municipal  Elections  Bill  was,  according 
Elections  Bill,  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to 

a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Telegraph 
Second Reading of  the  Telegraph  (Construction)  ^Construction) 

Trade 
Disputes  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  Bill; 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  June  next. 

Police  Super, 
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  IPolice  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  ( Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That  the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the. 

Second  Reading  of the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon" Tuesday  next. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Supply 
[28th  May] 
Report. 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  28th  day  of  this  instant  May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Petition  of  the  Glasgow  Port  of 

Shipowners'  Association  against 
London  Bill,  presented  on  the  27th  day  of  this 
instant  May, be  referred  to the  Joint  Committee 
on  the  Bill.—(Mr.  Younger.) 

the  Port  of  London  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  be  dis-  Police  Forces 
charged  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Police  (Weekly  Rest-
Forces  (Weekly  Rest-Day). 

Day-) 

Ordered,  T h at   M r.   Ellis,  M r.   Remnant,  M r. 
t he 

Wiles,  a nd   M r.   Guy  Wilson  be   a d d ed  
Committee.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

to  

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police  Police  and 

and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  A)  ;  That  in  Sanitary 
the  case  of  the  Criccieth  Water  and  Improve-
ment.  Bill  they  had  examined 
the  Preamble  of 
contained  in 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  ^™Proyement 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to 
be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

the  allegations  Criccieth 
the  Bill,  and  Water  and 

Table  ; and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
H o u s i ng   of 
t he   Working 

(Ireland)  BiU. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A  :—Mr.  Joyce,  Mr.  Smyth,  and 
Mr.  Waldron  (in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill),  Mr.  Harring-
ton,  Mr.  Hayden,  Mr.  Nannetti,  Mr.  Thomas 
O Donnell,  Mr.  William  Redmond,  and  Mr. 
Patrick  O'Brien  ;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect of  the  Housing of the  Working 
(Ireland)  Bill):  Mr.  Sheehy,  Mr. 
Classes 
Kavanagh,  Mr.  Hazleton,  Mr.  James  O'Connor, 
Mr.  Charles  MacVeigh,  Mr.  Mooney,  Mr. 
Jeremiah  MacVeagh,  Mr.  Haviland-Burke,  and 
Mr.  O'Malley. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Joseph  Compton  Rickett  reported  from  the  Railway  Bills 

Committee  on  Group  3  of  Railway  Bills ;  That,  (GrouP  3 ) 
for  the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee 

No. 75.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

29th  

May.—June. 

2 27 

had  adjourned  till  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of 
June  next,  at  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
five  minutes  after  Five  of 
the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

[No.  76.] 
Monday,  1st June  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P E A T E B S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions for 
! 'rivate  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
! 3ills, originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired 
into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
v i z . :— 

Aire  and  Calder  Navigation  Bill  [Lords]. 
Cambrian  Railways  Bill  [Lords]. 
Bristol  Tramways  Bill  [Lords], 
Upton  Town  Hall  Bill  [Lords], 
South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribution 

Bill  [Lords]. 

Rochester  Bridge  Bill 
Bristol  Corporation  Bill  [Lords], 

[Lords], 

Ordered, That  the Bills  be  read  a  second  time. 

Private  Bills 
[.Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

The  Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways  Bill  Metropolitan 

[ Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed.  Electric 

-1 

' 

Tramways 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act  Thames River 

(1904)  Amendment  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a steamboat 
(i904)6 A c t 
second  time,  and  committed. 
Amendment 
BUI  [L o r d s.J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ards and 

the  Ards  and  Bangor  Bangor 

Second  Reading  of 
Railways  Bill  ; 

Railways  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commercial 

Second  Reading  of 
Assurance  Company  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

the  Commercial  Union  J1"011 

Compan^Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  iLord*-'\ 

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London, 
Second  Reading  of  the  London,  Brighton,  and  fo^Coast"1 
South  Coast  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  j 
Railway  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  L ^ ' -l 

upon  Friday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant  J  une. 

Mr.  Masterman, 

supported  by  Mr.  Burns,  Local 

presented  a  Bill  to  confirm a  Provisional  Order  rroviskTaf 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  relating  to  order  (No.  l l) 
Burton-upon-Trents  And 
the  first  time. 

the  same  was  read  Bill, 

Bill 256. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred 

the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

to 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and Public 

read,  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vide  Ftfth 

Report. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(no  Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no 
Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.:— 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His   Fishery  Board 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Twenty-sixth  (Scotland.) 
Annual  Report  of  the  Fishery  Board  for  Scot-
land,  being  for  the year  1907.  P a rt   I.,  General 
Report. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  9)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Oyster  and  Mussel  Fishery  (Bay  of  Firth) 

Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Llanelly  Gas 
Bill  [L o r d s .] 

The  Llanelly  Gas  Bill  [ Lords]  was  read  the 

third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Padiham 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
Urban  District  ti o n  the  Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Bill, 
Council  Bill. 

ag   a m e n d ed   in   t h e  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water  B i ll 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  South  West  Suburban  Water  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan 

presented,  —  Return  to  an  East  India 

Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  23rd  day  (Deaths  from 
of  April  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  for 
a  Return  showing  the number  of  Deaths  and  the 
Death  Rates  per  million  living  in  India,  for  each 
of  the  last  thirty  years,  from  Plague,  Cholera, 
Enteric  or  Typhoid  Fever,  and  Small  Pox 
respectively. 

a g a e' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  import  and 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Department  Export  Trade 
of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  on  the  Trade  in  Imports  and  Exports  at 
Irish  Ports during the year ended 31st  December 
1906. 

re 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Belfast  Health  Com-  Belfast  Health 
mission  to  the  Local  Government  Board  for Commission. 
Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  Africa 
Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  Protectorate, 
to  the  tenure  of  Land 
Protectorate. 

in  the  East  Africa 

Copies  of  Colonial  Reports,  Nos.  557  (East  Colonial 
Africa  Protectorate,  Report  for  1906-7)  and  Bepotts 
558  (Uganda,  Reports  for  1906-7). 

( A n n u a l .) 

G  a  2 

228 

ls£  June. 

Sinking 
Funds. 

N o.   1 5 8. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

to 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Reduction  of  the 
National  Debt,  showing  the  amount  received 
from  the  Exchequer  in  respect  of  the  old  and 
new  Sinking  Funds  in  the  financial  year  ended 
31st  March  1908 ;  also  of  the  particular  applica-
tion  thereof, pursuant  to  section  7 of  the  Sinking 
Fund  Act,  1875. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
Polling 
(Count' 8of  
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Westmorland.)  Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Westmorland,  altering  certain  Polling 
Districts  in  the  two  Parliamentary  Divisions  of 
the  county. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board  of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Sir  Edward  Straehey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report 
of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  of 
their  Proceedings  under  the  Tithe  Acts,  Copy-
hold  Act,  1894,  Inclosure  Acts,  and  other  Acts 
for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Census  of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  under  the  Census  of  Production 
Act,  1906,  by  the  Board  of  Trade. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

O l d. 
Pensions  ( N ew  a  Copy  of  Memorandum  on 
Zealand  and 
Germany.) 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
the  Old  Age 
Pensions  Scheme  in  force  in  New  Zealand,  and 
the  Scheme  of  Insurance  against  Invalidity  and 
Old  Age  in  force  in  the  German  Empire.— 
( M r.   Hobhouse.) 

N o.   1 5 9. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  A.) 
Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 

Selection 
( S t a n d i ng 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Paper, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Corrie  Grant  reported  from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  A );   That  in 
the  case  of  the  Burnley  Corporation  Bill  they 
had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  t r u e;   and 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ment s  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  C : —  Mr.  Clancy;  and  had 
the 
appointed 
Irish  Universities  Bill)  :  Mr.  Kavanagh. 

(in  respect  of 

in  substitution 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table, 

1908. 
to  the  Prosecution 
of  Offences  (Amendment)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Loch  Leven 
Water  Power  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Conway  and 
Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water  Board  Bill,  with 
Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

[No.  76. 

Prosecution  of 
Offences 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Loch  Leven 
Water  Power 
Order 
Confirmation 
BUI. 

Conway  and 
Colwyn  Bay 
Joint  Water 
Board  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Registration 
[Lords.] 

Act  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  time  for  Bil1
an  appeal  from 
the  decision  of  a  Revising 
Barrister,  and  matters  consequential  thereon;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Barry  Railway 

Act  to  enable  the  Barry  Railway  Company  to  Bil1
construct  new  railways,  and  for  other  purposes ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

[Lords.] 

The  Barry  Railway  Bill  [L o r d s]   was  read  the  Barry  Railway 
Bil1 [Lords.] 

first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That  " to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  in  view  of  the  growing  liabilities  of 
the  nation  for  naval  and  military  defence,  old 
age  pensions,  and  education,  and  of the  necessity 
for  giving  additional  relief  to  ratepayers  from 
the  increasing  charge  for  national  services  now 
thrown  upon  the  rates,  this  House  regrets  that 
no  attempt  is  made  to  increase  the  resources  of 
the  Exchequer  by  broadening  the  basis  of  taxa-
thereof. 
tion"—(Mr.  Laurence  Hardy),—instead 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Friendly 
Second  Reading  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill;  Societies  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Markets  ( ^ a r t e ts   in 
in  Rural  Districts)  Bill;  

Districts)  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court G o u rt   Bm-
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Message  from 
t he   Lords. 

Mr,  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Telegraph 
Second  Reading  of  the  Telegraph (Construction)  (Construction) 
Bill; 

• 

' 

 
 
No.  76.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

1.92 

June. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

229 
sioners  in  the  execution  of  such  A c t; 
and 

Preyention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Prevention  of  Crime 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

(b)  of  grants  for  the  purposes  of  either 
of  the  new  Universities,  or  of  the  con-
stituent  colleges  of  the  new  University 
at  Dublin,  or  of  the  governing  bodies 
thereof. 

The 
time ; 

said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

Licensing  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

Committee  on  the  Licensing  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June,  resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

Army  Council 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  Council  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
Upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
t i o n)   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the Licensing  (Consolidation) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  J u n e. 

Coal  Mines 
( E i g ht   Hours) 
( N o.   2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Eight 

the  Coal  Mines 

Second  Reading  of 
Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land  and  Wales)  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  15th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e,   resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[21st  M*y] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May 
this 
last,  That 
House  doth  agree  with 
the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland, and  of  the  Services  administered  by  that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants 
in  Aid, 
which  was  then  reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  May  l a s t; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be f urther  adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

Old  Age 
Pensions  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of the  Old  Age  Pensions  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Irish 
Universities 
[ E x p e n s e s .] 

Mr.  Birrell 

reported  from  the  Committee  on 
[Expenses]  a  Resolution; 

Irish  Universities 
which  was  read,  as  followeth  : 

That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of 

the 
present  Session  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect  to  University  Education  in  Ireland,  it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  the  remuneration  of  the  Secretary 
to  the  Commissioners,  and  of  any  persons 
appointed  or  employed  by  them,  and  of 
incurred  by  the  Commis-
any  expenses 

VOL.  163. 

into  further  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Patents  and 
the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs  Bill 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill  [.Lords] ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  Works!  ; 
' 
Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow,  Works.] 

° 

. 

. 

[Railway  and 
Irrigation 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

the  Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

S i ^ l .] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the   Election  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  MunfcTai™ 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l;  
Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading  of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 

B;ll 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Costs  in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

C a s es   Criminal  Cases 

Ordered,  T h at  

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this 
instant  J u n e. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  receiving  supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [28th  M a y] 
the  28th  day  of  May  l a s t; 

E eP ° r t-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

Committee  of  Ways  and  M e a n s; 

t he   Ways  and 
Means. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will, 

to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Handloom 

Second  Reading  of  the  Handloom  Weaving   Weaving 
(Ireland)  B i l l; 

( I r e l a n d>  B m-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Registration 

into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee  ; 

the  Registration  of  Clubs of   C l n bs 

in 

the  Standing ( I r e l a n d ) B i 1 1* 

G  G  3 

230 

1st  June. 

1908. 

[No. 76. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Exportation  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Exportation  of  Horses 
Horses  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Cruelty  to 
Animals 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Second  Reading  of 
( N o # 2 ) B m. 

g 

the  Cruelty 

the 
to  Animals 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Cruelty  to 
Second  Reading  of 
A n i m a ls 
(Amendment)  (Amendment)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Cruelty  to  Animals 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Merchandise 
Marks  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Payment  of 
Jurors  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Payment  of 

the 
Jurors 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

Fire  Inquests 
e a l- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Fire  Inquests  Bill  ; 

the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Franchise  and 

Second  Heading  of  the  Franchise  and  Removal 
of  Women's  Disabilities  Bill;  

Disabilities 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU-

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Borough 
Second  Reading  of  the  Borough  Councils  Bill;   Councils  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill;  

the  Public  Health  Act 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

(Water 

BiU-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fruit  Growers 

Second  Reading  of  the  Fruit  Growers  (Scot-  gi l° t I a n d) 
land)  Bill; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for resuming  Elections  and 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  ^gistraHim^ 
upon  the  7th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro- ^  on< 011 
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ; 

1 

Ordered, That  the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  Sewers  and 
and  Drains  Bill;  
Drams  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Town  Tenants 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  A ct  Second  Reading  of  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland) 
Amendment  Act  (1907)  Amendment  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police (Weekly  Holiday)  OVeekiy 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Absent  Voters 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Absent  Voters  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill;  

Attendance) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11-

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

Representation 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  People  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
BU1- 

People  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Payment  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Payment  of  Rates  Bill;  E a t es   BiU-

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second 

time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Small 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
(Scotland) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Holdings  and 

Second  Reading  of 
Allotments  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]   ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Cheap  Trains 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cheap  Trains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  'Women's  Enfranchisement 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June,  resolve  itself 
into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Government  of  Scotland  Scotland  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Infant  Life 
Second  Reading  of" the  Infant  Life  Protection  Protection 
No- V BiU-
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Calendar 

Second  Reading  of  the  Calendar  Reform  Bill;  

Reform  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Xo.  76.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Public 
Libraries  Bill.  g e c o nd   E e a d i ng   of   t h e  p u b l I c  Libraries  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

lst—2nd  June. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e. 

Larceny  Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Larceny  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  this  instant 
J u n e. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Polling  Districts  and 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as 

Polling 
Re  stration o f c o n si d e r a t i on  
Districts  and 
Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill,  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

Registration 

of  Voters 

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

231 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Lights on 
the  Lights  on  Vehicles XfbV;le® 
i i f a n d ) 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill  f 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
J u n e. 

The  Order of the day  being  read,  for  resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  T h at  
the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
t i m e; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

into  con-

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  ten  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of 

thd  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion  of  Children)  (Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  B i l l; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Tuesday  the  16 th  day  of  this 
instant  June. 

Shops  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Shops  B i l l; 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Pedlars  Aots 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read,  for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  29th  day  of  May  last,  was  proposed  to 
be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the  Commons 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 

Ordered, That  the Debate  be  further  adjourned 
instant 

till  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of 
J  une. 

this 

Education 
(Local 
Authorities) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho-
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That 
sideration  to-morrow. 

the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

Purity  of  Milk 
Supplies 
( S c o t l a n d) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  P u r i ty   of  Milk  Supplies 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
J u n e. 

VOL.  163. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
to  a 

ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Public  Rights  of  Way  Bill 

-

Municipal  Elections  Bill 

A. 

A. 

[No.  77.] 
Tuesday, 2nd June  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Provisional 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  ?rde

for  Private  Bills,  That 
following  Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  applicable.) 
thereof,  no  Standing  Orders  are  applicable, 
viz.:— 

in  the  case  of 

the   orders 

t£[!i"s 

s

r

W ye   Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill. 
Usk  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Ards  and  Bangor  Railways  Bill  was,  Ards  and 

to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  Bangor 

according 
committed. 

Kadways  Bill. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  9)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
second  time,  and  committed. 

a ® ^ ^^ 
Orders' ( No   9) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Oyster  and 

Second  Reading  of 
Fishery  (Bay  of  F i r t h)   Order  Confirmation  ( B a y of   Firth) 
B i l l;  

the  Oyster  and  Mussel 

Order 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Confirmation 
l l th   day  of  this 

instant 

the 

upon  Thursday 
June. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table.  

v i d e F i f th 

Report. 

G  G  4 

232 

2nd  June. 

. 

[No. 77. 

E a st   I n d ia 
( D e a t hs   f r om  
NUe'l60 

Ordered,  That 

the  Return  relative  to  East 
l n (l i a  (Deaths  from  Plague,  &c.),  which  was 
presented  upon  the  1st  day  of  this  instant  June, 

Mr.  Ellis  reported  from the  Select  Committee  S t a n d i ng 

on  Standing  Orders  a  Resolution  ;  which  was  0rders-
read,  as followeth : 

'  be  printed. 

B o a rd   of 
Agriculture 
a nd   Fisheries. 

Diseases  of 
A n i m a ls   Acts, 
1894  to   1903. 

Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts, 
1891  to   1903. 

Polling 
Districts 
( C o u n ty   of 
Salop.) 

Strachey 

presented, 

Sir  Edward 

by  H is 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Reports, 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and 
for  1907,  of 
Fisheries  of 
the 
their  Proceeding-)  under 
Diseases  of  Animals  Acts,  the  Markets  aud 
Fairs  (Weighing  of  Cattle)  Acts,  &c. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  under  the  Diseases  of  Animals 
Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  the  23rd  May  1908, 
defining a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station 
at  Irongate  Wharf,  in  the  City  of  London. 

Copy  of  Order  under the  Diseases  of  Animals 
Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  the  25th  May  1908, 
the  23rd  May 
revoking  Order  No.  7487,  of 
1908,  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine 
Station  at 
the  City  of 
London. 

Irongate  Wharf,  in 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Salop  with  respect  to  the  Polling 
Districts  in  the  four  Parliamentary  Divisions 
of  the  county. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

E d u c a t i on 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports,  Statis-
tics,  &c.  on  Continuation  Classes  and  Central 
Institutions  (Scotland),  1908-7. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward 

Grey  presented,  by 
Commercial 
Treaties 
His  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Return 
NoO™ri908?)'  showing  the  Countries  between  which  Com-
mercial  Treaties  were  in  force  oil  1st  January 
1908. 

'  •> 

' 

T r a de   R e p o r ts 
( A n n u al 
Series.) 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  4001  and  4002. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

G o v e r n m e nt 
D e p a r t m e n ts 
Securities. 

No.  161. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  — Return 

to  an 
Order,  dated  the  29th  day  of  April  last,  for 
Returns  relative  to  Government  Departments 
Securities. 

Ordered, That  the said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

P u b l ic 
Income  a nd 
E x p e n d i t u r e. 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  net  Public  Income  and  net  Public 
Expenditure  under  certain  specified  heads,  as 
represented  by  receipts  into  and  issues  out  of 
the  Exchequer  from  1893-4  to  1907-8,  inclu-
sive  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  254  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Ellis.) 

E a st   I n d ia 
( F i n a n c i al 
Statement.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to  His  Majesty, that He  will be  graciously 
there  be  laid 
pleased  to  give  directions  that 
Indian 
before 
this  House  a  Return  of 
the 
Financial  Statement  for  1908-9,  and  of 
Proceedings  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  the 
Governor  General  thereon.—(Mr.  Buchanan.) 

the 

That  in  the  caae  of  the  River  Wandle  Pro-  R i v er   W a n d ie 

tection  [Lords],  Petition  for  Bill,.the  Standing  g ^ S fT 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ; 
parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

that  the 

The  said Resolution, being read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  f r om 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
added  to  Standing  Committee  A  the  following 
Fifteen  M embers  (in  respect  of  the  Coroners 
(Ireland)  and  the  Local  Registration  of  Title 
(Ireland)  Amendment  Bills)  : •— Mr.  Ffrench, 
M r.   Clancy,  M a r q u e ss   of  Hamilton,  M r.   James 
O' Connor,  M r.   Gordon,  M r.   Lardner,  M r. 
Kettle,  M r.   Moore,  Mr.  Muldoon,  M r.   Long, 
Mr.  John  Redmond,  M r.   Fetherstonhaugh,  Mr. 
Newnes,  M r.   Robert  Harcourt,  and  M r.   King. 

Selection 
( S t a n d i ng 
Committees.) 
S t a n d i ng 
Committee  A. 
Coroners 
( I r e l a n d)   Bill 
a nd   Local 
Registration 
of  Title 
( I r e l a n d) 
A m e n d m e nt 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Public  Rights  of 
W ay   Bill)  : —  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  M r. 
Walker,  M r.   Cheetham,  M r.   Winfrey,  Mr. 
Higham,  M r.   Arnold  Herbert,  Mr.  Harold  Cox, 
M r.   Dundas  White,  M r.   Trevelyan,  M r.   Byles, 
L o rd   Robert  Cecil,  M r.   Meysey-Thompson,  M r. 
Cross,  M r.   Younger,  and  Mr.  MlArthur. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee  A. 

P u b l ic   R i g h ts 
of  W ay   Bill. 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Municipal  Elections 
Bill)  :  —  Major  Coat.es,  Mr.  Younger,  Mr. 
Mitchell-  Thomson,  Mr.  Burdett-  Coutts,  Mr 
Cleland,  M r.   Mi  Crae,  M r.   Adkins,  M r.   Barnes 
M r.   Mooney,  M r.   Thomasson,  Mr.  Collins,  Mr 
Arthur  Priestley,  M r.   Wadsworth,  M r.   Morton 
and  M r.   Brotherton. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee  A. 

Municipal 
Elections  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  S t a n d i ng 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  Committee  B. 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  :—Dr.  Macnamara  ;  and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  :  Mr.  Masterman. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of 
the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  : — Mr.  John  Taylor,  Mr. 
Vivian,  M r.   Hills,  Mr.  Guinness,  M r.   Abel 
Smith,  Viscount  Morpeth,  L o rd   Willoughby  de 
Eresby,  Sir  John  Dickson-Poynder,  M r.   Adkins, 
M r.   Bateman  Hope,  M r.   Alden,  M r.  
Barran, 
M r.   Montagu,  Sir  John  Dewar,  and  M r.   Morrell. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
T o wn 
P l a n n i n g,   &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  f a r t h er   reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member 
from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  Charles  Craig  ;  and 
had  appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Harmood-Banner. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee  B, 

Housing, 
T o wn 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported  S t a n d i ng 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Committee  C. 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Post  Office Savings  p 0st   Office 
Bank  Bill)  :—Mr.  Wardle,  Mr.  O'Motley,  Mr.  Savings  B a nk 
Patrick  White,  M r.   John  Ward,  M r.  
Hay,  S ir   Henry  Seymour  King,  M r.   Watson 
Rutherford,  M r.   Starkey,  M r.   Harold  Cox,  Mr. 
Armitage, 
Agnew,  Sir  Edward 
Tennant,  M r.  
M r.   Thomas  Bethell,  M a j or   Dunne, 
and  M r. 
Mackarness. 

ClaudeBl11' 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

No. 77. J  8  EDW.  V I I. 

2nd  June. 

2 33 

Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
(No.  1)  Bill 
[Lords.} 
[Order 
confirmed.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Tramways  Order 
Confirmation  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords];  That  they 
had  considered  the  said  Order ;  that  the  said 
Order  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

sideration  to-morrow. 

into  con-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  King's 
the  King's  College,  London  (Transfer)  Bill  College, 
[Lords],  with  Amendments. 

(Transfer) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  t h e B m

[Lords.] 

Table. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (No. 
Bill. 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

[Title 
amended.] 

i) Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill;  That 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
they 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him 
the  Bill,  with 
Amendments, to the House;  and had amended  the 
Title,  as  followeth:—A  Bill  to  confirm  certain 
Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  relating  to  Bath,  Little  Lever,  Stanhope, 
Stratton,  and  Bude,  and  the  Hemel  Hempstead 
Joint  Hospital  District. 

report 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in 
into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

the 
to-

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Local 
f,. o m  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Government 
they 
o X s ' ( N o .4)   Provisional  Orders  (No.  4)  Bill;  That 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Bill. 
[Provisional  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
the  Bill,  with 
confirmed.] 

to  report 

had  directed  him 
Amendments,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in 
taken  into  consideration 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

the 
to-

fr°m 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Local 
the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
ProvLfcraaf 
they 
Orders  (l?o.  6)  Provisional  Orders  (No.  6)  Bill;  That 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Bill. 
LrdersSl0nal  ^ rd e r f l  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
the  Bill,  with 
confirmed.] 

to  report 

had  directed  him 
Amendments,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-
into  consideration 

taken 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  ( N o.   7) 
Bill. 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
p r o visional   Orders  (No.  7)  Bill;  That 
they 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  IIouBe. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  8) 
Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order) 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Order  (No.  8)  Bill;  That 
they 
had  considered  the  said  Order;  that  the  said 
Order  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

VO L.   163. 

Mr.  Solicitor  General 

reported  from 

the  Hurly's 

r 

Select  Committee  on  Divorce  Bills;  That  they 
had  examined  the  allegations of  Hurly's  Divorce  L 
Bill  [Lords],  as  to  the  marriage  of  the  parties, 
the  adultery  coupled  with  cruelty,  charged  as 
the  ground  for dissolving  the  marriage,  and  the 
sentence  of  Divorce,  a  mensd  et  thoro,  in 
the 
Probate  and  Matrimonial  Division  of  the  High 
Court  of  Justice  in  Ireland,  and,  upon  evidence 
satisfactory  to  the  Committee,  found  the  same 
and  the  other  allegations  to  be  true  ;  and  they 
saw  no reason  to  suspect  collusion  between  the 
parties;  and  that  the  Committee  had  gone 
the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to  report 
through 
the  same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Hurly's 

Proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords  on 
the 
Second  Reading  of  Hurly's  Divorce  Bill 
[Lords],  together  with  the  Documents  deposited 
in  the  case,  be  returned  to  the  House  of  Lords  : 
And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  same.—(Mr. 
Attorney  General.) 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Public-houses 
Bill  to  facilitate  the  provision  of  accommodation  ^ m t i r a)   ° f 
for  supplying  Food,  and  of  other  improvements 
in  connection  with  premises  licensed  for  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquors  by  retail:  And  that  Mr. 
Watson  Rutherford,  Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain, 
Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Mr.  James  Mason,  Mr. 
Barnard,  Mr.  Gretton,  Colonel  Hall  Walker, 
Mr.  Goulding,  Sir  Henry  Kimber,  Earl  of 
Ronaldshay, 
and  Mr.  John  Rutherford  do 
prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Watson Rutherford  accordingly  presented  Public-houses 
a c c o m - o£ 

for  supplying  Food,  and  of  other  gin. 

a  Bill  to  facilitate  the  provision  of 
modation 
improvements 
licensed  for  the  sale  Of 
liquors 
by  retail:  And  the  same  was read the  first  time, 
and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June  ;  and 
to  be  printed. 

intoxicating 

in  connection  with  premises  Bill  257. 

The  Order  of  the day being read,  for resuming  Finance  Bill, 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  whicli, 
upon  the  1st  day  of  this  instant  June,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the 
Finance  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 

Which  Amendment was,  to leave  out  from  the 
word  "  T h a t"   to  the  end  of  the  Question,  in 
order  to  add  the  words  "  in  view  of  the  growing 
liabilities  of  the  nation  for  naval  and  military 
defence,  old  age  pensions,  and  education,  and 
of  the  necessity  for  giving  additional  relief 
to  ratepayers  from  the  increasing  charge  for 
national  services  now  thrown  upon  the  rates, 
this  House  regrets  that  no  attempt  is  made  to 
the  Exchequer  by 
increase  the  resources  of 
t a x a t i o n " ( M r-
the  basis  of 
broadening 
Laurence  Hardy),—instead 
H  H 

thereof; 

 
234 

2nd  June, 

1908. 

[No. 77. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of 
the  Question:—The  House  resumed  the  said 
adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  p u t; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
T e l l e rs   f or   t he   f M r.   Joseph 

Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank  : 

I?le?aader 
T e l l e rs   f or   th*iSir
\ 
N o es  
[Mr.  Henry  Forster: 
' 

H o o d>  

Adand~ 

367. 

124. 

1 
( 
J 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Aud  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House  for  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this 
instant  June. 

Friendly 
Societies Bill.  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

The  Friendly  Societies  Bill  was,  according  to 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— ( M r.   Hobhouse.) 

Public Health 
(llarkets in 
Rural 
n o nu  

Districts)  BiU.

The  Public  Health 

in  Rural 
Districts)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
  a  second  time. 

(Markets 

,  '  ° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— ( M r.   Burns.) 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Construction)  g e c o nd   Reading of  the Telegraph  (Construction) 

' 

B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon 
this  day  six  months."  —  (Mr. 
Courthope.) 

And  the  Question  rbeing put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand  part  of the  Question  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Irish 

into  further  consideration  the  Resolution  which, f^x^nse^] 
upon 
the  1st  day  of  this  instant  June,  was 
reported  from  the  Committee  on  Irish  Univer-
sities  [Expenses],  That,  for  the  purposes  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  make  further 
provision  with  respect  to  University  Education 
in  Ireland,  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  pay-
ment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  the  remuneration  of 

the  Secretary 
to  the  Commissioners,  and  of  any  persons 
appointed  or  employed  by  them,  and  of 
any  expenses  incurred  by  the  Commis-
sioners  in  the  execution  of  such  A c t; 
and 

(b)  of  grants  for  the  purposes  of  either  of 
the  new  Universities, or of the  constituent 
colleges  of  the  new  University  at  Dublin, 
or  of  the  governing  bodies  thereof  ; 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  Resolution, in  1. 9, by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  " Provided  that  no  part  of  the 
moneys authorised  to  be  spent  by this  Resolution 
shall  be  used  or  applied  for  the  purposes  of  de-
nominational  education."—(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 
And  the  Question  being  put,  That those  words 

be  there  added  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Charles  Craig, 
I Sir  Philip  Magnus  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

"[Master  of  Elibank  : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

) 
J' 

22. 

149. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]; 

° 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and Loans 
KZ 
Irrigation  Works]  ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  Works.] 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 
the 

Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

of 

_ 

g fj 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Master  of  Elibank, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

BoZgL BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

172. 

Tellers  for  thel  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  "1 
/ 

l.Mr.  Goulding: 

Noes, 

So  it was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative, 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading of the London  Paving  Expenses 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  S u p p l y. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

to-morrow. 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

e 

No.  77.]  8  E d w.   YII. 

2nd  June. 

2 35 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

Copyhold 
m®tBiUiSe' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Copyhold  Enfranchise-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Highways  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Highways  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

House-letting 
(Scotland) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
the  House-letting  (Scot-

Second  Reading  of 
land)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Education  of 
Afflicted 
Children 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Education  of Afflicted 

Second  Reading  of 
Children  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Railway  and 
Canal  Traffic 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Railway  and  Canal 

Second  Reading  of 
Traffic  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Restraint  of 
Trades  (Shops)  Second 

The  Order 

of 
Reading 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  the  Restraint  of  Trades 

• 

(Shops)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Rabbits  on 
Commons  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  10th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

( E x e m p t i o n) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Dogs  (Exemption)  B i l l; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Conveyancing 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of  the  Conveyancing  Bill  ; 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June, 

Settled  Land 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

Corporal 
Punishment 
(Restriction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Corporal  Punishment 
(Restriction)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of  this 
June. 

Local 
Government 
(Transfer  of 
Powers  of 
Standing  Joint  mittees)  Bill  ; 
Committees) 

^ 

^ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of 
the  Local  Government 
(Transfer  of  Powers  of  Standing  Joint  Com-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
the  18th  day  of  this  instant 

upon  Thursday 
J une. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Summary 

i
r
n
1^1°Bill 
the  Summary  Jurisdiction  /I
e
r

in 

the  Standing 

into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  3 rd  day  of  July 
next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Health 

Second  Reading  of the  Public  Health  Bill; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  18 th  day  of  this 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  industrial  a nd 

Second  Reading of  the  Industrial  and  Provident  g ^ ^f 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill;  

(Amendment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11' 

upon  Monday  the  15 th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sale  of  Food 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of Food  and  Drugs  ^ g
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Amendment 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time (Scotland) 

D r u gs 

upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Polling 
into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County  S^nty 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing  councils)  Bill. 
Committee)  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-
sideration  upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of  this 
instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Liquor  Traffic 
Committee  on  the  Liquor  Traffic (Local  Option)  g o t l a n d f " 0 
(Scotland)  Bill;  

Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Thurs-
day  the  18th  day  of  this  instant  June,  resolve 
itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

T i c k e ts   BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of the  Local Government  Quali-  ^vemment 
( ^ S t d Zd 
fication  (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Wales)  B m-

upon  Monday  the  22nd  day of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  f g ^ ^ jl 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

a n 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Open  Spaces 

Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

'  B n u 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  16th  day of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Buxton 

Second  Reading  of the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

c h a r i ty   BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  c h a r i ty B i l • 
Bill; 

H  H  2 

2 36 

2nd—3rd  June. 

1908. 

[No.  78. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being;  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15 th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Handloom 
Weaving 
( I r e l a n d)   Bill.  ( I r e] a n d)   Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Handloom  Weaving 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Registration  of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
the  Registration  of  Clubs 
Clubs 
into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill.  ( i r ei a n )j)   Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Standing 

Committee; 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this 
instant  June. 

Police 
(Weekly 
Holiday)  Bill,  g yj  

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Police ( Weekly  Holiday) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
( N o.   2)   BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  12th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

Calendar 
Reform  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Calendar  Reform  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of  this 
June. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

[No.  78.] 
Wednesday, 3rd June  1908. 
The  House  met  at a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P B A Y E R S. 

laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  BiUs 

MR.  Speaker 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following complied 
Bill,  referred  on 
the  First  Reading 
Standing  Order  62  has  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

thereof, with.) 

Nottinghamshire  and  Derbyshire  Tramways 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill 
(changed  from  Dublin  and  Central 
Ireland 
Electric  Power  (recommitted)  Bill),  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  London  County  Council  (Money)  Bill, 
as amended in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

Central 
Ireland 
Electric 
Power  Bill 

Dublin  and 
Central 
Ireland 
Electric 
Power  BiU.) 
London 
County 
Council 
(Money) Bill. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Tawe  Valley  Gas  Bill  Tawe  YaUey 

[Lords']  {changedfrom  Swansea  Valley  Gas  Bill  ^S8®111 
the  Committee,  be  Ranged 
Lords]), 
taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  the  15th  Swansea 
day  of  this  instant  J une. 

as  amended 

in 

yaUeyGaa 
Bill 

[Lords].) 

J 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  39,  128,  and  Private  Bills, 

230  be  suspended,  and  that  the  time  for  depo- Po-
siting  Petitions  and  Memorials  against  Private 
Bills,  or  against  any  Bill 
to  confirm  any 
Provisional  Order  or  Provisional  Certificate, 
and  for  depositing  duplicates  of  any  Documents 
relating  to  any  Bill  to  confirm  any  Provisional 
Order  or  Provisional  Certificate,  also  for  depo-
siting  at  the  Private  Bill  Office all  Documents 
relating 
the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  be 
extended  to  the  first  day  on  which  the  House 
shall  sit  after  the  Recess.—(The  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means.) 

to  any  Order  under 

Education 
.(Local 
Authorities) 
BUI. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho-
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  7)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
third  time  and  passed. 

Ord^ (No. 7) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to  BiU-

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit. till  twenty-nine  minutes  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order  Local 

(No.  8)  Bill  was, according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
third  time  and  passed. 

o Xr   (No. 8) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  BiU-

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government  Government 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill,  as  amended  in  £d™(No.  l) 
the  Committee. 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government  Government 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  4)  Bill,  as  amended  in  ^ X ^ N o.   4) 
the  Committee. 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

No. as.]  8  l o w.   yn. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Government 
Provisional 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
Orders  ( N o. 6) Provisional  Orders  (No.  6)  Bill, as  amended  in 
Bill. 

the ^Committee. 

Ordered, That  the .Bill  be  read,  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
t a^ e  ™ t o  consideration  the  Tramways  Order 

Tramways 
Confirmation
( N o. l)  Bill  Confirmation  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords]. 
[Lords.'] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Usk  Fisheries 
OrderXu 

The  -Usk  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill 
w a 8'   according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed. 

Wye .Fisheries 
O r d e r Xu  

The  Wye  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Beport. 
Shop  Hours 
Act, 1904. 

Several-Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie upon  the  Table. 

0f 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
a n  A ct   of  P a r l i a m e n t ,— 
t h e  a ; r e c ti o n8 
t0  
Copy  of  Order  made  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  by  the  Council  of  the  Borough  of 
Batley,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department,  Altering  the  hours 
of  closing  for certain  classes Of  Shops  within  the 
borough. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill 
[Lords], 

1883. 

Mr.  Birrell  (presented,  .by  ;His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Bill,/intituled  An  Act  to 
amend 
the  Law  as  to  Contempts  of  Court, 
brought  from the  House  of  .Lords.to  the  House 
of  Commons, 2nd  May  1883. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1865. 

No.  162. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Account  of  the  receipts  and; expenditure  under 
the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ireland)  Act,  186$,  for 
the year  ending  31st  December  1907. 

Fines,  &c. 
(Ireland1.) 

No.'163. 

An  Abstract  of  the  Accounts  of  all  .Fines 
and  other  penal  sums  accounted; for  under  the 
Fines  Act 
the  Petty 
(Ireland),  1851,  and 
Sessions  Clerk  (Ireland)  Act,  1858, for the  year 
ending  31st  December  1906. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon; the 
Table;  and  that 
the 
Dogs  Regulation  (Ireland)  Aet,  1865,  and • to 
Fines,  &c.  (Ireland),  be  printed. 

the  Papers  relative  to 

Lunacy 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fiftieth  Annual 
Report  of  the  General  Board  of  Commissioners 
in  Lunacy  for  Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

London 
County 
Council. 

No.  164. 

to 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
ofT.  Return  (in  pursuance  of  the  Metropolitan1 
Board  of  Works  (Loans)  Act,  1869)  showing, 
up  to  the  31st  March  1908  :  (I.)  The  amount 
of  Consolidated  Stock  ;  (II:)  The  application 
of  the  money  raised  by  such  Stock;  (III.) 
The  sums < carried  to  the  Consolidated  Loans 
F u n d;   (IV.)  The  application  of  the  Consoli-
dated  Loans  Fund  ;  and  (V.)  An  Estimate  of 
the  expenditure  of  the  Council  for  all  purposes 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909:- 
And 
I I.   Return  (in  pursuance  of  the  ; Metropolitan 
Board  of Works  (Loans) Act,  1875) showing,  up 
to  the  31st  March  1908  :  (I.)  All  moneys  raised 

VOL.  163. 

by  the  Metropolitan  Board  of  Works  and  the 
Council  since  the  passing  of  the  Act  for  the 
purposes  mentioned 
( I I .) 
in 
Particulars  in  relation  to  every  parish,  district, 
union,  or  place  in  respect  whereof  a  Loan .has 
been  obtained  from  the  Metropolitan  JBoardof 
Works  or  the  Council  since  the  passing  of  the 
Act. 

the  A c t;   and 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  dodie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

M r.   Runciman 

p r e s e n t e d,   by   H is   M a j e s t y 's   Board of 
Command,—Copy,of  Statement  as  to  the  Age  E d u c a t i o n-
at  which  compulsory  Education  ceases  in  certain 
Foreign  Countries  and  British  Colonies. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash  on 
Delivery)  Warrant,  1908, dated  18 th  M a y!  908. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

to  Post  Office 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward 

Grey  presented,  by  Peace 

His  "Majesty's  Command,-*Copy  of  ^Protocols ^,fg" enc®  at 
of  the  eleven  Plenary  'Meetings  of  the  Second  (Miscel-
Peace  Conference'held  at  The'Hague  in  1907;  laneous, 
with  the  Annexes  to  the  Protocols. 

No.  4,  l«08,) 

Ordered,That 

Table. 

the  said  Paper  do lie. upon  the 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  were  laid  upon 
the Table  by  the* Clerk  of  the  House  :— 
Copy  of  Schedule  containing  a 

list  and  Public  Records 

in  the  Kind's  Remembrancer's  ami  judicature.) 

particulars  of  Classes  of  Documents  existing or 
accruing 
Acknowledgments  Department  of  the  Central 
Office  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 
which  are  not  considered  of  sufficient  nublic 
value  to  justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public 
Record  Office. 

'Copy  of  Twelfth  Schedule  containing  a  , list  Public  Records 

and  particulars  of  Classes  of  Documents  which  (Admiralty 
have  been  removed  from  the  Department  of  the 
c p ar   m eu 
Commissioners;for  executing  the  Office of  Lord 
High  Admiral  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  andTreland,  and  deposited  in  the  Public 
Record  Office, but  are  not  considered  of  suffi-
cient  public  value  -to  justify  their  preservation 
therein. 

Orrferetf,'That there  be  laid  before this  House  Education 
a  Copy  of  Scheme  to  be  proposed  by  the Scotch  (Scotland) 
Education  Department,  under  section  14  (2)  of 
the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  for  the  allocation 
of  the  balance  of  the  Education (Scotland)  Fund 
to  the  several  districts,  for which  a  Committee 
on  Secondary  Education  was  appointed  by  the 
Minute  of  the  Department  dated  the  10th  day 
Of June  1897.—(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

1 6 5-

Mr.  Sinclair  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Paper. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-Speeches 
aented  to His  Majesty, that  He will  be graciously  (Tim«  Limits) 
there  be  laid  p^-g^ 1  a ud 
pleased  to  give  directions  ? that 
before  this  , House  a  : Return  of  the  principles  Legislatures.) 
and  methods,  if  > any,  adopted  for  limiting  the 
length  of  Speeches  in  the  Supreme  Legislative 
Assemblies of. British self-governing  Possessions, 
the  following 
of 

the  United  States,  and  of 

H  H  3 •«-

 
2 38 
European  Countries:  France,  Germany,  Italy, 
Austria,  Hungary,  Spain, Belgium, and  Switzer-
l a n d . — ( M r.   Dundas 

White.) 

Srd  June. 

York  County 
(Pudsey 
Division) 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
the 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
County  of  York  (Pudsey  Division),  in  the  room 
of  the  Right  Honourable  George Whiteley,  who, 
since  his  Election  for  the  said  county,  hath 
accepted  the  Office  of  Steward  or  Bailiff of  His 
Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead,  in  the  County 
of  Y o r k . — ( M r.   Joseph 

Pease.) 

Public 

Colonel  Williams 

reported  from  the  Corn-

m i t t ee  

of   P u b„ l i c  Accounts;  That 

they  had 
Committee 
(First  Report.) made  Progress  in  the  matters  to  them  referred, 
and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

No.  166. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill 
and  Local 
Registration  of 
Title 
(Ireland) 
Amendment 
BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Public  Rights 
of  W ay   BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  A« 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  0. 

Post  Office 
Savings  Bank 
Bill. 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon 

r e p o r t ed   f r om 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill  and  of  the  Local  Registration  ot 
Title (Ireland) Amendment  Bill):—ColonelSeeZy 
Mr. Secretary  Gladstone, Mr. Attorney  General, 
a nd   M r.   Herbert  Samuel; 
a nd   h ad   a p p o i n t ed   in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bills):  Mr. 
Glendinning,  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr.  Attorney  General 
for  Ireland,  and  Mr.  Solicitor  General 
for 
Ireland. 

S ir   William  Brampton.  Gurdon  f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Public  Rights  of 
Way  B i l l ) : — M r.   Secretary  Gladstone; 
and 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  :  Sir  Edward  Strachey. 

following  Member 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  B i l l ):  —  Colonel 
Seely;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect  of the  said  Bill)  :  Mr. Hobhouse. 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon 

f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill) :—Mr.  James  Duncan  ;  and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  : 
M r.   Ryland 

Adkins. 

S ir   William  Brampton  Gurdon  f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill):—Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
a nd 
M r.   Kearley, 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  B i l l ):   M r.   Sydney  Buxton,  M r.   Hobhouse, 
and  Mr.  Attorney  General. 

a nd   S ir   Edward 

Strachey; 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Rule 
Committee 
BiU. 

Bill  258. 

M r.   Hills, 

s u p p o r t ed   by   M r.   Horridge,  M r. 
Micklem, and  Mr.  Rawlinson,  presented  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Judicature  Acts,  1873  to  1894, 
with  respect  to  the  persons  in  whom  the  power 
of  making  Rules  of  Court  under  those  Acts  is 
vested  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Thursday  the  l l th   day  of 
this  instant  June  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

1908. 

[No. 78. 

Mr.  Birrell, 

supported  by  Mr.  Attorney  Tuberculosis 

General  for  Ireland,  presented  a Bill  to  prevent  PrevenMoiv^ 
the  spread  and  provide  for  the  treatment  o f 1  ^fj" 
Tuberculosis,  and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do meet  to-morrow  Sittings  of  the 

at  Twelve  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

House-

Resolved,  That  this  House,  at  its  rising 

to-Adjournment 

morrow,  do  adjourn  till  Wednesday  the  10th  (Whitsuntide.) 
day  of  this  instant  June.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Factory  and 
t h a t W o A s h o p A ct 

001  en 

proposed,  That  this  House  is  of  opinion 
the  increase  in  fatal  and  non-fatal  Accidents  in 
cases  under  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act  is 
of  such  a  character  as  to  demand 
immediate 
attention,  more  particularly  in  so far  as  it  bears 
upon  the  organisation  of  the  Factory  Depart-
ment  of  the  Home  Office—(Mr. Glover)  :—And 
the  said  Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Luggage 
Second  Reading  of  the  .Luggage  (Definition) (definition) 
Bill  j 

BIU-

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time:—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  'of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parochial 
the  Parochial  Medical  Medical 

Second  Reading  of 
Officers (Scotland)  Bill  ; 

(°s®Tnd) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bill, 

upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

t he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the piaoes  0f 
the  Places  of  Worship  Worship 

Second  Reading  of 
(Sites)  Bill; 

8 

F  (Sites)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  (Compulsory  (Compulsory 
J  Contribution 
X 
rP  
Exemption) 
Contribution  Exemption)  Hill; 

\  r)'ii 

.. 

" 

v 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Clerks  of  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Peace  and  Peace  and 
County  Councils  Bill;  

8 3 s B i U. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  22nd  day of  this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Divorce  Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Divorce  Law  A m e n d - A m e n d m e nt 
ment  (No.  2)   Bill;  
( N o . 2 ) B i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  23rd  day  of this  instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of the  Education  Bill;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24 th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

3 rd  

June. 

239 

No.  78.}  8  E D W.   Y I I. 
Loca1 
(Cation and  S e c o n d  Reading  of 
Purchase of 
Land)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

the  Local  Authorities 

(Taxation  and  Purchase  of  Land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Breaches  of 
Byelaws  Bill, 

BaUot 
(Transferable 
Vote)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the day being read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon 
the 
Breaches  of  Byelaws  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  ; 

the  2 0 th   day  of  March 

last,  That 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Tuesday  the  16th  day  of this  instant  J  une. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
(Transferable 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot 
Vote)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  15 th  day  of this  instant  June. 

Weekly  Best-
Day  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Weekly  Rest-Day  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Prohibition  of 
Medical 
Practice  by 
Companies 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prohibition  of  Medical 
Practice  by  Companies  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Malicious 
Injuries 
(Ireland)  BiU, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

the  Malicious 

the 
Injuries 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Feus  and 
Building 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Feus  and  Building 

Second  Reading  of 
Leases  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Sale  of 
Whisky  BiU. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Whisky  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th. day  of  this  instant 
J u n e. 

Merchandise 
Marks 
<No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchandise  Marks 

Second  Reading  of 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Pharmacy 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pharmacy  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Education 
the 
(Consolidation  Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Consolidation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

and  Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

VOL.   163. 

"The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the Money 

Second  Reading  of  the  Money  Lenders  B i l l;  

Lenders  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  University of 
Second  Reading  of  the  University  of  Durham   Durham  BilL 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

l l th   day  of  this 

upon  Thursday  the 
J  une. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  j ri Sh  National 

Second  Reading  of  the  irish  National  S c h o o ls   Schools 
(Heating )  Bill;  

(Heating)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 

upon  Thursday  the  18th  day  of 
June. 

this 

The Order  of  the  day  being read, for resuming  Ecclesiastical 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Disorders  B i l l, 
upon  the  14th  day  of  February  last,  was  pro-
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the 
Ecclesiastical  Disorders  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  polling 

into  consideration 
Registration of  Voters (Ireland)  BiU, as amended  ^VotSs 
in  the  Standing  Committee; 

the  Polling  Districts  and  Districts  and 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Shops  BiU. 

Committee  on  the  Shops  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Police 

(Weekly  Holiday)  Bill 

w a s,   Police 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

(Weekly 
Holiday)  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Police  Forces  (Weekly 
Rest-Day).—(Mr.  Goulding.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  B i l l; 

B l l u 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Education 
... 

into  consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho- 
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- gjjj  ° n 
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The Order of the day  being  read,  for  resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs' Protection Bill  be now read  a  second  time; 
Ordered,  That  the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  C o u rt   Court  BUL 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime C r i m e
BiU; 

  Bill. 

H  H  4 

2 40 

3rd—4 th  June. 

1908. 

[No. 79. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [.Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

E a st   India 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Railway  and  Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
irrigation 
Works.] 

Irrigation  Works]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

Fatal 
Accidents 

K H f Z ^ .]  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

Election  of 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Municipal™  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Boroughs  Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  g -y  

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the London  Paving  Expenses 

& 

r 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

W a ys   and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill.  Committee  on  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Commi ttee. 

to-morrow, 

Public  Health 
0 ^ k e t s i n 
DUtricts)iBill.  Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned till  to-morrow. 

STANDING-  C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Telegraph  (Construction)  Bill 

C. 

[No.  79.] 
Thursday, 4th June  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Bill  Padiham 

was read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Co^ilBm.10* 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  South  West  Suburban  South  West 

Water  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  upon  Thurs-  Suburban 
day  next. 
Water  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Criccieth 

tion  the  Criccieth  Water  and  Improvement  Bill,  ^ a
as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Bill. 

p^ v

a

e^ e nt 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Great  Western 

tion  the  Great  Western  Railway  Bill  [Lords], 
as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

j B iU 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders Local 

(No.  1)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the Government 
third  time  and  passed. 

o S ° ( N o.   l) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to BiU. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  4)   Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
a r0V1810D&X 
i 
• i  • 
third  time  and  passed. 
Orders  ( N o.   4> 

. • 

i 

i 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  BU1-

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  6)   Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
Provisional 
. 
N  •  j 
third  time  and  passed. 
Orders (No.  6> 

/•  

3 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Bil1-

the  Lords, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Tramways  Order  Confirmation  (No.  1)  Tramways 

Bill  rL o r d s]   was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Order 
J 
j 
third  time  and  passed. 

.  J - ., 

j 

Confirmation 
XJ0< ^  Bi]1 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to {Lords.-] 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Ayr  Corporation  Tramways  Order  Con- Ayr 

firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  Corporation 
into  0rd™ ways 
second 
to  be 
time,  and  ordered 
consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

taken 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Lanarkshire 

Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Tramways 
Order 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
Confirmation. 
Lanarkshire  Tramways:  And  ihe  same  was read  smT 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  section  9  of  Bill  260. 
the  Act)  to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday 
the  15th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e;   and  to  be 
printed. 

to 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and public 

read  :  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

r 

Petitions 
Vide  F i f th 
Beport. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Mercantile 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  to the  Secretary  of  Marine 
the  Board  of  Trade  upon  the  Sight  Tests  used <3i«ht  Teste'>' 
in  the  Mercantile  Marine,  for  the  year  ended 
31st  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

No.  79.]  8  EDW.  T IL 

4ith June, 

Local 
Government 
Board 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate 

presented,  by  H is 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Thirteenth 
Annual  Report  of  the  Local  Government  Board 
for  Scotland,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

S h op   Hours 
Act,  1904. 

S h op   Hours 
A c t,   1904. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  P a r l i a m e n t ,^ 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of 
the 
the  Shop  Hours 
County  of  Lancaster  under 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department, 
the 
hours  of  closing  f or   certain  classes  of  Shops 
within  the  U r b an   District  of  Great  Harwood. 

fixing 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
City  of  Worcester  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act, 
1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the  hours  of 
closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said P a p e rs   do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on  Special 
Rating  for  School  Purposes 
in  Quebec  and 
Ontario. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  P a p er   do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  ;— 

Supreme  Court 
(Bules.) 

Copy  of  Rules  of  the  Supreme  Court  under 
the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Act,  1876,  dated 
3rd  J u ne   1908. 

•Supreme  Court 
{ R u l e s) 
{Patents  and 
Designs.) 

Copy  of  Rules  of  the  Supreme  Court,  dated 
3rd  J u ne   1908,  under  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Act,  1907. 

Crown  Office 
Bules. 

Mail  Ships 
Bules. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
JRules. 

Experiments 
•on  Living 
Animals. 

Copy  of  Crown  Office  Rules  under 

the 

Criminal  Appeal  Act,  1907. 

Copy  of  Rules  of  Court  under  the  Mail  Ships 

Acts,  1891  and  1902. 

Copy  of Rules  of  Court  for Appeals  under  the 

Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1906. 

that 

to  give  directions 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty, that  He   will  be  graciously 
pleased 
laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the  number 
of  Experiments  on  Living  Animals  during 
the 
year  1907, under  licences  granted  under  the  A ct 
39  & 40  Vict.  c.  77,  distinguishing  the  nature  of 
the  Experiments  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  151  of  Session  1907).  — 
( M r.   Herbert 

there  be 

Samuel.) 

S u p p ly 
[ 9 th   allotted 

T he   House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

i n tQ   t h e  Committee  of  Supply. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9* 
Class  I I. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  T h at 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £40,830  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty, to complete the  sum  necessary  to defray 
the  charge which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending on  the  31st  day of  March 
the 
1909  f or   the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
Department  of  H is   Majesty's  Secretary  of  State 
for  Foreign  Affairs : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
and 
(Mr. 

(Salaries*  Wages> 

posed,  T h at   Item  A 
Allowances) 
.0' Grady) 

:—Debate  arising; 

reduced 

£ 1 00 

by 

be 

VOL*  163. 

Mr.  Arthur  Henderson  rose  in  Ms  place  and 
to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 

claimed 
put. 

a nd   a g r e ed   to. 

Question,  T h at   the  Question  be  now  put,  put,  Question pat 
(pursuant  to 
t 
a  8-0.  Closure 
Item  A  of Debate.) 

/-w 
Question  put  accordingly,  T h at  

m.' 

. 

, 

(Salaries,  Wages,  and  Allowances)  be  reduced 
by  £100. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
T e l l e rs   f or   t he   f M r.   Charles 

Yeas, 

( M r.   O'Grady 

T e l l e rs   f or   t h e/   M r.   Joseph 

Duncan, 
: 
Pease, 

Noes, 

[ Master  of  Elibank  : 
Original  Question  again  proposed  : 
To  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to sit  again. 

} 

59. 

225. 

1 
J 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
the  C h a i r;   and 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  acquainted 
the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  r e f e r r e d;   and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  T h at   the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
itself  into  the  said 

resolve 

day  next,  again 
Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for resuming  supply 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  [21st May] 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May last,  T h at   this  House  RaP ort-
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  Resolu-
tion,  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland,  and  of  the  Services  administered  by  that 
in  Aid, 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants 
which  was  then  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be f u r t h er   adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [,28th 
the  28th  day  of  May  l a s t; 

B e p o r t 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Contempts  o< 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

the  Contempts  of  Court   Court  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second 

time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the   Prevention  of 

the  Prevention  of  C r i m e C r l m e  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill  [Lords']  ; 

the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs 

BlU 

t ^J 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  W o r k s ];  

_ 

K a T^ 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-   Works.] 

day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Fatal 

of 
Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords] 

the  F a t al   Accidents  Accidents 
; 

(bhT[jS1] 

m 

m— 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

' 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

London 
the 
ExiMsnses Bill  ® e c o nd   Reading  of  the  London Paving  Expenses 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

; 
The  Cambrian  Railways  Bill  £L o r d s]   was  Cambrian 
Railways 
Bill 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

190&. 

' 

[No.  8a; 

[Lords.] 

T he   Nottinghamshire  and  Derbyshire  Tram*  Nottingham-

ways  (No.  2)  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  shire and 
committed. 

(No.  2)  Bill-
The  Rochester  Bridge  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  Rochester^ 
Bridge  Bill 
[Lords.] 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribu-   South  Wales 

tion  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  Electrical 
committed: 

D i Z b u t i on 
BiU  [ Lords.  J 
T he   Upton  Town  Hall  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  Upton  Town 

W a ys   and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

r e a d;   and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

1 

Hall  BiU 
[Lords.  ] 

f®'1^. 8-
Vide  F i f th 
Report. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Public  Health 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Markets m  Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 
Districts)1 Bill,  Rural  Districts)  Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

( M r.   Joseph  Pease.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued 
till  five  minutes  before 
Five  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  Wednes-
day  next. 

to  sit 

[ N o.   80.] 

Wednesday,  1(M  June  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a; quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P B A T E E S. 

THE   Central 

Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill 

was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  following  Papers, presented  by  Command  Parliamentary 

of  His  Majesty  during  the  Whitsuntide  Recess,  Papers 
were  delivered  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  of (Ueces3-) 
Commons  during  the  Recess,  pursuant 
Standing  Order  of  the  14th  August  1896  : — 

to  the 

Copy  of  Declaration  between 

the  United   Treaty  Series 
Kingdom  and  Paraguay  amending  the  Treaty  C 1* 0 , 1 9 0 8-> 
of  Commerce  of  16th  October  1884.  Signed  at 
Asuncion,  14th  March  1908. 

Copy  of  General  Report  and  Statistics  for  the  Mines  and 

IV.,  Colonial  and  Foreign   Quarries. 

year  1906.  P a rt  
Statistics;  Statistics 
relating  to  Persons  em-
ployed,  Output,  and  Accidents  at  Mines  and 
Quarries  in  the  British  Colonies  and  in  Foreign 
Countries. 

Copy  of  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  Board  of 
in  force  from  1st  August  1908  in  Wales  and  Education. 
Monmouthshire. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  559  Reports 
(Swaziland,  Report  for  1906-7). 

( A n n u a l .) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill 

presented,  pursuant 

to 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Account  |®a
of  the  receipt  and  expenditure  under  the  Sea- 
men's  F u nd   Winding-up  Act  from  1st  J a n u a ry 
to  31st  December  1907. 

the  Merchant 
n™en's 
u n  ' 
No.  167. 

Hurly's  Divorce  Bill  [Lortls~\  was  read  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Central 
Ireland 
Electric 
Power:  Bill, 

Hurly's 
Divorce  Bill 
[Lords.] 

third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  Bill, 

Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Aire  and 
Calder 
Navigation 
Bill [Lords.'] 
Bristol 
Corporation 
BiU 

[Lords.] 

Bristol 
Tramways 

Ordered,  That  the  London  County  Council 
(Money)  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Burnley  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Aire 

and  Calder  Navigation  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time, and  committed. 

The  Bristol  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  was read 

a  second  time,- and  committed. 

T he   Bristol  Tramways  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Shop  Houro 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Act> 19W> 
of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  providing 
for  the  early  closing  of  certain  Shops  in  the 
Burgh  of  Greenock. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table." 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His   Vivisection 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fifth  R e p o r t of 
the  Royal  Commission  on  Vivisection,  with 
Appendix  (Minutes  of  Evidence,  March  1908, 
with  Appendices  and  Index). 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone 

also  presented, —  Intoxicating 

Return  to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the 
1st  day  of  May  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  (England  a nd 
Intoxicating  Liquor  Licences 
Wales)  (Transfers). 

(England  and  Wales) 

(Transfers.) 

• 

• 

. 

No.  168. 

suant 

M r.   S e c r e t a ry   Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-Polling 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  ^?Irict. s 
(City  of 
London.). 

to 

„N<v80.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

( P a r l i a m e n t , C o p y nf   Ordfer  made  by  the: 
Justices  of  the  City  of  London,  altering  the' 
Polling  Districts  within  the  City. 

. 

Police  , 
Copy  of  Reports  of  the  Inspectors  of  Con-
BMouths aTld  stabulary,  for  the  year  ending  29th  September 
England  and  1907,  made  to His  Majesty's Principal  Secretary 
of  State  under  the  provisions  of  the  Police 
Wales.) 
| 
(Counties  and  Boroughs)  Act,  1856. 

No.  169. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the| 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Intoxi-{ 
eating  Liquor  Licences  (England  and  Wales) 
(Transfers), and Police (Counties  and  Boroughs,! 
England  and  Wales),  be  printed. 

in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill): 
Mr.  William  Jones. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

• 

M r.   Tyson  Wilson,  supported  by   M r.   Bower-  Pawning 

man,  M r.   Jenkins,  M r.   Jowett,  M r.   Thomas 
and  M r. 
Frederick  Richards,  Mr,  Summerbell, 
Walsh,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  Law 
relating  to  the  Pawning  of  Tools,  Implements, 
Instruments,  or  Appliances  used  in  connection 
with  any  manual  trade  or  handicraft;  And  the 
same was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  next;  and  to  be  printed, 

B?„  
' 

• 

; 

Trade Reports 
tete)1 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by' 
H is   M aJ e s ty ' s  Command, —Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports, Annual  Series, Nos. 4004, 
4006  to  4008,  4010,  and  4011. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Ashley  be  discharged  from Port of 
the  Select  Committee  on  the  Port  of  London  London Bill, 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Viscount  Castlereagh be  added 

to  the  Committee.—(The  Master  of  Elibank.) 

National 
Teachers 
{ I r e l a n d) 
Pension  Fund,  of 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  — Annual 
Accounts  of  receipts  and  payments  in  respect 
(Ireland) 
Pension  Fund  for the year  ended  31st  December 
1907. 

the  National  School  Teachers 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

EaBt  India 
Statement 1)
N<Tl70 

A d d r e ss  

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  —  Return 

to  an 
to   H i s  Majesty,  dated  the  2nd  day  of 
instant  June,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East 

India  (Financial  Statement). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Return  do  He upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Arundel  Port. 

1 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of  the 
Annual  Report  and  General  Account  of 
the 
Commissioners  of  Arundel  . Port  for  the  period 
from 25th  March  1907  to  25th  March  1908. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
morrow,  the  Housing  of  Working  Classes  Acts 

Housing  of 
Working 
Amendment  Amendment  Bill  was  read  and  discharged, 
Bill- 
1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  15th  day  of  July  next. 

Public  Health 
The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
Officers  BilL  morrow,  the  Public  Health  Officers  Bill  was 

read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  15th  day  of July  next. 

Pensions  (Old 
A g e)   Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second 

to-
morrow,  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  was  read 
and  discharged. 

time, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Selection 
{Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
T o wn 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdori' reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That 
they  had 
discharged the following Members from  Standing 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  William  Jones  and 
Sir  Joseph  Leese;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Mackarness  and  Major  Dunne. 

Standing 
Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further  reported 
Committee  c.  f r o m  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member 
from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
and  had  appointed 

Irish 
Universities  Bill):—Major  M'Micking-, 
VOL.  163. 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself Supply 
a y .] B 

10t,h  allotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 

Revenue  Departments. 

1.  Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding £620,500  be granted  to  His 
Majesty, to complete  the sum  necessary  to defray 
the  charge  which will come  in  course of  payment 
during  the year  ending on  the 31st  day of  March 
1909  for 
the 
Customs  Department: 

the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £620,400  be  granted 
for the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Watson  Rutherford.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  t h e / M r.   Watson  Rutherford,\ 
J 

[Mr.  Claude Hay: 

Yeas, 

1 4' 

Noes, 

Tellers  for the [ Master  of  Elibank, 
I M r.   Herbert  Lewis: 
Original  Question  again  proposed  : 
Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £620,000  be  granted  for 
the  said  Service—(Mr.  Claude Hay),—put,  and 
negatived. 

112. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

2.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,523,600  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Inland  Revenue  Department: 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not exceeding  £1,523,500  be granted 
for  the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Snowden.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the [Mr.  War die, 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Summerbell-. 

Tellers  for the [Master  of  Elibank, 

\ 
/ 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Herbert  Lewis  \ 

J 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

45, 

90. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
to-
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

morrow. 

i  i  2 

 
244 

lOth—ltth  June. 

1908. 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

[No. 80. 

S u p p ly 
[21st  M a y] 
Beport. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of the day being  read,  for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon 
this 
the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction 
for  Ireland,  and  of the  Services  administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  May  l a s t; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Sup 
[ 2 8 t V M a y] 
Eeport. 

The  Master  of  Elibank  reported  from  the 
Committee  of  Supply  of  the  28 th  day  of  May 
last  several  Resolutions  ;  which  were  read,  as 
follow : 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do now  adjourn.— Adjournment!. 

( M r.   Whitley.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eleven  minutes  after  Six 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  81.] 
Thursday,  llth  June  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P E A T E E S. 

THR  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  South  W e st 

Third Reading of  the  South  West  Suburban  Suburban 

Water  Bill  ; 

Water  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Third  Reading  of  the  London  Countv  Council  County 
(Money)  Bill; 

_ 

S ° e ?)   Bin. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  nexl^ 

Colonial 
Services 
(Grants in 
Aid.) 

Class  V. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £792,376  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  sundry 
Colonial  Services,  including  certain  Grants  in 
Aid. 

Class  I I I. 

Beformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools (Great 
Britain.) 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £127,889  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Office of the  Inspector  of 
the  maintenance  of 
Reformatories,  and  for 
Juvenile  Offenders  in  Reformatory,  Industrial, 
and  Day  Industrial  Schools,  and  under 
the 
Youthful  Offenders Act,  in  Great  Britain. 

Prisons 
(England  and 
Wales),  &c, 

Broadmoor 
Criminal 
Lunatic 
Asylum. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £400,345  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Expenses 
the 
of  the  Prisons  in  England,  Wales,  and 
Colonies. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £28,781  he 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for the  mainte-
nance  of  Criminal  Lunatics  in  the  Broadmoor 
Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum. 

The  said  Resolutions  being  read  a  second 

t i m e; 

The  First  Resolution  was  postponed. 
Then  the  subsequent  Resolutions  were  agreed 

to. 

Ordered,  That  the  postponed  Resolution  be 

taken  into  further  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Blackburn 
into  consideration  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Corporation 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

BlU' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Ayr 

into  consideration  the  Ayr  Corporation  Corporation 

take 
Tramways  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Tramways 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  Confirmation 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Oyster  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Oyster  and  Mussel  Mussel 
Fishery  (Bay  of  Firth)  Order  Confirmation  g g fS  F i r t h> 
Bill;  

Order 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time  ®°£firmation 

upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  this 
instant 
J  une,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the 
clock. 

' 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and Public 

r 

r e a d;   and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  F i f th 
Beport. 
Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  National  National 
School  Teachers  (Ireland ) Pension  Fund,  which teachers 
was presented  upon  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  (Ireland) 
June,  be  printed. 

Pension  Fund* 
No.  171. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return  Experiments 

to  an  Address to  His Majesty, dated  the  4th  day 
of  this  instant  June,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Experiments  on  Living  Animals. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

No.  172. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His  Sick and 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Papers  relating  Wounded in 
to  the  Geneva  Convention,  1906,  dealing  with 
the  condition  of  Sick  and  Wounded  in  War. 

W a ys   and 
Means* 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

No.  81.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

llth  June. 

Department of  Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Agriculture  Command,—Copy  of  Seventh  Annual  General 
and Technical 
Report  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
Instruction 
Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland,  1906-7. 
in Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

• 

• 

. 

Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.') 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's Command,—Copies of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series, Nos. 4005 
and  4009. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Post  Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— Copy  of 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-
ment  (No.  19)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  21st  May 
1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Report  and 
Papers  relating  to  the  Training  of  Teachers  in 
Scotland  for  the  year  1906-7» 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade 
(Foreign 
Countries 
and  British 
Possessions.) 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Statement  of  the 
Trade  of  the  United  Kingdom  with  Foreign 
Countries  and  British  Possessions  for  1907, 
compared  with 
four  preceding  years. 
Vol.  I I. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Exports  and 
Imports 
( U n i t ed 
Kingdom.) 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Return  showing,  for  the  years  1906  and  1907, 
the  value  of  our  Exports  to  and  Consignments 
from  France,  the  United  States,  Belgium,  and 
Germany,  respectively,  distinguishing  between 
food,  drink,  and  tobacco,  raw  materials,  and 
manufactures.—(Mr.  Pike  Pease.) 

Unemployed 
Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House 
1905kmetl Aot'  a  Return  as to  the  Proceedings  of  Distress Com-
mittees  in  England  and  Wales,1  and  of 
the 
Central  (Unemployed)  Body  for  London,  under 
the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act,  1905,  during 
the  year  ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1908.— 
(Mr.  Burns.) 

Ferries 
The  Order  for  taking  into  consideration,  upon 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Tuesday  next,  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee,  was  read 
and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into 

con-

federation  upon  Wednesday  next. 

Statute  L aw 
Ordered,  That  so much of  the  Lords'  Message 
Revision  Bill  of  the  20th  day  of  May  last  as  relates  to  the 
Resolution, That  it  is expedient  that  the  Statute 
[Lord*.] 
Law  Revision  Bill  be  referred  to the  same  Joint 
Committee  to  which  the  Post  Office  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill and the Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill 
are  to  be referred,  be  now  taken  into  considera-
tion.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to take  the 

said  Message  into  consideration. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with 

the  Lords  in  the  said  Resolution. 

VOL.   163. 

o 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to 
the 
Lords,  to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  doth 
concur  with  their  Lordships  in  the  Resolution 
communicated  to  this  House  in  their  Lordships' 
Message  of the  20th  day  of  May  last,  That  it  is 
expedient  that  the  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill 
be  referred  to  the  same  Joint  Committee  to 
which  the  Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill  and 
the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill  are  to  be 
referred  :  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said 
Message.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

aUotte<1 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 

Class  I I. 

to  complete  the  sum  necessary 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sUm  not  exceeding  £83,124  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty, 
to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  and 
of  the  Royal  Botanic  Gardens,  Kew>  including 
certain  Grants  in  Aid  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £83,024  be 
granted  for 
the  said  Service—(Mr.  Summer-
bell)  :—Debate  arising; 

Mr.  Summerbell rose  in  his place  and  claimed  Closure 
to move,  That  the  Question  be  now p u t;   but  the  chliim^^ 
Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  then  withholds  h is 
to  put  that  Question  :—Debate  resumed. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker 

resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred  ;  and  that  he  was 
directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may  have 
leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

pOTt' 

last,  That 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for resuming  Supply 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  f 2 1 st   Mayl 
this 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction 
for  Ireland, and  of  the  Services  administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the  Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  [28th May] 
which,  upon  the  10th  dav  of  this  instant  June, (p<^tp0ned 
were reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  ot   Resolution.) 
the  28th  day  of  May  last,  and  which  Resolution 
was  then  postponed; 

I  I  3 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be taken 

into further consideration upon  Monday  next. 

'  Ordered, That  the  Bill  be 
sideration upon Tuesday  next. 

taken  into  con-

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply of 
the  10th day of this instant June ; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into  the said Committee. 

Prevention  of 
Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts Of 
court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill.  Committee on  the Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That this House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Public  Health 
(Markets  in 
Rural 
Districts)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 
Rural Districts)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for  taking  PoUing 

into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  and ^^'strattefof 
Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill, as amended voters  ' 
in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

(Ireland)  BilL 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  Education 

into consideration  the  Education (Local Autho- ^P®1
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- BiU 
mittee; 

  tie  \ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  26th  day  of  this 
instant June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Shops BiU. 

Committee  on the  Shops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this House  will, upon  Tuesday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Factory  and 

Second  Reading' of  the  Factory  and  Workshop 
Act  (1901V Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second  time Bllli 

Act  (1901) 
Amendment 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries Regula- Regulation 
(Scotland) 
i.1 
T3M1 
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill, 

/'a 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Rule 

Second Reading of the Rule  Committee  BiU ; 

Committee 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

Second  Reading  of 
( D a m a g e s)   i i i il   [Lords] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 
; 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

N  -n-n  r> 

» n 

to-morrow. 

Patents  and 
Designs BiU 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of Aldermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 

Bill, 

East  India 
Loans 
EX  
Works.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

i|   The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway and 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee-

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill.  ( I r e l a n d)   B i U 

. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Tuberculosis  Prevention 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  University of 
Second  Reading  of  the  University  of  Durham  Durham  BiU. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Tuesday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purchase of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  LandLand 
(England  and Wales) Bill; 

_ 

^ B i U. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 
upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  small 

the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question proposed  Holdings  Bill, 
upon the 11th day of March last, That  the  Small 
Holdings Bill  be now read a second time j 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Thursday the 25th day of this instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Valuation 
Second  Reading  of  the  Valuation  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill: 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railways 
Second Reading of the Railways  (Eight  Hours)  (Fight  Hours) 
Bill; 

Un-

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
(joroners' 
Inquests Bill,  into consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill, 

as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing of 
Wor^K 
Classes BUI. 

Second Reading of the Housing of the  Working 
Classes Bill; 

No.  81.]  §  EPW.  Y I I. 

llth—12th  June, 

Ordered,,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

Ordered, That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Committee.—(Mr,  Joseph  Pease,) 

Poor Law 
Amendment 
(Scotland;) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Poor Law  Amendment 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 
upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

Licensing 
(Scotland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Scotland) 
Amendment  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Friday  the 26th day of this instant  June. 

Larceny BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading of  the  Larceny  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 
upon Monday the 22nd day of this instant June. 

Babbits on 
Commons Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 
upon Monday the 22nd day of this instant June. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection, 
Bill. 

Hypothec 
Abolition 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

Crofters' 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
BiU, 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day of  February last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hypothec  Abolition 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second,  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Holdings 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  a  second time 
upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  ten minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

[No.  82.] 

Friday,  \2th  June  1908. 
The House met at  Twelve of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Great  Western  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  Great Western 

was  read  the  third  time  and  passed, with 

BlU 

Amendments. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the  same, with  Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Widnes 
Third Reading  of the Widnes Corporation Bill;  Corporation 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time 
upon  Thursday next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after Eight of  the clock. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London, 

Second  Reading  of  the London, Brighton, and 
South Coast Railway  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Railway  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be read a second time  l1***.} 

upon Thursday next. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Lanarkshire 

Provisional Order under the  Private  Legislation 
Ward 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to waterOider 
Lanarkshire  (Middle  Ward  District)  Water : Confirmation 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  andBiU-
ordered  (under section  9 of  the Act) to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  22nd  day of 
this instant J une ,* and  to be printed. 

262. 

Several  Public  Petitions were presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

victeFtfth 
Report. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Polling 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Districts 
Copy  of  Order  -made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  ot  Carnarvon,  dividing  the  Middle 
Llandwrog Parliamentary  Polling  District  into 
two separate  districts. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Honrs of 
Labour 
(Bakehouses) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Hours of Labour  (Bake-
houses)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 
upon  Thursday  the  25th  day  of  this  instant 
J une. 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours of  Labour (Sur-
facemen) Bill ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Debates 
Reports. 

Ordered, That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed  to  assist  Mr.  Speaker  in  making  the 
arrangements for an official Report of  Debates. 
Ordered, That the  Committee  have  power to 

send for persons, papers, and records, 

VOL. 163. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Criminal  and 

Command, — Copy  of  Criminal  and  Judicial  Jndicial 
Statistics of Ireland for the year 1907.  Part II., 
Civil  Statistics. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc- Medway 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  Conservancy, 
the  Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House :—Copy 
of  Statement  of  receipts  and  expenditure  of 
the  Conservators  of  the River  Medway for the 
year ending 25th March 1908. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged the foUowing Member from Standing standing68"'* 
Committee  A  (in  respect of  the  Public  Rights  Committee A, 

11  4 

12  th—15  th  June. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No.  82. 

2 48 
of  Way  Bill)  :—Colonel  Seely;  and  had  ap-
pointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
Bill):  Mr.  Berridge. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the  Committee ;  That  they  had discharged 
ths  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill): 
—Mr. Horniman ;  and had  appointed  in  substi-
tution (in  respect of the said Bill):  Mr. Beck. 

Public  Bights 
of  Way  BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Bepeal 
BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Children  BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon furtherreported 
from the  Committee J That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in respect of the  Children  Hill)  :—Mr. 
Batcher,  Sir  Edwin  Cornwall,  Mr.  Rainy,  Mr. 
Wiles,  and  Mr.  Sonres;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill):  Mr. 
Henry  Gooch,  Mr.  Alden,  Mr.  Silcock,  Mr. 
Howard,  and  Mr.  Horniman. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon  furtherreported 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill) :—Mr.  Llewelyn  Williams ; 
and had  appointed in substitution  (in  respect  of 
the said Bill)  :  Mr. Leif  Jones. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee ;  That they had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill) :—Sir Francis Edwards;  and had appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill) : 
Mr.  Charles  CDonnell. 

Ordered, That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Prevention  of 
Crime BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Crime 
Bill; 

And  a  Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Bill  be now  read a second 
time ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master of  Elibank: 

Tellers for the fMr. Belloc, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  John  Ward  : 

|  133. 

} n. 

So it  was resolved in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the  Bill be now  read  a  second 
time : —The  Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second 
time, and committed  to a  Standing  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
.BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Patents  and 
Designs  BiU 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Markets in  Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 
S e t s)   Bill.  Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the Election  of Aldermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second time , 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses  g®"11^  Bm 
Bill; 

pe 

. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

[ ^X 
Resolved,  That this House  will, upon  Wednes-  Works.] 

day next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts  of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court C0"1*BiU-
B i l l; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ecclesiastical 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-
ments (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

(Scotland) 
"" 
BilL 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensed 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensed  Premises  Premises 
Days)10" 
(Election  Days)  Closing  Bill; 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time  Closing  B i l 1-

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the infant Life 
Second  Reading  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection f™4®®*1??,, 
(No.  2)  Bill; 
(No.2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend'  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

.  UMI 

BiU, 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Question proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the  B m' 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuanl 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,1 it  being  then 
eight minutes after Five  of the clock, till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  83.] 
Monday,  15th June  1908. 
The  House  met  at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of  the  clock. 

PB   A Y E B S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  BiUs 

from one of the Examiners of  Petitions for 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the case of  the  followingoXsnot 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, and  referred  on  previously 
the  First Reading thereof,  the  Standing  Orders  j ^ ^ ^ 1 1* 0 
not  previously  inquired 

into,  and  which  are ^tk) 

No. as.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

J 5th  June. 

249 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(no  Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Stratford - upon - Avon,  Towcester,  and 
Midland  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch, 
and  Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and 
East  and  West  Junction  Railways 
(Amalgamation)  Bill [Lords']. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be  read a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case of  the following 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, 
no Standing  Orders are applicable,  viz. :— 
Marriages  Provisional  Order Bill. 
Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  10) Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Order 

(No.  11)  Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bills  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Conway  and 
Colwyn  Bay 
Joint  Water 
Board  Bill. 

The House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-
tion  the Amendments made by the Lords  to the 
Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay Joint  Water  Board 
Bill. 

The  Lords'  Amendments,  as  far  as  the 
Amendment  in  p.  7,  1.  20, being  read a second 
time,  were agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  7,  1.  20,  after 
Clause  6,  insert  Clause  6A,  the  remaining 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
amended, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships,  with  an  Amendment;  to  which  this 
House  aoth  desire  the  concurrence  of  their 
Lordships. 

Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Burnley  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 

third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Criccieth  Water  and  Improvement  Bill 

Criccieth 
Water and  was read the third time and passed. 
Improvement 
Bill. 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

London 
County-
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Heading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(Money)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read the  third time 

upon Monday  next. 

Tawe  Valley 
Gas Bill 
\ Lords'] 

from 

Swansea 
Valley  Gas 
Bill 

[Lords].) 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Tawe  Valley  Gas  Bill 
(changed  from  Swansea  Valley  Gas 

Bill  [ Lords] ), as amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Commercial 
Union 
Assurance 
Company 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Commercial  Union 

Second  Reading  of 
Assurance  Company  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Ayr 
The  Ayr  Corporation  Tramways  Order  Con-
Corporation  firmation  Bill  was, according  to Order, read  the 
Tramways 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

a n (j   p a s s e cJ, 

VOL.  163, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lanarkshire 

Second Reading of  the  Lanarkshire  Tramways  Tramways 
Order Confirmation Bill; 

confirmation 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time BiU. 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and  Public 

read;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Report. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant to the  direc-  intermediate 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Rule  Education 
made by the  Intermediate  Education  Board for (lreland0 
Ireland  appointing the places at which Examina-
tions for  1908 shall be held. 

Copy  of  Rule  made  by  the  Intermediate intermediate 

Education  Board  for  Ireland  determining  the  Education 
number  of  Centre  Superintendents  to  conducttIreland) 
the Examinations in the year  1908. 

Ordered, That the said  Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Unemployed 

dated  the  llth  day of  this  instant  June,  for a 
Return  relative  to  the  Unemployed  Workmen 
Act,  1905. 

^ 

Aetj 

'  , 
N o-  1 7 a 

Ordered,  That the  said Return do lie upon the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  India 
Command,—Copy  of Full  Text  of  Indian Press  (Press  Act.) 
Act  VII.  of  1908. 

Mr. Buchanan  also  presented,—Return  to  an  East  India 
Address  to His  Majesty, dated  the  27th  day of (income  and 
May last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East  India Expenditure.) 
(Income and Expenditure). 

No*  1 7 4 , 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ;  and that the said Return  be printed. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, by His  Africa 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence (No. 3,1908.) 
respecting  the  Taxation  of  Natives  and  other 
questions in the Congo  State. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Savings Banfcs 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  a^.^ iendly 
Account,  for  the  year  ended  31st  December 
1907, showing the  interest  accrued  in  respect of 
the securities standing in  the names of  the Com-
missioners  for  the  Reduction  of  the  National 
Debt to  the  credit  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Banks  Fund, the  interest  paid  and  credited  to 
depositors  in  pursuance of  the Acts  relating  to 
Post  Office  Savings  Banks,  and  the  expenses 
incurred  in  the  execution  of  those  Acts : 
Account,  for  the  year  ended  20th  November 
1907, showing the  interest  accrued  in respect of 
the securities standing in the names of  the Com-
missioners  for  the  Reduction  of  the  National 
Debt  to the  credit of  the  Fund  for  the Banks 
for  Savings, and  the  interest  paid  and  credited 
to Trustees of  Savings Banks : 
Account, for 
the  year  ended  20th  November  1907,  showing 
the interest  accrued in  respect of  the  securities 
standing in the  names of  the Commissioners  for 
the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  to  the 
credit  of  the  Fund  for  Friendly  Societies, and 
the interest paid and credited to  the Trustees of 
Friendly  Societies. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Newfoundland 

Command, — Copy  of  Report  upon  the  Con- l?™?'8^ 
ditions  and  Prospects  of  British  Trade 
Newfoundland,  by  the  Special  Commissioner 
K  K 

in  r 

30th June.-—1st July. 

1908.  [No. 94. 

250 
of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Commercial 
Intelligence  of  the  Board of  Trade. 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Churchill also  presented,  pursuant  to the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  by the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered, That the said  Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Factory  and 
"Workshop 
(Process of 
Casting 
Brass.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for the  Home  Department, 
by  William  Wills,  Esquire,  Barrister-at-Law, 
on  the  Draft  Regulations  proposed  to be  made 
for  Factories  in  which  the  process  of  casting 
Brass is carried on. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers  were  laid  upon  the 

Table  by the  Clerk  of the  House :— 

Further  Return  to  an  Order, dated  the  28th 
day  of  March  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities (County  of  Berks). 

Further  Return  to an Order,  dated  the  26th 
day  of  July  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (Administrative  County 
of  Devon). 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
Berks.) 
Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(Administra-
tive  County  of 
Devon.) 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Bo. 176. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  also  laid 
upon  the  Table  by the  Clerk of  the  House :— 
Accounts  of  receipts  and  expenditure  of  the 
Intermediate  Education  Board  for  Ireland  for 
the  year  ended  31st  December  1907,  together 
with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the  Paper  relative  to  Inter-

mediate  Education (Ireland)  be  printed. 

Old Age 
Pensions 
(Non-
contributory 
Scheme) 
(Corre-
spondenee.) 
'No.  177. 

Ordered, That there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Copy  of  Circular. Letter issued  by  the  Chief 
Registrar  to  the  principal  Friendly  Societies 
with  reference  to  proposed  Non-contributory 
Scheme  dealing  with  the  subject  of  Old  Age 
Pensions, together with Abstract  of  their  Replies 
thereto.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer  accordingly 

presented  the  said  Paper. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Prevention  of 
Crime 
f Expenses.] 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  expenses 
incurred  under  any Act  of  the  present  Session 
to make  better  provision  for  the  prevention  of 
Crime, and for other  purposes incidental  thereto 
—( Mr. Secretary  Gladstone)  ; 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
the  House  that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
Consideration of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Mr.  Bertram  Straus,  supported  by  Mr.  Dick-
Vehicular 
Traffic 
of  inson,  Sir  William  Collins,  Mr.  Steadman,  Dr. 
Speed)  BilL  °  Cooper,  Mr.  Crooks,  Sir  Andrew  Torrance,  Sir 
Bill  263.  John  Brunner,  Mr.  Gardner,  Mr.  Abel  Smith, 
Mr.  George  Hardy,  and  Mr.  William  Pearce, 
presented  a  Bill  to secure  the  safety  of  pedes-
trians,  especially  Children,  in  public  thorough-
fares  in  populous  places :  And  the  same  was 

ordered  to be  read a second  time  upon  Monday 
next;  and to be printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the old Age 
Second Reading  of the  Old Age  Pensions  Bill;  Pensions Bill. 

And  a  Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" That " to  the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the words  " while  it  is  desirable that  the  State 
should  organise  aid  for  the  unfortunate  by 
establishing  and  assisting  a  general  system  of 
insurance  against  the  principal  risks  of  life, 
it  is  unjust  to  spend  the  taxpayers'  money  in 
giving  subsidies to persons selected  by  arbitrary 
standards  of  age,  income,  and  character"— 
(Mr. Harold  Cox),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question :—And a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Aud  it being  Eleven of  the  clock, the  Debate 

.stood adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ire-  Fisheries 
land)  Bill;. 

- 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  navigation 
(Ireland) Bill. 
""""" 

Second  Reading  of the  Navigation  Works  (Ire-  Works 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Army  Counoil 

Second  Reading of  the Army  Council  Bill; 

Hill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-  (Consolida-
n;" 
tion)  Bill; 
tion)  Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal  Mines 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  (Eight  Hours) 
Hours) (No.  2)  Bill; 

(No; 2)  Bill. 

* 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee  on the Elementary  Education  (Eng- Education 
land and  Wales)  BiU ; 

ffi)" 

Resolved, That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Costs in 
into consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases ^jjninal  0 a s es 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Committee on the  Finance  Bill; 

NO/M.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

15th  June. 

251 

Resolved, That this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  Aldermen  in 
in Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Boroughs  BiU. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a  second time 

Committee  of  Supply ; 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Beport. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-
day next,  resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon the 28th day  of May last,  That this  House 
doth agree  with  the  Committee  in the  Resolu-
tion,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the charge  which will come 
in  course  of  payment  during the  year ending on 
the  31st  day of March  1909 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses  of the Department  of  Agriculture  anu 
other Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland,  and of  the  Services administered  by that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid, 
which was then  reported from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of the  21st day of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

Supply 
[28th  May] 
Report 
(Postponed 
Resolution.') 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions 
which, upon the  10th day  of  this  instant  June, 
were reported from the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 28th day of May last,  and which  Resolution 
was then  postponed; 

Ordered, That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into further consideration upon  Thursday  next. 

[10th  June] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th day of this instant J une ; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House will, upon Wednes-
day  next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  bein 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords'] ; 

J g  read,  for  the 
Accidents 

the  Fatal 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Bil] 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court Court  Bin. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
tion Bill; 

BlH' 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second time 
upon Monday  the  29th day of this instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cruelty  to 
Second  Reading  of  the  Cruelty  to  Animals  Animals  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Friday the  3rd day  of July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers  (Sewers and 
and Drains)  Bill; 
Drams)  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Small 

Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  and  Holdings  and 
Allotments  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

< s £ S £ d) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second time B1U [Lords.] 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second  Reading  of the  Cheap  Trains  Bill; 

t he   Cheap  Trains 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act  ^ ^t 
(Water™611 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights) Bill; 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time Ei^hts)  Bm-

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming Elections and 

the adjourned Debate  on the Amendment which,  Registration 
upon the  7th  day of February  last,  was proposed ( L o n d o n)   BiU-
to  be  made to the  Question,  That  the Elections 
and Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now read  a 
second time ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further, adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Patents and 
Designs Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  MetropoUtan 

Second Reading  of the Metropolitan  Sewers and Sewers and 
Drains  Bill; 
Drains  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Public  Health 
(Markets in 
Rural 
Districts)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 
Rural  Districts)  Bill j 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementarv  Education  E d u c a t i on 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

& d a „ w. 

" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time Bill, 

upon  Monday next. 

K  K  2 

Conveyancing 
1  ' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Conveyancing  Bill; 

Port  of  London  Bill,  be  referred  to  the  Com-
mittee  on the  Bill.—(Mr.  Timothy  Davies.) 

15th—16th  June. 

1908, 

[No, 83. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Settled  Land 
Bm- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the  Settled  Land  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of. the  Industrial  and Provident 

Industrial  and 
Provident 
Societies 
(Amendment)  Societies  (Amendment)  Bill ; 
BlU' 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Sale  of  Food 
and  Drugs 
Acts 
Amendment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Sale  of  Food and Drugs 
Acts  Amendment  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
•Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  seven minutes  after Eleven of the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Prevention  of  Crime  Bill 

C. 

[ N o.   8 4 .] 
Tuesday, 16th June  1908. 
The  House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P  E  A X  E  E s. 

THE  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  10)  Bill  was,  according to  Order, read 

a second time,  and  committed, 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No.  11)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time, and  committed. 

The  Marriages  Provisional  Order  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  10)  Bill. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order  (No,  m 
BiU. 
Marriages 
Provisional 
Order BiU. 

{Ballot 
(Transferable 
Vote')  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot  ("Transferable 
Vote)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 
upon Tuesday  the 23rd day of this instant  June. 

The  Lanarkshire  Tramways  Order  Con-  Lanarkshire 
firmation Bill  was, according  to  Order, read  a Tramways 
second  time,  and  ordered  to  be  taken  into  confirmation 
consideration upon  Thursday next. 

BiU. 

Pensions  (Old 
Age)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pensions  (Old  Age) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Infant  Life 
Protection 
(No.  2)  BiU. 

The  Infant  Life  Protection  (No.  2)  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to a Standing  Committee. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BiU. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time 5 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Petition  from  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen,  and  Councillors  of  the  Metropolitan 
Borough  of  Fulham, praying  to  be  represented 
by  Counsel  before  the  Joint  Committee  on  the 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and PubUc 

read :  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

v 

Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Report. 

Ordered,  That the  Return  relative  to  Inquiry  Inquiry  into 

into  Charities  (County  of  Berks),  which  was 
presented  upon  the  15th  day  of  this  instant BeSsj7 ° 
June,  be printed. 

JSJ0-

Ordered, That the Return relative  to  Inquiry 
into Charities (Administrative County of Devon), 
which  was  presented  upon  the  15th  day  of this 
instant June,  be printed. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(Administra-
tive  County 
of  Devon.) 

No.  179. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Mr.  Bunciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament.,—Copy  of 
Orders in  Council,  dated 4th June  1908, under 
the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act, 
1865,  approving  Memorials  of  the  Lords  Com-
missioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying sanction  to 
'1) the grant to  Officers on return from Foreign 
Service  of  certain  additional  Leave  on full  pay 
in cases where the special  circumstances  warrant 
such  extension;  (2)  the  payment  of  an  Allow-
ance,  under certain conditions,  to  Petty Officers 
and  Men of  the  Royal  Naval  Reserve  who may 
be injured  or  contract  illness  during  training; 
(3)  the  grant  of  One  Shilling  a  day  to  all 
Kroomen serving in  His  Majesty's  Fleet. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

16fh  June. 

iiUt) 

No. 84.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Army. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Statement 
showing— 

(1)  Number of  Special  Reservists  recruited 
during  the  period  15th  January  to  16th 
May  1908, as compared  with  the  number 
of  Militia recruits  for  the  corresponding 
period of  1907 ; 

(2)  Disposal  of  Militiamen  belonging  to 

the  disbanded battalions of  Militia ; 

(3)  Number  of  Special  Reservists  drilling 
at the various depots on  1st  May  1908. 
Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Mr. Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant to the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-
ment (No.  20)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  27th  May 
1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Canada. 

Colonel  Seel;/  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Mr.  W.  L. 
Mackenzie  King  on  his  Mission  to  England in 
connection with the  Immigration  of  Asiatics into 
Canada. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Loan Societies.  The following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:  — 
Abstract  of  Accounts  of  Loan  Societies  in 
England  and Wales for the years 1905 and  1906, 
furnished to the  Central  Office for the  Registry 
of Friendly  Societies. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the  yield 
of  Import  Duty  on  every article  taxable under 
the Indian  Tariff, so far as the Customs  Returns 
collected in  India  enable  such  information to be 
given,  during  the  years  1905-6,  1906-7,  and 
1907-8.—(Mr.  Harold  Cox.) 

Mr. I^wis  Harcourt reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  the  Public  Offices Sites  (Exten-
sion) Bill;  That they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions  of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be 
true,  and  had  taken  evidence  thereon,  which 
they  had  directed  him to report to  the  House; 
and had gone through the  Bill and made Amend-
ments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be recommitted  to  a  Committee of 
the whole House for to-morrow; and be printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from  Standing 
Committee  A  : —  Mr.  Sheehy  and  Mr.  John 
Redmond', and  had appointed in  substitution  (in 
respect  of  the  Housing  of the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill):  Mr. Halpin  and  (in  respect  of 
the  Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill  and  of  the  Local 
Registration  of  Title  (Ireland)  Amendment 
Bill)  Mrs  Lardner. 

East  India 
(Customs 
Revenue.) 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

No. 180. 

BiU 264. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Housing of 
the "Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill 
and  Local 
Registration  of 
Title (Ireland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

VOL.  163. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  standing 
from the  Committee  ; That they  had discharged  Committee  B. 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B :—Mr. Keir  Hardie j and had appointed 
in substitution:  Mr.  Gill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from the Committee;  That  they  had discharged  Committee C< 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C :—Mr.  Claude  Hay ; and had appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Post  Office Post Office 
Savings  Bank  Bill) :  Mr. Brotherton. 

Sayings  Bank 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported Cardiff 

the  Cardiff Railway  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amend-
ments. 

or 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
Vot£t0thB 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Massie,  supported  by  Mr.  Helme,  Sir  Places of 

John  Randies,  Sir  Albert  Spicer,  Mr.  Walters, 
and Sir  George  White, presented  a  Bill  to  pro- Enfranchise 
vide  for  the  Enfranchisement  of  Leaseholds  ment)  Bill, 
held  in  trust  for  the  purposes  of  Religious  Bill 265. 
Worship : And  the same was ordered to  be read 
a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  the  30th  day  of 
this instant  June  ;  and to be  printed. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming Old Age 
the adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment which,  Pensions  Bill, 
upon  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  June,  was 
proposed  to  be  made to the  Question,  That the 
Old Age  Pensions  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Which  Amendment  was,  to  leave  out  from 
the word " That" to the  end of  the  Question,  in 
order  to  add  the  words  " while it  is  desirable 
that  the  State  should  organise  aid  for  the 
unfortunate  by  establishing  and  assisting  a 
general system of  insurance  against the principal 
risks of  life,  it  is unjust to spend  the  taxpayers' 
money  in  giving  subsidies  to  persons  selected 
by  arbitrary  standards  of  age,  income,  and 
character"—(Mr.Harold  Cox),—instead there-
of; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed, 
That the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand 
part Of the  Question :—The  House  resumed the 
said adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Joseph Pease, 

„  Yeas, 

IMaster  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the  Mr. Harold Cox, 

Noes, 

[Lord  Robert  Cecil: 

j-417. 

}  29. 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main Question  being put; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now read a second 
time  The Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—( Mr.  Asquith.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Friendly 

Committee  on the  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

Societies  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order 
on 

Committee 
Rural  Districts)  Bill; 

of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 
the  Public  Health  (Markets  in  (Markets  in 

S e t s)   BilL 

K K  3 

IQth  June. 

1908. 
Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a  second time 

[No. 84. 

to-morrow. 

254 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  {Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

of 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Costs in 
Criminal  Cases 

The  Order  of  the day ljeing  read, for taking 
consideration  the  Costs in  Criminal  Cases 

Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the 
sideration  to-morrow. 

Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Prevention  of 
Crime 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on Prevention of  Crime  [Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

. 

. 

Coroners' 
The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for taking 
Inquests  Bill,  into  consideration  the  Coroners' Inquests  Bill, 

as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking 
Polling 
j^stefti^of i n t 0  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  and 
Voters a  °n °  Registration of Voters (Ireland)  Bill, as amended 
(Ireland)  Bill,  in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Friday  next. 

Shops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the  Shops  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Friday 

next,  resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

Ecclesiastical 
Assessments 
(Scotland) 
(No.  8)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-
ments  (Scotland)  (No.  3)  BiU ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  20th  day of July  next. 

Merchandise 
Marks  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Merchandise  Marks 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the BiU be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion of  Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill ; 
Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Public-houses 
(Extension  of  Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exten-
FaciUties) 

8i o n  of  FaciHties)  BiU; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Battway 

Second Reading  of the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Tickets  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Police  Super-

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation  annuation 
(Scotland)  Bill;° 

Ordered, That  the BiU  be  read a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Open  Spaces 
Second Reading of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Factory  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Factory  and Workshop  ^ j ^ P-
Act  (1901)  Amendment  Bill; 

Amendment 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time BjU* 

upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second  Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-  Regulation 
> 
tion  (Scotland)  Bill; 

km 

Ordered, That  the BiU be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bute 

Second  Reading of  the Rule  Committee  BiU; 

Committee 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  University  of  Durham  Bill  was, accord-  University  of 
ing  to Order, read a second  time, and committed  Durham  BiU, 
to a Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Second Reading  of the  Housing of  the  Working 
Classes  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second time 

^^ 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hypothec 

Second  Reading  of  the  Hypothec  Abolition 
(
(Scotland)  Bill; 

B^oUand) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ecclesiastical 
ts 
n
)

Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess- ^se®me
d
an 
ments (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 
upon  Wednesday  the  24th  day  of  this  instant 
J une. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  MetropoUtan 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers ?®T®r8£nn 
Drams  Bill. 

,  T-. 

. 
T»MI° 
and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered, That the BiU be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Buxton 

Second Reading of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charity  Bilh  . 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bill. 
BiU; 

Ordered, That  the  BiU be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

16th—llth  June. 

2 55 

No.  84.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading of the  Abbots Bromley Charity 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill.! 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BiU. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on  the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th  day of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And then  the House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till eighteen minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  4/,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Infant  Life  Protection  (No.  2)  Bill 

A. 

[No.  85.] 
Wednesday, 17th June  1908. 
The House  met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three  of  the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Order of  the day being  read, for taking 

into  consideration  the  Blackburn  Corpora-

tion Bill,  as amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon Tuesday  next,  at a quarter of an 
hour after Eight  of the clock. 

A  Petition  of  the  thereunder-signed  persons, 
promoters  of  the  Ards  and  Bangor  Railways 
prajiiig  that provision  may be made in  the 
Bill  for  a  deviation  railway,  as  a  substitute for 
Railway  No.  IB and a portion of  Railway  No. 2 
mentioned in the BiU,  was  presented,  and read; 
and referred  to  the  Examiners of Petitions  for 
Private Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to lie upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented, — Return  to  an 
Address  to  His  Majesty, dated the 25th  day of 
May last, for  a  Return  relative  to East Indian 
Products  (Foreign  Tariffs). 

Ordered,  That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
BUI. 

Ards and 

i ways  i 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Beport. 

East  Indian 
Products 
(Foreign 
Tariffs.) 

No.  181. 

Mines and 
Quarries" 
(Accident  at 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 

VOL.  163. 

Secretary  of  State  for  the Home  Department,  Roachburn 
by J.  B. Atkinson,  M.SC.,  one  of  His  Majesty's 
Inspectors  of  Mines,  on  the  circumstances  ™m 
attending the Accident which occurred at Roach-
burn Colliery, Cumberland, on the  28th January 
1908. 

an 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by His  Treaty  Series 
Majesty's  Command, — Copy  of  Parcel  Post <No-15> 19080 
Agreement  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Panamd.  Signed at Panama,  13th April  1908. 
Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  National 
the directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  Galleries of 
Copy of National  Galleries of  Scotland ( Appli- ®^land Act> 
cation of Annuity)  Order,  1907. 

Copy  of  National  Galleries  of  Scotland  National 
(Application  of  Transferred  Property)  Order,  Galleries  of 
i Qftft 
19Uy< 

Scotland  Act, 
1906. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  for shop  Hours 
Scotland  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904, Act, 1904. 
providing for the early  closing  of  certain Shops 
in the Burgh of  Cromarty. 

* 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection :  That  they  had kommiuL) 
discharged the following  Member from Standing  standing 
Committee  B :—Mr.  Solicitor  General for Scot-  Committee  B. 
land;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect  of  the  Children  Bill) :  the  Lord Advo-  Children  Bill, 
cate. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  ? e n^ , ( 0 1d 

be  read  a  second time upon Thursday  the  25th 
day of  this instant  June. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by the  lj0rds-
one of their Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Cheshire  Lines  Cheshire  Lines 

Committee  Bill,  without any Amendment. 

Committee 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Leith  Harbour  Leith  Harbour 

and Docks  Order Confirmation Bill, without any  and  Docks 
A m e n d m e n t.  

Confirmation 
BiU. 

The Lords have agreed  to  the  Draycott  Gas  Draycott Gas 

Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  Bill> 
desire the concurrence of  this  House. 

The  Lords have agreed to the  North  Eastern  North  Eastern 
Railway  Bill,  with Amendments ;  to  which  the  Railway  Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this  House. 

The Lords have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Skegness 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Skegness  Urban Urban District 
District  Council  Bill 
Amendment. 

[Lords'],  without  any 

The  Lords have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Saint  Marylebone 
Borough Council (Superannuation) Bill  [Lords], 
without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Llanelly  Gas  Bill 
[Lords],  without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Great  Western 
Railway  Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 
K  K  4 

Great  Western 
Railway  BiU 
[Lords.] 

Saint 
M-irylebone 
Borough 
Council 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill 
[ Lords.] 
Llanelly  Gas 
Bill [Lords.] 

llth  June. 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

[No. 85. 

256 

Agricultural 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Holdings  Bill  Act  to  consolidate  the  enactments  relating  to 
Agricultural  Holdings  in  England  and  Wales; 
rLord*.] 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Small 
Allotments™1 
to   oons°lidate  the  enactments with  respect 
Bill [Lords.]  t o  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  in  England 
and  Wales;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled.  An 
Great 
Northern,  ^  Act  to confer on the Great Northern, Piccadilly, 
Brampton 
and Brompton Railway Company further powers 
Railway  Bill  with  reference  to  capital,  and  for  other  pur-
poses ; to which the  Lords desire the concurrence 
[Lords.] 
of this  House. 

Northern 
Assurance 
[Lords.] 

Wath  and 
Bolton  Gas 
Board  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Keighley 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

Metropolitan 
Railw0'  Bill 
[Lordl]  1 

The Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
^.ct to provide  for  the  substitution  of a  memo-
rand urn  and  articles  of  association  for  the 
provisions  of  the  Northern  Assurance  Acts, 
1865,  1874, 188$, and 1899;  for the registration 
of the Northern  Assurance  Company  under  the 
Companies  Acts,  1862  to  1907,  as  a  company 
limited  by  shares,  and  for  other  purposes;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire the concurrence of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to constitute  and incorporate  a  Gas  Board 
for  the  Urban  Districts of  Wath-upon-Dearne 
and Bolton-upon-Dearne,  in the  West  Riding of 
the  County  of  York,  and  to  transfer  to  and 
vest  in  such  Board  the  undertaking  of  the 
Wath-upon-Dearne  and  District  Gas Company, 
Limited,  and  for  other purposes ;  to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  empower  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses of the  Borough  of  Keighley  to  pur-
chase  further  lands  in  connection  with  their 
water undertaking;  to  extend  the  time  for  the 
construction of  certain  waterworks ;  to empower 
the  Corporation  to  provide  and  work  motor 
omnibuses ;  and  to  extend  the  powers  of  the 
Corporation  with  regard  to  their gas  and  elec-
tricity  undertakings,  and  with  regard  to  the 
health,  local  government,  and  improvement  of 
the borough,  and for  other  purposes;  to which 
the Lords desire  the concurrence  of  this  House. 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
making further provision  respecting  the 
capital  and  undertaking  of  the  Metropolitan 
District  Railway  Company;  to  authorise  the 
abandonment of works authorised by the  Metro-
politan  District.  Railway  Acts,  1897  and  1903, 
and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence  of  this' House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
t o  c o n f er  further  powers  on  the  Ravens-
thorpe  Urban  District  Council  in  regard  to 
their  water  and  electricity  undertakings;  and 
generally  to  improve  the  local  government  of 
the  district;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of this House. 

The  Great Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Bromp-
[Lords]  was  read  the  first 

RailwaJ 

Bil1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Ravensthorpe 
J * - ™*   A ct 
[Lwds.] 1 

Great 
PMUy,andton 
Brompton 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

time. 

The  Northern  Assurance  Company  Bill 

Northern 
c Z p a n y B i li   [Lords]  was read the first time. 
[Lards.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

The Wath and Bolton  Gas Board Bill  [Lords] 

was read the first time. 

Wath  and 
Bolton  Gas 
Board Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Keighley  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  w as   Keighley 
" 

read the first time. 

Corporation 
" 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Bill  Metropolitan 
®1®'riot  „.,, 
Railway  Bill 

rLords1 was  read the first time. 

J 

L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  [Lords.] 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills, 

Bill  [Lords]  was read the first time. 

The  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council  Ravensthorpe 
Urban  Diatrict 
uouncil  Bill 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  [Lords.] 

L  • 

J 

, 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question being  Banks 
proposed,  That leave  be given to  bring in a Bill (^claimed 
to provide for  the  disclosure  and  handing  over 
by  Bankers  to  the  Department  of  the  Public 
Trustee  of  the  amount  of  dormant  Balances 
and  Securities  in  their  possession,  and  of  un-
presented old bank-notes  issued  by  them—(Mr. 
Bottomley); 

And the  Motion being  opposed,  after  a  brief Mr.  Speaker 

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who (pursuant to 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question, in S.O. No. ii.) 
pursuance of  Standing  Order No.  11. 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the] Mr. Bottomley, 

Yeas, 

t Mr.  John  Ward: 

Tellers for the/Sir  Henry  Kimber, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Rees: 

1193, 

\  54. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Bottomley,  Mr.  Fenwick, 
Mr.  Hart-Dames,  Mr.  Hugh  Lea,  Mr.  Sloan, 
Mr. Llewelyn  Williams,  Mr. Jowett,  Mr.  Barnard, 
Mr.  Walsh,  Mr.  Bertram  Straus,  Mr.  Grayson, 
and Mr. Bowerman do prepare and bring  in  the 
Bill. 

Mr,  Bottomley  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  Banks 

to  provide  for  the  disclosure  and  handing  Over 
by  Bankers  to  the  Department  of  the  Public 
Trustee  of  the amount of  dormant Balances and 
Securities in their possession, and of  unpresented 
old  bank-notes  issued  by them :  And the  same 
was read  the  first  time,  and  ordered to be read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

n^^Bil! 

jjj^ ggg 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a wild  Birds. 

Bill  to  amend  the  Wild  Birds  Protection  Acts, 
1880  to  1904  :  And  that  Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 
Marquess  of  Hamilton,  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 
and  Colonel  Lockwood do  prepare  and  bring 
it in. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury  accordingly presented  Wild Birda 

a Bill  to amend the Wild Birds Protection Acts,  Bill. 
1880 to 1904 :  And  the  same  was read the  first  Bill 267. 
time, and ordered to be read a second  time upon 
Monday next;  and to  be printed. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being  Business of 
proposed,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report  the  1Souse 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the _ Old  Age  Pensions  Bill) 
Piensions  Bill  shall  be  proceeded  with  in  the  (Allocation  of 
following  manner 

Time.) 

No. 85.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

llth  June. 

Five  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 

Committee  stage  of the  Bill, and— 

(a)  The  proceedings  on  Clauses  1  and  2 
shall,  if  not  previously  brought  to  a 
conclusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion 
at  7.30 p.m. on  the  second  allotted  day; 
and 

(b)  The  proceedings  on  Clause  3  shall,  if 
not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to a conclusion  at  10.30 p.m. 
on the third allotted  day ;  and 

(c)  The  proceedings on Clauses 4,  5, and 6 
shall,  if  not  previously  brought  to  a 
conclusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion 
at  10.30 p.m. on  the fourth allotted  day; 
and 

(d)  The  proceedings  on  the  remaining 
Clauses of  the  Bill  and  any other  matter 
necessary  to  bring  the  Committee  stage 
to  a  conclusion  shall,  if  not  previously 
brought  to a conclusion,  be  brought  to a 
conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  the  fifth 
allotted  day,  and  the  Chairman  shall 
report  the  Bill  to  the  House  without 
Question  put: 

One allotted  day shall be given to  the  Report 
stage  of  the  Bill, and  all  matters  necessary  to 
bring the Report  stage  to a conclusion  shall  be 
proceeded  with,  and  the  proceedings  thereon 
brought  to  a  conclusion,  at  10.30 p.m.  on  that 
day: 

One allotted  day  shall  be given  to  the  Third 
Reading  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings  on 
that stage of  the  Bill  shall  be  brought  to a con-
clusion  at  10.30 p.m. on  that  day, or if  that day 
is a Friday  at 5 p.m.: 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  shall  be  considered  an allotted  day  for  the 
purposes of this Order on which  the  Bill  is  put 
down  as  the  first  Order  of  the  day;  provided 
that Friday  shall  not  be considered  an  allotted 
day except for the purposes of the Third Reading 
of  the  Bill: 

For the  purposes  of  bringing  to a conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 
appointed under this  Order for the conclusion  of 
those  proceedings,  put  forthwith  the  Question 
on  any  Amendment or  Motion already  proposed 
from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed  suc-
cessively  to put  forthwith  the  Question  on any 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which  notice  has  been  given,  but  no  other 
Amendments,  and  on any  Question  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the Business  to  be  concluded, and  in 
the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or  of 
Government  new  Clauses  or  Schedules  he shall 
put only the  Question  that  the  Amendment  be 
made, or that  the  Clause  or  Schedule  be added 
to  the  Bill,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  on  the 
Committee  stage  of  the  Bill  the  Chairman, in 
the case of  a series of  Clauses to which no notice 
of  Amendment  has  been  given  by the  Govern-
ment, shall put  the  Question  that  those  Clauses 
stand  part  of  the  Bill  without  putting  the 
Question separately  as respects  each  Clause : 

Any  Private  Business  which  is  set  down for 
consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order  (Time  for 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 
conclusion  of  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under  this  Order for that  day,  and  any  Private 
Business  so  taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order relating  to the  Sittings  of  the  House : 

VOL.  163. 

257 
On any day on which  any proceedings  are  to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall  not be interrupted  under  the  provisions of 
any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the House : • 

On an allotted  day no dilatory  Motion on  the 
Bill, nor Motion to recommit the  Bill, nor Motion 
for Adjournment  under  Standing  Order  10, nor 
Motion to postpone  a  Clause, shall  be received 
unless  moved  by a  Minister  of  the  Crown, and 
the  Question  on  such  Motion  shall  be put forth-
with without any Debate : 

Nothing in this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any Business which under  this 
Order is  to  be concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part of an allotted  day being given to any 
such  Business if  the  Business  to be con-
cluded has been otherwise disposed of  ; or 
(b)  prevent  any other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded  with  on  any  allotted  day  or  part 
of  an allotted  day in accordance with  the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order on  the  allotted 
day or part  of  the allotted  day has  been 
disposed of 

—(Mr.  Chancellor of the  Exchequer); 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made  to 
the  Question,  in 1. 1,  by  leaving  out the words 
" Committee stage."—(Mr. Bowles.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ 
(Master  of Elibanh :  M 

Tellers for thef Mr. Bowles, 

Noes, 

I Sir Henry  Craik : 

,„ 

\ 
J 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the Question, in 1.3, by inserting, after the 
word " manner," the words " It  shall  be referred 
to  a  Select  Committee  consisting of  the  Prime 
Minister,  Mr. Balfour,  Mr. John Redmond, Mr. 
A.  Henderson,  and three other  Members of  long 
experience  to  be chosen  by them with the  assent 
of  Mr.  Speaker,  to allot  to the  remaining  stages 
of  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill,  within one  Week, 
such  periods  as  they  shall  think  desirable, and, 
failing  any  such  allotment,  the  following  pro-
visions shall  have  effect."—(Lord Robert Cecil.) 
And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  inserted:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was, with leave of the House,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Question, in 1. 4,  by inserting, after 
the  word " days," the words " not  being  Thurs-
days."—(Mr.  Stuart-Wortley.} 

And the  Question  being proposed,  That those 
words  be  there  inserted :—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was, with leave  of the  House,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Question,  in  1. 5,  by leaving  out 
the  words  " Clauses  1 and 2," and inserting  the 
words  " subsections  1  and  2  of  < .'lause  1 " — 
—(Mr.  Stuart-Wortley),—instead  thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question; 

L  L 

258 

17 th  June. 

1908. 

[No. 85. 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the) Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(.Master of  Elibank  : 

311. 

t h e f A d a n d~ 

Tellers for 
N o es  
' 

H o o d> 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 
So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
And the Main Question being again proposed ; 
And  it  being  after  Eleven of  the clock, Mr. 

J 

99. 

Speaker proceeded to interrupt the Business ; 

Whereupon Mr. Chancellor of the  Exchequer 
rose  in  his place and claimed to move, That the 
Question be now put. 

And the  Question being put,  That  the  Ques-

tion be now  put; 

The House  d i v i d e d. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
„  „ 
- 
Tellers for the' 
Noes, 

,, 

(Master of Elibank: 
fSir  Alexander  Acland-

j{00d. 

[Viscount  Valentia  : 

1  308 
J 

98. 

) 

Question put 
S S S &S  
of  Debate.) 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put; 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Master of  Elibank : 

fn  „ 
,, 
Tellers for the I  H o o d f 

c 

fSir  Alexander  Acland- 

•Noes, 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

\ 
• 306. 
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1102. 
J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Old  Age 
Pensions  Bill  shall  be  proceeded  with  in  the 
following manner:— 

Five  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 

Committee  stage of the  Bill, and— 

(a)  The  proceedings  on  Clauses  I  and  2 
shall, if  not previously  brought to  a  con-
clusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at 
7.30 p.m. on the second allotted day; and 
(b)  the  proceedings  on  Clause  3  shall,  if 
not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to a conclusion  at  10.30 p.m. 
on the third allotted day ;  and 

(c)  the  proceedings  on  Clauses 4, 5, and 6 
shall, if not previously  brought  to  a con-
clusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at 
10 30  p.m.  on  the  fourth  allotted  day; 
and 

(d)  The  proceedings  on  the  remaining 
Clauses  of  the  Bill  and any other matter 
necessary  to  bring  the  Committee  stage 
to  a  conclusion  shall,  if  not  previously 
brought  to  a  conclusion, be  brought  to a 
conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  the  fifth 
allotted  day,  and  the  Chairman  shall 
report  the  Bill  to  the  House  without 
Question  put. 

One allotted  day shall  he given to the Report 
stage  of  the  Bill,  and  all  matters  necessary  to 
bring  the  Report  stage  to a conclusion  shall  be 

Eroceeded  with,  and  the  proceedings  thereon 

rought  to  a  conclusion,  at  10.30  p.m.  on  that 

day. 

One allotted  day  shall  be  given  to  the  Third 
Reading of  the Bill,  and the proceedings on that 
stage of  the Bill  shall  be brought to a conclusion 
at  10.30  p.m.  on  that  day,  or  if  that  day  is  a 
Friday  at 5 p.m. 

After this Order comes into operation any day 
shall  be  considered  an  allotted  day  for  the 
purposes of  this  Order  on which  the Bill  is  put 
down  as  the  first  Order  of  the  day;  provided 
that  Friday  shall  not be  considered  an  allotted 
day except for the purposes of the Third Reading 
of the  Bill. 

For  the  purposes  of  bringing  to  a  conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 
appointed  under this Order for the conclusion of 
those  proceedings,  put  forthwith  the  Question 
on any Amendment  or  Motion already proposed 
from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed  suc-
cessively  to  put forthwith  the  Question  on any 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which  notice  has  been  given,  but  no  other 
Amendments,  and  on any  Question  necessary to 
dispose  of the  Business  to  be  concluded, and in 
the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or  of 
Government  new  Clauses  or  Schedules  he shall 
put  only  the  Question  that  the  Amendment  be 
made, or that the  Clause or Schedule  be added to 
the  Bill,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  on the  Com-
mittee  stage  of  the  Bill  the  Chairman,  in  the 
case of a series of  Clauses to which  no  notice of 
Amendment  has been given by the  Government, 
shall  put  the  Question that  those  Clauses stand 
part  of  the  Bill  without  putting  the  Question 
separately  as respects  each  Clause. 

Any  Private  Business  which  is  set  down for 
consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order  (Time  for 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 
conclusion  of  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under  this  Order  for  that  day, and  any Private 
Business  so  taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order relating to the  Sittings of the  House. 

Ou any day  on  which  any proceedings  are  to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order, 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall  not  be  interrupted  under the  provisions  of 
any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the  House. 

On an allotted  day no dilatory  Motion  on the 
Bill, nor Motion to recommit the Bill, nor Motion 
for  Adjournment  under Standing Order 10, nor 
Motion  to  postpone  a  Clause, shall  be received 
unless  moved  by a  Minister  of  the  Crown, and 
the  Question  on such  Motion shall  be put forth-
with without any  Debate. 

Nothing in this Order shall— 

(a)  prevent  any Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part of an allotted  day being given  to any 
such  Business if  the  Business  to be con-
cluded has been otherwise disposed of;  or 
(b)  prevent  any other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded  with  on  any  allotted  day or  part 
of  an allotted  day in accordance with the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order  on  the  allotted 
day or part of  the allotted  day has  been 
disposed of. 

No.  85.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Friendly 
Societies Bill.  C o m m i t t ee   on   t h e  Friendly  Societies  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

17 th  June. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

Public  Health  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Marketsin  Committee  on  the  Public  Health  (Markets  in 
S e t s)   Bill, ^ al   Districts)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 

Bin tLord».] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be  read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Patents and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Costs  in 
Criminal 
BiU. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the Costs  in  Criminal Cases 
Bill, as amended in the Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Prevention  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Expenses ]  Committee  on Prevention  of Crime  [Expenses]; 
Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Committee  on East  India Loans  [Railway  and 

East  India 
Loans 
, 
„ 
B E E T 1-   ligation  Works]; 
Works.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

259 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public Offices 

Committee  on  the  Public  Offices Sites  (Exten-  Sites 
(Extension) 
sion)  (recommitted)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Resolved, That  this  House will,  upon  Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Old Age 

Committee  on the Old Age  Pensions  Bill •, 

Pensions  BiU. 

Resolved,  That this House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for  taking  Registration  of 

into  consideration  the  Registration  of  Clubs  Clubs 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  C^Iand)  BiU. 
Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  26th  day  of  this 
instant J une. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill, as (Ireland)  BiU. 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

The Order  of  the  day being  read, for  taking Coroners' 
into  consideration  the  Coroners' Inquests  Bill,  Inquests BiU 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purity  of 
Second  Reading of the  Purity of  Milk  Supplies  Milk  rfupplies 
res  J.1  J\  D'LI 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lights on 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lights  on  "Vehicles 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Highways Bill, 

Second  Reading of the  Highways  Bill  ; 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
,  , 
(Ireland)  BiU.  (

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 

I r e W)

  B i l J  * 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Election  of  Aldermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Friday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Handloom 
Second  Reading  of  the  Handloom  W e a v i ng   Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

6
  (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a second  time 

upon Friday the ,26th day of  this instant  June. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pawning 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial 
Tools  Bill; 

ToolBBlUl 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

the  day  being  read,  for  the public  Health 
The  Order  of 
the  Public  Health  A ct   Act  (1876) 
of 
Second  Reading 
t^ m e nt 
(1875)  Amendment (Water Rights)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time  fights)  Bill, 

^ a

e

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  ihe  Public-houses 
of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exten- 
sion of  Facilities)  Bill; 

B?u!1 

Ordered, That the  Bill be  read a  second time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  Sewers and 
Drains BiU. 
and Drains  Bill; 

L  L  2 

2 60 

llth—lSth 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

June. 
Several  Public  Petitions were presented, and  Public 

1908. 

[No. 86. 

upon Friday next. 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Vide  Fifth 
Beport. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having continued  to 
sit till  twenty-seven  minutes after Eleven 
of the clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
Distribution by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

University  of  Durham  Bill 

A. 

[ N o.   8 6 .] 
Thursday, 18th June  1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

P S A T E B S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of  the Examiners  of Petitions for 
! 'rivate Bills,  That in the  case of  the  following 
! Sill, originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred on 
the First  Reading thereof, the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.: — 

Barry  Railway  Bill [Lords]. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second time. 

Ordered,  That the  Audenshaw Urban  District 
Andenshaw 
Urban  District Council  Bill  [Lords],  a3  amended  in  the  Com-
[Zonfc1]1*111  mittee, be taken into consideration  to-morrow. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban 
Water  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read the  third time 

upon Monday next. 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Bailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  London,  Brighton, and 
South  Coast Railway  Bill  [Lords]  : 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Lanarkshire 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
; 
Bill. 

The Order of  the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Lanarkshire  Tramways 
Order Confirmation  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday  next. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-Alkali, &c. 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the ^or*j8
Forty-fourth  Annual  Report  by  the  Chief Act, 1906? 
Inspector under the Alkali,  &c. Works Regular  No. ig2. 
tion Act,  1906, of  Proceedings  during  the  year 
1907, presented to the Local Government Board 
and to the  Secretary for Scotland. 

H 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Secretary Sir Edward  Grey  presented, by  His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic  and (Annual 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4012, 
^ 
4014, and 4019. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House  Pensions 
a Return of all persons now in receipt of  Pensions  (Civil  List.) 
charged  upon  the  Civil  List  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  300  of  Session 
188.9).—(Mr. Lamont.) 

Ordered,  That the adjourned Debate upon the  Luggage 
Question which was  proposed  upon  the 3rd day Definition) 
of  this  instant  June,  That  the Luggage  (Defi-
nition)  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,  be 
resumed upon Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Association  of  Port  Sani- Association of 
tary  Authorities  (Expenses)  Bill  be  read  a Authorities17 
second time upon Thursday  next. 

(Expenses) 
BiU. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported from Standing  standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Housing  of  the  Committee  A. 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill  was  referred; 
That they had gone through  the  Bill  and  made  Classes 
Amendments thereunto. 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

' 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 183. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the  Minutes of  the Proceedings  N0. ig3_ 

of  the  Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 268. 

Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next;  and be printed. 

Sir Francis  Channing  reported from Standing  standing 

Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Married  Women's 
Property  Bill was referred ;  That they  had gone women's 
through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to  report  Property  Bill, 
the  same,  without  Amendment, to the  House. 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 184. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 184. 

of  the  Standing Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  (not amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee) be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday  next. 

Mr. Lay land-Barratt reported from the Police 
and Sanitary  Committee  (Section  B);  That  in 
the case of  the  Liverpool  Corporation  (General 
Powers)  Bill  they  had examined the  allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with the  provisions  of  the  Bill as passed by the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the Bill and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Police and 
Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  B.) 
Liverpool 
Corporation 
(General 
Powers) BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Suppie-
ment to  the 

Table  :  and be printed. 

1 

' 

•  Votes, 

No.  88.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

22nd  June. 

2 61 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Metropolitan 
Police 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
Blaydcn  and 
Byton  Water 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 

Lincoln 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Companies 
(Consolida-
tion") Bill. 
Post Office 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 
Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the Lords  by 
one of  their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Metropolitan 
Police  Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Blaydon  and 
Byton  Water  (Transfer)  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concur-
rence of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Lincoln  Cor-
poration  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the 
Lords desire  the concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee  con-
sisting of  Five  Lords  to  join  with a  Committee 
of  this  House  to  consider  the  following  Bills, 
viz.:— 

Companies (Consolidation)  Bill; 
Post  Office (Consolidation)  Bill; 
Statute  Law Revision  Bill; 

and they  request this  House to appoint an equal 
number  of  its  Members  to  be  joined  with  the 
said Lords. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill 
and  Local 
Registration of 
Title  (Ireland) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

County  Courts 
Bill  {Lords.'] 
Bill  269. 

Trawlers' 
Certificates 
Suspension 
Bill. 

Traffic 
Regulation 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 

Bill 270, 

Sir  William, Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
added  the  following  Member to  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Coroners (Ireland) 
Bill  and of the  Local  Registration  of  Title  (Ire-
land) Amendment  Bill)  :—Mr. Edward  Barry. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The County  Courts  Bill  [Lords]  was read the 
first time, and ordered to be read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  next;  and to be printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
morrow,  the  Trawlers'  Certificates  Suspension 
Bill  was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Friday  the 26th day  of  this instant  June. 

Mr.  Carr-Gomm,  supported  by  Mr.  Brodie, 
Mr.  Bowerman,  Sir  William  Bull,  Mr.  Schwann, 
Mr.  William  Pearce,  and  Mr.  Bertram 
Straus, 
presented  a  Bill  to  give  the  Commissioners  of 
Police  power  to  prescribe  the routes of Metro-
politan  Stage  Coaches  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered to  be read a second time  upon  Monday 
next;  and to be printed. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Russell  presented  a Bill  to prevent 
Bee  Pest 
(Ireland)  Bill,  the spread of Bee Pest  or Foul Brood in Ireland: 
Bill 271.  And the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read a second 

time upon Monday next;  and to be printed. 

Debates 
Reports. 

Royal  Assent. 

The  Select  Committee  on  Debates  Reports 
was  nominated  of  Mr.  Charles  Allen,  Mr. 
Bowerman,  Mr.  Cleland,  Mr.  Harold  Cox, 
Mr.  Lehmann,  Mr.  Jeremiah  MacVeagh,  Mr. 
Maddison,  Mr.  Pike  Pease, Mr.  John  Robertson, 
Mr.  Toulmin,  and  Mr.  Walrond.—(Mr.  Joseph 
Pease.) 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir 
Henry  Frederick  Stephenson,  Gentleman  Usher 
of the Black  Rod: 
Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  desire  the immediate attendance of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the  Commission read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers:—And  being 
returned; 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker reported, That the House,  at the 
desire  of  the Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, had been at the  House of 
Peers, where  a Commission under the Great Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein  men-
tioned ;  and that  the  Lords  thereby  authorised 
had declared  the Royal Assent  to the  said Acts, 
as follow : 

1.  Prosecution of  Offences Act,  1908. 
2.  Edinburgh  Corporation  (Tramways,  &c.) 

Order  Confirmation Act,  1908. 

3.  Loch  Leven  Water  Power  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

4.  Tramways  Order  Confirmation  (No.  1) 

Act,  1908. 

5.  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

6.  Metropolitan  Police  Provisional  Order 

Confirmation Act,  1908. 

7.  Great  Western  Railway  (Superannuation 

Scheme)  Act,  1908. 

8.  Dublin  and South  Eastern  Railway  Act, 

1908. 

9.  Glasgow  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
10.  Huddersfield  Water Act,  1908. 
11.  Derby  Gas Act,  1908. 
12.  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico  (Aea-
pulco to Vera Cruz), Limited, Act, 1908. 
13.  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance  Society, 

Limited,  Act,  1908. 

14.  Rhymney  Railway Act,  1908. 
15.  Knott End Railway  Act,  1908. 
16.  Dartford Gas Act,  1908. 
17.  Great Eastern Railway  (General  Powers) 

Act,  1908. 

18.  Dundalk  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

19.  Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways  and 

Harbours  Act,  1908. 

20.  Argentine  North  Eastern  Railway  Com-

pany,  Limited,  Act,  1908. 

21.  Camberwell  and 

Borough  Councils 
Act,  1908. 

other  Metropolitan 
(Superannuation) 

22.  Rochdale  Corporation Act,  1908. 
23.  Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council 

(Superannuation)  Act,  1908. 

24.  Skegness  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

25.  Cheshire  Lines  Act,  1908. 
26.  Llanelly  Gas Act,  1908. 
27.  Great  Western  Railway  Act,  1908. 
28.  Hull  and Barnsley  Railway  Act,  1908. 
29.  Hurly's Divorce  Act,  1908. 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself  Supply 

into the Committee  of  Supply. 

[12th allotted 
Day.] 

(In the  Committee.) 
Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Motion made,  aud  Question proposed,  That a 
sum  not  exceeding  £2,005,000  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty, to defray the  Expense  of  Grants, 
Pay,  Allowances,  Training,  and  Miscellaneous 
Charges of the  Territorial  Force (not  exceeding 
312,000  Men),  Imperial  Yeomanry, and Volun-
teers, and Channel Islands and Colonial  Militia, 
including the  Permanent  Staff, which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year  ending on 
the  31st day  of  March  1909 : 

And it  being a quarter of  an hour after Eight 
of  the  clock, and  there  being  Private  Business 
set down by direction of the Chairman of  Ways 
and Means under Standing  Order No. 8, further 
proceeding  was postponed without  Question put. 
L  L  3 

2 62 

30th June.-—1st July. 

1908. 

[No. 94. 

Tyne 
The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
Improvement  take  into  consideration  the  Tyne  Improvement 
Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  ot  [10th June] 
the  10th  day  of this instant  June; 

fieport 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill, in p. 3,1.  12, by  leaving out  the words 
works  as  may  hereafter,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "or  remedial  works  as  shall" — (Mr. 
Herbert  Craig),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to be left  out  stand part of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to the  Bill. 
Ordered, That  the Bill be read the  third time. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third Beading of the  Widnes Corporation  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of Ways and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Friendly 

Committee  on the  Friendly  Societies Bill; 

Societies  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-inorrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Committee  on the  Public  Health  (Markets  in   (Markets in 
Rural Districts)  Bill; 

S e t s)   Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Supply (Army 
Estimates.) 

g um  

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That  a 
u ot   exceeding  £ 2 , 0 0 5 , 0 00   be  granted  to 
His  Majesty, to defray  the  Expense  of  Grants, 
Pay,  Allowances,  Training,  and  Miscellaneous 
Charges of  the  Territorial  Force  (not  exceeding 
312,000  Men),  Imperial  Yeomanry,  and  Volun-
teers, and  Channel  Islands  and Colonial  Militia, 
including the  Permanent  Staff, which will  come 
in course  of  payment during  the year  ending on 
the  31st day  of  March  1909, resumed. 

Question  again  proposed: 

And it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock, the  Chair-
man left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  Of  Ways  and Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred;  and  that  he 
was  directed  to move, That  the  Committee  may 
have  leave to  sit again. 

Resolved, That  this  House will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That a sum  not exceeding  £120,788 
be granted  to  His  Majesty,  to complete  the sum 
necessary  to defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in course  of  payment during  the  year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  (or  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction 
for Ireland, and of  the  Services  administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of the  21st day of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Beport. 

Supply 
[28th  May] 
Beport 
(Postponed 
Resolution.) 

The Order of  the  day  being  read,  for taking 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions 
which, upon  the  10th day of  this  instant  June, 
were reported from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 28th day  of  May  last,  and which  Resolution 
was then  postponed; 

Ordered, That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into further consideration  upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

the  Fatal  Accidents  f^m^s) 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]; 

Bm \_Lordt.-} 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  o£  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Design  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the dav  being  read,  for  taking  Costs in 
into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 2jjjjminal 0a8es 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention of 

Committee on Prevention  of Crime  [Expenses!  ;  Crime 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and J-oans 
Irrigation  Works]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  Works.] 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen in Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

BorouSW 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses  Paving 
JJJJJ . 

Expenses  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking polling 
into consideration  the  Polling  Districts  (County  Districts 
Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee); 

BiU> 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Tuesday  next. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Coroners' 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill,  Inquests  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

18 th—mh  June. 

263 
Education  Adviser  to  the  High  Commissioner 
for South Africa). 

No. 86.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

National 
Military 
Training  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  National  Military 
Training  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Calendar 
Beform Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  the 

Second Reading of the Calendar Reform  Bill; 
Ordered,  That the said  Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BilL 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th day of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Petition  of  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen, and  Councillors of  the  Metropolitan 
Borough of  Wandsworth,  praying  to be  repre-
sented by  Counsel  before  the  Joint  Committee 
on the Port of  London  Bill,  be  referred  to that 
Committee. —(Sir Henry Kimber.) 

And  then  the  House,  having continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes after  Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned  till to-morrow. 

[No.  87.] 
Friday,  19th June  1908. 
The  House  met at  Twelve  of the clock. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 

P R A T E R S. 
r\RDERED, 
That  the  London  United 
^  Tramways  Bill,  as  amended  in  the Com-
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 

Audenshaw 
The  Order of the day  being  read,  for  taking 
CouncilBm r i 0 t i n t 0  consideration  the  Audenshaw  Urban  Dis-
trict  Council  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the 
t i l.   ] 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
"Vide Votes 
and Fifth 
Beport. 

Several Public Petitions  were presented,  and 

read;  and ordered to lie  upon the Table. 

A  Public  Petition  was  also  presented,  and 

read ;  and referred to a Select  Committee. 

Exports and 
Imports 
(United 
Kingdom.) 

No. 185. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented, — Return  to  an 
Order, dated  the  11th day  of  this instant June, 
for  a  Return  relative  to Exports  and  Imports 
(United  Kingdom). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Miscel-
laneous.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Report,  No.  52  (Native 
Education  in  South  Africa;  Part  III.,  Edu-
cation  in  the  Protectorates,  by  E.  B.  Sargant, 

VOL.  163. 

Copy  of  Report,  No.  560  (Saint  Helena,  Colonial 
f Z ^ l .) 

Annual  Report for  1907). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade Reports 

His Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic  (Annual 
and Consular Reports,  Annual  Series, Nos. 4016 Series ) 
to 4018. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from Standing 
Committee  A  :—Mr.  Joyce  and  Mr.  Waldron  (in 
respect  of  the  Criminal  Law  and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill),  and Captain 
Donelan,  Mr. Hayden,  and  Mr. Harrington  ;  and 
had appointed  in  substitution (in  respect of  the 
Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal  Bill):  Mr.  Patrick  White,  Mr. 
Charles Mac Veigh,  Mr. Halpin,  Mr. Farrell,  and 
Mr.  Ffrench. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland-) 
Act  (1887) 
Repeal  Bill, 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself  Public Offices 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Public  Offices  Sites (tension) 
(Extension)  (recommitted) Bill. 

Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to No.  14 agreed to. 
Preamble  agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself PuMic  Health 

in 

Districts)  Bill. 

into a Committee on the Public Health (Markets 
in Rural Districts)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Provision,  &c.  of  markets  by 

rural authorities). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 1,1.  6, after the 
word " Board,"  to insert the words  " and of  the 
owners and ratepayers of  their district expressed 
by  resolution passed in manner provided  by the 
Third  Schedule  of  the  Public  Health  Act, 
1875."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  1, 1. 6, 
after  the  word  " Board,'  to  insert  the  words 
"and  of  the  owners  and  ratepayers  of  the 
parish expressed  by resolution  passed in manner 
provided by  the Third  Schedule  of  the  Public 
Health  Act,  1875."—(Sir  Frederick Banbury.) 
put,  That  those  words  be  there 

Question 

inserted. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Sir Frederick  Banbury,  "! 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Staveley-Hill: 
Tellers  for  the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

L  L  4 

J 
\ 
f 

23. 

125. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

llth—lSth  June. 

[No.  86. 
The  Patents  and  Designs  Bi 11 "[Lords]  was  Patents  and 
fl"??/]8111 

according to  Order, read a second time. 

1908. 

264 

Question  proposed,  That  the  Clause  stand 

part of the Bill:—Debate-arising ; 

Mr.  Masterman  rose in his place  and  claimed 

to move, That the  Question  be now put. 

Question put,  That  the  Question be now  put. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

142. 

23. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  ; 

Tellers for the] Mr. Ashley, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Younger : 
Question, That the  Clause  stand  part  of  the 

Bill,  put accordingly,  and agreed to. 

Clause  No. 2 agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same, without 
Amendment. 

A  Motion  was made, and the  Question  being 

put,  That the Bill  be now read the third lime ; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the/  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

Tellers for the ("Mr.  Bowles, 

Noes, 

\Earl  Winter ton : 

153. 

20. 

So it was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was accordingly  read the third time 

and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Friendly  Societies 
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Amendment  of  section  8  of 
principal  Act  as  to  societies® which  may  be 
registered). 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
-Chairman do report Progress,  and  ask leave  to 
sit  again.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Staveley-Hill:  ' 

Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

25. 

154. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No. 2 amended, and agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  3 to  No. 6 agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  7 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  8 to No.  11 agreed to. 
A  Clause  (Limitation  of benefits) added. 
Another  Clause  (Nominations  by members of 

branches) added. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  section  35 of 

principal Act) added. 
Bill  to be reported. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.— (Mr.  Kearley.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do now adjourn.—  Adjournment. 

(Mr.  Whitley.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eighteen  minutes after 
Four of  the clock, adjourned till  Monday 
next. 

[No.  88.] 

Monday,  22nd June  1908. 

The House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before  Three of the  clock. 

P B A Y E B S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the Table,— Report  Private  Bills 

from one of the Examiners  of  Petitions for 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case of  the  following oi-d^rs^ov 
- 3ills,  originating  in  the  Lords, and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading thereof, the  Standing  Orders inquired  into 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are with!)16 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Metropolitan District Railway Bill  [Lords], 
Northern  Assurance Company  Bill  [ Lords]„ 
Keighley  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]. 
Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Brompton 

Railway  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That the Bills be read a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  (Petition  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition provision) 
for  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill  (Standing 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied  Orders  not 
a 
. 
with, viz. :— 

complied 
with.) 

. .,  

Ards and Bangor  Railways  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Lincoln 
tion  the  Amendments  made by  the  Lords to the  Corporation 
Lincoln  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same  were Bl11, 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House proceeded  to  take  into considera-  North  Eastern 
tion the Amendments  made by  the Lords to the  Railway  Bill. 
North  Eastern  Railway  Bill;  and  the  same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone through the  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday next;  and be printed. 

Bill  272. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Tyne  Im-Tyne 

provement  Bill be now read the third time ; 

Improvement 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  by  His  Majesty's 
the  House  that  His 
Command,  acquainted 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport 
of  the Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His 

No.  88.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

Majesty's interest  is  concerned, that  the  House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Cardifi 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords,] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion the Cardiff Railway Bill [Lords],  as amended 
in the  Committee. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read the  third time. 

t i on  

King's College,  The  House  proceeded to take into  considera-
t h e  King's  College,  London  (Transfer) 
(TranSer)
Bill [Lords.]  Bill  [Lords],  as amended in the  Committee. 
And  Amendments  were  made to the  Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The  Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and 
Midland  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East  and 
West  Junction  Railways  (Amalgamation)  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Bedditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon.Avon 
Junction,  and 
Bast  and  West 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  BiU 
[Lords.] 
London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(Money)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read the third  time 
upon Tuesday the 30th day of  this instant  June, 
at a quarter of  an hour after Eight  of the  clock. 

South  West 
Suburban 
Water BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  South West  Suburban 
Water  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the  third  time 
upon Tuesday the  30th  day of  this  instant  June, 
at  a quarter of an hour after Eight  of  the  clock. 

Widnes 
Corporation 
BiU. 

The  Widnes  Corporation  Bill  was,  according 

to Order, read the third time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Tawe  Valley  Gas 
.[Lords]  (changedfrom  Swansea  Valley  Gas 

Tawe  Valley 
Gas  Bill 
ISJdfrom  ™ 
Swansea 
BiU^Emf*].)  And Amendments were made to the BilL 

Bill  [_Lords] ), as amended in the  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for  taking 
into consideration the London United  Tramways 
Bill,  as amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Audenshaw 
The  Order of the  day being read,  for  taking 
Urban  District into  consideration  the  Audenshaw  Urban  Dis-
Council BiU 
" 
T"1 
trict  Council  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the 
[Lords.] 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Commercial 
Union 
Assurance 
Company BUI 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commercial  Union 
Assurance  Company Bill  [Lords]; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

VOL. 163. 

22nd  June. 

2 65 
The  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast 
Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was.  according  to  Order, 
read a second time, and committed. 

The  Lanarkshire  (Middle  Ward  District) 
Water  Order Confirmation  Bill  was,  according 
to  Order, read a second  time, and ordered  to be 
taken into consideration upon Wednesday  next. 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Railway  BiU 
[Lords.] 
Lanarkshire 
(Middle  Ward 
District) 
Water  Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

(iTYipr 
Confirmation 

The  House, according  to  Order,  proceeded to  Lanarkshire 
take  into  consideration  the Lanarkshire  Tram- Tramways 

ways  Order Confirmation Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  the third time Bil1' 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were presented,  and Public 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon the Table. 

vide  Fifth 
Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Metropolitan 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Royal  Commission  upon  the  Duties  of  the  ommi8Slon-
Metropolitan Police, together  with  Appendices 
(Volume  1). 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's Command,—Copies of  Diplomatic C^™™1 
and Consular Reports, Annual  Series, Nos. 4000,  eneB,-> 
4003,  and 4021  to 4026. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Sydney  Buxton  presented, pursuant to  the  Post Office 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Foreign  and  Colonial Post  Amendment  (No.  1)  o o n ia  
Warrant,  1908,  dated 28th  May  1908. 

08 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Appendix  to the  Estimate 
for Civil  Services,  Class  VI.,  Vote  1, containing 
a list of  Superannuation  and Retired Allowances 
payable  on 30th  November  1907. 

CivU  Services, 
1908-9 
(Superannua-
tion  and 
Retired 
Allowances.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Principal  Chemist 
upon the work  of  the  Government  Laboratory 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  with 
Appendices. 

Government 
Laboratory. 

Estimate  of  the  further  amount  required in 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1909  for  Public 
Education  (Ireland). 

Copy  of Revised Estimate, Class VII., Vote 4 

(Ireland Development  Grant). 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do lie  upon the 
Table;  and  that  the said Estimates be referred 
to the  Committee  of  Supply,  and be  printed. 

No. 188. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  pursuant  to  the  East  India 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Return (fj<Ja"® raised 
of  all  Loans  raised  in  India,  chargeable  o n m  n 
the  Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the 
commencement  of  the  half-year  ending  on  the 
31st  March  1908, with the rates of  interest  and 
total  amount  payable  thereon,  and the  date  of 
the termination  of  each Loan,  the debt incurred 
during the half-year, the  moneys raised  thereby 
during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid  off  or 
discharged  during  the  half-year, and the  Loans 
outstanding  at  the  close  of  the  half-year; 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow, the purpose or service  for which  moneys 
have  been raised during the half-year. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

M M 

Civil  Services' 
(Supple-  : 
mentary 
Estimate, 
1908-9.) 

No.  186.  . 
Civil Service  ) 
Estimates, 
1908-9. 

No. 187; ' 

 
266 

22nd  June. 

Transvaal. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  of  Mortality 
amongst the different classes  of Coloured  Labour 
in  the  Transvaal  Mines  from January  1906  to 
February  1908, inclusive. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No.  189. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House a 
Copy of  Comparative  Statement  showing (a) the 
amounts  at  present  received  by  the  Secondary 
Education  Committee  Districts  from  the  suras 
which,  under  Clause  13  of  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Bill,  will  constitute  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Fund;  (b)  the  distribution  of  the 
balance  of the Fund,  under  Clause  14 (2)  of the 
Bill,  by  two different  methods.—(Mr.  Sinclair.) 
Mr.  Sinclair  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Paper. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland") 
Act(1887) 
Repeal  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal 
Bill) :—Mr. William O'Brien;  and had appointed 
in  substitution  (in respect  of the said Bill)  :  Mr. 
Edward  Barry. 

Standing 
Committee  0, 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Sir  William Brampton/Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee  ; That  they  had discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee C :—Marquess of Hamilton, Mr. Lonsdale, 
and  Mr.  Staveley-Hill;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution (in  respect  of  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Moore,  Mr.  Campbell,  and  Mr. 
Mac Caw. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed a Bill, intituled  An 
Local 
t 0  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of 
« r S e nt  
Provisional 
the  Local  Government  Board for Ireland relat-
Orders (No.  3)  ing to the  County  Borough  of  Belfast  and  the 
BiU  [Lords.]  Urban District  of  Letterkenny  ;  to  which  the 

Lords desire  the concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Local  Government (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders (No.  3) Bill  [Lords]   was  read  the  first 
time. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  8) 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
BlBin 273]  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 

be printed. 

Resolved,  That this  House  will, upon  Monday 
Women's 
Enfranchise-  next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  on  the 
ment  BUI.  Women's Enfranchisement  Bill. 

Home  Work 
BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Home  Work  Bill  be read 

a  second time to-morrow. 

Milk  Control  Mr.  Watt,  supported  by Sir Andrew  Torrance, 
(Scotland)  Mr. Findlay,  Mr. M'Callum,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr. 
Bill  274  Charles  Price,  Mr.  Sutherland,  and  Mr.  Holley 
Stewart, presented  a Bill  to  amend  and  extend 
existing legislation relating to the Milk  Supplies 
of  the  rural  and  urban  districts  of  Scotland : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to be read a second 
time  upon Tuesday  the  14th  day of  July  next; 
and to be printed. 

1908. 

Mr.  Birrell, 

[No. 88. 
supported  by  Mr.  Attorney  Seed  Potatoes 
General  for  Ireland,  presented  a  B i ll  
Seed  Oats 
provision with respect  to  loans  and  sales made ( i ^ n d)   Bill, 
for the  purpose of  the  supply  of  Seed  Potatoes 
275. 
and  Seed  Oats  to  occupiers  and  cultivators  of 
land in  Ireland :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be read a second  time  upon Monday  next;  and 
to be printed. 

to   m a ke  

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being  Business of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  C o al   M i n es   the  House 
(Eight  Hours) (No.  2)   Bill,  if under discussion at  (EigM  Hours) 
Eleven of the  clock this night,  be not interrupted  (No.  2)  Bill, 
under  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the 
House)—(Mr.  Asquith); 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the Right  ; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers  for the j Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the f Sir J7miw</er Acland-

Noes, 

r, 

So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

[Mr.  Henry  horsier  : 

294. 

96. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal  Mines 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  <'Eioht (Eight  Hours) 
Hours) (No.  2)  Bill; 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

And  a Motion being made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
James  Mason.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "now"  stand  part  of  the  Question: — 
And  a Debate  arising thereupon; 

And  a  Motion  being made, and the  Question 
being put,  That the Debate  be now  adjourned— 
(Mr.  Bonar  Law)  ; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers for  the [Mr.  George  Roberts, 

[ 290. 

]  145. 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Charles  Duncan : 
So it  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Committee  on the Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved, That this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Army  Council 

Second Reading of  the Army  Council  Bill; 

Bm-

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 
tion)  BiU. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee  on the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
land and  Wales)  Bill; 

(flngtondand 
Wales)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee, 

No. 84.]  8  EDW.  VI I. 

16th—llth  June. 

2 55 

Finance  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Finance  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Old Age 
Pensions Bill,  C o m m i t t ee   on   t he   0 1 d  Age  Pensions  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill [Lords,]  s e c o n d  Reading  of 
the  County  Courts  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Bee  Pest 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Bee  Pest (Ireland) Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Supply. 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Keport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question.proposed 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a sum not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the 
sum  necessary to defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  3let day of  March  1909  for  the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture and  other  Industries  and Technical 
Instruction  for  Ireland,  and  of  the  Services 
administered  by  that  Department, 
including 
sundry  Grants in  Aid,  which was  then  reported 
from  the  Committee  of  Supply of the  21st day 
of  May last.; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  f^W 3 1 11 
[Lords] 

; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Costs in 
into consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases gj|,minal Cases 
Bill, as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention of 
Committee  on Prevention of Crime  [Expenses]; j^penses ] 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans [Railway and 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, Works.] 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second Reading  of  the Election of Aldermen in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal Boroughs Bill; 

Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of the London Paving Expenses ^iT!"™ 
Bill ; 

Expenses  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Whale 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ire- Fisheries 
l a n d)   B i l l;  

(Irelana) BU 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Navigation 

Second. Reading of  the  Navigation  Works  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Supply 
[28th  May] 
Beport 
(Postponed 
Besolution.) 

The  Order  of the  day being read,  for taking 
into  consideration  the  First of  the  Resolutions 
which, upon the  10th  day of  this  instant  June, 
were reported from the  Committee  of  Supply of 
the  28th day of  May  last,  and which Resolution 
was then postponed ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be taken 

into further consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Keport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th day of  this instant  June; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Second  Reading  of  the 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

being  read,  for  the 
Fatal  Accidents 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of the day  being  read, for taking 
into consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Tuberculosis 
Second Reading of  the Tuberculosis Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill  j 

( M a n d)   Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court  Court  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for taking  Ferries 

into  consideration the Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as (Ireland)  Bill, 
amended in the  Standing Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday  the  6th  day  of  July 
next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Housing  of 
into  consideration  the  Housing of the  Working jj}e Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  (i r eiand)   Bill. 
Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Coroners' 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests Bill,  Iulu<!sts BiU.-
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

M  M  2 

268 

22nd  June. 

1908. 

[No. 88. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Polling 
The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
EegTstrationdofinto  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  and 
Voters 
Registration  of Voters  (Ireland) Bill, as amended 
(Ireland)  BiU.  i n  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered„ That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Friday  next. 

Local 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
QuIiSon  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(England  and  Qualification (England  and Wales)  Bill; 
Wales) BiU. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Larceny  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the Larceny  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Babbits  qn 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

.  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 
upon  Tuesday  the  30th day  of this instant  June. 

Vehicular 
Traffic 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Vehicular  Traffic (Regu-

Speed^BiiL °  lation of  Speed)  Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public Health 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Sewers and  g e c o na   Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers 
Drains)  Bill. 

and Drains)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the BUI be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Cheap  Trains 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cheap Trains  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
Elections and 
Begistration 
the  adjourned Debate on the  Amendment  which, 
(London)  Bui.  U { j 0n   t he   nh   d ay  0f  February last,  was proposed 
to be made  to the  Question,  That  the  Elections 
and  Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now read a 
second  time ; 

Ordered, That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
Education 

Attendance) 
BlU- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education 
(School  Attendance)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Industrial  and  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Provident 
Second Reading  of the Industrial  and  Provident 
(Amendment)Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 
Bil1- 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Municipal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations Conations 
(Election  of  Aldermen)  Bill; 

Aldermen) 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  a  second  time  BllL 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of the Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Tickets  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second Reading of the  Sea Fisheries  Regulation ?|fuJa£on 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bilh 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Buxton 

Second Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charity  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a seeond  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long  Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Abbots 
Second Reading of the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity ®™ml,ey

>ii 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

1,.ll 
onarity xJIIL. 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Wild Birds 

Second Reading  of the Wild  Birds  Bill; 

Bm-

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pawning 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial  Industria 
ToolsBl1 
Tools  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Seeond  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act  Acfc (1875) 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

fwater 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a seeond  time Kishts) Bil1-

upon Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Traffic 
Second  Reading  of  the  Traffic  Regulation  Regulation 
(Metropolis)  Bill; 

^Metropolis) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlare  Acts 
Second Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment Bill; 

BlU" 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  fo r  th e  Death 
Second  Reading  of  the  Death  Certificates  Certificates 
(Charges)  Bill; 

_ 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  o{ 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public-houses  (Exclu-
sion of Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

to-morrow. 

Dairies 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill; 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  Sewers and 
Drains  Bil!-
and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

No. 88.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

22nd—23rd   June. 

269 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BiU. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th day  of  February  last, That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House, having continued  to 
sit till  twenty-five  minutes after  Eleven 
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

[No.  89.] 
Tuesday, 23rd June  1908. 

The  House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Draycott  Gas 
Bill. 

fkRDERED, 

That  the  Amendments  made 
by the Lords to the  Draycott  Gas  Bill  be 

taken into consideration  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That 

Liverpool 
•Corporation 
PowersVBiii.  Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

the  Liverpool  Corporation 
(General  Powers)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  consideration  to-

Barry 
Railway  Bill 

Ordered,  That 

the  Barry  Railway  Bill 

[.Lords]  be read a second time to-morrow. 

London 
"United 
Tramways 
BiU. 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  London  United 
Tramways Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Nuisances  at  generating  stations) 

was twice read;  and made part of the  Bill. 
And Amendments were made to the  Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
Awknshaw 
Council  Bill10  take  into  consideration  the  Audenshaw  Urban 
District  Council  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in 
ILordtt.] 
the  Committee. 

And Amendments were made to the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Tide  Fifth 
Report. 

Civil  Services, 
1908-9 
(Superannua-
tion  and 
Retired 
Allowances.) 
No. 190. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Several  Public Petitions were  presented, and 

read;  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  Civil 
Services,  1908-9  (Superannuation  and  Retired 
Allowances),  which  was  presented  upon  the 
22nd day of this instant June,  be printed. 

Mr.  Runciman presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Code  of  Regulations  for 
Public  Elementary  Schools in England  (exclud-
ing Wales and Monmouthshire), with  Schedules, 
by the  Board of  Education,  1908. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Intermediate 
Education 
{Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  Hia  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return of  Advances made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month of  July  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  and  Programme  of  Examinations  for 
1909  made  by  the  Intermediate  Eduoation 
Board for Ireland. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Vol*  163. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His Majesty's Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic  (Annual 
and Consular Reports, Annual  Series,  Nos. 4027  8eries-) 
to 4030. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  County 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, — Officers and 
Account  of  receipts  and  payments  under  the  (Ireland)  Act 
County  Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act,  1877, 1877. 
during the year ended 31st March 1908. 

No. 191. 

Finance Accounts of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Finance 
Great Britain and Ireland  for the financial year  Accounts. 
1907-8, ended 31st March  1908. 

No. 192. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His National 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  First  Report  f " ^ ct 
to  the  Secretary for  Scotland  by the  Board  of 1906. 
Trustees for the National Galleries of  Scotland, 
for  the  period  from  1st  April  1907  to  31st 
December  1907. 

' 

The  Lord  Advocate  also presented, pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinance,  No. 
XXVI.  (Glasgow,  No.  7)  (Regulations  for 
Higher Degrees in Arts and  Science). 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No. 193. 

Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinance,  No. 
XXVII.  (Glasgow,  No.  8)  (Regulations  as  to 
Bursaries,  Scholarships, and Fellowships). 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
N o.   194. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-Members of 
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously  Parliament' 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  names  of 
every  Member returned to serve in  each Parlia-
ment from the  Dissolution of  Parliament  in the 
year  1900  to  the  present  date,  specifying  the 
names  of  the  county, city,  university,  or  place 
for  which  returned  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  365  of  Session  1901).— 
(Sir  William  Bull.) 

A  Motion  being made, That  this  House  will,  Constabulary 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  making  further  provision  for  the 
Pay  of  the  Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  and 
for  the  Pensions,  Pension  Allowances,  and 
Gratuities  payable  to  them,  their  widows,  and 
children—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease)  ; 

ay' 

Secretary Sir Edward  Grey, by  His  Majesty's 
that  His 
Command,  acquainted  the  House 
Majesty, having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

John  James  Oddy,  Esquire,  Member for York  New  Member 

County,  Eastern  Part  of  the  West  Ridingsworn-
(Pudsey  Division), was sworn. 

Mr.  Nussey  reported  from  the  Committee  Pontypridd 
on  the  Pontypridd  Water  BUI  [Lords];  That  g f j , ^ 11 
they  had  examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same  to make  it  consistent with the Bill as 
passed by the  Committee,  and found the  same, 
as  amended, to  be true;  and  had  gone  through 
the Bill  and made Amendments  thereunto. 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
™Dt to th« 

Table ;  and be printed. 

M  M  3 

23rd  June. 

1908. 
Ammanford, in the  County  of  Carmarthen,  and 
for other purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the concurrence of  this  House. 

[No. 89. 

270 

Standing 
Committee A. 
Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland) 
Act  (1887) 
Repeal  Bill. 

Sir Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to whom  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill  was 
referred ;  That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment,  to the  House. 

No. 195. 

No. 195. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  (not amended  in  the 
Standing Committee) be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday  next. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Access  to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Children  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains  Bill) :—Sir  Frederick  Cawley ;  and 
had appointed  in  substitution (in respect of  the 
said Bill):  Mr.  Rogers. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the  Committee  ;  That they  had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Children Bill) :— 
Viscount  Castlereagh;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said Bill)  ;  Mr. 
Claude  Hay. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the Committee ;  That they  had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill):—Mr.  Wiles;  and  had 
appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said Bill) :  Sir  Walter  Foster. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill  and  Post 
Office Savings 
Bank  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Telegraph  (Con-
struction)  Bill  and  Post  Office  Savings  Bank 
Bill):—Sir Francis  Edwards;  and had appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bills) : 
Mr.  Lyulph 

Stanley. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Luggage 
(Definition) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  adjourned  Debate  on  the 
Question  proposed  upon  the  3rd  day  of  this 
instant  June,  That  the  Luggage  (Definition) 
Bill be now read a second time,  be resumed upon 
Thursday  next. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks, as followetb : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
Conway and 
Colwyn Bay  made by  this  House  to  the  Amendments  made 
Boarder  by  the  Lords  to  the  Conway  and Colwyn  Bay 
Joint  Water  Board  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Local 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Government  Act to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders of  the 
Provisional  Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland  relating 
Orders (No. l) to  the Rural Districts  of  Limerick  (No.  1)  and 
Bill  [Lords.]  Naas  (No.  1),  and  the  County  of  Westmeath 
and  King's  County, and for other purposes;  to 
which the  Lords desire the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Local 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Government  Act to confirm certain Provisional  Orders of the 
Provisional  Local  Government  Board  for Ireland  relating 
Orders (No. 2) to the  City  of  Dublin and the  Urban District of 
Bill  [Lords.']  pembroke  (two) ;  to which the Lords desire the 

concurrence  of this  House. 

Ammanford 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Urban  District Act  to  sanction and  confirm the existing  water 
u n d e r t a k i n«  of   t he   U r b a n  ^strict  Council  of 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional Local 

Orders  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords]  was read  the first 
time. 

Provisional 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bm^z^'.f 

Examiners of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

-gyj 275 

The Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Local 

Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first 
time. 

Provisional 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the JjjftjSfa-p 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Bill 277. 

The  Ammanford  Urban  District  Council  Ammanford 

Water Bill  [Lords]  was read the first time. 

S^cilW^r 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the B m [Lords.] 

Examiners  of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Worthy  reported  from the  Chair-  standing 

men's  Panel;  That  they  had  discharged  Mr. 
L,aurence  Hardy  from being  Chairman of Stand-  Panel.) 
ing  Committee  B  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
Children  Bill,  and  had  appointed  Sir  David 
Brynmor  Jones  to act as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  B  in his place. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  John  Ward,  supported  by  Mr.  Enoch  Shop Olnbg 

Edwards,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Maddison,  Sir  Randal 
Cremer,  Mr.  Fenwich,  Mr.  Bell,  and  Mr.  Stead-  Bill. 
man,  presented  a  Bill  to  extend  the provisions  Bill 278. 
of  section  one  of  the  Shop  Clubs  Act,  1902, 
to membership  of  trades  unions  and  industrial 
and  provident  societies:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
next;  and to be  printed. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself Old Age 
into a Committee  on the  Old Age  Pensions BiU. Pensions Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 

No.  1  (Right  to  receive  old  age 

Clause 
pension). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  5,  at  the 
beginning,  to  insert the  words  " There shall be 
paid to."—(Lord  Robert Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the I Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

iSir  Frederick  Banbury ; 

Tellers for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\Master  of  Elibank : 

there 

1  55. 

293. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 7, 
after  the  word  " fulfilled," to  insert  the  words 
" and  who  is  not  subject  to  the  disqualifica-
tions  mentioned  in  this  Act."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  I,  1. 7, 
after  the  word  "shall,"  to  insert  the  words 
"until  Parliament  otherwise  determine."—(Mr. 
Bowles.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Bowles, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  L,everton  Harris  : 

Tellers  for the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of  Elibank : 

1103. 

} 341. 

22nd  June. 

271 
And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the clock, the 
Chairman left  the  Chair  to  make his  Report  to 
the  House. 

No. 88.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 1, 1. 8, 
to leave  out the  words " under  this  Act."—(Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 8, 
to leave  out from the word " Act"  to the  end of 
subsection  (1).—(Sir  Henry  Craik.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out, to  the  word  "is,"  in  p.  1, 1. 9, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause : — Amendment,  by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  9, 
after  the  word  " he,"  to  insert  the  words 
" remains  in  the United  Kingdom, and."—(Mr. 
Bowles.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Bowles, 

Yeas, 

(Earl  Winterton  : 
Tellers  for the {Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\  Master of Elibank : 

"l  1 0 1. 

J 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  11, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " be at the rate of," in 
order  to  insert  the  words  " not  exceed."—(Sir 
Walter  Foster.) 

Question, That the  word  " be "  stand  part of 

the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  11, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "at  the  rate  of  five 
shillings  a  week."  in  order  to  insert the words 
" paid at the rates  set  forth  in  the  Schedule  to 
this Act."—(Viscount Casllereagh.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  " at  the 
rate " stand part  of  the  Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  12, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " of  five  shillings  a 
week," in order to insert the  words " set forth in 
the  Schedule  to  this Act''—(Mr, Gouldiny),— 
instead thereof. 

Question  put, That  the  words proposed  to  be 

left out stand part of the  Clause, 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Charles  Duncan  :  J 

],  xi8 

Tellers  for the  (Mr.  Joseph  Peuse, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

1 „0  . 
J 

Question proposed,  That  those  words be there 

inserted: 

Amendment proposed to  the proposed Amend-
ment,  after  the  word  " in,"  to insert  the words 
"Part  I.  of."—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-
chequer.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted :—Debate  arising; 

Mr. Asquith rose  in  his  place and claimed to 

move, That  the  Question  be now put. 

Question put,  That the  Question  be now put. 
The  Committee  divided, 
Tellers for the fMr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

"(Master of  Elibank : 
Tellers for the j Lord Robert  Cecil, 

1  lft(1 
/1U8> 
iMr.  Bowles  : 
Question,  That those words be there  inserted, 

Noes, 

339. 

put accordingly, and agreed to. 

Question put 
Spo.rc?osure° 
of  Debate.) 

Main Question  Mr.  Asquith  claimed, That the Main Question 
put (pursuant  be   n ow   p u t. 
to  S.O. Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Mam Question put accordingly, and agreed to. 

, 

. 

. 

VOL. 163. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee had made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The House, according to  Order, proceeded to  Blackburn 
take into consideration  the  Blackburn  Corpora- corporation 
tion Bill,  as amended  in the  Committee. 

' 

And an Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be read the  third time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Supply 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question proposed  [2istMay] 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  thisKeport-
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That a sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be granted to  His Majesty, to  complete the sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge which  will  come 
in course of payment  during  the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  other  Industries  and Technical  Instruction 
for Ireland, and of the  Services administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of the 21st day of May  last: 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First of. the Resolutions  [28th  May] 
which,  upon the  10th  day of  this  instant June, (p^tponed 
were  reported from the  Committee  of  Supply  of  Resolution.) 
the  28th day of May last,  and which  Resolution 
was then  postponed; 

Ordered, That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into further consideration upon Thursday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

the  Report  from  the" Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 10th day  of this instant June ; 

J™«] 

epor 1 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee of Ways and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

the  Fatal  A c c i d e n ts   Accidents 
^ S .] 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of the day  being  read, for taking  Friendly 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  patents and 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

' 
M  M  4 

272 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said Committee. 

Costs in 
The  Order of  the  day being read, for  taking 
Criminal  Cases j n t o  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 

Bill, as amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Prevention  of 
0rime 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on Prevention of Crime  [Expenses]; 
Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

East  India 
Loans 
rT>  .. 
[Railway and 
Irrigation 
works.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway and 

L 

J 

. 

w 
Irrigation Works] ; 

. 

, 

Resolved,  That  this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Election  of 
Mun™ eal in 
Boroughs Bil!.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Reading of the Election of  Aldermen in 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  - g yj   _ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading' of the London  Paving  Expenses 

a 

° 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Contempts  of 
Court Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Married 
The  Order of  the  day being read,  for  taking 
Pro^rt8 Bill  *nto  consideration  the  Married  Women's  Pro-
in  the  Standing 
roper  y 

JJJJJ 

1 

. 

Committee)  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Friday  next. 

Polling 
The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for taking 
into consideration the Polling  Districts  (County 
Districts 
councils) Bill. Councils)  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee); 

. 

[No, 89. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Second Reading  of the  Housing of the  Working 
Classes  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hypothec 

Second  Reading  of  the  Hypothec  Abolition 
(Scotland) Bill ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  the 28th day  of July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Highways 

Second Reading of the  Highways Bill; 

Bil1, 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Home  Work 

Second Reading of the  Home Work Bill; 

Bi]1-

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vehicular 
Second Reading of the  Vehicular Traffic (Regu- -Mic  ^  ^ 
Spefd^BW.° 
lation of  Speed)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public  Health 
Second Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers  (Sewers and 
Drams)  Bill, 
and Drains)  Bill; 

-D-II 

j  TY 

• 

\ 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Wild  Birds 

Second Reading of the  Wild  Birds Bill; 

Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  pedlars Act® 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment Bill; 

1 

'Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Death 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges) Bill; 

the  Death 

C e r t i f i c a t es   ^tificates 

(Charges)Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Friday  next. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon  Tuesday next. 

Coroners' 
Inquests Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
j n t o  consideration  the  Coroners' Inquests  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Metropolitan 
Second  Reading  of  the  M etropolitan  Sewers  Sewers and 
and Drains Bill; 
Brains  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Friday  next. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ballot 
(Transferable 
Vote)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ballot  (Transferable 
Vote)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  the 27th day  of July  next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the adjourned Debate  on  the Question proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last, That  the  1 ' 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Open Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  it  being  after half-past Eleven  of the 
cloek,  Mr.  Speaker adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  it  being then ten 
minutes before Twelve  of  the  clock, till 
to-morrow. 

No. 90.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

24 th  June. 

2 73 

Draycott  Gas 
Bill. 

[No.  90.] 
Wednesday, 24th June  1908. 
The  Hpuse met at  a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  House, according to  Order, proceeded  to 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Draycott  Gas  Bill; 
and the same were twice  read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint them that this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordshipe. 

Liverpool 
Corporation. 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  House, according to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Liverpool  Corpora-
tion  (General  Powers)  Bill,  as  amended  in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read the  third time. 

Barry 
[Lords]  was, 
Railway  Bill  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
ILord,.-] 

The  Barry  Railway  Bill 

committed. 

Lanarkshire 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
BilL 

The  Lanarkshire  Tramways  Order  Confirma-
tion  Bill  was, according to  Order, read the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 
Lanarkshire 
District)Ward  t a ke   i n t 0  consideration the Lanarkshire  (Middle 
Water  Order  Ward  District)  Water  Order Confirmation  Bill. 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read the  third time 
Confirmation 

upon  Friday  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  f i f th 
Report. 
Penal 
fconditiontl0ta  t0  
Licence.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
t he   d i r e c. t i o n s  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Licence  under  the  Penal  Servitude 
Acts  granted  to  Cecilia  Shirley,  a  convict 
under detention in Aylesbury Prison,  permitting 
her  to  be  at  large  on  condition  that  she  enter 
the  London Female and Preventive Reformatory 
Institution  Branch  Home,  35,  Eden  Grove, 
Holloway,  N. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  private 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of (Scotland) 
the  House  of Lords and the  Chairman  of  Ways Act, 1899. 
and Means in the House of  Commons, under the  No. 196. 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, that  they are of  opinion that the  Greenock 
Corporation  Order  ought  to  be  dealt  with  by 
Private  Bill  and  not  by  Provisional  Order,  and 
that  Clauses 52 and 54 of the Perth  Corporation 
Order ought  not to be dealt with  by  Provisional 
Order. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Greenwich 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statement  of the  estimated  Income  and Expen- foundation. 
diture  of  Greenwich  Hospital  and  of  Travers' 
197, 
Foundation for the  year  1908-9. 

and 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Colonel 

iSeely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  561  Reports 
(Ceylon, Annual  Report for  1907). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-  East  India 
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously  (Contagious 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  in respect  of each 
cantonment  or  other  place  where  soldiers  are 
stationed  in  India,  showing— 

Isease8-) 

(1)  Whether  there  is  a  hospital  to  which 
women  suffering  from  venereal  disease 
are  admitted,  and  whether  such  hospital 
has  been maintained  continuously  during 
recent years ; 

(2)  In the event  of  there being  no hospital, 
whether  women suspected  of or  found  to 
be  suffering from venereal  disease  are, or 
have  been  during  recent  years,  turned 
out  of  the  cantonment; 

(3)  Whether,  at  any  time  during  recent 
years,  women  have  been  periodically 
examined  by  the  army  medical  officers, 
or  by  native  hospital  assistants,  or  by 
any  other  persons,  acting  under  official 
sanction; 
it 
ascertained  that  they  are  suffering  from 
venereal  disease; 

if  not,  in  what  way 

is 

Mr.  Churchill  presented, 

Railways 
in  pursuance  of 
Abandonment.  Standing  Order  158i,-Copy  of  Report  by  the 
Board of  Trade  respecting  the  Macclesfield and 
District  Tramways Bill,  and the  objects thereof. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  referred  to 

the  Committee  on the  Bill. 

Motor  Car 
Acts. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to the direc-
tions of an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order 
of  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland 
prohibiting  Motor  Car  traffic on  a  highway  in 
County  Dublin. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie Upon the 

Table. 

Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir Edward  Grey  presented,  by His 
Majesty's  Command,— Copies of  Diplomatic and 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4032  to 
4042. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  163. 

(4)  Whether  such  examinations  are,  or 
have  been,  in  effect made  compulsory  by 
the threat  of  expulsion  from  the  canton-
•  ment  if  the  women  do  not  voluntarily 
attend  for  the  purpose  when required  to 
do so ; 

(5)  How  many  women  have  been  turned 
out  of  the cantonment  under  the  powers 
of  expulsion  possessed  by the  cantonment 
authorities,  and  how  many  of 
such 
expulsions  have  been  in  connection  with 
venereal disease,  and how  many for other 
diseases; 

(6)  Whether  any  kind  of  passes  or  tickets 
are, or  have  been,  granted  to  women  (a) 
permitting  them  to  reside in  the  canton-
ment,  or  (b)  recording  their  attendance 
at medical  examinations. 

—(Mr.  Stuart.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had (Standing 
discharged the following Member from  Standing Standing568''* 
Committee  A. 

N  N 

22nd  June. 

1908. 

[No. 88. 

Access to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

National 
Military 
Training  Bill. 

Pensions  (Old 
Age)  Bill. 

Hours of 
Labour 
(Surfacemen) 
Bill. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Ayr 
Corporation 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

2 74 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains Bill)  :—Sir  Walter Foster ;  and  had 
appointed in substitution  (in respect  of  the  said 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Sinclair. 

Ordered, That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the National  Military Training 

Bill  be read a second time to-morrow. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to-
morrow,  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Bill  was read 
and discharged. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read a  second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Hours  of  Labour  (Sur-
facemen)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  14th day of July  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from the Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the Ayr  Corpora-
tion Tramways Order Confirmation Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  the 
holding of  Land  by  Companies  incorporated  in 
British  Possessions;  to  which  the  Lords desire 
the concurrence  of this  House. 

Buckie  Burgh 
and  Buckie 
(Cluny) 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899,  relating  to  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie 
(Cluny)  Harbour;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the concurrence of  this  House. 

Buckie  Burgh 
and  Buckie 
(Cluny) 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  279. 

Debates 
Reports. 

The  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie  (Cluny) 
Harbour  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was 
read the first time, and  ordered  (under section 9 
of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899)  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

Ordered,  That  Mr. Harold  Cox  be  discharged 

from the  Select  Committee on Debates  Reports. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed, That  Mr.  Theodore Taylor  be  added 
to  the  Committee—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease)', 

Mr. Speaker 
puts  the 
Question 
(pursuant  to 
S.O. No.  11.) 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed, after a  brief 
statement  from  a  Member who opposed it, Mr. 
Speaker  put  the  Question,  in  pursuance  of 
Standing  Order No.  11. 

And the  Question was agreed to. 

Old Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Old  Age  Pensions 
Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Right  to  receive  old  age 

pension). 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1, 1. 12, 
after the words last inserted,  to insert the words 
"except  when  a  person,  qualified  to  receive  a 
pension  under  this  Act,  is  in  receipt  of  any 
parochial  or  other  relief,  in  which  case  the 
pension  shall  only  be  such  amount as, with  the 
amount  received  in  relief,  makes  up  the  rate 
described  in  Part  I.  of  the  Schedule."—(Mr. 
J,aurence  Hardy.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,1.  12, 
after the words last inserted, to insert  the words 

"or  such  other  less  sum  as  a  local  pension 
committee  shall  determine."—  (Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

Question,  That those words  be there inserted, 

put,  and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1, 1. 12, 
after the words last inserted, to  insert  the words 
" Provided always  that  the sum shall  be in  the 
prescribed  proportion  to  the contribution  made 
by the pensioner as provided in regulations  to be 
made by the Treasury."—(Lord  Robert Cecil.) 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Debate  arising; 

Mr. Asquith  rose in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move, That  the  Question be now  put. 

Question put,  That the  Question be now put.  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
The  Committee divided. 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 
Tellers for the/Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
m  ii 
f 
l e J e r s l or   tnel 
JNoes, 

(Master of  Elibank i 
| Sir  Alexander  Acland-

R o o^  

[yi S Count   Valentia  % 

J-  3 2 3. 

I 
UQ4 
J 

Question  put  accordingly,  That  those  words 

be there inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the j S i r^ W er   Acland' 

Yeas, 

(Viscount  Valentia  : 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\ Master of Elibank : 

86. 

346. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 

1,  to 
leave  out Is.  13 to  16, inclusive.—(Mr.  Barnes.) 
Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out, to the  word " any," in 1. 13, stand 
part of the  Clause :—Debate  arising ; 

Lord  Robert  Cecil  rose  in  his  place  and  Closure 
claimed to move, That  the Question be now put; claimc^but 
but  the  Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  and with™1js his 
declined  then  to  put  that  Question :—Debate  assent, 
resumed. 

Question  again  proposed: 
And it being half  an  hour after  Seven of  the  Chairman  puts 
clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant to  the  Question on the 
Order  of  the  House  of  17th June, to  put forth- {orthwithn 
with  the  Question  on  the  Amendment  already  (pursuant  to 
-House)1 the 
proposed from the  Chair. 

Question,  That the words proposed  to  be  left 
out, to  the word  " any,"  in  1.  13, stand  part  of 
the  Clause, put,  and negatived. 

Remaining words, to the end of 1. 16, omitted. 
The  Chairman then proceeded  successively  to  Chairman 

h^ftons 
r*8
u
put forthwith the Questions necessary, under the j?0
Order of  the  House  of  17th June, to  dispose of  (pursuant  to 
the  Business  to  be  concluded  at  half  an  hour Order of  the 
after  Seven of the clock this day. 
Clause,  as amended, agreed to. 
Clause  No.  2 (Statutory conditions for receipt 

House.) 

of old age pension). 

An  Amendment  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(.Master of Elibank), 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Mr.  George  Roberts, 
\ M r.   Charles  Duncan : 

Noes, 

3 4 1. 

j  124. 

Clause  No.  3  (Disqualification  for  old  age 

pension). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,  1. 7,  to  leave 
out  the  words " be  disqualified  for receiving  or 
continuing  to," in order to insert the word " not." 
—(Mr.  Courthope.) 

No.  85.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

17 th  June. 

275 

Question  proposed, That  the words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:—-
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1.  8, 
after  the  word  " receive,"  to  insert  the  words 
" the full amount of."—(Lord Robert  Cecil.) 

Question,  That those words be there  inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. id, at 
the beginning, to  insert  the words " until  Parlia-
ment otherwise  determines."—(Mr. Dickinson.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2, 1. 10, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (a). — (Sir  Walter 
Foster.) 

Question, That the words proposed  to  he  left 
out,  to  the word  " any," in 1. 10, stand  part  of 
the  Clause,  put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  10, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "any  such." — (Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question,  That the word " any " stand part of 

the  Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Motion  made, and  Question, That  the Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again —(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer),— 
put, and agreed to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  direoted  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That this House will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland)  FPay, 
& C i ]. 

^ 

3 

' 

L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention  of 

Committee on Prevention  of  Crime [Expenses] ;  prime 

[jixpenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Borough 
Second Reading of the  Borough  Councils Bill;  Councils  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Feus and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Feus  and  Building 
Leases (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second  time BlU-

(Scotkmd) 

upon Friday  the 3rd day of  J uly next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Factory  and 

Second Reading  of  the  Factory  and Workshop  Workshop 
Act  (1901) 
A„h nm 
Act  (1901)  Amendment Bill; 
Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second time BiU 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ecclesiastical 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess- (g^y™®^8 
ments (Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  G o v e r n m e nt   Government 
Qualification (England  and Wales)  Bill; 
(Engiandand 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time Wales)  Bil1-

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Publie  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act  ^ ^ ^^ 
(1875)  Amendment (Water  Rights)  Bill; 
e° 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time Rights) Bm-

(Water 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents' 
(Damages)  _  (Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Bill [Lords.] 

Second  Reading  of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Friendly 
The  Order  of the day  being read,  for  taking 
Societies Bill.  jnt 0  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill, 

as amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Patents  and 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Designs  Bill  Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The Order of  the  day being read,  for  taking 
Costs in 
Criminal Cases J nt 0  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal Cases 
BiU 

Bill, as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

YOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers (Sewers 
and Drains)  Bill  J 

Drains)  BiU. 

; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the wud Birds 

Second  Reading of the Wild  Birds Bill; 

Kul-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  MetropoUtan 

Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  ^wers  and 
and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That the  1 ' 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

And then the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

N  N  2 

276 

30th June.-—1st July. 

1908. 

[No. 94. 

Cardiff 
Railway  Bill 
\  Lords.] 
J 
L 

King's 
London 
(Transfer) 
1!i11, 

^  [No.  91.] 

Thursday, 25th June  1908. 
The House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

F P HE   Cardiff  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 
_§_  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
ments. 

, 

1 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that this  House 
hath  agreed to  the  same, with  Amendments; to 
which this House  doth desire the  concurrence of 
their Lordships, 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  King's 
College,  London (Transfer) Bill  be now read the 
third time; 

Mr.  Birrell  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted the  House  that  His Majesty, having 
been  informed of  the  purport of the  Bill, gives 
His Consent, as far as His  Majesty's  interest  is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed, with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, with  Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Tawe  Valley 
Gas  Bill 
[Lords.  ] 

The Tawe  Valley Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was read 

the third time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to the same, with Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

London  Port 
and  Docks 
• 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Port and Docks 
Bill i 

Ordered,  That  the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Lower  Thames  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Grays)  Dock  g e c o n d  Reading of  the  Lower  Thames (Grays) 
1  ' 

Dock  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Thursday  the 9th day of July  next. 

The  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie  (Cluny) 
H a r b o u r  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords] was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 

Buckie  Burgh 
fC?mOkie 
Harbour 
Order 
Biffxorl0]  Monday next. 
Galashiels 
Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Drainage  and  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
Extenaion 
Order 
to  Galashiels  Drainage  and  Burgh  Extension : 
Confirmation  _^nd  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
Blp'  1  28„ 
ordered  (under  section 9 of the Act)  to be read 
'  a second time upon Monday the 6th day of  July 

next;  and to be printed. 

Several Public  Petitions were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Shop Hours 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Ast>1904-
Copy  of  Order  made  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  by  the  Leyton  Urban  District 
Council,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours of closing for certain classes of Shops. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His Majesty's Command,—Copies of Diplomatic  jj^^ 1 
and Consular Reports, Annual Series, Nos. 4013, 
4015,  and 4043 to 4048. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between  the  United  Treaty  Series 
Kingdom  and  Spain  amending Article  5 of  the C^0-16> 1908-> 
Agreement  of  25th  November  1875  respecting 
the Postal  Service between  Gibraltar and-Spain. 
Signed at Madrid, 9th April  1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Electric 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  ^ f ^ f ^' 
Report  by the  Board  of  Trade  respecting  the (proceedings.) 
Applications  to, and  Proceedings of, the  Board  No. jgg. 
of  Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  Acts, 
1882 to  1902, during  the past year. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  civil  List 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Pensions. 
List  of  all  Pensions  granted  during  the  year  No. 199. 
ended 31st  March 1908, and  payable  under  the 
provisions  of  section  9  (1)  of  the  Civil  List 
Act,  1901. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

-

Ordered, That  there be laid before this House  National 
a Return of  the  gross  income  and outgo of the  Expenditure. 
Government of the United Kingdom in  the year 
1906-7,  and  a  corresponding  estimate  for  the 
year  1908—9, showing  for  each  separate depart-
ment or voted service  the  total  income  from all 
sources  and  the  total  outgo  under  all  heads, 
including  in  italics  receipts  from  or  payments 
into the Exchequer, and distinguishing  between 
(a)  sums  raised  by  loan;  (b)  sums  raised  by 
taxation;  (c)  payments  received 
from  the 
public  for  services  rendered,  including  postal 
revenue, court  fees, fees  for  admission to muse-
ums,  sales  of  publications,  &c. ;  (d)  payments 
received  from,  or  an  estimate  of  the  value  of 
unpaid  services  rendered  to, other  Government 
Departments ;  (e)  rents,  royalties, &c. received 
on account of  Government property or  Govern-
ment  monopolies ;  (f)  sums  received  from  sale 
of  stores, &c.;  (g)  sums  received  for fines and 
penalties ;  (h) sums refunded ; (i)  sums received 
from  local  authorities;  (j)  sums  received from 
other Governments ;  and distinguishing  between 
payments charged on Votes in  Supply, payments 
charged  upon  the  Consolidated  Fund,  and 
other  payments,  including  the  estimated  value 
of  services  received  from  other  Government 
Departments,  and  not  paid  for ;  and,  further, 
showing  whether  such  payments  were  devoted 
to  reduction  of  debt, or  to current  expenditure, 
or to grants to local authorities or other Govern-
ments.—(Mr.  Harold Cox.) 

The  Order  made  upon  the. 24th  day of  this 
instant  June,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, be printed,  was read and discharged. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported  Local 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government ^J®™™®"1 
Provisional  Orders (No.  9)  Bill;  That they had orders  (No.  9) 
considered the said Orders ;  that the said Orders  Bill, 
ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they  had 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Report. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1899. 

No.  85.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments,  to  the  House. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

17 th  June. 

Table. 

277 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and verbally 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the Bill  and made an Amendment  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  10) Bill. 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means reported 
from the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  10)  Bill;  That  they 
had  considered  the  said  Orders ;  that  the  said 
Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed ;  and  that  they 
had directed him to report  the Bill,  with  Amend-
ments, to the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  consideration  to-

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

Local 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported 
f r o m  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Government. 
OXTNO  ii) Provisional  Order  (No.  11)  Bill;  That  they 
had  considered  the  said  Order;  that  the  said 
Bill.  " 
provisional  Order  ought  to  be  confirmed:  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
confirmed.] 
Amendment,  to the  House. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read the third time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Macclesfield  and 
District  Tramways  (Abandonment)  Bill;  That 
they  had examined  the  allegations  contained  in 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same 
to  be true ;  and had gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto;  and  had  also 
amended the Title,  as followeth :—A Bill for the 
abandonment  of  a  portion  of  the  Macclesfield 
and District  Tramways,  and for other purposes. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Macclesfield 
and  District! 
Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 

[Title 
amended.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment to  the 
Votes. 

The  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  Companies 
first time,  and ordered  to be  read  a second  time B m  p0™^] 
B1^ 281. 
upon  Monday next;  and to be printed. 

Sir Frederick  Cawley reported  from the  Com- Private  Bills 
mittee on  Group II  of  Private  Bills;  That, for (Group  H.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Monday  next,  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Marriages 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  oil  the  Marriages  Pro-
visional  Order  Bill;  That  they  had  considered 
the said  Order;  that  the  said Order ought  to be 
confirmed ;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
.House. 

Sir Joseph  Compton Rickett  reported from the  Railway  Bills 

Committee on Group 3 of  Railway Bills ;  That,  (Group  3.) 
for  the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee 
had adjourned  till  Wednesday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Cambrian 
Railways  BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Cambrian  Railways  Bill  [Lords'],  without 
Amendment. 

Vide  Supple-
ment to  the 
Votes. 

Bristol 
Tramways 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Virle  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Bristol 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords,] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Upton  Town 
Hall  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  tbe 
Votes. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
[Lords],   without 

the  Bristol  Tramways  Bill 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from the  Committee  on  the  Bristol  Corporation 
Bill  [LordsJ ;  That  they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and verbally  amended the  same, and  found 
the  same, as amended, to  be true;  and had gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
[Lords'],  with 

the  Upton  Town  Hall  Bill 
Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
North  British 
and Mercantile  f r o m  the  Committee  on  the  North  British  and 
Company6Bill  Mercantile  Insurance  Company  Bill 
[Lords]; 
[Lords.] 

VOL.  1 6 3. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from Selection  • 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged the following  Members from Standing standing668'^ 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to  Committee  A. 
Mountains  Bill)  :—Mr.  Baldwin  and Mr.  Rose  ; Access to 
and had appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  g^ u t a m3 
the  said Bill):  Mr. Idris  and Mr .Lane-Fox. 

Sir William Brampton  Gurdon further reported  standing 
from  the  Committee;  That  they had  added  to  Committee  A. 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fourteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  University  of  University  of 
Durham  Bill) : —Sir  David  Brynmor 
r>urham  Biu 
Mr.  Hills,  Mr.  Talbot,  Mr.  Butcher,  Mr.  John 
Taylor,  Mr.  Mallet,  Mr.  Nuttall,  Sir  John 
Tuke,  Sir  Henry  Craik,  Mr.  George  Marks, 
Mr.  Scarisbrick,  Mr.  Silcock,  Mr.  Hemmerde, 
and  Mr.  Verney. 

. 
Sir William Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added to  Committee  A 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fourteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Infant  Life  Pro-  Infant  Life 
tection  (No.  2)  Bill):  —Mr.  Cooper,  Mr. 
Walters,  Mr.  Simon,  Mr.  Chiozza  Money,  Mr. 
Montgomery,  Mr.  Jackson,  Mr.  Crossley,  Mr. 
Shackleton,  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Mr.  Farrell, 
Mr.  John Phillips,  Major  Ratcliff,  Sir  Benjamin 
Stone, and  Mr.  Du  Cros. 

Sir William Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from the  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged Committee  B-
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Housing, 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  Joseph  Walton  and Town 
Sir  Henry  Kimber;  and  had  appointed  in  sub- u™11"1®' 
stitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill):  Mr. 
Staveley-Hill  and  Mr.  Wedgwood. 

N N  3 

278 

25th  June. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Prevention of 
Crime  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  0. 

Prevention of 
Crime  Bill. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee;  That they had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C (in respect of  the  Prevention  of  Crime 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  Mr. 
Kearley,  and  Sir  Edward  Strachey,  and  had 
appointed in substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel, and Mr. Attorney  General. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had added  to 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Fourteen 
Members (in respect  of the Prevention  of Crime 
Bill):  —  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland, 
Mr.  Solicitor  General  for Ireland,  Mr. Atherley-
Jones,  Mr.  Robertson,  Mr.  Maclean,  Mr.  Robert 
Harcourt,  Mr.  Llewelyn  Williams,  Mr.  John 
O'Connor,  Mr.  Clancy,  Mr.  Keir  Hardie,  Mr. 
Akers-Douylas,  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Mr.  Rawlin-
son, and  Mr.  Talbot. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Telegraph 
(Construction) 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
from the  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee G (in respect of  the  Telegraph (Construc-
tion)  Bill) ;—Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer, 
Mr.  Kearley,  Sir  Edward  Strachey,  and  Sir 
Francis Edwards;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect  of  the  said Bill)  :  Mr.  Sydney 
Buxton,  Mr.  Hobhouse,  Mr.  Attorney  General, 
and  Mr.  Lyulph  Stanley. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  C the  following  Fourteen 
Members (in respect of  the Telegraph (Construc-
tion)  Bill)  Mr.  Wardle,  Mr.  O'Malley,  Mr. 
Patrick  White,  Mr.  John  Ward,  Sir  Henry 
Seymour  King,  Mr.  Harold  Cox,  Mr.  Agnew, 
Sir  Edward  Tennant,  Mr. Armitage,  Mr.  Bethel/, 
Major  Dunne,  Mr.  Macharness,  Lord  Balcarres, 
Mr.  Courthope,  and  Mr.  Staveley-Hill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

[No.  91. 
Sir  Charles  Schwann,  supported  by  Sir  John  Police  (County 

1908. 

Brunner,  Mr.  Brodie,  Mr.  King,  Mr.  Nuttall,  B^horItiea) 
and  Mr.  Schwann,  presented  a  Bill  to  confer 
^32. 
upon  the  Police  Authority  in  counties  certain 
powers  and  responsibilities  similar to those now 
vested in Watch  Committees.in  boroughs :  And 
the  same  was ordered  to  be  read a second  time 
upon Friday  the  3rd  day  of  July  next;  and  to 
be printed. 

The House,  according  to Order, resolved itself  Supply 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[13th allotted 
Day.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  II. 

Motion  made,  and Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £11,600  be  granted  to  His 
the  sum  necessary  to 
Majesty,  to  complete 
defray  the charge  which  will  come in  course  of 
payment during the year  ending  on the  31st day 
of March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Office  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary  for 
Scotland  and  subordinate  Office,  Expenses 
under  the  Inebriates  Acts,  1879  to  1900,  and 
Expenses  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, including  a  Grant 
in  Aid  of  the  Congested  Districts  (Scotland) 
Fund : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £10,600  be 
granted  for  the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Mitchell-
Thomson.) 

And it  being  a quarter of  an hour after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and there  being  Private  Business 
set  down by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means under  Standing  Order No.  8, further 
proceeding  was postponed without  Question put. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Tollemache 
Estate  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had been brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  appoint  special  trustees  in  regard  to 
certain  land  and  premises  of  the  Honourable 
Artillery  Company,  and  for  other  purposes;  to 
which the  Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  for  authorising  and  requiring  the  trustees 
of  the  will  and  codicils  of  the  Honourable 
Frederick  James Tollemache, deceased,  to invest 
part  of  the  trust  funds  and  property  in  their 
hands, subject to the trusts of  the  said will  and 
codicils,  upon  a  transfer  of  a  mortgage  for 
two  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  pounds 
created  by  the  Right  Honourable  Ada  Maria 
Katharine  Baroness  Sudeley,  the  tenant  for 
life  under  the  said  will  and  codicils,  upon  the 
security  of her life  interest  under  the  said will 
and  codicils  and  certain  policies  of  assurance 
upon  her  own  life,  and for other purposes ;  to 
which the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this 
House. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Honourable  Artillery 
[Lords] was read the first time. 

.Company  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Tollemache 
Estate  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Tollemache  Estate  Bill  [Lords'] was read 

the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

Examiners  of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being 
Second  Reading  of  the  Oyster 
Fishery  (Bay  of  Firth)  Order  Confirmation 
Bill  ; 

and  Mussel  Mussel  Fishery 
Firth> 
Confirmation 

read,  for  the  Oyster and 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second time  Bil1' 

upon  Wednesday  next,  at a quarter  of  an  hour 
after Eight  of the clock. 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question  proposed  Supply  (Civii 

on  consideration  of  Question,  That  a  sum  not  ® ® a nd 
exceeding  £11,600  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, Departments 
to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to  defray  the  Estimates.) 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the Office  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary  for  Scot-
land and subordinate  Office, Expenses  under the 
Inebriates  Acts,  3879  to  1900,  and  Expenses 
under the Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899,  including  a  .Grant  in  Aid  of 
the  Congested  Districts  (Scotland)  Fund ; 

Which  Question  was,  That  a sum not  exceed-
ing  £10,600  be  granted for the  said  Service— 
—(Mr.  Mitchell-  Thomson),—resumed. 

Question  again  proposed,  That  a  sum  not 
exceeding  £10,600  be  granted  for  the  said 
Service  :•—Debate  arising ; 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  rose  in  his  place  and 
claimed to move, That  the  Question  be now put. 

and agreed  to. 

Question,  That  the  Question  be now put, put,  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O. Closure 
Question  put  accordingly,  That  a  sum  not  of  Debate.) 

. 

exceeding  £10,600  be  granted  for  the  said 
Service. 

No. 91.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

25th  June. 

2 79 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for t hA l e x a n d er   Acland-
1  Mood, 
(Viscount  Valentia: 

Yeas 
' 

Tellers for thef Mr. Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

\ Master of Elibank  : 
Original  Question again  proposed: 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for taking  Costs in 
into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases Q"™,11^ 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

|  52. 

175. 

And  it  being  after Eleven  of  the  clock, the 
Chairman left the  Chair to make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred;  and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee 
may have leave  to sit again. 

Resolved, That this  House will,  upon Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That a sum not exceeding  £120,788 
be granted to  His Majesty, to  complete the sum 
necessary  to defray the charge  which  will  come 
in course  of payment  during the  year  ending  on 
the  31st day  of March  1909 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses  of  the Department  of Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland,  and  of  the  Services  administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of Supply  of the 21st day  of May  last ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of the day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  First of  the  Resolutions 
which,  upon  the  10th  day of  this instant  June, 
were  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply 
of the 28th  day  of  May  last, and which  Resolu-
tion  was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into further consideration  upon Monday next. 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Report. 

Sapply 
[28th  May] 
Beport 
(Postponed 
Resolution.) 

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th day  of  this instant  June; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

. Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention of 
^ 

Committee on Prevention  of  Crime [Expenses] ; 
Resolved, That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for  taking  Criminal  Law 
into  consideration  the  Criminal  Law  and Pro-  and  Procedure 
cedure (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill  (not ^  (1887) 
amended in the  Standing  Committee) ; 
Repeal  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purchase of 
l a nd   and 
Wales^BiU? 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land ^° d
(England  and Wales)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read  a  second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Small 

the adjourned Debate  on the  Question  proposed  Holdings  Bill, 
upon  the  l l th   day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Small Holdings  Bill  be now read a second  time; 
Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poor  Law 
Second Reading  of  the  Poor  Law  Amendment  Amendment 
(Scotland)  Bill°; 

} 

Bin 
(

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Wednesday  the 22nd day  of  July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Holdings 
(Scotland)  Bill  f 

g S^ 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Wednesday  the  22nd day of July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 
Second Reading  of the Hours  of Labour  (Bake- ^Bakehouses} 
houses)  Bill; 

Bill. 6  '°U 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  the  15th day  of July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, /or  the  Association of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Association  of  Port Au'thoriti^7 
Sanitary  Authorities  (Expenses)  Bill;  

(Expenses) 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time  Blil 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

upon Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

Committee  of  Ways and  Means ; 

Resolved, That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  {Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [.Lords] ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

Patents and 
Designs  Bill 
{Lords."] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the industrial and 

Second Reading  of the  Industrial  and Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second  time Bl11, 

(Amendment) 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second Reading  of the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Tickets  Bill 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second Reading of the  Sea  Fisheries Regulation ?s
(Scotland)  Bill; 

0
Bill! 

0

t^ 
° 

e

g

u

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Metropolis)  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the Traffic 
the  Traffic  Regulation *fealatl°? „ 
(Metropolis) 
° 
Bill. 

N  N 

280 

25th—26th  June. 

1908. 

[No. 91. 

Luggage 
( Definition) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon the 3rd day  of  this instant June,  That  the 
Luggage  (Definition)  Bill  be now  read a second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

their  Lordships  will  be  pleased  to  add  Two 
Lords to the said Joint  Commiitee : And that the 
Clerk  do carry the  said  Message.—(Mr. Joseph 
Pease.) 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  twenty-two  minutes  after  Eleven 
of the  clock,  adjourned till  to-morrow. 

National 
Military 
T m n m g B i l l.  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading  of  the  National  Military Train-
. n g B m.  

* 

Ordered, That  the  said  Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

[No.  92.] 
Friday,  26th June  1908. 

The  House met at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Eights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Public  Health 
(Sewersand  Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers 
Drains)  BiU. 

and Drains)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

THE  Audenshaw  Urban  District  Council  Audenshaw 
Bill  [Lords']  was  read  the  third  time  and 'Irban.,Ei8.^ict 
, 

Council  Bui 

.L, i 

J 

j 

« 
passed, with  Amendments. 

, 
Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which this  House  doth desire the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

[Lords.] 

The  Blackburn  Corporation Bill  was read  the  Blackburn 

third time and passed. 

Corporation 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  London  United  Tramways  Bill  was  read  London 

the third time and passed. 

TrawLys 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to Bill, 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

Metropolitan 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Drates  BUI.  Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 

and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Lanarkshire  (Middle  Ward  District)  Lanarkshire 
Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  according  ^rfct^""^ 
to  Order, read the third time  and passed. 

Water  Order 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill to  Confirmation 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

Protection 
BiU. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Companies 
(Consolida-
tion)  BiU 
[Lords], 
Post Office 
(Consolida-
tion)  BiU 
[Lords], 
and  Statute 
Law  Revision 
[lards.] 
Bill 

Ordered, That  so much  of the  Lords' Message 
of  the  18th day of  this  instant  June  as  relates 
to  the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill [Lords], 
Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords],   and 
Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords]   be  now 
taken into consideration.—(Mr.  Joseph Pease J) 
The House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

said Message  into  consideration. 

Ordered, That  a  Select  Committee  of  Seven 
Members  be appointed  to join  with  a  Committee 
of  the  Lords,  as  mentioned in their  Lordships' 
Message  of  the  18th day  of  this instant June,  to 
consider  the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill 
[.Lords], Post Office (Consolidation) Bill  [Lords], 
and Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [L,ords]. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Mr.  Beale,  Mr.  Cave,  Mr.  Arnold  Herbert, 
Mr. Hills,  Mr. Kavanagh, Mr. Solicitor  General, 
and  Mr.  Stewart-Smith. 

Ordered, That the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum of  the 

Committee. 

Ordered, That a Message  be  sent to the  Lords 
to acquaint  them  therewith,  and to request  that 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order  Local 

(No.  11) Bill  was,  according  to  Order, read  the  Government 
third time and passed. 

o J e f f f l l) 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to Bil1-

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Marriages  Provisional  Order  Bill  was,  Marriages 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  O^BS*1 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government p"7®?1?11^* 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  9) Bill,  as  amended in  orfere (l?o. 9> 
the  Committee. 

BiU. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the third time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government  Government 
Provisional  Orders (No.  10) Bill, as amended in orders" 
the  Committee. 

(No. 10) Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  the third  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

' 

read;  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Fifth 
Report. 
Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  National 

Command,—Copy  of  Report to the  Lords  Com-  Guarantee for 
missioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury  of  the 
Committee  appointed  to  consider  a  National  shipping. 

No.  92.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

26th  June. 

Post Office 
(Changes  in 
Wages,  Sea.) 

Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Guarantee  for  the  War  Risks  of  Shipping, 
with  Minutes  of Evidence  and  Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered, That there  be laid before this  House 
Copies  of  the  Post  Office  Circulars  announcing 
changes in the  wages  and  conditions  of  service 
of Post  Office Servants,  in  connection  with  the 
Report  of the  Select  Committee  on  Post Office 
Servants.—(Mr.  Sydney  Buxton.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Tobacco  Growing 
(Scotland)  Kill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee). 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Bill,  in p.  1,1.  11, by  leaving  out  Clause  1. 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 
" And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
"shall," in p.  1,1.  17, stand  part  of  the  Bill  : — 
The  said proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of the House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Bill,  in p. 1,1. 19,  by leaving out the 
word  " may " and inserting the  word  " shall"— 
(Sir  Frederick Banbury),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" may " stand  part of  the  Bill:—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  now read  the third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 
Local 
Authorities 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Authorities 
the^Press^jm,, (Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill,  as  amended in 

the  Standing  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Application  to  Scotland}—(Mr. 
Esslemont)—was twice  read ;  and  made part of 
the  Bill. 

Then  Amendments  were  made to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill, in  p.  1, 1. 14,  by inserting  at 
the  end thereof  the  words  " Provided  also  that 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  local  authority  to 
determine  by  a  like  majority  that,  any matters 
discussed  thereat  shall  not  be  published,  and 
to  provide  by  standing  order,  regulation,  or 
otherwise,  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Local 
Government  Board,  that  any  infringement  of 
such resolution  may  be punished  by exclusion of 
the  person  offending  from  future  proceedings 
of  the  local  authority  for a period not  exceeding 
three  months."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed, That  those 
words  be there inserted  in  the  Bill:—'The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  16,  by  inserting, 
after the  word " regulations," the  words  " as  to 
the  evidence  to  be  furnished of  the  appointment 
of  representatives  of  the  press  and." —  (Mr. 
Cave.) 

And the  Question  being proposed,  That those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  19, by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " representatives,"  the  words 
" direct or indirect."—(Mr.  Winfrey.) 

VOL.  163. 

281 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  20,  by  inserting, 
after  the  words  last  inserted,  the  words " Pro-
vided also that nothing in this Act  shall  prevent 
the  exclusion  of  representatives  of  any  news-
paper  on  the  ground  of  the  publication  of 
confidential documents."—(Mr. 

Guinness.) 

And the  Question being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  Bill 
The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  20,  by  inserting, 
after  the  words  last  inserted,  the  words " Pro-
vided also that  nothing in  this Act  shall  prevent 
the exclusion,  pending  satisfactory  explanation, 
of  representatives  of  any  newspaper  on  the 
ground  of  the  publication  of  documents issued 
by  the local authority  to  its members as  private 
and confidential."—(Mr. Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 

words be there  inserted  in  the  Bill: 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment  to the  Bill, by leaving 
out  the  words  " pending  satisfactory  explana-
tion," and inserting  the  words  " for a period not 
exceeding  three  months "—(Mr.  Staveley-Hill), 
—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
" pending  satisfactory  explanation "  stand  part 
of  the said  proposed  Amendment  to the  Bill:— 
It  passed in the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being put, That the  words 
" for  a  period  not exceeding, three  months "  be 
there  inserted  in the said  proposed  Amendment 
to the Bill:—It  was resolved in the Affirmative^ 
And  the  Question being put, That  the  words 
"Provided  also  that  nothing,  in  this  Aet  shall 
prevent  the exclusion for a period not  exceeding 
three  months  of  representatives  of  any  news-
paper  on  the  ground  of  the  publication  of 
documents  issued  by  the  local  authority  to  its 
members as private  and confidential " be inserted 
after the  last  Amendment  made to  the  Bill; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Guinness, 

Yeas, 

(Viscount  Morpeth : 
Tellers for the/Master  of  Elibank, 

Noes, 

I Captain  Norton : 

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i 
J' 
1 
J' 

40. 

164. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to  the Bill,  in  p. 2,  1. 3,  by  inserting, after 
the  word  "notice,"  the  words  " with agenda of 
the  business."—(Mr.  Lamont.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there inserted  in the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BiU. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p. 2,  1. 16,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (b).—(Mr.  Masterman.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words " an education  committee "  stand  part  of 
O  O 

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the  Bill  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

2Qth June. 

1908. 
And it  being  Five  of  the  clock, the  Debate 

[No.  92. 

stood adjourned. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  16,  bv  inserting, 
after  the  word  "  committee,"  the  words  "  and  a 
joint  education  committee."—(Mr.  Winfrey.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 

words be there inserted in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Winfrey, 
. 

I Mr.  Holt: 

Yeas, 

188. 

Tellers for the/"Viscount  Morpeth, 
Noes,  ~  I Mr. Ashley : 

") 
J 

48. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
• made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 2,  1. 17, by  leaving  out 
from.  " 1902"  to  the  end  of  1.  20.—(Mr. 
Winfrey.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to be left out stand  part of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p.  2,  1. 32,  by  inserting  at 
the  end thereof  the  words— 

" (g)  In  the  application  of  the  Act  to 
Ireland  there  shall  be  included  boards 
of  guardians,  asylum  committees,  school 
attendance  committees, and  boards of any 
hospitals  or  infirmaries  in  receipt  of  a 
grant from public funds." 

—(Sir  Frederick Banbury.) 

And the  Question being proposed,  Tha,t those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the , 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BilL 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 1,  by leaving  out 
from  the  word  "means"  to  the  end  of  the 
Clause,  and  inserting  the  word  " persons" — 
(Mr.  Nannetti),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  " representatives  of  newspapers"  stand 
part of the Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment 
was, with leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now read  the  third 
time: —The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Incest  Bill,  as 
amended iu the  Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill, in  p.  1,1.  5,  by leaving  out  Clause  1.— 
(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be  left  out, to the  end of  p.  1,1.  12, 
stand part  of  the  Bill:—It  was resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Then Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 
And  a  Motion  being made, and the  Question 
being proposed,  That the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third time :—-And a Debate  arising thereupon ; 

Incest  Bill, 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  Upon 

Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  taking Education 

into consideration  the  Education  (Local  Autho-  (Local 
rities) Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-  Authorities) 
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the.  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Friday  next. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Registration  of 
BiU 

into  consideration  the  Registration  of  Clubs 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Friday  next. 

The House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Polling 
take into  consideration  the  Polling  Districts  and  Districts  and 
Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill,  as amended y^f**1011 °f 
in the  Standing  Committee. 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

A  Clause (Alteration  in  method  of  compiling 
register)—(Mr. Jeremiah MacVeagh)—was twice 
read ; and made part of  the  Bill. 

Then an Amendment  was made to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the Bill,  in p. 2,  1. 9, by inserting  at the 
end thereof  the words— 

"(1)  The  Lord  Lieutenant  in  Council  may 
make rules for adapting to  the provisions  of  this 
Aet  the  enactments  relating  to  the  registration 
of electors  in  Ireland, and the precepts and forms 
contained in or used under  those  enactments."—-
(Mr.  Attorney  General for Ireland.) 

And  ihe  Question  being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—And  a 
Debate  arising thereupon ; 

And  objection  being  taken  to  further  pro-

ceeding, the  Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate,  be  resumed  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Married 
into  consideration  the  Married  Women's  Pro-  Women's 
perty  Bill 
Committee); 

in  the  Standing ProPerty  B i ,L 

(not  amended 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 

Polling 

take  into  consideration 
(County  Councils)  Bill 
Standing  Committee). 

the  Polling  Districts  Districts 
(not  amended  in  the  ^ounMls)  Bill 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read the  third time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for taking  coroners' 
into  consideration  the  Coroners' Inquests  Bill,  inquests  Bil]. 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Voters 
(Registration)  Bill; 

(Begistration) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Handloom 
Second  Reading  of  the  Handloom  Weaving  ^eaving 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

(lreJand)  BlU' 

. 

, 

No. 93.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

26th—29th  June. 

283 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Trawlers' 
Certificates 
Suspension 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawlers'  Certificates 
Suspension  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had discharged Committee C. 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C (in respect  of  the  Prevention  of Crime  Prevention of 
Bill) :—Mr.  Rawlinson ;  and  had  appointed  in Crlme BiU-
substitution  (in  respect of  the  said  Bill):  Mr. 
Staveley-Hill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Municipal 
Corporations 
(Election  of 
Aldermen) 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
(Election  of Aldermen)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Wednesday  the 8th day of July  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No. 3, it  being  then 
nine  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, till 
Monday  next. 

Pawning 
Industrial 
Tools  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial 
Tools  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Borough 
Councils  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading of the Borough  Councils  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Tuesday  the  14th day of July  next. 

Local 
Government 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 

(Engiand'and  Qualification (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 
Wales)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Pedlars Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand-
ing  Committee A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains  Bill)  :—Yiscount  Castlereagh ;  and 
had appointed  in  substitution  (in respect  of  the 
said Bill)  :  Mr. O'Neill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee ;  That  they had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill) : — Yiscount  Castlereagh ; 
and  had  appointed  in substitution (in respect  of 
the said Bill) :  Mr.  Claude Hay. 

[ N o.   9 3 .] 
Monday,  29th June  1908. 
The House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three  of  the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

R.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 
from one of  the Examiners of Petitions for  [Lords'] 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the case of  the following (
0°° ^allding 
Bill,  originating in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on applicable.) 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  no Standing  Orders 
are applicable,  viz.:— 

Tollemache Estate  Bill [Lords'], 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That in the  case  of  the  following 
Bills, originating  in  the  Lords, and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading thereof, the Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

Private  Bills 
[  Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

Ammanford Urban  District  Council  Water 

Bill  [Lords]. 

Honourable  Artillery  Company  Bill 

[Lords], 

Ordered, That the  Bills be read a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  Upon  the  Table,—Report  Provisional 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Order  Bills 
Private  Bills,  That  in the case  of  the following (
Bill,  originating in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  Orders 
the  First  Reading thereof,  no  Standing  Orders  applicable.) 
are applicable, viz. :— 

[,f0

u'g^Ling 

Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 

Orders (No.  3) Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Liverpool Corporation (General Powers)  Liverpool 

Bill  was read the third time and passed. 

1 

Corporation 
(General 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to  Powers)  Bill, 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Bristol 

tion  the Bristol  Tramways Bill  [Lords]. 

Tramways 

Bill  [Lords,  j 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the  Committee ;  That they  had discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C (in  respect  of  the  Post  Office Savings 
Bank  Bill)  : — Mr.  Brotherton,  Mr.  Watson 
Rutherford,  and  Mr.  Star key;  and had  appointed 
in substitution  (in respect of the said Bill): Lord 
Balcarres,  Mr.  Courthope,  and  Mr.  Staveley-
Hill. 

VOL. 163. 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Cambrian 

tion the  Cambrian Railways Bill  [Lords], 

Railways  Bill 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read the third time. 

The  Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Bromp-  Great 
ton  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a  second ^?rth®™> 
time, and committed. 

anT Brompton 
Railway  Bill 

O  O  2 

[Lords.] 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Access  to 
Mountains 
BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
Bill. 

30th June.-—1st July. 

1908. 
Passenger  Tax  and Harbour Dues,  for the  year 
ended  31st  March  1908 ;  together  with  the 
Report of  the  Comptroller  and Auditor  General 
thereon. 

[No. 94. 

284 

Kcighley 
Bi^Xowto ]  r e a^  a  s e c o nd   time,  and  committed. 

The  Keighley  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  was 

L 

J 

The  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Bill 
\Lords]  was read  a second  time,  and committed. 

Metropolitan 
District 
Bailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Northern 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Ravensthorpe 
The  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council 
Urban  District gj^  [Lorrfsl  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com 
Council Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Northern  Assurance  Company  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 
u 

mitted. 

' 

-

J 

Commercial 
Union 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  9) 
Bill. 

The  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second time, and  committed. 

The  Order  o£  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Pro-
visional  Orders  (No.  9)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  10)  BUI. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  10)  Bill  was, according  to  Order,  read  the 
third  time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire  their  concurrence. 

Buckie  Burgh 
and  Buckie 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Buckie  Burgh  and 
 B u« k i e  (Clnny)  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 

Harbour  Order
Confirmation  Bill  [  Lords]. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read the  third  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr. 

liirrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of Advances  made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month of  August  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
Factory  and 
t|-ie  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Workshop Acts  to 
and Unhealthy  Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  20th  June  1908, 
Industries.)  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  in  pursuance  of  section  79  of  the 
Factory  and Workshop  Act,  1901, for  the  pro-
cess of the  casting  of  Brass. 

Ordered.  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

East  India 
Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Estimates a"d  Command,—Copy  of  explanatory  Memorandum 
l908-9.)e ' 
the  Under  Secretary  of  State for  India  on 
the  Accounts  and  Estimates  for  East  India, 
1908-9. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and Consular Reports,  Annual  Series, No.  4031. 
Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper do lie  upon the. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Destructive 
the  directions of  an. Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  ^nsects and 
of  Order,  dated  18th  June  1908,  entitled 
Destructive  Insects  and Pests  Order of  1908 

Pests  Acts, 
1877 and  1907. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

The following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Lunacy, 
tions of an  Act  of Parliament,  was laid upon the  No. 200. 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of 
the  Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commissioners 
in  Lunacy  to  the  Lord  Chancellor. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  be printed. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon reported  from Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged  the following  Member from  Standing g^™™/^30 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  University  Committee  A. 
of  Durham  Bill):  —  Mr.  Verney;  and  had  University of 
appointed in  substitution  (in respect  of  the  said Uurham Bl11-
Bill)  :  Mr.  Bnrnyeat. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords by 
one of their  Clerks, as followeth : 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  North  East 
London  Railway  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Bury  and 
District  Joint  Water  Board  Bill,  without  auy 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Leicester 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments ;  to which 
the  Lords desire  the concurrence  of this  House. 

North  East 
London 
Railway  BiU. 
Bury and 
District  Joint 
Water Board 
Bill. 
Leicester 
Corporation 
BiU. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  Au  Paisley 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  District 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, Q™^8-73 
1899, relating  to Paisley District  Tramways;  to  confirmation 
which the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this Bil1
  [Lords.] 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An  Electric 
Act to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders  made pj^jjj®  t 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Electric  orders  (No. 3) 
Lighting  Acts,  1882  and  1888,  relating  to  Bill  [Lords'.] 
Bridgend  (Extension),  Hendon  (Amendment), 
Llandaff  and  Dinas  Powis 
(Amendment), 
Llansamlet,  Oulton  Broad,  Sowerby  Bridge 
(Amendment),  aud  Tewkesbury  (Amendment); 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  pier  and 
Act  to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders made  Harbour 
by  the  Board of Trade  under  the  General  Pier  o ^ I is   (No. 2) 
and Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to  Gott  Bay  Bill  [Lords'.] 
and  Yaila;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Leith  Burgh 
Act  to  authorise  the Provost,  Magistrates,  and  Bill  [Lords.] 
Councillors  of  the  Burgh  of  Leith  to  construct 
additional  tramways  and  to  execute  street  im-
provements,  and for  other  purposes  ;  to  which 
the  Lords desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Isle of  Man. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
No. 196.  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  in  respect  of  the 
Duties  of the  Customs of  the  Isle  of  Man,  and 
Accounts  of  the  Accumulated  Fund,  and  of 

The  Paisley  District  Tramways  Order  Con-  Paisley 
firmation Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the first time, District 
and  ordered  (under  section  9  of  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to 

No.  92.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

26th  June. 

Confirmation 
[lards.] 
Bill 
Bill  283. 

be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Electric 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders 

( N o- 

Provisional 
Orders (No.  3)  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills ;  and 

3)  B i U  C L o r d*\ 

t i m e-

r e ad  

w as  

t he  

first 

Bill  284.  be printed. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 

Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  2)  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills j  and 

( N 0.  2)   Bill  \Lords]  was read the first time. 
• 

•  i. 

J 

/ 

Bill  285.  be  printed. 

Leith  Burgh 
BiU  [Lords.]  first  time. 

The  Leith  Burgh  Bill  [Lords']  was  read  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Bill  286. 

Education  of  Mr.  Steadman,  supported  by Mr.  Summerbell, 
the  Blind  Bill.  Mr.  Crooks,  Mr.  Clynes,  Mr.  Fenwich,  and  Mr. 
John Ward, presented  a  Bill  to provide for  the 
Technical Education, Employment, and Mainten-
ance  of  the  Blind:  And  the  same was  ordered 
to be read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  17th 
day of July next  ;  and to be printed. 

Old Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved  itself 
into a Committee on the  Old Age  Pensions  Bill. 

(In  the Committee. ) 
Clause  No.  3  (Disqualification  for  old  age 

pension). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2, 1. 10, to  leave 
out  the  words  " such  parochial  or  other,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  word " poor."—(Mr.  Chan-
cellor of the  Exchequer.) 

Question,  That the words proposed to  be  left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and negatived. 
Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "poor " 

be there inserted: 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment,  before  the  word  " poor,"  to  insert  the 
word "indoor."—(Mr.  Bridgeman.) 

Question  proposed, That  the  word  " indoor " 
be  there inserted  in  the proposed  Amendment: 
—Debate  arising; 

Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer rose  in  his 
place  and  claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question 
be now put. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

Question put, That the  Question  be now  put. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
I Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 

Yeas, 

3 1 7. 

Tellers  for  thz\$'n„Ale/ander 
.Hood> 

Acland~ 
1 
(Viscount  Valentia: 

Noes 
' 

1 
f 
J 

94. 

Question  put  accordingly,  That  the  word 
" indoor"  be  there  inserted  in  the  proposed 
Amendment. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr.  Bridgeman, 
\ Mr. Lane-Fox : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(.Mr.  Herbert  L,ewis 

Noes, 

}  142. 

|  2 5 7. 

Question,  That  the  word 
inserted,  put, and agreed to. 

" poor" 

be  there 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p.  2,1.  11, 
after  the  word  " relief,"  to  insert  the  words 
" owing to improvidence."—(Mr. Goulding.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Goulding, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr. Mildmay % 

Tellers  for  the j  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
I Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 

Noes, 

285 

62. 

267. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2, Is. 11 
and  12, to  leave  out  the  words " as  disqualifies 
for  registration  as  a  parliamentary  elector,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  "(other  than  relief 
excepted  under  this  provision)."—(Mr.  Chan-
cellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Question,  That the  words proposed  to  be  left 
out stand part of the  Clause, put, and negatived. 
Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 
Tellers for the/Viscount Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster 

Noes, 

} 348. 

} 9 5. 

And it. being  after half-past Ten of the clock,  chairman  puts 

the  Chairman  proceeded, pursuant to the Order  Questions 
of  the  House  of  17th  June,  to  put  forthwith  g S J S to 
the  Question  on the Amendments moved  by the  Order of  the 
Government  of  which  notice  had  been  given,  House.) 
and on any  Questions necessary to dispose of  the 
Business to be concluded this  day. 

Other Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2, Is. 35 
and 36, to  leave out  the  words " is convicted  of 
any  offence,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
" having  been  convicted  before  any  court  is 
liable  to  have  a  detention  order  made  against 
him  under  the  Inebriates  Act,  1898."—(Mr. 
Chancellor of the  Exchequer.) 

Question put,  That the Amendment  be made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Lane-Fox, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Hicks  Beach  : 

"j 
/ 
"1 
J 

3 5 1. 

8 9. 

Another Amendment made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  George  Roberts, 
(Mr.  Charles  Duncan 

Noes, 

1 2 7 6. 

J - 1 5 8. 

And,  it  being after  Eleven  of  the  clock, the 
Chairman left  the Chair  to make his  Eteport to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Seed  Potatoes 
"jf* 0 a ts 
(Ireland)  BiU. 

Second Beading of  the  Seed  Potatoes and  Seed 
Oats  Supply (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Wednesday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Coal  Mines 

the adjourned Debate on the  Amendment which, 
upon  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  June,  was 
proposed  to be  made  to the  Question,  That  the 
O  O 3 

^  1 ' 

289 llth—lSth June. 

1908. 

[No.  86. 

Coal Mines (Eight  Honrs)  (No.  2)  Bill  be now 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Licensing  BilL  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Army  Council  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
BiU- 

Second  Beading  of the Army  Council  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Elementary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
?Engian°dnand  Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
Waies)  Bill, 

land and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Bill 
xpenses  I 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  CourtCotlrt  Bil1-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a seeond time 

to-morrow-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland)  [Pay, ^p®*31^ 
&C.]  | 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon Wednes-
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 
Second Reading  of the  Companies Bill  [Lords];  BU1 [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Finance  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the Finance  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
ti, e  County  Courts  Bill 
0f 
Bill  [ Lords.]  g e c ( md   R e a d i ng 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bee  Pest 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  g e c o n d  Reading  of the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  Bill; 
Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

' 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Supply 
the adjourned Debate on  the  Question  proposed  t 2 1 s t  May] 
upon  the  28 th day  of May last,  That this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in the  Resolu-
tion,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray, the  charge  which  will  come 
in course  of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day  of  March  1909 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland, and of the Services administered  by that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid, 
which was then  reported from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the 21st day of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
..  . 
( I r e l a n d ) B l l L  land)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ire-

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Navigation 
Works 
, 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Navigation  Works  (Ire-
] a n d ) B i lj. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  BUI.  ( I r e ] a n d  > B i U 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the Tuberculosis  Prevention 

. 6 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  [28th May] 
which,  upon the  10th day  of  this  instant  June, "po8tp0ned 
were reported from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  Resolution.) 
the 28th day of  May last, and which  Resolution 
was then  postponed; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into further consideration  upon Thursday  next. 

The Order of the day  being read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [10th Juni'J 
the  10th day  of this instant June; 

Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

East  India 
Loans 
ilegationaU 
Works.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Iwa  ^  Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Irrigation  Works] ; 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

the  Fatal  Accidents Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

SufSg&j 

Election  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen in  Second Reading  of  the Election  of  Aldermen in 
BorSBin.  Municipal Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day being  read,  for taking  Friendly 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee ; 

No. 93.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

29 th  June. 

287 

Ordered.,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dairies 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dairies  (Scotland)  Bill;  ^Scotland) 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Costs in 
Criminal 
Cases Bill. 

The  Order  of the day  being read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Prevention  of 
Crime 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Prevention of  Crime  [Expenses] ; 

Resolved,  lhat  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Housing of 
the  Working 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
into consideration  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
the 
Standing  Committee ; 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Wednesday  next. 

The Order of  the  day being read, for resuming 
Polling 
Districts and 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
Registration  of 
Voters 
upon  the  26th  day  of  this  instant  June,  was 
(Ireland)  Bill,  proposed  to  be  made  on  consideration  of  the 
Polling  Districts  and  Registration  of  Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Friday  next. 

Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill. 

The  Order of the  day being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill, 
as amended in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

0 

Women's 
Enfranchise-
ment  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Women's  Enfranchisement 
Bill; 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon  Monday 
the  13th day of  July next, resolve  itself  into  the 
said  Committee. 

Workmen's 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-

tion  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  the  13th day  of July  next. 

Cheap  Trains 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cheap Trains  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elections  and 
Registration 
fL  ndonl  BiU 
on  on; 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
, j ay  Qf  February  last,  was  pro-
.  up Q n  ^ 
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Elections  and  Registration  (London)  Bill  bo 
now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday the  13th day of July  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bus ton 

Second  Reading  of the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charity  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long  Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bin. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Abbots 
Second Reading of  the  Abbots Bromley  Charity ®roniiey  .,, 
J  Charity  Bill. 

J 

° 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pensions  (Old 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pensions  (Old  Age)  Aee)B111< 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  wild  Birds 

Second  Reading of  the  Wild  Birds Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Association  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Association  of  Port  Port  Sanitary 
Sanitary  Authorities  (Expenses)  Bill; 

(Expenses) 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time  BilL 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  industrial  and 

Second Reading of  the Industrial  and Provident  Provident 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 

Amendment) 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time  Biu-

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Traffic 

the  Traffic  Regulation  Regulation 

Second  Reading  of 
(Metropolis)  Bill; 

(Metropolis) 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act Act (1875) 
f w l t e^ 
(1875) Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a  second time  Rights)  BiU. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers  (Sewers  and 
and Drains) Bill; 
Drains)Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  government 
Qualification (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 

(Eng'iandand 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read .a second time Wales)  Bil1-

to-morrow. 

Public-houses 
(Exclusion  of 
Children) 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the Public-houses (Exclusion 
of Children)  (Scotland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars Acts  . 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment  Bill; 

1 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday the  13th day  of  July  next. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

O  O 4 

25th—26th  June. 

[No. 91. 
Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the  University  of 
University  of  London  Act,  1898,  which  was  London  Act, 
presented  upon  the  22nd  day  of  May  last,  be 
printed. 

1908. 

No. 201. 

1898. 

288 

Metropolitan 
Sewers  and 
Drains  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers 
and Drains  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th  day of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate  be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

Notice  being  taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not present,  the  House  was told by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker  without  a 
Question  first  put,  at  half  an  hour  after 
Eleven  of  the clock, till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   9 4 .] 

Tuesday,  3 0th   June  1 9 0 8. 
The  House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
f Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
compiled 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of the  Examiners of Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case of  the following 
Bills,  originating  in the  Lords, and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading thereof, the  Standing  Orders 
which  are  applicable  thereto  have  been  com-
plied with,  viz.:— 

Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 

Orders  (No.  1) Bill  [Lords], 

Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 

Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered, That the  Bills be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Maoclesfield 
and  District 
Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-
tion  the  Macclesfield  and  District  Tramways 
(Abandonment)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Com-
mittee. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read the  third time. 

North  British 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into considera-
l n s a r a n c e n t i l e t 5 o n t l ie   N o r t l1   B r i t i sh   and Mercantile  Insurance 
(Smpany  Bill  Company  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended 
in  the 
[Lords.] 

Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third  time. 

CJpton Town 
Hall  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera-
tion  the  Upton  Town  Hall  Bill  [Lords],  as 
amended in the  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

[lards.] 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  3) 
Bill 
Paisley 
District 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders  (No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  was, according  to 
Order, read a second time,  and committed. 

The  Paisley  District  Tramways  Order  Con-
firmation Bill  [Lords]  was, according to  Order, 
read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be  taken 
into consideration upon Thursday  next. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read;  and  ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic  (Annual 
and Consular Reports,  Annual Series,  Nos. 4049 
nes'J 
and 4050. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Public  Works 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  — Loan  Board-
Copy  of  Thirty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  ' N o-  2 0 2-
Public  Works Loan  Board  (for  1907-8),  with 
Appendices. 

Copy  of  the  Eighty-sixth  Report  of  the  Woods, 
Commissioners of His  Majesty's Woods, Forests,  Forests,  and 
and  Land  Revenues,  dated  29th June  1908. 

Revenues. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers do lie  upon the  No. 203. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the  Board  0f Eduoation-
Education,  dated  30th June  1908, modifying the 
Regulations  applicable  to  Schools  for  Blind, 
Deaf, Defective,  and Epileptic  Children,  1907. 
Ordered, That  the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr. Ellis  reported from the  Select  Committee  Standing 

on Standing  Orders several  Resolutions ;  which °rder3' 
were read, as follow : 
in 

the  case  of  the  Wye  Fisheries  Wye  Fisheries 

That 

Provisional  Order  Bill,  Petition  for dispensing  Provisional 
with  Standing  Order  128  in  the  case  of  the 0 r d e r B l U-
Petition  of  Charles  Haines  against  the  Bill,  the 
said  Standing  Order ought  to be dispensed with. 

That  in  the  case  of  the  Ards  and  Bangor  Ards  and 

Railways Bill,  Petition for  additional  provision,  Bangor 
the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  0be  dispensed  JialJways Bl11' 
with;  that  the  parties be  permitted  to  insert the 
additional  provision  if  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  think fit. 

That  in the  case  of  the  Thames  River  Steam-  Thames  River 

boat  Service  Act 
( 1 9 0 4)   Amendment  Bill  steamboat 
[Lords],  Petition  for  dispensing  with  Standing 
Act 
Order  1 28  in the  case of the  Petition  of General  Amendment 
Steam  Navigation  Company  against  the  Bill,  Bill 
[Lords.] 
the  said  Standing  Order ought  to  be dispensed 
with. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed to. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon reported from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged the following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to  Committee  A. 
Mountains  Bill)  :—Mr.  William  Jones;  and had Access  to 
untains 
appointed  in  substitution  (in respect  of the  said ^°1
Bill)  :  Mr.  King. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Sassoon reported from the  Select  Daylight 
Committee  on the Daylight  Saving  Bill;  That Sa™s  Bi)1-
they  had  considered  the  said  Bill,  and  taken 
evidence  thereon,  which  they  had  agreed  to 
report to the  House ;  and  had gone  through  the 
Bill  and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Sir  Edward  Sassoon  further  reported  from  Specia 
the  Select  Committee ;  That  they  had  agreed  R eP° r t-
to  a  Special  Report,  which  they  had  directed 
him to make to the  House. 

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30th  June. 

No. 204. 

Bill 287 

Ordered, That the Report and Special  Report 

do lie  upon the  Table  ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Select 
Committee,  be  recommitted  to a  Committee  of 
the  whole House for to-morrow  ; and be printed. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Viscount  Valentia, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Tellers  for the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of Elibank  : 

2 89 

1134, 

j- 298. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

concurrence of this  House. 

Electric 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Electric 
L ig h t i ng   Provisional  Orders  (No.  1) Bill, with 
Provisional
Orders  (No.  l) Amendments ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
Bill. 
Electric 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Electric 
L ig h t i ng   Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  BiU, with 
Provisional
Orders (No. 2) Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
Bill. 
Bromley and 
The  Lords  have  agreed to the  Bromley and 
Crays Gas BiU. Grays  Gas  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
the  Lords desire the concurrence of this  House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to the Amendments 
made by this House to the  Cardiff  Railway  Bill 
[Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

concurrence of this House. 

Cardiff 
Railway  BiU 
[Lord*.] 

The Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  King's  College, 
London  (Transfer)  Bill  [Lords],  without  any 
Amendment. 

King's 
College, 
London 
(Transfer) 
Bill  [Lords,] 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
Audenshaw 
Co^cimu™4 made  by this  House  to  the Audenshaw  Urban 
[Lard*.]  District  Council  Bill  [Lords],  without  any 

Ameudment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments made by the 
Electric 
to  the  Electric  Lighting  Provisional 
Provisional 
OrdOTs^o. l) Orders (No.  1) Bill be taken  into  consideration 
BiU, 

to-morrow. 

k ° rds  

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments made by the 
Electric 
t h e  Electric  Lighting  Provisional 
Provisional
Orders (No. 2) Orders (No. 2) Bill  be  taken into consideration 
Bill. 

to-morrow. 

L o r ds  

to  

Bail  BiU. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented  a Bill  to 

B i ll  288.  amend  the  Law  relating  to  release  on  Bail 

And the same was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time upon Thursday next;  and to be printed. 

Old Age 
Pensions BiU, 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Old Age  Pensions  Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clause No. 4 (Calculation of means). 
Amendment proposed, in  p.  3,  1.  6,  after  the 
word  " the,"  to  insert  the  word  " net."—(Mr. 
Smeaton.) 

Question put,  That  the word " net " be there 

inserted. 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Smeaton, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

"I 
\Mr.  Watson  Rutherford  :J 
"1 
J 

(.Master of Elibank: 

84. 

310. 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  6, 
after  the  word  " the,"  to  insert  the word " un-
earned."— (Mr.  Chiozza  Money.) 

Question, That the word " unearned " be there 

inserted, put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3, 1. 7, 
after  the  word  "receive,"  to  insert  the  words 
" as  of  right."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

VOL. 163. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 

3,  1. 7, 
after  the  word  u cash,"  to  insert  the  words 
" excluding  any  sums  of  a  less  annual  value 
than  forty  pounds  received  in  consideration  of 
previous  contributions  to  a  registered  friendly 
society,  or trade union, and."—(Mr.  Mildmay.) 
Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted: 

Amendment  amended,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  the words  " provident  or  other  society, 
or from  such  other  approved  provision against 
old  age,  sickness,  or  infirmity  as  may  be 
recognised as  proper  provision for  this  purpose 
by  regulations  under  this  Act,  and." — (Mr. 
Chaplin.) 

Question  put, That  those  words, as amended, 

be there inserted. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ("Mr, Mildmay, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Hills: 

1113. 

Noes, 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
•  I Master of  Elibank : 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,  1.  7, 
after  the  word  " cash,"  to  insert  the  words 
" excluding  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty-six 
pounds  five  shillings  a  year  received  from  the 
Crown as  a pension for services  in  the  imperial 
forces of the Crown, and."—(Mr.  Ashley.) 

1243. 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Ashley, 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Craig : 

Tellers for the/Mr. Joseph Pease, 
I Master of Elibank-. 

Noes, 

}  68. 

}  278. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,  1.  7, 
after the word  " excluding," to insert the  words 
" any  sums  payable  as  a premium of  insurance 
against  sickness,  death,  or  funeral  expenses, 
and."—(Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.  7, 
after the word " excluding," to  insert  the words 
" amongst other matters, any sums payable  as  a 
premium  of  insurance  against  sickness,  death, 
or funeral expenses,  and.'—(Mr.  Austen  Cham-
berlain.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Viscount  Valentia, 
\Mr.  Henry  Forster  ; 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of  Elibank; 

} 
8 3-
1298. 

An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p.  3,  1.  11, 
after  the  first  word  "the,"  to  insert  the  word 

average."—(Captain  Craig.) 
Question, That the  word  " average " be  there 

inserted, put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.  13, 
to leave  out  the  word  " accruing,"  in  order  to 
insert  the  words  " which  may  reasonably  be 
expected to accrue."—(Sir Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question proposed, That the word " accruing " -

stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

p  p 

 
 
 
290 

30th June.-—1st  July. 

1908. 

[No. 94. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,  1.  16, 

to leave  out subsection  (c).—-(Mr.  Smeaton.) 

Question proposed,  That  subsection  (c) stand 

part of the  Clause : 

Chairman puts  And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Ten  of  the 
clock,  the Chairman proceeded,  pursuant  to  the 
Question 
Amendment  Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  June,  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendment 
forthwith 
SStarf the 
a l r e a dy   proposed from the  Chair. 
House.) 

Question put, That  subsection  (c)  stand  part 

of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of JElibank: 

1 327 
j 

Chairman  puts 
Questions 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

Noes, 

\Mr.  George Faber: 

Tellers for the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  I j j j 
' 
The  Chairman then proceeded successively  to 
put forthwith the  Question on the  Amendments 
moved by the  Government  of  which  notice had 
been given,  and  on  any  Questions  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this 
day. 

/ 

Another Amendment proposed, in  p.  3,1.  22, 
to leave  out from  the  second  word  "of"  to  the 
end  of  1.  25,  in  order to  insert  the  words  " a 
married  couple  living  together  in  the  same 
house,  the  means  shall  not 
in  any  case  be 
taken  to  be  a  less  amount  than  half  the  total 
means  of  the  couple."—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer.) 

Question put, That the Amendment  be made. 
The Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/ Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 
Tellers for thef Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(.Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

} 378. 

31. 

Another Amendment  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
1 Master of  Elibank i 

Yeas, 

Tellers for thefViscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

t.Mr.  Henry  Forster x 

Clause No. 5 amended, and agreed to. 
Clause  No. 6 agreed  to. 

|  381. 

J  108. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the 
Chairman  left the Chair to  make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

London 
County-
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Beading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(Money)  Bill; 

And a  Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

An Amendment was  proposed to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out  the word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the word 
"now"  stand  part  of  the  Question:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Main Question being  put; 
Ordered, That the Bill  be now read  the  third 
time :—The Bill  was accordingly read the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  South  West 
Third  Reading  of  the  South  West  Suburban Suburban 
Water Bill; 
WacerBUl. 

And a Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed, That  the  Bill  be now read the 
third  time; 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Wednesday 
morning ; 

Wednesday,  ls< July  1908 : 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" be"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  in order  to 
add the words " recommitted  to the former Com-
mittee "—(Dr.  Rutherford),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being put, That the  words 
proposed to be left out  stand  part of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the  Main  Question being  put; 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be now  read  the third 
time :—The Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  Election  of  Aldermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

London 
Paving 
Expenses 
Bill.. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Contempts of 
Court Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read  a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Companies Bill [Lords']', 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

Companies 
BUI  [Zords.] 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee  of  Ways and Means ; 

„ 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

. 
Ordered, That the Bill be  read a  second  time 

the  Fatal  Accidents  Accidents 

Suc25&] 

this day. 

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291 
Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second  time 

SooietS Bill 
e  88 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
" into consideration the Friendly  Societies Bill, ae 

amended in the Committee ; 

upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Death 
Second  Reading  of  the  Death  Certificates  S ^ 0 8^ 
(Charges)  Bill;°  

(Charges)  Ball. 

Patents and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Criminal  Cases 
Order  of  the day being  read, for  taking 
BUimma  MeS i n t o  consideration  the  Costs in Criminal  Cases 

Bill, as amended in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

Prevention of 
Crime 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Prevention  of Crime  [Expenses] ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Criminal Law 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
C&tw^AcT  1x140  consideration  the  Criminal  Law  and Pro-
(1887)  Repeal  cedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill  (not 
amended in the  Standing  Committee); 
BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration Tuesday  next. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ecclesiastical 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-  Assessments 
a n f 1^ 
ments (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bailway 

Second Reading of the Railway  Tickets Bill; 

Tickets  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea  Fisheries 

Second Reading  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regula-  Bfgulation 
S^tland) 
tion (Scotland)  Bill; 

B
Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

(

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pawning 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial 
Tools Bill; 

oo 

i  . 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Wild  Birds 

Second Reading  of the  Wild Birds Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Leasehold 
Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship 
(Leasehold  Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Babbits on 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Commons Bill.  S e o o n d  Reading  of  the  Rabbits  on  Commons 

Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Friday the  10th day of July  next. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Open  Spaces (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Housing of the  Working 
Classes Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Highways  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of  the Highways  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
.  Second Reading of  the Vehicular  Traffic (Regu-

Vehicular 
-—  ,  . 
Traffic 
(s S ) ^ 0 fl a t i on   of  Speed)  Bill; 
F 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act Act (1875) 
(1875)  Amendment (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second time Bight8)Bil1-

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers  (Sewers and 
and Drains)  Bill; 
brains)BUI. 

V

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Government 
g S a nd 
Qualification (England  and Wales)  BiU ; 
Ordered,  That the BiU  be  read a second time  Wales)  Bill, 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment BiU; 

Bm-

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Doga> 
the  adjourned Debate  on the Question proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February last,  That  the Bm" 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

tUl this day. 

And it bein®  after  half-past Eleven  of  the 
clock  on  Tuesday  evening,  Mr.  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order, it 
being  then  twenty-one  minutes  before 
One of the clock  on Wednesday morning, 
till this day. 

Pf   2 

 
2 92 

Isf, July . 

.  [No.  95. 

[No.-95.] 
Wednesday, 1st July  1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of  the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Merthyr  Tydfil r p HE   House proceeded to take into considera-
tion  the  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Bill 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

X 
[Lords'], as amended in the  Committee. 
,  Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Electric 
Lighting 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  1) 
BUI. 

The  House, according to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Electric  Lighting  Pro-
visional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill;  and  the  same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint them that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the Amendments made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
Electric 
Lighting 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
Orders*(No. 2) by. the  Lords  to  the  Electric  Lighting  Pro-
visional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill;  and  the  same 
Biil. 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

' 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made by their 
Lordships. 

) 

! 

The  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie 

(Cluny) 
Harbour  Order  Confirmation Bill  [Lords]  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint  them that this House 
hath agreed to the  same, without  Amendment. 

The Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
Order, read a second time, and committed. 

The Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
Order, read a second time, and committed. 

Several Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Buckie  Burgh 
and  Buckie 
(Cluny) 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  1) 
Bill 
Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  2) 
BUI  [Lords.] 
PubUc 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 
Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Treaty  Series 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Convention^0-17>1908-) 
between  the  United  Kingdom  and  the  United 
States  of  America  respecting  the  Protection, 
Preservation,  and  Propagation  of  Food  Fishes 
in the  Waters contiguous  to the  United  States 
and  the  Dominion  of  Canada.  Signed  at 
Washington, 
llth  April  . 1908.  Ratifications 
exchanged  at Washington, 4th  June  1908. 

Copy of Treaty  between the  United  Kingdom  Treaty  Series 

and  the  United  States  of  America  respecting (No- 
the Demarcation of  the  International  Boundary 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Dominion 
of  Canada.  Signed  at. Washington,  llth  April 
1908.  Ratifications  exchanged  at Washington, 
4th June  1908. 

1908.) 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and Consular  Reports, Trade  Reports 

Annual  Series,  Nos.  4020,  4051,  and  4053 to  (Annual 
8ene9-) 
4056. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Census  of 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —Copy  Production 
of  Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  Aot' 1906, 
the  Census of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  liunciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy of  Regulations  for the Train-  Education, 
ing  of  Teachers  for  Elementary  Schools  (in 
force from 1st August  1908), 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Public 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon Records 
the  Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House  : -Copy 
of  Schedule  containing  a list  and  particulars  of Companies.) 
classes of  Documents  among the  Records of  the 
Royal  African  Company  and  the  Company of 
Merchants  Trading  to  Africa  which  have been 
removed  from  the  Office  of  the  Lords  Com-
missioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury  and 
deposited  in  the  Public  Record  Office, but  are 
not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value  to 
justify their preservation  therein. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported from Standing  standing 
Committee  A,  to whom  the  Local  Registration  Committee  A. 
of Title  (Ireland) Amendment Bill was referred; Regjgtration 0f 
That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and Title  (Ireland) 
directed him to report the same, without Amend*  Amendment 
ment, to the  House. 

Bil1, 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of Report,  No. 562  (Falkland 
Islands,  Annual Report for 1907). 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 205. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 205. 

of  the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Table. 

Wages  Boards 
and  Industrial 
Arbitration 
(Australia  and 
New  Zealand.) 

Shop  Hours 
Acts 
(AustraUa and 
New  Zealand.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department, 
by  Ernest Aves, Esquire,  on  the  Wages  Boards 
and  Industrial  Conciliation  and  Arbitration 
A c ts   of Australia and New  Zealand. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department,  by  Ernest  Aves, 
Esquire,  on  the  Acts  for  the  regulation  of 
Hours  of  Employment  in  Shops  in  Australia 
and New  Zealand. 

Factories  and 
Workshops. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Chief  Inspector  of 

Factories and Workshops for 1907. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  (not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee)  be  taken  into  considera-
tion to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That Mr.  Speaker  do issue his  War-  Pembroke 
rant  to  the  Clerk of  the  Crown,  to make out  a County Writ-
new Writ  for the electing of  a  Member to serve 
in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  County  of 
Pembroke,  in  the  room  of  John  Wynford 
Philipps,  Esquire,  who,  since  his  Election  for 
the  said  county,  hath  accepted  the  Office  of 
Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Three 
Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough,  and 
Burnham,  in  the  County  of  Buckingham,  — 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Sir Joseph  Compton-Rickett  reported from  the  Taff  Vale 

Committee  on  the  Taff  Yale  Railway  Bill 

No.  95.]  8  ED W.   Y I I. 

1st  July. 

[Lords]  ;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions contained in  the  Preamble  of the  Bill, and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the same, as  amended,  to 
be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made Amendments  thereunto. 

Vide Supple- 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Public 
Petitions 
(Fifth 
Report.) 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Infant  Life 
Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
University  of 
Durham  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That 
they  had examined  the Petitions  presented upon 
the  25th,  26th,  27th,  28th,  and  29th  days  of 
May last,  and the  1st, 2nd,  3rd, 4th,  10th,  llth, 
12th,  15th,  16th,  17th,  18th,  19th,  22nd,  23rd, 
24th, 25th,  and  26th  days of  June  last, and had 
directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Infant  Life 
Protection  (No.  2)  Bill):—Mr.  Montgomery  and 
(in  respect of  the  University  of  Durham  Bill) 
Mr.  Scarisbrick;  and had appointed  in  substitu-
tion  (in  respect  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection 
(No.  2)  Bill):  Mr.  Crosjield and  (in  respect  of 
the  University  of  Durham  Bill)  Mr.  Lyulph 
Stanley. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Coroners  (Ireland) 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Edward  Barry,  Mr.  Clancy,  Mr. 
Lardner,  Mr. Muldoon, and Mr. James  0'  Connor; 
and  had appointed  in  substitution  (in respect of 
the  said  Bill):  Mr.  Charles  Mac Veigh,  Mr. 
Patrick  White,  Mr." Meagher,  Mr.  John  Phillips, 
and  Mr.  Hogan. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Louth  and 
East  Coast 
Railway 
(Transfer) 
Bill. 

Seaham 
Harbour 
Dock  Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been. brought  from  the  Lords by 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Louth  and 
East  Coast  Railway  (Transfer)  Bill,  with  an 
Amendment;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House, 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Seaham 
Harbour  Dock  Bill,  with  an  Amendment;  to 
which  the  Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Stockport 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Stockport 
Corporation  Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
Bil1- 
the  Lords desire  the  concurrence of  this  House, 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Humber 
Humber 
Commercial  Railway  and  Dock  Bill,  with 
Commercial 
DockB?ilind  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 

concurrence  of  this  House. 

Southwell 
District  Gas 
Bill. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
Bi^fxor^] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Southwell 
District  (xas  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to which 
the  Lords desire the concurrence  of this  House. 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to amend  the  Criminal  Appeal  Act,  1907, 
to  the  appointment  of  the 
Judges  of  the  Court  of  Criminal  Appeal  and 
the  appointment  of  a  Deputy  Registrar;  to 
which the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

reference 

'VOL.  163. 

293 
The  Lords  have  added  Two  Lords  to  the 
Joint  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the 
Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords],  Post 
Lords],  and  Statute 
Office (Consolidation)  Bill 
as  desired  by  this 
Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords 
House,  and  propose  that  the  said  Joint  Com-
on 
mittee  do  meet 
Wednesday  next,  at Two  of the clock. 

in  Committee  Room  A 

Companies 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill 
fLords], 
Post Office 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords],  and 
Statute  Law 
Revision Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Urban  District  Councils  Urban  District 

v 

(Advertising)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  to-  Councils 
morrow. 

s / 

(Advertising) 
Bin. 

Ordered,  That  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  and  Metropolitan 
Sewers and 
Drains  Bill. 

Drains Bill  be read a second time  to-morrow. 

Mr. Hobhouse presented  a  Bill  to amend  the isle of Man 

Law  with respect  to  Customs Duties  in the  Isle  (Customs 
of  Man :  And  the  same was ordered  to  be read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved itself Old Age 
into a Committee on the  Old Age  Pensions  Bill.  Pensions  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  7  (Determination  of  claims  and 

questions). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,1.  14, to  leave 
out from  the  word " determined " to  the end  of 
the  Clause, in  order  to  add  the  words  "by  the 
pension  officer."—(Mr.  Bennett.) 

Question,  That the  words proposed  to  be  left 
out, to the end of  1. 15, stand part of  the  Clause, 
put, and agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4, 1. 16, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "local  pension  com-
mittee,  and  the  committee,"  in  order  to  insert 
the words " stipendiary magistrate of the district, 
or, where  there  is  no  stipendiary  magistrate, to 
the county  court judge within whose jurisdiction 
the  claimant  or  pensioner  resides  who."— (Sir 
Walter  Foster.) 

Question,  That  the  words  " local  pension" 

stand  part of the Clause,  put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4, 1. 16, 
to leave  out the first word " committee,' in order 
to insert  the word " authority."—(Mr.  Hills.) 

Question  proposed,  That 

the  first  word 
"committee"  stand  part  of  the  Clause: — 
Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1.  16, 
after  the  word  "and,"  to  insert  the  words 
" except  where  such claim or  question  has  been 
originated  by  the  pension  officer." —  (Lord 
Robert  Cecil.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1,  17, 
after  the  word  " question,"  to  insert  the  words 
" and  within  three  days  of  its  receipt."—(Sir 
Maurice  Levy.) 

Question  proposed,  That those words be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1.  18, 
after  the  word  "officer,"  to  insert  the  words 
" with whom may  be  associated for the  purpose 
of the inquiry such other person as the committee 
may appoint."—(Mr. Smeaton.) 

Question proposed,  That those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1.  24, 
after  the word  " question,"  to  insert  the words 
" and after hearing the  claimant, if  requested to 
p  p  3 

294 
do so  by him, or thought  desirable by the com-
mittee."—(Mr. Bowles.) 

1st  July. 

1908. 

[No. 95. 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1.  25, 
at the end, to insert the words " Provided that a 
local  pension  committee  may,  and  if  the  com-
mittee  refuse  a  pension  they  shall, if  required, 
state a case on any question o£ law  arising as  to 
the claim to a pension for the opinion of the High 
Court,  and  the  High  Court  shall  accordingly 
give  its  opinion  thereon, and  the  local  pension 
committee  or  central  pension  authority,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  determine  such  question  in 
accordance  with  such  opinion."—(Lord  Robert 
Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr.  Charles  M'Arthur, 

Yeas, 

I Mr. Bridgeman  : 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of Elibank : 

} } 

46. 

267. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,1.  26, 
to leave out from the  beginning to the first word 
" and," in 1. 30, in order to insert the words— 

" (c)  The  decision  of  the  local  pension  com-
mittee allowing or refusing a claim for pension, or 
determining any question referred to them, shall, 
on  the  application  of  any  person  aggrieved  or 
the  pension  officer,  be  referred  to  the  central 
pension authority."—(Mr. Dickinson.) 

Question, That  the words proposed  to  be  left 
out, to the end of 1. 26, stand part of the  Clause, 
put, and negatived. 

Proposed words there inserted. 
Subsequent words, to  the first word " and," in 

1. 30, left out. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand part of  the Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for the fMr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of Elibank : 

"I 
j 

343. 

Tellers for thef Sir Frederick Banbury, 
\Mr.  Hunt: 

Noes, 

) 

92. 

Chairman  puts 
Questions 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

And it being after half-past Ten of  the  clock, 
the  Chairman proceeded, pursuant to  the Order 
of  the  House of  17th  J une, successively  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  any  Amendments 
moved  by the  Government  of  which  notice  had 
been  given,  and  on  any  Questions  necessary to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this 
day. 

Question put, That  Clauses 8 and 9 stand part 

of the Bill-

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the f Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Noes, 

J330. 

1127. 

Clause  No.  10 (Regulations  and expenses). 
Amendment  proposed, in  p. 5,1. 31, after  the 
word  "Board,"  to  insert  the  words  "and  with 
the  Postmaster  General  (so  far  as  relates  to 
the  Post  Office)." —(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer.) 

Question put,  That the  Amendment be made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of Elibank: 
Tellers for the f Viscount Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

} 363. 

)  101. 
i 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the  f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for thef Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

J360. 

|  99. 

Clause  No.  11 (Application  to  Scotland  and 

Ireland). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p. 6,1,  30,  to  leave 
out  the word "municipal."—(Mr.  Chancellor of 
the  Exchequer.) 

Question put, That the Amendment be made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J'Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank: 
Tellers for thefMr.  George  Faber, 

Noes, 

(Sir  William  Bull  : 

358. 

} 

90. 

1 
J 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 6,1.  41, 

at the end, to add the words— 

" (3)  In the application of this Act  to the  Isles 
of Scilly those isles shall be deemed to be a county 
and  the council  of  those  isles  the  council  of  a 
county."—(Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer.) 

Question put, That the Amendment  be made. 
The  Committee proceeded  to a Division ;  Mr. 
Joseph  Pease  and  the  Master  of  Elibank  were 
appointed Tellers for the Yeas, but no Members 
being  willing to  act as Tellers for the  Noes, the 
Chairman declared that the Ayes had it. 

No  Tellers  for 
the  Noes. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No.  12 agreed to. 
A  Schedule :— 

Means of  Pensioner. 

Bate of  Pension, 

Where the yearly means of  the pensioner, as 

calculated  under this Act— 

Do not  exceed  £21 

but  do  not  exceed 

Exceed  £23  12*. 6d., but  do not  exceed 

Exceed  £26  5s.,  but  do  not  exceed 

Exceed  £28  17*. 6d., but do not  exceed 

Exceed  £21, 
£23  12s. 6d. 

£26  5*. 

£28  17s. 6d. 

£31  10*. 

Exceed  £31  10*. 

d. 

5  0 

4  0 

3  0 

2  0 

1  0 

No  pension. 

—(Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer.) 

Question put,  That  the  Schedule  be added  to 

the  Bill. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/" Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank : 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Charles Duncan  : 

328. 

51. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

report the Bill  to the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had gone through the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday next;  and be printed. 

Bill 290. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Oyster  and  Mussel 
Fishery  (Bay  of  Firth)  Order  Confirmation 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the .Bill be read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday the  9th day of this instant  July, 
at a quarter of an hour after Eight  of the clock. 

Oyster  and 
Mussel Fishery 
(Bay  of  Firth) 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

N o.   9 5 .]  

8  E D W.   YII. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Seed  Potatoes and  Seed 

Seed  Potatoes 
and  Seed  Oats 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Oats  Supply  (Ireland)  Bill; 

1st July. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Friendly 
into consideration the  Friendly  Societies Bill,  as Societies  BiU. 
amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be  read a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bee  Pest, 
(Ireland)  BilL  S e c o n cl   Kea()ing   of  the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland) 

Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  Designs  Bill 
[Lords] 

[Lords.] 

; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Ireland)  BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking  Costs  in 
into consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  Criminal 
Ca®es Bil1, 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Navigation 
Works 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Navigation  Works  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention of 

Committee on  Prevention  of  Crime  [Expenses] ;  Crime 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to  Married 
take  into  consideration  the  Married  Women's  Women's 
Property  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  StandingProperty &11-
Committee); 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
(Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Election  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Munidpaim  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
Boroughs  BiU.  in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
London 
Expenses  BiU  Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 

Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Contempts  of 
Court  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Companies 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Companies  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking  Housing  of 

into consideration  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Standing  Committee ; 

in  the  (JRE^ND)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  10th  day  of  this 
instant  July. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  taking  Coroners' 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill,  inquests  Bill, 
as amended in the 'Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Daylight 
Committee  on  the  Daylight  Saving  (recom-  Saving  Bill, 
mitted)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Friday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purchase  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land ^ l a nd   and 
(England  and  Wales)  BxIJ; 

Wales)  BiU. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

; 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Small 

the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed Holdin&8 Bil1-
upon  the  llth  day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Small  Holdings  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Highways BiU. 

Second Reading of  the  Highways  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

' 

upon Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
Bm^Zor3!?.]  (Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Second  Reading  of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
the 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill; 

being  read,  for  the  Death 
Death  Certificates  Certificates 

(Charges)  BUI. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 
;'••-• 

upon Monday next. 

p  p  4 

296 

1st—2nd  July. 

1908. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the Wild Birds  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights) BUI. 

The  Order  of  the' day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875) Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
Qualification 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
Qualification (England and Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Pedlars Acts 
Amendment 
BiH. 

: 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs'  ' 
Proteotion 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned Debate on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

And  it  being  after half-past Eleven  of the 
clock,  Mr. Speaker adjourned the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing Order, it being then ten minutes 
before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till  to-
morrow. 

[ N o.   9 6 .] 
Thursday, 2nd July  1908. 
The House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three of the  clock. 

P E A T E E S. 

Bristol 
Tramways 
Bill  [Lords.] 

THE  Bristol  Tramways Bill  [Lords] was read 

the third time and  passed. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do  ca,rry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

Cambrian 
Bailwuys Bill  r e a (j   the  third  time  and  passed. 
[Lords,  ] 

The  Cambrian  Railways  Bill 

_ 

[Lords]  was 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

Paisley 
District 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords,] 

The House, according to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Paisley  District 
Tramways Order Confirmation Bill  [Lords], 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  the third time 

upon  M onday next. 

Nottingham-
shire  and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
Bill. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  17th  day  of 
February  last,  That  the  Nottinghamshire  and 
Derbyshire  Tramways  Bill  be  committed, was 
read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Code  of  Regulations  for  Education. 
Public  Elementary  Schools in Wales  (including 
Monmouthshire), with  Schedules,  1908. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,—Return to an Post Office 

Order,  dated  the  26th  day  of  June  last, for  ^a
Return  relative  to  Post  Office  (Changes 
Wages,  &c.). 

ge* ™ 
n
ha
e
s
in  ^ ^ og 
x 

Ordered,  That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  18tli day of June  Pensions 
last,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  a (CiviI  Ust-) 
Return  relative  to  Pensions (Civil  List), was 
read and discharged.—(Mr. Lamont.) 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this  House  Pensions 

a Return  of  all persons now in receipt  of  Civil  (°ral 
List  Pensions  charged  on  the  Consolidated 
Fund, distinguishing the Pensions granted under 
the  Civil  List  Act,  1837,  and  those  granted 
under the  Civil  List Act,  1901.—(Mr. Lamont.) 

Mr.  Partington  reported  from  the  Committee  South  Wales 

on  the  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Dis-  p ^ i c al 
tribution  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That they  had examined  Distribution 
the  allegations contained in the Preamble  of  the  Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the Committee, and  found  the  same, 
as amended, to  be  true;  and  had  gone through 
the Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr. Partington  reported from  the  Committee  Private  Bills 
on  Group  J  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for  the C ^P  J-> 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned till  Monday next, at half-past  Eleven 
of the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. iMiirence  Hardy  reported  from  Standing  Standing 
Committee  B,  to  whom  the  Children  Bill  was Committee  B. 
referred ;  That  they had  gone through the BillChlldren  Bllu 
and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 207. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 207. 

of the  Standing Committee  be printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 291. 

Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next;  and be printed. 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com- Private  Bills 
mittee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills;  That (arouP K> 
the  parties  promoting  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Order (No.  3)  Bill  had  stated  that 
the  evidence  of  Sydney  Malkin,  Mayor  of 
Burslem,  was  essential  to  their  case ;  and,  it 
having  been  proved  that  his  attendance  could 
not be procured without the intervention  of  the 
House,  he had been  instructed to move that the 
said  Sydney  Malkin,  Mayor  of  Burslem,  do 
attend  the  said  Committee  to-morrow, at half-
past Eleven  of the  clock. 

Ordered, That  Sydney  Malkin  do  attend  the 
Committee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills  to-
morrow, at half-past Eleven of the clock. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had (Standing 
discharged  the following Member from Standing standing6 

Committee  A. 

No. J>6.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

2 nd  July. 

297 

Access  to 
Mountains 
BilL 

Committee"  A  (in  respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains Bill) :—Sir  William.  Anson ;  and had 
appointed in  substitution (in  respect of  the said 
Bill)  :  Viscount  Helmsley. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Tabie. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported 
Local 
Government 
jrruvxDiuuoi 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (N*o. 5) Provisional Orders (No.  5)  Bill;  That they had 
considered  the said Orders ; that the said Orders 
Bill. 
t0   b e  confirmed;  and  that  they  had 
o u g ht  
confirmed.]  directed him to report the Bill,  without  Amend-

ment, to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Rochester. 
Bridge  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Chairman of Ways  and  Means  reported 
the Rochester Bridge  Bill  [Lords], with Amend-
ments. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented a Bill to  further  amend Local 

the  Law  relating  to  Local  , Government  in  Government 
(Ireland)  BilL 
Ireland, and for other purposes connected there-
BUI 293. 
with :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon Thursday next;  and to  be 
printed. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself  Supply 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

^Uth  allotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  and 
Supplementary  Estimate,  1908-9. 
Class  IV. 
Motion made,  and Question proposed,  That a 
supplementary  sum not exceeding  £114,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the year ending on the 31st day of  March  1909 
for  the  Expenses  of  the  Commissioners  of 
National  Education in Ireland : 

Whereupon  Motion made, and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding £113,900 be 
granted for  the  said  Service — (Mr.  Hazleton): 
—Motion, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Sir Frederick Cawley reported the  Holderness 

Water Bill,  with Amendments. 

Original Question  again  proposed:—Motion, 

by leave, withdrawn. 

Holderness 
Water  Bill. 

Vide  Supple, 
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Bailway  Bills 
(Group  4.) 

Companies 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords], 
Post Office 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords],  and 
Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Soames  reported  from  the  Committee  oh 

Group 4  of  Railway  Bills ;  That, for  the  con-
venience of parties, the Committee  had adjourned 
till  Monday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That so much of the Lords'  Message 
of  1st July  as relates  to  the  time  and place of 
meeting  of  the  Joint  Committee  on  the  Com-
panies (Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords],  Post  Office 
(Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords],  and  Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill  [Lords]  be  now  taken  into  con-
sideration.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The House  accordingly  proceeded to take  the 

said Message  into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
by  this  House  to  join  with  the  Committee 
appointed  by  the  Lords  on  the  Companies 
(Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords],  Post  Office (Con-
solidation)  Bill  [Lords],  and  Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill  [L^ords] do  meet  the  Lords' 
Committee  in  Committee  Room A  on Wednes-
day  next,  at  Two of  the clock,  as proposed by 
their Lordships. 

Ordered,  That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint  them that  this  House hath  directed 
the  Select  Committee  appointed  by  this  House 
to  join  with  the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Lords  on  the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill 
[Lords],  Post Office (Consolidation) Bill  [Lords], 
and Statute  Law  Revision Bill  [Lords] to meet 
the  Committee  appointed  by their Lordships in 
Committee  Room  A  on  Wednesday  next,  at 
Two  of  the  clock,  as  proposed by their  Lord-
ships :  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said 
Message.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

£670,818 

to  complete  the  sum  for 

the 
Expenses  of  the  Commissioners  of  National 
Education  in  Ireland, including a Grant in Aid 
of  the  Teachers' Pension Fund,  Ireland. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House that  he  was  directed  to 
move, That the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That this House will,  upon  Monday 

next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming  Supply 
the adjourned Debate on the  Question proposed [2ist May] 
upon  "the  28th  day  of  May.  last,  That  thisBeport-
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That a sum riot exceeding £120,788 
be granted to  His  Majesty, to complete  the sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge  which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1909 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses of the  Department of  Agriculture and 
other Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland, and of the Services administered  by that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid, 
which was then reported from the  Committee of 
Supply  of the  21st day of May last ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The Order of the  day being  read,  for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  R e s o l u t i o ns   [28th  May] 
which,  upon  the  10th  day of  June  last,  were (postponed 
reported from  the  Committee  of  Supply of  the  Resolution.) 
28th day of May last, and which Resolution was 
then postponed j 

Report 

, 

Teachers of 
Music 
Registration 
Bill. 

Bin 292. 

Mr.  O'Neill,  supported  by  Sir  John  Brunner, 
Sir  Henry  Craih,  Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  and  Sir 
George White,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  Registration  of  Teachers  of  Music :  And 
the same  was  ordered  to  be  read a second  time 
upon Wednesday  next;  and to be printed. 

VOL. 163. 

'Ordered, That. the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into further consideration upon Wednesday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
otQrt
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of ^e
p 
the  10th day of June last; 

June] 

QQ 

2nd—3rd  July. 

[No. 96. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Urban  District 

1908. 

Second Reading  of  the  Urban District  Councils  Councils 
(Advertising)  Bill; 

(Advertising) 
Bin. 

298 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into the said Committee. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lords;] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages) Bill [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The Order of  the day being  read,  for  taking 
Costs in 
Criminal  Cases jnt 0  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 

Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration tO-morrow. 

Prevention  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
^Expenses ]  Committee  on Prevention of Crime  [Expenses] ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Adjournment.  A  Motion  was  made, and the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease) -. — And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon; 

Motion for 
Adjournment 
of  the  House 

And it being Eleven  of  the clock, the Motion 
for the Adjournment  of  the  House  lapsed  with-
out  Question  put. 

Local 
The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to 
R a t i on   of  t ak e  into  consideration  the  Local  Registration 
of  Title (Ireland) Amendment Bill (not amended 
(Ireland) 
Amendment  m the Standing  Committee). 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be now read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Coroners 
Inquests  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

(Definition) 
Bill. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  3rd  day  of  June 
last,  That  the 
Luggage  (Definition) Bill be  now read a second 
time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Order be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Wild  Birds 

Second Reading  of  the  Wild Birds  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  A ct   Act  (1875) 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

' 
Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time mShts)  mn-

(Water 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pedlars  Acts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-  Amendment 
ment Bill; 

BllL 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Dogs' 
the adjourned Debate  on  the  Question proposed  Protection 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last, That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having continued to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven of  the 
clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

[ N o.   9 7 .] 
Friday,  3rd July  1908. 
The  House met at Twelve of the  clock. 

P E A T E E S. 

F R. MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions {L°r 

nf  
t he   (Standing 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case 
01  tne  0 r d e rg   not 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  previously 
referred  .on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  inquired  into 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
and  which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been 
complied with, viz. :— 

Leith Burgh  Bill  [Lords], 
Wath  and Bolton  Gas Board Bill  \Lords]. 
Ordered, That the Bills  be read a second time. 

The House proceeded to take  into  considera-  Biaydon  and 
tion the Amendments  made by the  Lords to the  Byton  Water 
Biaydon and Ryton Water (Transfer) Bill;  and gS"1 
the same were twice  read, and agreed to. 

5 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The House proceeded  to  take into considera-  Bromley  and 

tion the Amendments  made  by the  Lords to the  Crays  Gas 
Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Bill;  and  the  same Bllli 
were twice read, and agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the  Amendments made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  Macclesfield  and 
(Abandonment)  Bill  was 
and passed. 

District  Tramways  Macclesfield 
read  the  third  time and  District 
Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 

NO. 97.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

Ordered.  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do  carry  the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire  their concurrence. 

North British 
The North British and  Mercantile  Insurance 
S ^ 0 1 6  Company Bill  [Lords]  was read  the  third  time 
Company Bill  and passed, with an Amendment. 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, with an A mendment; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Upton Town 
[iOT-fte]1 

The  Upton  Town Hall Bill  [Lords]  was read 
third time and passed, with Amendments. 
Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that this  House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Briton Ferry 
The  House  proceeded  to take  into considera-
Co'undnwf101 t i? n  t he   B r i t o n  Ferry  Urban  District  Council 
[Lords.] 

Bill  [Lords],  as amended in  the  Committee. 
And Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

Local 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
t 1? 0,  5)  B iu   was>  according  to  Order, read  the 

ProvTdonaf 
Orders (No.  5) third time and passed. 
BiU- 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The House,  according to  Order, proceeded to  Polling 

take into consideration the Polling Arrangements  Arrangements 
(Parliamentary  Boroughs)  Bill (not  amended in mentary 
the Standing Committee). 
Boroughs) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  13,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " thereof,"  the  words  " Provided  that the 
local  authority, within  the  meaning  of  the  same 
section,  in  the  City  of  London  shall  be  the 
Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Commons of  the  City of 
London  in  Common  Council  assembled."—(Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted in the  Bill; 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Guinness: 
Tellers for the ("Mr.  Dickinson, 

Noes, 

(Mr. Hart-Davies : 

\ 
J 

' 

|  93. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now read the third 
time:—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 
Army 
(Territorial 
Force.) 

Several Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy of  Regulations  for  the  Territorial  Force 
and the  County  Associations,  1908. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Evicted 
Tenants 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  giving  particulars 
£>07.and) A° '  of cases in which persons  have  been  reinstated 
with the assistance of the Estates Commissioners 
under  the  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland)  Act, 
1907,  during  the  quarter  ended  31st  March 
1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Dogs 
Ordered,  That  the  Dogs  (Exemption)  Bill be 
(Exemption)  read a second  time  upon  Monday the  13th day 
Bl11- 

of  this instant  July. 

Ordered, That the Cruelty to Animals (Amend-
Cruelty  to 
?A  ndm ntl  men^)   Bill  be read  a  second  time upon Monday 
Animals 
Bil™611 men 

the  13th day of  this instant  July. 

Foiling 
The Polling  Districts (County  Councils)  Bill 
Districts 
was, according to Order, read the third time and 
(County 
nam,*,! 
Councils)  Bill.  Pas8ea-

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Incest BiU. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate  on the  Question proposed 
upon the 26th  day of  June  last,  That the  Incest 
Bill be now read the third time; 

And  the  Question  being  again proposed :— 
The  House  resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  now read the third 
time :—The Bill  was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 
VOL.  163. 

The House, according  to Order, proceeded  to Police  Super-

take into  consideration  the  Police  Superannua- annuation 
tion Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee.  1  " 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be now read  the third 
time :—The Bill  was  accordingly read  the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The House,  according  to  Order, proceeded to Law of 
take  into  consideration  the  Law  of  Distress  Distress 
Amendment  Bill, as  amended  in  the  Standing  Amendment 
Committee. 

An  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the Bill, in p.  1,1. 5, by leaving  out  Clause 1.-— 
(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed to be left out, to the  word " lodger," in 
1. 8, stand part of  the Bill:—It  was  resolved  in 
the Affirmative. 

Then  an Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was  accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their concurrence. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to Summary 
take into consideration the Summary Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing <Ireiand) BUI. 
Committee. 

An Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  5,  by  leaving  out from  the 
word  " where "  to  the  word  " a,"  in  1.  6,  and 
inserting  the  words  " a court of  summary juris-
diction  is  satisfied  by evidence  produced before 
it  that " — (Sir  Frederick  Banbury), —instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—And  a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And  a  Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Debate  be  now 
adjourned—(Mr.  Godfrey  Baring) :—The  said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
QQ   2 

3 rd  July. 

1908. 
And the  Question being  proposed,  That those 
words  be  there  inserted  iu  the  said  proposed 
Clause :—And  a Debate  arising thereupon ; 

[No. 97. 

300 

And  the  Original  Question  being  put:—It 

passed in the  Negative. 

And the  Question  being put, That the  words 
" a court of  summary jurisdiction is  satisfied  by 
evidence  produced  before  it  that"  be  inserted, 
after  the  word  " where," in  p.  1, I.  6,  of  the 
Bill  — It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p.  1, 1. 26, by leaving out from the 
third word " or " to the word " the," in p. 2,1. 2. 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And the  Question being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed to  be left out stand part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to'the Left. 
Tellers for the fMr. Sloan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Hazleton i 
Tellers  for the/  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1  ^ 
I Mr.  Stonier : 

Noes, 

J 

116. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  10,  by  leaving  out  the 
words " or thing."—(Sir Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That the words 

" or thing " stand part of the  Bill; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the] Mr. Hazleton, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Sloan  : 

} 124. 

Tellers for thef Sir  Frederick Banbury,  1  „9 
' 

(Mr.  Staveley-Hill: 

Noes, 

'  J' 

So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

.  Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The House, according  to  Order,  proceeded to 
Education 
(Local 
take  into  consideration  the  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Authorities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee. 

A  Clause was offered to be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Power to establish joint  bodies  under  Part  II. 
of  the  Education  Act,  1902).—(Mr.  M'Kinnon 
Wood.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read the first time. 

And a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being put, That  the  said  Clause  be  now  read a 
second time ; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
i Master of Elibank 

Yeas, 

153. 

Noes, 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Godfrey  Baring, 
(Mr.  Stanley  Wilson i 
So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
An Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the - said  proposed  Clause,  in 1. 5,  by inserting, 
after  the  word  " payment,"  the  words  " and 
audit."—(Lord Balcarres.) 

40' 

} 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  taking  Registration 

into  consideration  the  Registration  of  Clubs  Glubjl 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Friday  next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Polling 
the adjourned Debate on the  Amendment which,  Districts and 
* 
upon  the  26th  day  of  June  last, was proposed voters 
to  be  made  on  consideration  of  the  Polling  (Ireland)  Bill, 
Districts  and  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland) 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Which  Amendment  was, in p. 2, 1. 9,  at  the 

end, to insert the words— 

"(1)  The  Lord  Lieutenant  in  Council may 
make rules for adapting to the provisions of this 
Act  the  enactments  relating to the registration 
of  electors  in  Ireland,  and  the  precepts  and 
forms  contained  in  or  used under those  enact-
ments "—(Mr.  Attorney  General for Ireland); 

And the Question being again proposed,  That 
those words be there inserted in  the  Bill:—The 
House  resumed  the  said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be now  read  the third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to  Coroners' 
take  into  consideration  the  Coroners' Inquests in<luests Bil1-
Bill,  as amended in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the  third time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved itself  Daylight 

Saving  Saving  Bill. 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Daylight 
(recommitted)  Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill;  and  that  he 
was directed to move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That this  House  will, upon Monday 

next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Feus  and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Feus  and  Building  Building 
_  & n d) 
Leases (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read a second time 
upon  Wednesday  the  15th  day  of  this  instant 
July. 

The  Handloom  Weaving  (Ireland)  Bill wag,  Handloom 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  Weaving 
committed  to a Standing  Committee. 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

No. 97 ]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

3rd—Qth  July. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading of the  Wild  Birds  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Protection 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February last, That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday  next. 

Patents  and 
Designs BUI 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Costs in 
The  Order of  the  d ay  being  read, for taking 
Criminal  Cases  i nf , 0  consideration the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill. 

Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday  next. 

Prevention o£ 
Crime 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Prevention  of  Crime [Expenses] ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Access  to 
Mountains 
BUI. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported,  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members from Stand-
ing  Committee  A  (in respect  of  the  Access  to 
Mountains Bill):—Mr. Boland and Mr. Waldron; 
and had appointed in substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  said  Bill) :  Mr. Ffrench and Mr.  Augustine 
Roche. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  K.) 

Ards and 
Bangor 
Railways  Bill. 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee on  Group  K  of Private  Bills ;  That, for 
the  convenience  of  parties, the  Committee  had 
adjourned till Tuesday  next, at half-past Eleven 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Soames reported from  the  Committee  on 

the Ards and  Bangor Railways  Bill:— 

That, in  pursuance  of  the Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  17th day of March last, the  Com-
mittee  had  struck  Railways  Nos. 3  and 3A out 
of the Bill,  and the  fact  that a deposit  equal  to 
5  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  the  estimate  of 
expense  in  respect  of  the  remaining  railways 
proposed  to  be  authorised  has been made with 
the  Accountant  General  of  the Supreme Court 
of Judicature  in Ireland  was  proved before  the 
Committee. 

That, in  pursuance  of  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  31st day of  March last, the Com-
mittee had struck out  of  the Bill  Clause  19 and 
Clauses 83 to 90, both inclusive. 

VOL. 163. 

301 
That, in  pursuance  of  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  30th  day of  June last, the Com-
mittee  had  inserted  in  the  Bill the  additional 
provision referred to in the said  Resolution. 

Mr. Soames  further  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee ;  That they  had examined the allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to make  it  consistent 
with the  provisions of  the Bill  as  passed by the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to be true ;  and  had  gone  through the Bill and 
made  Amendments  thereunto;  and  had  also 
amended  the  Title,  as  followeth :—A  Bill  for  [Title 
making  railways  in  the  County  of  Down,  to amended.] 
be  called  the  Ards  Railways,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Tide  Supple< 
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No. 3, it  being  then 
live minutes after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  98.] 
Monday,  Qth  July  1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  House  proceeded to take into  considera-  Humber 

tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the Lords  Commercial 
to  the  Humber Commercial  Railway  and Dock  Dock  BUI™ 
Bill;  and the  same  were twice read,  and agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint them that this  House 
hath agreed to  the  Amendments  made by  their 
Lordships, 

The  House  proceeded to take  into considera-  Louth  and 
tion the Amendment  made  by the  Lords to the  East  Coast 
a^X> 
Louth and East  Coast Railway (Transfer) Bill;  f T
and the same was twice  read, and agreed to. 

BilL 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera-  seaham 

tion  the Amendment  made  by  the Lords  to the  Harbour  Dock 
Seaham Harbour  Dock  Bill 
twice read, and agreed to. 

and the  same was Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into considera-  SouthweU 
tion the  Amendments made by the  Lords to the  District  Gas 
Southwell  District  Gas Bill;  and the  same were Bil1' 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath  agreed to the  Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  House proceeded  to  take  into  considera-Stockport 
tion  the  Amendments  made by the Lords to the  Corporation! 
Stockport  Corporation  Bill;  and the same were BiU' 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Q Q 3 

302 

6th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 98. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint them that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made by  their 
Lordships. 

Merthyr Tydfil 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation Bill  [Lords] 
was  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the same, with Amendments;  to 
which  this House  doth desire  the  concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Post office 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  —  Savings Banks. 
Account  of  all deposits  received  and paid during  No. 209. 
the year  ended  31st  December  1907 ;  together 
with  a Statement  showing the aggregate  amount 
of the liabilities of the  Government  to depositors 
in  the  Post  Office  Savings  Banks  on  the  31st 
December  1907,  and  the  nature  and  amount  of 
the  securities held  by  the  Commissioners  for the 
Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  to meet  those 
liabilities  at  that date. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Bristol 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion  the  Bristol  Corporation  Bill  [L^ords],  as 
amended in the  Committee. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the Table  by the  Clerk  of the  H o u s e s-

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read the  third time. 

Ammanford 
The  Ammanford  Urban  District  Council 
Council^Water  Water  Bill  [Lords]  was read a second time, and 
Bill  [Lords.]  committed. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Tollemache 
Estate  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Paisley 
District 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Galashiels 
Drainage  and 
Burgh 
Extension 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  9) 
Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 
Naval  Prize 
Money. 

No. 208. 

The  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Bill 
[L,ords]  was read a second time,  and  committed. 

The  Tollemache  Estate Bill  [Lords]  was read 

a  second time,  and committed. 

The  Paisley  District  Tramways  Order  Con-
firmation  Bill  [Lords]  was, according  to  Order, 
read the third time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

The  Galashiels  Drainage  and  Burgh  Exten-
sion  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was, according  to 
Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
taken into  consideration  upon Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Pro-
visional  Orders (No.  9)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read the third  time 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,^-Account 
showing  the  receipt  and  expenditure  of  Naval 
Prize,  Bounty,  Salvage,  and  other  Moneys 
between  the  1st April  1907  and  the  31st  March 
1908. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Mr.  Birrell,  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of Advances  made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month of  October  1907. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Treaty  Series 
Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
(No.  19,1908.)  H i g  Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Notes 
exchanged  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Sweden  and Norway  relative  to the  Agreement 
of  12th  July  1881,  for  the  mutual  Relief  of 
Distressed  Seamen.  November  1907  —May 
1908. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Reports  of  the  Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly  Friendly 
Societies,  for  the  year  ending  31st  December workmen's 
1907,  on  Friendly  Societies,  Workmen's  Com-compensation 
pensation  Schemes,  Industrial  and  Provident  Schemes, 
Societies,  and Trade  Unions. 

£ £ a n d 
Societies,  and 
Trade  Unions, 
No. 210. 

Copy  of  Thirteenth  Annual  Report  by  the  Building 
Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly  Societies  of  t he   Societies. 
Proceedings of the Registrars under the Building  No. 211. 
Societies  Acts,  with  an Abstract  of  the  Annual 
Accounts  and  Statements  of  Societies  for  the 
year  1907. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers be printed. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing  Standing 
Committee  A,  to whom  the  Coroners'  (Ireland) coroners'^ A" 
Bill  was referred ;  That  tbey  had  gone  through (ireiand)   Bill, 
the  Bill  and made  an Amendment  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 212. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings  No. 212, 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 294. 

Standing  Committee,  be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Sir  William  Collins reported  from  the  S e l e ct   Hop  Industry. 

Committee  on  the  Hop  Industry;  That  they 
had  considered  the  matters  to  them  referred, 
and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes  of  the 
Evidence  taken before them,  and Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 213, 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  and  Metropolitan 
Drains Bill  be read a second time upon  Monday  ^ ns   Bill, 
next. 

Mr. Partington  reported  from the  Committee  Private  Bills 

on  Group  J  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of the  clock. 

t h e ( G r o uP J0 

Otdered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the Lords by 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Lanarkshire 
Tramways  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to'the  Amendments 
made by this  House  to  the  Swansea  Valley  Gas 
Bill 
(now  Tawe  Valley  Gas  Bill 
[Lords]  ),  without  any  Amendment. 

[Lords] 

Lanarkshire 
Tramways 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Swansea 
Valley  Gas 
Bill  [Lords] 
(now Tawe 
Valley Gas 
Bill  [Lords].) 

6 th  July. 

1899) to be read a second  time  to-morrow 
to be printed. 

303 
and 

o 

No. 98.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
The  Lords  have  passed a Bill,  intituled  An 
Pier  and 
Harbour 
Act to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders made 
O r d e rs   ( N o.   l)   by the  Board of  Trade  under  the  General  Pier 
Bill  [Lords.]  and Harbour Act,  1861, relating to  Bridgwater, 
Llandudno,  and  Whitley  Bay;  to  which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Pier  and 
t o  confirm a Provisional  Order made  by the 
Provisional
Order (No. 3)  Board  of  Trade  under  the  General  Pier  and 
Bill  [Lords.]  Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to  Rothesay;  to 
. which the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence of  this 
House. 

Gas and Water 
Orders 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Gas  Orders 
Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Tramways 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No.  2)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Troon  (Loch 
Bradan) 
Water  Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders made 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Gas  and 
Water  Works  Facilities  Act,  1870,  relating  to 
Brou'gh Water, Burgess  Hill  Water, Earby and 
Thornton  Gas,  East  Hull  Gas,  Sevenoaks 
Water,  and  Stourbridge  Water;  to  which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders made 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Gas  and 
Water  Works  Facilities  Act,  1870,  relating  to 
Caldicot and District  Gas,  Rainford  Gas,  Roth-
well  Gas,  Tenterden  and  District  Gas,  and 
Woolmer and  District  Gas;  to which  the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act to confirm certain  Provisional  Orders  made 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Tramways 
Act,  1870,  relating  to  Liverpool  Corporation 
Tramways  Extensions  and  Potteries and North 
Staffordshire Tramways (Amendment);  to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence  of this House. 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating  to  Troon  (Loch  Bradan) Water ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 

Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  l)   Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Examiners  of Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 

(No.  1) Bill  [Lords]  was read  t he  first time. 

Bill 296.  b e  printed. 

Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  3) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  297: 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Order 

(No. 3) Bill  [ Lords] was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

[Lords]  was read the first time. 

Gas and Water  The  Gas and Water  Orders Confirmation  Bill 
Orders 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  298. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Gas Orders 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lords.] 
Bill  299. 

The  Gas  Orders  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords] 

was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That the  Conveyancing  Bill  be read  Conveyancing 

a  second time upon Thursday  next. 

Bl11-

Ordered, That  the  Rule  Committee  Bill  be Rule 

read a second time upon Thursday  next. 

Committee 

Ordered,  That the  Settled  Land Bill  be  read  Settled Land 

a second time upon Thursday  next. 

Bl11-

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Old  Business of 
Age  Pensions Bill, if under discussion  at Eleven  ™ u ae 
of  the clock  this night, be not interrupted  under rensio^Bill.) 
the  Standing  Order (Sittings  of  the  House).— 
—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming  Coal  Mines 
the  adjourned  Debate on the Amendment  which,  (®ig ht  Hours) 
upon  the  22nd  day of  June  last, was proposed ( 
to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the  Coal 
Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No. 2) Bill  be  now  read 
a second time; 

•) 

Which  Amendment  was,  to  leave  out  the 
word "now," and, at the  end of the  Question, to 
add the words " upon this day three  months "— 
(Mr.  James  Mason); 

And the  Question  being again proposed, That 
the word " now "  stand part of  the  Question :— 
The House resumed the said adjourned  Debate. 

And the  Question being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the Right  ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
. 

[Master  of  Elibank : 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland-

^ 
„,  .. 
Tellers for the I  Hood^ 

Noes, 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

390. 

120. 

J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the  Main  Question being  put; 
Ordered, That  the Bill  be now read a second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly read  a second 
time. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
put, That the Bill  be committed to a Committee 
of  the  whole  House—(Mr.  Balfour); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for t h z \ S \ f e™ n d er   A d a n d~ 

Yeas 
' 

.Hood> 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia % 

Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of  Elibank : 

1 

113. 

391. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
The Bill  was committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and; 
j 
be printed. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read,  for taking Old Age 
into consideration  the  Old  Age  Pensions Bill,  Pensions  Bai-
as amended in the  Committee; 

Tramways 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No.  2)  BUI 
[Lords.] 

Bill  300. 

The Tramways  Orders  Confirmation (No.  2) 

Bill  [Lords]  was read the first time. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Troon  (Loch 
The  Troon  (Loch  Bradan)  Water  Order 
m t e T o r d er  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first 
Confirmation  time,  and  ordered  (under  section  9  of  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Private  Legislation  Procedure (Scotland)  Act, 

Bill 301. 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being proposed, That  the  Bill  be  recommitted 
in respect of the Schedule,  and in respect of the 
Amendments to paragraphs  (i.)  and (ii.) of  the 
proviso  to  paragraph (a)  of  Clause  3, standing 
on  the  Notice  Paper  in  the  name  of  Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer  as Amendments to 
be  moved  on  recommittal—(Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the Exchequer)  ; 

An Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  in 1. 2, by inserting,  after the  first 
Q  Q  4 

 
6th—7th  July. 

1908. 
Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be  left  out, to  " 4s, 0d.," in 1. 26, stand part 
of the  Schedule : 

[No. 98. 

304 
word " of," 
Carlile.) 

the  words  " Clause  2  and."—(Mr. 

And the  Question being put, That those words 

be there  inserted; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the fMr.  Carlile, 

Yeas, 

( Mr. Remnant: 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of Elibank 

Noes, 

50. 

302. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Question, in 1. 2, by inserting, after 
the first word " of,"  the  words " Clause  3 and." 
—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 

words be there inserted; 
The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the / Lord Edmund Talbot, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

} 72. 

337. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
&.O.  Closure 
•of  Debate.) 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
And the Main Question being again proposed : 

—And  a Debate  arising thereupon ; 

Mr. Asquith rose  in  his  place and claimed  to 

move, That the  Question  be now put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion be now  put; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
\Master  of Elibank : 
fSir  Alexander  Acland- 

Yeas, 
j. 

,, 

m  ,, 
Tellers for thel  ^ 
' 

334. 

) 
I 
J 

I Viscount  Valentia : 
So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being accordingly  put:—It 

was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  recommitted  in  respect  of  the 
Schedule,  and  in  respect  of  the  Amendments 
to  paragraphs  (i.)  and  (ii.)  of  the  proviso  to 
paragraph  (a)  of  Clause  3,  standing  on  the 
Notice  Paper in the name of  Mr. Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer as Amendments to be  moved  on 
recommittal. 

The  House  immediately  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  3 amended, and agreed to. 
Schedule. 
Amendment proposed,  in  p. 7, 1. 25,  to leave 
out from the word  " exceed "  to  the  end of  the 
Schedule, in order to  insert— 

- 

- 

- 

•• 

"  £22  10s. 
- 
- 
Exceed  £22  10s.,  but  do  not  exceed  £25 
Exceed  £25,  but  do  not  exceed  £27  10s. 
Exceed  £27  10s.,  but  do  not  exceed  £ 30  
Exceed  £30,  but  do  not  exceed  £32  10s. 
Exceed  £32  10s.,  bnt  do  not  exceed  £35 
Exceed  £35,  but  do  not  exceed  £37  10s. 
Exceed  £37  10s. 
-(Mr.  Holt.) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

d. 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 

5 
4 
4 
;  3 
3 
2 
2 
-  No  pension.' 

Tuesday,  7th  July  1908 : 

Question put. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

1209. 

Tellers for the fMr.  Holt, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Leif  Jones i 
Question  put,  That  this  be  the  Schedule  of 

1117. 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank : 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  George  Roberts, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Charles  Duncan: 

Bill,  as amended, to  be reported. 

210. 

54. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair; 
and the Chairman of  Ways  and Means reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  amended  Clause 3 of 
the  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  this 
day ;  and be printed. 

Bill 295. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill, 

Committee  on the Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of the Army  Council  Bill ; 

Armv  Council 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land and Wales)  Bill; 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next,  resolve itself into the Said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance  Bill. 

Committee  on the  Finance  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

County  Courts 
Bill  [.Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read  a second time 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  East India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

East  India 
Loans 
(Bailway  and 
Irrigation 
Works.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  Man (Customs 
Duties)  Bill; 

Isle  of  Man 
(Customs 
Duties)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read  a second time 

upon Friday next. 

No.  98 ]  8  EDW.  YII. 

6th—7th  July. 

3 05 

Seed  Potatoes 
and  Seed Oats 
Supply 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Seed Potatoes and Seed 
Oats  Supply  (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 

Bee  Pest 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Bee  Pest (Ireland)  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Friday  next. 

Navigation 
Works 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  Navigation  Works  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be withdrawn. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read  a  second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House will,  upon  Friday 

next,  resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the Election of  Aldermen in 
Municipal Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Friday next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

Contempts of 
Court Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

this day. 

Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Companies Bill  [Lords] ; 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

this day. 

Children  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
into  consideration the  Children Bill,  as amended 
in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Supply 
[2nd  July] 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 2nd day of  this instant July ; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways and  Means; 

Mean?. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail  Bill. 

Second Reading of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Friday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Fatal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

the  Fatal  Accidents 

Bmflmfo.] 

Ordered,  That the Biil be  read  a  second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  taking  Friendly 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  Societies  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and 
[Lord*]  ; 

read,  for  the  patents and 
Designs  Bill  Designs  Bill 

6 

[  Urds.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  Costs in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  Criminal  Cases 
Bill, as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 

sideration  upon Friday  next. 

taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention of 

Committee on Prevention  of  Crime  [Expenses];  Crime 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
Third Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-  Women's 
perty  Bill ; 

. 

Property  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read the third time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coroners' 
Third Reading  of the  Coroners' Inquests  Bill;  W r e s ts   BilL 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking  Ferries 

into  consideration the  Ferries (Ireland)  Bill,  as (Ireland)  BilL 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Daylight 
Committee  on  the  Daylight  Saving  (recom-  Saving  BilL 
mitted)  Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next,  resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cheap  Trains 

Second Reading of the Cheap Trains Bill; 

Bil1-

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Elections and 

the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, ^Oration 
upon the 7th day  of February last,  was proposed ^ on 
to  be  made  to the  Question,  That the  Elections 
and Registration  (London)  Bill  be  now  read a 
second time ; 

1 ' 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday next. 

R  R 

306 

6th—1th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 98. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

this  day. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

0 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till this day. 

And  it  being  after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock  on  Monday  evening,  Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without 
Question  put, pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order,  it  being  then  eighteen  minutes 
after  One  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday 
morning, till  this day. 

this  day. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read a  second time 

this  day. 

Association  of 
Port  Sanitary 
Authorities 
(Expenses) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Association  of  Port 
Sanitary  Authorities  (Expenses)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Handloom  Weaving  (Ireland)  BilL  -

A. 

Industrial  and  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Provident 
Second  Reading of  the Industrial  and  Provident 
Societies 
Societies  (Amendment)  Bill; 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Pawning 
Industrial 
Tools  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial 
Tools  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Highways Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading of the  Highways  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a second  time 
upon Tuesday  the  21st day of  this instant  July. 

Death 
Certificates 
(Charges) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Death  Certificates 

Second  Reading  of 
(Charges)  Bill ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Local 
Government 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 

(England'and  Qualification (England  and  Wales)  Bill; 
Wales)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  "Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

this day. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Seeond  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this day. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of  the  Wild Birds  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this day. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

[ N o.   9 9 .] 

Tuesday, 1th July  1908. 
The  House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Briton  Ferry  Urban  District  Council  Briton  Ferry 

Bill  [Lords]   was  read  the  third  time  and  Urban  District 

passed, with  Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same,  with Amendments;  to  , 
which  this  House  doth desire  the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson  be  dis-  Selection, 

charged  from the  Committee  of  Selection. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Pirie  be  added  to  the 

Committee.—(Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon.) 

The  Troon  (Loch  Bradan)  Water  Order  Troon  (Loch 

Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]   was,  according  to  Bradan) 
Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be JT^IL?1^ 
Confirmation 
, 
taken  into  consideration  upon  ihursday  next. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

m ii

, 

..

.

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Third  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Pro- ^ernment 
visional  Orders  (No.  9)  Bill  ; 

Orders (No. 9) 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read the  third  time  Bm-

upon Friday  next. 

Ordered,  That  so  much of  Standing  Order  73  Provisional 
as  provides  that  notice  of  the  day  on  which  a 0rder  Bills-
Bill  for  confirming  any  Provisional  Order  will 
be  examined  shall  not  be  given  until  after the 
Bill has been printed and circulated  be suspended 
for  the  remainder  of  the  Session.—(The  Chair-
man of  Ways and Means.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were presented, and public 

read :  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative to Interme-  Intermediate 

diate  Education  (Ireland),  which  was  presented 
upon the 23rd day of  June  last, be printed. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Report. 

(Ireland.) 

No. 214. 

 
 
24  th June. 

3 07 
amended, to be  true ;  and had gone  through  the 
Bill  and made  Amendments thereunto. 

No. 90.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 
Shop Hours 
Act, 1904. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
t 0  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
City  of  Exeter  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act, 
1904,  and  confirmed  by the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the  hours  of 
closing for certain classes of  Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Trade Reports 
laneous" 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir Edward  Grey  presented,  by His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, No. 668. 
Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Imperial 
Bevenue 
(Collection 
and  Expendi-
ture)  (Great 
Britain  and 
Ireland.) 

No.  215. 
Revenue and 
Expenditure 
(England, 
Scotland,  and 
Ireland.) 

N o.   216. 

Mr. Hobhouse presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated  the  30th day  of  March  last, for a  Return 
relative  to  Imperial  Revenue  (Collection  and 
Expenditure)  (Great  Britain  and  Ireland). 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day of 
March last, for a Return relative to Revenue  and 
Expenditure (England,  Scotland, and  Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  do  lie  upon 

the  Table;  and be printed. 

Pharmacy 
Acts (Ireland.)  t i o n8 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the direc-
0f  s e v eral   Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  in  Council  under  the  Pharmacy  Acts 
(Ireland),  dated  3rd  July  1908,  approving  of 
a  Regulation  made  by  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  of Ireland. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
Act  (Ireland), 
1877. 

Copy of  Order in  Council  under the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  Act  (Ireland),  1877, dated 
3rd July  1908, giving  effect to Rules of  Court. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Beports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  563 
(Gibraltar,  Annual  Report for  1907). 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —Copy of Regulations  for  the  Train-
ing of  Teachers  of  Domestic  Subjects  (in  force 
from 1st August  1908). 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Boads and 
Bridges 
(Scotland.) 

Members of 
Parliament 
(Colonial 
Pensions.) 

Ordered, That there  be laid before this  House 
a  Return  showing  the  rate per pound  of  assess-
ment  levied  for  Roads  and  Bridges  by  County 
Councils  in  each  county  or  district of  a county 
in  Scotland in  each year from  1891-2  to  1907-8, 
inclusive.—(Mr.  Erskine.) 

liesolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that  He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  number  of 
Members of  the  present  House  of  Lords  and  of 
the  present  House of Commons who are in receipt 
of  Pensions  for  service  in  the  Colonies  from 
colonial funds.—(Mr. Cooper.) 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported 
Bognor Gas 
Light  and 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Bognor  Gas  Light 
Coke 
Company  Bill  and  Coke  Company  Bill  [ Lords]  ;  That  they 
had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the 
[Lords.] 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same 
so as to  make it consistent  with the Bill as passed 
by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as 

VOL. 163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
vo""0  t h e 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported Nottingham-

from  the  Committee  on  the  Nottinghamshire ^"re 
and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No.  2)  Bill;  That Tranuvays 
they  had  examined  the  allegations contained  in  (No. 2) Bill, 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and amended  the same 
so as to make it  consistent with the  Bill as passed 
by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to be  true ;  and  had  gone  through the 
Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide Supple-
the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

r 

™ent 
votes. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported London 
from  the  Committee  on  the  London  County  County 
Council  (Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill ^Tramways 
and Improve-
[Lords] 

:— 

That  with  respect  to  the  Resolution  of  the j-^,.^.] 

House of  the  3rd day of  March  last  the  powers 
to construct  Tramways Nos.  3, 4, and 5  had been 
struck  out of the Bill during its passage  through 
the House  of  Lords. 

That  the  additional  provision  referred  to  in 
the Resolution  of  the  House  of  the  17 th  day of 
March  last  had  been  inserted  in  the  Bill  in 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Lords. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee ; That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  verbally  amended  the 
same,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true ;  and had gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the vide Supple-
ment to the 
Votes. 

1 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Aire and 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Aire  and  Calder  Caller 
Navigation  Bill  [Lords];  That  they  had  ex-
amined the  allegations contained in the  Preamble 
of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to 
make it consistent  with the  provisions of the  Bill 
as passed  by the  Committee,  and found the same, 
as amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered.  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vi ie  Supple-
the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

ment 
Vote*. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported 
from the Committee on the  Stratford-upon-Avon, 
Towcester,and  Midland .function, Evesham, Red-
ditch,  and  Stiatford-upon-Avon  Junction,  ami 
East  and  West  Junction  Railways  (Amalgama-
tion) Bill  [Lords] 
;  That  they  had examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  o<  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  he 
true ;  and  had gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

<tratford-
upon-Avon, 
Toweester, and 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Bedditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon-Avon 
Junction,  and 
East and West 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Vide  Supple-
ment to the 
Votes. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  sligo and 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Sligo  and  Arigna  £ri.fna  „ 
Railway  Bill;  That  they  had  examined  theEa,hvay  BllL 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the" 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  a*  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, to be 
true;  and  had  gone  through  the Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto;  and  had  amended  the 
Title,  as  followeth:—A  Bill to  incorporate  the  [Title 
Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Company,  and  to amended.] 
empower  them  to  construct  a  railway  in  the 
R  R  2 

308 
Counties  of  Sligo  and 
other  purposes. 

Roscommon,  and  for 

7 th  July. 

1908. 
Clauses  A c t s;   to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

[No.  99. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Commercial 
Union 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company  Bill 
[Lords],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Northern 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
[Lords], 

the  Northern  Assurance  Company  Bill 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Metropolitan 
Distvkt 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Barry 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Commons 
(First  Report) 
(Towyn 
Trewan 
Common, 
Anglesey.) 

Special Report. 

No.  217. 

No.  217. 

Sir  Lewis  M'lver  reported from the  Committee 
on 
the  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Bill 
[Lords]  ;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, 
and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  con-
sistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed 
by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to  be  true;  and  bad  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Lewis  M'lver  reported  the  Barry  Railway 

Bill  [Lords],  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Walter  Foster  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Commons  ;  That  they  had  con-
sidered  the  Report  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries  certifying  the  expediency  of  a 
Provisional  Order  for  the  inclosure  of  Towyn 
Trewan  Common,  and  are  of  opinion  that  the 
same  ought  to  be  confirmed  by  Parliament 
without  modification. 

Sir  Walter  Foster  further  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  ;  That  they  had  agreed  to  a 
Special  Report,  which  they  had  directed  him  to 
make  to the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  and  Special  Report 

do  lie  upon  the  Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of Evidence  taken 

before  the  Select  Committee  be  printed. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Lanarkshire 
( Middle Ward  District)  Water  Order Confirma-
tion  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Lanarkshire 
(Middle  Ward 
District) 
Water  Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Finchley 
Urban  District  District 
Council  Bill, 

The  Lords have  agreed  to  the Finchley  Urban 
Council  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Motherwell 
Burgh 
Extension, &c, 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Motherwell 
Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
North  British 
and Mercantile made  by  this  House  to  the  North  British  and 
Company  Bill  Mercantile  Insurance  Company  Bill 
[Lords], 
without  any  Amendment. 
"" 
[Lords,  j 

Upton  Town 
Hall  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Upton  Town  Hall 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Education 
Board 
Provisional 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(London) BiU  County 
* 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made 
by  the  Board  of  Education  under  the  Education 
the  London 
Acts,  1870  to  1907,  to  enable 
in  force  the  Lands 

Council 

to  put 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Local 

Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  of  the  j^f™^ 1 1* 
Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland  relating  provisional 
to  the  Rural  District  of   Rath down  (No.  1)   ;  Order (No.  4) 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  B i U LLords.] 
this  House. 

The  Education  Board  Provisional  Orders  Education 
[Lords]  was  read  B o a r d. 
, 
Provisional 
Orders 

Confirmation  (London)  Bill 
4.U  c 
i. 
t he   n r st   t u n e.  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Confirmation 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and [^^f 1-?  B iU 
be  printed. 

^ ' g^ 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Local 

Order  (No.  4)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first 
t i m e.  

Provisional 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  S f ^ r ^ 4-? 
Bill  [Urds.] 
jj-y ^q^ 

for  Private  Bills;  and 

Examiners of  Petitions 
be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Vehicular  Traffic  (Regula-  Vehicular 
tion  of  Speed)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon ?£affio.  u 
j. 
T4/r 
Monday  next. 

fcpeSd) 

j 

(Regulation  of 

Bill. 

Sir  Thomas  Roe, supported  by  Mr.  Godfrey  Local 

Baring,  Mr.  Illingworth,  Mr.  William  Lever,  Authorities 
Mr.  Meld,  Sir  Herbert  Roberts,  Mr.  Luke  White,  (Advertising) 
and  Mr.  Alfred  Scott, 
Mr.  Harmood-Banner, 
presented  a  Bill  to  enable  Local  Authorities  to 
advertise  the  attractions  and  advantages of  their 
districts  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  the  22nd  day  of 
this  instant  July;  and  to  be  printed. 

gju 

304 

Mr.  Vivian,  supported  by  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Public  Health 

Mr.  Walters,  Mr.  Fenwick,  Mr.  Bowles,  Sir  Cowers  and 
William  Collins,  Mr.  Waterlow,  Sir  William  (No!^)  Bill. 
Bull,  and  Viscount  Morpeth,  presented  a  Bill  BiH305l 
to  amend  the  Public  Health  Acts  with  respect 
to  the  combined  drainage  of  two  or more  houses 
belonging  to  the  same  owner;  And  the  same 
was ordered  to  be  read  a second  time to-morrow  ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  National 

proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  amend  the  Territorial  and  Reserve  Forces (NO.^")8 
Act,  1907,  and  to  establish  National  Military 
Training  in  the  Territorial  Force  —(Captain 
Kincaid-Smith); 

- 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after a  brief  Mr.  Speaker 

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who Puts t.he 
_  Question 
- 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who ^ 
(pursuant  to 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in SX>. No. il.) 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No. 1 1. 

- 

- 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the | Captain  Kincaid-Smith,  1 
J 

\  Mr.  Beaumont: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Harold  Cox, 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Maddison  : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

34. 

250. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Old Age 
take  into  consideration  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Pensions  Bill. 
Bill,  as  amended 
recommittal. 

in  the  Committee  and  on 

A  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the  Bill 

(Pension  agents).—(Mr.  Fell.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read  the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  said  Clause  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

No. 99.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
The House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the 
i 
Yeas 
I  Faber: 
' 

n 
George  Denison 

. 

Tellers  for the / Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\  Master  of  Elibank  : 

7 th  July. 

309 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bdl,  in  p.  2,  1.  24,  by  inserting  at  the 
end thereof  the  words  " Provided  that  a  woman 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  worked  for  the  main-
tenance  of  herself  and  her  dependents  if  she  has 
kept  house  for  others."—(Mr.  Bowles.) 

£2. 

320. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  12,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
" set  forth  in  Part  I.  of  the  Schedule  to  this 
Act," and  inserting  the -words " of  five  shillings 
a  week  "—(Mr.  Harold  Cox),—instead  thereof. 
And  the  Question  being  put,.That  the  words 
"  set  forth  in " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  an  Amendment  was made  to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  21,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  " have,"  and  inserting  the  words  " prove 
that  he  has"—(Lord  Robert  Cecil),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " have " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 26,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  " Provided  that  in  the  case  of 
a  British  sailor  residence  in the United  Kingdom 
shall  be  deemed  to  include  service  on  board  a 
vessel  registered  in  the  United  Kingdom."— 
(Mr.  Mi  Arthur.) 

And  the Question  being put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right j 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  MlArthur, 

Yeas, 

\ 
\ Mr.  Harmood- Banner  : J 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

\  „,  „ 
} 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  5,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "until,"  the  words  "thirty-first  day  of 
December  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  unless."— 
(Mr.  Hoares.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That those words 

be  there  inserted  in the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Eli  bank: 

Tellers  for the/Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster : 

j- 292. 

J  4 7. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  21,  by  inserting,  after  the 
second  word  " he,"  the  words  " shall  have 
brought  himself  into  a  position  to  apply  for  a 
pension  by  reason  of  gambling,  drunkenness,  or 
idleness,  or."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

VOL.  163. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  26,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " up  to,"  and  inserting  the  words  " im-
mediately  before " — ( L o rd   Robert  Cecil),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  "up  t o"   stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  32,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  A c t"   to  the  end  of  p.  2,  1.  36.— 
(Mr.  Bowles.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill: —  The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 32,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " him,"  the  words  " provided  that  such 
property  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be  capable  of 
investment  so  as  to  bring  in  a  larger  return  than 
O 
at  the  rate  of  two  and  three-quarters  per  cent, 
per  annum."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

o 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l: 

And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Ten  of  the  Mr.  Speaker 

clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the Question 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17 th  day  of  June forthwith 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  upon  the (pursuant to 
Amendment  already  proposed  from the  Chair.  House,)1 tbC 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those words 

be there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Viscount  Valentia, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Tellers  for the f M r. Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master  of Elibank  : 

Noes, 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

}  85. 

|  363. 

Mr.  Speaker  then  proceeded  successively  to  Mr.  Speaker 

put  forthwith  the  Question  upon  the  Amend-
ments  moved  by  the  Government  of  which forthwith 
notice  had  been  given. 

(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made  House.) 

to  the  Bill,  in  p. 4,1.  12,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " after," the  words  " the  day  on  which."— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  the  Amend-

ment  be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  thef Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

T P I WH  for t h e f M r'  C l a U < le 
lellers  tor the!  Mr   Q 

e  D m i s o n 

Noes> 

1  Faber: 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

EE   3 

372. 

85. 

310 

7 th  July. 

1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

[No.  99. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,1.  39,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  " them "  to  the  word  " referred,"  in 
1. 40,  and  inserting  the  words  " within  the  time 
and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  regulations 
under  this  Act,  and  any  claim  or  question  in 
respect  of  which  an  appeal  is  so  brought  shall 
stand"—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question being put, That the  Amend-

ment  be  made; 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Criminal  Law  and  Pro-
cedure  (Ireland)  Act  (18H7)  Repeal  Bill  (not 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee); 

Criminal  Law 
and Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Coroners  (Ireland) 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the)  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 
Tellers  for the' Viscount  Valentia, 

Yeas, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

360. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Noes, 

(.Lord  Edmund  Talbot 
So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

8 2' 

! 

} 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Conrt  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Companies 
Bill  [Ewrf*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill  [Lord*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading  of 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Places  of  Worship 
(Leasehold  Enfranchisement)  Bill; 

(trdered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  the  31st  day  of this  instant  July. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Leasehold 
Enfranchise-
ment)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Police  Superannuation 
(S. otland)  Bill; 

Police  Super-
annuation 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Open  Spaces  (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Open  Spaces 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing of 

Second  Reading of the  Housing  of  the  Working  t h c
Classes  B d l; 

  Working 
S  Classes Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ecclesiastical 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Assess-  Assessments 
Bm?tl8nd) 
ments (Scotland)  Bill; 

(

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Railway 

Second  Reading  of the  Railway  Tickets  Bill; 

Tickets  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Friendly 
- Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sea Fisheries 

Second  Reading of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Regulation Regulation 
(Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Patents  and 
Desigas  Bill 
[Lnrds.~] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Buxton 

Second  Reading  of  the  Buxton  Charity  Bill; 

Charity  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Coroners' 
Inquests  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading  of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Long  Ashton 
Second  Reading  of  the  Long  Ashton  Charity  Charity  Bill. 
Bill; 

tto.  99.]  8  EDW.  Y l l. 

Ith—Sth 

July. 

311 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  qf the Abbots  Bromley. Charity 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Death 
Certificates 
(Charges)  B m . ( C h a r g e 8)   B m 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Death  Certificates 

Second  Reading  of 

* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
Qualification 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
Qualification  (England  and Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public  Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill j 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Wild  Birds  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
BiU. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  eighteen  minutes  alter  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

N a me   of  B i l l. 

S t a n d i ng 
Committee. 

Coal  M i n es   ( E i g ht   H o u r s)   ( N o.   2) 

C. 

B i l l. 

[No.  100.] 

Wednesday, 8th July  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Ards  Railways 

tion  the  Ards  Railways  Bill  {changed f r o m j ^ S fd 

Ards  and  Bangor  Railways  Bill),  as amended in  Bangor 
the  Committee. 

Railways 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 BlU  ) 

be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Mr.  Sinclair,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House 
that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the purport  of  the  Bill, 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein  as  they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-Holderness 
tion  the  Holderness  Water  Bill,  as  amended  in W a t er   BUL 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

the  House 

Mr.  Sinclair,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
that  His  Majesty, 
acquainted 
having  been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill, 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein  as they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Pontypridd  Water  B i ll   Pontypridd 

[Lords],  as amended in the  Committee,  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon  Friday  next. 

'J 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Rochester 
as   M d ge   Bill 
[Lords.] 

tion  the  Rochester  Bridge  Bill 
amended  in the  Committee. 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

The  Leith  Burgh  Bill 
second  time,  and  committed. 

[Lords] 

was  read  a  Leith  Burgh 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Galashiels 
take  into  consideration  the  Galashiels  Drainage  Drainage  and 
and  Burgh  Extension  Order  Confirmation  Bill.  Extension 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time °rd®r 
Confirmation 
Bill 

. . 5 
upon J! riday  next. 

t,  

. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Report, 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty'8  Command,—Copy  of  Interim  Report 
of  the  Commissioners  appointed  to  inquire  into 
and report  upon  certain  matters  connected  with 
the  manufacture  and  sale  of  Whiskey  and  other 
Potable  Spirits,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence. 

Whiskey  and 
other  Potable 
Spirits  (Royal 
Commission.) 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  Home  Department,  edited  by  R.  A.  S. 

R  R  4 

Explosions 
(BenweU  and 
Whitehavee 
CoUieries.) 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

312 
Redmayne,  His  Majesty's  Chief  Inspector  of 
Mines,  on the  Explosions  which  occurred  at  the 
Benwell  Colliery  on  19th  March  1907  and  the 
Whitehaven  Colliery  on  26th  November  1907. 

8 th  July. 

Explosions 
(Washington 
" Glebe " 
Colliery.) 

Board of 
Education. 

Board  cf 
Education. 

Ordnance 
Survey. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  Home  Department, by J.  B. Atkinson,  M.SC., 
one  of  His  Majesty's  Inspectors  of  Mines,  on 
the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion  which 
occurred at Washington  " Glebe "  Colliery, near 
Birtley,  Durham,  on  20th  February  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of  Regulations  for the  Train-
ing  of  Teachers  for  Secondary  Schools. 

Copy  of  Scheme  for  a  new  Teachers  Regis-
tration  Council,  proposed 
to  the  Board  of 
Education  by  the  Representatives  of  certain 
Educational  Associations. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward 

Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—  Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Progress  of  the  Ordnance  Survey  to  the  31st 
March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
Series?1 
e n 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His Majesty's Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos. 4057 
and  4058. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
London.) 

N o.   2 1 8. 

The  followiug  Paper  was  laid  upon  the  Table 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Further  Return 
to  an  Order,  dated  the  2nd  day  of  August  1894, 
for a Return  comprising  (1)  the Reports made  to 
the  Charity  Commissioners  in  the  result  of  an 
inquiry  held  in  every  parish  wholly  or  partly 
within  the  Administrative  County  of  London 
into  Endowments  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts,  1853  to  1891,  and 
appropriated  in  whole  or in  part  for  the  benefit 
of  that  county,  or  of  any  part  thereof,  together 
with  the  Reports  on  those  Endowments  of 
the  Commissioners  for 
inquiring  concerning 
Charities,  1818  to  1837;  (2)  a  Digest  showing, 
in  the  case  of  each  such  parish,  whether  any, 
and,  if  any,  what  such  Endowments  are  recorded 
in  the  books  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  in 
the  parish  ;  and  (3)  an  Index,  alphabetically 
arranged,  of  names  and  places  mentioned  in 
the  Reports. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 
Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

from 
Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported 
Standing  Committee  C,  to  whom  the 
Irish 
Universities  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

N o.   2 1 9. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

N o.   2 1 9. 

Ordered, That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

B i ll   306. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
upon  Thursday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant 
July  ;  and be  printed. 

Wye  Fisheries  Mr.  Partington  reported  from  the  Committee 
on   t h e  W ye   Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill ; 
Order  Bill!
That  they  had  considered  the  Order  therein 
contained ;  that  the  said  Order  ought  to  be 

. 

[No. 1QO. 

confirmed;  and 
to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amendments,  to  the °rd? r 
T T
House. 

that  they  had  directed  him  [Provisional 
,, 
confirmed.] 
J 

. 

1 

' 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Garw  and Garw and 
Ogmore  Gas  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  Ogmore  Gas 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Swinton  and  Swinton  and 
Mexborough  Gas  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  Mexborough 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

1 ' 

as 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Assizes and 
Act to dispense  with  the  attendance  of Jurors  at  g ^^  Bill 
Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions,  and  with 
holding  of  Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions  in 
certain  cases,  and to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  dates  at  which  Quarter  Sessions  are  to  be 
held  ; to which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence 
of  this  House. 

the  [Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself  Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[15th  allotted 
Day.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 
1.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £167,000  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  of  Educa-
tional  Services,  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1909 : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum not  exceeding  £166,900  be  granted 
for the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Barnes.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  George  Roberts, 
(Mr.  Charles  Duncan 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

\ 
f 
] 
J 

9 0. 

205. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
2.  £1,334,600  for  Naval  and  Marine  Pen-
sions,  Gratuities,  and  Compassionate  Allow-
ances. 

3.  £868,800  for  Half  Pay  and  Retired  Pay 

to  Officers of  the  Navy  and  Marines. 

4.  £377,400  for  Civil Pensions  and  Gratuities. 
Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  II. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £14,998  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  complete 
the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st day 
of  March  1909  for the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Fishery  Board  for  Scotland,  and for  Grants 
in  Aid  of  Piers  or  Quays : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £14,898  be 
granted 
for  the  said  Service.—(Sir  Arthur 
Bignold.) 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

 
 
No. 100.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  the  Committee  had 
made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them  referred; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
last,  That  this 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction 
for Ireland,  and  of the  Services  administered  by 
that  Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
Aid,  which  was  then  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of the  21st  day  of  May  last; 

Supply 
[21st  May] 
Beport. 

8 fh  July. 

BIB 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Friendly 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  as  S o c ieties   Bill, 
amended  in the  Committee  : 

Ordered,  That  the 
sideration  to-morrow. 

Bill  be  taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents  and 
Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  Desi^ia  Bill 
[Lords]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Coroners' 

Third  Reading  of  the  Coroners'  Inquests  Bill;  

Inquests  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for resuming  Education 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  which,  (Local 
upon  the  3rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  was pro-  ^f h o r i t i e s> 
posed  to  be  made  to  a new  Clause  proposed  on 
consideration  of  the  Education  (Local  Autho-
rities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

till  to-morrow. 

Supply 
[28th  May] 
Report 
(Postponed 
Resolution.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions 
which,  upon  the  10th  day  of  June  last,  were 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the 
28th  day of  May  last,  and which  Resolution  was 
then  postponed; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th  day  of June  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[2nd  July] 
Report. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd  day  of this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Companies 
Bill  \Lords.-] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages') 
Bill  [lards.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of  .  the  Fatal  Accidents 

Second  Reading 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords'] ; 

V O L.   1 6 3.  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Criminal 
into  consideration  the  Criminal  Law  and  Pro- L®w an<1 
cedure  (Ireland)  Act  (1887)  Repeal  Bill  ( n o t £ X i d ) A ct 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee)  ; 
(1887)  Repeal 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 
sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  (Ireland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into 

con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Purchase of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Purchase  of  Land Land 
(England  and  Wales)  Bill  j 

S ^ B i i r* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for resuming  Small 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Holdings  Bill, 
upon  the  l l th   day  of  March  last,  That  the 
Small  Holdings  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Teachers of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Teachers  of  Music  Music 
Registration  Bill;  

Registration 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  the  16th  day  of  this  instant 
Julv. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Pawning 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pawning  Industrial industrial 
ToolsBiU" 
Tools  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Health 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Sewers  ( S e w e r s and 
Bill. 
and  Drains)  ( N o.   2)  B i U;  

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

i 

s  s 

314 

&ih—Qth 

J u l y. 

1908. 

[No. 101:. 

Death 
Certificates 
{Charges)  Bill.  ( C h a r g e s)   Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Death  Certificates 

Second  Reading  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

l u b l ic   Health 
Act  (1875) 
Amendment 
(Water 
Bights)  Bfll. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  Act 
(1875)  Amendment  (Water  Rights)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Pedlars  Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Pedlars  Acts  Amend-
ment  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Wild  Birds  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  26th  day  of  February  last,  That  the 
Dogs'  Protection  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  eleven  minutes  after Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  101.] 
Thursday,  9th July  1908. 

The  House  met  at a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P  E  A  r  E  K  s. 

A  MOTION  being  made,  That  the  Bristol 
AMOTION  being  made, 
Bristol 
r T —J 
Corpor-^—  D- n 
B m P[ S lj   A-   Corporation  Bill  [Lords']  be  now  read  the 

third  time; 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport 
of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His 
Majesty's  interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House 
may  do therein  as they  shall  think  fit. 

the  House 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which this  House doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vide'sixth 
Report. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Transvaal. 

Command,—Copy  of Papers relating  to  the form 
of  Contract 
in  connection  with  the 
recruitment  of  Native  Labourers  for  the  Trans-
vaal  Mines  in  Portuguese  East  Africa. 

in  use 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord Advocate  presented,—Return  to  an  Deer  Forests 

Order,  dated  the  9th  day  of  March  last,  for  a (Highland 
(Highland  oJ^yJ^ 
Return  relative 
Crofting  Counties). 

to  Deer  Forests 

No.  220. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon the 

Table  ;. and be  printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Regulations  for  Technical  Education. 
Schools,  Schools  of  Art,  and  other  forms  of 
provision  of  further  Education  in  England  and 
Wales  (from  1st  August  1908  to  31st  July 
1909). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Mint. 

Command,  —  Copy  of  Thirty-eighth  Annual 
Report  of  the  Deputy  Master  and  Comptroller 
of  the  Mint,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers  were  laid  upon 

the 

Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  26th 
day  of  July  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (County  of  Devon). 

inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
Devon.) 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  28th 
day  of  March  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (County  of  Berks). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  be  printed. 

No. 221. 
Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
Berks.) 

N o.   2 2 2. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  offences 
a  Return  showing  respectively  for  each  month,  (Ireland.) 
January to June  inclusive, the number  of  Cattle-
drives,  of  cases  of  firing  into  houses  and  at 
persons,  of  Boycotting  (complete  and  partial), 
of  prosecutions for  foregoing  offences,  of  results 
of  prosecutions,  of  claims  for malicious  injuries, 
amount  of  awards,  number  of  appeals  against 
awards,  &c., in  the  form  set  out  as under :— 

Boycotting. 

P. 
I 
O 

3 
PH 

03 

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3 a 
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0 

to 

s  a 

go 

Lower  Thames  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Grays)  Dock  Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) 
Bill. 

Dock  Bill; 
•  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  next. 

"Troon  (Loch 
Bradan) 
Water  Order 
•Confirmation 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take into consideration  the Troon  (Loch  Bradan) 
Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Wye Fisheries  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Wye  Fisheries 
Provisional 
Provisional  Order  Bill,  as amended  in  the  Com-
Order Bill. 
mittee. 

Month.  1908. 

January 
February 
March  -
-
April 
May 
-
June 

Totals 

JNO.101.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

9 th  July. 

3 15 

Month,  1908. 

Eesult of 

Prosecutions. 

Number 
of 
Claims 
for 
Malicious 
Injuries. 

S3 

Sf 

« 

a  s 

January 

February 

March  -

April 

May 

June 

-

Totals 

-

—(Mr.  Lonsdale.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Steamboat  Service  Act,  1904 
Bill  [Lords],  with  Amendments. 

Thames  River  Mr.  Partington  reported  the  Thames  River 
Service°at 
(Amendment) 
Act, 1904 
fififr^T^ 
Vide Supple-  Table;  and  be  printed, 
ment to the 
Votes. 
[Jsk Fisheries 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

Mr. Partington  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  the  Usk  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill; 
That  they  had  considered  the  Order  therein 
contained;  that  the  said  Order  ought  to  be 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him 
to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amendments,  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

Standing 
Committee C. 
Post Office 
Savings Bank 
Bill. 

No.  223. 

No. 223. 

Bill  307. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  C,  to  whom  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill  was  referred ;  That  they  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing 
Standing 
Tde™a h 6 0'  Committee  C,  to  whom  the  Telegraph  (Con-
(Construction)  struction)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
Bill. 
thereunto. 

No. 224. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No. 224. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

BiU 308. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and be  printed. 

Registration 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  309. 

The  Registration  Bill  [Lords]  was read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

VOL.  163. 

Colonel  Williams  reported 

from  the  Com-  public 

mittee  of  Public  Accounts;  That  they  had  Accounts 
made  further  Progress  in  the  matters  to  them  jfe^to 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
thereof  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  .upon  the  No.  225. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  Bill  Small 
[Lords]  was read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  X S ts 
be  read  a  second time  upon  Monday  next;  and  Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  310. 
to  be  printed. 

£ 

The  Agricultural  Holdings  Bill  [Lords]  was  Agricultural 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  f ^ ^ B iU 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  BJU'^-
311. 
printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gnrdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  hadoom^rittees) 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-  sending 
ing  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Handloom  Committee  A. 
Weaving  (Ireland) Bill)  :—Mr.  Secretary  Glad-
stone,  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel,  and  Mr.  Attorney  (Ireland) BilL 
General;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr. 
Solicitor  General  for  Ireland,  and  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Handloom 
Weaving 
(Ireland)  BilL 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Handloom  Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill):—Mr.  Jeremiah  MacVeagh,  Mr. 
Creau,  Mr.  Kavanagh,  Mr.  Condon, Sir  Walter 
Nugent,  Mr.  Thomas  L,orimer  Corbett,  Mr. 
Mac Caw,  Mr.  Sloan,  Mr.  Glendinning,  Mr. 
Brocklehurst,  Mr.  Sears,  Mr.  Jackson,  Mr. 
M'Callum,  Mr.  Grayson,  and Mr.  T.  W.  Russell. 
Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Corn-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Housing, 
~"  
~" 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  Paulton  ;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Hobhouse. 

" 

" 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee  ; That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill)  : —  Mr.  Soames,  Mr. 
Walker,  Mr.  Hastings  Duncan,  Mr.  Vivian,  Mr. 
Cave,  Lord  Willoughby  de  Eresby,  and  Colonel 
Sir  Ivor  Herbert;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Henry, 
Mr.  Hemmerde,  Mr.  Beck,  Mr.  Albert  Stanley, 
Mr.  Hicks  Beach,  Mr.  Boioles,  and  Mr.  Ellis 
Davies. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from  the  Committee  ; That  they  had  added  to  Committee  c. 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Coal  Mines 
Hours),(Nc^2)  Bill)  : - M r.   Watt^  Sb'  Clifford 
Cory,  Mr.  Walton,  Mr.  Lupton,  Mr.  Markham, 
Mr.  James  Mason,  Mr.  Goulding,  Mr.  Baldwin, 
Mr.  M'Arthur,  Mr.  John  Wilson,  Mr.  Enoch 
Edwards,  Mr.  Thomas  Richards,  Mr.  Walsh, Mr. 
Glover,  and  Mr.  Keir  Hardie. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Leeds  Cor- Leeds 

poration  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Corporation 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House, 

s  s  2 

T o w n 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee C. 

Coal Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  BiU. 

316 

9th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 101. 

Doncaster 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Doncaster 
Corporation  Bill, with  Amendments;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Rhymney and 
G^fandWaterAct 
f o r  conferring  further  powers  on  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Rhymney  and  Aber  Valleys  Gas  and  Water 
Company;  to  which the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

The  Rhymney  and  Aber  Vallevs  Gas  and 

Rhymney  and 
GaTandWater  W a t er   B i U  [Lords]  w a s  read  the  first  time. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland.) 

Mr. Speaker 
puts the 
Question 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  No. 11.) 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in a  Bill 
to  regulate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
Summary  Jurisdiction  and  Criminal  Procedure 
in  Scotland—(The  Lord  Advocate); 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  11. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the) Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(.Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for thef Earl  Winterton, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Bowles  : 

261. 

55. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Lord  Advocate  and  Mr. 
Solicitor  General  for  Scotland  do  prepare  and 
bring  in the  Bill. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  312. 

The  Lord  Advocate  accordingly  presented  a 
Bill  to  regulate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
Summary  Jurisdiction  and  Criminal  Procedure 
in  Scotland :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Tuesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Old 
Age  Pensions  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of 
the  Business  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

Old Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading  of the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be now  read  the 
third  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months." —  (Mr. 
Bowles.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now " stand  part of  the  Question:—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Ten  of  the 
Mr. Speaker 
puts Questions  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
t h e  ° r d er   of   t h e  House  of  the  17th day  of  June 
(pursuant  to
last,  to  put forthwith  the  Questions necessary  to 
Order of the 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this 
House.) 
day. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand  part of  the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for the f Mr,  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 

Tellers  for thej Mr.  Bowles, 

Noes, 

I Sir  Henry  Craik : 

1 

/ 315. 

10. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Oyster and 

Second  Reading  of 
Fishery  (Bay  of  Firth)  Order  Confirmation  (SayTf  Firth) 
Bill  ; 

the  Oyster  and  M u s s el   Mussel 

Order 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged.  Confirmation 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of the day being read, for resuming Supply 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed  [2lst May] 
upon  the  28th  day  of May  last,  That  this  House  Report-
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  Resolu-
tion,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909 for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland, and of  the  Services administered by  that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid, 
which  was then  reported  from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of the  21st  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  [28th  May] 
which,  upon  the  10th  day  of  June  last,  were  jp®^ n ed 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  Resolution.) 
28th  day  of  May  last,  and  which  Resolution  was 
then  postponed  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into  further consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [loth  June] 
the  10th day  of  June  last; 

RePort" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

upon 

Thursday  next. 

The Order of the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [2nd July] 
the  2nd day  of this  instant  July  ; 

Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Mr.  Joseph  Pease  reported  from  the  Com- Supply 
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  8th  day  of  this  instant L8th Ju'y] 
July  several  Resolutions;  which  were  read,  as 
follow: 

eport' 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £167,000  be  Educational 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to defray  the  Expense  Services, 
of  Educational  Services,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,334,600  be  Naval and 

granted to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses  Marine 

Pensions, 

 
Wi—lOth  July. 

3 17 

NoiiOK]  8  EDW.  VII. 
Gratuities, and  of  Naval  and  Marine  Pensions,  Gratuities,  and 
Allowance^'6  ^ o mP a s si ° n a t e  Allowances,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

Half  Pay  and 
Retired  Pay. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £868,800  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of Half  Pay  and  Retired  Pay  to  Officers  of  the 
Navy  and  Marines,  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of  March  1909. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £377,400  be 
Civil  Pensions 
and Gratuities, granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Civil  Pensions and Gratuities, which will come 
in  course  of payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909. 

The  said  Resolutions  being  read  a  second 

time 3 

The  First  Resolution  was  postponed. 
The  Second  and  Third  Resolutions  were 

agreed  to. 

Ordered, That  the Fourth  Resolution  be taken 

into consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  lake  into  considera-  TafiVale. 
tion  the  Tail  Vale  Railway  Bill  [Lords],  as  Railway  Bill 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

[.Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Wath  and  Bolton  Gas  Board  Bill  Wath and 
[Lords]  was  read  a second  time,  and  committed.  Bolton  Gas 
L 
Board  Bill 
[Lords.] 

J 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Pontypridd 
? ai 
r  -J 

take  into  consideration  the  Pontypridd  Water 
Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

I 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

The  Galashiels  Drainage  and  Burgh  Exten-  Galashiels 
sion  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  according  to ^ra™age anti 
Order,  read  the  third  time  and passed. 

Extension 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  ^nfirmation 

tbe  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Bill. 

The  Wye  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Bill  Wye  Fisheries 

was, according to Order,  read  the  third  time  and  Provisional 
0 r d e r B l l L 
passed. 

8 

Ordered,  That  the  postponed  Resolution  be 

taken  into  consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  Usk Fisheries 

(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit till  a quarter  of  an hour after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

[No.  103.] 
Friday,  10th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

P  R A Y  E  B  S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of  the Examiners  of  Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
which  are  applicable  thereto  have  been  complied 
with, viz.  :— 

Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]. 

Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  1)  Bill  [I.ords]. 

Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  2)  Bill  [Lords], 

Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Order 

(No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]. 

Gas  and  Water  Orders  Confirmation  Bill 

[IsOrds], 

Gas  Orders  Confirmation Bill 
Tramways  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 

[Lords], 

Bill  [Lords], 
Local  Government 

(Ireland)  Provisional 

Order  (No.  4)  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Leicester  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice  read,  and,  with  Amendments  to  two  of 
them,  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships,  with  Amendments;  to  which  this 
House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of  their 
Lordsbips. 

VOL.  163. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
[Lords] 
( S t a n d i ng 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
•with.) 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

into  consideration 

to  take 
Provisional  Order  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Com- 
mittee. 

the  Usk  Fisheries  Provisional 
er  B l 1' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Local  Government,  Provisional  Orders Local 

(No.  9)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Eiu-

oXrs (No. 9) 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented  a  Bill  to  Commons 
confirm a  Provisional  Order  under the Inclosure  Regulation 
Acts,  1845  to  1899,  relating  to  Towyn  Trewan  S°wan) 
Common,  in the  County  of  Anglesey. 

Provisional 
Ordered,  That  Standing  Order  193a  be  sus-  0 r d er   B l J' 

Bill 313. 

pended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the first 
time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  first  time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and 
be  printed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Report. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning, &c. Bill)  : —Colonel  Sir  Ivor  Herbert; 
and  had  appointed in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  said Bill)  :  Mr.  Ellis  Davies. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C :—Mr.  Ellis  Davies. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Table. 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 

mittee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  the  ( G r o uP
parties  opposing  the  Local  Government  Pro-Local 
visional  Orders  (No.  3)  Bill  had  stated  that  Government 
the  evidence  of  Hugh  Worthington  Ada.i.s,  S X f f No   3) 
Coroner for the North  West Division  of Stafford-  Bill, 
shire,  was  essential  to their  case ;  and,  it  having 
s  s  3 

  K0 

&ih—Qth July. 

1908. 

[No. 101:. 

318 
been  proved  that  his  attendance  could  not  be 
procured  without  the  intervention  of  the  House, 
he  had  been  instructed  to  move  that  the  said 
Hugh  Worthington  Adams  do  attend  the  said 
Committee  on  Tuesday  next,  at half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  K.) 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  Hugh  Worthington  Adams  do 
attend  the  Committee  on  Group  K  of  Private 
Bills  on  Tuesday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven  of 
the  clock. 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills;  That, 
for  the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee 
had  adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
for  the 
put,  That,  until  the  Adjournment 
autumn  holidays,  Government  Business  be  not 
interrupted  under the  provisions  of  any  Standing 
Order  regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House,  ana 
may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour 
though 
opposed;  that,  at the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business  each  day,  Mr.  Speaker  do  adjourn  the 
House  without  Question  put;  and  that  no 
Motions be made to bring in  Bills under  Standing 
Order  No.  11—(Mr.  Asquith); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
Tellers  for  thef 
Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

<  Hood, 
[Yiscount  Valentia  : 

A c l a n d" 

\  2 0 3. 
J 

1  69. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
Bill 

[Lords,] 

The  Fatal  Accidents  (Damages)  Bill  [Lords'] 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill 

[Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

through 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  Bouse 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Bee  Pest 
(Ireland)  Bill,  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

The  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  Bill  was,  according 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next—(Mr.  T.  W.  Russell.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Housing  of 

into  consideration  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Standing  Committee  ; 

in 

the  (Ireland)  Bill. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  the 
former  Committee—(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie)  :—And 
the  said  Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

Then  the  House  proceeded  to  take  the  Bill 

into  consideration. 

A  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Application  of  dormant  portion of  Irish  Suitors' 
Fund  to  purposes  of  Housing  Acts). —  (Mr. 
Hobhouse.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read  the  first  and  second  time. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause,  in  1.  9,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " and  the  unclaimed  order  and  residue 
account,  Land  Judge's  Court."— (Mr.  Hugh 
Barrie.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Clause  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Clause  was  made  part  of the  Bill. 
Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Creation  and  application  of  Irish 
Housing  Fund).—(Mr.  Attorney  General  for 
Ireland.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 
read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  amended; 
and  made  part  of the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Extension  to  certain  towns 
of  Part  II.  of  the  Act  of  1890)—(Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland) — was  twice  read  ;  and 
made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
loans).—(Mr. 

the  Bill  (Rates  of  interest  on 
Clancy.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 
read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  amended; 
and made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (2)  of  Clause  1.—(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " so," 
in  p.  1, 1.  17,  stand  part  of  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  26,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  "Always  provided  that 
the  present 
such  borrowings  do  not  exceed 
limitations  by  more  than  one-third."  —  (Mr. 
Hugh  Barrie.) 

And the  Question being  put, That  those words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 

)  „ . 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Patrick.  O'Brien, 

"(Sir  Frederick  Banbury:  ( 
\ 
J 

^Captain  Donelan: 

Wiiaie 
Fisheries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Whale  Fisheries  (Ireland)  Bill  was, 

Noes, 

according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

0 r d e r e d>   T h a fc   t l i e  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  T.  W.  Russell.) 

• So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  1,  by  leaving  out  Clause  3. 
—(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie.) 

No. 103 ]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

10th  July. 

3 19 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
words  proposed 
" without, 
in  p.  2,1.  3, stand  part  of the  Bill:— 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p. 3,1.  35,  by leaving out Clause  6. 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to be left out, to the word  " For," 
in  p.  4,1.  13,  stand  part  of  the  Bill: —The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the Bill, in  p. 5,1.  26,  by leaving  out  Clause  9. 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out,  to  the word  " during,"  in 
p.  5,1.  28,  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right: 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/ Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

Tellers  for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

ICaptain  Craig  : 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Tuberculosis 
Second  Reading  of  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Companies 
Second Reading  of  the  Companies  Bill  [.Lords];  Bil1  {Lords.-} 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  costs in 

into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being,  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

|  157. 

}  25. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

Second  Reading  of 
[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

County  Courts 
Bill  [Lords.] 

So  it  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

"Wild Birds 
Bill. 

The  Wild  Birds  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, 

read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—( Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Isle of  Man 
••(Customs 
Duties)  Bill. 

The  Isle  of  Man  (Customs  Duties)  Bill  was, 

according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Joseph Pease.)  . 

Prevention 
-of  Crime 
{Expenses.] 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Prevention  of  Crime 
[Expenses]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment, out of  moneys provided  by  Parliament, 
of  the cost of  establishing  Borstal  Institutions,  in 
pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
make  better  provision  for 
the  prevention  of 
Crime, and  for other  purposes  incidental  thereto, 
and  to  authorise  the  payment  to  societies  of  any 
expenses  incurred  by  them  under  such  Act  in 
assisting  or supervising  persons  discharged  from 
a  Borstal  Institution.—(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans 
[Railway  and 
Irrigation 
Works.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]; 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  MunicTa/0 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill;  

Boroughs  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Post  office 
into  consideration  the  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  I*™11®8 B a nk 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

1  " 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Telegraph 
into  consideration  the  Telegraph  (Construction)  (Construction 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Bl11" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Seed Potatoes 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
i f 1  0 a t s  Second  Reading  of  the  Seed  Potatoes  and  Seed 

/Ireland)Bill.  Oats  Supply  (Ireland)  Bill; 
VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

the  Local  Government Government 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

S  S  4 

320 

10th—Vdth  July. 

1908. 

[No. 103. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-

tion  the  Barry  Railway  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Barrv 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paying 
Expenses  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the London  Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company 
Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Bognor  Gas 
Light  and 
Coke  Company 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company 
Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Commercial 
Union 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of the  House  of  this  day,  it 
being  then  eleven  minutes  before  Six  of 
the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  London 
tion  the  London  County  Council  (Tramways  County 
and  Improvements)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in (jMmways 
the  Committee. 

and  Improve -

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

[No.  103.] 

Monday,  IMi  July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
[Lords]  " 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
in  the  Lords,  and  referred 
Bill,  originating 
on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing 
Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto  have  been 
complied  with,  viz.  : — 

Doncasfcer 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Education  Board  Provisional  Orders  Con-

firmation  (London)  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Doncaster  Corporation  B i l l;   and  the  same  were 
twice  read, and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Motherwell 
B argli 
Extension,  &c. 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Motherwell  Burgh  Extension,  &c.  Bill;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Swinton  and 
Mexborough 
Gas  Bill. 

Rochester 
Bridge  Bill 
[Lords.  ] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

• The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas  Bill;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Rochester  Bridge  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Northern 
tion  the  Northern  Assurance  Company  Bill  Assurance 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

[ H /f 

BU1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Fottingham-

tion  the  Nottinghamshire  and Derbyshire  Tram-  shire  and 
ways  (No.  2)  Bill,  as amended  in  the  Committee.  S w a yT 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time.  (No- 2)  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Sligo  and 

tion  the  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Railway  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  South  Wales 

tion  the  South  Wales Electrical  Power  Distribu-
tion  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee.  Distribution 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time.  B i U  [Lords.] 

The  Troon  (Loch  Bradan)  Water  Order  Con-  Troon  (Loch 

firmation  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Confirmation 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  B i u  [Lo*ds.] 

the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Usk  Fisheries Provisional Order  Bill  was,  Usk  Fisheries 

according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and qj,^™";]1 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional 
(No.  3)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Orders  Electric 
read  a  Lighting 

Provisional 
Orders  (No.  3) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

t he   Gas and  Water 

Second  Reading  of  the  Gas  and  Water  Orders Orders 
Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Gas  Orders  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  Gas  Orders 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
and  committed. 

Bill 

13th  July. 

3 21 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

No. 103 ]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Local 
GOTerament  Second  Reading  of 
Provisional 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Order (No.  4) Bill [Lords]   ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  1) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 
,(No.  1)  Bill [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  2) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Order (No.  3) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Tramways 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No. 2)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Publio 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 
Naval  Prize 
Money. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County  of 
Essex.) 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Order 
(No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Tram ways  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  6 th  day  of  this 
instant  July,  That  the  Account relative  to  Naval 
Prize Money be printed, was read and discharged. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of 
the  County  of  Essex,  altering  certain  Polling 
Districts  in  the  South  Eastern  Parliamentary 
Division. 

Penal 
Copy  of  Licence  under  the  Penal  Servitude 
Servitude  Acts  Acts  granted  to  Emilie  Fritsche,  a  convict 
u n ( , e r  detention in  Aylesbury  Prison,  permitting 
LiMnce!)™1 
her  to  be  at  large  on condition that  she  enter  the 

.  Elizabeth  Fry  Refuge,  Hackney,  E. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

East  India 
(Army  and 
Population.) 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  —  Return 

to  an 
Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  4th  day  of 
May  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East  India 
(Army  and  Population). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Land  Law 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1887  (Eviction 
Notices.) 

County 
Officers and 
Courts 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1877  (Bules.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Return  under  section  7  of  the 
Land  Law  (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  of  the  number 
of  Eviction  Notices  filed  in  the  High  Court  of 
Justice  and  County  Courts  in  Ireland  during 
the  quarter  ended  on  the  30th  June  1908. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules made under the  County  Officers and Courts 
(Ireland)  Act,  1877,  by  the  Lord  Chancellor 
and  County  Court  Judges  in  Ireland  regulating 
the  mode  of  service  of  Civil  Bill  processes  in 
ejectment  and  lor  recovery  of  rent, in  pursuance 
of  the  County  Officers  and  Court*  (Ireland) 
Act,  1877,  and  of  the  Land  Law  (Ireland)  Act, 
1881. 

Copy  of  Rules made under the  County  Officers 
County 
C®rtTaDd 
a n d  Courts  (Ireland)  Act,  1»77,  by  the  Lord 
(Ireland) Act,  Chancellor  and  County  Court Judges  in  Ireland 
1877 (Bules.)  relative  to  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act, 

1906.. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Beports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  564 
(Ashanti,  Annual  Report  for  1907). 

VOL.  163. 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Heddane  presented,  by  His  Army. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Advisory  Board,  London  School  of  Economics, 
on  the  Second  Course  at  the  London  School  of 
Economics,  October  1907  to  March  1908,  for 
the  Training  of  Officers for the  higher  Appoint-
ments  on  the  Administrative  Staff' of  the  Army, 
and for  the  charge  of  Departmental  Services. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  also  presented,  pur-  Army, 
suant 
to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
Parliament,—Copy  of  further  Rules  of  Pro-
cedure  for  Courts-Martial. 

Copy  of  further  Rules  for  Military  PrisonB  Army, 

and  Detention  Barracks. 

Copy  of  further  Regulations  for  the  Army  Army. 

Reserve. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Lunacy, 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  Table  of  Contents  and  Appendix  to  the 
Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commissioners  in 
Lunacy  (presented  29th  June). 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House  Criminal  Law 
a Return of  the  number  of  persons against  whom  and  Procedure 
proceedings  were  instituted  subsequently  to the  1887? 
Ct' 
19th  day  of  July  1887,  the  date  on  which  the 
Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act, 
1887,  came  into  force,  for  each  class  of  the 
Offences  specified  in  sections II.  and  VII.  of  the 
Act,  in  the  following  form :— 

Number of 
Persons 
proceeded 
against. 

Number 
committed. 

Offence. 

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Section II.  :— 

(1)  Criminal  conspiracy 

(2)  Intimidation 

• 

(3)  (a)  Biot  or  unlawful 

assembly. 
(b)  Forcible possession 
(c)  Assault  on  or  re-

sistance to sh sriff, 
constable, bailiff, 
&c. 
(4) Inciting 
offences. 

to  above 

Section VII. :— 

of 

(1)  Taking part in  meet-
ing 
suppressed 
branch  of  association 
described  by 
special 
proclamation  as  dan-
gerous association. 

(2)  Calling 

together 

meeting of  ditto. 

(3)  Publishing 

notices 
calling together  ditto. 
•  (4)  Publishing  proceed-

ings of  ditto. 

(5)  Soliciting  contribu-

tions for ditto. 

Total  - 

- 

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Offence. 

Number 

committed.  pf ft  Appeals. 
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Section II.:— 

(1)  Criminal  conspiracy 

(2)  Intimidation  -

(3)  (a) Biot  or  unlawful 
assembly, 

(b) Forcible possession 

(c) Assault  on  or re-

sistance to sheriff, 
constable, bailiff, 
to. 
(4)  Inciting 
offences. 

to  above 

Section VII. :— 

of 

(1)  Taking part in meet-
ing 
suppressed 
branch  of  association 
described  by  speeial 
proclamation  as  dan-
gerous association. 

(2)  Calling 

together 

meeting of ditto. 

(3)  Publishing 

notices 
calling together ditto. 
(4)  PubUshing  proceed-

ings of ditto. 

(5)  Soliciting  contribu-

tions for ditto. 

Total 

.

.. 

the  Returns  to  be  for  the  period  from  the 
19th  day  of  July  1887  to  the  31st  day  of 
December  1887, and for each  of the years  ended 
the 31st day of December 1888 to 1892, inclusive, 
with  a  note  indicating  the  date  at  which  pro-
ceedings  were  last  taken  under  the Act in 1892; 
and a Summary  Return,  in  the  same  form,  for 
the  entire  period  1887  to  1892;  also  similar 
Returns  for  the  years  ended  the  31st  day  of 
December  1901,  1902,  and  1903,  respectively, 
with  notes  indicating  the  dates  at  which  pro-
ceedings  were  first  and  last  taken,  during  this 
period,  under the Act.—(Mr.  Long.) 

Standing 
Committee A. 
Access to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the. Access to Mountains 
Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had  agreed  to 
report  the  Bill,  as  far  as  amended,  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  leave  to 

make  a  Special  Report. 

Standing 
Committee A, 
Access to 
Mountains 
Bill. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,  to whom  the Access to  Mountains 
Bill  was referred ;  That  they  had  agreed  to the 
following  Special  Report:— 

Special 
Beport. 

That,  having  regard to the  period  of  the year 
'and  the  position  of  the  Business  of  the  House, 
which  makes  it impossible  that  the later  stages 
this 
of  the  Bill  should  be  proceeded  with 
Session,  the  Committee  resolved  not to proceed 
further  with  the  Bill. 

N o.   2 2 6. 

N o.   2 2 6. 

Ordered,  That the Report  and Special  Report 

do lie  upon  the  Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Places of 
Worship 
(Sites) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Places  of  Worship  (Sites) 
Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the 
27th day of this  instant  July. 

July. 
Ordered,  That the Places of Worship ( Enfran-  Places of 
ohisement)  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon  ^ 0 1S i r >
Monday  the 27th  day of this  instant  July. 

1908. 

hi 

ment) Bill.86* 

[No. 101:. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by t h e
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

  Lords, 

m e n t-  

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the Land  Drainage' Land 
Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any  Amend-  Drainage 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 
Metropolitan 
Commons 
Provisional 
Order BiU. 
Camborne 
Water BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the  Metropolitan; 
Commons  Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any  1 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Camborne 

Water  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

_ 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  for making  further  provision  respecting the 
undertaking  and  debenture  stock  of  the  Crystal 
Palace  Company,  and  for  other  purposes;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Crystal  Palace 
Company BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   London and 

Act  for  incorporating  and  conferring  powers 
upon  the  London  and  District  Electricity gUpCp1yC
Supply  Company,  and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  [Lords.] 
which  the  Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Bl^1 

The  Crystal  Palace  Company 

B i ll  

was read the  first  time. 

[Lords]  Crystal  Palace 
L 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Bill  [Lords]  was read the first time. 

The  London  and  District  Electricity  Supply  London and 
Ki^tricity 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the Supply  Bill 

Examiners  of Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

[Lords.] 

Sir  John  Jardine,  supported  by Mr.  Barnes,  Salmon, 
Mr.  Gul/and,  Mr.  Laidlaw,  Mr.  Murray  Trout, and^ 
Macdmald,  Mr.  Menzies,  Mr.  Molteno,  Captain  Fisheries  BiU. 
Murray,  Mr.  Charles  Price,  Mr.  Tennant,  and  gm  314 * 
Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  presented  a Bill  to  consoli-
date  and amend  the  Acts  for the more  effectual 
preservation  and increase  of  Salmon  and Trout, 
and for regulating  and  improving  the  Fisheries 
in  the River  Tweed  and the  rivers  and streams 
running  into  the  same,  and  also  within  the 
mouth  or  entrance  of  the  said  river,  and  for 
other  purposes:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be read a second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and 
to  be printed. 

Mr.  MlKenna  presented  a  Bill  to  authorise,  Naval 

for  the  purpose  of  Marriages  in  the  United  Mar™ges Bill 
Kingdom,  the publication  of  banns and the issue 
of  certificates on  board  His  Majesty's  Ships in 
certain  cases:  And  the  same  was ordered  to be 
read  a  second  time 
to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself  Supply 

JJJ^ ®Uotted 

into  the Committee  of Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  Motion made,  and Question proposed,  That 
a  sum not  exceeding  £2,936,200  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses  for  the 
Personnel  for  Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Mainten-
ance,  &c., including  the  cost  of  Establishments 
of  Dockyards  and  Naval  Yards  at  Home  and 
Abroad,  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1909: 

 
 
 
 
 
NO. 103.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

13$  July. 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question, That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,936,100  be  granted  for 
the  said  Service—(Mr.  Summerbell),—put,  and 
negatived. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

2.  £4,157,000  for  Materiel  for  Shipbuilding, 
Repairs,  Maintenance,  &c.,  including  the  cost 
of  Establishments  of  Dockyards  and  Naval 
Yards  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

3.  £7,220,700  for  Contract  Work  for  Ship-

building,  Repairs,  &c. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £2,286,400  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  of  Vic-
tualling  and  Clothing  for  the  Navy,  including 
the  cost  of  Victualling  Establishments  at  Home 
and  Abroad,  which  will  come 
in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  :—Motion,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

4.  Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £258,700  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  of  Medical 
Services,  including  the  cost  of  Medical  Estab-
lishments  at  Home  and  Abroad,  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  oh  the  31st. day  of  March  1909. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 

Yeas, 

"1 
J 
1 
(Major Anstruther-Gray  : j 

Tellers for the  fMr.  Claude  Hay, 

Noes, 

167. 

5. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £1:1,900  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to defray  the  Expense  of  Martial  Law, 
including  the  cost  of  Naval  Prisons  at  Home 
and  Abroad,  which  will  come 
in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1909 : 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  the  Committee  had 
made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them  referred ; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
into  the  said 

itself 

day  next,  again  resolve 
Committee. 

Supply 
£2lst  May] 
Beport. 

The Order of  the  day  being  read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  Resolu 
tion,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which "will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
other  Industries  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland, and of  the  Services administered  by that 
Department,  including  sundry  Grants  in  Aid, 
which  was  then  reported  from the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the  21st  day  of  May  last ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  keporf 87-1 
which,  upon  the  10th  day  of  June  last,  were  (Postponed 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  Besoiution.) 
28th  day  of  May  last,  and  which  Resolution 
was  then  postponed; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into  further consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Seed  Potatoes  and  Seed  Oats  Supply  Seed  Potatoes 
(Ireland)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  ^  ®eed  0 a ts 
second  time. 
(Iceland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House  for  to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Birrell.) 

The House,  according to Order,  resolved  itself  Isle of  Man 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Isle  of  Man  (Customs (Customs 
Duties)  Bill. 

DubesjBdl. 

^ 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House, according to  Or ler, resolved  itself  Bee  Pest 

(In  the  Committee.) 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  (inland)  Bill. 
Bill. 
<• 
Clause  No.  1 agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  3  and  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  5  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  6 to  No.  12  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Vlr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
taken  into  consideration  to-

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself Whale 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Whale  Fisheries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

(Ireland)  Bdl. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2 amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  3  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  4  to  No.  10  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  he  taken 
morrow. 

Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-  Prevention  of 

mittee  on  Prevention  of  Crime  [Expenses]  a  Crime 
Resolution  ;  which  was read,  as  followeth  : 

[Expenses.., 

T  T  2 

3 24 

XI th  July. 

1908. 

[No.  107. 

That  it  is  expedient  to authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the 
C03t of  establishing  Borstal  Institutions,  in  pur-
suance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
make  better  provision  for  the  prevention  of 
Crime,  and for other purposes  incidental  thereto, 
and  to  authorise  the  payment  to  societies  of  any 
expenses  incurred  by  them  under  such  Act  in 
assisting  or  supervising  persons  discharged  from 
a  Borstal  Institution. 

The said Resolution,  being  read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Post  Office  ^  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Savings Bank" take  into  consideration  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Fatal 
Accidents 
(Damages) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
the  Fatal  Accidents 

into  a  Committee  on 
(Damages)  Bill  [Lords']. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time: —The  Bill  was  accordingly  read,  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Wild  Birds 
Bill. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Wild  Birds  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone 
through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing Bill. 

Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Friday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Army  Council 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  Council  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged, 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

BiU-
j 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensing 

Second  Reading of the Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  ( E n g - g ^ a nd 
land and  Wales)  Bill;  
Wales)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  BilL 

Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Children Bill, 

into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Registration 

the  Registration  B i l l B i U [Lords.] 

Second  Reading  of 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 

Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  a nd   foldings  and 
em  [Lords.] 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Agricultural 
Second  Reading  of  the  Agricultural  Holdings  Holdings  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

^^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the companies 
Second  Reading of  the Companies  Bill  [Lords]  ; BiU  [Lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Construction)  i n to   c o n 8id eration   the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  CourtCourfc  Bm-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Costs in 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Criminal  Cases into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill. 

Bill,  as  amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill  Bill [Lords.] j 
[Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  f Railway  and Loans 
Irrigation  Works]; 

Works.] 

No. 103.1  8  EDW.  V I I. 

13ft—14ft  July. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Election of 
Mnnidpal"1 
Boroughs BiU.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o?d   Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

325 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  Taff  Yale  Railway  Bill  Taff Vale 

[Lords]  be  read  the  third  time  to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Metropolitan 

tion  the  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Bill  ^ T i ct 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 
[Lord*] 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

to-morrow. 

BaU BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill  j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  London Paving  Expenses 

"  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Friendly 
.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Societies BiU.  into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  as 

amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to the  Order of  the  House  or the  10th  day 
of  this  instant  July,  it  being 
then  a 
quarter  of  an hour  before  Twelve  of  the 
clock,  till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of the  Nottingham-  Nottingham-

shire  and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No.  2)  B i ll   shire  and 
Standing  Order  243  be  suspended,  and  that  the 
Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time.—(The  Chair-(No. 2) BiU. 
man  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Education  Board Provisional  Orders Con- Education 
firmation  (London)  Bill  [^Lords]  was,  according  p""1?^^ 
to  Order,  read  a  second  time, and  committed. 

Orders 
Confirmation 
(London) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Gas  and  Water  Orders  Confirmation  Bill  Gas and  Water 
[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a second confirmation 
Bill [Lords.] 
time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Order 
[Lords] 

; 

the  Local  Government  Government 

(No.  4)  Bill  K r f o n al 

Order (No. 4) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

videsfxfo 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  East  East  India 

India  (Army  and  Population),  which  was  pre-
sented  upon  the  13th  day  of  this  instant  July, 
be  printed. 

o pu 
No.  208. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His  Army (Pay, 
of  E: xcep  Non-effective 
the  Army  Regulations  as  to  Pay,  Allowances.) 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  List 
tions  to 
Non-effective  Pay,  and  Allowances  sanctioned 
during  the  year  1907-8. 

^  ^^ 
Pay,  and 

[No. 104.] 
Tuesday,  14th July  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P B A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and 
thereof,  the 
referred  on  the  First  Reading 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into, 
and  which  are  applicable 
thereto,  have  been 
complied  with,  viz.:— 

Rhymney  and  Aber  Yalleys  Gas  and 

Water  Bill  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords'] 

Jrders not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

Pontypridd 
Water BUI 
[Lords.] 

The  Pontypridd  Water Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  India 
Command,—Copy  of  Administration  Report  on  (Railways.) 
the  Railways  in  India  for  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Explosions 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary of  State  for  the  Home  Department  on  slshn^  * 
the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion  of  Edinburgh.) 
Gelignite,  which  occurred  at  the  Factory  of 
Messrs.  Curtis  and  Harvey,  Limited,  at  Roslin, 
Edinburgh,  on  26th  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the  (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  13th  July  1908,  providing  for  Special 
Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  School  Boards 
in 
Scotland. 

T  T  3 

326 

Fishery  Board  Copy  of  Twenty-sixth  Annual  Report  of 
the  Fishery  Board  for  Scotland,  being  for  the 
(Scotland.) 
year  1907.  Part  II.,  Salmon  Fisheries. 

Ordered,  That the  said Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Ordered,  That  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  have  leave  to  sit  this  day  after 
Scottish  Bills.  Pour  0f   the  clock.—(Mr.  Erskine.) 

Local 
Taxation 
Licences, 
1907-8. 

East  India 
Bevenue 
Accounts. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Return  showing,  in  respect  of  each  county  in 
England  and  Wales,  the  number  of  the  various 
Local  Taxation  Licences  issued 
in  the  year 
ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1908,  under  the 
heads  set  out  in  the  Report  of  the.  Inland 
Revenue  Commissioners,  1906-7  (Table  X L ., 
column  1, pages  52-58). —(Mr.  Walter  Rea.) 

Ordered,  That 

the  several  Accounts  aud 
Papers  which  have  been  presented  to  the  House 
in  this  Session  of  Parliament  relating  to  the 
Revenues  of  India  be  referred  to  the  considera-
tion  of  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House.—(Mr. 
Buchanan.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  July,  resolve 
itself into  the said Committee. —(Mr.  Buchanan.) 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
BiU. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c  Bill)  :—Mr.  David  Alfred 
Thomas,  Mr.  Courthope,  Mr.  Wyndham,  Mr. 
Soares,  and  Mr.  John  Robertson;  and  had 
appointed 
in  substitution:  Mr.  Bethell,  Sir 
Edward  Strachey,  Mr.  Lyttelton,  Mr.  Remnant, 
and  Mr.  Dickinson. 

Standing 
Committee  C, 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
Ooal  Mines  mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
(Eight  Honrs)  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill)  ;—Major  M'Micking  and 
j j^ j j.   Aldew,  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(No.  2)  Bill, 
(in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  David  Alfred 
Thomas  and  Mr.  Menzies. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills. 
Education 
(Scotland) 
BilL 

Sir  William  Holland  reported  from  the  Stand-
ing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Bill  was  referred;  That 
they  had  gone 
the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

through 

No.  227. 

N o.   2 2 7. 

BiU 320. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  j  and  be  printed. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Land  Values 
(Scotland) 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Land  Values 
(Scotland)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
1 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Glyncorrwc 
Glynoorrwg 
C^cilDBillriCt  T J r b an   D i s t r i c t  Council  Bill,with  Amendments; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Wolver-
hampton 
Corporation 
BilL 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Wolverhamp-
to 
ton  Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

1908. 

[No. 104 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Briton  Ferry-
made  by  this  House  to  the  Briton  Ferry  Urban  ^ an   District 
District  Council  Bill 
Amendment. 

[Lords],   without  any  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Bristol 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Bristol  Corporation  ^P 0^'" 1 1, 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

1 

Mr.  George  Greenwood,  supported  by  Sir  Law of Murder 

Walter  Foster,  Dr.  Shipman,  Sir  Maurice  Amendment 
Levy,  Mr.  Snowden,  Mr.  Pickersgill,  Mr.  Swift 
Mac Neil I,  Mr,  Bright,  Sir  Henry  Cotton,  Mr.  M 
Byles,  Mr. Manfield,  and  Mr. Bertram,  presented 
a  Bill  to  classify  Murders,  and  to  amend  the 
Law  with  regard  to  Suicide  and  Infanticide  : 
And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

„ 
d l b* 

Mr.  Bottomley  presented  a  Bill  to  compel  Property  of 

bankers,  solicitors,  and  others,  having  in  their  p ^ ^ ^ 1 
possession  Property  of  deceased  persons  and (Disclosure) 
having  notice  of  their  death,  to  hand  over  same  B'11-
to  the  executors  or other  legal  representatives  of  Bill  317. 
such  persons  :  And  the  sam«  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented  a  BUI  to  extend  the  Naval  Lands 
Military  Lands  Acts  to  Naval  Volunteers:  And  (Volunteers), 
„. „ 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

1 

Mr.  Hazleton,  supported  by  Mr.  Kettle,  Mr.  Irish 
John  Murphy,  and  Mr.  Hugh  Law,  presented  a  Education 
Bill  to  amend  in  certain  particulars  the  Irish  Amendment 
Education  Act,  1892:  And 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  Bill  319. 
and  to  be  printed. 

same  was BilL 

the 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself  Finance  BilL 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  ]  (Duty  on  tea). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  I,  1.  21,  to  leave 

out  the  words  " or  Ireland."—(Mr.  Kettle.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  "or  Ireland" 

stand  part of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\  Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the (Captain  Donela», 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien , 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 

to  leave  out  the  word 
the  word  "three."—(Mr.  Snowden.) 

five,' 

in  order  t< 

|  307. 

\  73. 

1,  1.  22, 
to  insert 

Question  put,  That  the  word  "  five"  stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the' Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for the,  Mr.  George  Roberts, 
I  Mr.  Charles  Duncan 

Noes, 

1230. 
9 1-
} 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 22, 
at  the  end,  to  add  the  words  " except  in the  case 
of  tea  produced  in  any  country  forming  part 
of  the  British  Empire,  in  which  case  the  duty 
shall  be  charged  at  the  rate  of  four  pence  per 
pound."—(.VI r.  Fell.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

added. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the] Mr.  Fell, 

, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Ashley  : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

Noes, 

there 

34. 

) 2 5 1. 

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iUh—Wth  July. 

327 
Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be left out stand  part of the  Clause:—Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  (Reduction  of  sugar  duty). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  1, after  the 
word  " allowance,"  to  insert  the  words  " in  the 
case  of  Great  Britain."—(Mr.  Kettle.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/  Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Kettle: 

Tellers  for the/  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 

/ 
J 

55. 

2 3 5. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  4, 
after  the  word  "eight,"  to  insert  the  words 
"until  the  first  day  of  July  nineteen  hundred 
and  nine,  when  all  duties  upon  sugar,  molasses, 
glucose,  and  saccharin,  upon  the 
importation 
thereof 
into  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  shall 
cease."—(Mr.  Harold  Cox-) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted: 

Amendment  proposed  to the proposed  Amend-
ment,  to  leave  out  all  the  words  after  the  word 
"nine."—(Mr.  Guinness.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left out stand  part of  the  proposed  Amend-
ment:—Amendment  to  the  proposed  Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment proposed  to  the  proposed 
Amendment,  at  the  end,  to  add  the  words 
" unless  Parliament  otherwise  determine."  — 
(Mr.  Harold  Cox.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  added  to 

the  proposed  Amendment,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Question  put,  That  the  words,  as  amended,  be 

there  inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Harold  Cox, 

Yeas, 

(.Mr.  Scott: 

Tellers for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 

Noes, 

111. 

"I ^jg 
J 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  7,  at 
the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " and  the  reduction 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  taken  effect  as  respects 
the  duty  which  has  been  paid  by  any  person  on 
any  sugar,  molasses,  glucose,  or  saccharin  which 
was  in  his  stock  or possession  at  the  close  of  the 
eighteenth  day  of  May  nineteen  hundred  and 
eight,  provided  that  the  excess duty  paid  thereon 
by  such  person  amount  in  the  aggregate  to  a 
sum  of  not  less than  twenty-five  pounds."—(Mr. 
M'Arthur,) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  MlArthur, 

Yeas, 

1 
(Mr.  Harmood-Banner  : J 

5 3. 

Tellers  for thej Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

\ Master  oi  Elibank  : 

"1 
J 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  3  (Duty  on  tobacco  produced  in 

Ireland). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  26,  to  leave 
out  the  word  " 10c?.," in  order  to  insert  the  word 
"  8c/."—(Mr.  William  Redmond.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "  \0d." 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  : — Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,1.  23, 
to leave  out  the  words  " and  the  Irish  Tobacco 
Act,  1907."—(Mr.  William  Redmond.) 

V O L.   1 6 3. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  4  (Power  to  transfer  management 
to 

from  Inland  Revenue 

of  Excise  duties 
Customs). 

Wednesday,  15th July  1908 : 
Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,1.  26,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  " of  "  to  the  end  of  1. 37,  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  " Customs  to  the 
Commissioners  of  Inland  Revenue  the  manage-
ment  of  any  Customs  duties which  are  under  the 
management  of  the  Commissioners  of  Customs 
at  the  time  the  order is  made,  and  to  transfer  all 
the  powers  and  duties  of  the  Commissioners 
of  Customs  to  the  Commissioners  of  Inland 
Revenue. 

(2)  If  an  order  is  made  under  this  section 
such  order  shall  include  the amalgamation  of  the 
Board  of  Customs  with  the  Board  of  Inland 
Revenue  and  the  disposal  of  the  Customs  House 
in  Thames  Street."—(Mr.  Sears.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Question  proposed,  That  the  Clause  stand 

part  of  the  Bill:—Debate  arising 5 

M r.  Markham  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  closure 
to  move.  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but  claimed, but 
the  Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  withholds hig 
then  to  put  that  Question :—Debate  resumed, 

assent. 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  5  (Reduction  of  stamp  duty  on 

marine  policies  for  a  voyage). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,1.  16,  to  leave 
out  the  words  "shall  be  substituted  for  three 
pence,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "in  full 
shall  be  substituted  for  three  pence  in  respect 
of  every  full  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  and 
also  any  fractional  part  of  one  hundred  pounds 
thereby  insured."—(Sir  Clifford  Cory.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand part of the  Clause,  put,  and agreed  to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1.  21, 
at  the  end,  to  add  the  words  " and  five  shillings 
shall  be  substituted  for ten shillings as  the  stamp 
duty  chargeable  under  section  nine  of  the 
Inland  Revenue  Act,  1906."—(Mr.  Bridgeman.) 
Question,  That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put,  and  negatived. 
Clause  agreed  to. 
Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—  (Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have  leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself  Seed  Potatoes 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Seed  Potatoes  and ®nd Seed Oats 
Seed  Oats  Supply  (Ireland)  BilL 
(Miand)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  6  agreed  to. 
Bill  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 

T  T  4 

328 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

14tlx—15th   July, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

Bee Pest 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
<lrelan<J>  BiU-into   consideration  the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  Bill, 

as  amended  in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
the  Whale  Fisheries 

take  into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as amended  in  the  Committee. 

1908. 

[No. 104. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Marriages  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Naval 
Marriages 
Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Bill [Lords]; 

3mall 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
Bill  [Lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Agricultural  Holdings 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Agricultural 
Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Companies  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Companies 
BiU  [Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Telegraph 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Construction)  i n t 0  consideration  the  Telegraph  (Construction) 

Bill,  as amended in  the  Standing  Committee; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]; 

[Pay,  f 

. 
[Pay,  &c.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

£ £ j ? B m. 

^ 

Costs in 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
Criminal Cases j u t o  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
s 

Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

the  Local  Government Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill  ; 

(Ireland)  Bdl. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Friendly 
into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies  Bill,  Societies  Bill, 
as  amended in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this  day. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th day 
of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then  five 
minutes  before  One  of 
the  clock  on 
Wednesday  morning,  till  this  day. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
( I r e l a a d ) B , 1 L  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Married 
Women's 
PropertyBill.  p e r ty  

B m. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read the  third  time 

this  day. 

o 

Registration 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Registration  Bill 

seCond   Reading  of 
[.Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

No. 105.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

15ft  July, 

3 29 

[No.  105.] 

Wednesday,  15th July  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Garw  and 
Ogmore  Oas 
BiU 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-

tion the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords 
to  the  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  BUI;  and  the 
same were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Aire and 

Narigation
Bill  [Lord*.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
a nd   Calder  Navigation  Bill 

[Lords],  as amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  the  third  time. 

Taff  Vale 
BaUway  BUI 
[Lord*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Taff  Vale  Railway  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  4) 
BiU  [Lord*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Provisional  Order  (No.  4)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Tuesday  next,  at a quarter  of  an hour  after 
Eight  of  the  clock. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Beport. 
Criminal  and 
Judicial 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Labourers 
(Ireland.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy of  Criminal  and Judicial  Statistics 
of  Ireland  for the  year  1907.  Part  I.,  Criminal 
Statistics. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
last,  for 

Order,  dated  the  6 th  day  of  May 
Returns  relative  to  Labourers  (Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Universities  of 
Oxford  and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No.  228. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statute  made  by  the  Governing  Body  of  Christ 
l l th   March  1908, 
Church,  Oxford,  on  the 
amending  Statute  XVI.,  Clause  12,  of 
the 
Statutes  of  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Harwich 
Harbonr. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Abstract  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  of 
the  Harwich  Harbour  Con-
Bervancy  Board,  from  the  time  of  their  incor-
poration  down  to  and  inclusive  of  the  31st 
March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

East  India 
(North  West 
Frontier.) 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Papers  regarding  (1) 
Orakzais,  Request  of  certain  Clans  to  be  taken 
under  British  Administration  ;  (2)  Zakka  Khel 
Afridis,  Operations;  (3)  Mohmands,  Operations. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  163. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  Africa 
Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  to Protectorate-
Affairs in  the  East  Africa  Protectorate. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by 
the 

Command,  —  Estimate  of 
required  to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  for Estimates, 
1908-9.)  ' 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1909. 

H is   Majesty's  CivU Services 
further  sums  ^PE^f" 

No.  229. 

Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Super-
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  0f a n n u a t i o n B-
Treasury  Minute  under 
the  Superannuation 
Act,  1859,  dated  8th  July  1908,  declaring  that 
for  the  due  and  efficient discharge  of  the  duties 
of  the  Office of  Auditor  in  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Board  for  Ireland  professional  or  other 
peculiar  qualifications  not  ordinarily 
to  be 
acquired  on  the Public  Service  are  required. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the said Estimate  be  referred to 
the  Committee  of  Supply,  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid before  this  House  Taxes  and 
a  Return  showing  (1)  the  Rates  of  Duties, imposts. 
Taxes,  or Imposts  collected  by  imperial  officers; 
(2)  the  quantities  or  amounts  taxed;  (3)  the 
gross  receipts  derived  from  each  Duty;  and 
(4)  the  net  receipts  and  appropriations  thereof 
in  the  year  ending  the  31st  day  of  March  1908 ; 
and  (1)  the  aggregate  gross  receipts  derived 
from  all  such  Duties,  Taxes,  or  Imposts  under 
the  principal  heads  of  revenue;  (2)  the  aggre-
gate  net  receipts  ;  (3)  the  charges  of  collection; 
and  (4)  the  produce,  after  deducting 
these 
charges,  in  each  of  the  ten  years  ending  the 
31st  day of  March  1908 ;  and notes  to  show  any 
changes  in the  Taxes,  Duties,  and  Imposts  con-
sequent  upon  the  acceptance  of  the  Budget 
proposals  of  1908  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  281  of  Session  1907).— 
(Sir  Daniel  Goddard.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  County  and 

a  Return  showing  the  number  of  Women  i n ® ® ^^ 
England  and  Wales  who  are  qualified  to  vote (Women 
in  Electors.) 
for  County  Councils  and  for  Councillors 
Municipal  Boroughs,  indicating 
in  each  case 
what  is  the  qualification which  enables  a  Woman 
to  be  placed  on  the  Register.—(Mr.  Cameron 
Corbett.) 

Sir Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing  Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Public  Rights  of  Committee  A. 
Way  BiU  was  referred;  That  they  had  gone^wayBUL 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  230. 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the  Minutes  of  the Proceedings  No. 230. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bjj] 321. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into consideration 
upon  Monday  next;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Francis  Channing reported  from  Standing  standing 
Committee  A,   to  whom  the  Municipal  Elections  Committee  A. 
Bill  was  referred ;  That  they  had  gone  through  gi^tionsBiU. 
the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to  report  the  same, 
without  Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  231. 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings  No.  231. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

u  u 

 
15th  July. 

1908* 

[No, 105. 

330 
-  Mr.  Hall  reported  from  the  Police  and 
Police aid 
Committee. 
S a n i t aT   Committee;  That 
in  the  case  of 
Ravensthorpe  the  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
Urban  District  [Lords]  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
t a i n e d  ' n  t h e  Preamble  of the  Bill,  and  amended 
[ z S B iU  
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and found the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Clause  No. 7 (Income tax for  1908-9). 
Amendment  proposed,  in p.  5,  1.  35,  to  leave 
out  the  words  " one  shilling,"1 in  order  to  insert 
the  words  " eleven  pence."  —  (Mr.  Samuel 
Roberts.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " one  shilling  " 

stand part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the / Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  ; 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

X 
(Mr.  Leverton  Harris  % J 

Noes, 

|  2 4 2. 

38. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
.Votes. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Police  Super-
annuation 
Bill. 
Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Rochester 
Bridge  BiU 
[Lords.] 

Town  Tenants 
Bill. 

BiU  3 2 2. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Police  Super-

annuation  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,1.  36, 
after the  word  "tax,"  to  insert  the  words  "ex-
cept  such  as relate  to  the  method  of  assessment 
of  the  profits of  companies  and  corporations."— 
(Mr.  Fell.) 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to the  Leicester  Corporation  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Rochester  Bridge 
Bill  [lards],  without  any  Amendment. 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 
Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  8  to  No.  10  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Husband  and  wife)—(Mr.  Watt) 

—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Mr.  Dickinson,  supported  by  Mr.  Barker, 
Sir  John  Benn,  Mr.  Buckmaster,  Mr.  Timothy 
Davie*,  Mr.  Gibb,  Mr.  Maclean,  Sir  Charles 
McLaren,  and  Mr.  Rowlands,  presented  a  Bill 
to  improve  the  position  of  Tenants  of  certain 
Houses,  Shops,  and  other  buildings  in  Great 
Britain  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Building 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented  a  Bill  to 
Operations and  m at e  better  provision for the health and safety of 
w X m g 
persons employed in certain  Building  Operations 
a n (l   Engineering  Works, and  purposes  connected 
Bill  323 
therewith  :  And  the same  was  ordered to be  read 
a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to be  printed. 

Grand  Jury 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1836) 
Amendment 
BiU. 

, 

Bill  324. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Russell  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
section  sixty-seven  of the  Grand  Jury  (Ireland) 
Act,  1836,  with  respect  to  Piers,  Quays,  and 
other  works,  and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith  :  And the  same  was ordered  to be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Finance  Bill. 

The  House, according  to Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on the  Finance  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  6  (Collection  of  duties  on  certain 

local  taxation  licences  by  county  councils). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p,  5,  1.  16,  to  leave 
out  from the  word  " pounds " to  the  end of  1.  19. 
—(Mr.  Laurence  Hardy.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left  out stand  part of  the  Clause:—Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  to 
leave  out  Is.  25,  26,  and  27.—(Mr.  Laurence 
Hardy.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left  out stand part of the  Clause  :—Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

, 

Clause  be  read  a second  time. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the fMr.  Watt, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Ashley. 

Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  1 

} 32. 

]• 227. 

Another  Clause  (Compulsory  personal  de-
claration  of  income)—(Mr.  Chiozza  Money)— 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Repeal  of  duty  on  raw 
cocoa)—(Mr.  Hunt)—brought  up,  and  read  the 
first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Assessment  of  woodlands) 
—(Lord  Willouyhby  de  Eresby)—brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  (Meaning  of  earned  incomes) 
—(Lord  Robert  Cecil)—brought  up,  and  read 
the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause  be read  a  second  time. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the (Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Bowles: 

Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

}  57' 
| 226. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  section  35  of 
the  Finance  Act,  1894)—(Mr.  Hicks  Beach)— 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Repeal  of  excess  duty  on 
hackney  carriages)—(Mr.  Bridgeman)—brought 
up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a second  time, put,  and  negatived. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  thejMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

1299 
.  J  .  ..,' 

Another  Clause  ( Amendment  of  section  12  of 
the  Finance  Act,  1898)—(Mr.Z,rtwrmee/fard?/) 
-—brought  up, and  read  the  first  time.' 1 

Tellers for  the/ Mr.  Courthope, 

Noes, 

1 Viscount  Helmsley; 

| 
]' 

86. 

Motion  made, and  Question,  That  the' "Clause 
A -L 

be  read  a second  time,  put,  and negatived. 

NO. 114.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

27th—28th  July.  334 

Another Clause (Passenger  duty)—(Mr.  Rato-

linsori)—brought  up, and read the  first  time. 

;  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  to-morrow. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Bee Pest 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Ireland)  BilL  i n t o  consideration  the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  Bill, 

as  amended  in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  in  respect  of 
Clause  5.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury^) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Companies 
tLordsl 

Second  Reading of  the  Companies  Bill [Lords]  ;  Bm 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Thursday morning • 

, 
, 

Thursday,  16fA July  1908 : 

The  Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ireland)  Bill  Tuberculosis 
(upland)  Bill 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Birrell,) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
Third  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-Women's 
perty  Bill  ; 

Property  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

The  House  immediately  resolved  itself  into 

this  day. 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  5  (Compensation). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1. 26,  to  leave 
out  the  word  " may,"  in  order  to  insert  the  word 
" shall."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 
Question  put,  That  the  word 

"  may "  stand 

part  of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Master  of  Elibank : 

} 169. 

Tellers  for t h e/  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1  „. 
6  ' 

[Mr.  Charles  Craig  : 

Noes, 

j 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  considered  Clause  5,  and 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :-—The [Bill was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  Carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Costs  in  Criminal 
Cases  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

Costs in 
Criminal 
Bill. 

. 
Ordered,That 

Registration 
Bill [Lords.<]  Second  Reading  of 
[Lords]  ;, 

,  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Registration  Bill 

the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Friendly 
Societies Bill,  ipto  consideration  the  Eriendly  Societies  Bill, 

t 

as  amended in  the  Committee.; 

. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

the  Local  Government  Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill  ; 

(Ireland)  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill  »iU [Lords.] 
[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts o£ 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court C o Q lt   BiU-
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]  ; 

[Pay,  C£eland)^ 

1 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Education 
into consideration the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  (Scotland) 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

B111, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Naval Lands 
Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Lands  (Volun-  (Volunteers) 
teers)  Bill; 
, ; 

Bil1- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  tin>e 

this  day. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of this  instant  July, it  being  then  twenty-
h e i g ht   minutes  after  Twelve  of  the  clock 

on  Thursday  morning,  till  this  day. 

! 

u  IT  2 

332 

16th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 106. 

[No.  106.] 
Thursday,  IQth July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

PB A T E B S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords 
to  the  Leeds  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Barry 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Barry  Railway • Bill  [Lords]   was  read 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Bognor  Gas 
Light and 
Bfl|e[j253Sy  w i t h  Amendments. 

The  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company 
Bm  [ Lords]  was read the  third  time  and  passed, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Commercial 
Onion 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Northern 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

South  Wales 
Electrical 
Power 
Distribution 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Tafi Vale 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company 
Bill  [Lords']  wa3 read  the  third  time  and passed, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  County  Council 
(Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill  [Lords]  be 
read  the  third  time  to-morrow. 

The  Northern  Assurance  Company  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribu-
tion  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  A mendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  TafF  Yale  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Lower Thames  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Grays)  Dock  Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays) 
BiU- 

Dock  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Lanark 

Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legisla-  S^g^jj^oj 
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  Boundaries,0 
to  Lanark  Corporation:  And  the  same  was  &c.)  Order' 
ordered  (under 
taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be Confirmation 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  public 

read ;  and ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Report. 
to  Labourers 
the  Return 
Labourers  (Ireland),  which  was  presented  upon  (Ireland.) 
the  15th  day  of  this  instant  July,  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

relative 

1 

No.  232. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Care and 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Control  of  the 
Royal  Commission  appointed  to  inquire  con- (j>oyai~Mmdeii 
cerning  the  Care  and  Control  of  the  Feeble-  Commission.) 
Minded.  Vol.  VIII.,  Report. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-  police  Act, 

suant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 1890. 
Parliament,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relative 
to the  refusal of  the  Secretary  of  State's  Certi-
ficate  under  section  17  (2)  of  the  Police  Act, 
1890,  to  the  River  Tyne  Police  Force  for  the 
year  ended  29th  September  1907. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  shop  Hours 

County  Borough  of  Blackpool  under  the  Shop  Act>1901. 
Hours  Act,  1904, and  confirmed  by  the  Secre-  , 
tary  of  State  for the  Home  Department,  fixing 
the*  hours  of  closing 
for  certain  classes  of 
Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Universities  of 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  Oxford and 
of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing  Body  of  ^bridge 
Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  under  the  U n i v e r-   (Oxford.") 
sities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  N 0.  233. 
the  l l th   March  1908,  amending  Statute  III., 
Part  II.,  12,  of  the  Statutes  of  the  College. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing  universities  of 

Body  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  under  the  Oxford  and 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, Cambridge 
1877,  on  the  28th  February  1908,  and  sealed fo^'ford.) 
on  the  3rd  March  1908,  amending  Statute  12a, 
Clause  2,  of the  Statutes  of  the  College. 

234. 

Copy  of  Statutes  made  by  the  University  of 
Cambridge  under  the  Universities  of  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  Act,  1877  (sealed  on  the  27th 
March  1908), amending  Chapter  VI.,  Statute  B, 
sections  12  and  13,  Chapter  VII.,  Statute  B, 
sections  2  and 4,  and  adding  paragraphs  8  and  9 
to  Chapter  VII.,  Statute  B,  of  the  Statutes  of 
the  University. 

Universities  of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Cambridge.) 
N o,   2 3 5. 

Copy  of  Seven  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Winter  Assizes  Act,  1876,  dated  4th  July  1908, 
relating  to  the  ensuing  Winter  Assizes. 

Winter  Assizes 
Acts,  1876  and 
1877. 

Copy of  Order in Council  under the  Merchant 
Shipping  Act,  1894,  and  Merchant  Shipping 
(Mercantile  Marine  Fund)  Act,  1898,  dated 
4th  July  1908,  adding  to  the  exemptions  from 
Light  Dues  in  the  Second  Schedule  to  the 
Merchant  Shipping  (Mercantile  Marine  Fund) 
Act,  1898, 

Merchant 
Shipping  Act, 
1894,  and 
Merchant 
Shipping 
(Mercantile 
Marine  Fund) 
Act,  1898. 

Copy of  Order in  Council  under the  Merchant 
Shipping  Act,  1894,  and  Workmen's  Compensa-
tion Act,  1906,  dated  4th  July  1908,  empowering 
certain  Officers in  British  Protectorates  to  take 
injuries  received  by  a 
depositions  respecting 
member  of  the  crew  of  a  British  vessel  who  may 
be  left behind  in  any  of  the  Protectorates. 

Merchant 
Shipping  Act, 
1894,  and 
Workmen's 
Compensation 
Act,  1906. 

No. 106.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

16ft  July. 

3 33 

Jurisdiction 
Aetata90.°" 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act,  1890,  and 
Consular 
Salaries  and 
Fees  Act, 
1891. 
Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Osborne. 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Copy  of  Order in  Council  under  the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  4th  July  1908, 
entitled  the  Cypru3  Courts  of  Justice  Order, 
1908. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  and  Consular  Salaries 
and  Fees  Act,  1891,  dated  4th  July  1908, 
entitled  the  China 
(Passenger  Ships'  Fees) 
Order  in  Council,  1908. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Naval 
and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865,  dated 
4th  July  1908,  approving  a  Memorial  of  the 
Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  praying 
sanction  to  the  extension "of  the  period  of  full-
pay  sick  leave  in  certain  cases  and  under  certain 
conditions. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877,  be  printed. 

Mr.  Harcourt  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Copy  of  Eeport  by  the  House 
Governor  and  Medical 
at 
Osborne  for the  year  ending  31st  March  1908. 

Superintendent 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Local 
The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Government 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
S S S tt  
2)  Bill 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders 
they  had  considered  the  said 
Orders (No.  2)  [Lords]  ; 
Bill [Lords.]  Orders;  that  the  said  Orders  ought  to be  con-
OrZsSi°nal 
firmed;  and 
they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
confirmed.] 
House. 

l h at  

that 

(No 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Local 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Government 
P r o S al  
3)   Bill 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders^  (No. 
Orders (No.  3)  [Lords']  ;  That  they  had  considered  the  said 
Bill  [Lords.]  Orders;  that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be  con-
g S S f — 1 
firmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
confirmed.] 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
Company 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Bill  [Lords], 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Tollemache 
Estate  BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Tollemache  Estate  Bill  [Lords],  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  the  third  time. 

Leith  Burgh 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
t he   Leith  Burgh  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amend-
ments. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
t h e 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Votes t0  

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported Metropolitan 

the  Metropolitan®®^™^ 

the  Committee  on 

from 
Electric  Tramways  Bill  [L.ords]  ;  That  they  Bill 
had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ments  thereunto. 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
to  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

raent 

v otes® 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  London,  Brighton,  and South Coast  Railway 
Bill  [Lords],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Paulton  reported  from  the  Select  Com-
mittee  on  Employment  of  Military  in  Cases  of 
Disturbances;  That  they  had  considered  the 
matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him  to 
make  a  Report  thereof  to  the  House,  together 
with the  Minutes  of  the  Evidence  taken  before 
them,  and  an  Appendix. 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Bailway  BiU 
[Lords.] 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Employment 
of  MUitary  in 
Cases  of 
Disturbances. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

N o.   2 3 6. 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Public  Health 
(Markets  in  Rural  Districts)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Wishaw  Burgh 
Electricity,  &c.  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Public  Health. 
(Markets  in 
Rural 
Districts)  BilL 
Wishaw  Burgh 
Electricity, 
&c.  BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Merthyr Tydfil 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Merthyr  Tydfil 
Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend- 
ment. 

1 

or 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Post Office 

Act to enable  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General 
to  acquire  Lands  in  London,  Glasgow,  Bolton, 
Devonport,  Dover,  Ilford,  and  Stroud  for  the 
Public  Service, and for other  purposes;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

s'' 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An   Appellate 

Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  the iu,1iis
Judicial  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  and BlU  [ 
the  Court  of  Appeal  in  England  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

r'1rCti5nn 
J 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Endowed 

Act  to  make  provision with  respect  to the  tenure 
of  office  of  Masters  of  Endowed  Schools;  to  BiiT[Lords.} 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An Evicted 
the  Evicted  Tenants 

to  amend  section  one  of 

Act 
Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907,  with  respect 
the  compulsory  acquisition of  tenanted Land;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

t o f ^ J 2" 1 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Falkirk  and 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the District Water 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  confirmation 
1899,  relating  to  Falkirk  and  District  Water;  BUI 
[Lords.] 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Biver  Wandle 
Act  for  the  preservation  of  the  underground  g ' ^ j ' 0^   -i 
Sources  of  the  River  Wandle;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House, 

1  ^  or 

u  u  3 

3 34 

16th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 106. 

The  Falkirk  and  District  Water  Order  Con-
Falkirk  and 
X £ Ct   W m T  firmation  Bill 
(under 
Confirmation  section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be  taken  into  con-
Bill  [Lords.] 
sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

[Lords]  was  ordered 

River  Wandle 
Protection 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  River  Wandle  Protection  Bill 

[Lords] 

was read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

B i ll   3 2 5. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords. J 

Nationalisa-
tion  of  Canals 
and  Railways 
Bill. 

B i ll   3 2 6. 

The  Post  Office  Sites  Bill  [Lords]  was read 
the first time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Wednesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills  do examine  the  Post  Office  Sites 
Bill  [Lords],  with  respect  to  compliance  with 
the  Standing  Orders relative  to  Private  Bills.— 
(Mr.  Sydney  Buxton.) 

Mr.  William.  Thome,  supported  by  Mr. 
Steadman,  Mr.  Shachleton,  Mr,  Gill,  Mr.  Bell, 
Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  James  Haslam,  and  Mr. 
Wilkie,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the 
Nationalisation  of  Canals  and  Railways:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  the  27t.h day  of this  instant  July; 
and to  be  printed. 

Supply 
[17th allotted  i n t0   t h e  Committee  of  Supply. 

T he   House, according to  Order, resolved  itself 

/ 

' 

. ' 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Revenue  Departments. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That a 
sum  not  exceeding  £11,821,531  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of" March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Post  Office,  including  Telegraphs  and 

......  Telephones  : 

.  Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  Item  A  (Chief  Offices)  be  reduced 
by  £100.—(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred;  .and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

• 

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Report., 

The  Order of the day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  lOtn  day  of June  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  July. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of 
this  instant  July. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply 

into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  ^^ 
which,  upon  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July, (postponed 
were  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  Resolution.) 
of  the  8th  day  of  this  instant  July,  and  which 
Resolution  was  then  postponed  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon  Monday  the  27th  day  of 
this  instant  July. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supoly  of  C13th July] 
the  13th day  of  this instant  July; 

po  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  the  27th  day  of this  instant  July. 

por^ 

The  Order  of the day being  read, for resuming Supply 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed [ 2 1 s t May] 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the 
sum  necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  other  Industries  and  Technical 
Instruction  for  Ireland,  and  of  the  Services 
administered  by  that  Department, 
including 
sundry  Grants  in  Aid,  which  was  then  reported 
from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  21st  day 
of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the  Debate  be further adjourned 

till  Monday  the  27th day  of this instant  July. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  [28th May] 
which,  upon  the  10th  day  of  June  last,  were (postponed 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of the  Resolution.) 
28th  day  of  May  last,  and  which Resolution  was 
then  postponed ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into  further  consideration  upon  Monday  the 
27th  day  of this  instant  July. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Committee  of Ways  and  Means; 

t he   Ways  and 
Means, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking Irish 

into  consideration  the  Irish  Universities  Bill,  as  Universities 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and Engineering^ 
Engineering  W orks  Bill 

Works  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
[2nd  July] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd day  of  this  instant  July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  the  27th  day  of  this  instant  July. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Third  Reading  of the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

•Supply 
;[8th  July 1 
'.Report.  ' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,, for  taking 
into consideration  the  Fourth  of the  Resolutions 
which,  upon  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July, 
,Were  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply 
of  the  8th  day  of this  instant  July ; 

The  Registration  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  Registration 
[Lords.] 

to  Order, read  a  second  time. 

Bill 

Ordered,  That 

to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

the  Bill  be  committed 

16ft—17ft  July. 

335 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

No. 106.1  & EDW.  VII. 
Friendly 
Societies  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take into  consideration  the  Friendly  Societies 
Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were made  to the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Companies 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 

Married 
Women's 
Property  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-
perty  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

t he  
the 
County  Courts
Bill  [Lords.]   Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

T he   0 r d e r  ° f 

r e a d>  f o r 

b e i ng 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Naval  Lands 
(Volunteers) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Lands  (Volun-
teers)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then 
twenty-nine  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  107.] 
Friday,  llth  July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords'] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upbn  the  Table,—Report 

from One of the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
' Private Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following 
! Jills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously 
inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.- :— 

Crystal  Palace  Company  Bill  [Lords]. 
London  and  District  Electricity  Supply 

Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the  Bills  be  read  a second  time. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester, and 
Midland 
Junction, 
Evesham, 
Iledditcli,  and 
Stratford-  '  > 
upon-Avon 
/ 
Junction,  and 
East  and  West 
1 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

:  • 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and Improve- ' \ 
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Metropolitan 
[Lords]  was  read  the 
with  Amendments. 

District  Railway  Bill  Metropolitan 
third  time  and  passed,  District 
[Lords.] 

'  Railway  Bill 

r 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the  same,  with  Amendments ;  to 
which  this  House doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-
tion  the  Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and 
Midland  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East  and 
West  Junction  Railways  (Amalgamation)  Bill 
[Lords],  as amended in the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 
upon  Tuesday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after Eight  of the  clock. 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Local 

> 

Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Government 
Order,  read  the  third  time  and passed. 
provisional 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Orders (No. 2) 
, 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House  B
hath agreed to  the  same, without  Amendment. 

[Lords.] 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Local 

Orders  (No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
Order, read the  third time  and  passed. 

: 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to Bmfzffi'l3'' 
.,' 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Provisional 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Fourth  Report  of  the 
Viceregal  Commissioners  on Irish  Railways. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Sixth 
Report. 
Irish  Railways 
(Viceregal 
Commission.) 

Copy  of  Appendix  to  the  Fourth  Report  of 
the  Viceregal  Commissioners  on  Irish  Rail-
ways. 

Irish  Railways 
(Viceregal 
Commission.) 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented, —  Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  13th  day  of  this instant  July, 
for  Returns  relative  to  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act,  1887. 

Criminal  Law 
and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1887. 

N o.   2 3 7. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Departmental  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  to  inquire 
into  and report  upon  the subject  of  Agricultural 
Education  in  England  and  Wales,  with  a  Copy 
of  the  Minutes  appointing  the  Committee,  and 
Appendices. 

Board  of 
Agriculture  ' { 
and  Fisheries 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(no  Standing 
Orders 
applicable.! 

Mr.  Speaker 

laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading, thereof,  no 
Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.:— 

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before 
the  Departmental  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  to  inquire 
into  and report  upon  the  subject  of  Agricultural 
Education  in  England  and  Wales,  and  Index. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 

Commons  Regulation 

(Towyn  Trewan) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

• 

Provisional  Order  Bill. 

VOL.  1 6 3. 

Table. 

u  u  4 

 
 
336 

XI th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 107. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions of  an Act  of'Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  County 
Borough  of  Newport  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department, 
the 
hours  of  closing  for certain  classes  of  Shops. 

fixing 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports, Annual  Series,  Nos.  4052 
a nd   4 0 59   to   4 0 6 5. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Handloom 
Weaving 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, See. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  Murray  ;  and 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Dudley  Ward. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill)  :—Sir  Francis  Edwards', 
and had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  said Bill)  :  Mr.  Robert  Harcourt. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—Mr.  Sears;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Handloom  Weav-
ing  (Ireland)  Bill)  :  Mr.  Walters. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from the  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  :—Mr.  Bethell;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :  Sir  John  Bethell. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Rose  reported  the  Ammanford  Urban 
[Lords],   with 

Ammanford 
Urban  District  District  Council  Water  Bill 
Council  Water  A m e n d m e n ts 
Bill  [Lords.-] 
A m e n d m e n t s. 
Vide  Supple- 
Votest0 t he  

T a b l e  5 a nd   b e  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Private  Bills 
(Group  K.) 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Police  and 
Sanitary 
Committee. 
Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets  and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Sir  Francis  Lay land- Barratt  reported  from 
the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee  ;  That  in 
the  case  of  the  Liverpool  Corporation  (Streets 
and Buildings) Bill they had examined the  allega-
tions  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with the  provisions  of the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  aud found  the  same,  as  amended,  to 
be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
Business  of 
proposed,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
the  House 
t h e  Licensing 
(Licensing 
((Allocation  of  Bill,  and  necessary  stages  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  relating  thereto,  shall  be  proceeded 
Time.) 
with  as follows: — 

T h i r d  B e a dj ng  

a nd  

of  

1.  Committee  Stage. 
Nineteen  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 
Committee  stage of the  Bill, and  the  proceedings 
in  Committee  on  each  allotted  day shall  be  those 
shown in  the second  column of  the  table  annexed 
to  this  Order,  and  those  proceedings  shall,  if 
not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion,  be 
brought  to  a  conclusion  at  the  time  shown  in 
the  third  column  of  that table : 

2.  Report  Stage. 

Five  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to 

the 
Report  stage  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings 
for  each  of  those  allotted  days  shall  be  such  as 
may  be  hereafter  determined  in  manner  pro-
vided  by  this  Order,  and  those  proceedings,  if 
not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion,  shall  be 
brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  each 
such  allotted  day: 

3.  Third  Reading. 

One  allotted  day  shall  be  given  to  the  Third 
Reading of  the  Bill, and  the proceedings  thereon 
shall,  if  not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on 
that  day : 

On the  conclusion  of  the  Committee  stage  the 
Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the  House 
without  Question  put,  and  the  House  shall  then 
proceed  to  consider  the  proposals  made  by  the 
Government  for the allocation of  the  proceedings 
on  the  Report  stage  of  the  Bill  between  the 
allotted  days  given  to  that  stage.  The  pro-
ceedings  on  the  consideration  of  those  proposals 
may  be  entered  on  at  any  hour,  though  opposed, 
and shall  not be interrupted  under the  provisions 
of  any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings 
of  the  House,  but  if  they  are  not  brought  to  a 
conclusion  before  the  expiration  of  two  hours 
after  they  have  been  commenced  the  Speaker 
shall,  at  the  expiration  of  that  time,  bring  them 
to  a conclusion  by  putting  the  Question  on  the 
Motion  proposed  by  the  Government,  after 
having  put  the  Question,  if  necessary,  on  any 
Amendment  or  other  Motion  which  has  been 
already  proposed  from  the  Chair  and  not  dis-
posed  o f: 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  shall  be  considered  an allotted  day  for  the 
purposes  of  this  Order  on which  the  Bill  is  put 
down as  the  first  Order  of  the  day,  or on  which 
any  stage  of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating 
thereto  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of  the 
day, followed  by the Bill.  Provided that 5  p.m. 
shall  be  substituted  for 10.30  p.m.  as  the  time  at 
which  proceedings  are  to  be  brought  to  a  con-
clusion  under  the  foregoing  provisions  on  any 
allotted  day  which  is  a  Friday,  but  Friday  shall 
the 
not  be  considered  an  allotted  day  for 
purpose  of  the  sixth  or seventh  allotted  days : 

For  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  a  conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 
appointed  under  this  Order  for  the  conclusion 
of  those  proceedings, put  forthwith the  Question 
on any  Amendment  or  Motion  already  proposed 
from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed  suc-
cessively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  any 
Amendments,  new  Clauses,  or  Schedules  moved 
by  the  Government  of  which  notice  has  been 
given,  but  no  other  Amendments,  Clauses,  or 
Schedules,  and  on  any  Question  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded,  and 
in  the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or  of 
Government  new  Clauses  or  Schedules  he  shall 
put  only  the  Question  that  the  Amendment  be 
made,  or that  the  Clause  or  Schedule  be  added 

-No. 107.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

17ft  July. 

to  the  Bill,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  on  the 
Committee  stage  of  the  Bill  the  Chairman,  in 
the  case  of  a  series  of  Clauses  to  which  no 
notice  of  Amendment  has  been  given  by  the 
Government,  shall  put  the  Question  that  those 
Clauses  stand  part  of  the  Bill  without  putting 
the  Question  separately as  respects each  Clause : 
A  Motion  may  be  made  by  the  Government 
to  leave  out  any  Clause  or  consecutive  Clauses 
of 
the  Bill  before  the  consideration  of  any 
Amendments  to  the  Clause  or  Clauses  in  Com-
mittee  : 

The  Question  on  a  Motion  made  by  the 
Government  to leave  out  any  Clause  or  Clauses 
of  the  Bill  shall  be  put  forthwith  by  the  Chair-
man  or  Speaker  without  Debate: 

Any  Private  Business  which  is  set  down  for 
•consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
(Time  for 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 
conclusion  of  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under this  Order  for that  day,  and  any  Private 
Business  so  taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of  the  House : 

On  any  day  on  which  any  proceedings  are  to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions  of 
any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the  House  : 

On  an  allotted  day  no  dilatory  Motion  on 
the  Bill,  nor  Motion  to  recommit  the  Bill, 
nor  Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing 
Order  10, nor  Motion  to  postpone  a  Clause,  shall 
be  received  unless  moved  by  the  Government, 
and  the  Question  on  such  Motion  shall  be  put 
forthwith  without  any  Debate : 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part  of  an  allotted  day  being  given  to 
any  such  Business  if  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  has  been  otherwise  disposed 
o f;   or 

(b)  prevent  any  other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded  with  on  any  allotted  day  or  part 
of  an  allotted  day  in  accordance  with  the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order  on  the  allotted 
day  or part  of  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of: 

Table. 
Committee  Stage. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

First 

Clause  1 

-

Second  -

Clause  1 

. 

- 

'-

Third 

-

Clause 2 

-

Fourth  -

Fifth 

. 

Sixth 

- 

-  j 

•Seventh  —j 
V 

VOL.  163. 

Clause 3  to  the  beginning 

of  subsection  (2). 

Clause  3  to  the  beginning 

of  subsection  (2). 
Clause 3, subsection  (2) 

-

Clauses 4 and 5 

Clauses 4 and 6 

Clauses  6, 7, and 8 

-

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be  brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

— 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

7.30 

7.30 

10.30 

337 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be  brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

10.30 

— 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

-

-

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

Eighth  -

Clause 9 

- 

- 

- 

Ninth 

Tenth 

-

-

Eleventh 

Twelfth  -

Thirteenth 

-

Clauses  10 and  11 

-  . 

Clauses  10 and  11 

Clausss  12,  13,  and  Com-
mittee  stage of  Financial 
Resolution. 

Report  stage  of  Financial 
Resolution,  and  Clauses 
14 to  17. 

Clauses 18 aud  19 

-

Fourteenth 

- Clause 20  -

Fifteenth 

Clauses 21 to  35 

Sixteenth 

Clause 36  -

Seventeenth  - Clauses 37 to 40 

Eighteenth 

Nineteenth 

-

-

Clauses 41 to  47,  and  new 

Clauses. 

Schedules,  and  any  other 
to 
the  Committee 

matter 
bring 
stage  to  a  conclusion. 

necessary 

—(Mr.  Asquith); 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  in 
order  to  add  the  words  " this  House  declines 
to  continue  the  practice  of  passing  Procedure 
Resolutions  to  deal  with  the  later  stages  of 
particular  Bills,  and  calls  upon  the  Government 
to  lay  before  it  proposals  for  settling  the  pro-
cedure  of  this  House  on  a permanent  basis "— 
(Lord  Robert  Cecil),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  end  of  1. 4, 
stand  part  of  the  Question  :—And  a  Debate 
arising  thereupon  ; 

Mr.  Asquith  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

tion  be  now  put; 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

r 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for the f Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster  ; 

226. 

101. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 
That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the 
end  of  1. 4,  stand  part  of  the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank % 

Tellers  for the/  Viscount  Valentia, 
I Mr.  Henry  Forster ; 

Noes, 

J  2 2 1. 

]  101. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Question,  in  1.  15,  by leaving  out 
"  10.30,"  and  inserting  " 11.0 "—(Mr.  Laurence 
Hardy),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  " 10.30 " 
stand  part  of  the  Question  :—It  was  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

X  X 

17 th  July. 

1908. 

., [No, 107. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  he 
made  to  the  Question,  in  1. 18,  by  leaving  out 
the  word  " One,"  and  inserting  the  Word  "  T wo   " 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" One "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—It  was 
resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Question,  in  1,  22,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  " then  proceed  to," and  inserting  the 
words  "on  a  subsequent  day"—(Mr.  Laurence 
Hardy),—instead 

thereof. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O. Closure 
of  Debate.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
" on a subsequent  day "  be  there  inserted  :—It 
was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  ihe  Question,  in  1. 49,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "moved  by  the  Government."—(Mr. 
Fell) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Ques-
tion,  in  1. 54,  by  leaving  out  from  the  second 
word  "be"  to  the  end of  1. 58.—(Mr.  Laurence 
Hardy.) 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

proposed :—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Mr.  Asquith  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  put j 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Eight; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Master  of  Elibank  :. 

Tellers  for  the/Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Noes, 

So it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

209. 

88. 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

accordingly  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

l e a s,  

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers for  thef Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

] 
J 
| 
/ 

So  it  was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill, 
and  the  necessary  stages  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  relating  thereto,  shall  be  proceeded 
with  as follows t— 

1.  Committee  Stage. 
Nineteen  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 
Committee  stage of  the  Bill,  and the  proceedings 
in  Committee  on  each  allotted  day  shall  be  those 
shown  in  the  second  column of  the table  annexed 
to  this  Order,  and  those  proceedings  shall,  if  not 
previously  brought  to  a  conclusion,  be  brought 
to  a  conclusion  at  the  time  shown  in  the  third 
column  of  that  table. 

2.  Report  Stage. 
Five  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 
Report  stage  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings 
for  each  of  those  allotted  days  shall  be  such  a3 
may  be  hereafter  determined  in  manner  pro-
vided  by  this  Order,  and  those  proceedings,  if 

not  previously  brought  to  a conclusion,  shall  be 
brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  each 
such  allotted  day. 

3.  Third  Reading. 

One  allotted  day  shall  be  given  to  the  Third 
Reading  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings  thereon 
shall,  if  not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10,30  p.m.  on 
that  day. 

for 

the  allocation  of 

On  the  conclusion  of  the  Committee  stage  the 
Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the  House 
without  Question  put,  and  the  House  shall  on  a 
subsequent  day  consider  the  proposals  made  by 
the  Government 
the 
proceedings  on  the  Report  stage  of  the  Bill 
between  the  allotted  days  given  to  that  stage. 
The  proceedings  on  the  consideration  of  those 
proposals  may be  entered  on at  any hour, though 
opposed,  and  shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the 
provisions  of  any  Standing  Order relating  to  the 
Sittings  of  the  House,  but 
if  they  are  not 
brought  to  a conclusion  before  the  expiration  of 
two  hours  after  they  have  been  commenced  the 
Speaker  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  that  time,, 
to  a  conclusion  by  putting  the 
bring  them 
Question  on 
the 
Government,  after  having  put  the  Question,  if 
necessary,  on  any  Amendment  or  other  Motion 
which  has  been  already  proposed  from the  Chair 
and not  disposed  of. 

the  Motion  proposed  by 

After  this  Order  comes  into  operation  any 
day  shall  be  considered  an  allotted  day  for  the 
purposes  of  this  Order  on  which  the  Bill  is  put 
down  as  the  first  Order  of  the  day,  or  on  which 
any  stage  of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating 
thereto  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of  th& 
day,  . followed  by 
that 
5  p.m.  shall  be  substituted  for  10.30  p.m.  as  the 
time  at  which  proceedings  are  to  be  brought  to-
a  conclusion  under  the  foregoing  provisions  on 
any  allotted  day  which  is  a  Friday,  but  Friday 
shall  not  be  considered  an  allotted  day  for  the 
purpose  of the  sixth  or seventh  allotted  days. 

the  Bill.  Provided 

For  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  a  conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 
appointed  under  this  Order  for the  conclusion  of 
those  proceedings,  put  forthwith  the  Question 
on  any  Amendment  or  Motion  already  proposed 
from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed  suc-
cessively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  any 
Amendments,  new  Clauses,  or  Schedules  moved 
by  the  Government  of  which  notice  has  been 
given,  but  no  other  Amendments,  Clauses,  or 
Schedules,  and  on  any  Question  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded,  and 
in  the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or  of 
Government  new  Clauses  or  Schedules  he  shall 
put  only  the  Question  that  the  Amendment  be 
made,  or  that  the  Clause  or  Schedule  be  added 
to  the  Bill,  as the  case  may  be. 

A  Motion  may  be  made  by  the  Government 
to  leave  out  any  Clause  or consecutive  Clauses 
the  Bill  before  the  "consideration  of  any 
of 
in 
Amendments 
Committee, 

to  .the  Clause  or  Clauses 

The  Question  on  a  Motion  made  by  the 
Government  to  leave  out  any  Clause  or  Clauses 
of  the  Bill  shall  be  put forthwith  by  the.Chair-
man  or  Speaker  without  Debate. 

Any  Private  Business  which  is  set.clown  for 
consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
(Time  for 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 

JNO.101.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

9  th  July. 

339 

conclusion  of  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under  this  Order  for  that  day,  and  any  Private 
Business  so 
taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of  the  House. 

On  any  day  on  which  any  proceedings  are  to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions  of 
any  Standing  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the  House. 

On  an  allotted  day  no  dilatory  Motion  on 
the  Bill,  nor  Motion  to  recommit 
the  Bill, 
nor  Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing 
Order  10,  nor  Motion  to  postpone  a  Clause,  shall 
be  received  unless  moved  by  the  Government, 
and  the  Question  on  such  Motion  shall  be  put 
forthwith  without  any  Debate. 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part  of  an allotted  day  being  given  to  any 
such  Business  if  the .Business  to  be  con-
cluded  has  been otherwise  disposed  of;  or 
(b.)  prevent  any  other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded  with  on  any  allotted  day  or  part 
of an  allotted  day  in  accordance  with  the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order  on  the  allotted 
day  or  part  of  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of. 

Table. 
Committee  Stage. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings, 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

First 

Clause 1 

- 

Second  » 

Clause 1 

- 

-

-

Third 

-

Clause 2  -

Fourth  • 

Fifth 

.Sixth 

-

-

Seventh 

-j 

Eighth  -

Ninth 

Tenth 

-

-

Eleventh 

Twelfth  -

Thirteenth 

-

Clause 3  to  the  beginning 

of  subsection  (2). 

Clause 3  to  the  beginning 

of  subsection  (2). 
Clause 3, subsection  (2) 

Clauses 4 and  5 

Clauses 4 and  5 

Clauses  6,  7, and  8 

- 

-

-

Clause 9  » 

.

.. 

Clauses 10 and  11 

Clauses 10 and  11 

- 

-

-

-

-

Clauses  12,  13,  and  Com-
mittee stage of  Financial 
Resolution. 

Report  stage  of  Financial 
Resolution,  and  Clauses 
14 to 17. 

Clauses  18 and  19 

Fourteenth 

- Clause 20 -

Fifteenth 

Clauses 21 to 35 

Sixteenth 

Clause  36 -

Seventeenth  - Clauses 37 to 40 

Clauses 41 to 47,  and  new 

Clauses. 

Schedules,  and  any  other 
to 
the  Committee 

matter 
bring 
stage to a  conclusion. 

necessary 

Eighteenth 

Nineteenth 

-

-

VOL.   163. 

, 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

7.30 

7.30 

10.30 

10.30 

— 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

The  Order  of  the  d ay  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill, 

Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Registration 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Registration  B i l i B i U  lLord*-'\ 
[Zorefe], 

(In  the  Committee.) 

C l a u se   N o.   1  ( A l t e r a t i on   of  t i me   f or   n o t i ce   of 

a p p e al   f r om   r e v i s i ng   b a r r i s t e r 's   d e c i s i o n ). 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),  —  put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l;   and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself  Companies 
into a Committee  on  the  Companies Bill  [Lords],  Bil1 [Lords.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Power  to  companies  incor-

porated  in  British  possessions  to  hold  land). 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again —(Earl  Winterton),—put,  and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  made  Progress 
in  the  Bill;  and  that  he 
was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Tuesday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill  Bill  [Lords.] 
[Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

the  Local  Government  ?,ov,ern™e"t

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill  ; 

11 
(Ireland)  BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and HP6™^^®1"1 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Works BM.S 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Married 
Third  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-  Women's 
perty  B i l l;  

Property Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Naval Lands 
Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Lands  (Volun- Ofohmteers) 
teers)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

x  x  2 

3 40 

\lth—20  th  July. 

1 9 0 8.  

[ N o. i o a. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then  ten 
minutes  before  Six  of  the  clock, 
till 
Monday  next. 

[ N o.   108.] 

Monday, 20th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

P r a te   K S. 
,/TK.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
rJL  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions for 
! 'rivate  Bills,  That  in the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  aud  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.:— 

River  Wandle  Protection  Bill  [ Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Post  Office 
Site3  Bill 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
w i t h .) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of 
the 
House  of  the  16th  day  of  July,  That  in  the 
case  of  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders 
which  are  applicable thereto  have  been  complied 
with,  viz.;— 

Post  Office  Sites  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Finchley 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Bill;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and,  with  an  Amendment 
to  one  of  them,  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships,  with  an  Amendment;  to  which  this 
House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of  their 
Lordships. 

Glyncorrwg 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
Urban  District  f f o n  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
G l y n c o r r w g  Urban  District  Council  Bill;  and 
Council  Bill. 
the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

A  Motion  being  made.  That  the  Aire  and  Aire and 

Calder  Navigation  Bill  [I^ords]  be  now read the £ald.er 
third  time  ; 

.  j 

Navigation 
B i l I  [Zords.] 

J 

L 

0 

Mr.  Burns,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest 
is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Tollemache  Estate  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  Tollemache 
Estate  BiU 
[Lords.] 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Dover  Dover  Graving 

  D°cks  Bill. 

Graving  Docks  Bill  be now read  the  third  time  ;
Mr.  Burns,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been informed of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest 
is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Rhymney  and  Aber  Yalleys  Gas  and  R h y m n ey   and 
\Lords]  Was  read  a  second - time, 

Water.  Bill 
. ..   S 
a nd   c o m m i t t e d.  

j 

J 

Gas and Water 
Bill 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Falkirk  and 
take  into  consideration  the  Falkirk  and  District  q^ 04   W a t er 
Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords], 
Confirmation 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  B i U \.Lo>'is-1 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Lanark 
take  into  consideration  the  Lanark  Corporation  Corporation 
(Extension  of  Boundaries, &c.)  Order  Confirraa- ^unXrie",°f 
tion  Bill. 

& c.)   Order' 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be'read  the  third  time  ^ f i r m a t i on 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Commons  Regulation  (Towyn  Trewan) 
Provisional  Order  Bill  was,  according "to Order, 
read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

Wishaw  Burgh  The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Eiectricity, 
Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Bill;  and  the 
&c.  Bill. 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Wolver-
hampton 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to the 
Wolverhampton  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

read;  and ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

and 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Revised  Draft  of  the  Articles 
of  a  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill, 
for  the  University  to have  its  seat  in  Belfast. 

Copy  of  Revised  Draft  of  the  Articles  of  a 
Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill,  for 
the  University  to  have  its  seat in  Dublin. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Copy  of  Revised  Draft  of  the  Articles  of  a 
Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill,  for 
the  College  to  have  its  seat  in  Dublin. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Commons 
Regulation 
(Towyn 
Trewan) 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Irish 
Universitie 
Bill. 

No. 108.]  8  E D W.  VII. 

mh  July. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Dniv  sities 
Bm.TerS1  68 

Copy  of  Revised  Draft  of  the  Articles  of  a 
new  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill, 
for  the  constituent  College  at  Cork. 

Copy  of  Revised  Draft  of  the  Articles  of  a 
n e w  Charter  under  the  Irish  Universities  Bill, 
for  the  constituent  College  at  Galway. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Railway 
Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
(Safety meD  Command,—Copies of  Third and Fourth  Reports 
Appliances.')  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  examine,  and,  where  necessary,  to  test, 
Appliances  designed  to  diminish  danger  to  men 
employed  in Railway  Service. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Royal 
Patrio 
Patriotic Fund  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fourth  Report 
Corporation. 
of  the Royal  Patriotic  Fund  Corporation, for  the 
year  1907. 

Care and 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Royal  Commission 

F^ble-Minded  aP P ° i n ted   to  inquire  concerning  the  Care  and 
Control  of  the  Feeble-Minded.  Minutes  of 
(Royal 
Commission.)  Evidence  and  Appendices.  Vols.  I.—VII. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  565 
(Surveys  of  British  Africa,  Ceylon,  and  the 
Federated  Malay  States,  Annual  Report  of 
the  Colonial  Survey  Committee,  Third  Year,  to 
June  1908). 
•  Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 
Table. 

Civil  Service  Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Commission.  Command, —  Copy  of  Fifty-second  Report  of 
His  Majesty's  Civil  Service  Commissioners,  with 
Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Army (Special  Mr.  Haldane 
Pensions.) 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  for the  year  ended 
31st  March  1908  of  Pensions  specially  granted 
under  Articles  718,  1089,  and  1124  of  the  Pay 
Warrant. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Loans 
Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
contracted by  dated  the  14th  day  of  April  last, for  a  Return 
relative  to  Loans  contracted  by  Local  Autho-
Authorities, 
r i t ies. 
No.  238. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Public Works 
Loans Bill. 

Ordered,  That there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Statement  of  Particulars  of  Loans  of 
No. 239.  which  the  Balances  outstanding  are  proposed  to 
be  remitted  or  written  off (in  whole  or in  part) 
from  the  Assets  of  the  Local  Loans  Fund.— 
(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Mr.  Hobhouse  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Paper. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Building 
Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
Operationsand  s c n t ed   to His  Majesty, that  He will be  graciously 
WorkTBiuf  pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  Memorandum 
explanatory  of 
the  Building  Operations  and 
VOL.  163. 

Engineering 
Gladstone.) 

Works  Bill.  —  (Mr.  Secretary 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing  Standing 

Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Infant  Life  Pro-
tection  (No.  2)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  protection 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-  (No. 2) Bill, 
ments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 210. 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the Proceedings  No.  240. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  327. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing  Standing 

to  whom 

unTvmitS  of 
Committee  A, 
Durham  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had  D,lrham Bm 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

the  University 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  (lo  lie  upon  the  No.  241. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the Proceedings  Xo.  241. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  328. 

Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing  standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Handloom  Weaving  Committee  A., 
(Ireland)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had  gone  weavinT 
through  the  Bill  and  made  an  Amendment  (Ireland)  Bill, 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  242. 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No. 242. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 329. 

Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
upon Friday  next;  and  be  printed. 

The  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland)  Bill  [Lords]  Evicted 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be read  j ^ f , ^)   Bill 
a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That a Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords  House of 

to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be  pleased Lords 
to  communicate  to  this  House  a  Copy  of  the  (Manuscripts.) 
Manuscripts  of  the  House  of  Lords, Volume  IV. 
(New  Series).—(Sir  Thomas  Esmonde.) 

Bill  330. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  the  Chair- Standing 

men's  Panel;  That  they  had  discharged  Sir 
Francis  Channing 
Standing  Committee  A,  and  had  appointed  Mr. 
Eugene  Wason  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  A  in  his  place. 

from  being  Chairman  of i>ane].) 

That  they  had  discharged  Sir  David  Brynmor 
Jones  from  being  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  B,  and  had  appointed  Sir  Francis 
Channing 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  B  in  his  place. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  London 
Act  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Ken-  ^j^™'11*'" 
sington  and  Knightsbridge  Electric  Lighting  ton/Electric" 
Company.  Limited  ;  the  Notting  Hill  Electric  Supply 
Lighting  Company,  Limited  ;  the  Saint  James'Companie^ 
01  ^ 
and Pall  Mall Electric  Light Company,  Limited, 
the  Westminster  Electric  Supply  Corporation, 

1 

x  x  3 

3 42 

20th  July. 

1 9 0 8. 

[No. 108. 

Limited;  and  the  Central  Electric  Supply 
Company,  Limited,  with  respect  to  the  supply 
of  electrical  energy,  and for other  purposes ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confer  further  powers  upon  certain  of 
the  London  Electric  Supply  Companies; 
to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.] 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  London  (Westminster  and  Kensington) 
Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  was 
read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  London  Electric  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  was 

London 
Electric 
Supply 
Bill [Lords.]  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

read  the  first  time. 

Expiring 
Laws 
Continuance 
Bill. 

B i ll   3 3 1. 

Political 
Offenders' 
Punishment 
Bill. 

B i ll   3 3 2. 

Deaths 
Registration 
and  Burials 
Bill, 

B i ll   3 3 3. 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented  a  Bill  to  continue 
various  expiring  Laws:  And 
the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Robert  Pearce,  supported  by  Mr.  Burt, 
Mr.  Cobbold, Mr.  Charles  Corbett, Mr.  Gulland, 
Mr. Kettle,  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  Mr.  William 
Redmond, Mr.  Snowden,  Mr,  Stanger,  and  Mr. 
Osmond  Williams, presented  a  Bill  to  limit  the 
Punishment consequent  on  certain  offences of  a 
political  character  to  imprisonment  as first-class 
Misdemeanants  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Mr.  George  Greenwood,  supported  by  Sir 
Walter  Foster,  Mr. John Robertson, Mr. Smeaton, 
Dr.  Rutherford,  Mr.  Hart-Davies,  Dr.  Shipman, 
and  Mr.  Ather ley -Jones,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  Registration  of 
Deaths  and  to  Burials:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
the  31st  day  of  this  instant  July  ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Public  Works 
Loans  Bill. 

B i ll   3 3 4. 

Mr. Hobhouse presented  a Bill  to grant  money 
for  the  purpose  of  certain  Local  Loans  out  of 
the  Local  Loans  Fund,  and  for  other  purposes 
relating  to  Local  Loans:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to be  printed. 

Licensing  BilL  The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 

into  a Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Statutory  reduction  of  on-

licences  required). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  8,  at  the 
beginning,  to  insert  the  words " Quarter  sessions 
on  a reference  from."—(Mr.  Younger.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for the, 
X eas, 

gJSir  Alexander  Acland-

R o < 

[Viscount  Valentia : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

126. 

}  2 9 9. 
J 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1, 

8, at 
the  beginning,  to insert  the words "A  committee 
of  the."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That 

inserted. 

those  words  be 

there 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Goulding: 

|  122. 

Noes, 

|  315. 

Tellers for  the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibanh: 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in 
p.  1,  1.  8, 
after  the  word  "justices,"  to  insert 
the  words 
" if  it  be  shown  to  their  satisfaction  that  the 
number  of on-licences in any  district is  excessive, 
having  regard  to  the  needs  of  the  population." 
—(Sir  Francis  Lowe.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

Amendment  proposed  to the proposed  Amend-
ment,  after  the  word  " if,"  to  insert  the  words 
" on  the  presentation  of  a requisition  signed  by 
not  less  than  one-tenth  of  the  parochial  electors 
in  the  district."—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 
inserted  in the  proposed  Amendment:—Amend-
ment  to  the  proposed  Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the ("Sir Francis  Lowe, 

. 

Yeas, 

[ Mr.  Lane-  Fox : 

Tellers for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

Noes, 

there 

121. 

310. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  8, 
after  the  word  "justices,"  to  insert  the  words 
" unless  they  certify  to  the  Secretary  of  State 
to  do  so." —  (Earl 
it 
that 
Winterton.) 

is  unnecessary 

Question  proposed, That  those  words  be there" 

inserted  :—Debate  arising ; 

Mr.  Asquith  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

Question  put,  That  the  Question  be  now put.  Question  put 
g'o^ciosure 
The  Committee  divided. 
of  Debate.) 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers  for t h e f ^ r  Alexander  A cland-

Noes, 

Hood, 

I Viscount  Valentia : 

298. 

122. 

Question put accordingly, That those  words  be 

there  inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for the J ^Alexander 

Acland- 

Yeas 
' 

I 
' 
(Viscount  Valentia: 
Tellers  for  the I Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

. 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

Q 
]  29U> 
Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Asquith),—  put,  and agreed  to. 

j 
f 
J 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill  Bill  [Lords.'] 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Naval Lands 
Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Lands  (Volun- (Volunteers) 
teers)  Bill; 

1 

No. 108.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

20th,  July. 

3 43 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Naval 
Marriages Bill.  Second  Reading  of the  Naval  Marriages  Bill ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Tuberculosis 
Committee  on the Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ire-  i'reyention 
land)  Bill; 

(Ireland) BUI. 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Small 
AUotmSr'1  S e c o n d  Reading  of 
Bill  [Lords.]  Allotments  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Small  Holdings  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts of  Court Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Bill. 

to-morrow. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Agricultural 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Holdings Bill  Second  Reading  of  the  Agricultural  Holdings 
[Lords.J 

Bill  [Lords]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary 

(Ireland)  [Pay,  j^f®^"^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow." 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Married 
Women's 
Property  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Married  Women's  Pro-
p e r t y B m. 

The  Order  qf  the  day  being  read,  for taking Education 
( S c o t l a n d)   (Scotland) 

into  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

the  Education 

Bl11-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply, 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

, 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

East  India 
Loans 
[Railway  and 
Irrigation 
Works.]. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Irish 

into  consideration  the  Irish  Universities  Bill,  as  Universities 
amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill-

Third  Reading  of the  finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Registration 
\Lords.\ 

Committee  on  the  Registration  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

B i U

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  jgjjj  , 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  . Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

& 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return  Building 
to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  20th  Operationsand 
day  of this  instant  July,  for  a  Return  relative  ^^TRU"8 
to  the  Building  Operations  and  Engineering 
* 
Works  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do lie  upon the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Grand Jury 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
nIM«Td) A c t  Second  Reading  of  the  Grand  Jury  (Ireland) 
Amendment  Act  (1836)  Amendment  Bill; 
Bill. 

V O L.   1 6 3, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  1 Oth 
day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then 
twenty  minutes  before  Twelve  of  the 
clock,  till  to-morrow. 

X  X  4 

 
344 

21 si  July. 

1908. 

[No. 109. 

[ N o.   109.] 

Tuesday, 21st July  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction. 
E vesham, 
Redditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon-Avon 
Junction,  and 
Bast  and  West 
Junction 
Railways 
(Amalgama-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

THE  Stratford-upon-Avon,  Towcester,  and 

Midland  Junction,  Evesham,  Redditch,  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon  Junction,  and  East  and 
West  Junction  Railways  (Amalgamation)  Bill 
[Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Honourable 
Artillery 
Company  Bill 
[Lords,'] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Bill 
[Lords],  as amended in the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Leith  Burgh 
Bili  [Lords.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
t} i e  Leith  Burgh  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended 

tj on 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast 
Railway  Bill  [Lords],  as amended  in  the  Com-
mittee. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  Ilia  Majesty's  Inland 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-first  Report  of  the Bevenw. 
Commissioners of His "M ajesty's Inland  Revenue, 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Companies 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of (Winding-up.) 
Seventeenth  General  Annual  Report  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  under  section  29  of  the  Com-
panies  (Winding-up)  Act,  1890. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His  Board  of 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the 
Research  Work  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries  in  relation  to  the  Plaice  Fisheries 
of  the  North  Sea.  Vol.  I.  Special  Statistics 
(Size  and  Weight),  1905-6. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  also  presented,  pursuant  Destructive 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  p ^ f ^ "/ 
Copy  of  Order  under  the  Destructive  Insects  i 8 77  ancj 1907> 
and  Pests  Acts,  dated  17th  July  1908,  entitled 
the American  Gooseberry  Mildew (Kent)  Order 
of  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic g^"""?1 
and Consular Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4066 
eries,) 
to  4070. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Table. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
Rivensthorpe 
Urban  District  tion  the  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council 
Council  Bill 
n 
,i 
[Lords.] 

ag   a m e n (i e (i   j a  the  Committee. 

g.jj 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Explosives. 

Aliens  Act, 
1905. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read,  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, — Copy  of  Thirty-second 
Annual  Report  of  His  Majesty's  Inspectors  of 
Explosives,  being for  the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of 

the  Alien  Passenger 
Traffic between  the  United  Kingdom  and  Ports 
in  Europe,  or  within  the  Mediterranean  Sea, 
during  the  three  months  ending  30th  June 
1908  ;  together  with  the  number  of  Expulsion 
Orders made during that  period requiring  Aliens 
to  leave  the  United  Kingdom. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial  Post.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the 
Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash  on  Delivery) 
Amendment  (No.  1)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  2nd 
July  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Regulations  made  by  the 
Board  of  Education  relating  to  the  Victoria 
and  Albert  Museum,  the  Bethnal  Green  Branch 
Museum, and the  Museum of  Practical  Geology, 
Jermyn  Street. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Endowed  Schools  (Masters)  Bill  [Lords]  Endowed 

was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to be  read  a  Schools 
second  time  to-morrow ;  and  to  be  printed. 

[ j ^ f of  B'U 
B i ll   3 3 5. 
Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 
mittee  on  Group  K  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for (Group K.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Monday  next,  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Walter  Francis  Roch,  Esquire,  Member  for  New  Member 

the  County  of  Pembroke,  was  sworn. 

sworn. 

Great 
Northern, 
Piccadilly,  and 
Brompton 
Hail way  Bill 
[  Lords.] 
vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Wath  and 
Bolton  Gas 
Board  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the  Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Brompton 
Railway  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Wath  and  Bolton 
Gas  Board  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  the  additional 
provision  referred  to  in  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  5th  day  of  May  last  had  been 
inserted  in  the  Bill  in  Committee  of  the  House 
of  Lords. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to  make it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found 
the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide Supple-
ment to the 
Votes, 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

1 

No. 109.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

21 st  July. 

3 45 

Pier  and 
Harbonr 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Orders (No. 2) Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That 
Bill  [Lords.] 
they  had  considered  the  said  Orders ;  that  the 
[Provisional 
said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that 
Orders 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with 
confirmed.] 
an  Amendment,  to  the  House. 
.  Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 
Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Order (No.  3) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Provisional  Order  (No.  3)  Bill  [Lords];  That 
they  had  considered  the  said  Order;  that  the 
said  Order  ought  to  be  confirmed ;  and  that 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with 
an  Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Local 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Government 
Provisional 
(No.  1)  Bill 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders 
Orders (No.  l)   [Lords]  ;  That  they  had  considered  the  said 
Bill  [Lords.]  Orders; 
that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be 
Ordenf°na 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  with  an  Amendment,  to  the 
confirmed.] 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Liverpool  Liverpool 

c°wation 
Corporation  (General  Powers)  Bill, with Amend-  (
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence  Powers)  Bill, 
of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to 

the  Widnes  Widnes 

Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  Corporation 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

1  ' 
The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Tyne  Improve- Tyne 

ment  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Improvement 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by this  House  to  the  Metropolitan  District 
Railway  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Taff  Vale  Railway 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Metropolitan 
District 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Taff  Vale 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Northern  Assurance 
Company  Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Commercial  Union 
Assurance  Company  Bill  [L.ords],  without  any 
Amendment. 

Northern 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Commercial 
Onion 
Assurance 
Company  Bill 
[Lords. J 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  amend  the  Acts  relating  to  Crofters' 
Holdings  in  Scotland;  to  amend  the  Congested 
Districts  (Scotland)  Act,  1897 ;  to facilitate  the 
provision  of  small  Agricultural  Holdings 
in 
Crofting  Parishes  in  Scotland,  and  for  other 
purposes  connected 
to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

therewith; 

Crofting 
Parishes 
(Scotland) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Glasgow and 
Act  to  confirm a  Provisional  Order  under  the  |°Xa^<*der 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  confirmation 
1899, relating to the Glasgow and South Western  Bill  [Lords.] 
Railway;  to which  the  Lords  desire  the  concur-
rence  of this  House. 

Tramways 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No.  2)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Tramways  Orders 
Confirmation  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  they 
had  considered  the  said  Orders;  that  the  said 
Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

The  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway  Glasgow  and 
Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was  ordered  South  Western 
(under  section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation confirmation" 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be  taken  Bill  [Lords.] 
into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  I  (Statutory  reduction  of  on-

sideration  to-morrow. 

licences  required). 

from 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
Electrio 
Lighting 
the  Committee  on  the  Electric  Lighting 
c S ° N o.   3) Provisional  Orders  (No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That 
Bill  [Lords.] 
they  had  considered  the  said  Orders ;  that  the 
[Provisional 
said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that 
Orders 
they had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
confirmed.] 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Trusts  Bill 
(Special 
Report.) 
[Inquiry  not 
completed.] 
No.  245. 

Mr.  Beale  reported  from  the  Select  Com-
mittee  to  whom  the  Trusts  Bill  was referred ; 
That they  had  agreed  to  a  Special  Report, which 
they  had  directed him  to  make  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Special  Report  do lie  upon 

the  Table;  and be  printed. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Galashiels 
I>rainage  and 
Burgh 
Extension 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  % 

The  L o r ds   have  agreed 

to  the  Galashiels 
Drainage  and  Burgh  Extension  Order  Con-
firmation  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

VOL.  163. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  8, 
after the  word  " shall,"  to  insert  the  words  " in 
any  municipal  borough  or urban  district  having 
a  population  according  to  the  last  census  for 
the  time  being  of  over  ten  thousand."—  (Mr. 
Gretton.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  9, to 
leave  out  the  word  "reduce," in  order  to  insert 
the  word  "adjust."—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " reduce " stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
m  ii 
r 
Tellers  for th^J 
Noes, 

.» 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
f Sir  Alexander  Acland-

R o o^ 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

326. 

127. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 9, 
after the  word  " of," to insert  the  word  " old."— 
(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  " old "  be 
there  inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

T  Y 

346 

21st  July. 

1908. 

[No. 109. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  9,  to 

leave  out the  word  " on-."—(Mr.  Talbot.) 

Question  put,  That the word  " on- " stand part 

of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  George  Faber, 
(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks: 

Noes, 

|  306. 

1126. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  9, 
after the  word  " on-licences,"  to insert  the words 
" except  licences  for  the  sale  of  beer  upon  the 
premises  which  were  in  existence  before  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-nine."—(Mr. 
Frederick  Edwin  Smith.) 

Question 

put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thej 
Yeas, 

[ Viscount  Valentia : 

Tellers for the/ Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Alexander  Acland-

1 

1 4 0. 

354. 

Chairman 
puts Question 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

And  it  being  after half-past  Ten  of  the  clock, 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  Order 
of  the  House  of  the  17th July,  to  put  forthwith 
the  Question  on  an  Amendment  moved  by  the 
Government  of  which  notice  had  been  given, 
and on any Questions necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business  to be  concluded  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master of Elibank : 
,T_  | Sir  Alexander  Acland-

Yeas, 
™ „ 
j. 
Tellers for the I 
Noes, 

^^ 

[Viscount  Valentia  : 

j- 348. 

I J  1 4 0. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  4) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
into  the  said  Com-

next,  again  resolve  itself 
mittee. 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 
Order  (No.  4)  Bill  [Lords]   was,  according  to 
Order, read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Beading  of  the  London  County  Council 
(Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
and, at the  end of the  Question,  adding the  words 
"  upon  this  day  three  months."—'v Mr.  Timothy 
Davies.) 

And  the  Question  being  praposed,  That  the 
word  "now"  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Committee  on  the  Companies  Bill [Lords]; 

t he   Companies 

BiU  [Lords.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself  Registration 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Registration  Bill B i !1 
[Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

taken  into  consideration 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Grand  Jury 

(Ireland)  Act 

(1836)  Grand  Jury 

Amendment  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
a second  time. 

A c t 

Amendment 
Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of the  whole  House  for  to-morrow,— 
(Mr.  T.  W.  Russell.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  beiDg  read,  for  the  Tuberculosis 
Committee  on the Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ire- Prevention 
land)  Bill; 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
& c . ]; 

[Pay,  (Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being t read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Wo?k?Bm.g 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

6 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Evicted 

Second  Reading  of  the  Evicted  Tenants  (Ire-  ^^ 
I 
land)  Bill  [I,ords]  ; 

J\   T>*II  rr  

JT  

Rin 
(Ireland)  BUI 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Expiring 

Second  Reading  of  the  Expiring  Laws  Con- Laws 
tmuance  -Bill; 

Continuance 
BiJ| 

T,.,! 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Works 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Works  Loans  ^ ^ B m-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

No. 109.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

21 st—22nd 

July. 

347 

County  Courts 
BiU 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

Second  Heading  of 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Naval  Lands 
(Volunteers) 
BilL 

The  Naval  Lands 

(Volunteers)  Bill  was, 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House  for  to-morrow.—• 
( M r.  

MKenna.) 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Liierpool 
tion  the  Liverpool  Corporation  (Streets  and  [ j ^ ™^ 
Buildings)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee.  Buildings) 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  BiU-

be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Naval 
Marriages  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Marriages  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Small 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
Bill  [.Lords,] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Agricultural 
Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Agricultural  Holdings 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Married 
Women's 
Property  Bill. 

The  Married  Women's  Property  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Finance  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading  of the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Crystal  Palace  Company  Bill  [Lords]  Crystal  Palace 
fxJJnfeY B l U 

was read  a second  time,  and committed. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  and  District  Elec-  London  and 

tricity  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  be  read 
time  to-morrow. 

second  gj 3^* 

Electricity 
Supply  Bill 
[Lord*.] 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Rhymney  Bhymnev and 
erJ^wIter 

and  Aber  Valleys  Gas  and  Water  Bill  [Lords]  £a8
Standing  Orders 211  and 236  be  suspended,  and Biu [Lords.] 
that  the  Committee  of  Selection  have  leave  to 
appoint  the  Committee  on  the  Bill  to  sit  and 
proceed  forthwith.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Orders  Electric 
(No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  Lighting 
read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordlrs  (No. 3) 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to B m [Lords.J 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Falkirk  and  District  Water  Order  Con-  Falkirk  and 
firmation  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, QJ,^0' W a t er 
read  the  third  time  and  passed. 
Confirmation 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  B m ILords.] 

the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Lanark  Corporation 

(Extension  of  Lanark 

Boundaries,  &c.)  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  (Snsfonof 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  Boundaries, 
&c.) Order 
passed. 
Confirmation 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to BiU. 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to  Glasgow  and 

t
take  into  consideration  the  Glasgow  and  South fy^s
tgrn 
Western  Railway  Order  Confirmation  Bill  Railway 
[IsOrds]» 

Order 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  BUI [Lords.] 

upon  Friday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of this instant  July,  it being then thirteen 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill  Provisional 
[Lords],  as amended  in the  Committee. 

Orders  (No.  l) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  Bffl 

to-morrow. 

[No.  110.] 
Wednesday, 22nd July  1908, 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P H A T E K S. 

Ammanford 
Urban  District  X 
K f o ] Bm  

r p HE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  con-
sideration  the  Ammanford  Urban  District 
i L o r d s\   as  amended  in  the  Com-

C c m n c il   B i U 
mittee. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to Pier and 
take  into  consideration  the  Pier  and  Harbour  Harbour 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords],  as c S ^ No   2) 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Bill [Lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Ker and 
take  into  consideration  the  Pier  and  Harbour prgr^"naI 
Provisional  Order  (No.  3)  Bill 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

[Lords],  as  Order  (No. 3) 
Bill [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

T  Y  2 

348 

22nd   My. 

1908. 

[No. 110. 

Tramways 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(No.  2)  Bill 
[.Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Tramways  Orders 
Confirmation  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  4) 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Local 
Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Order  (No.  4) 
Bill  [Lord»]  Standing  Orders  211  and  236  be 
suspended,  and  that  the  Committee  on  Un-
leave  to  sit  and  proceed 
opposed  Bills  have 
forthwith.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  4) 
[lords.] 
Bill 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  on  the  Local  Government  (Ireland) 
Provisional  Order  (No. 4)  Bill  [Lords],  to  insert 
a  Clause  providing  that  the  district  council  shall 
not  from  the  system  of  sewerage  referred  to  in 
the  Order  permit  any  crude  sewage 
to  be 
into  the  Bay  of  Dublin,  except 
discharged 
between  the  time  of  high  water and  five  hours 
after high  water;  provided  that  in  case  of  heavy 
rain  or other  emergency  the  storm  water  may  be 
discharged  at  any  period  of  the  tide.—(Mr. 
Nannetti.) 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Eeport. 
Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos. 4071  to 
4073. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports. 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  566 
(Northern Territories  of  the  Gold  Coast,  Annual 
Report  for  1907). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public  Works 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Seventy-sixth  Annual 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Public  Works 
in  Ireland,  with  Appendices, 
the  year 
ending  31st  March  1908. 

for 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1894 
( Parish 
Council 
Elections, 
1907.) 

The  Lord Advocate  presented,—Return  to an 
Order,  dated  the  26th  day  of  August  in  the 
last  Session  of Parliament, for Returns  of particu-
lars  respecting  the  Election  of  Parish  Councils 
in  Scotland  in  the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Return  do lie  upon  the 

No. 247. 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Trustee 
Savings 
Banks. 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  for  the  year  ending  the  20th  day  of 
November  1907  (1)  from  each  Savings  Bank  in 
England  and  Wales,  Scotland,  Ireland,  and  the 
Channel  Islands,  containing,  in  columns,  the 
number  of  such  Banks ;  the  number  of  accounts 
remaining  open;  the  total  amount  owing  to 
depositors;  the  total  amount  invested  with  the 
Commissioners for the  Reduction of the  National 
Debt,  excluding  the  surplus  fund j  the  balance 
in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  ;  the  total  amount 
of  the  separate  surplus  fund  in  the  hands  of 
the  Commissioners  ;  the  other  assets,  including 
the  estimated  value  of  the  Bank  premises,  fur-
niture, &c.;  the  total  assets ;  the  rate of  interest 
paid  to  depositors  on  the  various  amounts  of 
deposit,  and  the  average  rate  of  interest  on 
all  accounts  ;  the  annual  expenses  of  manage-
ment,  inclusive  of  all  payments  and  salaries  ; 

the  rate  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  capital 
of  the  Bank  for  the  expenses  of  management; 
the  average  cost  of  each  transaction  ;  the  total 
amount  of  Government  Stock  standing  to  the 
credit  of  depositors  ;  and  the  total  number  and 
amount  of  annuities  in  course  of  payment;  in-
cluding  in  such  Return  a  summary  of  all  such 
Savings  Banks  as,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Act  26 • Yict.  c.  14,  or  otherwise,  have  been 
closed  and  have  transferred  their  funds,  or  any 
part thereof,  to  the  Post  Office Savings  Bank; 
showing 
for  England,  Wales,  Scotland,  and 
Ireland,  and  the  United  Kingdom,  the  number 
of  such  Banks,  the  number  and  amount  of 
depositors' balances on  the 20th day of  November 
previous  to  date  of  notice  to  close,  the  number 
and  amount  of  accounts  so  transferred,  and  the 
amount of  compensation,  if  any,  made  to  all  or 
any  of  the  officers of  such  Banks;  and  showing 
in  separate  columns  the  particulars  relating  to 
such  Savings  Banks  as  have  been  closed  during 
the  year;  and  (2)  showing  the  total  number  of 
depositors  in  Trustee  Savings  Banks  ;  the  total 
number  of  deposits;  the  total  number  of  with-
drawals ;  the  average  amount  of  each  deposit 
account;  the  average  sums  paid  in  and  drawn 
out;  and  the  total  number  of  persons  who  have 
deposited 
in  single  sums  the  entire  amount 
allowed  to  be  deposited  during  the  year  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  270  of 
Session  1907).—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Ordered,  That 

there  be 

laid  before  this  Poor  Relief 

House  a  Copy  of  Statement  of  the  a m o u nt   (England  and 
expended  by  Boards  of  Guardians  for  Poor 
Relief  during  the  half-year  ended  Ladyday 
1908  ;  and  similar  Statement  for  the  half-year 
ended  Michaelmas  1908  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  309  of  Session  1907). 
—(Mr.  Masterman.) 

Ordered,  That 

there  be 

laid  before  this  Local 

House  a  Return  of  the  amount  received  during  ^ ^ c g" 
the  year  ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1908, in  1907^8.  '  °'T 
respect of  each  administrative  county and  county 
borough 
in  England  and  Wales,  for  Local 
Taxation  Licence  Duties,  and  penalties  and 
forfeitures  recovered  in  respect  of  such  duties, 
and  for  other  duties  and  payments  which  are 
directed  to  be  dealt  with  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  Local  Taxation  Licence  Duties  (in  con-
tinuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  298  of 
Session  1907).—(Mr.  Masterman.) 

this  Local 

laid  before 

Ordered,  That 

there  be 
House  a  Return  showing,  in  respect  of  the 
financial  year  ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1907-X' 
1908,  the  distribution  of  the  moneys  paid  into 
the  Local  Taxation  Account  in  pursuance  of  the 
provisions  of  the  Local  Government  Act,  1888, 
the  Local  Taxation 
(Customs  and  Excise) 
Act,  1890,  the  Finance  Act,  1894,  and  other 
Acts,  as  amended  by the  Finance  Act,  1907  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  317  of 
Session  1907).—(Mr.  Masterman.) 

Ordered,  That 

there  be 

laid  before  this  London 

House  a  Return  showing,  according  to  the  cf^esTAct 
accounts  for  the  twelve  months  preceding  the  1894 
° ' 
31st  day  of  March  1908,  furnished  to  the  Local (Accounts 
Government  Board  under  section  1  (7)  of 
London  (Equalisation  of  Rates)  Act,  1894— 

g^tion 1  m 
o f t h e A c t .) 

(1)  The  amounts  paid  during  the  year  out 
of  the  Equalisation  Fund  under  the  Act 
to  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  London 
and  each  of  the  Councils  of  Metropolitan 
.Boroughs  to  whom  payments  out  of  that 
fund were  made ; 

No. 110.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

22nd  July. 

3 49 

(2)  The  amount  of  the  expenses  incurred 
during the year by each of these authorities 
(a)  under  the  Public  Health  (London) 
Act,  1891  (including expenses of  scaveng-
ing  streets) ;  (b)  in  respect  of  lighting; 
and  (c)  in  respect  of  streets  (other  than 
the  expenses  of  scavenging)  ;  and 

(3)  The  amount  expended  during  the  year 
by  each  such  authority  out  of  the  sums 
received  by  them  under  the  Act— 
(in continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, No. 318 
of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Masterman.) 

Standing 
•Committee C. 
Prevention  of 
•Crime  Bill. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from 
Standing  Committee  C, to  whom  the  Prevention 
of  Crime  Bill  was referred ;  That  they  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

No.  248. 

No. 248. 

B i ll   336. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow,  and  be printed. 

Police  and 
•Sanitary 
Committee. 
Keighley 
•Corporation 
•Bill  [Lords.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Public 
Petitions 
•(Sixth 
Report.) 

Home  Work. 

Mr.  Charles Nicholson reported from the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee  ;  That  in the  case  of; 
the  Keighley  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]   they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-: 
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  Bill  as  passed  by 
the  Committee,  and found  the same, as  amended, 
to  be  true ;  and had  gone through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ; and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions  ;  That 
they  had  examined  the  Petitions  presented  upon 
the  29th  and  30th  days  of  June  last,  and  the 
1st,  2nd,  3rd,  6th,  7th,  8th, 9th, 10th,  13th,  14th, 
15th,  16th,  and  17th  days  of  this  instant  July, 
and  had  directed  him  to  make  a Report  thereof 
to the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Thomas  Whittaker  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  who  were  appointed  to  con-
sider  and  report  upon  the  conditions  of  labour 
in  trades  in  which  Home  Work is prevalent,  and 
the  proposals,  including  those  for  the  establish-
ment  of  wages  boards  and  the  licensing  of  work-
places,  which  have been  made  for  the  remedying 
of existing  abuses;  and  to  whom  the  Sweated 
Industries  Bill  was  committed;  That  they  had 
considered  the  matters  to  them  referred,  and 
directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes  of  the 
Evidence  taken  before them,  and  an  Appendix. 

N o.   246. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Home  Work. 

Sweated 
Industries  . 
Bill. 

Sir  Thomas  Whittaker  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Home  Work,  to  whom  the 
Sweated  Industries  Bill  was committed;  That 
they  had  agreed  to  report  the  said  Bill  to  the 
House,  without  Amendment; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  337. 

The  Criminal  Appeal 

(Amendment)  Bill 
[ Lords]  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  b y t h e korda 
one of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Post  Office Post Office 

Savings  Bank  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Savi:ugs Bank 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Padiham  Padiham 

Urban  District  Council  Bill,with  Amendments;  ^unciiBni1^ 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Criccieth  Criccieth 
Water  and  Improvement  Bill,  with  Amend- Water  a nd 
the  Lords  desire  the  con-  B™Pr0Teme 
ments;  to  which 
currence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  South  West  South  West 
Suburban  Water  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to ^wban ^ 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Finchley  Urban  District 
Council  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Finchley 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Pontypridd  Water 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Pontypridd 
Water  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Aire  and  Calder 
Navigation  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Aire  and 
Calder 
Navigation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Bognor  Gas 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Bognor  Gas  Light 
a n 
and  Coke  Company  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  B°n [Lords.] 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  South Wales 

made  by  this  House  to  the  South  Wales  Elec-
trical  Power  Distribution  Bill  [Lords],  without Distribution 
Bill  [Lords.] 
a ny   A m e n d m e n t.  

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Importation  of 

Act  to  prohibit  the  importation  of  the  Plumage 
and  Skins  of  Wild  Birds;  to  which  the  Lords  Bilj 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

^ 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Education 
Act,to  confirm certain  Provisional  Orders  made p°^fsional 
by  the  Board  of  Education  under  the  Education  orde™0^ 
Acts.  1870  to  1907, to enable  the  Councils of the  Confirmation 
Administrative  Counties of  Cornwall,  Merioneth, 
and  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  the 
County  Borough  of  Swansea, to put  in force  the 
Lands  Clauses  Acts  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

or 

1 

The  Lords  communicate  Copy  of  the  Manu-House of 

scripts  of  the  House  of  Lords,  Volume  IV.  Jjj^3 
(New  Series),  as desired  by  this  House  in  their  ^ 
Message  of  the  21st  day  of  this instant  July. 

j  t  ^ 
n u s™p   s.. 

The  Education  Board  Provisional  Orders  Education 

Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  Bill  [Lords]  was  £oard. 
Provisional 
PlYWISTi 
Orders 
read  the  first  time. 

-1 

u 

' 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills  ;  and Bin [Lords.] 
Bill 338. 
be printed. 

The  Importation  of Plumage  Prohibition  Bill  Importation  of 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time,  and ordered to  f^^Mon 
be read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  Bill [zords.] 
Bill 339. 
to  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 

Committee  on  East  India  Revenue  Accounts; 
. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do now  leave 
the  Chair 
India 
Revenue  Accounts); 

(for  Committee  on  East 

_ 

Revenue 
Accounts. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to  Education 

the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word  System. 

T  T  3 

10th—Vdth 

July. 

1908. 

[No. 103. 

350 
" That "  to  the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "this  House, while  it  recognises  that 
the  reforms  now  under  the  consideratidn  of  the 
Government  of  India  are  suitable  and sufficient 
in  respect  of  questions  with  which they  deal,  is 
of  opinion  that  the  educational  system  in  India 
stands in  urgent  need  of  reform"—(Mr. Bees'), 
—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do now  leave  the 

Chair. 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself 

into 

the  Committee. 

The  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland)  Bill  {Lords] E^cted 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

(Ireland)  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  {Lords.] 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Mr.  Birrell.) 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Naval Lands 
Committee  on  the  Naval  Lands  (Volunteers)  (Volunteers) 
Bill; 

BlU" 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Naval 

Second  Reading  of  the  Naval  Marriages  Bill;   Marriages  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

this  day. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 

Resolved,  That  it  appears  from the  Accounts 
the 
presented  to  Parliament  that  in  1906-7 
Revenue  of  India  amounted  to  £73,144,554, 
the  Expenditure  charged  against  Revenue  to 
£71,555,179,  and  the  Capital  Expenditure  not 
charged 
to  £8,712,668,  —  (Mr. 
Buchanan.') 

to  Revenue 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Grand Jury 
(Ireland)  Act 
(1836) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Grand Jury  (Ireland) 
Act  (1836)  Amendment  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Amendment  of  6  & 7  Will.  4, 

c.  116,  s.  67). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 1, at the  beginning 
of  1.  5,  to  insert  the  words  " Subject  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Act."—("Captain  Craig.) 
Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords] 

; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

a nd   Holdings and 
Bill  [Zo"^.} 

this  day. 

The  Agricultural  Holdings  Bill  [Lords]  was,  Agricultural 
Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for this  day.-
(Sir  Edward  Strachey.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Companies 
Bm {Lords.} 

Committee  on the  Companies  Bill  [ Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Sites  Bill  Sites  Bill 
[Lords]; 

t 2^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  L o a ns 
Irrigation  Works] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged.  Works.] 

Thursday,  23rd  July  1908 : 

Tellers for the ("Captain  Craig, 
(Mr.  Lonsdale : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

\ 
J 
} 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  2  and No.  3  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Saving  of  rights  of  the 
and  Government  Departments)—(Mr. 
Russell)—brought  up, and  read  the  first  time. 

Crown 
T.  W. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 

the  Clause  be read a second  time : 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to 
sit  again.—(Mr.  Moore.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Moore, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Lonsdale  : 

26. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Endowed 

147. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Masters)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

the  Endowed  Schools  Schools 

[S^?™ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Registration 
  {Lords.'] 

into  consideration  the  Registration  Bill  [Lords],  BiU
as amended  in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

_  WoffsBi^ 

}  26. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Tellers  for the) Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

]  144. 
Clause  read  a  second time,  and  added  to  the 

Noes, 

Bill. 

Another  Clause  added. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through the  Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Expiring 

Second  Reading  of  the  Expiring  Laws  Con- Laws 
.. 
t>-n 
tmuance  Bill; 

Continuance 
B i l l 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second time 

this  day. 

The  Public  Works  Loans  Bill  was,  according  Public  Works 

to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

Loans  Bill. 

Bill 340. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  consideration  this 

Committee,  be  taken 
day  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.—• 
(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

NO  110 ]  8  E D W.  Y I I. 
The  Order  of  the 
County  Courts 
Read;Rg 
Bill  [Lords.] 
of 

g e c o nd  

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

22nd—23rd  July. 

351 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

[No.  111.] 

Thursday,  23rd  July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill; 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

r p HE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lower  Thames 
the  Lower  Thames  Cg™*")Dock 
X  Second  Reading 
(Grays)  Dock  Bill ; 

of 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Finance  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

this  day. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
East  India 
Loans 
fBailwa  nd 
to 
^ay,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
irrigationam  consider  of  authorising  the  Secretary  of  State 
in  Council  of  India  to  raise  money in  the  United 
Works and 
General 
Kingdom,  on  the  security  of  the  Revenues  of 
Purposes.] 
India, for the  construction,  extension, and  equip-
ment  of  Railways  in  India  by  State  agency  or 
through  the  agency  of  companies,  and  for  the 
construction  of  Irrigation  Works,  and  also  for 
general  purposes  for  the  Government  of  India 
•—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease)  ; 

Public  Works 
Loans 
{Remission.] 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of the  House. 

the  House 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

itself 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
this  day,  resolve 
into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  remission  of  certain 
debts  due to  the  Commissioners of  Public  Works 
the 
in  Ireland,  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of 
present  Session  to  grant  money  for  the  purpose 
of  certain  Local  Loans  out  of  the  Local  Loans 
Fund,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  Local 
Loans—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease); 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends 
it  to  the 
consideration  of  the  House. 

the  House 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then  nine 
minutes  after  One  of 
the  clock  on 
Thursday  morning,  till  this  day. 

YOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  t he   London and 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  and  District  Eiectricity 
Electricity  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Supply  Bill 
iLords^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

„ 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  220  and  246,  Private Bills, 

relating  to  Private  Bills,  be  suspended  for  the 
remainder  of  the  Session. 

That  as  regards  Private  Bills  to  be  returned 
by  the  House  of  Lords  with  Amendments,  such 
Amendments  (if  unopposed)  shall  be  considered 
forthwith. 

That  as  regards  Private  Bills  returned,  or 
to  be  returned,  by  the  House  of  Lords  with 
Amendments,  such  Amendments  (if  opposed) 
shall  be  considered  at  such  times  as  the  Chair-
man  of  Ways  and  Means  may  determine. 

That,  when  it  is  intended  to  propose  any 
Amendments  thereto,  a  Copy  of  such  Amend-
ments  shall  be  deposited  at  the  Private  Bill 
Office, and  notice  given  on  the  day  on  which  the 
Bill  shall  have  been  returned  from  the  Lords. 
—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Provisional  Local 
Orders  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords']  was,  according  to  ® ™ ™ e nt 
Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  provisional 
Amendment. 
, 

Orders (No.  1) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

T^.,. 

, 
, 

. 

, 

„ 
, 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed 1o the same,  with  an Amendment;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders  Pier and 

[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
(No.  2)  Bill 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amend-  orders (No. 2) 
ment. 

Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same, with an Amendment;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Order  Pier and 

(No.  3)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  O r d e r,   H a r b o ur 
V 
-i  Provifiior 
read, the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amend-
ment. 

Provisional 
Order  (No.  3) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

. L.

' 

. 

, 

.

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to  the same,  with  an Amendment;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Tramways  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2)   Tramways 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  confinnation 
third  time  and passed. 
(jvf0. 2)  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 
Y  Y  4 

 
352 

23rd   July. 

1908. 

[No.llL 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

compliance  with  the  Standing  Orders  relative 
to  Private  Bills.—(Sir  John  Jar dine.) 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 
House of 
Lords 
(Manuscripts), 
Vol. IV.  (New 
Series.) 

N o.   249. 

Army 
(Territorial 
Force.) 

Parliamentary 
Returns. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  House  of 
Lords  (Manuscripts),  Yol.  IY.  (New  Series), 
which  was  communicated  upon  the  22nd  day  of 
this instant  July,  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, — Copy  of  Report,  dated 
18th  July  1908,  by  the  Director  General  of  the 
Army  Medical  Service,  as  to  the  progress  made 
in  constituting  the  Medical  Service  of 
the 
Territorial  Force. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Copy 
of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Parliamentary 
Returns  Act,  1869,  dated  21st  July  1908, 
directing  that  the  Annual  Account  required 
by  the  Uganda  Railway  Act,  1896,  shall  be 
discontinued. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Poor  Law 
Relief 
(Paupers 
relieved in  a 
Year  and 
Periods of 
Relief.) 

N o.   250. 

Shipping 
Casualties 
(1906-7.) 

in 

the 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  5th  day  of  August 
last 
Session  of  Parliament,  for  Returns  showing,  in 
respect  of  each  Poor  Law  Union  in  England 
and  Wales,  the  total number  of  persons  (except-
ing 
lunatics  in  county  and  borough  asylums, 
registered  hospitals,  and  licensed  houses,  and 
the 
casual  paupers)  who  were  relieved  by 
guardians  at  any  time  during  the  twelve  months 
ending the  30th day of  September  1907, classified 
according  to  (a)  the  aggregate  length  of  time 
for  which  each  person  received  Relief,  and  (b) 
the number  of  times on which Relief  was  granted 
to  each  person;  together  with  the  following 
particulars  respecting  the  persons  so  relieved  :— 
(1)  The  number  of  men,  women,  and  child-
ren,  respectively,  distinguishing  (a)  per-
sons  relieved  singly,  and  (b)  heads  of 
families  and  their  dependents  ;  and 

(2)  The  number  of  adults  and  children, 
respectively,  who  received 
indoor 
Relief  only,  (b)  outdoor  Relief  only, 
distinguishing  persons  who  received  only 
medical  Relief,  and  (c)  both  indoor  and 
outdoor  Relief. 

(a) 

Ordered,  That  the said  Return do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Abstract  of  the  Returns 
of  Shipping  Casualties  which  occurred  on  or 
near  the  coasts,  or in  rivers  and  harbours,  of  the 
United  Kingdom  from the  1st  July  1906  to  the 
30th  June  1907,  and  of  the  Returns  of  Shipping 
Casualties  to  British  Vessels  elsewhere 
than 
on  the  coasts  of  the  United  Kingdom,  and 
to  Foreign  Vessels  on  or  near  the  coasts,  or 
in  rivers  and  harbours,  of  British  Possessions 
abroad,  &c.,  with  Charts  and  Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Chamber of 
London. 

N o.   251. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  was  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 
Annual  Accounts  of  the  Chamberlain of  London 
for the  year  ended  31st  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Salmon, 
River'Tweed  Private  Bills  do  examine  the  Salmon,  Trout, 
Fisheries  Bill,  and  River  Tweed  Fisheries  Bill,  with  respect  to 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported 

from  the  Gas Orders 

Committee  on  the  Gas  Orders 
Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  they  had-  considered  the  [provisional 
Orders  therein  contained ;  that  the  said  Orders  Orders 
ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  tbey  had  confirmed.] 
directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments,  to  the  House. 

C o n f i m a t

C o n f

r m a t

i on  

j on 

i

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from 

t he   Gas and Water 

Committee  on 
the  Gas  and  Water  Orders confirmation 
Confirmation  Bill  [T.ords];  That  they  had  con-  Bill  [Lords. 
sidered  the  Orders  therein  contained  ;  that  the  [Provisional 
said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and  that 
ed^ 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with 
Amendments,  to the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  consideration  to-

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from 

the  Pier and 

Committee  on the  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  p^°"0
Orders  (No.  1)  Bill  [Lords];   That  they  had orders (No.  1> 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that  Bill  [Lords.] 
the  said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  aud  {^°™ional 
that  they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill, confirmed.] 
with  Amendments,  to  the  House. 

nal 

r

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported 

from  the 
Committee  on  the  Local  Government  (Ireland) 
Provisional  Order  (No.  4)  Bill  [Lords]  ;  That 
they  had  considered  the  Order  therein  con-
to  be 
tained  ; 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him 
to  report  the  Bill,  with  Amendments,  to  the 
House. 

the  said  Order  ought 

that 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  4) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the 
Committee  on  the  Education  Board  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (London)  Bill  [Lords]; 
That  they  had  considered  the  Orders  therein 
contained;  that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

Education 
Board 
Provisional 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(London) 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the  Rhymney  and 
Committee  on' the  Rhymney  and  Aber  Valleys  ^ IM   wTter 
Gas  and  Water  Bill  [Lords];  That  they  had  Bin [Zon^f" 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Pre-
amble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as 
to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions of  the 
Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee,  and found  the 

NO. ill.J  8 EDW. VII. 

23rd  July. 

Vide  Supple-
m e nt   to  the 
Votes. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords'], 
Post  Office 
Consolidation 
Bill 
[Lords], 
and  Statute 
Law  Revision 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

same,  as  amended,  to  be  true ;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Solicitor  General  reported 

from  the 
Select  Committee  appointed  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Lords,  to  whom 
the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  [.Lords],  the 
Post  Office  Consolidation  BilL  [Lords],  and 
the  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords]  were 
referred ;  That  the  Committee  were  of  opinion 
that  the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  [Lords] 
ought  to be  allowed  to  proceed. 

N o.   2 5 2. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
Selection 
t l l e  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
(wattles) 
Standing668  discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
Committee  C.  ing  Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines 
S f ht   H?urs)  ( E' g h t  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill)  :—Mr.  William 
(No! 2) Bill.  Abraham  (Rhondda)  and  Mr.  Carlile  ;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of the  said 
Bill)  :  Mr.  William  Edwin  Harvey  and  Mr. 
Parkes. 

Standing 
Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
Committee  c.  f r o m  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  the 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  C :— 
Mr.  Hall. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public 
n W Re   o i t ) m i t t ee   of  

Colonel  Williams  reported  from" the  Com-
1 > u b l i c  Accounts;  That  they  had 
made  further  Progress  in  the  matters  to  them 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
together  with  the 
thereof 
Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before  them,  and  an 
Appendix. 

the  House; 

to 

No.  253. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Message  from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
BiU. 

Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Stratford-
upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and 
Midland 
Junction 
Railway, 
Evesham, 
Redditch,  and 
Stratford-
upon-Avon 
Junction 
Railway,  and 
East  and  West 
Junction 
Railway 
(Amalgama-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.]  -
London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Margate  Cor-
poration  Bill,  With  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  'Manchester 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
the Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Burnley  Cor-
poration  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Blackburn 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by this House  to  the  Stratford-upon-Avon, 
Towcester,  and  Midland  Junction  Railway, 
Evesham,  Redditch,  and  Stratford-upon  Avon 
Junction  Railway,  and East  and  West  Junction 
Railway  (Amalgamation)  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  London  County 
Council  (Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Poisons  and 

Act  to  regulate  the  sale  of  certain  Poisonous  Pharmacy 
Substances  and  to  amend  the  Pharmacy  Acts; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

1 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An  Cran  Measure 
[Lords.] 

Act  to  legalise  the  use  of  Cran  and  QuarterBiU
Cran  Measures  in  connection  with  trading  in 
Fresh  Herrings 
in  England  and  Wales;  to 
which the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Cran  Measures  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  Oran  Measures, 

the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  Bil1 [Lords.] 
841. 
time  to-morrow ; and  to be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Irish Business of 

Universities  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of^eH°u®® 
the  Business  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

upp 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Irish 

take  into  consideration  the  Irish  Universities 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill, in p.  1,1.  7, by  leaving  out  Clause  1.— 
(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
of  the  Clause  to  the  word  " two," in  p.  1,  1.  8, 
stand  part  of  the  Bill; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers  for the (Mr.  Lonsdale, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Moore: 

I  2 3 1. 
J 

| 

3 1. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  8,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  " found "  to  the  end  of  the  sub-
the  words  "one  new 
section,  and  inserting 
university  in  Ireland,  having  its  seat  at  Dublin "' 
—(Mr.  Charles  0'Donnell),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" two " stand  part  of  the  Bill  :—It  was  resolved 
in the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  11,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  " corporate "  to  the  word  " and," 
in  1.  13,  and  inserting  the  words  "named  the. 
Royal  University,  Dublin,  and  the  Queen's 
University,  Belfast,  respectively"—(Captain 
Craig),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  18,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words  " Provided  that  any 
governing  body under  this Act  shall  be composed 
as  to  three-fourths  thereof  of 
laymen."—(Mr. 
Moore.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Moore, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie  : 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

} 

7 1. 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  i 

1 2 1 9. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

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3 54 

2'3rd—24dh July. 

1908. 

[NA 111. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  19,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  " and  Queen's  College,  Belfast."— 
{Mr.  Hugh  Barrie.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill: 
—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill, in  p.  1,1.  19, by inserting, after 
the  Word "new,"  the  word  "undenominational." 
—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" undenominational"  be  there  inserted  in  the 
Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Lonsdale, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Charles  Craig: 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

"I 
j 

3 2. 

2 7 3. 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  25,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " constituted,"  the  words  " of 
laymen."—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
"  of laymen " be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It 
passed  in the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 26,  by  leaving  out 
the  word  " charter,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"  Schedule  to  this  Act  entitled  Constitution  of 
Governing  Bodies  of  constituent  Colleges  "— 
{Mr.  Butcher),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" charter " stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
\  Master  of  Elibank: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Butcher, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie: 

'  "I  249 
I 
' 
^ - 38 
j 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  15,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " which,"  the  words  " the  Com-
missioners,  and  after  the  powers  of  the  Commis-
sioners  determine."—(Sir  Philip  Magnus.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :•—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  16,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " may," the  words  " by  statute." 
—(Mr.  Butcher.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  16,  by  leaving  out 
inserting  the  . words 
the  word  " give,"  and 
u  recognise  any  college  or  institution  in  Ireland 
by  giving"—(Sir  Philip 
Magnus),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  give " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was  resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  17,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  " type"  to  the  second  word 
"  the," in  p.  2,1.  20.—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be left  out,  to  the  word " for," 
in  1.  19,  stand  part  of  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  19,  by  inserting, 
after 
the 
the  word  "body,"  the  words  "of 
university."—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  19,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  "purpose,"  the  words  " or  to 
students  who  are  pursuing studies  otherwise  than 
in  a recognised  college."—(Sir  William  Collins.) 
•  And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

i  The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the (Sir  William  Collins, 

Yeas, 

\Mr.  Seddon: 

;  Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

gg 

gg^ 

J 

f 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 
A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  further  consideration  of  the  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee,  be  now 
adjourned — (Mr.  Birrell):—It  was  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

, . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
further 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken 
consideration  to-morrow. 

into 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Public  Works 

into  a  Committee  on  Public  Works  , Loans £sans.  . 
. 
-i 
[Remission J. 

IRemjssion.  | 
J 
L 

. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  remission  of  the 
debts  due to the  Commissioners  of  Public  Works 
in  Ireland  from  certain  Railway  Companies,  in 
pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
grant  money  for  the  purpose  of  certain  Local 
Loans  out  of  the  Local  Loans  Fund,  and  for 
other  purposes  relating  to  Local  Loans.—(Mr. 
Hobhouse.) 

Friday,  24th  July  1908 : 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

— 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself  N a v al   Lands 
to a  Com 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Naval  Lands  (Volun-  (Volunteers) 
teers)  Bill. 

Bill. 

- . - WW   — 

v 

~  ~ 

J 

J 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

2  agreed  to. 

No. i l l .]  

8  ED W.   V IL 

23rd—2Uh  

July. 

355 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
him  to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

the  Local  Government Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill ; 

(Ireland)  B,U. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Naval 
Marriages 
Bill. 

The  Naval  Marriages  Bill  was,  according  to 

Order,  read  a second  time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading of the London  Paving  Expenses 

BU1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Mr.  M'Kenna.) 

Ordered, 

this  day. 

That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Agricultural  -
Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Agricultural  Holdings  Bill 
[.Lords] ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee j 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into 

con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Small 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  clay  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Companies  Bill  [Lords'] 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

day, 

Begistration 
Bill 

[Lords.j; 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Registration  Bill 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Grand  Jury 
take into consideration  the  Grand  Jury (Ireland)  fjgq1^11^ A ot 
Act  (1836)  Amendment  Bill,  as  amended  in  the Amendment 
Committee. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordinglv  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Works 

Committee  on the  Public  Works  Loans  Bill;  

Loans  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
(Ireland)  Bill 
[Lords,] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland) 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  BilL 

Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill; 

University of 
Durham  Bill.i 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
i n t o  consideration  the  University  of  Durham 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Bail Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Expiring Laws  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Continuance  Second  Reading  of  the  Expiring  Laws  Con-

tinuance  Bill; 
V O L.   1 6 3. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  Works  and  General  Purposes]  ; 

Irrigation 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Purposes,] 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then  sixteen, 
minutes  before  One  of 
the  clock  on 
Friday  morning,  till  this  day. 

z  z  2 

356 

2 Uh  July. 

1908. 

[No. 112. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords'] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously-
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 

Widnes 
•Corporation 
Bill. 

Margate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Burnley 
Corporation 
Bill. 

[ N o.   112.] 
Friday,  24th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one of  the  Examiners of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  and  which  are 
applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz,:— 

London 

(Westminster  and  Kensington) 
Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill  [Lords]. 

London  Electric  Supply  Bill  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That  the Bills  be  read  a second  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Liverpool  Corporation  (General  Powers)  Bill; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Tyne  Improvement  Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Widnes  Corporation  Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of the  Order  of  the 
23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  proceeded  to  take 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Margate  Corporation  Bill;  and 
the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  proceeded  to  take 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Manchester  Corporation  Bill;  and 
the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
23rd  day  of this  instant  July,  proceeded  to  take 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Burnley  Corporation Bill;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Blackburn  Corporation  Bill  be 
taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Bill  Honourable 

[Lords1  was read the  third  time  and passed,  with  Artillery 
Company  Bill 
J 
Hnmnanv 
k 
Amendments. 
[Lords.] 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Leith  Burgh  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  Leith  Burgh 
  [Lords.] 

third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Bil1

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  Ilouse 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast  London, 

Railwav  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  third  time 

a" d 

, 

. l. 
and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

J 

• 

. 

, 

South  Coast 
Railway  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council  Raveustborpe 
Bill  [I.ords]  was read the  third  time  and  passed,  Urban  District 
with  Amendments. 

Council  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ; to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Education  Board Provisional Orders  Con-  Education 
firmation  (London)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  p°^;gional 
to  Order, read the  third  time  and passed. 

Orders 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  ^ ^ B i ll 

the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House rLords,] 
hath  agreed to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway  Glasgow  and 

Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was, according  | ^ . a
to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and passed. 

OrdfTr^ 

W e s t om 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  W ^ Jg 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Gas  Orders 
take  into  consideration  the  Gas  Orders  Con-  Confirmation 
in  the B l U  tLords^ 
firmation  Bill 
Committee. 

as  amended 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Gas and  Water 

take  into  consideration  the  Gas  and  Water 
Orders  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended um fJCorrfi!j 
in  the  Committee. 

ti 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Pier and 

take  into  consideration  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Provisional  Orders 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

(No.  1)  Bill  [Lords],  as oilers'(No.  i) 

Bill [Lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government Government 
(Ireland)  Provisional Order (No.  4)  Bill  [Lords],  ^ S al 
as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Order  (No.  4) 
"  Bill  [Lords.] 

No. 112.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

2'lth 

July. 

357 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time,  aud  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Agreement  be-
tween  the  United  Kingdom  and  Italy  respecting 
Signed  at 
Commercial  Travellers'  Samples. 
Home,  30th  May  1908. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  20,1908.) 

Peace 
Conference at 
The  Hague 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  5,  1908.) 
Peace 
Conference at 
The  Hague 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No. 6,  1908.) 

Board of 
Education. 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  respecting 
the  Second  Peace  Conference  held  at  The 
Hague  in  1907. 

Copy  of  Final  Act  of  the  Second  Peace 
Conference  held  at  The  Hague  in  1907,  aAd 
Convention  and  Declaration  annexed  thereto. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Statement  showing  for 
each  Secondary  School  in  respect  of  which 
Waiver  Resolutions  were  passed  by  the  Local 
Authority  under  Article  43  of  the  Regulations 
for  Secondary  Schools,  1907,  the  Articles  which 
the  Board  were asked  to waive and  their  decision 
as  regards  each  Article. 

Ordered.  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mines and 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
atnHamst(eade  M aj e s f c/ s  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department, 
Colliery.) 
by  R.  A.  S.  Redmayne,  Esquire,  on  the  causes 
of, and  circumstances  attending,  an underground 
Fire  which  occurred  at  Hamstead  Colliery  on 
4th  March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Basutoland. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Proceedings  of 
the  Basutoland  National  Council,  1908,  and 
Correspondence  as  to  Affairs  of  Basutoland. 

Natal. 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence  relating  to 

Native  Affairs in  Natal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Bankruptcy. 
N o.   254. 

Bankruptcy 
(General 
Eules.) 

Customs. 

Civil  Services 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1908-9.) 

No.  255. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Twenty-fifth  General  Annual  Report  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  on  Bankruptcy,  in  pursuance  of 
Section  131  of  the  Bankruptcy  Act,  1883. 

to 

Copy  of  the  Bankruptcy  Rules,  dated  6th 
July  1908,  made  pursuant  to  the  Bankruptcy 
Acts,  1883  and  1890. 
•  Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Bank-
ruptcy  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-second  Report  of  the 
Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Customs,  for 
the  year  ended  31st  March  1908. 

Copy  of  a  revised  Estimate  of  the  further 
amount  required  in  the year  ending  31st  March 
1909  for  Public  Education  (Ireland). 

VOL.   163. 

Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  High  Court of 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Account,  prepared  in  pursuance  of  the  Supreme  Appp'ai° &c 
Court  of  Judicature  Act,  1875,  showing  the 
Receipts  and  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  the 
High  Court  of  Justice  and  Court  of  Appeal 
during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908. 

^ 

a nd 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  High 
Court  of Justice  and  Court  of  Appeal,  &c.  be 
printed;  and  that  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 
to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  and  be  printed. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do meet  to-morrow  Sittings of the 

at  Ten  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Joseph Pease.) 

House-

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Guaranteed 
a  Return  of  Guaranteed  2f  per  Cent.  Stock  |*P« C e n t-
Issues  under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  in  the 
following  form :— 

Date 
of 
Issue. 

Amount.  Price. 

Cash 
Product. 

Deficit. 

Annual  Charge 
on  Ireland 
Development 
Grant for 
Exces3 Stock 

—(Mr.  John  Roche.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had (Standing 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  Committee  c. 
(Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)   Bill)  :—Mr.  Dickinson  CM   Mines 
and  Mr.  Napier  ;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-  ^^  2) Bm 
tution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  John 
Robertson  and  Mr.  Russell  Rea. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Charles Nicholson reported from the  Police  Police and 

and  Sanitary  Committee  ;  That  they  had  con-  Sanitary 
sidered  the  Bills  to  them  referred,  and  directed (g°™™al
Report.) 
him  to  make  a  Special  Report  to  the  House. 

tee 

Ordered,  That  the  Special  Report  do  lie  upon  No.  257. 

the  Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No.  257. 

of the  Committee  be  printed. 

The Assizes and  Quarter  Sessions Bill  [Lords]  Assizes and 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
B m 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  19th  day  of  [Lords.]  ' 
gju  342. 
October  next;  and to  be  printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Irish 

take into  further  consideration  the  Irish  Univer-  Universities 
sities  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Corn- Bl11* 
mittee. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  19,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "the  benefit  of  any  privileges  of 
matriculated  students  of  the  university  or."— 
(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left  out, to the word  " or," in p.  2, 
1. 20,  stand  part  of the  Bill:—It  was resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p.  2,1.  26,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words  "and  provided  that 
a  student  in  a  recognised  or  affiliated  college 
or  institution  shall  not  be  entitled  to  obtain  a 
z  z  3 

24 th  July. 

1908. 

.[No. 112. 

358 
university  degree  unless  he  shall  have  completed 
a  period  of  study  of  not  less  than  two  academical 
years  in  a  constituent  college  of  the  University 
of  Dublin  or  in  the  University  of  Belfast."—; 
(Dr.  Hazel) 

And  the  Question  being put.  That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left, 
Tellers  for  tlie/Dr.  Hazel, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Hay  Morgan : 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

75. 

I  216. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1. 36,  by  leaving  out 
from the  word  " sign " to  the  end  of  subsection 
(2)  of  Clause  3,  and  inserting  the  words  " the 
following  declaration  :— 

I,  A.  B.,  do  hereby  promise  that  I  will 
faithfully,  and  to  the  best  of  my  ability, 
discharge  the  duties  of  professor;  and 
I  further  promise  and  engage  that  in 
lecturing  and  examining,  and 
in  the 
performance  of  all  other  duties  connected 
with  my  chair,  I  will  carefully  abstain 
from  teaching  or  advancing  any  doctrine, 
or  making  any  statement,  derogatory  to 
the  truths  of  revealed  religion,  or  in-
jurious  or  disrespectful  to  the  religious 
opinion  of  any  portion  of  my  class" 

—(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be left  out,  to  the  word  " under," in 
p.  2,  1. 37,  stand part  of  the  Bill  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thef Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Lonsdale: 

1 2 5 7. 

|  29. 

So it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. . 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1. 40,  by  leaving  out 
subsection 
(3)  of  Clause  3. — (Sir  William 
Collins.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1,  35,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 

" (3)  The  governing  body  of  a  university  or 
constituent  college to  which  this  Act  applies,  or 
any  other  person,  corporation,  or  body  directly 
affected by such statute, may, within three months 
from  the  notification  thereof 
in  the  Dublin 
Gazette,  petition  His  Majesty  in  Council  to  dis-
allow  the  whole  or any part  thereof. 

(4)  His,  Majesty  in  Council  may  refer  any 
such  petition  to  a  Committee  of  the  Privy 
Council  in  Ireland,  with  a  direction  that  the 
Committee  hear  the  petitioner  personally  or  by 
counsel,  and  report  specially  to  His  Majesty  in 
Council  on the  matter  of the  petition. 

(5)  If  the  Committee  report  in favour  of  the 
disallowance  of  the  statute,  or  any  part  thereof, 
His  Majesty  may,  by  Order  in  Council,  dis-
allow  the  whole  or part,  thereof  accordingly,  but 
any  such  disallowance  shall  be  without  pre-
judice  to  the  making  of a new  statute. 

(6)  The  costs  of  any  petition  hereunder  may 
be  regulated  by  the  Committee  to  which  the 
petition  is  referred."—(Mr.  Butcher.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendnaent was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1. 2,  by  inserting,  after  the 
first word  " of," the  words  " a person  nominated 
by  the Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Ireland,  and 
a  person  nominated  by  the  Royal  College  of 
Science,  Dublin,  and."—(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:— The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  6,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  7.—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " sums," in 
p.  5,  1.  15,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  owas  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill, in  p.  5,  1. 35, by inserting,  after 
the  word  " professor,"  the  words  " or lecturer." 
—(Mr.  Massie.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p.  5,  1. 41, by inserting, after 
the  word 
fund,"  the  words  " and  in  the  event 
of  any  professor  or  lecturer  being  recognised 
under  this  subsection  the  governing  body  of 
the  university  shall  not  refuse  recognition  on 
equal  terms  to  other  professors  or  lecturers  in 
theology  or  divinity  on  the  ground  of  their 
theological  opinions."—(Mr.  Holt.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That  those  words 

be there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 

Yeas, 

\  Captain  Craig  : 

Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Sir.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

\ 
J 
\ 
f 

So it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  1,  by  leaving  out 
paragraph  (b)  of  subsection  (4)  of  Clause  7.— 
(Mr.  Massie.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien, 

Yeas, 

'(.Captain  Donelan  % 

Tellers  for the /Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank ; 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

1 
J 
\ 
j 

7) 
172' 

No. 112.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

2'lth 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  40,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  8.—(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " for,"  in 
p.  7, 1. 2,  stand  part  of the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
~~ 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 

" 
"[Master  of  Elibank  : 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Gordon: 

251, 

} 

1  33. 
J 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p.  16,  1. 20,  by  leaving  out 
" 4," and inserting  "3  "—(Mr.  Moore),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  " 4 " stand 
part of  the  Bill:—It  was resolved in the Affirma-
tive. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  17,  1.  13,  by  leaving  out 
" 4," and inserting  " 3 "—(Sir Philip  Magnus),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  " 4 " stand 
part of the Bill:—It  was resolved  in the Affirma-
tive. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Public  Works  Mr.  Hobhouse  reported  from  the  Committee 
on Public  Works  Loans  [Remission]  a  Resolu-
w as  read,  as followeth : 

(  emission,j 

. 

. 

That  it  is expedient  to  authorise  the  remission 
of  the  debts  due  to  the  Commissioners  of  Public 
Works  in  Ireland  from  certain  Railway  Com-
panies,  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session 
to  grant  money  for  the  purpose  of 
certain  Local  Loans  out  of  the  Local  Loans 
Fund,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  Local 
Loans. 

The  said  Resolution,  being read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Naval 
Mai 
Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the  Naval  Marriages  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

J u l y. 

359 
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Small 

Second  Reading  of  the  Small  Holdings  and  Holdings  and 
B H l f z ^ ,] 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  University  of 
take into consideration the University  of Durham  Durham  Bill. 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Works 

Committee  on  the  Public  Works  Loans  Bill;  

Loans  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Companies 

Committee  on the  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  j 

Bill  \.Lorj,s.\ 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill  Bill  {Lords.] 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill, 

Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill;  -

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  Works  and  General  Purposes]  ; 

fcj^S"1 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Purposes.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses  Paving 
jg.jj  _ 

° 

Expenses  Bill. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
g l a n d)   Bill  . B i l l [ Z « * ]; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Expiring 
Laws 
Continuance 
Bill. 

The  Expiring  Laws  Continuance  Bill  was, 

according  to  Order, read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  I hat  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr,  Whitley.) 

Agricultural 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Holdings Bill  Committee  on  the  Agricultural  Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

No. 

255. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of the  Local  Government  (Ire- Government 
land)  B i l l;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Cian Measures 

Second  Reading  of  the  Cran  Measures  Bill Bin  {Lords.] 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a seeond  time 

to-morrow. 

360 

2±th—25th  July. 

1908. 

[NO. 113-

Navy  and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1906-7. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 
resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  the 
Surpluses  and  Deficits  upon  Navy  and  Army 
Grants  for  1906-7,  and  the  application  of  Sur-
pluses  to  meet  expenditure  not  provided  for  in 
the  Grants  for  that  year.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Appropriation  Accounts 
for  the  Navy  and  Army  Departments,  which 
were  presented  respectively  on  the  6th  and 
14th  days  of  February  last,  be  referred  to  the 
Committee.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Whereupon  Mr,  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then 
fourteen  minutes  before  Six  of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

[No.  113.] 
Saturday,  25th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Ten  of  the  clock. 

Bill  [Lords.']  T1 

Gas  Orders 
Confirmation 

P R A T E E S, 
' HE   Gas  Orders  Confirmation  Bill 

[Lords] 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third 

time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Gas and Water 
Orders 
Confirmation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill 
[Lords,] 

Public  . 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 
Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Marriages, 
Births,  and 
Deaths 
(Ireland.) 

Evictions 
(Ireland.) 

Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts. 

The  Gas  and Water  Orders Confirmation  Bill 
['Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and 

read;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports, Annual  Series,  No.  4074. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Birrell  presented,  by His Majesty's  Com-
mand,— Copy  of  Forty-fourth  detailed  Annual 
Report  of  the  Registrar  General  of  Marriages, 
Births,  and  Deaths  in  Ireland,  1907. 

Copy  of  Return  of  the  number  of  Evictions 
from  Agricultural  Holdings  in  Ireland  which 
have come to the knowledge of  the  Constabulary, 
and  also of  the number  of  Tenancies  determined, 
in  the  quarter  ended  30th  June  1908. 

Copy  of  Report  of  Proceedings  by 

the 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  In-
struction  for  Ireland  under  the  Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts  for the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish 

Third  Reading  of  the  Irish  Universities  Bill;  

Universities 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Gordon.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand  part  of  the  Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Master  of  Elibank, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Lonsdale, 

Noes, 

IMr.  Moore : 

1. 207. 

19. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  ;—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

© 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill. 

Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill  ; 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That"  to the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  " this  House  declines  to  proceed 
with  a measure  which,  while  reducing  substan-
tially  the  tax  on  sugar,  the  produce  of  foreign 
countries,  does  nothing  to  relieve  the  burden  of 
the  tax  on  tea,  an  infinitesimal  part  of  which  is 
imported  from possessions  other  than  our  own ; 
and,  while  parting  with  a  large  part  of  revenue, 
renders  the  discharge  of  prospective  obligations 
the 
of  unknown  magnitude  embarrassing  to 
finances  and 
the 
the  credit  of 
injurious  to 
State "—( Sir Edward  Sassoon),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion :—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public  Works 

Committee  on  the  Public  Works  Loans  Bill; 

Loans  Bill. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Agricultural 
Bil1 

Committee  on  the  Agricultural  Holdings  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

,or 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments "Bill  Small 

[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 
t i m e.  

BiU  [Lords.] 

No. 113.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

25th—21th  July. 

361 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Whitley.) 

Naval 
Marriages 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Naval  Marriages  Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Companies  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of 
Bill  [Lords.]  Second  Heading  of 
[Lords]  ; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Pavmg  ^ 

xl> 

The  Order  of 

the 
Second  Beading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 

the  day  being  read,  for 

'  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Cran Measures 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Cran  Measures  Bill  [Lords]  was,  accord-

j ng   to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Whitley.) 

Navy  and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1906-7. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Navy  and  Army  Expenditure, 
1906-7  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  this  instant  July, 
it  being  then 
seventeen  minutes  before  Four  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

[No.  1 1 4 .] 
Monday,  27th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
which are applicable  thereto  have  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Education  Board  Provisional  Orders  Con-

firmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Salmon, 
Trout,  and 
River  Tweed 
Fisheries  Bill 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto  not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  July,  That  in  the 
case  of  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders 
thereto  have  not  been 
which  are  applicable 
complied  with,  viz.:— 

Salmon,  Trout,  and  River  Tweed  Fisheries 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

VOL.   163. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  South West 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  m a d e ^ t ^ BM 
1  ' 
to  the  South  West  Suburban 
by  the  Lords 
Water  B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and 
agreed  to. 

a  er 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Ammanford  Ammanford 
Urban  District  Council  Water  Bill  [Lords]  be  c^ei^Wate^ 
now  read  the  third  time : 

Bill  [Lords.] 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport 
of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His 
Majesty's  interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House 
may  do  therein  as they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  "acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Great 

take  into  consideration  the  Great  Northern, 
Piccadilly,  and  Brompton  Railway  Bill  [Lords], 
as amended  in  the  Committee. 

an(j Brompton 
Railway BiU 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  ^^ 

be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time. —  (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Keighley 

tion  the  Keighley  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  as 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

i  L  M 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time.  —• (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
Which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Metropolitan 

tion  the  Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways  Bill  Electric 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be suspended,  and that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time.  —  (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
-
their  Lordships. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Rhymney  and 

tion  the  Rhymney  and  Aber  Valleys  Gas  and  A b e r

  Valleys 

3  A 

362 

27th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 114. 

•Gas and Water  Water  Bill  \Lords],  as  amended  in  tlie  Com-
Bill  [Lords,] 

t t e C i 

mi

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time. —  (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Thames 
River 
Steamboat 
Service  Act 
{1904) 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act 
(1904)  Amendment  Bill  [Lords],   as  amended 
in the  Committee. 

A  Clause  (For  protection  of the  Admiralty  in 
respect  of  Greenwich  Pier)  was  twice  read; 
and  made  part  of the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

W a th   and 
Bolton  Gas 
Board  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-
tion  the  Wath  and  Bolton  Gas  Board  Bill 
[Lords],  as amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time.  — (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

River  Wandlc 
Protection 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  River  Wandle  Protection  Bill 
was  read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

[Lords] 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  82,  211,  236, 
and  237  be suspended,  and  that  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill  have  leave  to  sit  and  proceed  to-
morrow.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

Blackburn 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Blackburn  Corporation 
Bill;  and the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Crystal  Palace 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Crystal 
Palace  Company  Bill  [Lords]  Standing  Orders 
211  and 236  be  suspended,  and  that  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  have  leave  to  appoint  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill  to  sit  and proceed  forth-
with.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

Standing 
Orders 
(Private 
Business.) 

Standing  Order  26a  was read,  and  amended, 
in  1. 2,  by  leaving  out  the  words  " the  Plans 
and  Sections,"  and  by  inserting  the  words  " so 
much  of  the  Plans  and  Sections  as relates  to  the 
portion  of  the  work  by  which  the  banks,  fore-
shore,  or river-bed  may  be affected." 

shall  be,"  and  by  adding  at  the  end  of  the 
Standing  Order  the  words  " together  with 
Copies  of  the  estimates  and  statements  deposited 
in  accordance  with  Standing  Order  36a 
(if 
any)." 

Standing  Order  172  was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1.11,  by inserting,  after " 36a,"  the  words  " or 
under  General  Order made  in  pursuance  of  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899." 

Standing  Order  173a  was read,  and  amended, 
in Is. 30  and  31,  by  leaving  out  the  words  " and 
shall  be  circulated  with  the  Votes." 

New  Standing  Order  to  follow  Standing 

Order  175:— 

Report  of 
Attorney 
General  in 
case  of  Bill 
affecting  a ny 
Charity  or 
Educational 
Foundation  in 
England  or 
Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  notice  in  writing  of  any  Bill 
relating  to  England  or  Ireland,  and  containing 
provisions  whereby  any  application  of  the  pro-
perty  of  any  charity  not  authorised  by  the 
Lands  Clauses  Consolidation  Acts  shall  be 
directed,  or the  patronage  or  the  constitution  of 
any  charity,  or  the  right  of  any  charity  to  any 
property,  shall  be  affected,  or  setting  up  or 
taking  power  to  set  up  or  to take  over  or inter-
fere • in  the  management  of  any  school  or  other 
educational  foundation  or  institution,  or to  levy 
any  rate  or  raise  money  for  any  such  purpose, 
shall  be  given  to  the  Attorney  General  for 
England  or  Ireland,  as the  case  may  be,  and  no 
such  Bill  shall  be  taken  into  consideration  by 
the  Committee  on  the  Bill  until  the  House  has 
received  a Report  from the Attorney  General on 
such  Bill,  and  such  Report  shall  stand  referred 
to  the  Committee  on the  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  Order  be  a 

Order  of  this  House. 

Standing 

Standing  Order  188«  was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1. 4,  by  leaving  out  the  words  " and  circulated 
with  the  Votes." 

Standing  Order  220  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  Is.  2  and  3,  by  leaving  out  the  words  " and 
circulated  with  the  Votes."—(The  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Natal. 

Command,—Copy  of  Despatch  from the  Gover-
nor  of  Natal  forwarding  a Bill  to  make  special 
provision  for  the  Trial  of  Natives  accused  of 
certain  Crimes. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  jEdward  Struehey  presented,  by  His  Board  of 
Majesty's  Command, —Copy  of  Return  of  the  Agriculture 
number  of  Steam  Trawlers  registered  at  Ports  a nd   Fisheries 
in  the  States  of  Western  Europe  in  the  year 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Queen's 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  President 
of  Queen's  College,  Cork,  for  the  Session 
1907-8,  with  Appendices. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  President  of  Queen's  Queen's 
College, 

College,  Galway,  for the  Session  1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

And  in  1.  12, by  leaving  out  the  words  "the 
river is  subject  to a Board  of  Conservators," and 
by  inserting  the  words  " there  be  a  Board  of 
Conservators  constituted  for  the  conservancy  of 
the  river." 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Meteorological 

Command, — Copy  of  Third  Annual  Report  Committee, 
of the  Meteorological  Committee  to  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury,  for 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1908. 

Standing  Order  82  was read,  and  amended,  in 
1. 5, by  leaving  out  the  words  "  and  such  Copies 

Copy  of  Fifty-fourth  Report  of  the  Post-  post  Office, 

master  General  on  the  Post  Office. 

21th  July. 

363 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

No. 114.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Public  Income  Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,—Return  to  an 
and  Expendi-  Order,  dated  the  2nd  day  of  June  last, for  a 
ture. 
Return  relative  to  Public  Income  and  Expendi-
ture. 

No.  258. 

Pensions 
(Civil  List.) 
N o.   259. 

Land 
Registry. 

No.-260. 

Clergy  (West 
Indies.) 

Return  to  an  Order, dated  the  2nd  day  of  this 
instant  July,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Pensions 
(Civil  List). 

Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament.— 
Account  showing  the  receipts  and  payments  in 
respect  of  the  Land  Registry  for the  year  ended 
31st  March  1908. 

Copy  of Return  of  the  amount  payable  on the 
5th  January  1908,  out  of 
the  Consolidated 
Fund,  for  ecclesiastical  purposes  in  the  West 
Indies,  and  of  the  appropriation  of  it  to  the 
different islands and  persons  therein, within their 
respective  offices. 

Snperannua. 
Copy  of  Return,  for  the  year  ended  31st 
tion Act, 1887. March  1908,  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Officers 
No. 261.  permitted,  under  Rule  2  of  the  Regulations 
drawn  up under section  6 of  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1887,  to  hold  Civil  Employment  of  profit 
under  Public  Departments. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Public 
Income  and  Expenditure,  Pensions (Civil  List), 
Land  Registry,  and  Superannuation  Act,  1887, 
be  printed. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House :— 

Copy  of  One  hundred  and  Third  Report  of 

the  Commissioners  of  the  Caledonian  Canal. 

Copy  of  Return  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  of 
the  number  of  visits  made  and  the  number  of 
patients  seen  by  the  several  Commissioners  in 
Lunacy  during  the  six  months  ending  on  the 
30th  June  1908. 
Ordered,  That 

the  Paper 
Caledonian  Canal  be  printed. 

relative 

the 

to 

Caledonian 
Canal. 

N o.   262. 

Lunacy. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 
Coal  Mines 
(Na2) Bill 0  of  

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members from  Stand-
ing  Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  fNo.  2)  Bill):—Mr.  Chancellor 
t h e  ^chequer,  Sir  Hudson  Kearley,  Sir 
Edward  Strachey,  and  Mr.  Lynch;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
Bill):  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  and  Mr.  Leif 
Jones. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill):—Mr.  Freeman-Thomas ; 
and had appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  King. 

Sir William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  thev  had  added  the 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  C  (in 
respect  of the  Coal  Mines (Eight  Hours) (No.  2) 
Bill)  :  Viscount  Castlereagh. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  George  White  reported  from  the  Corn-
Local 
Government  mittee  on  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
Order  (No!  3)  Order  (No.  3)   Bill;  That  they  had  considered 
the  Order  therein  contained ;  that  the  said 
Bill. 
- --  
Order  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they 
fPro visional 
Order 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with 
confirmed.] 
Amendments,  to  the  House. 

- — ' - - • - -J  

-i 

^ 

- 

' 

VOL.  163. 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Macclesfield 
and  District  Tramways  (Abandonment)  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed to the London  County 
Council  (Money)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Summary 
Jurisdiction  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Macclesfield 
and  District 
Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Bill. 
London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  BilL 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Sligo  and  sligo  and 

Arigna  Railway  Bill,  with  Amendments  j  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Bill 

The Lords have agreed  to  the  London  United 
Tramways  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Nottingham-
shire  and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No.  2)  Bill, 
with  Amendments 
to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 
Nottingham-
shire and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Holderness  Holderness 
Water  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the W a t er   Biu-
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Mr.  Steadman,  supported  by  Mr.  William  factory  aDd 
Thome,  presented  a Bill  to amend  the  Factory  Workshop  Act-
and  Workshop  Act,  1901  :  And  the  same  was  Amendment 
ordered  to  be read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  (No. 2) Bill, 
jjm 343. 
next;  and  to  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his  Shoreditch 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  ®°roush 
out  a new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member Divirion)  " 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  Writ. 
Borough  of  Shoreditch  (Haggerston  Division), 
in  the  room  of  Sir  William  Randal  Cremer, 
deceased.—(Air.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[l8th allotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

1.  Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £840,000  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses  of  the 
Pay,  Bounty,  &c. of  the  Special  Reserves  and 
Militia  (to  a  number  not  exceeding  132,737, 
including  2,000  Militia  Reserve),  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909 : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £839,900  be  granted 
for the  said  Service.—(Mr.  Ashley.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for thef  Mr.  Ashley, 

Yeas, 

t M r.   William  Nicholson i\ 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

\  Master  of  Elibank : 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Civil  Services  Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  II. 

77' 
j- 231. 

2.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £40,830  be  granted  to 
3  A  2 

21th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 114. 

His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Department  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary 
of  State  for Foreign  Affairs : 

And it  being  a quarter  of an hour  after  Eight 
of the  clock, and there being Private Business set 
down  by direction  of  the  Chairman of Ways  and 
Means  under  Standing  Order  No.  8,  further 
proceeding  was postponed  without  Question  put. 

London  and 
District 
Electricity 
Supply  Bill 
[Zords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  London  and  District 
Electricity  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after Eight  of the  clock. 

Supply  (Civil 
Services 
Estimates.) 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £40,830  be granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of March  1909  for the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Department  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary  of 
State  for Foreign  Affairs,  resumed. 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolutions  to be  reported. 

Class  I. 

Motion made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £37,000 (including  a  supple-
mentary  sum  of  £5,000)  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  complete the  sum necessary to defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-
ment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  Houses  of  Parliament 
Buildings : 

And  it  being  Eleven  of the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  the  Committee  had 
made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them  referred  ; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[10th  June] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  10th  day  of  June  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

Supply 
[2nd  July] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  2nd day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

Supply 
[8th  July] 
Beport 
(Deferred 
Resolution.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into consideration  the  Fourth  of  the  Resolutions 
which,  upon  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July, 
were  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply, 
and which  Resolution  was then  deferred ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking Supply 
thJt

into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions ^8
which,  upon  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  J uly, (Postponed 
were  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Supply,  Resolution.) 
and which  Resolution  was then  postponed ; 

uly] 

e

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 
JnIy] 
rt

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of ^1
3th
e
p o 
the  13th  day  of this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

The Order of the  day being  read, for  resuming  Supply 

the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question  proposed L21st 
upon  the  28th  day  of  May  last, _  That  this 
p 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,788 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  . 
sum  necessary  to defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  other  Industries  and  Technical 
Instruction  for  Ireland,  and  of  the  Services 
administered  by  that  Department, 
including 
sundry  Grants  in  Aid,  which  was  then  reported 
from the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  21st  day 
of  May  last; 

Ordered, That the  Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Supply 
into  consideration  the  First  of  the  Resolutions  [28th  Mayj 
which,  upon  the  10th  day  of  June  last,  were (Postponed 
reported  from the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  Resolution.) 
21st  day  of  May  last,  and  which  Resolution  was 
then  postponed  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolution  be  taken 
into further  consideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself  Evicted 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Evicted  Tenants  Tenants 
[^IfS 
(Ireland)  Bill  [Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Amendment of  7  Edw. 7,  c.  56, 

s.  1,  as  to  tenanted  land). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  9,  after  the 
word  " consent,"  to  insert  the  words  " volunta-
rily  and  without 
intimidation."—(Mr.  Watson 
Rutherford.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Clause,  as amended,  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  2 and  No.  3 agreed  to. 

Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone 
through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  with  an 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

No. 114.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

27th—28th  July. 

Companies 
Bill  [L o r d s .] 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 
the  Companies  Bill 

into  a  Committee  on 
[Lords]. 

365 
words  "payment  of  any  moneys  necessarily 
in  connection  with 
required  to  be  expended 
the."—(Mr.  Watson  Rutherford.) 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Power 

to  companies 

incor-

porated  in  British  possessions to  hold  land). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  5,  after  the 
word  " possession,"  to  insert  the  words  " to 
which  this  Act  applies  and."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 
Question,  That  those  words be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 9, 
after " 1907," to insert  the  words " and  complied 
with  all  the other requirements  of  section  thirty-
five,  including  an  address  to which  all  notices  or 
processes  may  be  sent  or  served  in  accordance 
with  such  section,  and  continues  from  time  to 
time  to  comply 
therewith."  —  (Mr.  Watson 
Rutherford.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 
inserted  in the  proposed  Amendment:—Amend-
ment  to  the  proposed  Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed to  the proposed 
Amendment,  at  the  end,  to  add  the  words  " or 
for."—(Mr.  Watson  Rutherford.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 
added  to  the  proposed  Amendment:—Amend-
ment  to  the  proposed  Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Proposed  words  inserted. 
Other  Amendments  made. 
Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  7  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to be  reported. 

The  Committee  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

Tuesday,  28th July  1908  : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Watson  Rutherford,\ 

Yeas, 

\  Mr.  Hugh  Barrie: 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

32. 

} 168. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  (Short  title). 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

No   Tellers  for 
t he   Noe3. 

The  Committee  proceeded  to  a  Division. 
Mr.  Joseph  Pease  and  the  Master  of  Elibank 
were  appointed  Tellers  for  the  Yeas,  and  there 
being  no  Members  willing  to  act  as  Tellers  for 
the  Noes,  the  Chairman  declared  that  the  Yeas 
had  it. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  no w read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into consideration  this  day. 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved itself  Expiring 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Expiring  Laws  Con-  Q^ i n u a n ce 
tinuance  Bill. 

Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  (Short  title). 
Question  proposed.  That  the  Clause  stand 

part  of  the  Bill  : 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
Chairman  do report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to 
sit  again.—(Sir  Alexander  Acland-Hood.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the /Lord  Edmund  Talbot. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster-. 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank -. 

} l 3 7. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Schedule. 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  to  leave  out 

Is.  7  and  8.—(Mr.  Everett.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule:— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Public  Works 
Loans  Bill. 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Public  Works  Loans 
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  5  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  6 (Addition  to  purposes for  which 

Public  Works  Loan  Commissioners  may  lend). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 4,1.  1, to leave  out 
the  words  " any  of  the  purposes  for  which,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  " the  acquisition  of 
land,  or  the  purchase,  erection,  construction, 
alteration,  or  enlargement  of  any  building  or 
permanent  work  by."—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to be  left 
out  stand part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  negatived. 
Question  proposed,  That  the  proposed  words 

be  there  inserted : 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to 
sit  again.-—(Sir  Samuel  Scott.) 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the) Sir  Samuel  Scott, 

Yeas, 

IMr.  Gretton: 

Tellers for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 
1 Master  of  Elibank: 

Noes, 

1 
J 
1 
J 

32. 

135. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  to 

leave  out  Is. 41  and  42.—(Sir  Samuel  Scott.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  to 

leave  out  Is. 28,  29,  and 30.—(Mr.  Luttrell.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendment  proposed  to  the  proposed Amend-
ment,  after  the  first  word  " the,"  to  insert  the 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  to 

leave  out  1. 38.—(Mr.  Mackarness.) 

V O L.   163. 

3  A  3 

366 

27th—28th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 114. 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  to 
leave  out  Is.  41  and  42.—(Mr.  Ramsay  Mac-
donald.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Naval 
Marriages 
Bill. 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on the  Naval  Marriages  Bill. 
(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 agreed  to.  . 
Clause  No.  2  (Issue  of  certificates  on board 

His  Majesty's  Ships). 

Question  proposed.  That  the  Clause  stand 

part  of  the  Bill : 

Chairman 
declines to 
put  the 
Question 
(Abuse of 
Rules.) 

Mr.  Watson  Rutherford  moved,  That 

the 
Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and ask  leave  to 
sit  again  ;  but  the  Chairman,  being  of  opinion 
that  the  Motion  was  an  abuse  of  the  Rules  of 
the  House,  declined  to  propose  the  Question 
thereupon  to  the  Committee. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  3  to  No.  6  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed the  Chair ;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
him  to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Agricultural 
Holdings  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on the  Agricultural  Holdings 
Bill  [Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  41  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  42  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  43  to  No.  51  agreed  to. 
Schedules  No.  1 to  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
him  to  report  the  same,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken into  consideration  this  day. 

Small 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Small  Holdings  and  Allot-
ments  Bill  [Lords] •. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
the  12th  day  of  October  next,  resolve  itself  into 
the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Children  Bill, 

into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration upon  Monday the  12th  day  of  October 
next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the Education  (Scotland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday the  12th  day of  October 
next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for.  the  Licensing Bill. 

Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  12th  day  of  October  next,  resolve  itself  into 
the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the 
the 

Committee  on 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the 
Tuberculosis  Prevention 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 

Standing  Committee.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.] ; 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  12th  day  of  October  next,  resolve  itself  into 
the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Sites  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

27th—28th  July. 

No. 114.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Endowed 
X £ s)   Bin  Second  Reading  of 
[Lords!] 

(Masters)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Schools 

the  Endowed 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
Operations and  Second  Reading  of the  Building  Operations  and 
J X m*  

Engineering  W orks  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  l'2th  day  of  October  next. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

367 
for  Navy  Services  and  the  net  expenditure  are 
as  follows, viz.  :— 

£ 

Total  Surpluses  -

1 , 0 4 1 , 6 98  

8 

Total  Deficits 

Net Surplus 

-

-

6 4 4 , 2 85   12 

£397,412  16  0 

And  whereas  it  is  expedient  that  the  applica-
tion  of  so much  of  the  said  total  surpluses  on 
certain  Grants  for Navy  Services  as  is  necessary 
to  cover  the  said  total  deficits  on  other  Grants 
for  Navy  Services  be  sanctioned  : 

1.  Resolved, That  the application  of  such  sums 

be  sanctioned.—(Mr.  Hobhouse,) 

Schedule. 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday the  12th  day of  October 
next. 

|f 
so 
fc 

East  India 
Loans 
l ? r i g S a nd  
Works and 
Purposes ] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and 
I r r ig a t i o n  Works  and  General  Purposes]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

Local 
Government  Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland") Bill.  ( I r e l f t n d)   B i ) 1. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
^ [ i t rf  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
the  Criminal  Appeal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of 
the  County  Courts  Bill 
[Lords]  i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  jg-jj  . 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  London  Paving  Expenses 

1 

Navy  Services,  1906-7. 

Differences between  Exchequer 
Grants and  Net  Expenditure. 

Votes. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

& 

s.  d. 

— 

£ 

s.  d. 
254,136  17  1 

Wages,  &c. of  Officers, Seamen, 
and  Boys,  Coast  Guard,  and 
Boyal  Marines. 

Victualling  and  Clothing  for 

the  Navy. 

Medical  Establishments  and 

Services. 
Martial  Law 

.

.

.. 

1,842  18  0 

Educational  Services 

Scientific  Services 

-

9,894  19  7 

2,771  14  8 

Boyal  Naval  Beserves 

80,309  1  6 

187,206  2  8 

22,225  13  8 

Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Main-

tenance,  &c.: 

I.  Personnel  - 

II.  Materiel 

-

- 

-

— 

— 

82,848  1  11 

264,933  12  10 

III.  Contract  Work  -

199,886  1  10 

9 

Naval  Armaments 

-

260,541  17  5 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs, 

at  Home  and Abroad. 

Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 

Admiralty Office 

Half  Pay,  Reserved  and  Retired 

Pay. 

Naval  and  Marine  Pensions, 
Gratuities,  and  Compassion-
ate  Allowances. 

Civil  Pensions and  Gratuities  -

Amount  written  off  as 

irre-

coverable. 

194,528  0  11 

78,025  9  9 

4,466  8  7 

— 

— 

— 

— 

20,078  19  7 

19,838  9  4 

895  11  4 

1,554  0  6 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Total 

1,041,698  8  7 
V 

644,285  12 
644,285  12  7 

Net  Surplus 

-  £ 3 9 7 , 4 12   16   O 

Cran  Measures  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Committee  on  the  Cran  Measures  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
this  day, 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Navy  and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1906-7. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on Navy  and  Army  Expendi-
ture,  1906-7. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

I.  Whereas  it  appears  by  the  Navy  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March  1907, and  the  Statement  appended 
thereto, 
that  the  aggregate  expenditure  on 
Navy  Services  has  not  exceeded  the  aggregate 
sums  appropriated  for  those  Services,  but  that, 
as shown  in  the  Schedule  hereto  appended,  the 
total  differences between  the  Exchequer  Grants 

VOL.  163. 

II.  Wherea3  it  appears  by  the  Army  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March  1907, and  the  Statement  appended 
thereto,  that  the  aggregate  expenditure  on 
Army  Services  has  not  exceeded  the  aggregate 
sums appropriated  for  those  Services,  but  that, 
as  shown  in  the  Schedule  hereto  appended,  the 
total  differences between  the  Exchequer  Grants 
for Army  Services  and  the  net  expenditure  are 
as follows,  viz.  :— 

£ 

s,  d. 

Total  Surpluses 

-  1,336,708  4  1 

Total  Deficits 

- 

42,029  13  4 

Net Surplus 

-  £1,294,678  10  9 

And  whereas  it  is  expedient  that  the  applica-
tion  of  so  much  of  the  said  total  surpluses  on 
3  A  4 

368 
certain  Grants for Army  Services as is  necessary 
to  cover  the  said  total  deficits on  other  Grants 
for Army  Services  he  sanctioned : 

27th—28$  July. 

2.  Resolved,  That  the  application of  such sums 

be  sanctioned.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Schedule. 

J1 

Army Services,  1906-7, 

Differences between  Exchequer 
Grants and  Net  Expenditure. 

Votes. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

£ 

s.  d. 
358,433  12  9 

44,876  13  4 

£ 

8.  d. 

Pay, &c. of Army 

.

.. 

Medical  Establishment  :  Pay, 

&c. 

Militia :  Pay,  Bounty,  &c. 

-

41,127  7  2 

Imperial  Yeomanry:  Pay  and 

Allowances. 

Volunteer  Corps:  Pay  and 

Allowances. 

Quarterings,  Transport,  and 

Remounts. 

Supplies and  Clothing 

Ordnance  Department  Estab-
lishments and General  Stores. 
Engineer 
and 

Armaments 
Stores. 

Works and  Buildings 

16,943  14  7 

30,198  4  1 

107,764  3  7 

105,665  13  2 

128,775  0  10 

366,429  11  4 

87,310  0  6 

Establishments 
Education. 

Miscellaneous Effective Services 

for  Military 

2,323  6  8 

24,390  16  4 

4,229  10  II 

20,563  15  6 

13 

War  Office and Army Accounts 

Department. 

Non-effective  Charges 

for 

Officers, &c. 

Non-effective Charges  for Men, 

&c. 

Civil Superannuation,  Compen-
sation,  Compassionate  Allow-
ances,  and  Gratuities. 

Balances irrecoverable 

i 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7  , 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

14 

15 

16 

1908. 

[No. 115. 

The  House,  in pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  J uly, 
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments made by  the  Lords  to  the  London  United 
Tramways  Bill  ;  and  the  same  were  twice  read, 
and agreed  to. 

London 
United 
Tramways 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  Hou3e 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Nottingham-
shire and 
Derbyshire 
Tramways 
(No. 2)  Bill. 

Sligo and 
Arigna 
Bailway  Bill, 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July, 
proceeded  to  take into consideration  the  Amend-
ments made by the Lords  to the  Nottinghamshire 
and  Derbyshire  Tramways  (No. 2)  Bill;  and  the 
same  were twice  read,  and agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order of  the 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July, 
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Sligo  and 
Arigna  Railway  Bill;  and  the  same were  twice 
read, and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made by  their 
Lordships. 

32,744  16  2 

2,855  2  7 

4,106  7  11 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to take  into consideration the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Order  (No.  3)  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order (No. 3> 
BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Total 

1,336,708  4  I 

42,029  13  4 

Net  Surplus 

£ 1 , 2 9 4 , 6 78   10  

9 

Resolutions  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair; 
and  the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the 
Committee  had  come  to several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
lOlh  day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being 
then  two  minutes  after  Four  of  the 
clock  on  Tuesday  morning,  till  this  day. 

Holderness 
Water Bill, • 

[No.  115.] 
Tuesday?  28th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House, in pursuance  of  the  Order of  the 

House  of the  23rd  day  of  this instant  July, 
proceeded  to take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Holderness 
Water  Bill;  and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and 
agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

v 

The  Education  Board  Provisional  Orders 
Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  Bill  [Lords]  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed. 

Education 
Board 
Provisional 
Orders 
Confirmation-
(Cornwall, 
&c.) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  :  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

1 

Petitions. 
Vide Seventh 
Report. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's r. oss of Life 

Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing  the  Lives  at Sea. 
lost  by  wreck,  drowning,  or  other  accident  in 
British  sea-going  Merchant  Ships  registered  in 
the  United  Kingdom  during  the  years  1891  to 
1907,  inclusive. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, Local 
dated  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  July,  for  a Taxation 
Return  relative  to  the  Local  Taxation  Account, fij^™*' 
1 9 0 7 - 8.  

No.'263. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  22nd  day  of  Local 

this instant  July,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Local 
Taxation  Licences,  &c.,  1907-8. 

&0 

1907^8. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  do  lie  upon  No. 264, 

the  Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Irish  Land 
mand,—Copy  of  Report  of  the.  Irish  Land  Commission. 
Commissioners  for  the  period  from  1st  April 
1907  to  31st  March  1908. 

Copvof  Annual  Report  of  the  Local  Govern- Local 

ment  Board  for  Ireland  for  the  year  endedgovernment 
31st  March  1908. 

Board 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

NO. US.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

28$  July. 

3 69 

Suez  Canal 
(Commercial, 
No.  6,  1908.1 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Returns  of 
Shipping  and  Tonnage  passing 
the 
Suez  Canal,  1905,  1906,  and  1907. 

through 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trustee 
Savings 
Banks. 

No. 265. 
Pacific  Cable 
Act,  1901. 

N o.   2 6 6. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented, —  Return 

to  an 
Order,  dated  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  July, 
for Returns  relative  to  Trustee  Savings  Banks. 

Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account 
showing the  money issued  from the  Consolidated 
Fund  under  the  provisions  of  the  Pacific  Cable 
Act,  1901,  and  of the  money  received,  expended, 
and  borrowed,  and  securities  created,  under  the 
said  Act  to  the  31st  March  1908 ;  together  with 
a  Copy  of  the  Report  of  the  Chairman  of  the 
Pacific  Cable  Board. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Deaths from 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return 
starvation, or  to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  19th 
o f  February  last,  for  a  Return  relative 
Privatiroaned by   d aF 
to  Deaths  from  Starvation,  or  accelerated  by 
(London.) 

No. 267.  Privation  (London). 

Ordered,  That the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Members  of 
Parliament. 

The  Order made  upon  the  23rd  day  of  June 
last,  for  presenting  an  Address  for  a  Return 
relative  to  Members  of  Parliament,  was  read 
and  discharged. 

Members of 
Parliament. 

Offences  in 
County 
Armagh 
(Ireland.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty, that  He will  be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  the  names  of 
every  Member  returned  to  serve  in  the  Twenty-
seventh  Parliament  of 
the  United  Kingdom 
to 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  appointed 
meet  3rd  December  1900  and  dissolved  8th 
January  1906,  specifying  the  names  of 
the 
county,  city,  University,  or  place  for  which  each 
Member  was  returned  (in  continuation  of  Par-
liamentary  Paper,  No.  365  of  Session  1901).— 
(Sir  William  Bull.) 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before this  House 
a  Return  showing  the  number  of  Convictions 
for  indictable  and  non-indictable  Offences  com-
mitted  in  the  following  districts  in  Ireland  in 
the  three  years  ending  the  30th  day  of  April 
1906,  1907,  and  1908,  respectively:  (1)  the 
town  of  Newry,  (2)  the  village  of  Bessbrook, 
(3)  the  electoral  division  of  Camlough,  exclud-
ing  Bessbrook,  and  (4)  the  electoral  division  of 
Mullaghan  and  Tullyhaggy,  in  the  following 
form:— 

District. 

Total 
Number 
of 
Offences. 

Cases of 

Drunken-

ness. 

Minor 
Offences 
not 
Drunken-
ness. 

Serious 

Offences. 

Newry 

-

Bessbrook 

Camlough,  ex-
of 

clusive 
Bessbrook. 

Mullaghan  and 
Tullyhaggy. 

—(Mr.  Sloan.) 
VOL.  163. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Commons  Regula-
tion  (Towyn  Trewan)  Provisional  Order  Bill; 
That  they  had  examined 
the  Order  therein 
that  the  said  Order  ought  to  be 
contained; 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

Commons 
Regulation 
(Towyn 
Trewan) 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Crystal 
the  Crystal  Palace  Company  Bill  [Lords'],  with-  ^a!ace 
out  A m e n d m e n t ..  

* 

BiT[ior<fe.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  River  Wandle 
j j ^ j f ^ 1^, 

the  River  Wandle  Protection  Bill 
without  Amendment. 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

the  Vide  Supple-
t h e 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the third  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Summary 
Lords  to  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Ireland)  j!?^'^!0?.,, 
r®. " 2. _ 
Bill  be taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and 
Bill  34o. 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 
The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Tobacco  Tobacco 

Growing  (Scotland)  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

(Scotland) 
BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Wild  Birds  Wild  Birds 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment, 

Bl11-

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Public  Offices Public  Offices 

Sites  (Extension)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  gju  e ns 
House. 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the London  County  London 

Council  (General  Powers)  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concur- (General 
rence  of  this  House. 

Powers)  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Gosport  Gas  Gosport  Gas 

Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  BlU* 
desire  the  concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have agreed  to the  Central  Ireland  Central 
to jjfjjj^ 

Electric  Power  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  p 0wer   BilL 
House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Honourable 

made  by this  House  to  the  Honourable  Artillery 
Company  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend- [jjUrds.] 
ment. 

B m 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Leith  Burgh  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Leith  Burgh 
[Lords.] 
BiU 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  London,  Brighton, 
and  South  Coast  Railway  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

London, 
Brighton,  and 
South  Coast 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to the  Ravensthorpe  Urban 
District  Council  Bill  [Lords],  with  an  Amend-
ment ;  to which  the  Lords desire  the  concurrence 
of  this  House. 

Ravensthorpe 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill 
[Lord*.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Edinburgh 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the ?5d District 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  ^ t a S on 
1899, relating to  Edinburgh and  District Water;  Bill  [Lord*.] 

3  b 

[No. 101:. 

1908. 
£ 
1,100 

370 

&ih—Qth July. 

to  which 
this  House. 

the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

Bin  346. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension) 
Bill  be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and 
be  printed. 

Edinburgh 
and  District 
Water Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
BUI  344. 

The  Edinburgh  and  District  Water  Order 
Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered 
(under  Section  9  of  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899)  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  on  this  day,  notwithstanding 
anything  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  Business 
other  than  Business  of  Supply  may  be  taken 
before  Eleven  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Haldane.) 

Supply 
[19th  allotted 
Day.] 

The  H o u s e,   according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  S u p p l y. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Civil  Services  Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  II. 

1.  Motion  made,  and  Question proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £31,450  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of the  Department  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary 
of  State  for  the  Colonies,  including  a  Grant 
in  Aid  of  certain  Expenses  connected  with 
Emigration  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a sum  not  exceeding  £31,350  be  granted 
for the  said  Service.—(Earl  Winter ton.) 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the ("Earl  Winterton, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Gretton : 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibanh 

Noes, 

92. 

247. 

And  it  being  after  Ten  of  the  clock,  the 
Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  Standing 
Order  No.  15,  to  put  forthwith  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Vote  under  con-
sideration. 

Question,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £31,450 
be  granted  for the  said  Service,  put,  and  agreed 
to. 

The  Chairman  then  proceeded to put  severally 
the  Questions,  That  the  total  amounts  of  the 
Votes  outstanding  in  each  Class  of  the  Civil 
Services  Estimates, 
including  Supplementary 
Estimates,  and  the  total  amount  of  the  Votes 
outstanding  in  the  Estimates  for  the  Navy,  the 
Army  (including  Ordnance  Factories),  and  the 
Revenue  Departments,  be  granted  for  the  Ser-
vices  defined  in  those  Classes  and  Estimates. 

Class  I. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £608,168  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in course  of  payment  during the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  I.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services, 
v i z. 

-

-

-

-

--

1.  Royal  Palaces 
2.  Osborne 
3.  Royal  Parks  and  Pleasure  Gardens 
,4.  Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings  (in-
cluding  a  supplementary  sum  of 
£5,000) 

- 

- 

- 

-

£ 
42,500 
7,300 
79,900 

37,000 

4A.  Salisbury  Memorial 

- 

-

5.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 

Britain 

-

48,000 

6:  Art  and  Science  Buildings,  Great 

Britain 

-

-

-

-

--

10.  Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom 
11.  Harbours  under  the  Board  of  Trade  -
12.  Peterhead  Harbour 
14.  Public  Works  and  Buildings,  Ireland  -
15.  Railways,  Ireland 

~ 

- 

-

-

55,000 
-  116,815 
32,840 
22,000 
•  134,259 
31,454 

£608,168 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Class  I I. 

3.  T h at   a  sum  n ot   e x c e e d i ng   £ 1 , 1 4 5 , 0 45   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  M a r ch   1909  for 
included 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services 
in  Class  I I.   of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services, 
v i z . :— 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

-
• 

of  Trade 

1.  House  of Lords  Offices 
-
2.  House  of Commons  Offices  -
3.  Treasury  and  subordinate  Offices 
4.  Home  Office 
7.  Privy  Council  Office 
8.  Board  of  Trade  -
9.  Mercantile  Marine  Services 
10.  Bankruptcy  Department of  the  Board 
- 
11.  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  -
12.  Charity  Commission  -
14.  Exchequer  and  Audit  Department 
15.  Friendly  Societies  Registry 
16.  Local  Government  Board  -
17.  Lunacy  Commission,  England 
20.  Public  Record  Office 
21.  Public  Works  Loan  Commission 
22.  Registrar  General's  Office, England  -
24.  Woods,  Forests,  and  Land  Revenues, 
- 
25.  Works  and  Public  Buildings  Office 
26.  Secret  Service 

&c.  Office 

-

-

-

-

-

Scotland : 

27.  Secretary  for  Scotland's  Office  -
28.  Fishery  Board  -
- 
29.  Lunacy  Commission  - 
30.  Registrar  General's  Office  -
31.  Local  Government  Board  -

-

Ireland : 

Ireland- 

- 
„  33.  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland 

32.  Household  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
- 
- 
- 
35.  Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests 

- 
- 

- 

-

-

-

--

Office 

-
36.  Local  Government  Board  - 
- 
37.  Public'Record  Office  - 
38.  Public  Works  Office  - 
- 
39.  Registrar  General's  Office 
40.  Valuation  and  Boundary  Survey 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

£ 
15,956 
19,900 
62,917 
139,967 
6,217 
213,169 
80,347 

5 
83,124 
15,308 
39,900 
5,819 
156,500 
11,384 
14,820 
2,507 
26,825 

13,613 
53,693 
10,000 

11,600 
14,998 
3,901 
3,063 
11,592 

2,627 
18,101 

1,053 
52,616 
3,625 
27,413 
7,338 
15,147 

£1,145,045 

Question  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

. 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

"1  ^32 
J 

Tellers  for  the)  Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George  Faber  : 

81. 

Class  III. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,685,768  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  3.1st day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 

 
N o.   H 5 .]  

8  EDW.  Y I I. 

28 th  July. 

in Class III. of the Estimates for Civil  Services, 
viz. 

in Class  V. of the Estimates for  Civil  Services, 
viz.:— 

--

-

-

-

1.  Law  Charges 
2.  Miscellaneous Legal Expenses  -
3.  Supreme Court of  Judicature 
4.  Land Registry 
5.  Public Trustee 
6.  County  Courts  - 
- 
7.  Police, England and Wales 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Scotland : 

11.  Law  Charges and Courts of Law 
12.  Begister  House, Edinburgh 
13.  Crofters Commission 
- 
14.  Prisons 

- 

-

- 

-

-

-

Ireland: 

15.  Law Charges  and  Criminal  Prosecu-
-
16.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and 

tions 

- 

other Legal  Departments 

-
17.  Irish Land Commission 
18.  County Court  Officers, &c. 
19.  Dublin Metropolitan Police 
20.  Boyal Irish Constabulary  -
21.  Prisons 
-
- 
- 
22.  Reformatory and Industrial  Schools  • 
23.  Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum -

- 

£ 
54,190 
22,564 
189,867 
21,750 
1,500 
3 
24,858 

51,316 
26,966 
2,345 
60,790 

38,078 

60,446 
160,978 
70,475 
36,632 
739,902 
64,661 
55,225 
3,222 

£1,685,768 

Question put. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Master of Elibank : 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Noes, 

tSir  William  Bull: 

299. 

} 86. 

Class  IV. 

5.  That  a  sum not  exceeding  £8,217,512  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year  ending on the 31st  day of  March  1909 for 
expenditure  in respect of  the  Services  included 
in  Class IV.  of the Estimates for Civil  Services, 
viz.:—• 

..

- 

..
.

1.  Board of Education  - 
.
2.  British Museum 
.
3.  National  Gallery 
4.  National Portrait Gallery  - 
5.  Wallace Collection 
6.  Scientific  Investigation,  &c.,  United 
- 
- 
7.  Universities  and  Colleges,  Great 
Britain,  and  Intermediate  Educa-
tion, Wales 

Kingdom 

-  . 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

8.  Public Education,  Scotland 
9.  National Galleries, Scotland 

- 
- 

Ireland: 

10.  Public Education (supplementary) 
11.  Endowed  Schools Commissioners 
12.  National  Gallery 
13.  Queen's Colleges 

..
..

.
.

.
.

£ 
6,594,150 
115,137 
7,414 
2,621 
4,173 

146,800 
-  1,198,557 
2,497 
- 

- 
- 

114,000 
515 
1,153 
2,200 

£8,217,512 

Question  put. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank ; 
Tellers for the' Mr.  Leverton  Harris, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Straus: 

261. 

} 129. 

- 

• 

»*  

Class  V. 
6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £366,236  be 
granted  to His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charg 
which will come  in course of payment during th_ 
year ending on the  31st  day of March  1909  for 
expenditure in respect of  the  Services  included 

a  — 

7 

VOL.  163, 

1.  Diplomatic and Consular Services 
-
3.  Telegraph Subsidies and Pacific Cable 
4.  Cyprus (Grant in Aid) 

-

£ 
323,103 
42,133 
1,000 

£366,236 

Question put, and agreed to. 

Class  VI. 
7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,684,845  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will come in course of  payment during the 
year ending on  the 31st  day  of  March 1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect of  the  Services  included 
in Class VI.  of  the Estimates for Civil  Services, 
viz.: 

1.  Superannuation  and  Retired  Allow-

ances 

-  •  -
3.  Hospitals and Charities, Ireland 
4.  Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Socie-

375,022 
110 

ties Deficiencies 
5.  Old Age Pensions 

-
- 

- 

- 

109,713 
-  1,200,000 
-

£1,684,845 

Question put, and agreed to. 

Class  VII. 

8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £382,104  be 
granted to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will come in course of payment during- the 
year ending on  the 31st day of  March 1909  for 
expenditure in respect  of  the  Services  included 
in Class VII. of the Estimates for Civil Services, 
viz. 

£ 
25,000 
7,867 
4,404 
85,342 

1.  Temporary  Commissions  - 
'2.  Miscellaneous Expenses 
3.  Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 
4.  Ireland Development Grant 
5.  Repayments to the Civil Contingencies 

.. 

- 

-

.

Fund 

-

-

-

-

--

6.  Expenses  under  the  Unemployed 

Workmen Act,  1905 
-
7.  Relief  of  Distress  (Ireland) 
8.  Government  Hospitality  - 

- 

-

41,491 

200,000 
13,000 
5,000 

£382,104 

Navy Estimates,  1908-9. 

9.  That  a  sum not  exceeding  £5,562,7QO  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the  31st day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Navy  Services, 
viz.:— 

£ 

2.  "Victualling and Clothing for the Navy  2,286,400 
4.  Martial Law  -
13,900 
6.  Scientific Services - 
66,000 
368,300 
7.  Royal Naval Reserves 
2,048,700 
9,  Naval Armaments  -
409,200 
11.  Miscellaneous Effective Services 
370,200 
12.  Admiralty  Office 

- 
-

-

-

£5,562,700 

Question put, and agreed to. 

Army Estimates,  1908-9. 
10.  That a sum not exceeding £13,505,100 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come in course of  payment during the 
year  ending on the 31st day of  March  1909  for 
3  b  2 

28,295 

Question put, and agreed to. 

 
 
 
 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Army 
including  Army  (Ordnance  Factories) 

Services, 
viz. 

28th   July, 

2.  Medical  Establishment:  Pay,  &c. 

4.  Territorial  Forces 

-

5.  Establishments  for  Military  Educa-

tion 

- 

-

6.  Quarterings,  Transport,  and  Re-

mounts 

-

-

-

-

--

7.  Supplies  and  Clothing 
8.  Ordnance  Department  Establish-

-

ments  and  General  Stores 
9.  Armaments  andEngineer  Stores 

-

10.  "Works and  Buildings 
11.  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 
12.  War  Office  and  Army  Accounts 

.. 

.

Department  - 

- 
Ordnance  Factories  - 

-
- 

-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

£ 
451,000 

2,005,000 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

142,000 

1,839,000 
3,912,000 

498,000 
1,490,000 
2,515,000 
73.000 

580,000 
100 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Agricultural 

take  into  consideration  the  Agricultural  Hold-  Holdings 
ings  Bill  [I.ords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee.  B i U 

tLordli-i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  an  Amendment; 
to which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

£13,505,100 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Revenue  Departments  Estimates,  1908-9. 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £11,821,531  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Post  Office,  including 
Telegraphs  and  Telephones. 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  "Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered.  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The House,  according to Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good 

the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty for  the  Service 
of  the year ending  on the 31st day of March  1909, 
the  sum  of  £69,157,274  be  granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom.— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
(Inland)  Bill  (X r ei a nd)   Bill 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Evicted  Tenants 
the 

[.Lords],   as  amended 

in 

r 

Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  an  Amendment; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

Public  Works 
Loans Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration the  Public  Works  Loans 
Bill,  as  amended  in the  Committee. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  resolved itself  Small 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Small  Holdings  and  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Bill 

[Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  29  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  30  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  31  to  No.  46  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  47  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  48  to  No.  54  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  55  disagreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  56  to  No.  58  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  59  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  60  to  No.  64  agreed  to. 
Schedule  1  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Schedules  2  and  3  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  with  Amend-
ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Endowed  Schools  (Masters)  Bill  [Lords]  Endowed 

was,  according  to  Orders  read  a  second  time. 

& 

_ 

_ 

Schools 
(Masters)  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  [Lords.'] 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  p o st   Office 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Sites  Bill  Sites  Bill 
[Lards.] 
[Lords]-, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Churchill  reported  from  the  Committee  Navy and 

on  Navy  and  Army  Expenditure,  1906-7,  Army 
„.,  Expenditure, 
several  Resolutions;  which  were 
" 
a S  1906-7. 
follow : 

read 

that 

I.  Whereas  it  appears  by  the  Navy  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day  of  March  1907,  and  the  Statement  appended 
the  aggregate  expenditure  on 
thereto, 
Navy  Services  has  not  exceeded  the  aggregate 
sums  appropriated  for  those  Services,  but  that, 
as  shown  in  the  Schedule  hereto  appended,  the 
total  differences  between  the  Exchequer  Grants 
for  Navy  Services  and  the  net  expenditure  are 
as  follows,  viz.:— 

No. 115.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

28th   July. 

Total  Surpluses 

£ 

s.  d. 
1,041,698  8  7 

Total  Deficits 

6 4 4 , 2 85   12  

7 

.Net  Surplus 

£397,412  16  0 

•g 
II 
1* 

3 73 

Schedule. 

Army  Services,  1906-7. 

Votes. 

Differences between  Exchequer 
Grants and Net  Expenditure. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

And  whereas it is expedient that the  applica-
tion  of  so much of  the  said'  total  surpluses  on 
certain  Grants for Navy  Services as is necessary 
to cover the  said  total  deficits on  other  Grants 
for Navy  Services be  sanctioned: 

1.  That  the  application  of  such  sums  be 

sanctioned. 

Schedule. 

Navy  Services,  1906-7. 

Votes. 

Wages, &c. of  Officers, Seamen, 
and  Boys,  Coast  Guard,  and 
Boyal  Marines. 

Victualling  and  Clothing  for 

the  Navy. 

Medical  Establishments  and 

-

Services. 
Martial  Law 
Educational  Services 
Scientific  Services  -
Boyal  Naval  Reserves 
Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Main-

tenance,  &c.: 

I.  Personnel  - 
II.  Materiel 
-
III.  Contract Work  -

- 

Naval  Armaments  -
Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs, 

at  Home and  Abroad. 

Miscellaneous Effective  Services 
Admiralty  Office 
Half  Pay, Reserved and  Retired 

.. 

.

Pay. 

Naval  and  Marine  Pensions, 
Gratuities,  and  Compassion-
ate  Allowances. 

Civil  Pensions and Gratuities  -
irre-
Amount  written  off  as 

coverable. 

9 
10 

11 
12 
13 

14 

15 

Differences between  Exchequer 
Grants and Net  Expenditure. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

& 

«.  d. 

£ 

».  d. 
254,136  17  1 

187,206  2  8 

22,225  13  8 

1,842  18  0 
9,894  19  7 
2,771  14  8 
80,309  1  6 

— 

— 

— 

-

I  11 
82,848 
264,933  12  10 

199,886  1  10 
260,541  17  5 
194,528  0  11 

78,025  9  9 
4,466  8  7 

— 

20,078  19  7 

19,838  9  4 

896  11  4 
1,554  0  6 

£  ».  A. 
358,433  12  9 

44,876  13  4 

41,127  7  2 

16,943  14  7 

1 

Pay,  &c. of  Army 

-

2  Medical  Establishment  :  Pay, 

&c. 

3  Militia  :  Pay,  Bounty,  &c. 

4 

5 

Imperial  Yeomanry:  Pay  and 

Allowances. 

Volunteer  Corps:  Pay  and 

30,198  4  1 

Allowances. 

Remounts. 

6  Quarterings,  Transport, 

and 

107,764  3  7 

7 

Supplies and  Clothing 

8  Ordnance  Department  Estab-
lishments and General  Stores. 
Engineer 
and 

9 

Armaments 
Stores. 

105,665  13  2 

128,775  0  10 

366,429  11  4 

10  Works and Buildings 

- 

r 

87,310  0  6 

£  ».  A. 

— 

—" 

— 

.— 

— 

— 

_ 

— 

— 

11 

Establishments 
Education. 

for  Military 

2,323  6  8 

12  Miscellaneous  Effective Services 

24,390  16  4 

— 

13  War Office and  Army  Accounts 

Department. 

4,229  10  11 

Charges 

for 

20,563  15  6 
20,563  15 

— 

° 

Non-effective 
Officers, &c. 

Sco. 

14 

15 

16 

Non-effective  Charges  for Men, 

Civil  Superannuation,  Compen-
sation,  Compassionate  Allow-
ances,  and  Gratuities. 

— 

Balances  irrecoverable 

Total 

Net Surplus 

-

— 

— 

— 

32,744  16  2 

2,855  2  7 

4,106  7  11 

1 

42,029  13  4 

/ 

1,336,708  4 
s. 

-  £1,294,678  10  9 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were agreed to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Bast  India 

Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Loans 
Irrigation  Works and General  Purposes] ; 

r^1J^n
B
[r
Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  Works and 
] 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

and 

Total 

1,011/,98  8  7 
* 

644,285  12  7 / 

Net  Surplus  - 

-  £397,412  16  0 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself  Cran  Measures-

into  a  Committee  on  the  Cran  Measures  Bill  Bm 
[Lords]. 

II.  Whereas  it  appears by the  Army  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March 1907, and the  Statement  appended 
thereto,  that  the  aggregate  expenditure  on 
Army  Services  has  not  exceeded  the  aggregate 
sums appropriated  for  those  Services,  but  that, 
as shown in  the  Schedule  hereto  appended, the 
total differences between  the  Exchequer  Grants 
for Army  Services and  the  net  expenditure  are 
as follows,  viz. :— 

Total  Surpluses 

£ 
1 , 3 3 6 , 7 08  

s.  d. 
1 
4 

Total Deficits 

4 2 , 0 29   13 

4 

Net  Surplus  -  £1,294,678  10  9 

And whereas it is  expedient that  the  applica-
tion of  so  much of  the  said  total  surpluses  on 
certain  Grants for Army Services as is necessary 
to cover  the  said  total  deficits on other  Grants 
for Army  Services be sanctioned : 

2.  That  the  application  of  such  sums  be 

sanctioned. 1 
VOL.  163. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  12 agreed  to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Mr. 
Whitley reported,  That  the  Committee  had gone 
through the  Bill,  and directed  him  to report the 
same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be now  read  the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time  and passed,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Court* 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill B i U
[Lords]  ; 

  {Lords.'] 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday the  12th day of  October next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading of the London Paving Expenses 
Bill; 

B;11 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

3  B  3 

377  &ih—Qth July. 

1908. 

[No. 101:. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Criminal  Appeal 

Second  Beading 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  19th  day  of  October  next. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o nd   R e a d i ng   of  t he   C o n t e m p ts   of   Court 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then 
nineteen  minutes  before  Twelve  of  the 
clock,  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Tuberculosis  (Ireland)  Prevention 

BUI. 

Standing 
Committee. 

A. 

[No.  116.] 
Wednesday, 29th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Criccieth 
Water and 
Improvement 
npi 
Bill 
ill. 

P B AT   EB   S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take 

into  con-
sideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Criccieth  Water  and  Improvement 
Bill;  and the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Padiham 
Urban District 
Council BiU. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-
tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Bill;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the  Central 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  Metric 
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-  p0wer Bill, 
ments made  by the  Lords  to  the  Central  Ireland 
Electric  Power  Bill;  and  the  same  were  twice 
read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the  Gosport Gas 

House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  B m-
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Gosport  Gas 
Bill;  and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of the  Order  of  the  London 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  County 
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the Amend-  (Qeneral 
ments made  by  the  Lords to  the  London  County  Powers) BilL 
Council  (General  Powers)  B i l l;   and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  BiU  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  in  pursuance  of the  Order  of  the  Bavensthorpe 
House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  July,  Urban  District 
proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ment  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Ravensthorpe  Urban 
District  Council  Bill  [Lords]  ;  and  the  same 
was  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  Electric  Supply  London 
Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow,  E'ectric^ 
Bill 
1 
at a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock, 

Ordered,  That  the  London  (Westminster  and 
Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill 
[Lords]  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow,  at  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Crystal 
Palace  Company  Bill  [Lords]  Standing  Order 
243  be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Crystal  Palace 
Company  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That 

in 

the  case  of 
[Lords] 

the  River  Biver  Wandle 
Standing  Protection 

Wandle  Protection  Bill 
Order  243  be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  B m  LZordt-J 
now  read the  third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chair-
man.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Thames  Thames 
River  Steamboat  Service  Act  (1904)  Amend-  ®iyer. 
ment  Bill  [Lords] 

Standing  Order  243  be  j S ? * 4 

No. 116.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

29th  July. 

3 75 

Act  (1904) 
Amendment 
BUI  [Lords.] 

suspended,  aud  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

OrderedThat 

the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Commons 
Regulation 
(Towyn 
Trewan) 
Provisional 
Order BiU. 

The  Commons  Regulation  (Towyn  Trewan) 
Provisional  Order  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Pro-

Local 
Government 
Or°dYer(To!8)  visional  Ordef(No.  3)  B i l l; 
BilL 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  the third  time 
to-morrow,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock. 

Edinburgh 
and  District 
Water Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Edinburgh  and  District  Water  Order 
to 
Confirmation  Bill  [L o r d s]   was,  according 
Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

Tramway 
Orders. 

Tramways 
and  Light 
Bailways 
(Street and 
Boad.) 

No. 268. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County of 
Durham.) 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Local 
Taxation 
Account 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1898. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  269. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  of  their  Proceedings under the  Tramways 
Act,  1870,  during  the  Session  of  1908. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  14th  day  of  April  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  Tramways  and  Light  Rail-
ways  (Street  and  Road). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Durham,  altering  certain  Polling 
Districts  in  the  Chester-le-Street  Parliamentary 
Division. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Interim  Report 
of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries  under  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Acts  to  the  30th  June  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  snowing 
the  total  payments  into  and  out  of  the  Local 
Taxation  Account  (Scotland)  for  the 
financial 
year  1907-8. 

The  Lord  Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the directions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  University  Court  Ordinance,  No.  X X V I I I. 
(Edinburgh,  No.  10)  (Regulations  for  Higher 
Degrees  in  Arts  and  Science). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Univer-
sities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordinance),  be 
printed. 

Admiralty 
Mr. M'Kenna  presented,—Return  to an  Order, 
Casualties,  &c.  dated  the  27th  day  of  May  last,  for  a  Return 
relative  to  Admiralty  Casualties,  &c. 

No.  270. 

VOL.  163. 

The  following  Papers  were 

laid  upon 

the 

Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 

Further  Return to an Order,  dated  the  8th  day5 inquiry into 
of  August  1898,  for  a Return  comprising  (1)  the  Charities ^ 
Reports  made  to  the  Charity  Commissioners  in Lan'J£8ter.) 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  every  parish 
j j^   271. 
wholly  or  partly  within  the  Administrative 
County  of  Lancaster  into  Endowments  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts, 
1853  to  1894,  and  appropriated  in  whole  or  in 
part  for  the  benefit  of  that  county,  or  of  any 
part  thereof,  together  with  the Reports  on  those 
Endowments  of  the  Commissioners  for  inquiring 
concerning  Charities,  1818 
to  1837  ;  (2)  a 
Digest  showing,  in  the  case  of  each  such  parish, 
whether  any,  and, if  any,  what such  Endowments 
are  recorded  in  the  books  of  the  Charity  Com-
missioners  in  the  parish  ;  and  (3)  an  Index, 
alphabetically  arranged,  of  Names  and  Places 
mentioned  in  the  Reports. 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  8th  Inquiry into 

day  of  August  1898,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry  into  Charities  (Couuty  of  Lancaster).  Lancaster), 
and  Inquiry 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 26th day  into  Charities 

of  July  1905,  for  a  Return  comprising  (1)  the  ^ u g h of 
Reports  made  to  the  Charity  Commissioners  in  p°eston),  and 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  the  County  Inquiry  into 
Borough  of  Preston  into  Endowments  subject  ^ ^ j ® 8 
to  the  provisions  of the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts,  Borough of 
1853  to  1894,  and  appropriated  in  whole  or  in Barrow-in-
part  for  the  benefit  of  that  county  borough, or FiTness.) 
of  any  part  thereof,  together  with  the  Reports 
on those  Endowments  of  the  Commissioners  for 
inquiring  concerning  Charities,  1818  to  1837  ; 
(2)  a  Digest  showing  whether  any,  and,  if  any, 
in  the 
what  such  Endowments  are  recorded 
books  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
in  the 
county  borough;  and  (3)  an  Index,  alphabeti-
cally  arranged,  of  Names  and  Places  mentioned 
in the  Reports. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  5th  day  of 
March  1903,  for  a  Return  comprising  (1)  the 
Report  made  to  the  Charity  Commissioners,  in 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  the  County 
Borough  of  Barrow-in-Furness 
into  Endow-
ments  subject  to  the provisions of  the  Charitable 
Trusts  Acts,  1853  to  1894,  and  appropriated  in 
whole  or  in  part  for  the  benefit  of  that  county 
borough,  or  of  any  part  thereof,  together  with 
the  Report  on  those  Endowments  of  the  Com-
missioners  for  inquiring  concerning  Charities, 
1818  to  1837  ;  (2)  a  Digest  showing  whether 
any,  and,  if  any,  what  such  Endowments  are 
recorded  in  the  books  of  the  Charity  Commis-
sioners  in 
the  county  borough;  and  (3)  an 
Index,  alphabetically  arranged,  of  Names  and 
Places  mentioned  in  the  Report. 

Further Return  to  an Order, dated  the 9th day  inquiry into 

273 

of  August  1901,  for  a  Return  comprising  (1)  the charities 
Reports  made  to  the  Charity  Commissioners  in 
of 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  every  parish 
wholly  or  partly  within  the  County  of  Wilts 
into  Endowments  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts,  1853  to  1894,  and 
appropriated in whole  or in part  for  the  benefit of 
that  county,  or of  any  part thereof,  together  with 
the  Reports  on  those  Endowments  of  the  Com-
missioners  for  inquiring  concerning  Charities, 
1818  to  1837  ;  (2)  a  Digest  showing,  in 
the 
case  of  each  such  parish,  whether  any,  and,  if 
any,  what  such  Endowments  are  recorded  in 
in 
the  books  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
the  parish;  and  (3)  an  Index,  alphabetically 
3  B  4 

376 
arranged,  of  Names  and  Places  mentioned  in 
the  Reports. 

16th October. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County of 
Berks.) 

No.  2 74 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 28th day 
of  March  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Inquiry 
into  Charities  (County  of  Berks). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  be printed. 

Civil  Servants 
Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
(Befeement  at  a  Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  the  27th  day 
1 9 0 8»   stating  the  circumstances  under 
Stoy^m) 
of   J u ly 
which  certain  Civil  Servants  have  been  retained 
in  the  Service  after  they  have  attained  the  Age 
of  Sixty-five,  and  of  the  Return  therein  referred 
to.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

County Courts  Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to  His  Majesty, that  He  will be  graciously 
(Piaints and 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
Sittings.) 
before  this  House  a  Return  from  every  County 
Court  in England  and  Wales of  the  total  number 
of  Plaints, &c. entered in each  County  Court  from 
the  1 st day of January to the 31 st day of December 
1907,  both  days  inclusive,  distinguishing  those 
not  exceeding  £20,  those  above  £ 20   and  not 
exceeding  £50, 
those  above  £ 50   and  not 
exceeding  £100,  and  those  by  agreement  over 
£ 1 00   : 
And  of  the  Sittings  of  the  County 
Courts  in  England  and  Wales  holden  before  the 
Judges  of  such  Courts  in  the  year  1907  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  258 
of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.) 

Educational 
Expenditure 
(Colonies.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty,  that He  will be  graciously 
p i e as ed   to  give  directions  that  there  be 
laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing,  for  each 
of  the  last  five  years  for  which  the  figures  are 
complete  and  available,  the  Expenditure  of  the 
Governments  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  and  its 
Provinces  respectively,  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Australia  and  of 
its  constituent  States 
respectively,  of  the  Cape  Colony  and  of  Natal, 
and  of  Mew  Zealand,  on  Education,  elementary, 
technical,  secondary,  and  university,  showing 
separately  any  Expenditure  of  public  money  on 
scholarships  and  on  post-graduate  or  research 
work,  specially  in  connection  with  science  and 
agriculture,  as  well  as  with  other  subjects  and 
industries; 
the  case  of  consolidation  of 
schools,  the  money  spent  out  of  public  funds, 
and,  where  possible,  out  of  private  funds,  to  be 
indicated,  whether  in  the  construction,  equip-
ment,  or  maintenance  of  central  schools,  or  in 
the  conveyance  of  children,  or  in  other  ways, 
and  the  numbers  of  children  in  average  attend-
ance,  boys  and  girls  respectively,  in  such  schools 
to  be  stated.—(Mr.  Verney.) 

in 

East  India 
Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
(Proeecutions  sented  to  His Majesty, that  He will be  graciously 
&c.)SpeeCbe8'  pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  of  Prosecutions  for 
Seditious  Speeches  and  Writings  which  have 
been  instituted  in  India  since  the  1st  day  of 
January  1907,  showing  the  names  and  descrip-
tions  of  the  persons  charged,  the  courts  which 
tried  them,  the  precise  character  of  the  charge, 
and 
the  decision  in  each  case.—(Sir  Henry 
Cotton.) 

1908. 

[No. 124. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the  Lotteries  and 

to  join  with  a  Advertise-

Select  Committee  appointed 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Lords  on  Lotteries  ments-
and  Advertisements;  That  they  had  considered 
the  matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him 
to  make  a  Report  thereof  to  the  House,  together 
with 
the  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before 
them. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  275. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  b y t he   Lorda" 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Polling  Districts 
(County  Councils)  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Polling 
Arrangements  (Parliamentary  Boroughs)  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

to 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Lanark 
Corporation 
(Extension  of  Boundaries,  &c.) 
Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

to 

Polling 
Districts 
(County 
Councils)  Bill. 
Polling 
Arrangements 
(Parlia-
mentary 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 
Lanark 
Corporation 
(Extension of 
Boundaries, 
&c.) Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
CoroDers 
(Ireland)  BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Coroners 
(Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

to 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-  Local  ' 

ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  5)  Bill,  with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  orders (No. 5) 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

Bill. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-  Local 

ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  6)  Bill,  with Government 
Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  orders(No. 6) 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

Bill. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-  Local 

ment  Provisional  Orders 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  orders  (No. 9) 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

(No.  9)  Bill,  with  Government 

Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  10)  Bill,  with 
Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  10)  BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Order  (No.  11)  Bill,  with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order (No.  11) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Dover  Graving  Dover  Graving 

Docks  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Docks Bill. 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Gas and  Water 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Gas  and  W a t e r 0 r d ew 
Orders  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords],  without  any em  r S] 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Gas  Orders  Con-
fimation  Bill  [Lords'],  without  any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Ammanford  Urban 
District  Council  Water  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

Gas Orders 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lords.] 

Ammanford 
(Jrban  District 
Council  Water 
Bill  [Zords.] 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 
Coal  Mines 
< Eight  Honrs) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  C  (in respect  of  the  Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l ) M r.   Long  and 
Earl  Percy  ;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Samuel  Roberts 
and  Sir  Frederick  Banbury. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Great  Northern, 
Piccadilly,  and  Brompton  Railway  Bill 
[Lords], 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by this  House  to  the Keighley  Corporation 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Great 
Northern, 
PiccadiUy,  and 
Brompton 
Bailway  Bill 
[Zordt.] 
Keighley 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

No. 116.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

29 ih  July. 

3 77 

Metropolitan 
Electric 
Tramways 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by this  House  to  the Metropolitan  Electric 
Tramways  Bill  [Lords\.  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
Rhymney  and 
Gasandwltermade  by 
t h i s  House  to  the  Rhymney  and  Aber 
Bill [Lords.]  Valleys  Gas  and  Water  Bill  [Lords],  without 

any  Amendment. 

Wath  and 
Bolton  Gas 
Board  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Wath  and  Bolton 
Gas  Board  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Pier and 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
Provisional  made  by  this  House  to  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Orders (No. 2) Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill  [Lords],  without 
Bill [Lords.]  any   Amendment. 
Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Order  (No.  3) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Provisional  Order  (No.  3)  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

Municipal 
Franchise 
(Mercantile 
Corporations 
and  Com-
panies)  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confer  the  Municipal  Franchise  upon 
Mercantile  Corporations  and  Companies;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  regulate  the  turning  out  upon  Commons 
of  Entire  Animals  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  enable  Rules  to  be  made  regulating  the 
Procedure  with  respect  to  Provisional  Orders 
made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Local 
Government  Board  under  certain  Acts  of 
Parliament,  and  for  other  matters 
incidental 
thereto;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

Coroners 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Lords  to  the  Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill  be  taken 

Bill  349. 

into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Local 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by   the 
Government  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
ORTOCNO.  5)  Orders  (No.  5)  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration 
Bill. 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
Ordere(No. 6) Orders  (No.  6)  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration 
Bill. 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
OIDERS"(NO. 9)  Orders  (No.  9)  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration 
Bin. 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Provis™' 
Orders 
(No. 10) Bm. 

t0  

L o r ds  

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
t he   L o? a l  Government  Provisional 
Orders  (No.  10)  Bill be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow. 

Local 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Government  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
O X T N O . 1 1)   Order  (No.  1 1)  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration 
BiU. 

to-morrow. 

Municipal 
Franchise 
(Mercantile 
Corporations 
and  Com-
panies)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Bill  347. 

Grocers' 
Licences 
(Abolition) 
Bill. 

Bill  3 4 8. 

The  Municipal  Franchise  (Mercantile  Cor-
porations  and  Companies)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Tuesday  the  13th  day  of  October 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Robinson,  supported  by  Mr.  Maclean  and 
Sir  Maurice  Levy,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  with  respect  to  the  grant  or  renewal  of 

VOL.  163. 

Licences for the sale  of  beer, wine, and  spirits, to 
be  consumed  off  the  premises:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Tuesday  the  13th  day  of  October  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  reported  Supply 

from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  28th  day  C 2 0^   aUotted 
of  this  instant  July  several  Resolutions;  which  p2sth  July] 
were  read,  as  follow  : 

Iteport. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Class  II. 
1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £31,450  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  His  Majesty's 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Colonies,  including  a 
Grant  in Aid of  certain Expenses connected  with 
Emigration. 

Class  I. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £608,168  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  I.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services, 
viz.  :— 

-

1.  Royal  Palaces 
2.  Osborne 
3.  Royal  Parks  and  Pleasure  Gardens 
4.  Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings 

cluding  a 
£5,000) 

supplementary  sum 
--
-

-

-

-

(in-
of 

4A.  Salisbury  Memorial 

-

5.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 
- 
- 
- 
and  Science  Buildings,  Great 

Britain 

6.  Art 

- 

- 

- 

£ 
42,500 
7,300 
79,900 

37,000 
1,100 

48,000 

Britain 

10.  Surveys  of  the  U n i t ed   Kingdom  - 
11.  Harbours  under  the  Board  of  Trade 
12.  Peterhead  Harbour 
14.  Public  Works  and  Buildings,  Ireland 
15.  Railways,  Ireland  - 

- 

- 

55,000 
-  116,815 
-  32,840 
22,000 
-  134,259 
31,454 

£608,168 

Class  II. 
3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,145,045  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  II.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services, 
viz.:— 

-

1.  House  of  Lords  Offices  -
2.  House  of  Commons  Offices 
3.  Treasury  and  subordinate  Offices  -
4.  H o me   Office 
-
-
7.  Privy  Council  Office 
8.  Board  of  Trade 
9.  Mercantile  Marine  Services  - 

-
- 

--

--

- 

-

-

-

-

-

- 

£ 
15,956 
19,900 
62,917 
139,967 
6,217 
213,169 
-  80,347 

-

-

-

- 

--

of  Trade 

10.  Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board 
-

11.  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
12.  Charity  Commission 
14.  Exchequer  and  A u d it   Department 
15.  Friendly  Societies  Registry  - 
16.  Local  Government  Board 
- 
17.  Lunacy  Commission,  England 
20.  Public  Record  Office 
21.  Public  Works  Loan  Commission 
- 
22.  Registrar  General's  Office, England 
24.  Woods,  Forests,  and  Land  Revenues, 
13,613 
. 
- 
-  53,693 
10,000 

- 
25.  Works  and  Public  Buildings  Office 
26.  Secret  Service 

5 
-  83,124 
15,308 
-  39,900 
5,819 
-  156,500 
-  11,384 
14,820 
- 
2,507 
-  26,825 

&c.  Office  - 

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

3  C 

 
 
378 

Scotland: 

27.  Secretary  for  Scotland's  Office 
28.  Fishery  Board 
- 
29.  Lunacy  Commission 
30.  Registrar  General's  Office 
31.  Local  Government  Board 

,  -

- 
-

-
-

Ireland  : 

29 th  July. 
£ 
11,600 
14,998 
3,901 
3,063 
11,592 

Ireland: 

10.  Public  Education  (supplementary) 
11.  Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
12.  National  Gallery 
13.  Queen's  Colleges 

.. 
.. 

.
.

[No. 116. 

1908. 
£ 
114,000 
515 
1,153 
2,200 

- 

£8,217,512 

32.  Household  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
-

Ireland 

-

-

-

33.  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland  - 
-
35.  Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests 

--
- 

Office 

36.  Local  Government  Board 
37.  Public  Record  Office 
38.  Public  Works  Office 
89.  Registrar  General's  Office 
40.  Valuation  and Boundary  Survey  -

-  •  •  -
-

-
- 

-

2,627 
18,101 

1,053 
52,616 
3,625 
27,413 
7,338 
15,147 

£1,145,045 

Class  III. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,685,768  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in course of  payment during  the 
year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  III.  of  the Estimates for  Civil  Services, 
viz.  :— 

£ 

-

1.  Law  Charges 
2.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Expenses 
3.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 
4.  Land  Registry 
5.  Public  Trustee 
6.  County  Courts 
7.  Police,  England  and  Wales  -

-

-

Scotland: 

11.  Law  Charges and  Courts  of  Law 
12.  Register  House,  Edinburgh  -
13.  Crofters  Commission 
14.  Prisons  - 

-
-

- 

- 

-  54,190 
-  22,564 
-  189,867 
-  21,750 
1,500 
. 
3 
-  24,858 

-  51,31(5 
-  26,966 
- 
2,345 
-  60,790 

Ireland: 

15.  Law  Charges  and Criminal  Prosecutions  38,078 
16.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature and  other 

- 

- 

Legal  Departments 

- 
- 
17.  Irish  Land  Commission 
18.  County  Court  Officers, &c. 
- 
19.  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police  - 
20.  Royal  Irish  Constabulary 
- 
21.  Prisons 
22.  Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools 
23.  Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum 

- 
- 
- 

-  60,446 
160,978 
-  70,475 
-  36,632 
-  739,902 
64,661 
-  55,225 
3,222 
- 

£1,685,768 

Class  IY. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £8,217,512  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment during  the 
year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  I V.   of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services, 
viz. 

£ 
6,594,150 
115,137 
7,414 
2,621 
4,173 

28,295 

-

1.  Board  of  Education 
2.  British  Museum 
3.  National  Gallery 
4.  National  Portrait  Gallery 
5.  Wallace  Collection 
6.  Scientific  Investigation,  &c.,  United 

- 
-

- 

- 

-

-

Kingdom 
7.  Universities 

and  Colleges,  Great 
Britain,  and  Intermediate  Educa-
146,800 
- 
tion,  Wales 
-  1,198,557 
2,497 
- 

- 
8.  Public  Education,  Scotland 
9.  National  Galleries,  Scotland 

- 
- 
- 

- 

- 

Class  V. 
6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £366,236  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come iu  course of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class V.  of  the  Estimates  for Civil  Services, 
v i z. 

1.  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Services 
3.  Telegraph  Subsidies  and  Pacific  Cable 
4.  Cyprus  (Grant  in  Aid)  - 

- 

-

£ 
323,103 
42,133 
1,000 

£366,236 

Class  VI. 
7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,684,845  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class  VI.  of  the  Estimates  for Civil  Services, 
viz.  :— 

ances 

1.  Superannuation  and  Retired  Allow- 
- 
- 
3.  Hospitals  and  Charities,  Ireland 
4.  Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies 
- 
109,713 
- 
-  1,200,000 
5.  Old  Age  Pensions 

£ 
375,022 
110 

Deficiencies 

- 
- 

. 
- 

- 
- 

£1,684,845 

Class  V I I. 
8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £382,104  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of payment  during  the 
year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included 
in  Class V I I.   of  the Estimates  for Civil  Services, 
viz.:— 

- 

1.  Temporary  Commissions 
2.  Miscellaneous  Expenses 
3.  Repayments  to  the  Local  Loans  Fund  -
4.  Ireland  Development  Grant 
5.  Repayments  to  the  Civil  Contingencies 
-

Fund 

- 
-

-

£ 
25,000 
7,867 
4,404 
85,342 

41,491 

6.  Expenses  under the Unemployed  Work-

men  Act,  1905  -

Relief  of  Distress  (Ireland)  -

8.  Government  Hospitality 

-  200,000. 
-  13,000 
5,000 
- 

£382,104 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 
9.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £5,562,700  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come in course of  payment  during  the-
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Navy  Services, 
viz.  :— 

£ 

2.  Victualling  and Clothing for the  Navy  2,286,400 
4.  Martial  Law 
13,900 
-
6.  Scientific  Services 
66,000 
- 
7.  Royal  Naval  Reserves 
- 
368,300 
9.  Naval  Armaments 
-
-  2,048,700 
11.  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 
409,200 
- 
12.  Admiralty  Office 
370,200 
- 

-

£5,562,700 

No. 116.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

July. 

379 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Class  I I. 

10.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £13,505,100  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come in course of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for 
expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Army  Services, 
including  Army  (Ordnance  Factories),  viz.:— 

£ 
- 
451,000 
-  2,005,000 

2.  Medical  Establishment:  Pay,  &c. 
4.  Territorial  Forces 
5.  Establishments  for  Military  Educa-
- 
- 

tion 

- 

..

.

- 

- 

142,000 
- 
6.  Quartering,  Transport,  and  Bemounts  1,839,000 
7.  Supplies  and  Clothing 
-  3,912,000 
8.  Ordnance  Department  Establishments 
498,000 
- 
- 
-  1,490,000 
9.  Armaments  and  Engineer  Stores 
-  2,515,000 
10.  Works  and  Buildings 
- 
11.  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 
73,000 
- 
12.  War  Office  and  Army  Accounts  De-

and  General  Stores 

- 

- 

- 

- 

partment 

Ordnance  Factories 

.

.

..

580,000 
100 

£13,505,100 

[Revenue  Departments  Estimates,  1908-9. 

11.  That  a sum not  exceeding  £11,821,531  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of 
the  Post  Office,  including 
Telegraphs  and  Telephones. 

The  first  two  Resolutions, being  read  a  second 

time,  were  postponed. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being proposed, That this  House  dotli  agree with 
the Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  ; 

Mr.  Speaker 
puts the 
Question 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
S.O. No.  15.) 

And  it  being  Ten  of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker, 
in  pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  15,  pro-
ceeded  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  necessary 
to  dispose  of  the  Report  of  the  Resolution  then 
under  consideration. 

And  the  Question  being put:—I,t was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Mr.  Speaker 
puts  the 
Questions 
on  the 
outstanding 
Reports 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  No.  15.) 

Mr.  Speaker  then  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
Standing  Order  No.  15,  to  put  forthwith  the 
Questions,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with 
the  Committee  in  the  outstanding  Resolutions 
reported  in  respect  of  each  Class  of  the  Civil 
Services  Estimates,  the  Navy  Estimates,  the 
Army  Estimates,  and  the  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1908-9. 
Class  I. 

Class I. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported  in  respect  of  Class  I. 
of  the  Civil  Services  Estimates; 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  this  House  Class  II. 

doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported  in  respect  of  Class  II. 
of  the  Civil  Services  Estimates; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers for the fMr.  Gretton, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Stanley  Wilson : 
So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

251. 

6 9. 

Class  III. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  this  House  Class III. 

doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported  in  respect  of  Class  I I I. 
of  the  Civil  Services  Estimates  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the I"Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Hicks  Beach, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Wolff: 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

J- 2 5 4. 

Class  IV. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  this  House  class  IV. 

doth agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported in  respect  of  Class  I V. 
of  the  Civil  Services  Estimates; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers  for the fMr.  James  Hope, 
(Mr.  Arkwright: 

Noes, 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

249. 

78. 

Class  V. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  this  House  class V. 

doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported in  respect  of  Class  V. 
of  the  Civil  Services  Estimates ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for thej Mr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Noes, 

{. Mr.  Staveley-Hill: 

So it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

1258. 

J  72. 

Class  V I. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  this  House  Class  VI. 

doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions reported  in  respect  of  Class  VI. 
of 
the  Civil  Services  Estimates:  —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for thef M r"  ^ e o r3 e  D e n i s o n 

Noes 
' 

F a b e r> 

1 
(Mr.  Joynson-Hichs  : 

So  it  was resolved in  the  Affirmative. 

VOL.  163. 

•247. 

69. 

Class  V I I. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  this  House  class  VII. 

doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing Resolutions  reported in respect of  Class  V I I. 
the  Civil  Services  Estimates:  —  It  was 
of 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

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29th   July. 

1908. 

[No. 116. 

Navy  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Navy 
Estimates. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported  in  respect  of  the  Navy 
Estimates  :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Army  Estimates,  1908-9. 

Army 
Estimates. 

And  the Question  being  put, That  this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported  in  respect of the  Army 
Estimates  :—-It was  resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

Bevenue 
Departments 
Estimates. 

Revenue  Departments  Estimates,  1908-9. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  this  House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  outstand-
ing  Resolutions  reported 
in  respect  of  the 
Revenue  Departments  Estimates  : —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ways and 
Means 
[28th  July] 
Beport, 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Ways  and  Means  a  Resolution  ;  which 
was  read,  as  followeth ; 

That,  towards  making  good 

the  Supply 
granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Service  of  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1909,  the 
sum  of  £69,157,274  be  granted  out  of 
the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (Appro-
priation.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon 
'  the  said  Resolution  :  And  that  the  Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Hobhouse  do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (Appro-
priation)  Bill. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
apply  a  sum  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to 
the Service  of  the  year  ending  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  March  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
nine,  and  to  appropriate  the  Supplies  granted 
in  this  Session  of  Parliament:  And  the  same 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read a 
second  time  to-morrow. 

Public Offices 
Sites 
(Extension) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
to  the  Public  Offices  Sites 
by 
the  same  were  twice 
(Extension)  Bill;  and 
read,  and  agreed  to. 

the  Lords 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  aud  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Small 
The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
AUotmStTd  take  into -consideration  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Bill [Lords']  Allotments  Bill  [Lords'],  as  amended  in  the 

Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
have  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Endowed 
Schools 
[ S?  

c> 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into   a  Committee  on  the  Endowed  Schools 
(Masters)  Bill  [Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Tenure  of  office  of  masters  of 

endowed  schools). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 27,  to  leave 
out  the  words  " assigned  at  the  time  of  dis-
missal."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  negatived. 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  (Saving  for  effect  of  judgments 

of  court). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 2,1.  4, to  leave  out 
the  word  " April,"  in  order  to  insert  the  word 
"  September."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " April"  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  negatived. 

Question,  That  the  word  " September"  be 

there  inserted,  put,  and  negatived. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  lieu  of  the  word 
"  April," omitted,  to  insert  the  word  "August." 
—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " August  "  be  there 

inserted,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  3  and  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Post  Office  Sites  Bill 

[Lords]  was,  Post Office 

according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

[Lords 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Select  Committee  of  Five  Members,  Three  to 
be  nominated  by  the  House  and  Two  by  the 
Committee  of  Selection. 

Ordered,  That  all  Petitions  against  the  Bill 
presented  Five  clear  days  before  the  meeting  of 
the  Committee  be  referred  to  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Petitioners  praying  to  be 
heard  by  themselves,  their  Counsel,  or  Agents 
be  heard  against  the  Bill,  and  Counsel  heard  in 
support  of  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Sydney  Buxton.) 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself  East  India 

into  a  Committee  on  East  India  Loans  [Railwav Loans 
and  Irrigation  Works  and  General  Purposes].  "  L^aUoa 
Works and 
. 
General 
Purposes 1 

(In  the  Committee.) 

_ 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of  India  to  raise 
in  the  United  Kingdom,  on  the  security  of  the 
Revenues  of  India,  by  the  creation  and  issue  of 
capital  stock,  bonds,  debentures,  or  bills— 

(1)  A  sum  not  exceeding  £20,000,000  for 

the  following  purposes  :— 

(a)  The  construction,  extension,  and 
equipment  of  railways  in  India  by 
State  agency  or  through  the  agency 
of  companies; 

(b)  The  repayment  of  the  principal  of 
any bonds or debentures issued by any 
such  company  under  the  guarantee 
of the  Secretary  of  State  ; 

(c)  The  discharge  of  any  obligations 
incurred  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
by  reason  of  the  purchase  of  any 
railway  or  the  determination  of  any 
contract  from or with such company ; 
irrigation 

(d)  The  construction  of 

works  in  India. 

No. 116.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

29 th—30 th  July. 

3 81 

(2)  A  sum  not  exceeding  £5,000,000  for 
the  general  purposes  of  the  Government 
of  India. 
-(Mr.  Buchanan.) 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  T h at  

t he   R e p o rt   be   r e c e i v ed  

t o-

m o r r o w. 

Contempts of 
Court. Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
- 

B i l ^ i o S]  

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Criminal  Appeal 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amendment)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords 
to  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Ireland)  Bill;  and  the  same  were  twice  read, 
and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses Bill,  g j jj 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 

6 

& 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Election of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Boroughs  Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th  day 
of  this  instant  July, it  being  then  twenty-
one  minutes after Eleven  of  the  clock, till 
to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lower  Thames 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lower  Thames  (Grays)  (Gf^)  D o ck 
Dock  Bill; 

BllL 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro-  orders  (No.  5) 
visional  Orders  (No.  5)   Bill;  and  the  same  were  Bill, 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Government 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro-  Qr^rs (No. 6) 
visional  Orders  (No.  6)  Bill;  and  the  same were  Bill, 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made p0'?™?™®"^' 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro- ordera(No. S) 
visional  Orders  (No.  9)  Bill;  and  the  same  were  Bill, 
twice  read,  and agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Government 
Provisional 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro-
Orders 
visional Orders  (No.  10)  Bill;  and the same  were  (No^iO)  Bill, 
twice  read,  and agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Government 
by_  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro-  o X ^ Na   li) 
visional  Order  (No.  11)  Bill;  and the  same were  Bill, 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Edinburgh 
the  Edinburgh  and a n d  District 

take 
District  Water  Order Confirmation  Bill  [Lords], 

into  consideration 

[ N o.   1 1 7 .] 
Thursday,  30th July  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read the  third  BiU {Lordt?[ 

time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hatb  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Dover Graving  HpHE  House,  in pursuance  of the  Order  of the 
X  House  of  the  23rd  day  of  this instant  July, 
Docks  Bill. 
proceeded  to  take into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords to  the  Dover  Graving 
Docks  Bill;  and the  same  were  twice  read,  and 
agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships-

VOL.  163. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Local 

tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Annual 
Local  Taxation  Returns  for  England  for  the  (England) 
37a, 
year  1905-6.  Parts  V.  to  V I I I.  

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

3  c  3 

382 

29 th  July. 

1908. 

[No. 116. 

Prisons 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of Thirtieth  Report  of  the  General 
Prisons  Board  (Ireland),  for  1907-8,  with  an 
Appendix. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Strikes and 
Lock-oats. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
.  Command,—  Copy  of  Report  on  Strikes  and 
Lock-outs  of  1907,  and  on  Conciliation  and 
Arbitration  Boards. 

Board of 
Trade 
(Labour 
Department) 
(Changes in 
Wages, &o.) 

Navigation 
and  Shipping. 

Railway 
Returns. 

Statistical 
Abstract 
(United 
Kingdom.) 
Bailway 
Servants 
(Hours of 
Labour.) 

N o.   278. 

Copy of  Report  on changes  in  Rates  of  Wages 
and  Hours  of  Labour  in  the  United  Kingdom  in 
1907, with comparative  Statistics for  1898—1906. 

Copy  of  Annual  Statement  of  the  Navigation 
and  Shipping  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  the 
year  1907. 

Copy  of  Returns  as  to  the  capital,  traffic 
receipts, and working expenditure  of the  Railway 
Companies  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  the  year 
1907,  with  a  General  Report 
thereon,  and 
Summary  Tables  for  a series  of  years. 

Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract  for  the  United 
Kingdom,  in  each  of  the  last  fifteen  years,  from 
1893  to  1907.  Fifty-fifth  Number. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  respecting 
their  Proceedings  under  the  Railway  Regulation 
Act,  1893,  relating  to  the  Hours  of  Labour  of 
Railway  Servants  during  the  year  ended  27th 
July  1908. 

Bailway  and 
Canal Traffic 
Acts,  1888 and 
1894. 

N o.   279. 

Copy  of  Tenth  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade 
of  Proceedings  under  Section  31  of  the  Railway 
and  Canal  Traffic  Act,  1888,  including  Pro-
ceedings  upon  Complaints  made  under  Section  1 
of  the  Railway  and  Canal  Traffic Act,  1894. 

Merchant 
Shipping  Acts, 
1894 to 1906 
(Dispensing 
Powers.) 

N o.   280. 

Copy  of  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the 
cases  in  which  they  have  exercised  their  powers 
under  Section  78  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act, 
1906, during  the  year  ended  31st  May  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Railway 
Servants  (Hours  of  Labour),  Railway  and  Canal 
Traffic  Acts,  1888  and  1894,  and  Merchant 
(Dispensing 
Shipping  Acts,  1894 
Powers),  be  printed. 

to  1906 

Navy 
(Exceptions 
to  King's 
Regulations.) 

Fleets (Great 
Britain  and 
Foreign 
Countries.) 

No.  277. 

Naval 
Expenditure 
(Principal 
Naval 
Powers.) 

No.  281. 

Naval 
Casualties. 

N o.   282. 

Mr.  MiKenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  exceptions  to  the 
King's  Regulations  as  to  Pay,  Non-effective 
Pay,  and  Allowances  sanctioned  by  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of 
the 
approval  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the 
Treasury,  pursuant  to  the  Order  in  Council 
dated  19th  December  1881,  during  the  year 
1907-8. 

the  Admiralty,  with 

Mr.  M'Kenna  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  28th  day  of  April  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  Fleets  (Great  Britain  and 
Foreign  Countries). 

Return  to an Order, dated  the  7th  day of  May 
last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Naval  Expenditure 
(Principal  Naval  Powers). 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  19th  day  of 
May  last,  for a  Return  relative  to  Naval  Casual-
ties. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Returns  be  printed. 

Trade Reports 
Series!)1 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
H is   Majesty's  Command,  — Copies  of  Diplomatic 

and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4075 
to  4082. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Consultative  Education. 
Committee  upon 
Children  below  the  Age  of  Five. 

the  School  Attendance  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Metropolitan 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Police  (Boyal 
Royal  Commission  upon  the  Duties  of  theCommlS81on  ) 
III. 
Metropolitan  Police. 
Minutes  of  Evidence,  with  Appendices  and 
Index. 

Vols. 

and 

II. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,—  County  Courts 

Return  to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the 
29th  day  of 
relative  to  County  Courts (Plaints  and  Sittings). 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

f n d 
instant  July,  for  Returns  * - s r . ^* 

this 

Table;.  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Summary 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Table  of  Com-
parison  between  the  provisions  of  the  Summary 
Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill  and  existing  Enact-
ments. 

an 

The  Lord Advocate  also presented,—Return  to  Paupers and 
an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of July  in  the  last  dependants 
Session  of  Parliament,  for  a  Return  showing  the  ^ °ft a° 
. 
number  of  all  ordinary  Poor  and  their  Depen-
dants  chargeable  to  Parish  Councils  in  Scotland 
during  the  year  ended  the  15th  day  of  May 
1907,  including  Poor  relieved  whose  settlements 
were  undetermined  at  the  15th  day  of  May 
1907,  classified  in  the  following  forms :— 

(1)  Aggregate  period  of  chargeability  and 
number  of  times  relieved,  distinguishing 
(a)  Persons  relieved  wholly  in  Institutions ; 
(b)  Persons  relieved  wholly  outside  Insti-
tutions  ;  ( c)   other  Persons  relieved;  and 
also  distinguishing,  in  the  case  of  each  of 
these  classes, (I)  Male  Adults ;  (2)  Female 
Adults;  (3)  Children. 

(2)  Ages  and  Sex,  distinguishing  (a)  Persons 
relieved  singly;  (b)  Families—(1)  Heads 
of  Families,  (2)  Dependants. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  —  Return 

Order,  dated  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  July, 
for a Return relative to Guaranteed  2f  per  Cent. 
Stock. 

to  an  Guaranteed 
P^   Cent, 

N o- 2 8°-

Return  to an Order,  dated  the 29th  day  of  this  Civil  Servants 

instant  July,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Civil  ^ATOT* 
Servants  (Retirement  at  the  Age  of  Sixty-five), sixty-five.) 
No.  286. 
Mr.  Hobhouse also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Foreshores, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute, dated  29th July  1908, directing 
the  application  of moneys  received  by  the  Board 
of  Trade  in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908  in 
respect  of the  rights  and  interests  of  the  Crown 
in  the  Foreshores  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and that  the  said  Returns  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-inquiry into 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid upon  the  Charities 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Further  ^ ^ of 
Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  26th  day  of  July 
1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Inquiry 
into 
Charities  (County  of  Devon). 

2g7, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

No. 117.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

30 th  July. 

3 83 

Merchant 
Shipping, 
1907. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Tables  showing  the  Progress  of 
Merchant  Shipping  in  the  United  Kingdom  and 
the  principal  Maritime  Countries.  —  (Mr. 
Churchill.) 

Iron and  Steel, 
1907. 

Coal  Tables, 
1907.. 

Tea and 
Coffee, 1908. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House 
a  Copy  of  Memorandum  and  Statistical  Tables 
showing  the  production  and consumption  of  Iron 
Ore  and  Pig  Iron,  and  the  production  of  Steel, 
in  the  United  Kingdom  and  the  principal 
in  recent  years,  and  the 
Foreign  Countries 
imports  and  exports  of  certain  classes  of  Iron 
and  Steel  Manufactures  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  350  of  Session  1907). 
—(Mr.  Churchill.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Statistical  Tables  relating  to  the 
production,  consumption,  and 
imports  and 
exports  of  Coal  in  the  British  Empire  and  the 
principal  Foreign  Countries  in  each  year  from 
1885  to  1907,  as  far  as  the  particulars  can  be 
stated;  together  with  Statements  showing  the 
production  of  Lignite  and  Petroleum  in  the 
principal  producing  countries  for  a  series  of 
years  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  349  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Churchill.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Memorandum  and  Statistical  Tables 
showing  the  consumption  of  Tea  and  Coffee  in 
the  principal  Countries  of  Europe,  the  United 
States,  and  certain  British  Colonies;  together 
with  information relating  to the principal  sources 
of  supply  in  recent  years,  so  far  as  the  particu-
lars  can  be  stated  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper, No.  304  of  Session  1905).—(Mr. 
Churchill.) 

Prosecution  ofi  Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
Offences Acts,  s ented   to  His  Majesty,  that He  will  be graciouslv 
1879  a nd  8 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this House  a Return  showing  the  working 
of  the Regulations  made  in  1886  for carrying  out 
the  Prosecution  of  Offences  Acts,  1879  and 
1884,  with  Statistics  setting  forth  the  number, 
nature,  result,  and cost  of  the Proceedings  insti-
tuted  by  the  Director  in  accordance  with  those 
Regulations,  from  the  first  day  of January  1907 
to  the  31st  day  of  December  1907  (in  continua-
tion  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  230  of  Session 
1907).—(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.) 

Navy  and 
Army 
(Inquiries.) 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House 
a Return giving in chronological  order, according 
to  the  dates  of  publication  of  the  Reports,  a  list 
of  all  Inquiries  into  Naval  and  Military  Affairs 
which  have  been  held  since  the  year  1800,  the 
Reports  of  which  have  been  published  as  Parlia-
mentary  Papers.—(Mr.  Bellairs.) 

Scottish  Local 
Authorities 
(Deputation 
Expenses.) 

(c)  other  purposes; 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return,  arranged  according  to  Counties,  of 
Expenses  during  each  of  the  five  years  ending 
the  15th  day  of  May  1908  of  Deputations  to 
London  in  connection  with  (a)  Public  General 
Bills  ;  (b)  Private  Bills  or Provisional  Orders ; 
and 
the 
following  bodies  in  Scotland  (to  be  separately 
stated  for  each  body),  viz.  :  town  councils, 
county  councils,  district  committees,  district 
lunacy  boards,  parish  councils,  distress  com-
mittees,  school  boards,  educational  trusts,  and 
any  water,  gas,  dock,  harbour,  or  other  commis-
sioners  or  trustees  liable  to  make  Returns  under 
the  Local  Taxation  Returns  (Scotland)  Act, 
1881.—(Mr.  Pirie.) 

incurred  by 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Russell  Rea  reported  from  the  Select  Port of 
Committee  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  London  Bill, 
of  the  House  of  Lords  on  the  Port  of  London 
Bill  ;  That they  had considered the said  Bill,  and 
taken  evidence  thereon,  which  they  had  agreed 
to  report  to  the  House  ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 288. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  350. 

Joint  Committee,  be  recommitted  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday  the 
12th  day  of  October  next;  and  be  printed. 

The  Commons  Bill  [Lords]   was  read  the  first  Commons 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon B i l 1 [Lords.] 
Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  l he   Lorc,s-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Isle  of  Man  Isle of Man 

( Customs Duties) Bill,  without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Seed  Potatoes  Seed  Potatoes 
and  Seed  Oats  Supply  (Ireland)  Bill,  without  and Seed Oats 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
a ny   A m e n d m e n t.  

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Costs 
Criminal  Cases  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

in  costs  in 

J 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  University  of  University  of 
Durham  BiU. 

Durham  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

' 

Criminal  Cases 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Finance  Bill,  Finance  Bill, 

without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Naval  Mar-  Naval 

riages  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Marriages Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Naval  Lands  Naval  Lands 
(Volunteers) 
Bill. 

(Volunteers)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to 

the  Married  Married 

Women's  Property  Bill,  without  any  Amend- Women's 
ment. 

Property  Bill-

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Grand  Jury 
(Ireland)  Act  (1836)  Amendment  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  4)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

Grand Jury 
(Ireland) 
Act  (1836) 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (No. 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders (No. 
BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (No. 
BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  7)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders  (No. 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order  (No 
Bill. 
Marriages 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 

9rdl r 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Order  (No.  8)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Marriages 
Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Usk  Fisheries  Usk  Fisheries 

Provisional  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without Provisional 
any  Amendment. 

J 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Wye  Fisheries  Wye  Fisheries 

Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any  Amend-  Provisional 
0 r d er   BiJ1-
ment. 

3  C  4 

384 

30 ill  July. 

1908. 

[No. 117 

Whale 

The  Lords have agreed to  the Whale  Fisheries 

flrefand8)Bill.  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  an  Amendment;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence of  this  House. 
Tolling 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Polling  Dis-
RcS™ratfonn o f t r i c ts   a n d  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland)  Bill, 
with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
Voters 
(Ireland)  Bill,  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 
Telegraph 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Telegraph 
(Construction)  (Construction)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

'  ' 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Bee  Pest 
Bee  Pest 
(Ireland)  Bill.  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Old  Age 
Pensions  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Old  Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Irish  Uni-
versities  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Agricultural 
Holdings  Bill 
[ Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made by  this House to the  Agricultural  Holdings 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
(Ireland)  Bill 
[Lords. ] 
Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  1) 
Bill [Lords.] 
Registration 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Evicted  Tenants 
(Ireland)  Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill 
[.Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Registration  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Order (No.  4) 
Bill [Lords.] 
Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders (No.  I) 
Bill [Lords.] 

Thames  Eiver 
Steamboat 
Service 
Act  (1904) 
Amendment 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Order (No. 4)  Bill  [Lords], 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Pier  and  Harbour 
Provisional Orders  (No.  1) Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to 
the  Thames  River 
Steamboat  Service  Act  (1904)  Amendment  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(  re an  ) 

Bill  361. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ireland)  Bill  be 
to-morrow  ;  and  be 

j nt 0  consideration 

i  . 

printed. / 

was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Sinclair,  supported  by the  Lord  Advocate  Trawling  in 

and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland,  pre-  ^ b i t ed 
sented  a  Bill  to prohibit the landing and selling in  prevention 
the United Kingdom of  Fish caught in  prohibited  Bill, 
areas  of  the  sea  adjoining  Scotland  :  And  the  Bill  352, 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next;  and  to 
be  printed. 

Mr.  Sinclair,  supported  by  the  Lord  Advocate  Crofters" 
p r e-   Commons 
Grazings 

and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland, 
the  powers  of 
sented  a  Bill  to  extend 
Crofters  Commission  in  regard  to  the  regulation  Bill, 
of  Common  Grazings : And  the  same was ordered  Bill  353. 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the 
12th  day  of  October  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

t ne   Regulation 

Mr.  Sinclair,  supported  by  the  Lord Advocate  Local 

and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland,  pre-  ^PJXndT 
sented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to Bill. 
County  Government,  and  to  roads  and  bridges,  gin 354. 
and  the  use  of  locomotives  thereon,  in  Scotland : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Dundas  White,  supported  by  Sir  George Transfer of 

M'Crae,  Mr.  Younger,  Mr. Beale,  Mr.  M'Callum,  Goods  m}-
and  Mr.  Smeaton,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend the 
Law  relating  to the  transfer  of  Goods  :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  the  14th  day  of  October  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

356. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Business of 
proposed,  That  the  Proceedings  on  any  Private  the  House 
Business  set  down  for  consideration  at  8.15  this  Business.) 
evening  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour, 
and  be  not  interrupted  under  any  Standing 
Order  regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House— 
(Mr.  Asquith)  :—And  the  said  Motion  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Barlow  be  added  to  the  House  of 
Select  Committee  on  House  of  Commons  (Kit-  Commons 
chen  and  Refreshment  Rooms).—(Mr.  Joseph  ^ s h m e nf 
Pease.) 

Rooms.) 

Telegraph 
(Construction)  L o r ds   to  

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
t h e  Telegraph  (Construction)  Bill  be 
consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be 

Bill  360. 

taken  into 
printed. 

Bee Pest 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Lords  to  the  Bee  Pest  (Ireland)  Bill  be  taken 

Bill  359. 

into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Old Age 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Pensions  Bill.  Lords  to  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  be  taken 

Bill  355. 

jnto  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and be  printed. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Bill  358. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Irish  Universities  Bill  be  taken 
into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Consolidated 

the  Consolidated  Fund  F^nd

Second  Reading  of 
(Appropriation)  B i l l;  

r0  Ha 
tion) Bill a~ 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And  a  Debate  arising thereupon ; 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  under  Standing  Order  No.  8, further 
proceeding  was  postponed  without  Question  put. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  and  District  District 
Electricity  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

S S T B SI 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question  [Lords.] 

being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

BiU  3 5 1, 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  supported  by  Mr. 
Herbert  Samuel,  presented  a  Bill  to  prohibit  the 
manufacture,  sale,  and  importation  of  Matches 
made  with  white  phosphorus,  and  for  other 
purposes in connection therewith  :  And  the  same 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Chaplin.) 

No. 116.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

29  th—30 th July. 

3 85 

Question pnt 
(pursuant to 
8.0.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  <£ now " stand  part  of  the  Question  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

Mr.  Chaplin  rose  in  bis  place  and  claimed  to 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  p u t; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Claude  Hay, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Burdett-Coutts: 
Tellers  for the ("Mr.  Timothy  Davies, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Pickersgill; 

156. 

70. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the Question  being  accordingly  put,  That 

the  word  " now " stand  part  of  the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thej"Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Pickersgill, 

j  138. 

!•  90. 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Timothy  Davies: 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  ot  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric  Supply 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing. 
ton)  Electric 
Supply-
Companies 
Bill  [Lords. J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Local 
Government  Third  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Pro-
o ^ t s)  
Bill. 

visional  Order  (No.  3)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Consolidated 
Fund 
(Appropria-
tion) BiU. 

The  postponed  proceeding  on  the  Question, 
(Appropriation) 

That  the  Consolidated  Fund 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,  was  resumed. 
And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  ; 

(1)  A  sum  not  exceeding  £20,000,000  for 

the  following  purposes 

(a)  The  construction,  extension,  and 
equipment  of  railways  in  India  by 
State  agency  or  through  the  agency 
of  companies; 

(b)  The  repayment  of  the  principal  of 
any  bonds  or  debentures  issued  by 
any  such  company  under  the  guar-
antee  of the  Secretary  of  State ; 

(c)  The  discharge  of  any  obligations 
incurred  by the  Secretary of  State  by 
reason of  the  purchase of  any  railway 
or  the  determination  of  any  contract 
from  or with  such  company  ; 

(d)  The construction of irrigation  works 

in  India; 

(2)  A  sum  not  exceeding  £5,000,000  for the 
general  purposes  of  the  Government  of 
India. 

The  said  Resolution,  being read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution:  And  that  Mr.  Buchanan  and 
Mr.  Hobhouse  do  prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Buchanan  accordingly  presented  a Bill  to  East  India 
empower  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Council  o f L o a° s B^' 
India  to  raise  money  in the  United  Kingdom  for 
the  construction,  extension,  and  equipment  of 
Railways  in  India  by  State  agency  or  through 
the  agency  of  companies,  for  the  construction  of 
Irrigation  Works,  and for  other  purposes  ;  And 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  the  12th 
day  of  October  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

* 

The  Criminal  Appeal 

(Amendment)  Bill  Criminal 

[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a second  ff^^ament* 
time,  and committed  to  a  Standing  Committee.  Bill  [Lords.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Coroners 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  (Ireland)  BilL 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  (Ireland)  Bill, 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-
sideration upon Monday the 12th  day  of  October 
next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bafl Bill 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill; 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 

after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Friday  morning  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

Friday,  31 st  July  1908: 

And  the  Question  being  put; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time, and committed to  a Committee  of  the  whole 
House  for  this  day. 

Mr.  Buchanan  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  East  India  Loans  [Railway  and  Irrigation 
Works  and  General  Purposes]  a  Resolution; 
which  was  read,  as  followeth: 

That  it is expedient  to  authorise  the  Secretary 
of  State in Council of  India to raise  in the  United 
Kingdom,  on  the  security  of  the  Revenues  of 
India,  by  the  creation  and  issue  of  capital  stock, 
bonds,  debentures,  or  bills— 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of  the London  Paving  Expenses Paving 
Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in ^-Mermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l;  

Bowughs BilL. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Endowed 

take  into  consideration  the  Endowed  Schools 
(Masters)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Com-  BU^imfe.}; 
mittee. 

3 r> 

East India 
Loans 
[Bailway  and 
Irrigation 
Works and 
General 
Purposes.] 

386 

30th—31 si  July. 

1908. 

[No. 118. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His  Board of 
Majesty's  Command, -  Copy  of  A g r i c u l t u r a l ^ ^. 
Statistics,  1907.  Vol.  X L I I.   Part  III.,  Prices 
and  Supplies  of  Corn,  Live  Stock,  and  other 
Agricultural  Produce. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Treaty  Series 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next. 

Greenwich 
Hospital. 

Resolved,  That  the  Statement of  the  estimated 
Income  and  Expenditure of  Greenwich  Hospital 
and  of  Travers'  Foundation  for  the  year  1908-9 
be  approved.—(Mr.  Lambert.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  this  instant  July,  it  being  then 
twenty  minutes  before  One  of  the  clock 
on  Friday  morning,  till  this  day. 

[No.  118.] 
Friday,  31s£ July  1908. 

The  House  met  at  T w e l ve   of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Local 
r p HE   Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
Government  JL  (No.  3)   Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
Ordlr^X13) 
Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

t he   t h i rd   t i me   a n d  P a s s e d-

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  President  of 
Queen's  College,  Belfast,  for  the  year  1907-8. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

Queen's 
College, 
Belfast. 

Offences 
(Ireland.) 

N o.   2 8 9. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July, 
for  Returns  relative  to  Offences  (Ireland). 

Ordered.  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Prosecution  of  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return 
Offences Acts,  to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  30th 
1879 and 1884 
i n stant   July,  for  a  Return  relative 
t h e  Prosecution  of  OfTences  Acts,  1879  and 
No.  290. 

0£ 

t0  
1884. 

Shop  Hours 
Act, 1904, 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire  under 
the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment,  fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for  certain 
classes  of  Shops  within  the  Urban  Districts  of 
Ravensthorpe,  Soothill  Nether,  and  Thornhill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ; and that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Taxes and 
Imposts. 

Mr. Hobhouse presented,—Return  to an  Order, 
dated  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  July,  for a 

No.  291.  Return  relative  to  Taxes  and  Imposts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

22,1908.) 

His  Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of 
T r e a ty  
between  the  United  Kingdom  and  the  United 
States  of  America,  providing  (1)  for  the  con-
veyance  of  persons  in  custody  for  Trial  either 
in  the  Dominion  of  Canada  or the United  States 
through  the  territory  of  the  other;  and  (2)  for 
reciprocal  rights  in  Wrecking  and  Salvage  in 
the  waters  contiguous  to  the  boundary  between 
the  Dominion  of  Canada  and  the  United  States. 
Signed  at  Washington,  18th  May  1908.  Rati-
fications  exchanged  at  Washington,  30th  June 
1908. 

Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Report,  Trade Reports 

Annual  Series,  No.  4083. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

(Annual 
Series.) 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Statistical 
for Abstract 

Command,—Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract 
the  principal  and  other  Foreign  Countries  in  counties) 
each  year  from  1896  to  1905—1.906.  Thirty-
fourth  Number. 

Copy of  Abstract and  detailed  Tables  showing  Trade 

Countries  of  Consignment  of 
Countries  of  ultimate  Destination  of  Exports.  British 
( Supplement  to  Yols.  I.  and  I I .)  

Imports  and 

Possessions.) 

a n d 

Copy  of  Translation  of  the  Law  establishing  Denmark 

a  new  Customs  Tariff  for  Denmark;  together 
with  comparison,  as far  as possible,  of  the  Rates  Tariff.) 
of  Customs  Duty  contained  in  the  new  Tariff 
with  the  Rates  at  present  in  force,  and  the 
English  equivalents  of  both. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House Gas 

a  Return  relating  to  all  authorised  Gas  Under-  Undertakings, 
takings  in  the  United  Kingdom,  other  than 
those  of  Local  Authorities,  for  the  year  ended 
the  31st  day  of  December  1907  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  338  of  Session 
1907).— (Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House Gas 

a  Return  relating  to  all  authorised  Gas  Under-  Undertakings 
takings  in  the  United  Kingdom  belonging  to Authorities.) 
Local  Authorities,  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day  of  March  1908  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  339  of  Session  1907).—(Sir 
Hudson  Kearley.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid before  this  House  Emigration 
a  Copy  of  Statistical  Tables  relating  to  Emigra-  a.nd immigra-
tion  and  Immigatiou  from  and  into  the  United  taon-
Kingdom  in  the  year  1907,  and  Report  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  thereon.— (Mr.  Churchill.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow  Sittings of the 

at  Ten  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Polling 

Lords  to  the  Polling  Districts  and  Registration 
of  Voters  (Ireland)  Bill  be  now  taken  into  Voters^lon 
consideration. 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

v^tforfof 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

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No. 118.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

31 st  July. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Consolidated 
Fund 
(Appropria-
tion)  Bill. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(Appropriation)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  7  agreed  to. 
Schedules  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  B i ll   be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Old Age 
Pensions 

I  . 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
conSx(j eration   the  Amendments  made 

t ak e 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill. 

The  first  three  Lords'  Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  disagreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far as the  Amendment  in  p.  2,1.  7,  being  read  a 
second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  2,  1.  7,  leave 
out  from  ("until")  to  (" Parliament  "),»in  1.  9, 
the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time, 
was  disagreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment in  p.  3,  1.  17,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  3,  1.  17,  after 
(" and "),  insert  ("if  the  term  of  imprisonment 
to  which  he  is  sentenced  exceeds  one  month  he 
shall  be  disqualified"),  the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords 
in  the  said  Amendment  —  (Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thef Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 
Tellers  for  the IViscount  Valentia, 

"I 
J 
) 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot  :  j 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

145. 

33. 

So  it was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1.  2,  after 
(" him"),  insert  (" as  to  produce  the  largest 
income  that  can  be  reasonably  obtained  from 
it"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second 
time,  was disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  20,  at  the 

end,  insert— 

("(d)  If  any  person  is  aggrieved  by  the 
local  pension 
refusal  or  neglect  of  a 
committee  to  consider  a  claim 
for  a 
pension,  or  to  determine  any  question 
referred  to  them,  that  person  may  apply 
in  the  prescribed  manner  to  the  central 
pension authority, and that authority  may, 
if  they  consider  that  the  local  pension 
committee  have  refused  or  neglected  to 
consider  and determine  the  claim  or ques-
tion  within  a  reasonable  time,  themselves 
consider  and  determine 
the  claim  or 
question  in  the  same  manner  as  on  an 

VOL.  163. 

appeal  from  the  decision  of  the 
pension  committee ; 

(e)  The  expression  ' party  aggrieved  ' shall 
include  a  member  of  the  said  committee 
who  has taken  part in the consideration  of 
the  report  and  has  dissented  from  the 
decision "), 

the next  Amendment,  being  read a  second  time  ; 

The  said  Amendment  was  divided. 
So  much  of  the  said  Lords'  Amendment  as 
relates  to  the  insertion  of  paragraph  (d)  was 
agreed  to. 

So  much  of  the  said  Lords'  Amendment  as 
relates  to  the  insertion  of  paragraph  (e)  was 
disagreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far as  the  Amendment  in  p.  6,1.  6,  being  read  a 
second  time,  were  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  6,  after  1.  6, 

insert  as  a new  subsection— 

(" (6)  Any  reference  in  this  Act  to  pension 
authorities  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference 
to  the  pension  officer,  the  local  pension  com-
mittee,  and  the  central  pension  authority,  or  to 
any one  of  them, as the  case  requires "), the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
agreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  6,  1.  9, being  read  a 
second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  6,  1.  9,  after 
(" representation  "),  insert  (" or  if  any  person 
directly  or  indirectly  deprives  himself  of  any 
income  or  property  in  order  to  qualify  himself 
for  the  receipt  of  an old  age  pension,  or for  the 
receipt  of  an  old  age  pension  at  a  higher  rate 
to  which  he  would  otherwise  be 
than  that 
entitled  under  this  Act  "), the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

Then 

the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendment, 

being  read a second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  7,  after  1.  17, 

insert  as  a  new  subsection— 

("(3)  Every  regulation  under  this  Act  shall 
be  laid  before  each  House  of  Parliament  forth-
with,  and  if  an  Address  is  presented  to  His 
Majesty  by  either  House  of  Parliament  within 
the  next  subsequent  twenty-one  days  on  which 
that  House  has sat  next  after  any  such  regula-
tion is  laid  before  it,  praying  that  the  regulation 
may  be  annulled,  His  Majesty  in  Council  may 
annul  the  regulation,  and  it  shall  thenceforth  be 
void,  but  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of 
anything  previously  done 
the 
remaining  Amendment,  being  read  a  second 
time,  was  agreed  to. 

thereunder"), 

Ordered,  That a Committee of  Seven  Members 
be  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned 
to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the 
Bill. 

And  the  Committee  was  nominated  of  Mr. 
Asquith,  Mr.  Balfour,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer,  Mr.  Harcourt,  Mr.  Arthur  Hender-
son,  Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien,  and  Mr.  Eugene 
Wason : And  they  are  to  withdraw  immediately. 
Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 
Committee.—(Mr.  Chancellor of the Exchequer.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Irish 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Pniverritier 
by  the  Lords  to the  Irish  Universities  Bill. 
The  Lords'  Amendments,  as  far  as 

the 
Amendment  in  p.  5,1.  39,  being  read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

Bil1" 

3  D  2 

31s/  July . 

190a 

[No. 118. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  39,  after 
(" funds "),  insert  (" and the  professor or  lecturer 
is  not  eligible  for  membership  of  the  General 
Board  of  Studies,  or  of  any  faculty  other  than 
the  faculty  of  theology  ;  or 

(b)  the  erection  of  any  church,  chapel,  or 
place  of  religious  worship  or  observance 
by  means  of  private  benefaction within  or 
without  the  precincts  of  the  university  or 
college  "), 

the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  thia  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords 
the  said  Amendment  —  (Mr. 
Birrell)  ; 

in 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Haviland-Burke 

I 
:  J 

142. 

40. 

So   it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  41,  after 
("teaching  "j,  insert  (" or")  and  leave  out  (" or 
religious  worship "), the  next  Amendment,  being 
read  a  second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

Then  an  Amendment was  made  to  the  Bill,  in 
lieu  of  the  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  39, 
which  was  disagreed  to,  by  inserting,  in  p.  5, 
1.  41,  at  the  end  thereof  the  words  " and  no 
professor  of  or  lecturer  in  theology  or  divinity 
shall  be  eligible  for membership  of  the  General 
Board  of  Studies,  or  of  any  faculty  other  than 
the  faculty  of  theology."—(Mr.  Birrell.) 

Then 

the  remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords 
for  disagreeing  to  one  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  their  Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

And  the  Committee  was  nominated  of  Mr. 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr. 
Bright,  Mr.  Walter  Long,  and  Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  immediately. 
Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Birrell.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Telegraph 
(Construction)  take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
Bl11, 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Telegraph  (Construction) 
B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Bee Pest 
The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
(Ireland) Bill,  ^ake  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to   the  B ee   Pest  (Ireland)  B i l l; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Whale 
Fisheries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendment  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Ireland) 
B i l l;   and  the  same  was  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 

hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and the  Question  being  Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House,  at  its  rising  to-
morrow,  do  adjourn  until  Monday  the  12th  day  1  m 
of  October  n e x t;   that  for  the  remainder  of  the 
Session  Government  Business  have  precedence 
at  every  Sitting; 
that  at  the  conclusion  of 
Government  Business  on  each  day  Mr.  Speaker 
do  adjourn  the  House  without  Question  put; 
and  that  on  Fridays  the  House,  unless  it  other-
wise  resolves,  shall  at  its  rising  stand  adjourned 
until  the  following  Monday—(Mr.  Asquith)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1. 2,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " next  " to  the  end  of  the  Question.—(Sir 
Charles  Dilke.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put  ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House,  at  its  rising  to-
morrow,  do  adjourn  until  Monday  the  12th  day 
of  October  n e x t;   that  for  the  remainder  of  the 
Session  Government  Business  have  precedence 
at  every  Sitting; 
that  at  the  conclusion  of 
Government  Business  on  each  day  Mr.  Speaker 
do  adjourn  the  House  without  Question  put; 
and  that  on  Fridays  the  House,  unless  it  other-
wise  resolves,  shall  at  its  rising  stand  adjourned 
until  the  following  Monday. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 

reported  ° l d Age 

from  the  Committee  appointed 
to  draw  up 
Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for  dis-
agreeing  to  several  of  the  Amendments  made 
by their  Lordships to the  Old Age  Pensions  Bill; 
That  they  had  drawn  up  Reasons  accordingly, 
which  they  had  directed  him  to  report  to  the 
House  ;  and  the  same  were  read,  as  follow : 

Pensions  Bill. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  1,  Is.  5  and  10,  for  the 
following  Reason  :—Because  the  effect of  these 
Amendments  would  be  to  limit  the  duration  of 
old  age  pensions  as  proposed  by  the  Commons; 
and  the  Commons  consider  it  unnecessary  to 
offer  any  further  Reason,  hoping 
the  above 
Reason  may  be  deemed  sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords in  p. 1,1.21,  for the following 
Reason:—Because,  so  far  as  the  matter  is  not 
capable  of  being  dealt  with  by  regulations,  the 
Commons  consider  that  the  Lords'  Amendment 
puts  technical  difficulties in  the  way  of  obtaining 
the  Commons  consider  are 
pensions,  which 
unnecessary. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p. 2,1.  7,  for  the  following 
Reason  :—Because  the  effect  of  the  Amendment 
would  be  to  vary  the  period  of  disqualification 
for  a  pension;  and  the  Commons  consider  it 
unnecessary  to  offer any  further  Reason,  hoping 
the  above  Reason  may  be  deemed  sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p. 2,  Is. 34  and  35, for  the 
following  Reason  ;—Because  the  object  aimed 
at  can  be  met  by  regulations  under  the  Bill. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by the  Lords in p.  3,1.  17, for the  following 
Reason  :—Because  the  Amendment  reduces  the 
number  of  persons  disqualified  by  the  Bill,  and 
may  therefore 
increase  the  charge;  and  the 
Commons  consider  it  unnecessary  to  offer  any 
further  Reason,  hoping  the  above  Reason  may 
be  deemed  sufficient. 

No.ua]  8 EDW.  VII. 

31s£ 

July.—August. 

389 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p. 4,1.  2,  for  the  following 
Reason:—Because  it  would  apply tests  of  means 
which  would  be  more  stringent  than  those  in 
the  Bill,  and  very  difficult to  administer. 

The  Commons,  while  agreeing  to  the  Amend-
ment  made  by  the  Lords  to  insert,  after  1. 20, 
paragraph  (d),  disagree  with  the  Amendment  to 
insert  paragraph  (e),  for  the  following  Reason  : 
—Because  they  do  not  consider  that  a  special 
appeal  should  be  given  in  such  a  case. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  5,  Is.  30  and  40,  for  the 
following Season  :—Because these  Amendments 
alter  the  constitution  of  the  body  appointed  by 
this  House  for carrying  the  Act  into  force  ;  and 
the  Commons  consider  it  unnecessary  to  offer 
any  further  Reason,  hoping  the  above  Reason 
may  be  deemed  sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p. 6,1.9,  for  the  following 
Reason  :—Because  they  consider  that  this  is  not 
a  matter  which  should  properly  be  made  a 
criminal  offence. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  to  insert  a  new  subsection 
after  1.  11,  for  the  following  Reason  :—Because 
they  consider that the  subject  of  the  Amendment 
is  a  matter  for  regulation. 

The  said  Reasons,  being  read  a second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That a  Message  be sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reasons  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendments)  : And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

Mr.  Birrell  reported  from  the  Committee 
appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to 
the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  one  of  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the  Irish 
Universities  B i l l;   That  they  had  drawn  up  a 
Reason  accordingly,  which  they  had  directed 
him  to  report  to  the  House  ;  and  the  same  was 
read,  as  followeth: 
-  The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  5,1.  39,  for the  follow-
ing  Reason  : — Because  the  first  part  of  the 
Amendment  is  not  in  the  proper  place  in  the 
Clause,  and  they  propose  to  insert  the  corre-
sponding  provision  at  the  end  of  1.  4 1;   and 
because  the  second  part  of  the  Amendment  is 
contrary  to  the  principle  on  which  public  money 
was  given  to  the  university. 

The  said  Reason,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and Amendments)  : And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Expiring  Laws 

Continuance  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  P u b l ic   W o r ks 

Loans  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Friendly 
Societies  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

to 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Expiring 
Laws 
Continuance 
BiU. 
Public  Works 
Loans  BiU. 

Friendly-
Societies  BiU. 

Small 
Holdings  and 
Allotments 
Bill 

[lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Small  Holdings  and 
Allotments  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Companies 
Act  to  consolidate  the  Companies  Act,  1862,  g ^ 0] ^ 0? 
and  the  Acts  amending  i t;   to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

1 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Lunacy  Bin 

Act  to  amend  the  Lunacy  Acts,  1890  and  1891  ; [Lords.] 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Amendments  made  by   the  Friendly 
L o r ds   to  the  F r i e n d ly   S o c i e t i es   B i ll   be  n ow   Societies Bill, 
taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented, —  Return 

to  an Emigration 
Order,  dated  the  31st  day  of  this  instant  July,  »nd  Immi« rft-
for  a  Return  relative 
Immigration. 

to  Emigration  and4"®' 

No.  292. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Whereupon  Mr.  D e p u ty   Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
10th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y,   it  being 
then  nine  minutes  after  S e v en   of 
the 
clock,  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Criminal  Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill 

[Lords], 

Standing 
Committee. 

B. 

[No.  119.] 
Saturday,  1st August  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Ten  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E B S. 

Q E Y E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented, 
^ 
and  read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon 
Table. 

PubUc 
f k A  Petitions. 

e  Vide  Seventh 

Report. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Fishery 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  investigation, 
appointed  to 
into  the  Scientific  and 
Statistical  Investigations  now  being  carried  on 
in  relation 
the 
United  Kingdom. 

to  the  Fishing  Industry  of 

inquire 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Director  to  the  Board  National 

of  Governors  and  Guardians  of  the  National 
Gallery  of  Ireland,  for  the  year  1907. 

. 

n 

Mr.  Hobhouse  also  presented,—Return  to  an  Local 

Order,  dated  the  14th  day  of  July  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  Local  Taxation  Licences,  1907-8.  ' 
&c.,  1907-8. 

' 
No." 293. 

&c 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

3  D  3 

390 

1st  August. 

1908. 

[No. 119. 

Board  of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Board of 
Education. 

Strachey 

Sir  Edward 

presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Proceedings at the  Eighteenth  Annual  Meeting 
of  Representatives  of  Authorities under the  Sea 
Fisheries  Regulation  Act,  1888. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Outline  of  the  successive 
Legislative and Administrative Conditions affect-
ing  the  Relations of  the  Board of  Education  to 
Agricultural  Education. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Consolidated 
Fund 
(Appropria-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Consolidated  Fund (Appropriation)  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time 
and passed. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Old Age 
Pensions  Bill. 

Irish 
Universities 
Bill. 

Consolidated 
Fund 
(Appropria-
tion)  Bill. 
Commons 
Regulation 
(Towyn 
Trewan) 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
Endowed 
Schools 
(Masters)  Bill 
[Lordt.-] 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of  their Clerks,  as followeth : 

The Lords do not insist on their Amendments 
to  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  to  which  this 
House hath disagreed. 

The Lords  do not  insist on  their  Amendment 
to  the  Irish  Universities  Bill  to  which  this 
House  hath  disagreed,  and  agree  to  the 
Amendment  made  by  the  Commons  to  the 
Amendment  made  by  the  Lords,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Consolidated 
Fund  (Appropriation) Bill, without any Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Commons 
Regulation  (Towyn  Trewan)  Provisional  Order 
Bill, without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Endowed  Schools 
(Masters)  Bill  [Lords],   without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Boyal  Assent.  A  Message  was  delivered  bv  Thomas  Dacres 
Butler,  Esquire,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the  Black 
Rod: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's Commission, for declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire the immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hfear the  Commission read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers: —And being 
returned j 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the  House, at .the 
desire of  the  Lords authorised  by virtue of  His 
Majesty's Commission, had been at the  House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring, and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent to  the  several  Acts therein  men-
tioned ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby authorised 
had declared the  Royal  Assent to the said Acts, 
as follow: 

1.  Appropriation Act,  1908. 
2.  Finance  Act,  1908. 
3.  Patents and Designs  Act,  1908. 
4.  Fatal Accidents  (Damages)  Act,  1908. 
5.  Police (Superannuation)  Act,  1908. 
6.  Public Health A ct,  1908. 

7.  Post  Office Savings Bank  Act,  1908. 
8.  Tobacco Growing  (Scotland)  Act,  1908. 
9.  Wild Birds Protection  Act,  1908. 
10.  Companies Act,  1908. 
11.  Polling  Districts  (County  Councils)  Act, 

1908. 

12.  Polling  Arrangements 
Boroughs) Act,  1908. 

(Parliamentary 

13.  Cran Measures Act,  1908. 
14.  Evicted Tenants  (Ireland) Act,  1908. 
15.  Agricultural  Holdings Act,  1908. 
16.  Public  Works Loans Act,  1908. 
17.  Summary  Jurisdiction 

(Ireland)  Act, 

18.  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  Act, 

1908. 

1908. 

19.  Bee Pest  Prevention  (Ireland)  Act,  1908. 
20.  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1908. 
21.  Naval  Marriages Act,  1908. 
22.  Expiring  Laws  Continuance  Act,  1908. 
23.  Old Age  Pensions  Act,  1908. 
24.  Isle  of Man (Customs)  Act,  1908. 
25.  Seed  Potatoes  and  Seed  Oats  Supply 

(Ireland)  Act, 1908. 

26.  Naval Lands (Volunteers) Act,  1908. 
27.  Whale  Fisheries  (Ireland)  Act,  1908. 
28.  Costs in Criminal  Cases Act,  1908. 
29.  Married Women's Property  Act,  1908. 
30.  Polling  Districts  and  Registration  of 

Voters (Ireland) Act,  1908. 
31.  University  of  Durham Act,  1908. 
32.  Grand Jury (Ireland)  Act (1836) Amend-

ment Act,  1908. 
33.  Registration  Act,  1908. 
34.  Coroners (Ireland) Act,  1908. 
35.  Endowed Schools (Masters) Act,  1908. 
36.  Irish Universities Act,  1908. 
37.  Telegraph  (Construction) Act,  1908., 
38.  Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension)  Act, 

1908. 

39.  Ayr  Corporation  Tramways  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

40.  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie  (Cluny)  Har-

bour Order Confirmation Act,  1908. 
41.  Electric  Lighting  Orders  Confirmation 

(No.  1) Act,  1908. 

42.  Electric  Lighting  Orders  Confirmation 

(No.  2)  Act,  1908. 

43.  Electric  Lighting  Orders  Confirmation 

(No.  3)  Act,  1908. 

44.  Lanarkshire  Tramways  Order  Confirma-

tion  Act,  1908. 

45.  Lanarkshire 

(Middle  Ward  District) 

Water  Order Confirmation Act,  1908. 

46.  Paisley  District  Tramways  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

47.  Land  Drainage  Provisional  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

48.  Metropolitan  Commons  Scheme  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

49.  Troon (Loch  Bradan)  Water  Order Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

50.  Local  Government  Board  (Ireland)  Pro-
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  1) 
Act,  1908. 

51.  Local  Government  Board  (Ireland)  Pro-
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 
Act,  1908. 

52.  Local  Government  Board  (Ireland)  Pro-
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  3) 
Act,  1908. 

53.  Local  Government Board  (Ireland)  Pro-
(No.  4) 

visional  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1908. 

No. 120.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

12 th October. 

3 91 

54.  Galashiels  Drainage  and  Burgh  Exten-
tension  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 
55.  Falkirk  and  District  Water  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

56.  Education  Board Provisional  Orders  Con-

firmation  (London)  Act,  1908. 

57.  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway 

Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

58.  Tramways  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 

Act,  1908. 

59.  Gas  and  Water  Orders  Confirmation 

Act,  1908. 

60.  Gas  Orders  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 
61.  Pier  and  Harbour  Orders  Confirmation 

(No.  1)  Act,  1908. 

62.  Pier  and  Harbour  Orders  Confirmation 

63. 

64, 

(No.  2)  Act,  1908. 

Pier  and  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 

(No.  3)  Act,  1908. 

Lanark  Corporation  (Extension  of  Boun-
daries,  &c.)  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1908. 

65.  Provisional  Order  (Marriages)  Confirma-

tion  Act,  1908. 

66.  Usk  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

67.  Wye  Fisheries  Provisional  Order  Con-

firmation Act,  1908. 

71 

69 

68. 

70, 

Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation (No.  1)  Act,  1908. 
Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2)  Act,  1908. 
Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  4)  Act,  1908. 
Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  5)  Act,  1908. 
72.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  6)  Act,  1908. 
73.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  7)  Act,  1908. 
74.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Order  Confirmation  (No.  8)  Act,  1908. 
75.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  9)  Act,  1908. 
Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation (No.  10) Act,  1908. 
Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Order  Confirmation (No.  11) Act,  1908. 
Edinburgh  and  District  Water  Order 

77 

76 

78 

Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

79.  Commons  Regulation  (Towyn  Trewan) 

Provisional  Order  Act,  1908. 

80.  Conway  and  Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water 

Supply  Board  Act,  1908. 

81.  Lincoln  Corporation  (Water,  &c.)  Act, 

1908. 

82.  North  Eastern  Railway  Act,  1908. 
83.  North  East  London  Railway  Act,  1908. 
84.  Bury  and  District  Joint  Water  Board 

Act,  1908. 

85.  Draycott  Gas  Act,  1908. 
86.  Cardiff Railway  Act,  1908. 
87.  King's  College,  London  (Transfer)  Act, 

.  1908. 

88.  Audenshaw  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

89.  Tawe  Valley  Gas  Act,  1908. 
90.  Bristol  Tramways  Act,  1908. 
91.  Cambrian  Railways  (Debenture  Stock) 

Act,  1908. 

92.  North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance 

Company's  Act,  1908. 
93.  Upton  Town  Hall  Act,  1908. 
94.  Blaydon  and  Ryton  Water  (Transfer) 

Act,  1908. 

VOL.  163/ 

95.  Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  A c t,   1908. 
96.  Stockport  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
97.  Humber  Commercial  Railway  and  Dock 

Act,  1908. 

98.  Southwell  District  Gas  Act,  1908. 
99.  Louth  and East  Coast Railway  (Transfer) 

Act,  1908. 

100.  Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Act,  1908. 
101.  Camborne  Water  Act,  1908. 
102.  Briton Ferry  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

103.  Bristol  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
104.  Leicester  Corporation  Act,  1908, 
105.  Rochester  Bridge  Act,  1908. 
106.  Doncaster  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
107.  Motherwell Burgh  Extension  and  Sewage 

Purification  Act,  1908. 

108.  Swinton  and  Mexbrough  Gas  Act,  1908. 
109.  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
110.  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Act,  1908. 
111.  Barry  Railway  Act,  1908. 
112.  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Act,  1908. 
113.  Taff  Vale  Railway  Act,  1908. 
114.  Northern  Assurance  Act,  1908. 
115.  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Company, 

Limited,  Act,  1908. 
116.  Leeds  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
117.  Pontypridd  Waterworks  and  Tramroad 

Act,  1908. 

118.  Bognor  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company 

Act,  1908. 

119.  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribu-

tion  Company  Act,  1908. 

120.  Aire  and  Calder  Navigation  Act,  1908. 
121.  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

122.  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c.  Act, 

1908. 

123.  Wolverhampton  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
124.  Finchley  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1908. 

125.  Stratford-upon-Avon  and  Midland  June* 
(Amalgamation)  Act, 

tion  Railway 
1908. 

126.  London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

Improvements)  Act,  1908. 

127.  London  County  Council  (Money)  Act, 

1908. 
128.  Macclesfield 

and  District  Tramways 

(Abandonment)  Act,  1908. 

129.  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Act, 

1908. 

130.  Leith  Burgh  Act,  1908. 
131.  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast  Rail-

way  Act,  1908. 

132.  Liverpool  Corporation  (General  Powers) 

Act,  1908. 

133.  Tyne  Improvement  Act,  1908. 
134.  Widnes  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
135.  Margate  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
136.  Manchester  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
137.  Burnley  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
138.  Ammanford  Urban  District  Council 

(Water)  Act,  1908. 

139.  Metropolitan  Electric  Tramways  Act, 

1908. 

140.  Rhymney  and  Aber  Valleys  Gas  and 

Water  Act,  1908. 

141.  Wath  and  Bolton  Gas  Board  Act,  1908. 
142.  South  West  Suburban  Water  Act,  1908. 
143.  Blackburn  Corporation  Act,  1908. 
144.  Keighley  Corporation  Act,  1908. 

3  D  4 

1st  August.—12th 

October. 

1908. 

[No. 120. 

392 
145. 

Great  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Bromp-

ton  Railway  Act,  1908. 

146.  Thames  River  Steamboat  Service  Act 

(1904)  Amendment  Act,  1908. 

147.  Holderness  Water  A c t,   1908. 
148.  ijondon  United  Tramways  Act,  1908. 
149.  Nottinghamshire  and  Derbyshire  Tram-

ways  Act,  1908. 

150.  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Act,  1908. 
151.  Criccieth  Water  and  Improvement  Act, 

1908. 

152.  Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

•  1908. 

153.  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power  Act, 

1908. 

154.  Gosport  Gas  Act,  1908. 
155.  London County Council (General  Powers) 

Act,  1908. 

156.  Ravensthorpe  Urban  District  Council 

Act,  1908. 

157.  Crystal  Palace  Company's  Act,  1908. 
158.  River  Wandle  Protection  Act,  1908. 
159.  Dover  Graving  Docks  Act,  1908. 
160.  Tollemache  Estate  A c t,   1908. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  10th 
day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  twenty-
three  minutes  after  Twelve  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October 
next. 

[No.  120.] 
Monday,  12 th October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P E AT   E K S, 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.] 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  R e a d i ng   of  the  London  Electric 

Supply  B i ll   [Lords'] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  R e a d i ng   of  the  London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Eeport. 
Parliamentary  The 
Papers 

3 

Several  P u b l ic   Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  :  and  ordered  to   lie  upon  the  T a b l e. 

x 

following  Papers,  presented  by  His 
Majesty's  Command  during  the  Recess,  were 
to  the  Librarian  of  the  House  of 
delivered 
Commons  during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order  of  the  14th  August  1896  :— 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Copies  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 
Annual  Series,  Nos.  4084  to  4088,  and  4097 
to  4141. 

Treaty  Series 
Copy  of  Arbitration  Convention  between  the 
(No. 21,1908.) United  Kingdom  and  the  United  States  of 
America,  together  with  an  Exchange  of  Notes 
as  to  the  Interpretation  of  Article  2.  Signed  at 
Washington,  4 th  April  1908.  Ratifications 
exchanged  at  Washington,  4th  June  1908. 

Copy  of  Declaration 

Treaty  Series 
and  Memorandum 
(No. 23,1908.)  between  the  United  Kingdom,  Denmark,  France, 
Germany,  the  Netherlands,  and  Sweden  con-
the  Status  Quo 
cerning 

the  maintenance  of 

in the  Territories  bordering  upon  the North  Sea. 
Signed  at  Berlin,  23rd  April  1908.  Ratifi-
cations  deposited  at  Berlin,  2nd  July  1908. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  U n i t ed 
Kingdom  and  B e l g i um   concerning  the  E x c h a n ge 
Signed  at 
of 
Brussels,  28th  J u ly   1908. 

Insured  Letters  and  B o x e s.  

Copy  of  Accession  of  the  United  States  of 
America  to  the  International  Agreement  of  18th 
May  1904 for the  Suppression of the  White  Slave 
Traffic (6th  June  1908). 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  United 
Kingdom  and  Liberia  modifying  the  Treaty  of 
Commerce  of  21st  November  1848.  Signed  at 
Monrovia,  23rd  July  1908. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between 

the  U n i t ed 
Kingdom  and  Ethiopia  relative  to  the  Frontier 
between  British  East  Africa,  Uganda, 
and 
Ethiopia. 
Signed  at  A d is   Ababa,  6th  December 
1907  [with  Map]. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  24,1908.) 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  25,  1908.) 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  26,  1908.) 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  27,  1908.) 

Copy  of  further  Correspondence 

respecting 
the  Taxation  of  N a t i v es   and  other  Questions  in 
the  Congo  State. 

Africa 
(No.  i,  1908.) 

Copy 

of  Despatch 

from  H is   Majesty's 
Minister  in  China  forwarding  a  General  R e p o rt 
by  Mr.  L e e ch   respecting  the  Opium  Question 
in  China. 

Copies  of  R e p o r ts   respecting  the  Limitations 
imposed  by   L aw   upon  Testamentary  Bequests 
in  France,  Germany,  Italy,  Russia,  and 
the 
U n i t ed   States. 

Copies 

of  Reports 

from  H is   Majesty's 
Representatives  Abroad  respecting  the  Limita-
tion  of  Speeches 
in  the  Supreme  L e g i s l a t i ve 
Assemblies  in  certain  F o r e i gn   Countries. 

China 
(No.  2,  1908.) 

Limitations 
upon 
Testamentary 

(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  7,  1908.) 
Limitation  of 
Speeches  in 
Supreme 
Legislative 
Assemblies 
(Miscel-
laneous, 
No.  8,  1908.) 

' 

(Weihaiwei,  Annual'( 

Copies  of  Reports,  Nos.  567  (Seychelles,  Colonial 
Annual  Report  for 1907), 568 (Bermuda, Annual  Reports 
';> 
Report  for  1907),  569 
Report  for  1907),  570  (Hong  Kong,  Annual 
Report 
(Malta,  Report  for 
1907-8), 
(British  Honduras,  Annual 
Report  for  1907),  573  (Gold  Coast,  Annual 
Report  for  1907),  574  (Nyasaland,  Report  for 
1907-8),  575  (Bahamas,  Report  for  1907-8), 
576  (Gambia,  Annual  Report  for  1907). 

for  1907),  571 

572 

Copies  of  Reports,  Nos.  53  (East  Africa 
Protectorate,  Report  on  Veterinary  Bacterio-
logical  Work  during  1907-8),  54  (Newfound-
land,  Report  by  the  Governor  on  a  Visit  to  the 
Micmac  Indians  at  Bay  d'Espoir),  55  (Cape 
Colony,  Report  on the  Rietfontein  Area,  by  Mr. 
J.  F.  Herbst). 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Miscel-
laneous.) 

Copy  of  Annual  Report  on  Cyprus 

for Cyprus, 

1907-8. 

Copy  of  Report  on  Agriculture  in Asia Minor,  Asia  Minor, 

with  special  reference  to  Cotton  Cultivation,  by 
Professor  Wyndham  Dunstan,  M.A.,  L L . D ., 
F.R.S.,  Director  of  the  Imperial  Institute. 

Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Casualties,  Railway 
as reported  to  the  Board  of  Trade by  the  several  Accidents. 
Railway  Companies  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
during  the three months  ended  31st  March  1908, 
together  with  Reports  of  the  Inspecting  Officers 
of  the  Railway  Department  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  upon  certain  Accidents  which  were 
inquired  into. 

Copy  of  General  Report  to  the  Board  of Railway 
Trade  upon  Accidents  that  have  occurred  on  Accidents° 
the  Railways  of  the  United  Kingdom  during  the 
year  1907. 

Copy  of  Return,  in  pursuance  of  Section  4 Bailway 
of  the  Regulation  of  Railways  Act,  1889,  of  ^oTs^f 
Labour.) 

No. 120 ]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

12 th  October. 

393 

Light 
Railways  Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways  Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways  Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways  Act, 
1896. 

Light 
Railways  Act, 
1896. 

Railway  Servants  of  certain  classes  who  were, 
on  one  or  more  occasions  during  the  month  of 
April  1908,  on  duty  on  the  Railways  of  the 
United  Kingdom for  more  than twelve  hours  at  a 
time  ;  or  who,  after  being  on  duty  more  than 
twelve  hours,  were  allowed  to resume  work  with 
less than nine hours' rest,  showing periods of duty 
after deduction  of time  (if  any)  spent  on  travel-
ling  home  after  relief,  with  Appendices  giving 
additional  statements  and  explanations  furnished 
by  the  Railway  Companies. 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  authorising  the  construction  of  Light 
Railways  in  the  Urban  District  of  Watford,  in 
the  County  of  Hertford,  and  amending 
the 
County  of  Hertford  Light  Railways  (No.  1) 
Order,  1904  (County  of  Hertford  Light  Rail-
ways  (Watford  and  Bushey  Extensions,  &c.) 
Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and confirmed by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  conferring  additional  powers  upon  the 
Tanat  Valley  Light  Railway  Company,  incor-
porated  by  the  Tanat  Valley  Light  Railway 
Order,  1898  (Tanat  Valley  Light  Railway 
(Additional  Powers)  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and modified and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade,  authorising  the  construction  of  Light 
Railways  in  the  Borough  and  County  of  Car-
narvon,  being  a  deviation  and  extension  of  the 
authorised  undertaking  of  the  Portmadoc,  Bedd-
gelert,  and  South  Snowdon  Railway  Company 
from  Dinas  to  Carnarvon,  and the  abandonment 
of  a  part  of  the  said  undertaking  (Portmadoc, 
Beddgelert, and South  Snowdon  Railway  (Light 
Railway  Extension  at  Carnarvon)  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified  and  confirmed by  the  Board 
of  Trade, authorising  the construction  of  a Light 
Railway  in  the  Counties  of  Carmarthen  and  of 
Cardigan  from  Llandilo  to  Lampeter  (Llandilo 
and  Lampeter  Light  Railway  Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
amending  the  Central  Essex  Light  Railway 
Orders,  1901  to  1907  (Central  Essex  Light 
Railway  (Amendment  and  Extension  of  Time) 
Order,  1908). 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway 
Commissioners  under  the  Light  Railways  Act, 
1896,  and  modified and  confirmed  by  the  Board 
of  Trade, authorising the Portmadoc,  Beddgelert, 
and  South  Snowdon  Railway  Company 
to 
reconstruct,  construct,  and  work  the  railways 
authorised  by  the  Portmadoc,  Beddgelert,  and 
South  Snowdon  Railway  Acts,  1901  and  1904, 
as  a  Light  Railway  under  the  Light  Railways 
Act,  1896,  and authorising  the  construction  of  a 
Light  Railway  in  the  County of  Carnarvon  from 
the  termination  of  the  railway  authorised  by  the 
said  Act  of  1901  near  Beddgelert  to  Bettws-y-
Coed, and amending and consolidating  the  capital 
and  borrowing  powers  of  the  Company,  and  for 
other  purposes 
(Portmadoc,  Beddgelert,  and 
South Snowdon Railway  (Light  Railway)  Order, 
1908). 

Prisons 
(England and 
Wales.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Prisons  and  the  Directors  of  Convict  Prisons 
(Parts  I.  and  II.), with  Appendices, for the  year 
ended  31st  March  1908. 

VOL.  163. 

Copy of  Report, of  the  Commissioner  of  Police  Police 

of  the  Metropolis  for the year  1907. 

(Metropolis.) 

Copy  of  General  Report  and  Statistics  for the  Mines and 
year  1907.  Part  II.j  Labour;  General  Report  Quarries, 
and  Statistics  relating  to  Persons  employed  and 
Accidents  at  Mines  and  Quarries  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  and  to  the  enforcement  of  the  Mines 
and  Quarries  Acts. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for  Explosions 
the  Home  Department,  by  J.  S.  Martin,  i.s.O.,  (Norton  Hill 
one  of  His  Majesty's Inspectors of  Mines,  on  the  0olliery-> 
circumstances  attending  an  Explosion  which 
occurred  at  Norton  Hill  Colliery  on  9th  April 
1908. 

Copy of Report to the Secretary  of  State for the 
Home  Department,  by  Captain  H.  Coningham, 
R.A.,  His  Majesty's  Inspector  of  Explosives,  on 
the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion  of 
Detonators at  the Factory of  the Patent  Electric 
Shot  Firing  Company,  Newbold,  in the  County 
of Derby,  on  the  29th  June  1908. 

Explosions 
(Patent 
Electric  Shot 
Firing 
Company, 
Newbold, 
Derbyshire.) 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the Home  Department, by Major A.  Cooper-Key, 
His  Majesty's  Chief  Inspector  of  Explosives, 
on  the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion 
which  occurred  in  a cartridge  hut  at  the  Factory 
of  Messrs.  Curtis and  Harvey,  Limited,  at  Cliffe, 
in  the  County  of  Kent,  on thes5th  June  1908. 

Explosions 
(Curtis  and 
Harvey's 
Factory  at 
Clifle,  Kent.) 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the Home  Department, by Major A.  Cooper-Key, 
His  Majesty's  Chief  Inspector  of  Explosives,  on 
the  circumstances  attending  an  Explosion  on  the 
premises  occupied  by  the  Mersey,  Weaver,  and 
Ship  Canal  Carrying  Company,  Limited,  in 
Dawson  Street,  Hulme,  Manchester,  on  23rd 
June  1908. 

Explosions 
(Mersey, 
Weaver,  and 
Ship  Canal 
Carrying 
Company, 
Dawson 
Street, 
Manchester.) 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  Mines and 

for  the  Home  Department,  by  Hugh  John-  Quarries 
stone,  Esquire,  His  Majesty's  Inspector  of$™gfi° n of 
Mines,  on 
attending  an  irruption  of  Water  which  occurred  Collieries.) 
at  Brereton  Collieries,  South  Staffordshire,  on 
15th  February  1908. 

the  causes  of  and  circumstances Brereton 

Copy  of  Statistics  of  Proceedings  under  the  Workmen's 
Workmen's  Compensation  Acts,  1897,  1900,  and Compensation. 
1906,  and  the  Employers'  Liability  Act,  1880, 
during  the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Fifth  Report  of  the  Commissioners  Sewage 
appointed  to  inquire  and report what methods  of  Disposal 
treating  and  disposing  of  Sewage  may  properly 
be  adopted,  together  with  Minutes  of  Evidence 
and  Appendices  (eight  volumes). 

ffiZLor,) 

Copv  of  Sixty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Charitable 
Commissioners  of  Charitable  Donations  and  Donations and 
Bequests  for  Ireland. 

f / X n ^) 

^ 

Copy  of  Reports  respecting  Peterhead  Har-  Peterhead 
Harbour. 

bour  W o r k s.  

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  given  before  Fishery 

the  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  Investigation. 
Scientific  and  Statistical  Investigations  now 
being  carried  on 
in  relation  to  the  Fishing 
Industry  of  the  United  Kingdom,  together  with 
Appendices  and  Report. 

Copy  of  Returns  of  the  number  of  Courts-  Navy  (Courts-

Martial  held,  and 
inflicted,  on  Seamen  of  the  Royal  Navy,  &c., 
during  the  year  1907. 

summary  Punishments  Martial.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Astronomer  Royal  to  Greenwich 
the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Royal  Observatory,  Observatory. 
Greenwich,  1908. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Interdepartmental  Injuries  to 
Committee  on  Injuries  to  Submarine  Cables,  Submarine 
with  Minutes  of Evidence  and  Appendices. 

3  e 

(inter-
departmental 
Committee.) 

12 th  October. 

1908. 

[No, 120. 

Secondary 
Education 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Report  on  Secondary  Education  in 
Scotland  for  the  year  1908,  by  J.   Struthers, 
Esquire,  C.B.,  LL.D. 

Births,  Deaths, 
and  Marriages 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Fifty-second  detailed  Annual  Report 
of the  Registrar  General  for  Scotland  of  Births, 
Deaths,  and  Marriages  in  Scotland  (Abstracts 
for  1906). 

Register House  Copy of  Minute  of  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
for 
(Edinburgh.)  amending  Article  V I.   of  the  Secretary 
Scotland's  Minute,  dated  14th  September  1893, 
with  respect  to  Gratuities  to  Engrossing  Clerks 
in  the  Office  of  the  Register  of  Deeds,  in  the 
Sasines  Office, and  in  the  Record  Office. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Supplement to the Thirteenth  Annual 
Report  of  the  Local  Government  Board  for 
Scotland,  1907,  containing  Statistics  of  Infec-
tious  Disease  Notifications  and  of  Mortality  for 
the  year  1907. 

East  India 
(Statistical 
Abstract.) 

to 
Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract  relating 
British  India  from  1897-8  to  1906-7.  Forty-
second  Number. 

East  India 
(Sanitary 
Measures.) 
East  India 
(Factory 
Labour 
Commission, 
1908.) 
Army (Medical 
Department.) 

Local 
Government 
Board. 

Copy  of  Report  on  Sanitary  Measures 

in 

India  in  1906-7.  Volume  X L. 

Copy of  Report  of  the  Indian  Factory  Labour 
Commission,  1908.  Volume  I.,  Report  and 
Appendices. 

Copy of Report  of  the  Army  Medical  Depart-

ment  for the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Thirty-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the 
Local  Government  Board,  for  1906-7  ;  together 
with  Supplement  containing  the  Report  of  the 
Medical  Officer for  1906-7. 

Board of 
Education. 

Irish  Land 
Act,  1903. 

Copy  of  Statistics  of  Public  Education 
in 
England  and Wales,  1906-7-8.  Part  I.,  Educa-
tional  Statistics. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Estates  Commissioners 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  for  the  year 
ending  31st  M arch  1908,  and  for  the period  from 
lst  November  1903  to  31st  March  1908,  with 
Appendices. 

Irish  Land 
Commission 
(Proceedings.) 

Copy  of  Returns  of  Proceedings  of  the  Irish 
Land  Commission  during  the  months  of  March, 
April,  May,  June,  July,  and  August  1908. 

Copy  of  Returns  of  Advances  made  under 
the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the  months 
of  November  and  December  1907. 

Copy  of  Fiftieth  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Superintendence  on  Dublin  Hospitals  for  the 
year  1907-8. 

Copy  of  Fortieth  Report  of 

the  Deputy 
Keeper  of  the  Public  Records  and  Keeper  of 
the  State  Papers  in  Ireland,  1907. 

Copy  of  Seventy-fourth  Report  of  the  Com-
missioners  of  National  Education  in  Ireland, 
being  for  the  year  1907-8. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Department  of  Agri-
culture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland 
on  the  Sea  and  Inland  Fisheries  of  Ireland  for 
1907.  Part  I.,  General  Report. 

Copy  of  Forty-sixth  Report  of  the  Inspector 
of  Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools  in  Ire-
land,  for the  year  1907. 

Copy  of  Annual  Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Board of 

l o r i e s. 

Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  under  the 
Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts,  1875  to  1907, 
the  Merchandise  Marks  Acts,  1887  to  1894,  the 
Fertilisers  and  Feeding  Stuffs  Act,  1906,  and 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  Act,  1889,  for  the 
year  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Reformatory 

Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Fifty-first 
Report  of  His  Majesty's  Inspector  of  Reforma-  Britain.) 
tories and  Industrial  Schools,  for  the  year  1907. 
Part  II.,  General  Report  and  Appendices  I I I. 
to  X. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the  inebriates 

Inebriates  Acts.  1879  to  1900,  for  the  year  Acts 
i  Qr>» 
J y u'*  

(Inspector's 
Report.) 

Copy  of  General  Report  and  Statistics  for Mines and 

the  year  1907.  Part  III.,  Output;  General  Quarries. 
Report  and  Statistics  relating  to  the  output  and 
value  of  the  Minerals  raised 
the  United 
Kingdom,  the  amount  and  value  of  the  Metals 
produced,  and  the  Exports  and  Imports  of 
Minerals, 

in 

Mr,  Secretary  Gladstone 

also  presented,  Shop  Hours 

pursuant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Act> 1904-
Parliament,—Copies  of  Orders  under  the  Shop 
Hours  Act,  1904,  made  by  the  Councils  of  the 
Urban  District  of Rhondda,  of  the  Metropolitan 
Borough  of  Poplar,  of  the  County  Borough  of 
Brighton,  of  the  Boroughs  of  Burslem,  Neath, 
Keighley,  and  Chippenham,  of  the  Counties  of 
the  West 
Monmouth  and  Durham,  and  of 
Riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  confirmed  by 
the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department, 
the  hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes 
fixing 
of  Shops. 

Copies  of  Orders  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  of  Lancaster,  redividing  the  Eccles, 
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth,  and  Stretford  Parlia-
mentary  Divisions  into  Polling  Districts. 

Polling 
Districts 
(County of 
Lancaster.) 

Copy  of  Licence  granted  by  His  Majesty  to 
Teresa  Rea,  a  convict  under  detention  in  Ayles-
bury  Prison,  permitting  her  to  be  at  large  on 
condition  that  she  enter  the  East  End  Refuge, 
Finchley,  N. 

Penal 
Servitude  Acts 
(Conditional 
Licence.) 

Copies  of  Schemes  for  the  regulation  of 
Hours of  Employment,  Intervals, and  Holidays of 
workers  in  Charitable  Institutions,  approved  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  in  pursuance  of  the 
powers  conferred  on  him  by  the  Factory  and 
Workshop  Act,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
(Schemes  for 
Regulation  of 
Hours of 
Employment, 
&c. in 
Charitable 
Institutions.) 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Statute  made by the  Governing  Body of  Saint 
John's  College,  Oxford,  under  the  Universities 
of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  the 
2nd  May  1908  (and sealed on the 6th  May  1908), 
altering  and  amending  Statute  X  V.,  Clause  4, 
of  the  Statutes  of the  College. 

Universities  of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No.  294. 

Copy  of  Fifty-seventh  Report  of  the  Inspec-
tors  of  Lunatics  in  Ireland,  for  the  year  1907, 
with  Appendices. 

Copy  of  Abstracts  showing 

the  acreage 
under  Crops  and  the  numbers  of  Live  Stock  in 
each  County  and  Province  of  Ireland  for  the 
year  1907-8. 

Copy  of  Seventeenth  Report  of  the  Con-
gested  Districts  Board  for  Ireland  of  Proceed-
ings  under 
the  Congested  Districts  Board 
(Ireland)  Acts,  1891  to  1904,  for  the  year 
ending  31st  March  1908. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  under  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877,  on  the  10th  June  1908  (and  sealed  on  the 
same  date),  altering  the  Statutes  of  the  College 
by  adding  thereto  a  new  Statute,  No.  X X I V. 
(the  Southampton  Exhibitioners). 

Copy  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Mer-
lst  August 
chant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  dated 
1908 :  (1)  continuing  in  force  until  31st  Decem-
ber  1908 
to  Pilotage 
the  Byelaws  relating 
Rates  between  Hull  and  Goole,  approved  by 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No.  295. 

Merchant 
Shipping  Act, 
1894. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Dublin 
Hospitals, 

Public 
Records 
(Ireland.) 

National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 

Reformatory 
and  Industrial 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 
Lunacy 
(Ireland.) 

Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Congested 
Districts 
Board 
(Ireland.) 

No IfK).]  8 EDW. YII. 

mh  October. 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act,  1890. 

Order  in  Council  of  2nd  November  1907;  (2) 
approving  Pilotage  Byelaws  made  by  the  Tees 
Pilotage  Commissioners  in  substitution  for  the 
Byelaws  approved  by  Order  in  Council  of  26th 
October  1896  ;  (3)  approving  Pilotage  Byelaws 
made  by  the  Bristol  Pilotage  Authority. 

(1)  revoking 

Copy  of  Orders 

in  Council  under 

the 
Foreign  Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  26 th 
September  1908: 
the  Brunei 
Orders  in  Council  of  1901  and  1906;  (2)  allow-
ing  appeals  to  His  Majesty  in  Council  from 
decisions  of  the  Straits  Settlements  Supreme 
Court,  sitting  as  a  court  of  appeal  from  the 
courts  having  jurisdiction  in  Brunei;  (3)  the 
Foreign Jurisdiction (Probates) Order in Council, 
1908  ;  (4)  the  Pacific  Order  in'Council  (1893) 
Amendment  Order,  1908. 

Extradition 
Acts,  1870  and 
1873. 

Mail  Ships 
Acts,  1891  and 
1902. 

Copy  of  Order in  Council  under the  Extradi-
tion  Acts,  1870  and  1873,  dated  1st  August 
1908,  entitled  the  Straits  Settlements  Extra-
dition  Order,  1908. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Mail 
Ships  Acts,  1891  and  1902,  dated  1st  August 
1908,  entitled  the  Mail  Ships  (Rules)  Order 
in  Council,  1908. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
. 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Copy  of  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Naval 
and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865, 
approving Memorials of the Lords  Commissioners 
of the  Admiralty  praying  sanction  to— 

1.  An  improvement  in  the  pay  of  Captains  in 
the  Royal  Marines  after  eleven  and  four-
teen  years' seniority,  respectively,  dated  1st 
August  1908. 

2.  The  payment  of  an  allowance  of  10s.  a 
month  to  Warrant  Officers  and  Officers 
promoted  therefrom,  when  employed  on 
duties  connected  with  target  practice  and 
other  duties,  for  wear  and  tear  of  clothing, 
dated  1st  August  1908. 

3.  An  extension  of  the  allowances  for  bread-
making  on board  His  Majesty's  Ships,  dated 
26th  September  1908. 

4.  Extra pay for  Seamen and  Artificer  Divers 
at depths  of more  than  twentv-five  fathoms, 
dated  26th  September  1908. " 

5.  The  payment  of  an allowance  of  3c?. a  day 
to  Seamen  Gunners  employed  on  clerical 
duties  under  certain  conditions,  dated  26th 
September  1908. 

6.  The  payment  of  an  allowance  of  2s.  Qd. a 
day  to  the  Assistant  Paymaster  appointed 
for  duty  with  the  Captain  Commanding 
Torpedo  Destroyers  of  the  Channel  Fleet, 
for  work  of  an  onerous  and  responsible 
character,  dated  26th  September  1908. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council under  the  Ecclesi-
astical  Fees  Acts,  dated  6th  October  1908, 
allowing  a  Table  of  Ecclesiastical  Fees  and  Pay-
ments  settled  by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  the  Archbishop  of 
York. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the 
Oxford  and  Cambridge  Universities  Act,  1877 
(Oxford),  be  printed. 

Ecclesiastical 

Evicted 
Tenants 
(Ireland)  Act, 
1907. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  under  the  Evicted 
Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907,  giving  particulars 
of  cases  in  which  persons  have  been  reinstated 
with  the assistance of  the  Estates  Commissioners 
during  the  quarter  ended  30th  June  1908. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  under the Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  made 
by  the  Urban  District  Council  of  Cookstown, 
and confirmed by the Lord Lieutenant  of  Ireland, 

VOL.  163. 

fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for certain  classes  of 
Shops. 

Copy  of  Order  under  the  Destructive  Insects  Destructive 
and Pests Acts,  1877 and 1907, dated  1st October insects and 
1908,  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and i877S
Technical  Instruction  in  Ireland,  entitled  the 
Black  Scab in  Potatoes  (Ireland)  Order,  1908. 

andi907 

Copy of  Order made  by the Local  Government  Motor  Car 

Board  for  Ireland  under  the  Motor  Car  Acts,  ActB-
limiting  the  speed  of  Motor  Cars  on  certain 
roads in  the  County  of  Wicklow,  &c. 

Copy of  Order made bv the Local Government  Local 
Board for  Ireland  under the  Labourers  (Ireland)  ® ^ a m e nt 
Acts,  entitled  the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Order,  (Ireland.) 
1908. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Destructive 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  paste'lcts* 
Copy of  an  Order  under the  Destructive  Insects  1877 and 1907. 
and  Pests  Acts,  1877  and  1907,  dated  14th 
August  1908,  entitled  the  American  Gooseberry 
Mildew  (Kent)  Order,  1908  (No.  2). 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Destructive  Destructive 

Insects  and  Pests  Acts,  1877  and  1907,  dated 
28th  August  1908, entitled  the  American Goose-  1877 and 1907. 
berry  Mildew  (Essex)  Order,  1908. 

Copy  of  an  Order,  No.  7559,  dated  22nd  Diseases of 
September  1908,  under the  Diseases  of  Animals  f ^ J 8^ 
Acts,  1894  to  1903,  relating  to  Animals  being 
carried  on  the  Steamship  " Diana." 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely presented, pursuant to the  direc-  Leeward 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  an I s l a n d s-
Act  of  the  Leeward  Islands  further  to  amend 
the  Prison  Act,  1877,  and  to enable  Prisoners  to 
earn  by  special  industry  a remission  of  a portion 
of their imprisonment,  together  with  Rules  made 
under  Section  2  thereof. 
tion  2  thereof. 
I, That  the  said  Paper  do. lie  upon  the 

Ordered, 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Super-
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  aimuaHoils-
Treasury  Minute  under 
the  Superannuation 
Act,  1859, dated  16th  September 1908,  declaring 
that  for  the  due  and  efficient  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  the  office  of  Assistant  Director  of 
Public  Prosecutions  professional  or  other  pecu-
liar  qualifications  not  ordinarily  to  be  acquired 
on  the  Public  Service  are  required. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Navy 
Command,—Copy  of  Statistical  Report  of  the  (Health.) 
Health  of  the  Navy  for  the  year  1907. 

No. 296. 

Mr.  M'Kenna  also  presented,—Return  to  an Navy and 

Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  July  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  Navy  and Army  (Inquiries). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

. 

INo.  2 9 7. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of the  House  :— 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Mersey  Docks  and  Mersey  Dock3 
Harbour  Board  for  the  year  ending  1st  J u ly   and  Harbour 
1908. 

Board. 

3  E  2 

396 

12 th  October, 

1908. 

[N<fcigo, 

Supreme  Court  Copy  of  Rules  of  the  Supreme  Court,  dated 
(Rules.) 

26th  August  1908, 

Royal 
University of 
Ireland. 

No, 298. 

Copy of  Account  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure 
of  the  R,oyal  University  of  Ireland  for  the  year 
ended  31st  March  1908, 
the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

together  with 

Ordered,  That the Paper  relative  to  the  Royal 

University  of  Ireland  be  printed. 

"Writ issued 
during  the 
- 

journmen  .  r a n (. 

t o 

the  House 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted 

that 
during  the  Adjournment  he  had  issued  a  War-
(]lerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  out 
a  new  Writ  for  the  election  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  City 
of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  in  the  room  of  Thomas 
Cairns,  Esquire,  deceased. 

New  Member 
sworn. 

Rupert  Edward  Cecil  Lee  Guinness,  Esquire 
(commonly  called  the  Honourable  Rupert  Guin-
ness'),  Member  for  the  Borough  of  Shoreditch 
(Haggerston  Division),  was  sworn. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

Bill  363. 

The  Provisional  Orders Procedure Bill [Lords] 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Waste  Lands 
(Ireland) 
Improvement 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Waste  Lands 

(Ireland) 
Improvement  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next. 

Children BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  a 
Select  Committee  in  respect  of  Clauses  39  to 
44,  inclusive—(Lord  Robert  Cecil)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the j Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

[ Mr.  Bowles  : 

Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master  of  Elibank: 

Noes, 

| 

44, 

1164. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Then  the  House  proceeded  to  take  the  Bill 

into  consideration. 

A  Clause 

infants)  —  (Mr. 
Herbert  Samuel)—was  brought  up,  and  read  the 
first  and  second  time. 

(Suffocation  of 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause, 
in  1.  5,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  " of  going  to  bed."—(Mr.  Joynson-
Hicks.  ) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the  Clause : 
—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to the  proposed Clause,  in  1.  6, by inserting,  after 
tbe  word  " drink,"  the  words  "and  so  caused  the 
death  of the  infant."—(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joynson-Hicks, 

)  ^ 

Yons 
Yeas, 

(Sir  Frederick  Banbury  : / 

Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease,, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

Noes, 

170. 

} 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Then  the  Clause  was  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Notice  to  parent  of  child  or 
young  person  charged,  &c.  in  certain  cases)—• 
(Mr.  Walter  Guinness)—was  brought  up,  and 
read  the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time:—The 
said  Motion  and  Clause 
were  severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Clause  (Prohibition  of  alcohol  given 
to  children)—(Mr.  Wedgwood)—was  brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Wedgwood, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Summerbell: 
Tellers  for thef  Mr.  John  Ward, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks  : 

|  123. 
}  1 0 3-

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause,  in  1.  2,  by  inserting,  after 
the  word  "liquor,"  the  words  "or  other  sub-
stance  containing  any  narcotic  or  other  thing 
likely  to  be  deleterious  to  the  health  of  the 
child."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 

be  there  inserted; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  N o es   to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the] Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Bowles  : 

Tellers  for  the ("Mr.  Wedgwood, 

62. 

172. 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Maclean  : 
So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  proposed  Clause, in  1.2, by  inserting,  after 
the 
the  word  " liquor," 
meaning  of 
the  Intoxicating  Liquors  Act.'*— 
(Mr.  Pickersgill.) 

the  words  " within 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
inserted  :—The  said  proposed 
leave  of  the  House, 

words  be  there 
Amendment  was,  with 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  proposed  Clause,  in  1. 2,  by inserting, after 
the  word  " liquor," 
the 
meaning  of  the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906." 
—(Mr.  Pickersgill.) 

the  words  "  within 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
the  House, 
withdrawn. 

leave  of 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  proposed  Clause,  in  1. 3, by inserting, after 
the  word  " practitioner,"  the  words  " or  nurse." 
—(Mr.  Rawlinson,) 

And  the  Question being  put,  That  those  words 
the 
inserted:—It  was  resolved 

in 

be  there 
Affirmative. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  proposed  Clause,  in  1.3, by inserting, after 
the  word  " sickness,"  the words  " or apprehended 
sickness."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And the Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
the 
inserted:—It  was  resolved 

in 

be  there 
Affirmative. 

And  the  Question being  put,  That  the  Clause, 

as  amended,  be  added  to  the  Bill  ; 

No. 120.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Wedgwood, 

12 th  October. 

397 
of  the  Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment 
was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Summerbell: 

Tellers  for the ("Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Bowles: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

1140. 

"1 
J 

85. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 8,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
" one  or more."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.') 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1, 1. 8,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"seven,"  and  inserting  the  word  " five "—(Mr. 
Rawlinson),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put.  That  the  word 
" seven  "  stand  part  of  the  Bill: —  It  was 
resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in p.  3,  1. 31,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (4)  of  Clause  2.  —  (Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BiU. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill, in p. 4,1.27, by leaving  out  Clause  4. 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left.out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p  7,1.  9,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " purposes,5'  the words  " or to  any religious 
or  charitable  society  which  shall  pay  any  person 
for keeping an infant,  or the person  so  employed, 
provided  that  the  society  has  appointed  a person 
who  shall  visit,  inspect, and  report  to the  society 
on the  state  of  such infant  at  least  once  in  each 
three  months."—(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill: 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  proposed  Amendment,  by  adding  at  the 
end thereof  the  words  " aud  provided  that  such 
religious or charitable  society shall  have  obtained 
from the  Local  Government  Board  a  certificate 
that  it  is  a  fit  and  proper  institution  to  be 
exempted  from the  provisions  of  this  part of  this 
Act."—-(Mr.  Charles  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
the  said  proposed 
words  be  there  added  to 
Amendment  : —  The  Amendment  to  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
" or to  any  religious  or  charitable  society  which 
shall  pay  any  person  for  keeping  an  infant,  or 
the person so employed, provided that  the  society 
has  appointed  a  person  who  shall  visit,  inspect, 
and report  to  the  society  on  the  state  of  such 
infant  at  least  once  in  each  three  months"  be 
inserted,  after the  word  " purposes," in  p.  7,1.  9 

VOL.  163. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
leaving  out 

to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,  1.  13,  by 
Clause  13.—(Mr.  Akers-Douglas.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  sub-
section  1 of  Clause  13  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,1.  24,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (2)  of  Clause  13.  —  (Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,1.  32,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  14.—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers  for the/  Mr.  Rawlinson, 

Noes, 

IMr.  Carlile-. 

177. 

1 
j 

30. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  10,  1. 24,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (2)  of  Clause  16.—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the | Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 
IMr.  Fell: 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Noes, 

164. 

9Q 

\ 
j 
\ 
J 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  further 
consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood 
adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  further 

taken 

Standing  Committee,  be 
consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Prevention 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  C r i ine   Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the White 
Second  Reading  of  the  White  Phosphorus Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bin< 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

t i o n) B i U-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
K )^ 
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

3  B  3 

12th—13th  October. 

1908. 

[No. 120. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Scotland) 

into  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

the  Education 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

f or  

t he   Bail  Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

to-morrow. 

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

Licensing Bill.  T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
B i l l;  

" 

B m 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

(Ireland) 

Committee  on  Constabulary 
&c.]; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

SSJffrai. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
E n g S n g n d  Second  Reading of  the  Building  Operations and 
Works Bill. 

Engineering  Works  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  C o u rt   C 0^   BilL 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government  Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  BUI.  ( I r e l a n d)   B m 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
BUI [lards.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the  Port of  London  (recommitted) 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

aay 
the 

being  read,  for  the 
Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bast  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  two  minutes 
after  Eleven  of the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  121.] 
Tuesday, 13th  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric  f*eo*ric

Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Bill 
[Lords.] * 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supplv  Companies  ton)EiSs" 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Supply 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bm [StX.] 

to-morrow. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 
Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copies  of  Colonial  Reports,  Nos. Reports 
577  (Saint  Vincent,  Report  for  1907-8),  578  ( 
i m u a l- ) 
(Turks  and  Caicos  Islands,  Annual  Report  for 
1907),  579  (Saint  Lucia,  Annual  Report  for 
1907). 

Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Naval  Australasia. 

Defence  of  Australia  and  New  Zealand. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Trade  Records 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee (Departmental 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  consider 
and  report  how  far  any  change  is  desirable  in 
the  form  in  which  the  Trade  Accounts  of  the 
United  Kingdom  are  published,  as  regards  the 
Countries  from which  Imports  are  received  and 
to  which  Exports are  sent. 

onimi 

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before  Trade  Records 
the  Departmental  Committee  on  Trade  Records,  (Departmental 
with  Appendices  and  Index. 

Committee.) 

No. 131.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

13 th  October. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 

East  India 
(Loans raised 
in  England.) 
No.  299. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4142 
to  4145. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

to 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in  England  under 
the  provisions  of  any  Acts  of  Parliament, 
chargeable  on  the  Revenues  of  India,  outstand-
ing  at  the  commencement  of  the  half-year  ended 
on  the  30th  September  1908,  with  the  rates  of 
interest  and  total  amount  payable  thereon,  and 
the  date  of  the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the 
debt  incurred  during  the  half-year, the  moneys 
raised  thereby  during  the  half-year,  the  Loans 
paid  off or  discharged  during  the  half-year,  and 
the  Loans  outstanding  at  the  close  of  the  half-
year ;  stating,  so far  as  the  public  convenience 
will  allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for  which 
moneys  have  been  raised  during  the  half-year. 

East  India 
(Civil 
Service.) 

Copy  of  Alterations  in  Regulations  IV.,  V., 
VI.,  and  V I I I.   of  Examinations  for  admission 
to  the  Civil  Service  of  India. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  East 
India  (Loans  raised in  England)  be  printed. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order 
made  by  the  Urban  District  Council  of  Ennis-
killen  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  and 
confirmed  by  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland, 
fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of 
Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Local 
Government 
Board. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Thirty-seventh  Annual  Report 
of the  Local  Government  Board,  1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Superannua- 
Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
tion Act, 1887.  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Superannuation 
Treasury  Minute  under 
Act,  1887,  dated  31st  August  1908,  granting  a 
retired  allowance  to  William  H.  Harrington, 
First  Class Clerk, Supplementary  Establishment, 
Secretary's  Office, Post  Office. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Diseases of 
Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
Animals Acts,  tj, e  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
t h e  Diseases  of 
1894 to 1903.  of   an   0 r d e rj   N o-   7 5 7 0j   u n d er  
Animals  Acts,  1894 to  1903,  dated  7th  October 
1908,  revoking  Order  No.  7559,  dated  22nd 
September  1908,  relating 
to  the  Steamship 
" Diana  " and  to  Animals  carried  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  David  Brynmor  Jones  to  act  as  Chairman 
of  Standing  Committee  C in  his  place. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  children  Bill, 

take  into  further  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

the  Children 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  14,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  39.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

"  If  any  person " stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g ht   ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Master  of Elibank, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

\  231 
J 

Tellers  for  the I Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Lupton; 

J 

84. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,1.  14,  by  inserting,  after the 
first  word  " person,"  the  word  "  knowingly."— 
(Mr.  Bowles.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" knowingly "  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:  — 
It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  14,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  " apparently."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" apparently  " stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thef Master  of  Elibank, 
\Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for thef Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 
IMr.  Fell: 

Noes, 

241. 

75. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the 
word " sixteen  " and  inserting the word " twelve " 
— (Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  sixteen  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l:   —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  " whether."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  whether  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Master  of  Elibank, 
\ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the/ Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Robert  Cecil : 

187. 

} 50. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

New  Member 
sworn. 

George  Benwick,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 

Borough  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  was  sworn. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 

Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  discharged  Mr. 
John  William  Wilson  from  being  Chairman  of 
Standing  Committee  C,  and  had  appointed 

VOL.  163. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  24,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  40.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to the  word  " boy,"  in 
p.  23,1.  27,  stand  part of  the  Bill; 

3  E  4 

400 

13^—14^ 

October. 

1908. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Yeas, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

181. 

to-morrow. 

[No. 121. 
Building 
Operations and 
Engineering 
Works  Bill. 

Tellers for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
I Mr.  Watson  Rutherford: J 

Noes, 

61. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  27,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  " apparently."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" apparently "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved in  the  Affirmative. 

' 

Another Amendment was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1.  32,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " and  if  any  cigarettes, 
cigarette  papers,  or  other  tobacco  are  so  seized, 
it  shall  be  reported  to the  chief  officer of  police 
of  the  district,  who  shall  send  a written  notice 
of  the  fact  to  the  parent  or  guardian  of  the 
person  from  whom  it  was seized."—(Mr.  Walter 
Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those words 

be  there  inserted  in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Walter  Guinness,  1 
\ Sir  Frederick  Banbury  : J 

Yeas, 

55. 

Tellers  for the/Master  of  Elibank, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 

Noes, 

} 

207. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  24,  1.  1,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  42.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " is,"  in 
p.  24,1.  3,  stand  part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the  'Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the) Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Moore : 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

j  201. 

]  56. 

And  it  being 
consideration  of 
adjourned. 

Eleven  of  the  clock,  further 
the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended 
into 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken 
consideration  to-morrow. 

in  the 
further 

Preventioni of 
•Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  White  Phosphorus 

Second  Reading  of 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Contempts of 
Court  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  one  minute 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock, till  to-morrow. 

[No.  122.] 
Wednesday, 14th  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric 

Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

London 
Electric 
Supply  BiU 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  next,  at  a quarter  of an hour  after 
Eight  of  the  clock. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  [Zorcfe] ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour after 
Eight  of  the  clock. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Sensing, 
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

1 

Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Transvaal. 

Command,—Copy  of 

further  Correspondence 

No. 122.]  8  EDW,  V I I. 

14 th  October. 

4 01 

relating  to  Legislation  affecting  Asiatics  in  the 
Transvaal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Offences in 
County 
Armagh 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,— Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  28th  day  of  July  last,  for  a  Return 
relative  to Offences in County  Armagh  (Ireland ). 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Destructive 
Insects  and 
Pests  Acts, 
1877 to  1907. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  an  Order  under  the  Destructive  Insects  and 
Pests  Acts,  1877  to  1907,  dated  the  5th  day  of 
October  1908,  entitled  the  American  Gooseberry 
Mildew  (Shropshire)  Order  of  1908, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Committee  divided. 
.i 
r 
m  ii 
fMr.  Frederick  Edwin 
lellers  for  the I 
,, 
... 
I 
S m t h> 
Yeas 
I e a S'  
(Mr.  Salter  : 

Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 

after the  word  " prohibiting," to  insert  the  words 
" the  removal  of  any licence into such  district or." 
—(Mr.  Arnold  Herbert.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  9, 
to 
leave  out  the  words  " the  grant  of  new 
licences,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words  " any 
increase  in  the  existing  number  of  licences."— 
(Mr.  Salter.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " the  grant  of 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

the 
Superannua- 
tion Act, 1887. directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under 
the  Superannuation 
Act,  1887, dated  16th  September  1908,  granting 
a  retired  allowance  to  Mr.  H.  S.  Ball,  Tele-
graph  Engineer,  Second  Class,  Post  Office. 

to 

Superannua- 
Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
tion Act, 1887. a n n u a t i on   A c t>   1 8 8 7?   d a t ed   2 n d  October  1908, 
granting  a  retired  allowance  to  Mr.  W.  D. 
Ballantyne,  Sorting  Clerk  and  Telegraphist, 
Edinburgh,  Post  Office. 

new " stand  part  of  the  Clause. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Salter, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Lane-Fox  : 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  10, 
after  the  word  " in," to  insert  the  words "  any 
rural  parish  or  urban  area  within."—(Mr.  Leif 
Jones.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be 

there 

|  230. 

}  72, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

inserted. 

Table. 

Public 
Revenue 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  the  amounts  of  all  Public  Revenue 
rcep  ion.;  d e rj v e d  f r o O T  Taxes  levied  by  Parliament,  and 
from  any  other  sources,  which  are  not  paid  into 
His  Majesty's  Exchequer,  for  the  years  1905-G, 
1906-7,  1907-8,  and  1908-9  (estimated),  with 
the  totals  in  each  case  (in  continuation of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  334  of  Session  1906).— 
(Mr.  Bowles.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the)  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I  Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for t h ^ K f e, x a n d er   A c l a n d~ 

Noes 
' 

-""""J 

1 
I Viscount  Valentia  i 

1275. 

1108. 

j 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  11, 
after  the  word  " district,"  to  insert  the  words 
"or  in  any  large  borough  as  defined  in  section 
seventeen  of  this  Act."—-(Mr. 

Sluart-Worthy.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

Licensing  Bill.  The  House,  according  to Order, resolved itself 

inserted. 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  2  (Po wer  by resolution  to  prohibit 

grant  of  new  licences). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  8,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Earl  Winterton.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " I f"   stand  part 

of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
1 Master  of  Elibank: 
fSir  Alexander  Acland- 

Yeas, 
n 

m 
Tellers  for  the I  H o < 

,, 

, 

JNoes, 

(Viscount"  Valentia  : 

1 261 
J 
} 
l 9 9 > 
J 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  8, to 
leave  out  from  the  word  " I f to   the  word  " a," 
in 1. 9,  in  order  to  insert  the  words  " during  the 
reduction  period."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Cave, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George  Faber i 

\  284. 

109. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  9, 
after  the  word  " resolution,"  to  insert  the  words 
"requiring  or."—(Mr.  Frederick  Edwin  Smith.) 
those  words  be  there 

Question  put,  That 

inserted. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Committee  divided. 
m  ,, 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-  1 

» 
Y eS 

H o o d> 

' 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

122. 

314. 

And 

it  being  after  half-past  Ten  of  the Chairman 

clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  f o ^ ^ w ? 11 
Order  of  the  House  of  17th  July,  to  put  forth- pursuance of 
with  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  the  Order of 
t h e House.) 
Business  to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided, 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the|®*r  ^exan(^er 

Nop* 
' 

1  Hood, 
[Viscount  Valentia-. 

Acland-  1 
V 
J 

315. 

117. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  t o - m o r j o Wj 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee.: 

3  F 

4 02 

IMh—l&th 

October. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No.  123. 

Children BilL 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  further 

consideration  to-morrow. 

Prevention of 
Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  White  Phosphorus 

Second  Reading  of 
Matches  Prohibition  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read, 

Building 
the 
Operations and Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
Engineering 
TILVI OIR> OFLMN rr 
Works  Bill. 

TT  1 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

for 

• 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upOn  Monday  next. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure  Bill 
[Lords,] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-

T> -n  r  r 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

J  I 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paving 

Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  London Paving   Expenses 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

[No.  123.] 

Thursday,  \Uh  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented,  Public 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Petitions, 

m 
i  t 
J-.able. 

Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the Return  relative  to  Offences  offences  in 

in  County  Armagh  (Ireland),  which  was  pre-  ? o a n t y
sented  upon the  14th  day of  this instant  October,  (iiXnd.) 
be  printed. 

No.  300. 

h 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Report,  No.  56  (Turks  and  ^ports^ 
Caicos  Islands,  Report  on  the  Salt  Industry,  by ianeouS") 
Mr.  F.  H.   Watkins,  Commissioner  of  the  Turks 
and  Caicos  Islands). 

Colonel  Seely  also  presented,—Return  to  an  Speeches 
Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  3rd  day  o f g ™ ; ^ ®) 
June  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Speeches  Foreign 
(Time  Limits)  (Colonial  and  Foreign  Legisla-  Legislatures.) 
No.  301. 
tures). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Mines  (Royal 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Minutes  of  Commission.) 
Evidence  taken  before  the  Royal  Commission  on 
Mines,  with  Index  and  Appendices.  Vol.  I I I. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-  Shop  Hours 

suant to  the directions  of  an Act of  Parliament,—  A c t' 1 9 0 4-
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County  Borough  of  Sunderland  under  the  Shop 
Hours  Act,  1904, and confirmed by  the  Secretary 
of  State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Diseases of 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  f-"™ 1®^ 8' 
of  an  Order,  No.  7572,  dated  the  8th  October  1 8 9 4 10   iyud" 
1908,  revoking  Order  No.  69S5,  dated  the  l l th 
October  1905,  and  defining  a  specified  part  of 
the  Port  of  Manchester  as  a  Foreign  Animals 
Wharf. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  North  Sea 

Command,—Copy  of  Third  Report  (Northern  ^ eJ 1. e 9
Area)  on  Fishery  and  Hydrographical  Investi-  committee, 
gations  in  the  North  Sea  and  adjacent  waters, 
1904-6.  Statistical  Papers. 

a t i on 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Table. 

Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  eight  minutes 
before Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Trade  Keports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4146  to 
4148. 

eries--' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 

the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following  Members from  Standing  siding 6 
Committee  A 
(in  respect  of  the  Tuberculosis  Committee A. 
(Ireland)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Attorney  General,  Mr.  T^culoeis^ 
Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel,  and 
Colonel  Seely  ;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Birrell,  Mr. 
T.  W.  Russell,  Mr. Solicitor  General for  Ireland, 
and  Dr.  Cooper, 

e  a 

No. 123.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

1 5th—16th  October. 

Standing 
Committee  A.  f r om 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
th e  Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Tuberculosis  Members  (in  respect  of  the  Tuberculosis  (Ire-
(Ireland)  Bill.  Jand)  Bill):—Mr.  Walsh,  M r.   Cullinan,  M r. 
William  Redmond,  Mr.  O'Malley,  Mr.  Nannetti, 
Mr.  Nolan,  Mr.  Hazleton,  Sir  John  Tuke,  Mr. 
Gulland,  Mr.  Glendinning,  Mr.  Sloan,  Captain 
Craig,  Mr.  Fetherstonhaugh,  Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 
and  Mr.  Robert  Price. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
BilL 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c. Bill):—Sir  Edward  Strachey  ; and 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Appeal 
(Amendment)  Bill [Lords]  )  :—Mr. John  Taylor, 
Mr.  Vivian,  Mr.  Hills,  Mr.  Walter  Guinness, 
Mr.  Abel  Smith,  Viscount  Morpeth,  Lord 
Willoughby de Eresby,  Sir  John  Dickson-Poynder, 
Mr.  Ryland  Adkins,  Mr.  Bateman  Hope,  Mr. 
Alden,  Mr.  Barran,  Mr.  Montagu,  and  Sir  John 
Dewar. 

the 

Standing 
Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
Committee  C.  f r om   t h e  Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged 
following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
Coal  Mines  mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
(Eight Hours) Hours) 
(No.  2)  B i l l ):   — M r.   Rees;  and  bad 
app 0i nted   in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
Bill)  :  Mr.  David  Davies. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Member 
ordered  to 
withdraw. 

Member 
removed  by 
the  Serjeant-
at-Arms. 

Mr.  Grayson,  Member  for  the  Colne  Valley 
Division  of  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire, 
having  risen  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the 
House,  Mr.  Speaker  informed  him  that  such  a 
Motion  could  not  be  made  at  that  time,  having 
regard  to  the  provisions  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  17th  July;  but  the  honourable 
Member  proceeded,  nevertheless,  to  address  the 
House. 

Whereupon  AJr.  Speaker  called  upon  him  to 
discontinue  his  speech,  and  on  the  honourable 
Member  refusing  to  obey  the  directions  of  the 
Chair,  Mr.  Speaker,  in  pursuance  of  Standing 
Order  No.  20,  relating  to  disorderly  conduct, 
directed  him  to  withdraw  immediately  from  the 
House during the remainder of  this  day's  Sitting, 
and  called  upon  the  Serjeant-at-Arms  to  remove 
the  honourable  Member,  who  was  removed 
accordingly. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for  the / Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of Elibank  : 

Tellers for  thel  S i* a
Noes 
' 

. H o o d'  

1 
[Viscount  Valentia: 

A l ef a n d er   A c l a n d" 

3 1 3. 

117. 

, 
J 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
t he 
Chairman  left  the Chair  to  make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Children BilL 

into  consideration  the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  further 

consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  white 
Second  Reading  of  the  White  Phosphorus Phosphorus 
ProMbrtion 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

w ^T 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Education 
into  consideration  the  Education (Scotland)  Bill, ^Scotland) 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 
Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill;  Loana  Bil1-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Licensing  Bill.  The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 

upon  Monday  next. 

into  a Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  3 (Regrant  of  licence  to  be  treated 

as  grant  of new  licence  after reduction  period). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.  9,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Courthope.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  " After 
the  " stand  part  of the  Clause ;—Debate  arising; 
Mr.  Asquith  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to 
move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but  the 
Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  as  it  appeared  to 
him  that  the  Committee  were  prepared  shortly 
to  come  to  a  decision  without  that  Motion:— 
Debate  resumed. 

Question  put,  That  the 

stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

VOL.  163. 

words  " After the : 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Chairman 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then twelve  minutes 
after  Eleven  of the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  124.] 
Friday,  16th October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented,  Public 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the Petitions. 

rr,  ,
J-a Die. 

1 
3  F  2 

Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Bailway 
Accidents. 

Bankruptcy 
(Rules.) 

404 

16th  October. 

1908. 

[No. 124. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Returns  of  Accidents  and 
Casualties,-as  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
by  the  several  Railway  Companies 
the 
United  Kingdom,  during the  three months  ended 
30th  June  1908,  together  with  Reports  of  the 
Inspecting  Officers  of  the  Railway  Department 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  certain  Accidents 
which  were  inquired  into. 

in 

the  Chairman, 

West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  directed  him  to 
discontinue  his  speech  ;  but 
the  honourable 
Member  persisted  in  addressing  the  Committee; 
whereupon 
in  pursuance  of 
Standing  Order  No.  20,  relating  to  disorderly 
conduct,  ordered  him  to  withdraw  immediately 
from  the  House  during  the  remainder  of  this 
day's  Sitting;  but  Mr.  Grayson  persisted  in  his 
disorderly  conduct. 

Member 
refuses to 
obey  the 
Order of  the 
Chair. 
Member 
requested  to 
withdraw. 

Member 
disregards 
Authority  of 
the  Chair. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
General  Rule,  dated  20th  August  1908,  in  sub-
stitution  for  Rule  103  of  the  Bankruptcy  Rules, 
1886, 
the 
in  pursuance  of  Section  127  of 
Bankruptcy  Act,  1883. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Whereupon 

the  Chairman  named  him  for 
disregarding  the  authority  of  the  Chair,  and 
left  the  Chair  to  report  the  circumstance  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  that 
Mr.  Grayson  had  been  named  by  him  to  the 
Committee  as  disregarding  the  authority  of  the 
Chair. 

Old Age 
Pensions  Act, 
1908. 

N o.   302. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  presented, 
by His  Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Financial 
Instructions  under  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Act, 
1908,  for  Pension  Committees  and  Sub-Com-
mittees, 

Old  Age 
Pensions  Act, 
1908. 

N o.   303. 

Copy  of  Old Age  Pensions  Regulations,  1908, 
under  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Act,  1908,  dated 
20th  August  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Shop Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Education 
Board 
Provisional 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(Cornwall, 
&c.)  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

Mr. Secretary  Gladstone presented, pursuant to 
the  directions  of an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  County 
Borough  of  Salford  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act, 
1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the  hours  of 
closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops  within  the 
county  borough. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  "Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Education  Board 
Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.) 
Bill  [Lords']  ;  That  they  had  considered  the 
said  Orders;  that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Tuesday  next. 

Licensing  Bill,  The  House, according  to Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  BiU. 

Whereupon  a  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Member 
Question  being  put,  That  Mr.  Grayson  be  suspended, 
suspended  from  the  service  of  the  House— 
(Mr.  Asquith)  :—It  was resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

withdraw,  and  he  withdrew  accordingly. 

Mr.  Speaker  then  directed  Mr.  Grayson 

to  Mr. Speaker 
>irecl'8  * 
Member to 
Then  the  House  again  resolved  itself  into  the  withdraw-

°  J 

Committee  on  the  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,1.  9, to 
leave  out  from  the  first  word  " the " to  the  word 
"compensation,"  in  1.  10,  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  "fifth day  of April  nineteen  hundred  and 
thirty."—(Mr.  Bottomley.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
Tellers for 
Noes, 

\  Master  of  Elibank  : 

<  Hood, 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

A c l a n d~  

\ 
J 

287. 

' 
1119. 
> 
J 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Chairman  Question  put 
proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the  forthwith (in 
eXteof 
House  of  the  17th  day  of  July  last,  to  put  the  t
Question  on  an  Amendment  of  which  notice  had  the  House.) 
been  given  by  the  Government. 

u

h

p

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  3,  1.  13, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " on-licence,"  in  order  to 
insert  the  words  " licence  (whether  an  on-licence 
or  an off-licence)."—(Mr.  Harcourt.) 

Question,  That  the  Amendment  be  made,  put, 

and  agreed  to. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

Clause  No.  3  (Regrant  of 

licence  to  be 
treated  as  grant  of  new  licence  after  reduction 
period). 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  9, 
after the  first  word  "the,"  to  insert  the  words 
" expiration  of  the  lease  of  any licensed  premises 

f ranted  prior  to  the  fifth  day  of  April  nineteen 

undred  and  eight,  or,  if  there  be  no  such  lease, 

after the."—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  H o u se   will,  upon  Monday 
into  the  said  Com-

next,  again  resolve  itself 
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Children Bill, 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Gretton, 

Yeas, 

l Earl  Winterton  : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

into  consideration the  Children  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  further 

consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

}  59. 

}  183. 

The Chairman called the attention of  the  Com-
Member 
requested to  mittee  to  the  disorderly  conduct  of  Mr.  Grayson, 
J S T"   Member  for  the  Colne  Valley  Division  of  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bils-
as  amended  in the  Standing  Committee ; 

19ft  Ocfofor. 

405 
from  Trawlers  made  under  Section  417  of  the 
Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894. 

No,lAT]}.  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  White  Phosphorus 

Second  Beading  of 
Matches  Prohibition  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
BngTneerTngad  Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
Works Bill. 

Engineering  Works  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

< 

Bail  Bill. 

*  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  -without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of the  31st  day of 
July  last,  it being  then  two  minutes  after 
F i ve   of  the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception— 
Meal  Times.) 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception-
Holidays.) 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception— 
Employment 
inside  and 
outside  on  the 
same  Day.) 
Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acta  (Special 
Exception— 
Overtime.) 

[No.  125.] 

Monday, 

mh  October 

1 9 0 8. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to 

lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order,  dated  13th  October  1908,  made 
by the  Secretary of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment  in  pursuance  of  Section  40  (4)  of 
the 
Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  extending 
tjie  special  exceptions  under  that  section  to 
Florists'  Workshops. 

Copy  of  Order,  dated  13th  October  1908, 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  in  pursuance  of  Section  45  of  the 
Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  granting  a 
special  exception  under  that  section  in  respect 
of  the  women  and  young  persons  employed  in 
(a)  Florists'  Workshops,  (b)  Hospital  Laundries 
in  Scotland. 

Copy  of  Order,  dated  13th  October  1908, 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  in  pursuance  of  Section  46  of  the 
Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  granting  a 
special  exception  under  that  section  to  Florists' 
Workshops. 

Copy  of  Order,  dated  13th  October  1908, 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home 
Department  in  pursuance  of  Section  49  of  the 
Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901,  extending 
the  special  exception  under  that  section 
to 
certain  non-textile  Factories  and  Workshops, 
and  revoking  the  Orders  of  29th  December 
1903  and  15th  November  1904. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

the 
Merchant 
Shipping  Act,  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Regulations  for  the  conveyance  of  Fish 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

to 

VOL.  163. 

Copies  of  Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  Census of 

under  the  Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  the  p0st Office 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  (Foreign and 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-  ^oIon
. , 
' 
ment 
August  1908. 

(No.  23)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  15th 

ial 

1

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

to 

the  Old Age 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  ^nsions  Act, 
of  Regulations  under  the  Old  Age  Pensions 
Act,  1908,  dated  15th  October  1908. 

No;  304. 

Account  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the supreme 
Paymaster  General,  on  behalf  of  the  Supreme  Court of 
Court  of  Judicature,  in  respect  of  the  Funds  J ^ t u re 
of  Suitors  of  the  Court  in  the  year  ended 
29th  February  1908,  and  of  Account  of  the 
for  the  same 
National  Debt  Commissioners 
period  in  respect  of  Funds  held  by  them  on  ° 
behalf  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature, 
with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
: 
General  thereon. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

305. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Land Law 

mand,—Copy  of  Return  under  Section  7  of  the 
Land  Law  (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  of  the  number Notices.)10  10n 
of  Eviction  Notices  filed  in  the  High  Court  of 
Justice  and  County  Courts  in  Ireland  during 
the  quarter  ended  on  the  30th  September  1908. 

Copy  of  Agricultural  Statistics  of  Ireland  for  Agricultural 

the  year  1907. 

J 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Sheriff  Courts 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Act  of  Sederunt  regulating  the  Fees  of 
Sheriff  Officers in the  Sheriff  Courts  in  Scotland. 
Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

c' 

9  7' 

Table. 

. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  (Annual 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  No. 4149.  8 e r i e s0 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  16th  day  of  this  old Age 
instant  October,  That  the. Papers  relative  to  the  Pensions  Act, 
Old  Age  Pensions  Act,  1908,  be  printed,  was  1 9 oa 
read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  C attle   Drives 

a  Return,  by  counties  and  quarterly  periods,  of  (Ireland.) 
the  number  of  Cattle  Drives  reported  by  the 
Royal  Irish  Constabulary  to  have  taken  place 
in  Ireland  from  the  lst  day  of  January  1907 
to  the  30th  day  of  September  1908.  — ( M r. 
Lonsdale.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
and 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill)  : —  Mr.  Byles; 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  : Mr.  Acland  Allen„ 

3  F  3 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
BiU. 

4 06 

l9£/i  October. 

1908. 

[No. 125a 

Standing 
Committee C, 

Coal  Mines 
(Bight  Houia) 
(No. 2)  BiU. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Tuberculosis 
(Ireland) 
Prevention 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  (No. 2) Bill)  :—Mr.  Samuel Roberts  ; and 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Du  Cros. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further  reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee A  (in respect of  the  Tuberculosis  (Ireland) 
Prevention  Bill)  : —  Earl  of  Ronaldshay  and 
Mr.  Thomas Lorhner  Corbett;  and had  appointed 
in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill) : 
Mr.  Charles  Craig  and  Lord  Balearres. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Children Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
the  Children 

take  into  further  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  24,1.  4,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " persons," the  words  " for  the  purpose  of 
obtaining  cigarettes  for  his  own  use  or  that  of 
» other  children  or  young  persons."  — (Captain 

Craig,) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That 

those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to 

the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  24,  1. 21, by inserting,  after  the 
word  " business,"  the  words  " or  was  bonS,  fide 
employed  as  a  messenger  at  the  time."—(Mr. 
Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 

words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

The  N o es   to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for the j Mr.  Rawlinson, 
(Captain  Craig: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(.Master  of  Elibank  : 

So   it  passed  in  the  Negative, 

65. 

204. 

} 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  24,  1.  40,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  " cigarettes,"  and  inserting  the  word  " to-
bacco"—(Lord  Robert  Cecil),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " cigarettes " stand  part of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  28,1.  22,  by inserting,  after  the 
word  " establishing,"  the  words  " with 
the 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  State." —  (Mr. 
Staveley-Hill.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  29,  1.  24,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (1)  of  Clause  59.—(Captain  Craig.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " Any  " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  32,  1.  6,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (8).—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  end  of 
1.  15  of  p.  32,  stand part  of  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  33,  1.  5,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " satisfied,"  the  words  " as  a  result  of 
a  medical  examination  and  report." —  (Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—It  passed 
in the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  42,  1. 36,  by  inserting,  after the 
word  " borough,"  the  words  " and  in  the  case 
of  the  city  of  London,  the  mayor,  aldermen, 
and  commons  of  that  city  in  common  council 
assembled."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  48,  1.  39,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " a  Secretary  of  State  may  authorise," 
and  inserting  the  words  " may  be  declared  by 
Order  in  Council  to  represent  approximately 
the  average  cost  of  such  training  and meals "— 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  59,  1.  36,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " or  any  other."—(Yiscount  Helmsley.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part  of  the 
B i l l T he   said  proposed Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p,  63,  1.  21,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (2) of  Clause  112.—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  t h e f M r.   Rawlinson, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Carlile : 

\  235 
J 

75. 

So  it   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

No. 125.]  8  E D W.  

Y I I. 

19th  October. 

4 07 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  65,  1.  1,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  118.—(Mr.  Claude  Hay.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  65,  1. 7,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  119.—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  H o u se   divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

YeaS, 

( Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Rawlinson, 

Noes, 

(Viscount  Helmsley: 

206. 

] 
f 

69. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Prevention  of 
Crime Bill. 

The "Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  White  Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 

time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

C o m m i t t ee   on 
initted)  Bill 

the  P o rt   of  L o n d on  

the  Port of 
( r e c o m-  Lond<>n  Bill, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 
L o a ns   B m-

Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  L o a ns   B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited 
A r e as   P r e v e n t i on   B i l l;  

Prevention 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
the  Crofters'  Commons  q^™ 0" 8 

Second  Reading  of 
G-razings  R e g u l a t i on   B i l l;  

Regulation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU* 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  b e i ng   read,  for  t he   Summary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

the  Local  Government  Government 

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  n ^ ^ ^ a na 
Wales^Biu!1 
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
, 
T >.,, 
cedure  .Bill  [LordsJ 

r  r  - 

-, 

; 

The  Order 
Committee  on 
&c.]; 

of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Constabulary 

( I r e l a n d)  

\  I P n TT 

[ P a y,   £Ireland>-
[Pay,  &c.] 

Ordered,  That  the  B i ll   be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the 
Enein^ri«iand  S e c o n d  Beading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 

Engineering  Works  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
the 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

being  read,  for  the  Local 
Local  Government  Government 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bail Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Licensing  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Education 
(Sootland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration  the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  a 8  (Ireland)  Bill, 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  London and 

proposed,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the  Com-  District 
mittee  on  the  London  and  District  Electricity  f ^ ^ B j jj 
Supply  Bill  [Lords'],  to  insert  in  the  Bill  a [Lords.] 
provision  conferring  purchasing  powers  on  the 
London  County  Council: 

That  any  person  affected  by  such  a  provision 
shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  before  the  Com-
mittee  upon  any  Petition  presented  not  later 
than  22nd  October —(Sir  Hudson  Kearley); 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1. 2,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"the  London  County  Council,"  and  inserting 
the  words  " a  central  authority  composed  of 
representatives  of 
the  municipal  authorities 
owning  their  electrical  supplies  within  the  area 
covered  by the  Bill"—(Mr.  Rowlands),—instead 
thereof. 

J 

3  F  4 

White 
Matches018 
Prohibition 
BUl. 

Pro visional 
Orders 
Procedure  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

408 

19th—20th  October. 

1908. 

[No-.-125.-

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
left  out  stand  part  of  the 

proposed  to  be 
Question  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House  divided. 
«The  Yeas- to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Master  of  Elibank  : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords] 

; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

tLord^ 

to-morrow. 

, 

}  174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 

Tellers  for  the fMr.  Rowlands, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Whitehead: 

j  86. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l;  

Boroughs  Bill. 

Closure 
claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker 
withholds  his 
assent. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question being again proposed : 

—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

Mr.  Leverton  Harris  rose 

in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move,  That  the  Question be  now  put; 
but  Mr.  Speaker withheld his  assent,  and declined 
then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  House 
resumed  the  Debate. 

Mr.  Churchill  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 

to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  put  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left, 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for  thefMr.  Chiozza  Money, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Ernest  Lamb  : 

153. 

}  144. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the Main  Question  being accordingly  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the f Sir  William  Bull, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Cava 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 
B iU   . 

B m 

xpenses 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of July  last,  it  being then twenty  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  126.] 

Tuesday,  20th  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric  Electric 

Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

f S . f 1 1 

212. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

I  79. 
J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee,  to  insert  in  the  Bill  a  provision 
conferring  purchasing  powers  on  the  London 
County  Council. 

That  any  person  affected  by  such  a  provision 
shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  before  the  Com-
mittee  upon  any  Petition  presented  not  later 
than  22nd  October. 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies  ^ E kS 
Bill  [Lords] 

Supply 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Sm  [ 1 ° ^ .] 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Third  Reading  of  the  Education  Board  Pro-Board 
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  £ ^ s
s
Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Confirmation 

l o n al 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric  Supply 
Bill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  ^"BM"' 

to-morrow. 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

to-morrow. 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vide^eventh 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
London 
(Westminster  Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster 
  a n d  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
ton)  Electrio"
Supply 

Bill  [Lords']; 

BnTfjorls.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Local 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  the  Annual  Local  Taxation 
(Scotland) 
Returns  for  the  year  1906-7. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

^ 

' 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
B i l l; 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Natal. 

Command, —  Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to  Native  Affairs in  Natal. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

to-morrow. 

Table. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bin [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Old Age 

a  Return  of  Copies  of  Circulars  issued  by  the 
Local  Government  Board,  dated  the  4th  day 

Act< 

19th  October. 

409 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended' 

No. 125.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

of  August,  the  21st  day  of  August,  and  the 
10th  day  of  October  1908.—(Mr.  Burns.) 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton,  Mr.  Crossley,  and  Mr. 
William, Nicholson  were  nominated  Members  of 
the  Select  Committee  on  the Post  Office  Sites 
Bill  [Lords].  —(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—-Mr.  Munro  Ferguson ; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Charles  Corbett. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Licensing Bill.  The  House,  according to Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No. 3 (Re-grant  of licence to be  treated 

as grant  of  new  licence  after reduction  period). 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.  18, 
to leave  out  subsection  (2),  in  order  to  add  the 
words— 

"  (2)  On  the  termination  of  the  reduction 

period— 

(a)  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Act 
as to  local  option  shall  take  effect  as  if 
a  majority  of  two-thirds  of  the  votes 
given  were  required  for  the  carrying 
instead  of  a  bare 
of  a  resolution 
majority  ;  and 

(b)  those  provisions  shall  be  extended  in 
such  manner  as  Parliament  may  deter-
mine  so  as  to  authorise  a  resolution 
limiting  the  number  of  licences  to  the 
number existing at the time, or reducing 
that  number  to  any  less  number;  and 
(c)  a  prohibitory  resolution  in  force  at 
termination  of  the 
the  date  of  the 
reduction  period  shall  cease  to  have 
effect, but  the  provision  of  this  Act  as 
to  the  interval  required  between  the 
taking  of  polls  shall not  prevent  a poll 
being  taken  on  a  further  resolution, 
although  three  years  have  not  elapsed 
since 
the 
the  date  of  the  poll  on 
resolution  which  has so  ceased  to  take 
effect." 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

—(Mr.  Harcourt.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "after,"  in  1.  18, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause : 

And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Seven  of  the 
clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
the Order  of  the  House  of the  17th  July,  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendment 
already  proposed  from  the  Chair. 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of the  Clause,  put, and  negatived. 
there 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

added. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 
"(Master of  Elibank : 

Yeas, 

f 
t<  u 
l e i i e rs   tor  t he   I 
•Noes, 

11  (Sir  Alexander  Acland-

R o o d^ 

[Viscount  Valentia : 

295. 

135. 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

The  Chairman  then  proceeded  to  put  forth-
with  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business  to  be  concluded at half  an  hour after 
Seven of  the clock  this day. 

VOL.  163. 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

1  ^^ 
J 

Tellers  for  t h e f S i r„ ^ « W e r  Acland- 

Noes 
' 

. H o o d>  

1 
[Viscount  Valentia: 

] 
f 
J 

Clause  No.  4  (Discretion  of licensing  justices 

as  to  extinction  of  licences). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1. 23,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " the"  stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for thej Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for t hJ ^J   gander  Acland-

Noes 
' 

° 

1 
I Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

' 

249. 

109. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 

1. 25, 
after  the  word  " to,"  to insert  the  words  " refer 
or."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Cave, 

^110 

Tellers  for the i Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Meysey-Thompson  :  j 
) 
J 

( Master  of  Elibanh  : 

270. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the 
Chairman  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Licensing 

Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill  ; 

lon')  1  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]-, 

g-

j^ 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

WofkTlsni* 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Assizes and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

SX 

3 <j 

410 

20th—21st  October. 

1908. 

[No. 126. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons Bill 
[ Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [ Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

London 
Paring 
Expenses.Bill, 

The  Order  of 

the 
Second  Reading  of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 
Bill  : 

the  day  being  read,  for 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 

the  Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bill. 

A 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  old Age 
dated  the  20th  day  of  this  instant  October,  for ^sions  Aot> 
a  Return  relative  to  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Act, 
1908. 

N o- 3 0 3" 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon 

the  Table;  and  be  printed. 

Whereupon  Mr..  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of July  last,  it  being  then  eight  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  127.] 
Wednesday, 21 st  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  Electric  Electric 
f Z f l] 

Supply  Bill  [Lords]; 

Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon Monday  the  2 nd day  of  November  next,  at 
a  quarter  of  an hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Perries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on  the  Port  of  London  (recommitted) 
B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Commons 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next.. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 

Second  Reading  of  the  London  (Westminster  ^v
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  [Lords],; 

Supply 

d

eSg™^ er 
Electric" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time  BilTfxo«?s.] 

upon  Monday  the  2nd  day  of  November  next,  at 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
Third  Reading  of  the  Education  Board  Pro-  p0arf 8ional 
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  orders&na 
Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  ic^Ba?11' 

to-morrow. 

[Lords.] 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  Post  Office 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Foreign and 
of the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post Amend-  p^elPost) 
ment  (No.  21)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  lst  July 
1908. 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash  Post Office 

on  Delivery)  Amendment 
1908,  dated  31st  July  1908. 

(No.  2)  Warrant,  (Foreign and 
C o , o n i al   Post-) 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash Post,Office 
on  Delivery)  Amendment  (No.  3)  Warrant,  (foreign  and 
1908,  dated' l l th   September  1908. 

Colonial  Post.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command, —Copies of  Diplomatic  (Annual 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos. 4150  Senes-) 
to  4152. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Poor Law 

dated  the  16th  day  of  July  in  the  last  Session  ®eli?£  , 
J 
(Ireland.) 

No.  306. 

No. 127.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

21s/  October. 

of  Parliament,  for  Returns  showing,  for  each 
Poor  Law  Union  in  Ireland— 

(1)  The  number  of  men,  women, and children, 
respectively  (excluding  tramp  night  lod-
gers),  who  were  in  receipt  of  Poor  Law 
relief  at  any  time  during  the  year  ending 
the  31st  day  of  March  1908 ; 

; 

(2)  The  number  of  such  men,  women,  and 
children,  respectively,  who  wfcre (a)  persons 
relieved  singly,  (b)  heads  of  families,  (c) 
dependents  of  paupers; 

(3)  The  number  of  such  men,  women,  and 
children,  respectively,  who  received  (a) 
indoor  relief  only,  (b)  outdoor  relief  only, 
(c)  both  indoor  and  outdoor  relief; 

(4)  The  total  number  of  persons  included 
in  (1),  classified  according  to  the  aggregate 
length  of  time  during  which  they  received 
relief  ;  and 

(5)  The  number  of  persons  in  each  of  the 
classes indicated  in (4), reclassified  according 
to  the  number  of  times  on  which  relief  was 
granted. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  bv  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No,  580 
(Fiji,  Annual  Report  for  1907). 

Ordered.  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  4  (Discretion  of  licensing justices 

as  to  extinction  of  licences). 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.  30, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " this  Act,"  in  order  to 
insert  the  words 
the  Licensing  Act,  1904."— 
(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1.  7, 
(4).  -  (Mr.  Harry 

leave  out  subsection 

to 
Marks.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left  out,  to the  word  "an,"  in 1. 8,  stand  part  of 
the  Clause. 

o 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( M a s t er   of  Elibank 

: 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Harry  Marks, 
(Mr.  George  Faber : 

Noes, 

317. 

J-128, 

And  it  being  after  half-past,  Seven  of  the  Questions put 

clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  (pursuant to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put Order of the 
forthwith  the  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  House.) 
the  Business  to  be  concluded  at  half  an  hour 
after  Seven  of  the  clock  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( M a s t er   of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for t h e j S i r^ W er   A c l a n d~ 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

1318 

128. 

Clause  No.  5  (Extension  of  section  4  of 

Licensing  Act,  1904,  to  new  off-licences,  &c.). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas. 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the$S[rAle*ander 
<;  Hood,, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Adnnd~ 

Noes, 

314. 

) 

118. 

J 

Clause  No.  6  (Scheme  with  respect  to  statu-

tory  reduction  in  every  district). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,  1.  20,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Sir  Edward  Sassoon.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment^  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left  out,  to  the  word  " shall,"  in p. 4,  1. 21,  stand 
part  of  the  Clause. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  32, 

to  leave  out subsection  (2).—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  to the  word  " this," in  p.  4,1.  3, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  33, 
after  the  word  "shall,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  save  in  rural  parishes."—(Mr.  Long.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  to 

leave  out  1. 35.—(Mr.  Balfour.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause  : — 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1.  3, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " and  the  refusal 
shall  not  take  effect  until  compensation  has 
been  paid,  the  licence,  when  necessary,  being 
provisionally  renewed  or  transferred  for  this 
purpose."—(Mr.  Cave,) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

) Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the/Sir  Edward  Sassoon, 

Noes, 

(Earl  Winterton  : 

228. 

68. 

,  Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1. 21, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " or  such  later 
day as  may be allowed  in any case  by the  Licens-
ing  Commission."—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted: 

Amendment  proposed to  the  proposed  Amend-
ment,  to leave  out  from  the  word  " as "  to  the 
end,  in  order  to  insert  the  words  " they  may 
think  proper."—(Mr.  Frederick  Edwin  Smith.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left  out  stand  part  of  the  proposed  Amendment. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the j Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
m  n 
n 
Tellers  for  the I 
N o e s>  

i 

( Master  of  Elibank  : 
f Mr.  Frederick  Edwin 

S m M 
I Mr.  Salter  : 

•271. 

93. 

J 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the \ Mr.  Cave, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  George  Faber: 

Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 
VOL.  163. 

(Master  of  Elibank 

: 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  agreed  to. 

1117. 

1283. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1.  31, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " (c) be  published 
in  every  district,  and  a copy  sent  to  each  of  the 

3 62 

412 

21 si  October. 

1908. 

[No. 127, 

licensees  and  owners  affected."  —(Mr. 
Hope.) 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted: 

And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Ten  of  the 
clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th July,  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendment 
already  proposed  from  the  Chair. 
put,  That 

those  words  be 

Question 

there 

James 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
t>mi  r  t 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Procedure  Bill 
[Lords.] 

in 

i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operations and 
Engineering  Works  B i l l; 

Engineering 
Works  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Sir  Henry  Kimber, 

Yeas, 

I Mr,  Gretton: 

Tellers  for  thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

"[Master  of  Elibank -. 

122. 

J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill  ; 

300. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

The  Chairman  then  proceeded  successively  to 
put  forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendments 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  had 
been  given,  and  the-  Questions  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  at  half 
an  hour  after  Ten  of  the  clock  this  day. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the [ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for thel  ^Alexander 

Acland-

Noe* 
' 

H° 0 d> 

1 
{Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

J 

302. 

120. 

Clause  No.  7  (Duty  of  licensing  justices  to 

give  effect to  scheme). 

An   Amendment  made. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

„ 

Yeas, 
. 
Tellers  for the^ 
Noes, 

\  Master  of  Elibank : 
'  (Sir  Alexander  Acland-

H o o d^ 
1  ^-..'ISOO, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

j-  302. 

120. 

Clause  No.  8  (Powers  of  Licensing  Commis-

sion  on  failure  of  licensing  justices). 

Amendments  made. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

v 
A o e s>  

I Master  of  Elibank  : 
1 Sir  Alexander  Acland• 
S  J.J.OOU, 
[Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Tellers  for  the]  Hood, 

297. 

\ 

119. 

I 
J 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the 
Chairman  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report 
to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Prevention of 
Crime BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Assizes  and 

Second  R e a d i ng   of  the  A s s i z es   and  Quarter  Quarter 
Sessions BiU 
a 
[Lords.] 
s e s s i o ns   Bill  [Lords\ 

-rvn  r t- 

j-r 

; 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court C o u rt   B m-
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 

Second  Reading  of 
[Lords']  ; 

the  County  Courts  Bill  Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bm 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l;  

" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  (Ireland)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading  of  the  London Paving  E x p e n s es   Paving 
gm  

. 

Expenses  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being then  sixteen  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

No. 128.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

22nd  October. 

4 13 

Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

. 

[No.  128.] 
Thursday, 22nd  October  1008. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Education 
Board 
Provisional 
Orders 
Confirmation 
(Cornwall, 
&c.)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

THE   Education  Board  Provisional  Orders 

Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  Bill  [Lords] 
was,  according  to  Order,  read the  third  time  and 
passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same, without  Amendment. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

East  India 
(Decentralisa-
tion)  (Royal 
Commission.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Royal  Com-
mission  on  Decentralisation 
India,  with 
Appendices.  Vol.  I.  and  Minutes  of  Evidence; 
Vols.  II.  to  X. 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Irish  Land 
Commission. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—  Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month  of January  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

South  Africa. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Correspondence  and 
Returns  as  to  Retrenchments  in  the  Transvaal 
and  Orange  River  Colony  Public  Services,  and 
the  South  African  Constabulary,  and  Central 
South  African  Railways  Administration,  within 
the  period  lst  July  1903  to  30th  June  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
Berks.) 

No. 307. 

The  following  Paper  was  laid  upon  the  Table 
by  the  Clerk  of the  House  :—Further  Return  to 
an  Order,  dated  the  28th  day  of  March  1905, 
for  a  Return  relative  to  Inquiry  into  Charities 
(County  of  Berks). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 
Coal  Mines 
(.Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged the following Members from  Standing 
Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill) : - M r,   Long  and 
Mr.  Myer;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  :  Captain  Clive and 
Dr.  Pollard. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Licensing Bm.  The House, according  to Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on the -Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  9  (Local  option  in  Wales  as  to 

reduction  beyond  statutory  reduction). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,1.  26,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).— (Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " If  at  any 

time  after the " stand  part  of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 

VOL.  163. 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

Yeas, 
Tellers  for thef 
' 
Noes, 
[Viscount  Valentia 

Alexander  Acland-

Hood, 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,1.  26, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " passing  of  this  Act," 
in  order  to 
insert  the  words  "first  day  of 
January  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen."—(Earl 
Winter ton.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Mr. Herbert  Lewis'. 
Tellers  for the (" Mr.  George  Faber, 

197. 

66. 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Lane-Fox : 
•  Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1. 29, 
after  the  first  word  "in,"  to  insert  the  words 
" any  rural  parish  or  urban  area  within."—(Mr. 
Solicitor  General.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  ; 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Gave, 

1197. 

)  66. 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Rawlinson: 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  5,  1. 29, 
to leave  out  the  words  "in  WaJes  (including  the 
county  of  Monmouth)."—(Mr.  Luttrell.) 

Question  proposed,  That 

the  words  "in 
Wales " stand part of  the Clause  :—Amendment, 
by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1. 29, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " (including  the  county  of 
Monmouth)."—(Mr.  Lane-Fox.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left Out stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the I  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers for thef Mr.  Lane-Fox, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George Faber : 

272. 

103. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Ten  of  the  clock,  Questions put 

the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the forthwith 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendments  House.) 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  had 
been  given. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
The  Chairman  then  proceeded  to  put  forth-
with  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business  to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 
J 
fSir  Alexander  Acland-  1 
V 
[Viscoimt  Valentia  : 

Yeas, 
n 

Hood, 
H o o d'  

rn  li 

N o es  

I 
J 

272. 

104. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Asquith),—put,  and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrowj, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 
3 63 

414 

22nd—23rd  October. 

1908. 

[No. 127, 

Prevention of 
Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  'Committee; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E ES 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Prooedure  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
7 V 11   r  T  ° 
cedure  Bill  [±,ordsJ ; 

,  -. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
B n S r i n g nd   S e c o. n d  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
Works Bill.  Engineering  Works  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  BiU ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the.  day  being  read,  for  the 
Assizes and 
Reasons Bill  Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and.  Quarter 
[ I S S .]  1 

Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 
Bill  [Lords.] 

S e c o nd   Reading  of 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [L.ords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Election of 
Aldermen in 
Boroughs Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n (j   Reading  of the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  London Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  3lst  day 
of  July 
sixteen 
it  being 
minutes  before  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

then 

last, 

Name  of BUI. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Criminal  Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill 
from 

[Lords] 
(transferred 
Standing  Committee  B). 

White  Phosphorus  Matches  Pro-

hibition  Bill. 

A. 

A. 

[No.  129.] 
Friday23rd  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P it   A TE   us. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented,  Public 

and  read;  arid  ordered  to  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Cattle  Drives 

dated  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  October,  for  (Ireland.) 
a  Return  relative  to  Cattle  Drives  (Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant 

to  the  Transvaal 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Copy  of  Government 
Treasury  Minute,  dated  21st  October  1908,  Loan* 
guaranteeing  the  further  issue  of  £1,000,000 
Transvaal  Treasury  Bills. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Unemploy-

mand,—Copy  of  Statement  relative  to  certain  ment-
Loans,  with  reference  to  Unemployment,  sanc-
tioned  by  the  Local  Government  Board,  or 
with  respect  to  which  application  for  sanction 
has  been  made  to  them. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  10  ( Amount  to  be  paid  as  com-

pensation). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  ti,  1.  14,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  proposed,  That  Is.  14  and  15  stand 

part  of  the  Clause : 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Chairman 
left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Tuesday 
itself  into  the  said  Com-

next,  again  resolve 
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

No. 129.]  8  BDW.  YII. 

23rd—26th  October. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [ Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
Operationsand  g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
WorteBUK  Engineering  Works  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  he  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election of 
MunidTi"1 
Boroughs  Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ferries 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Ireland)  Bill,  into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  j j j jj  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving  Expenses 

" 

or 

[No.  130.] 
Monday,  26th  October  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

PK   A Y E K S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented,  Public 

and  read;  and  ordered  to 

lie 

upon  the  ^ ' T 8-  
. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 

* 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  inebriates Acts 

Command,—  Copy  of  Fourth  Report  of  the  ^sPr
Inspector 
Acts,  1879  to  1900,  for  the  year  1907  (with 
Appendices). 

for  Ireland  under 

the  Inebriates  (inland) 

e

t

c.tor's 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Pawnbrokers' 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Returns  of  Pawnbrokers'  Accounts  from  the 
City  Marshal  of  Dublin,  for  the  year  ending 
31st  December  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  uoon  the 

^ 

re  an 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  and g^!}™1 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nog.  4153 
to  4155. 

0 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  London 
dated  the  22nd  day  of  July  last,  for  Returns  ^ " f j s
relative  to  the  London  (Equalisation  of  Rates) 
'jgg'i 
Act,  1894  (Accounts  under  Section  1  (7)  of  the  (Accounts 
A 

under 
Section  I  (7) 
Ordered,  That the  said Return  do lie  upon the  of the Act.) 
No.  308. 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

sf t l on 

''  

. 

. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Polling 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  j^o^f 8 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the  Borough of 
County  Borough  of  HuddersBeld,  dividing  the  Huddersfield.) 
several  wards  of 
Districts. 

into  Polling 

the  borough 

Ordered,  That  thd* said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  shop  Hours 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Act>1904" 
of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  providing  for 
the  early  closing  of  certain  classes  of  Shops  in 
the  Burgh  of  Coatbridge. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command—Copy  of List of  Certified Schools for Education. 
Blind,  Deaf,  Defective,  and  Epileptic  Children 
in  England  and  Wales  on  the  31st  July  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

Table. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order of  the  House  of  the  31st day of 
July  last,  it  being  then  one  minute  after 
Five  of  the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Mr.  Hobhouse presented,-—Return to an Order,  Public 
dated  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  October,  for Revenue 
a  Return  relative  to  Public  Revenue  (Inter-  c e p ^) 
ception). 

_ 

No.  309. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That there be  laid  before  this  House  Post Office 

a  Copy  of  Report  of,  and  Evidence  taken  by,  ( L i fe 
the  Departmental  Committee  on  the  encourage-  (Departmental 
ment  of  the  Life  Insurance  system  of  the  Post  Committee.) 
Office.—(Mr.  Sydney  Buxton.) 

YOL.  163. 

3  G  4 

416 

26th— 21th  October. 

1908. 

[No. 130. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Oomrnittees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Tuberculosis 
Prevention  (Ireland)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Devlin  ;  and 
had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
said  Bill)  :  Mr.  Mooney. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Baldwin. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Unemploy-
ment.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That 
the  Motion 
the  Proceedings  on 
relating  to  Unemployment,  if  under  discussion 
at  Eleven  of  the  clock  this  night,  be  not  inter-
rupted  under  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of 
the  House)—(Mr.  Asquith)  ; 

Unemploy-
ment. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the f Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

\  ggg 
J 
| 
J 

68. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  welcomes  the  state-
ment  of  the  Prime  Minister  with  regard  to  the 
national  importance  of  the  problem  of  Unem-
ployment,  and  approves  of  the  steps  proposed 
to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the 
present  emergency—(Mr.  Alden)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question, 
and  adding  the  words  "whilst  recognising  the 
importance  of  the  promise  of  the Prime  Minister 
to  introduce  legislation  next  Session  for  dealing 
with  Unemployment  on  a permanent  basis,  and 
whilst  welcoming  the  promise  to  administer with 
more  elasticity  the  existing  Act,  and  to  provide 
more  money  to  make  that  passible,  this House  is 
of  opinion  that  the  proposals  made  are  q uite 
inadequate  to  meet  the  pressing  needs  of  the 
unemployed  this  winter,  and  that  the  responsi-
bility  for  the  absence  of  proper  machinery  even 
for carrying  out  existing powers, and the  general 
the  country  to  meet  the 
unpreparedness  of 
present  unemployed  crisis,  is  due  to  the  neglect 
of  the  Government  to  make  provision  for  a 
state  of  affairs  which  was  clearly  foreseen "— 
(Mr.  Keir  Hardie),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  :—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  T welve  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning ; 
Tuesday,  27th  October  1908 : 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be now  adjourned 
— (Mr.  Wyndham)  ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part 
of  the  Question:—The  HoUse  resumed  the 
Debate. 

Sir  Joseph  Leese  rose 

in  his  place  and 
claimed  to  move, That  the  Question  be  now  put. 
And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be  now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the] Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Sir  A lexander  Acland-

Tellers  for  thef S  „ 
1  • 
(Viscount  Valentia  : 

Noes 
' 

, 
' 

1  997 
U 
I 

110. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being accordingly put,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question  ; 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

I  236. 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers for the j Mr.  George  Roberts, 
(Mr.  Charles  Duncan 
So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Sir  Joseph  Leese  claimed, That the Main  Ques-

Noes, 

68. 

Main Question 
put  (pursuant 
to  S.O. Closure 
of  Debate.) 

tion  be  now  put. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  accordingly 

put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

"(Master  of Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the (Mr.  O'Grady, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Claude  Hay  : 

196. 

35. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Resolved,  That  this  House  welcomes  the  state-
ment  of  the  Prime  Minister  with  regard  to  the 
national  importance  of  the problem of  Unemploy-
ment,  and  approves  of  the  steps  proposed  to  be 
taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  present 
emergency. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  d ay   being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro- Orders 
c e d u re  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Procedure  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operationsand 
Engineering  Works  Bill ; 

Engineering 
Works Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
m  ii 
i? 
Tellers  for the I 
Yeas, 

f Sir  Alexander  Acland-  1 
I 
A 

[yiscount  Valentia : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

70. 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes 

.  1 Master  of Elibank  : 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 

j- 293. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Assizes and 
B. 
11 

Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

No. 130.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

2Qth—27th  October. 

417 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Education 
into  consideration  the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  ^Scotland) 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

1 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

County  Courts 
Bill 

[Lords.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

this  day. 

Commors  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

London 
Paying 
Expenses 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses 
Bill; 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &e.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
&c.]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Local 
Government 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Reading  of 

a „ „ „ n,i 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Licensing  (Consolidation) 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
C o m m o ns   g™mons 
the  Crofters' 
Kej^afon 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  Biil-

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

g lf 

} 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited Prohibited 
•  Mention 
Areas  Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1-

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  BUI; 

g ^ t l a n d ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  ten  minutes 
before  Two  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday 
morning,  till  this  day. 

[No.  131.] 
Tuesday, 21th  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R AY   K i t s. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  p r e s e n t e d,   Public 

and  read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

l°ns- 

th 

Report. 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Return  relative  to  Cattle  Cattle  Drives 

Drives  (Ireland),  which  was presented  upon  the  (1r®land0 
23rd  day  of  this  instant  October,  be  printed. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Uganda 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing,  I.  the  Railway. 
Capital  Expenditure  on  the  Uganda  Railway; 
II.  the  Charge  involved  upon  the  Exchequer  by 
the  Capital  Expenditure;  III,  the  Gross  and 
Net  Earnings  of  the  Line  for  each  year  since  it 
was  opened. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Table. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Port  of  London  (recom-
mitted)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Easb  India 
Loans Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

VO L.   163. 

Sir  Edward 

Strachey  presented,  by  His  Crown  Lands 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Second  Report  Act> 1906-
by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries,  as  a  Commissioner  of  Woods, 
Forests,  and  Land  Revenues,  by  virtue  of  the 
Crown  Lands  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table, 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Licensing 

to-morrow,  resolve 
itself 
to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out 
3  H 

into  a  Committee  LExPense3-] 

27th—28th  October. 

1908. 

[INO. 131. 

418 
of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
the 
remuneration  and  expenses  of  the  Licensing 
Commission,  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts, 
1828  to  1906— (Mr.  Whitley); 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey,  by  His  Majesty's 
that  His 
Command,  acquainted 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of the  House. 

the  House 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Licensing  BiU.  The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  10  (Amount  to  be  paid  as  com-

pensation). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  6,1.  14,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  again  proposed,  That  Is.  14  and  15 

stand  part  of  the  Clause  : 

Question  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

.. 

Yeas, 
. 
_ 
Tellers  for  the 
A o e 8'  

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland-  1 

//(Wf/, 

I Yiscount  Valentia-. 

313. 

} 

129. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Building 
Operations and 
Engineering 
Works  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Contempts  of  Court  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

Second  Reading  of 
[Lords]  ; 

County  Courts 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Questions put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the > 
House.) 

And  it  being  after half-past  Ten  of the  clock, 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
, Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  suc-
"  cessively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  the 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which  notice  had  been  given,  and  the  Questions 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  this  day. 

Amendments  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 
in  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Election  of 
Aldermen  in 
Municipal 
Boroughs Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Yeas, 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the \ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
I Master  of  Elibank 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland-
!<  Hood, 
, 
[Viscount  Valentia 

Tellers  for  the 
Noes, 

.  128. 
I" 

Clause  No.  11 

(Division  of  compensation 

money). 

Amendments  made. 
Clause,  as amended,  agreed  to. 
Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease),—put,  and agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Prevention of 
Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee : 

314. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 
sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of  the  London  Paving  Expenses  Paving 
g - jj   „ 

Expenses  Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  five  minutes 
before Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  132.] 

Wednesday,  28th  October  1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

' E A T E E 8, 
E V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented, 
and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Seventh 
Beport. 
Post Office 
(Life 
Insurance) 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 
No.  311, 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented, — Return  to 
an  Order,  dated  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 

No. 132.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 

28th  October. 

4 19 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial  Post.) 

October,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Post  Office 
(Life  Insurance). 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash 
on  Delivery)  Amendment  (No.  4)  Warrant. 
1908,  dated  30th  September  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Merchant 
Shipping. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
with  Canada,  Australia,  and  New  Zealand 
relating  to  Merchant  Shipping  Legislation. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  No.  4156. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Another  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  8,  1.  14, 
to  leave  out  the  word  " shall,"  in  order  to  insert 
the  word  " may."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  "shall"  stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the I Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
1 Master  of  Elibank : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the j Mr.  Cave, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts 

|  272. 

)  104. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

} t 300. 

Tellers  for  thej ^t  Alexander  Acland- 
<  Hood, 
I Viscount  Valentia: 

Noes, 

| 

j 

114. 

Clause  No.  13  (Compensation  levy  and  com-

pensation  fund). 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Secondary  Schools 
in  England  recognised  as  efficient, with  a  List 
of  recognised  Pupil-Teacher  Centres,  1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

And 

it  being  after  half-past  Ten  of  the  Questions put 

clock,  the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  o^de^aTthe 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  sue-  House.) 
cessively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  an 
Amendment  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which  notice  had  been  given,  and  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  Clause  13. 

Licensing  Bill,  The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  12  (Payment  of  compensation  by 

Licensing  Commission). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  7,  1. 29,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Ashley.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left  out,  to  the  word  " reduction,"  in  1. 31,  stand 
part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for thef  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  o\'Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the ("Mr.  Ashley, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George  Faber % 

|  242. 

}  95. 

Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  7,1.  40, 
after  the  word  " as,"  to  insert  the  words  " and 
not  exceeding."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the  fMr.  Rawlinson, 
(Mr.  Lane-Fox: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

Noes, 

69. 

I 
S 

197. 

Another  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  8,1.  6, 
after  the  word  " considered,"  to  insert  the  word 
"  all."—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " all  " be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the) Mr.  James  Hope, 
(Mr.  George  Faber 
Tellers  for thef  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

} 

80. 

1 

226. 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
T  11 rs f  r th  I 
Noes, 

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 

Alexander  Acland-

\  Hood, 
( V i s c o u nt   Valentia  : 

)  „(V, 
) 

115. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill  ; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Licensing 

into  a  Committee  on  Licensing  [ E x p e n s e s ].  

[Expenses.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the  remune-
ration and expenses  of  the  Licensing  Commission, 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906.—• 
(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

— 

Question  put  forthwith,  pursuant  to  the  Order  Question put 
(pursuant to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

-  - 
of  the  House  of  the  17th  July. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ( Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

"  "  ' 

-  - 

Yeas, 

iL 

m  ii 
Tellers  for  the 
J N o e 8' 

i Master  of  Elibank  : 
i Sir  Alexander  Acland-

^ 

[Viscount  Valentia  : 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

j  302. 

1113. 
j 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  8,  1.  8, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (3).—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 
Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to be  left 
10,  stand  part  of the  Clause, 

out,  to  the  end  of 1 
put,  and  agreed  to 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  T h at  

the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

3  H  2 

420 

19th—20th  October. 

1908.  [No-.-125.-

Port  of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Committee  on  the  Port  of  London  (recommitted) 
B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  H o u se   will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

Bast  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  East  India  Loans  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Prevention of 
Crime Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
j nto   consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-r 
cedure  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Operations and Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and 
WofSeBiUS  Engineering  W o r ks   B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail  Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Assizes  and 
Quarter 
Sesaions  Bill 
[Lords."] 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  B i ll   be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

County Courts 
Bill  [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of 
[Lords]; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Courts  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons Bill 
[Lords.] 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
; 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  J u ly  
it  being  then  Eleven  of 
last, 
the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

' 

[No.  133.] 
Thursday, 29th  October  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

M1 

R.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  North  British 

a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Railway 

Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act  1899,  °^e
fi
relating  to  the North  British  Railway  :  And  the  Bill, 
same  was  read the first time,  and  ordered  (under  Bill  364. 
Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  6th  day  of  November  next; 
and  to  be  printed. 

rmatioil 

r

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

f^111?118-  ,, 
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 
Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of Report, No. 581 (Mauritius, Beports 
Annual  Report  for  1907). 

(Annual.) 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
added  to  Standing  Committee  A  the  following 
Thirteen  Members  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal 
Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  and  of  the 
White  Phosphorus  Matches Prohibition Bill)  :— 
Mr.  Rupert  Guinness,  Colonel  Warde,  Mr. 
Stanier,  Mr.  William  Nicholson,  Mr.  Crossley, 
Dr.  Rutherford,  Mr.  Owen  Philipps,  Mr.  Alfred 
Mason,  Mr.  Edmund  L,amb,  Mr.  John  Thompson, 
Mr.  Armstrong,  Mr.  Halpin,  and  Mr.  Nolan. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords] 
and  White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Luke  White  reported  from  the  Committee  Private  Bills 
on Group  M  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  the  parties  (Group  M.) 
promoting  the  London  and  District  Electricity 
Supply  Bill  had  stated  that  the  evidence  of 
Mr.  John  Hall  Rider,  Electrical  Engineer  to 
the  London  County  Council,  of  the  County 
Hall,  Spring  Gardens,  was  essential  to  their 
case;  and,  it  having  been  proved  that  Mr. 
Rider's  attendance  could  not  be  procured  with-
out  the  intervention  of  the  House,  he  had  bean 
instructed  to  move  that  the  said  Mr.  John  Hall 
Rider  do attend  the  said  Committee  to-morrow, 
at  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  John  Hall  Rider  do  attend 
the  Committee  on  Group  M  of  Private  Bills 
to-morrow,  at  E l e v en   of  the  clock. 

Sir  George  Mi Crae,  supported  by  Mr.  John  Unemployed 

Robertson,  Mr.  Sutherland,  and  Mr.  Dundas  Workmen 
White, presented a Bill to amend the Unemployed i^endment 
Workmen  Act, 1905  : And the same was  ordered  Bill, 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  the  Bill  365. 
10th  day  of  November  next;  and  to be  printed. 

Mr.  Lewis  Harcourt  reported  from  the  Com-  Licensing 
mittee  on  Licensing  [Expenses]  a Resolution  ;  [Expenses.] 
which  was read,  as  followeth: 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the 
remuneration  and  expenses  of  the  Licensing 
Commission,  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts, 
1828  to  1906. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

No. 125.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

19th October. 

421 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,1.  20, 
to  leave  out  the  word  " may,"  in  order  to  insert 
the  word  " shall."—(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts.) 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  14  (Appointment  of  Licensing 

Commission). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1. 3,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  George  Faber.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left  out,  to  the  word  " shall,"  in  1.  3,  stand  part 
of  the  Clause. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the [Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 
Tellers for thef Mr.  George  Faber, 

1 
J 
\ 
(.Sir  Frederick  Banbury.  ) 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

^ 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1. 5, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " and  one  of  such 
commissioners  shall  be  either  a  barrister-at-law 
of  at  least  seven  years' standing  who  has  had 
practising  experience  of 
law,  or  a 
solicitor  who  has  for  at  least  three  years  since 
the  coming  into  law  of  the  Licensing  Act,  1904, 
acted  as  clerk  to  any  bench  of  licensing  justices 
or  to  any  licensing  authority."—(Mr.  Samuel 
Roberts.) 

licensing 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1. 5, 
at  the  end,  to insert  the  words  " who  shall  hold 
office by  the  same  tenure  as  a judge  of  the  High 
Court  of  Justice."—(Mr.  J^ane-Fox.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted:— Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,1.  5,  at 
the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " but  no  gentleman 
who  has  held  a  seat  in  the  present  Parliament 
shall  be  appointed  a  commissioner."  —  (Mr. 
Lambton.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Lamblon, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Goulding  : 

Tellers  for  the] Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

[ Master  of  Elibank  ; 

1  „„ 
J 
1 

... 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 9,  1. 5, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " Provided  that 
liquor 
no  person  financially  interested  in  the 
trade  shall  be  appointed  a  commissioner."—(Mr. 
George  Hardy.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

Amendment  amended,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " trade,"  the  words  " or  in  any  of  the 
goods  usually  sold  in  licensed  premises."—(Mr. 
Goulding.) 

Amendment  further  amended,  by 

inserting, 
after  the  words  last  inserted,  the  words  " nor 
anyone  who is  or has  been  financially  interested 
in  any  temperance  society."—(Mr.  Gretton.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words,  as  amended, 

be  there  inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Goulding: 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

)i6i' 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1,  10, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

to leave  out  subsection  (3).—(Mr.  Lane-Fox.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

] 
J  71. 
\ 

Question,  That  the  word  "  may  "  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

An   Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  10,  1. 2, 

at the  end,  to  add  the  words— 

"(10)  Every  decision  of  the  Licensing  Com-
mission  shall  be  subject  to  an  appeal  by  any 
person  affected to  the  King's  Bench  Division,  on 
the  ground  of  a  biassed  or  unreasonable  exercise 
of  their  powers  under  this  Act."—(Mr.  James 
Hope.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

added. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  thef  Mr.  James  Hope, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  George  Faber  % 

there 

98. 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

1  9Q0 
J 

And  it  being  after half-past  Ten  of  the  clock, Questions put 

the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the  f°rthwith 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put  E T t ta 
forthwith  the  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  Uouse.) 
the  Business  to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas,- 

\  Master  of  Elibanh  : 

Tellers  for the] ^Alexander 

Acland-

N o es  
' 

1 
I.Viscount  Valentia  i 

' 

j  293. 

I  96. 
, 

Clause  No.  15  (Appeals  and  confirmation  of 
new  licences,  and  borough  licensing  committees 
in  boroughs). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
„ 

„  „ 
Tellers  for the. 
JNoes, 

(Master  of  Elibanh  : 

Sir  Alexander  Acland-

H o < 

[ Viscount  Valentia : 

Clause  No. 16  (Constitution  of licensing appeal 

authority  for large  boroughs). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 
[ Sir  Alexander  Acland- 

, 

„ 

Yeas, 
„ 
Tellers  for  the. 
JNoes, 

H o < 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

I  291 
/ 
\ 
I 
J 

9 L 

Clause  No.  17  agreed  to. 
Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  ' 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Lane-Fox, 

Noes, 
VOL.  163. 

(Mr.  Rawlinson  : 

00„ 

_„ 

) 
J 

J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking Education 
into  consideration  the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  ^Scotland) 
as  amended  in the  Standing  Committee; 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

3  h  3 

422 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings  Regulation  Rill; 

2Mh—mth  October. 

1908.  TNo. 133. 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Crofters* 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill, 

upon  Monday  next. 

Loeal 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scot'aad) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the  Port  of London  (recommitted) 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [L o r d s]   ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Operation and  Second  Reading  of the  Building  Operations  and 
Wofk^Bm?  Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [.Lord's]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Lords'] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of July  last,  it  being  then  eleven  minutes 
after Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

[No.  134.] 
Friday,  3(M  October  1908. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were presented,  Public 

iti"ns- 
and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  *'et
, 
1
Vide  Seventh 
Report. 

m  ui« 
i a b l e-  

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Irish  Land 
Command,—Copy  of Return  of  Advances  made  Commission, 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month  of  February  1908. 

Copy  of  Index 

to  Estates  comprised 

in  Irish  Land 

Returns  of  Advances  under the  Irish  Land  Act,  Commission. 
1903,  during  the  year  ended  31st  December 
1907. 

Mr.  Birrell 

also  presented,  pursuant  to  th6  Local 

an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Government 

directions  of 
Order  by  the  Local  Government  Board 
Ireland  with 
District  of  Keady. 

for 
respect  to  the  Urban  County 

Board 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Census of 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of' Production 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  A o t' 1 9 06 
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Shop  Hours 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Aet> 1904' 
Copy  of  Orders  made  by  the  Councils  of  the 
Boroughs  of  Cheltenham  and  Dukinfield  under 
the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment,  fixing  the  hours  of  closing  for  certain 
classes  of  Shops. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Trade  Reports 

Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic and  (Annual 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos. 4157  and  8eries-) 
4158. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there  be  laid  before this  House Railway 
a  Return  showing  in  detail  the  amounts  con- Companies 
tributed  by  the  Railway  Companies  of  the 
United  Kingdom,  during  the  year 1907, to Insti-  Contiibutions, 
tutions  and  Associations  of  various  character  1907.) 
not  directly  controlled  by  the  Companies,  and 
not for the  exclusive  benefit  of  the  Companies' 
servants.—(Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  ^"nittees 
added  to  Standing  Committee  A  the  following  standing668'^ 
Committee  A. 

N O.   1 3 4 .J  

8  E D W.   V I I.  

30///-  October.— 

2nd 

November. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill  and 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.'] 
Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Two  Members  (in  respect  of  the  White  Phos-
phorus  Matches  Prohibition  Bill  and  of  the 
Criminal  Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  )  : 
—Mr.  Clynes and  Mr.  Charles  Duncan, 

Sir  William Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill):—Mr.  Leif  Jones ;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Munro  Ferguson. 

Ordered,  That  the • Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Licensing  Bill.  The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  18  (Sale  of  liquor  on  Sundays, 
restriction  of hours ;  amendment  as  to bona fide 
traveller;  application  to  Monmouth  of  Welsh 
Sunday  Closing  Act). 

Amendment  proposed,  in p.  11,1.  27,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  George  Gibbs.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to be 
left  out,  to  the  word  " shall," in  1. 28,  stand  part 
of  the  Clause. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
( Master  of  Elibank: 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  George  Gibbs, 

Yeas, 

! 250. 
f 
\ 
f 

39. 

Noes, 

(Earl  Winterton  : 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  % 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Goulding, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George Faber  : 

|  237. 

1 
/ 

55, 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order  of  the 
House.) 

Clause  No.  19  (Power  of  licensing justices  to 
provide  for  the  exclusion  of  children  from bars 
of licensed  premises). 

And  it  being  after  Five  of  the  clock,  the 
Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  Order of 
the  House  of  the  17th  J uly,  successively  to  put 
forthwith  the  Questions  on  the  Amendments 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  had 
been  given,  and  the  Question  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the Business  to  be  concluded  this  day. 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  12,1.  8,  to  leave 
out  from the  beginning  to  the  first  word  " the," 
in 1. 9.—(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.) 

Question  put,  That  the  Amendment  be  made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Noes, 

(Captain  Faber: 

228. 

61. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  "as  amended 

stand part  of the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the /Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank  % 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  George  Gibbs, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Meld: 

|  229. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his Report  to the  House. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[ z^ Uf  BU1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations 
and Engineering  Works  Bill  ; 

Engineering 
Works  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  twenty-six 
minutes  after  Five  of the  clock,  till  Mon-
day  next. 

[No.  135.] 
Monday,  2nd November 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

CI IR  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to Cran  Measures 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  Act> ly08, 
O 
—Copy  of  Regulations  made  by  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  Fisheries  under  the  Cran 
Measures  Act,  1908,  for  the  making,  examina-
tion,  verification,  and  branding  or  marking  of 
Quarter-Cran  Measures  for  use 
in  buying, 
selling, delivering, or receiving  fresh  Herrings in 
any  place  in which  the  Act  is  in force. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  Post Office 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of the Foreign and Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend- parcei post.) 
ment  (No,  24)  Warrant,  1908,  dated  5th  October 
1908. 

anci 

Ordered, 

That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

.  Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Irish  Land 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  the  Proceedings  Commission 
of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  under the  Land  (Proceeding8,) 
Law  Acts,  the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Acts,  1883-
91,  and  the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during  the 
month  of  September  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

3  H  4 

Bailway 
Companies 
(Charitable 
and  other 
Contributions, 
1907.) 

N o.   812. 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

•3 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Mercantile 
Marine  Fund) 
Act,  1898. 

424 

2nd  November. 

1908. 

[No. 135. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  —  Return 

to  an 
Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  October  last,  for a 
Return  relative  to  Railway  Companies  (Charit-
able  and  other  Contributions,  1907). 

Counties. 

Number  of  serious Crimes. 

Since  last 
Assizes. 

In  corresponding 
period of 
previous  Year. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Rules  made by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

Copy  of  Draft  Order  in  Council  under  the 
Merchant  Shipping  (Mercantile  Marine  Fund) 
Act,  1898, altering the  Scale and Rules  set  out in 
the  Second  Schedule  to the  Act,  for  the  purpose 
of  the  levying of the  Light Dues in  pursuance  of 
the  Act. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

University  of 
London  Act, 
1898. 

Mr.  'Runciman  presented,  pursuant 

to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Amendment  of  Statute  No.  125  of  the 
Statutes  of  the  University  of  London. 

Foreign. 
Jurisdiction 
Act,  1890. 

Copies of  Orders in Council  under  the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  19th  October 
1908,  entitled  (1)  the  Nigeria  Coinage  Order, 
1908;  (2)  the  Zanzibar  (Amendment)  Order  in 
Council,  1908. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under the  Merchant 
Merchant 
Shipping  Act,  shipping  Act,  1894,  dated  19th  October  1908, 
prescribing  an  alternative  form  of  Indenture  of 
Apprenticeship  to  the  Sea  Fishing  Service,  to 
be  used  at  Grimsby. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Copies  of  Seven  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act,  1865, 
dated  19th  October  1908,  approving  Memorials 
of the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty 
praying  sanction  to— 

(1)  The  payment  of  an  allowance  to  the  Flag 
Officer  on  the  Staff  of  the  Commander-in-
Chief  of  His  Majesty's  Home  Fleet,  in  lieu 
of  servants; 

" 

(2)  An  amendment  of  the  regulations  as  to 
the  study  of  Foreign  Languages,  so  far  as 
relates  to  Japanese ; 

(3)  An  alteration  of  the  system  of  remune-
rating  Officers  employed  in  the  correction 
of  Charts; 

(4)  The  grant  of  charge  pay  to  Engineer 
Officers  in  charge  of  Machinery,  in  certain 
cases; 

(5)  An  increased  rate  of  pay  to  Officers  and 
Men  of  the  Royal  Marines  for  acting  as 
Shorthand Writers at Naval  Courts-Martial, 
&c.; 

(6)  A  modification,  in  certain  respects,  of  the 

pay  of  Men  of  the  Royal  Marines ; 

(7)  The  payment  of  Stewardesses  employed 

in  His  Majesty's  Yachts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Totals 

. 

And  similar  Returns  in respect  of  the  Spring, 
Summer,  and  Winter  Assizes,  1907,  and  the 
Spring  and  Summer  Assizes,  1908.  —  (Mr. 
Lonsdale.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  S e l e c t i o n;   That 
they  had 
added  the  following  Member  to  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  White  Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill  and  of  the  Criminal 
Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]   ):  —  Mr. 
Oddy. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A, 
White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
BiU and 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  20  (Power  to  attach  conditions  to 

the  renewal  of  a  licence). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  13,  1. 5,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Bottomley.') 

Questiou  put,  That 

the  words  " licensing 

justices  " stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the J" Mr,  Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master  of  Elibank : 

Yeas, 

}  267. 

Tellers for  thej Yiscount  Valentia, 

\ 
l Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 

Noes, 

83. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  13,  1. 6, 
after the  word  " on-licence,"  to  insert  the  words 
" in  respect  of  premises  other  than  premises 
constructed,  fitted,  and  intended  to  be  used  in 
good faith  for  any  purpose  to  which  the  holding 
of  a  licence  is  merely  auxiliary."—(Sir  Edward 
Sassoon.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  13,  1. 8, 
leave  out  paragraph  (a).—(Mr.  Solicitor 

to 
General.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " The  employ-

ment  of " stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the) Dr.  Rutherford, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Hodge  : 

Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

|  61. 
j- 294. 

Remaining  words  of  paragraph  (a)  omitted. 

Trade  Eeports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4159 
and  4160. 

And  it being  after half-past  Ten  of  the  clock,  Question put 

the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  Order  forthwith 
of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put  forthwith  & T t h£ 
the  Question'necessary  to  dispose of the Business  House.) 
to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

Table. 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

Crimes 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  the  number  of  serious  Crimes 
included  in  the Returns  laid  by the  Constabulary 
Authorities  in  Ireland  before  His  Majesty's 
Judges  at  the  Winter  Assizes,  1905,  in  the 
following  form: — 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for  thej"Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
P 
„ 
Tellers  for  the I 
Noes 

,1 

er 
\ Master  of  Elibank  : 
fSir  Alexander  Acland-

Hood, 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

| 

9 9. 

No.  1 3 5 .]  

8  E D W.   V I I. 

2nd  November. 

Motion  made, and Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Asquith),—put, and agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords,"] 

The  London  Electric  Supply  Bill  [Lords] 
was,  according  to  Order, read a second  time, and 
committed. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  whom  the  Bill  is  referred,  that 
they have power to insert  a provision  constituting 
the  London  County  Council 
the  purchasing 
authority  on  equitable  terms. 

That  existing  purchasing  authorities,  or  any 
other person  affected  by  such  a provision,  shall 
be  entitled  to  be  heard  before  the  Committee 
later  than 
upon  any  Petition  presented  not 
4th  November.—(Mr.  Churchill.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
proposed,  That 
to  whom  the  Bill  is  referred,  to 
Committee 
insert  a  Clause  making  it  clear  (1)  that  the 
Companies  shall  not  be  entitled,  in  the  event 
of  the  purchase  of  their  undertakings,  to  any 
additional  sum  by  reason  of  the  exercise  of  the 
powers  by  this  Act  authorising  agreements 
between  the  said  Companies  for  mutual  assist-
ance  or  association;  and  (2)  that  the  Com-
panies  shall  not  be entitled,  in  the  event  of  the 
purchase  of  their  undertakings,  to  any  sum  in 
respect  of  any  loss  occasioned  by  severance 
from  such  undertakings  of  any  mains  or  works 
laid  or constructed  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Act—(Mr.  Timothy  Davies)  :—And  the  said 
Motion was, With leave of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee,  to  insert  such  provisions  in  the  Bill 
as will  ensure  that  the  powers  proposed  by  the 
Bill  to  be conferred  upon  the  London  Electric 
Supply  Companies  shall  be  conferred  also  on 
the  local  authorities  who  are  authorised  distri-
butors in  the  Administrative  County  of  London 
—(Mr.  Claude Hay)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  1,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " Committee," the  words 
that  they  have 
power."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That  those words 
be  there  inserted  : — It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Aud  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put; 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee,  that  they  have power  to insert  such j 
provisions  in  the  Bill  as  will  ensure  that  the 
powers  proposed  by  the  Bill  to  be  conferred 
upon  the  London  Electric  Supply  Companies 
shall  be  conferred  also  on  the  local  authorities 
who are authorised  distributors  in  the  Adminis-
trative  County  of  London. 

425 
insert  a  provision  binding  the  promoting  Com-
panies  not  to  offer  opposition  to  any  future 
legislative  proposal  to  constitute  the  London 
County  Couucil  the  purchasing  authority.— 
(Mr.  Churchill.) 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  whom  the  Bill  is  referred,  that 
they  have  power  to  insert  a  provision  binding 
the  promoting  Companies  not  to offer  opposition 
to  any future  legislative  proposals  that  may  be 
brought  forward  on  behalf" of  the  Councils  of 
the  Metropolitan  Boroughs 
for  such  mutual 
assistance  or  association  as  this  Bill  confers on 
the  promoting  Companies.—(Sir.  Lough.) 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  for  taking  prevention of 

into consideration the  Prevention of  Crime Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con 

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Bi" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 

Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operationsand 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

wT^mu.8 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the p0rt of 
Committee  on the  Port  of  London  (recommitted)  London  Bill. 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Education 
into consideration the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  (Scotland) 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  l!l11' 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

S i f I a n d ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trawling in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited  | ^ b i t ed 
Prevention 
Areas  Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time  BlU' 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  London  (Westminster  and  Kensington) 
Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill  [Lords]  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  to  whom  the  Bill  is  referred,  to 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction J"™diotJon 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

3  i 

426 

2nd—3rd  November. 

1908. 

[No. 136. 

Elementary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
fjDngfanTand  Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
Wales)  Bill, 

land  and  Wales)  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 

[Lords']; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County  Courts 
Bill  [Lord*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Commons Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [ Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Constabulary 
rpay^to] 
L 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
<&c»J i 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Pay, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

Second  Beading  of 
( I r e l a n d ) B m. 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

[No.  136.] 
Tuesday, 3rd November 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  "were  presented,  Public 

and  read  j  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Petitions. 

Table. 

Jide  Eighth 
Report. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Paper  relative  to  the  University of 

University  of  London  Act,  1898,  which  was  London  Act, 
presented  upon  the  2nd  day  of 
November,  be  printed. 

No.  313. 

instant 

this 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Merchant 
Command,—Return  of  all  British  and  Foreign  Shipping Acts, 
Ships  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Trade  or  its  J f ^ 1 9 06 
Officers,  during  the  period  from  lst  July  1907  Detained.) 
to  30th  June  1908,  to  be  provisionally  detained 
as  unsafe,  &e.,  under  the  Merchant  Shipping 
Acts. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  London  Traffic  Branch  London 
Trafflc. 

of  the  Board  of  Trade. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Liverpool and 

a  Copy  of  Contract,  dated  the  12th  day  of  Hong Kong 
October  1908,  between  His  Majesty's  Post-  Mai1  Service° 
master General  and the Canadian  Pacific Railway 
Company  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails  between 
Liverpool  and  Hong  Kong;  together  with  a 
Copy  of  the  Treasury  Minute  thereon,  dated  the 
23rd  day  of  October  1908.—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had (Standing 
discharged  the following  Member  from  Standing  g S ^ f * 0 
Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Committee  B. 
Planning,  &c.  Bill)  :—Mr.  Solicitor  General;  Housing, 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  p^," i ng   &c 
the  said  Bill)  :  the  Lord  Advocate. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  B i l l; 

The  House,  according to  Order,  resolved  itself  Licensing  Bin, 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

(In  the  Committee.) 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
B o r o u SW   Municipal  Boroughs  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ferries 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Ireland)  Pill.  j nt 0  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill,  jg.jj 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  London  Paving  Expenses 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  eight  minutes 
before  Twelve  of 
to-
morrow. 

the  clock,  till 

Clause  No.  21  (No  excise  off-licence  to  be 

granted  without justices'  liccnce). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  14,1.  13,  after  the 
word  " shall,"  to  insert  the  words  " save  as 
hereinafter  provided."—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  James  Hope, * 

Yeas, 

(Viscount  Helmsley  \ 

Tellers  for  the / Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  t 

}  93. 

} 2 3 8. 

An   Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  14,  Is.  15 
and  16,  to  leave  out  the  words  "at  the  com-
mencement  of  this  Act,"  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  "on  the 
fifth  day  of  April  nineteen 
hundred  and  eight."— (Mr.  Walter  Rea.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  14,1.  16, 
after  the  word  "Act,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  whether  by  himself  or  his  predecessors 
in 
title."—(Mr.  Mitchell-Thomson.) 

NO. 136.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

3rd  November. 

427 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  he  there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause,  as amended,  stand  part of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

( Master  of  Elibank  : 
ii.  (Sir  Alexander  Acland-  1 

Yeas, 
m  n 
r 
Tellers  for the I 
-woes, 

(Viscount.  Valentia  : 

|  255. 

I  n o. 
j 

Clause  No.  22  (Removals  to be  abolished). 
Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause  stand  part  of  the  Bill. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

^Master  of  Elibank  : 

Sir  Alexander  A eland-

Tellers  for the I 
Noes, 

Hood, 

|  viscount  Valentia  : 

|  257. 

1103. 
j 

Clause  No.  23  (Provision  as  to  licences  for 

sale  of cider  alone). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

17. 

\ 
J 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for the/Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

" 
(Mr.  Pike  Pease: 
Clause No. 35 (Minor amendments in Licensing 

Acts  for purpose  of  consolidation). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ M aster  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the 

Alexander  Acland-

Noes, 

jViscount  Valentia: 

J 

311. 

120. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  14,  1. 25,  to  leave 
out  the  word  " alone,"  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  " or,  if  any  liquor  containing  less  than 
five  per  cent,  of proof  spirit."—(Mr.  Younger.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "alone" 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  : — Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the 
Bill;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the  Committee  may have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  24  (Amendment  of  section  4  of 

Licensing  Act,  1904). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  14,  1. 28,  to  leave 
out  the  words  " except  in  the  case  of  a  licence 
granted  for a term."—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-
Tellers  for  thej 
—"  
U 
(Viscount  Valentia: 
leas, 
Tellers  for the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

i 

Noes, 

i Master  of  Elibank ; 

I  ^ 
J 
j- 318. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Ten  of the  clock, 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
Order of the House of  the  17th July,  successively 
to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amend-
ments  moved by the  Government  of which  notice 
had  been  given,  and  the  Questions  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

Questions put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f .VI r.  Joseph  Pease, 
I Master  of Elibank : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the j Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Pike  Pease : 

1319. 

) 127. 

Clauses  No.  25  to  No.  27  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  28  (Power  of  licensing justices  to 

incur  expenses  for special  purposes). 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank : 
| Sir  Alexander  Acland-

Yeas, 
m  ,, 
c 
tellers  tor  ttiej 
JNoes, 

(Viscount  Valentia: 

ffoQ^ 

318. 

128. 

J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
cedure  Bill  [Lords']  ;  ^ 

^ 

ISfxT,V] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations and  Operationsand 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

w X m® 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the,  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Port of 
Committee on the  Port of  London  (recommitted)  London  Bill. 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the House without  Question  put, pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House of  the 31st day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  half  an  hour 
after Eleven  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

Clauses  No.  29  to  No.  33  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  34  (Control  of  sale  of  intoxicating 

liquor  on board  passenger  vessels). 

VOL.  163. 

3  I  2 

428 

2nd—3rd  November. 

[No. 136. 
Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

1908. 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Eeport. 

Army. 

[No.  137.] 

Wednesday, 4th November 1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
• before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE V E R AL   Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Statement 
showing  the  Strength  of  the  Regular  Army, 
Special  Reserve,  and  Territorial  Force  on  lst 
October  1908,  as  compared  with  the  Strength 
on  lst  October  1905. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Liverpool  and 
Hong  Kong 
Mail  Service. 
No.  314. 

to  an 
Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  —  Return 
Order,  dated  the  3rd  day  of  this 
instant 
November,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Liverpool 
and  Hong  Kong  Mail  Service. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Checking of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Piece-work 
Dock  Labour  Departmental  Committee  on  the  Checking  of 
( D e p a r t m e n t al  Piece-work  Wages  in  Dock  Labour.  Report, 
Committee.)  &0.  ;  Minutes  of  Evidence. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 
Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  A,   to  whom  the  Tuberculosis  Pre-
vention  (Ireland)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they 
, had gone through the Bill  and made  Amendments 

thereunto. 

No.  315. 

"No. 315. 

Bill  366. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next;  and be printed. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Kirkcaldy  and 
W a t e r 

Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  confirmation 
1899,  relating  to  Kirkcaldy  and  Dysart  Water  ; BiU  [Lords.] 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Kirkcaldy  and  Dysart  Water  Order  Kirkcaldy and 

Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]   was  ordered  (under  Dysart  Water 
Section  7 of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  confirmation 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be  taken  into  con-  Bill 
[Lords.] 
sideration  to-morrow. 

The  House, according to Order,  resolved  itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on the  Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause No.  36  (Annual  renewal of  registration 

of  clubs  required). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  3,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Cl a use:— 
Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p.  18,1. 4, at 
the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " but  this  provision 
shall  not  apply  to  any  club  against  which  no 
charge  has  been  substantiated  on  any  of  the 
grounds  mentioned  in  section  twenty-eight  of 
the  Licensing  Act,  1902,  and  which  is  managed 
by a  committee  periodically elected, to  whom  the 
secretary  of  the  club  is  responsible,  and  which 
has  been  established  for  five  years.  Provided 
always  that  the justices  shall,  in  their discretion, 
have  power  to  require  any  such  club  to  show 
cause  why  it should not come under the following 
provisions  of this  Act."—(Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  4, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " except  such 
clubs  and  messes  as  may  be  carried  on  under 
King's  Regulations  for  the  naval  and  military 
forces."—(Mr.  Gretton.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

Post Office 
Sites  BiU 
[Lords.] 

No.  316. 

Bill  367. 

Public 
Petitions 
(Seventh 
Report.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee on the Post Office Sites Bill  [Lords] ; 
That they had examined  the  allegations  of  the 
Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be  true, and had 
taken  evidence  thereon, which they had directed 
him  to  report  to  the  House;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill, and directed him  to  report the 
same, with Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Select  Committee,  be  recommitted  to  a  Com-
mittee of  the whole  House for Friday  next; and 
be printed. 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That 
they  had  examined  the Petitions  presented  upon 
the  20th,  21st,  22nd,  23rd,  24th,  25th,  28th, 
29th, 30th, and 31st days of July last,  the  lst  day 
of  August  last,  and  the  12th,  13th,  14th,  15th, 
16th,  19th,  20th,  21st,  22nd,  23rd,  26th,  27th, 
28th,  29th,  and  30th  days  of  October  last,  and 
had  directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

,, 

The  Committee  divided. 
m 
., 
Tellers  for  thel 
xeas, 

H o o d > 

n 

(Viscount  Valentia  •. 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-  1 

I  101_ 
J 

Tellers  for  thef Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

( Master  of  Elibank  : 

|  257. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,  1.  7, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " licensing  justices,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  " local  stipendiary 
magistrate  or  local  court  of  summary  juris-
diction."—(Mr.  Hart-Davies.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause, put, and  negatived. 

Proposed  words  there  inserted. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  7, 
after  the  word  "justices,"  to  insert  the  words 
"and  such  application  is  accompanied  by  an 
affidavit  of  the  secretary  proving  that  not  less 
than  one-half  of  the income of  the club  is derived ' 
from  sources  other  than  profit  upon the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquors."—(Mr.  Arnold  Herbert.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  8, 
after the word  " application,"  to insert  the  words 
"upon  being  furnished  with  the  names  and 

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429 

addresses  of  the  members,  and  any  additions  to 
or  removals  therefrom  made  within  twenty  days 
of  the  dale  of the  application  for  the  renewal  of 
registration."—(Mr.  Nussey.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  11, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (3).—(Yiscount  Helms-
ley.) 
'  Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be 
left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 
Another  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.15, 
(4).  —  (Mr.  Evelyn 

to  leave  out  subsection 
Cecil.) 

Question,  That  the  words  " The  clerk  to  the " 

stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.17, 
after  the  word  " purpose,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  accompanied  by  a  certificate,  signed  by  two 
justices  having  jurisdiction  in  the  place  where 
the  premises  in  respect  of  which  the  application 
is  made  are  situated,  that  to  the  best  of  their 
knowledge  and  belief  the  club for which  applica-
tion  for  registration  is  made  is  to  be,  and,  in  the 
case  of  an  existing  club,  has  been  and  is  to  be, 
conducted  as  a  bcn& fide club,  and not mainly  for 
the supply of intoxicating liquor."—(Mr.  Joynson-
Hicks.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Joyns  on-Hicks, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Markham: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

24. 

|  370. 

And  it  being  after half-past  Ten  of  the  clock, 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  the  Order 
of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put  forthwith 
the  Question  necessary to dispose of  the  Business 
to  be  concluded  this  day. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Salter: 

|  317. 

| 

91. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Harcourt),—put,  and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

a^ain  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 
O 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
(Scotland) 

into  consideration 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  : 

the  Education 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Government 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

^Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited  Prohibited 
p ^ L i on 
Areas  Prevention  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11' 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
land  and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  . the  day  being  read,  for  the  East India 
Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  B i l l;   Loans  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
cedure  Bill  \ Lords]; 

Procedure 
Bill  [ Lords.'] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations  and  Operationsand 

» 

• 

^JJ 

- 

Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Engineering 
Hrnmnofl-mnrt 
Works  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Port of 

Committee  on  the  Port  of London (recommitted) 
B i l l; 

-Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Order of  the  House  of  the  31st. day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  six  minutes 
before  Eleven of  the  clock, till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
."Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 

Second 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

VOL.  163. 

3  i  3 

4 30 

5th  November. 

1908. 

[No. 138. 

[No.  138.] 
Thursday, 5th November 1908. 

substitution  (in  respect  of  the  said  Bill)  ;  M r. 
Jowett  and  Mr.  Leif  Jones. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Licensing Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Licensing  Bill. 

P l l A T E E S. 

Kirkcaldy and r i l HE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
Order' W a t e r 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Kirkcaldy 
a i ,d   Dysart  Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  37  (Objections  to  registration  or 

renewal  of  registration). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  22,  to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Bottomley.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "  a n y" 

stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—Debate  arising  ; 

Public 
Petitiona. 
Yide  Eighth 
Report. 
Trade Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4161 
and  4 1 6 3. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Universities of  Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statute  made  by  the  Governing  Body  of  Christ 
the  Universities  of 
Church,  Oxford,  under 
Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on 
the 
25th  June  1908,  amending 
Statute  X V I ., 
Clause  9,  of  the  Statutes  of  the  House. 

No.  317. 

Historical 
Manuscripts 
(Rojal 
Commission.) 

Diseases of 

4^0S]903^ 

0 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords'] 
and White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 
Standing 
Committee  B. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning. &c. 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Royal  Commission  on  Historical  Manuscripts 
on  Manuscripts  in  various  Collections.  Volume 
VI.  The  Manuscripts  of  Miss  M.  Eyre-
Matcham,  Captain  H.  V. Knox,  Mrs.  Wykeliain-
Martin,  &c. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  an  Order,  No.  7586,  under  the  Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  the  29th 
October  1908,  relating  to  Animals  being  carried 
on  the  Steamship  " Minnesota." 

Ordered,  That  the  Said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal  Appeal 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  and  of  the  White 
Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition  Bill)  :—Mr. 
Walrond;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect  of  the  said  Bills)  :  Lord  Balcarres. 

Sir William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B;   —  the  Lord  Advocate  ;  and  had 
reinstated  Mr.  Solicitor  General. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  further reported 
from  the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill):—Mr.  John  Taylor  and 
in 
Sir  Edwin  Cornwall; 

and  had  appointed 

Mr.  Lupton  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  to  Closure 

move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but  the 
Chairman  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  then  withholda  his 
to  put  that  Question  :—Debate  resumed. 

assent. 

262. 

78. 

J 
\ 
J 

Question  put. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibanh  : 

Tellers  for  the I Mr.  Bottomley, 

Noes, 

(Earl  Winter ton: 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,  1.  22, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "person,"  in  order  to 
insert  the  words  " duly  authorised police officer." 
(Sir  Henry  Kimber.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " person  "  stand 

part  cf  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided-
Tellers for the | Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the)  Sir  Henry  Kimber, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  George  Gibbs  : 

2 4 1. 

( 
J 
I 
/ 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,1.  22, 
after  the  word  " person,"  to  insert  the  words 
"resident  in  the  district."—(Mr.  Bottomley.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Bottomley, 

Yeas, 

i Mr.  George  Faber : 

Tellers  for thef Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

\  97. 

230. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,  1. 22, 
after  the  word  " may,"  to  insert  the  words  " at 
any  time on his  own  personal  knowledge  forward 
to  the  chief  constable  of  a  county  or  borough 
such  information  as  he  considers  a violation  of 
the  conditions  of  registration  of  any  club,  and 
such  chief  constable  shall  investigate  the  com-
plaint  and  make  a  record  of  such  investigation, 
and  theD,  if  satisfied  that  the  same  affords  good 
ground 
for  objection,  shall."—(Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr.  George  Roberts, 
(Mr.  Charles  Duncan: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the)  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

1 
J 
1 
J 

95. 

166. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 18,1.  23, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " registration  or  the."— 
(Mr.  Mitchell-Thomson.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " registration  " 

stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  thef  Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the,  Mr.  Mitchell-Thomson, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Ashley  : 

\  o io 
J 

4 4. 

No. 138.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

5th  November. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,  1.  26, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " as  a  drinking  club,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  " for  the  supply  of 
excisable  liquor."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
the  Clause  :— 

to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  18,  1.  29, 
at  the  end,  to 
insert  the  words  "or  on  the 
ground  that  the  club  is  bound  by  any  covenant, 
agreement,  or undertaking,  or  is  otherwise  under 
an  obligation  to  obtain  a  supply  of  any  intoxi-
cating  liquor  from  any  particular  person,  not 
being  a club  which  was  so  bound  or  under  such 
an  obligation  before  the  passing  of  this  Act."— 
(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.') 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

Amendment' proposed  to  proposed  Amend-
ment,  in 1. 2,  to  leave  out the  word  " or."—(Mr. 
Maclean.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " or "  stand  part  of 

the  proposed  Amendment,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Ten  of  the  clock, 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  to  put 
the  Amendment 
forthwith 
already  proposed  from  the  Chair. 

the  Question  on 

Question  put,  That  those  words 

be 

there 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  George  Faber, 
I Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil-. 

Noes, 

299. 

88. 

Clause  No.  40  (Amendment  of  section  28  of 

the  Licensing  Act,  1902). 
An   Amendment  made. 

Question  put,  T h at   the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

J 

Tellers  for  the J Yiscount  Valentia, 

297. 

84. 

Noes, 

(Lord  Balcarres  : 
Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Education 
into  consideration  the  Education (Scotland)  Bill,  ^cotland) 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  BUI; 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bll!-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

the  Local  Government Government 

Second  Reading  of 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

(Scotland) 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

The  Chairman  then  proceeded  successively  to 
put  forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendments 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  had 
been  given,  and  the  Questions  necessary 
to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this 
day. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling in 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited  Prohibited 
S n t i o n 
Areas  Prevention  B i l l;  

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B111-

to-morrow. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  t h e ( S i r^ f cf a m f cr   A d a n d r 

Noes 
' 

, H o o d> 

i 
(Viscount  Valentia  : 

T he   Order  of  the  day  b e i ng   read,  for  t he   Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

306. 

92. 

J 

Clause  No.  38  disagreed  to. 
Clause  No.  39  (Offences  in  respect  of  clubs, 
and power  to  direct  registration  to  be  cancelled). 

Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  19,  1. 39, 
after  the  word  " club,"  to 
the  words 
"  every  member  of  the  committee  of  the  club." 
—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

insert 

Question  put,  That  the  Amendment  be  made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the) Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
I Master  of  Elibank 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Cave, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Salter: 

} 303. 

91, 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers  for  tA l e x a n d er   Acland-
• 

i 
(Viscount  Valentia-. 

Noes 
' 

' 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  prevention of 

into  consideration  the  Prevention  of  Ciitne  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-  Orders 
T>-U  r  i 
cedure  Bill  [_ Lords  J ; 

Procedure  Bill 
[Zords.] 

j  i 

j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st  day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  twenty-eight 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

j  299. 

1 
| 

88. 

3  I  4 

0 

432 

6th  November. 

1908. 

[No. 139. 

[ N o.   1 3 9 .] 
Friday,  6th November 1908. 
The House met at Twelve of the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  North  British 

Railway  Order Confirmation Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Several Public Petitions  were presented,  and 

read;  and ordered to lie  upon the Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of Diplomatic 
and  Consular Reports, Annual  Series,  No. 4162. 
Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

North  British 
Railway 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Colonial 
Import  Duties,  Command,— Copy  of  Return  relating  to  the 
1908. 
Rates of  Import Duties  levied  upon  the  prin-
cipal  and  other  Articles 
imported  into  the 
British  Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates. 
Copy of Statistical  Tables relating  to  British 
Colonies,  Possessions,  and  Protectorates.  Part 
XXXI.,  for the year  1906. 

Colonial 
Statistics. 

Committee A (in respect of the  Criminal  Appeal  Standing 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  and  of  the  White 
Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition Bill): — Mr.  Appeal 
William  Harvey  *, and  had appointed in substitu-  ^Amendment) 
tion (in respect  of the said Bills) :  Mr. JVicholls.  P'" 

ffi^ffi**-

Bill  [Lords] 
and  White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported  Standing 
from the Committee ;  That  they  had discharged  Committee  C. 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C (in respect  of  the  Coal  Mines (Eight  Coal  Mines 
Hours) (No.  2)  BiU):—Mr.  Solicitor  General;  § j f hi ^ r e) 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect 
of  the  said  Bill):  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for 
Scotland. 

. 

Ordered, That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  L,uke  White  reported from"the Committee  Private Bins 

on  Group  M  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for  the (UronP M> 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,'  at  Eleven  of 
the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into a Committee on the Licensing  Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Aliens  Act. 
1905. 

Compensation 
for  Industrial 
Diseases 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 

Universities of 
Oxford  and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

No. 318. 

Mr.  Churchill  also  presented,  pursuant  to the 
directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Rules made by the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  of  Alien 
Passengers  brought  to  the  United  Kingdom 
from  Ports  in  Europe, or within  the  Mediter-
ranean  Sea,  during  the  three  months  ending 
30th September 1908 ; together with the number 
of  Expulsion  Orders  made  during  that  period 
requiring  Aliens to leave the  United  Kingdom. 
Copy of  Supplementary Report of  the Depart-
mental  Committee on  Compensation  for  Indus-
trial  Diseases.  Report,  Minutes  of  Evidence, 
and  Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statute  made  by the  Governing  Body  of  All 
Souls  College,  Oxford,  on  the  4th  July  1908, 
and sealed  on  the  llth  July  1908, altering and 
amending  Statute III.,  Clause 7, of the  Statutes 
of the  College. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Rifle 
Associations 
(Colonies) 
(Grants.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report,  No.  582  (Straits 
Settlements,  Annual  Report  for 1907). 

Colonel  Seely also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Address to  His  Majesty, dated  the  20th  day of 
May last, for a Return relative to Rifle Associa-
tions (Colonies)  (Grants). 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from 
Selection 
(Standing 
the  Committee  of  Selection :  That  they  had 
Committees.)  d i s c h a r g ed   t h e  following  Member from Standing 

Clause  No. 41  (Power to enter clubs). 
An  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 20,1. 23, 
after  the  word  "shall,"  to  insert the  words "if 
he  has  obtained  a  written  authority  for  the 
purpose  from  a  justice  of  the  peace  having 
jurisdiction 
in  the  place." — (Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted : 

Amendment  proposed to the proposed Amend-
ment, in 1. 2, to  leave out the  words "a justice," 
in  order  to  insert  the  words  " two  justices."— 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " a  justice " 

stand part of  the proposed  Amendment. 

Yeas, 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

1355 
1 
Tellers  for the/ Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
/ 

(Mr.  Goulding: 
Question,  That those  words be there inserted, 

Noes, 

61. 

put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment proposed, in p. 20,1. 24, 
after  the  word  "  any,"  to  insert  the  word 
" specified."—(Viscount Helmsley.) 

Question proposed, That the word " specified " 
inserted : — Amendment,  by  leave, 

be  there 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p. 20,1. 24, 
to  leave  out the word " time," in order to insert 
the word " hour."-—(Mr.  George  Faber.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "time" 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment proposed, in p. 20,1.  27, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "not."—(Mr.  Evelyn 
Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " not"  stand 

part of  the  Clause. 

No. 139.] 

8  EDW.  VII. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 
Tellers for the/ Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

(Mr. Lambton : 

|  1 8 6. 

}  69. 

6th  November. 

433 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part of 

the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p.  20,1. 27, 
after  the  words  last  added,  to  add  the  words 
"Provided  that  if  the  chief  constable  has 
reason to  believe  that  the  entry and  inspection 
of a club and premises by such person or persons 
when  not  in uniform might occasion a breach of 
the  peace,  he  may  then  direct  him  or  them to 
wear uniform."—(Mr.  Walter Long.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

added. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Yiscount Valentia, 
(Lord Balcarres % 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  i 
Tellers for the (Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Pike  Pease  : 

|  230. 

1 
J 

77. 

Clause  No.  45  (Temporary  provision  as  to 

valuation of licensed premises). 

Amendment  proposed, in p.  22,1.  34, to leave 
out  from  the  word  " they " to the word " and," 
in  1.  36,  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "were 
buildings  newly  erected." —  (Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

Question  put, That  the Amendment be made. 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

}  77. 

j-197. 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 
Tellers for the/Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Pike  Pease  : 

226. 

73. 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  t 
Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the  Bill 

That  the 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Bottomley, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George  Faber : 

205. 

} \ 

86. 

Clause  No.  42  (Prohibition  of  sale  of  liquor 
to member of  club for consumption off premises). 
Amendment  proposed, in  p. 20,1.  28, after the 
word  " club,"  to  insert  the  words  " after  the 
hours at which licensed houses are  closed  in  the 
licensing  district  in  which  the  club  is  situated, 
nor  shall  intoxicating  liquor  be  supplied  in  a 
club."—(Mr. Black.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Black, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Luttrell: 

Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 
i.Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

Noes, 

}  61. 

^ 232. 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

An  Amendment made. 
Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That 
Clause, as amended, stand part of  the Bill. 

the 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ M r.   Herbert  L,ewis: 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   Leverton  Harris 

1228. 

J  79. 

And  it  being Five  of the clock, the  Chairman 
proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  17th  July,  successively  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Amendments 
moved  by the  Government  of  which notice had 
been  given,  and  the  Questions  necessary  to 
dispose of the Business to be concluded this day. 
Clause  No. 43  (Power  of  Local  Government 

Board to make rules for taking of polls, &c.). 

Amendments made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr. Joseph Pease, 
I Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 
Tellers for the/Viscount Valentia, 

Yeas, 

224, 

84. 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Pike  Pease : 
Clause  No.  44  (Temporary  provisions  as  to 
extinction  of  licences  in  1909,  and  transfer  of 
existing  compensation funds). 

VOL. 163. 

Other Amendments made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as amended, 

stand part of the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 
Tellers for the/Viscount Helmsley, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

I Mr. Salter : 

217. 

\ 
1 

72. 

Clause No. 46  (Repeal). 
Question  put, That  the  Clause  stand  part of 

the BilL 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Pike Pease, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  James  Hope : 

}  204. 

)  59. 

Clause  No. 47  agreed to. 
New  Clause  (Interpretation)—(Mr.  Solicitor 

General)—brought  up, and read the first time. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  be  added  to 

the BUI. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers for the/Mr. Pike Pease, 

Noes, 

\ M r.   George  Faber: 

\ 
J 

J 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make his Report to the  House, 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  made Progress  in  the 
Bill;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the  Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House will, upon Monday 

next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Five  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  Standing  Order No. 3, it being 
then  nine  minutes  before  Six  of  the 
clock, till  Monday next. 

3  K 

9th  November, 

1908. 

[No 

[No.  140.] 
Monday,  9th November 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Kirkcaldy  and 
Dysart  Water 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill {Lords.] 

T HE   Kirkcaldy  and  Dysart  "Water  Order 
Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according 

to Order, read the third time  and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
North  British 
ConfimaWon61  S e c o n d  Reading  of  the  North British  Railway 
Bm. 

Order Confirmation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 
upon  Tuesday  the  17 th  day  of  this  instant 
November,  at a quarter  of  an  hour  after Eight 
of the clock. 

A  Public  Petitioh  was  presented, and  read; 

and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

Ordered, That  the  Return  relative  to  Rifle 
Associations  (Colonies)  (Grants),  which  was 
presented  upon  the  6th  day  of  this  instant 
November,  be printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Twenty-sixth  Report  of 
the  Royal  University  of  Ireland,  being  for  the 
year  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of several  Acts of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Rule in substitution of  Rule  14  of  the  Rules 
made  by the  Intermediate Education Board for 
Ireland, sealed on the 17th June  1908. 

Copies  of  Four  Orders  in  Council,  dated 
3rd November  1908, for holding  Winter  Assizes 
in Ireland.  , 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 
Rifle 
Associations 
(Colonies) 
(Grants.) 

No.  319. 

Boyal 
University  of 
Ireland. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Winter 
Assizes 
(Ireland.) 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Regulations.) 

Mr. Sydney Buxton  presented, pursuant to the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Amendment 
(No.  1) Regulations,  1908, dated  9th  November 
1908. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Board  of 
Education. 

East  India 
(Proclama-
tions.) 

Mr.  Runciman • presented,  by  His  Majesty's 

Command,—Copy  of Report  of  the  Committee 
of  Rearrangement, Victoria  and Albert Museum 
(Art  Division). 

•Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before this House Copies of the Proclamation of 
the  King-Emperor of  India  to the Princes, and 
People  of  India,  of  the  2nd  day of  November 
.1908,  and  the  Proclamation  of  the  late  Queen 
Victoria, of  the 1st day of November  1858, to the 
Princes,  Chiefs,  and  People  of  India.—(Mr. 
Eugene  Wason.) 

Land  Judge's 
Court 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That there be  laid before this House 
a Return,  by Counties, of the Estates in the Land 
Judge's  Court over which  Receivers  have  been 
appointed  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 

Papers,  Nos.  182,  256,  264, and  178 of  Sessions 
1904,  1905,  1906, and  1907.).—(Mr. Clancy.) 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved itself  Licensing  Bill, 

into a Committee on the Licensing  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Schedule  1. 
Amendment  proposed, in  p.  24,  to  leave  out 
Is. 6 to  12, inclusive,  of  the  second  column,  in 
order to insert the  words— 

" 1 to 300  persons or part of 300 
400 
J5 
500 
» 
600 
700 
800 
900.' 

1 to 400 
1 to 500 
1 to 600 
1  to 700 
1 to 800 
1  to 900 

„ 
„ 
„ 
„ 
„ 
„ 

» 
»  ' 

—(Mr.  George  Faber.) 

Question put, That the first " 400 " stand part 

of the  Schedule. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for thefMr. Gretton, 

)  225. 
J 
}  87. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 24,1.  13, 
to lea,ve  out  from  the  word  " to " to  the end of 
1.  14,  in  Order  to  insert  the  words  " a  yearly 
estimate  of  population  to  be  made  by the  local 
authority."—(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts.) 

(Mr.  George  Faber s 

Question proposed, That the words " the last " 
stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment proposed, in p. 24,  1. 16, 
to leave out the word " may," in  order  to  insert 
the  word " shall."—(Mr.  George Faber.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " may "  stand 

part of the  Schedule. 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Joseph Pease, 
(Master oi  Elibank : 
Tellers  for the I Mr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  George  Gibbs : 

J-225. 

84. 

} 

•Another Amendment proposed, in p. 24,1.  18, 
to leave out from the word " Where " to the end 
of 1. 19, in order to insert the  words  " it  appears 
inexpedient to reduce the  number of  on-licences 
in  any  parish  or  area  below  two." — (Mr. 
Younger.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left  out,  to  the  word  " in," in 1. 18, stand 
part  of  the  Schedule :—Amendment,  by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 24,1.  22, 
after  the word  " area,"  to  insert the  words " or 
to the fact that the  premises, or any of them, are 
situate  near  to  the  boundary  of  an  adjoining 
parish or area in which the number of on-licences 
is below the scale number."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 24,  L22, 
after the  word  " area,"  to insert the  words " or, 
owing  to  the  defects  of  roads  or  facilities  of 
transit,  special  treatment  is  required."—(Mr. 
Gretton.) 

Question, That those words be there  inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

C ther Amendments made. 

140.]  '8  EDW.  YII. 

9tfi  November. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 24, 1. 31, 

at the end, to  add the  words— 
:.  " (4)  Where  in  an  urban  area,  owing to the 
nature of  the  district and  the  proportion  of  the 
resident  population  making  use  of 
licensed 
houses, a  modification  of  the  strict  application 
Of  the  scale  appears  requisite  to  prevent  the 
reduction leading to overcrowding in the remain-
ing houses."—(Mr. Younger.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

added. 

- The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the J Mr. Younger, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  George Faber % 

Tellers  for the [Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank \ 

j 

8 !. 

J  222. 

Question put, That this Schedule, as amended, 

be the First  Schedule  to the  Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

'  Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland-

r 

m  „ 
Tellers for the I  H o ( ) d 
JNoes, 
( 
Schedule  2. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 25, 1. 25, to  leave 

( v i s c o u nt   Valentia  : 

out the  word " hotels."—(Mr.  Gretton.) 

Question proposed,  That  the  word  " hotels " 
stand  part  of  the  Schedule :—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 25,1.  32, 
at the  end, to add the words  " No  levy  shall  be 
charged  to  a  hotel  or  restaurant  where  the 
holder of  the  licence  agrees  to  and  is  thereby 
prevented  from  selling  any  intoxicating  liquor 
to any person who— 

(1) is not residing in the  hotel, or 
(2)  is  not  having  a  meal  in  the  hotel  or 

restaurant." 

—(Mr.  Agar-Robartes.) 

Question proposed,  That those words be there 

added :—-Amendment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Question put,  That this  be the  Second  Sche-

dule to the  Bill. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank  : 

•233. 

Tellers for the fMr.  Cave, 

\ 
[ Sir  Frederick  Banbury  : ) 

Noes, 

g 

Schedule 3. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 26,1.  11, to  leave 

out subsection  (2).—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question  proposed,  That  Is.  11,  12,  and 13 
stand  part  of  the  Schedule:—Amendment,  by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That this be the Third  Schedule 

to the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

"(Master of Elibank : 

Tellers for the/Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Ashley: 

262. 

88. 

f 

Schedule  4  agreed to. 
Schedule  5. 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 29,  to  leave out 

1. 30—(Mr.  M'Arthur.) 

Question put, That the words proposed  to  be 

left out stand part of the  Schedule. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Master  of Elibank ; 

Tellers for the fMr.  M'Arthur, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Cave : 

}285. 

101. 

And it  being after half-past Ten  of  the clock,  Questions put 

the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the forthwith to 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  July,  succ.es- order^the 
sively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on  the  Hons.) 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which notice had  been given,  and the  Questions 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  this day. 

Amendments made. 
Question put, That this  Schedule, as amended, 

be the  Fifth Schedule to the  Bill. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
Tellers  for  the | 
Noes 
' 

"(Master of Elibank : 

Alexander  Acland• 

1  ? I o o d' 
(Viscount  Valentia : 

285. 

102. 

Schedule 6. 
Question put, That this be the Sixth  Schedule 

to the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
"(Master of Elibank  : 

Yeas, 

m  n 
•  'f.  *  ,i 
Tellers  for  thel 
Noes 
? 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-

, 
„ 
i  Hood, 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

286. 

>  99. 

Schedule 7. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 34,1.  34, after the 
word " three," to insert the  words " section four, 
from  5 which  is  represented'  down  to  ' taken 
into consideration.'"—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 
Question put,  That the  Amendment be made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Samuel  Roberts, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Salter-. 

I 285. 

J } 98. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in p. 34,1.  37, 
after " (2)," to insert the words " from ' Provided 
that'  to  the  end  of  the  subsection."—(Mr. 
Solicitor  General?) 

Question put, That the Amendment  be made. 
The  Committee divided. 
, Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(faster  of  Elibanh : 
Tellers for thefMr.  George  Faber, 

Noes, 

(Earl  IVinterton  : 
Question put, That this Schedule, as amended, 

he the  Seventh  Schedule  to the Bill. 

|  278. 

}  97. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

-  Yeas, 
„  „ 
„ 
1 ellers tor  the) 

,. 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland-

Hood, 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

j- 270 

1  97. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

report the Bill  to the  House, 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee  had gone  through the  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow ;  and be printed. 

Bill  368. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking  Education 
into consideration  the Education (Scotland) Bill, geotland) 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

3 K 2 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

sideration to-morrow. 

upon Thursday  next. 

9 th  November. 

.1908. 

[No. 140. 

Port of 
London Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the Port of  London (recommitted) 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court CouIfc BiU-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on  the Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land and Wales)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill B m  U^rds.] 
[Lords] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Prevention of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
into consideration the  Prevention  of  Crime BilJ, 
as amended in the  Standing Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons BUI 

Second Reading  of the  Commons Bill [Lords]  ; i^ords.] 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland)  [Pay,  [ p ^ 3^ 
&c.] ; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

day  being  read,  for  the  Local 
the  Local 

G o v e r n m e nt   Government 
(Ireland)  Bill, 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida- (.Co"s°1.i,(!a" 
tion) Bill  J 

tion)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
BUL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling in  Prohibited 
Areas Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  Aldermen in 
in Municipal Boroughs Bill; 
BoroughsBUl. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read a  second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Provisional 
Orders 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  taking  Perries 

into  consideration the  Ferries (Ireland)  Bill,  as (Ireland)  BiU. 
amended in the  Standing  Committee j 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday  next. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Thursday  next. 

Post Office 
Sites Bill 
[ Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords']  j 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Enetaeerinand S e c o nd   K e a d i ng   of the  Building  Operations and 
WoXeBUl.g  Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read a  second time 

upon Thursday  next. 

Bail BUl. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the  Bail  Bill j 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Thursday  next. 

Assizes and 
•Quarter 
Sessioas BUI 
£ Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions Bill  [Lords]; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses Paving 
g j jj 

or

e 

Expenses  BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  taking  Tuberculosis 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing (Ireland) Bl«-
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con 

sideration  upon Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House without Question put, in pursuance 
of the Order of the  House  of the 31st day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  twenty-four 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock, till 
to-morrow. 

 
No. 141.]  8  E D W,   Y I I. 

30 th  November. 

437 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Beport. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill.) 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

[No.  141.] 
Tuesday, 10th November 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three  of the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the Question being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven 
of the  clock this  night,  be  not interrupted under 
the  Standing  Order (Sittings  of  the  House)— 
(Mr.  Asquith)  ; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of Elibank: 
(Sir  Alexander  Acland- 

m  ,, 
Tellers for the I  H o o d ) 

Yeas, 
j. 

o e s'  

(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

"( 
J 
\ 
I  46. 
j 

The  Order  of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
into consideration the  Education (Scotland)  Bill, 
as amended in the Standing  Committee; 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  the 
Standing  Committee  on Scottish  Bills in respect 
of  Clause  15—(Mr.  Boland):—And  a  Debate 
arising  thereupon ; 

Mr.  Sinclair rose  in  his  place  and claimed  to 

move, That the  Question be now put. 

And  the  Question being put, That  the  Ques-

tion be now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the j" Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

m  ,, 
Tellers for the 1 Mr   J e r e m£ h  M a c_  

I Master  of  Elibank  i 
fMr.  Boland, 

Yeas, 
c 

,, 

NoeS' 

1  Veayh  : 

1  91. 
J  41 
1 
I  106< 
J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  accordingly  put, 
That the Bill  be  recommitted  to  the  Standing 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills 
in  respect  of 
Clause  15; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
m  n 
.i 
Tellers for the 1 Mr   J e r e m i ah   M a c.  

fMr.  Boland, 

j- 

Yeas< 

I  Veagh : 

Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank  : 

m 

1 
I 
J 
\  „„7 
' 
/ 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
Then  the  House  proceeded  to take  the  Bill, 

as amended, into  consideration. 

A  Clause  was  offered to  be added to the  Bill 

(Hostels).—(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

And the said  Clause  was  brought up, and read 

the first time. 

And  a Motion being made,  and  the  Question 
being put,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the Left. 

VOL.  163. 

Tellers for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the fSir Henry  Craik, 

\ 
IMr.  Robert  Duncan  :  J 

Noes, 

211. 

41. 

So it  was resolved in the  Affirmative. 
Then  the  Clause  was  amended;  and  made 

part of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Defective  Children)—(Mr. 
Gulland)—was twice read;  and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Constitution  of school  board  districts). 
—(Mr.  Munro  Ferguson.) 

And the said Clause was brought up,  and read 

the first time. 

And a Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time j 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right j 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Munro Ferguson, 

Yeas, 

\ S ir   Henry  Craik: 
Tellers  for the/ Mr. Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of Elibank ; 

\  „„ 
j 

.  _s 
j  i0  ' 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
A.n  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  12, by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "institutions,"  the  words  "within  or."— 
(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

And the  Question  being proposed, That those 
words be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 
Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill, in p. 4,1.  10, by inserting,  after  the 
word  "parent,"  the  words  "or  guardian."—-
(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

And the Question being put,  That those words 
be  there  inserted  in the Bill:—It  passed  in the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in p. 4,  1. 11,  by inserting,  after  the 
word  " efficient,"  the  word  " elementary." — 
(Mr.  Mitchell-  Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" elementary " be there inserted  in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Mitchell-Thomson,  "1  „2 

Yeas, 

1 Sir  Frederick  Banbury  :  J 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master of Elibanh: 

Noes, 

1 170 
) 

So it  passed in the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment was proposed tc be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1.  37,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  7.—(Mr.  Bridgeman.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " of>"  in 
p, 4,1.  39,  stand part of  the  Bill; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank 1 

Tellers for the f Mr. Bridgeman, 

Noes, 

\Sir  Frederick  Banbury.  J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

3 K  3 

1  -
J 1 5 8 , 
"l  „ 

438 

l l t h — \ 2 t li  November. 

1908. 

[No. 142. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " or  some  person  on  his  behalf.'—(Mr. 
Munro  Ferguson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " seven-
teen,"  in  p.  7,  1.  5,  stand  part of the  Bill:—It 
was resolved in the  Affirmative. 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed  to be left out  stand part of  the  Bill :— 
It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
"to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  29,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  8.—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the further  consideration  of  the  Bill, 
as  amended,  be  now adjourned—(Mr. Sinclair);: 
—It  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  end  of 
1. 38, p. 5, stand part of the  Bill: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken into further con-
sideration this  day. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Wednesday 
morning; 

Wednesday,  llfA  November  1908  : 

And  the  Question being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

\Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the/Mr.  James  Hope, 

Noes, 

(Mr. Ashley : 

148. 

25. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  39,  by  leaving  out  the 
words " after the  age of  fourteen  years,  and."— 
(Mr.  Bridgeman.) 

And  the "Question being put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left out  stand  part of the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1. 12,  by  leaving  out  the 
words from the  word  " shillings "  to  the  end  of 
subsection  (3)  of  Clause  8,  and  inserting  the 
words  "and  such  procedure  may  be  repeated 
against  the  same  person,  or  in  respect  of  the 
same offence, at intervals  of  not  less  than  three 
months"—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question being  put,  That  the  words 

f roposed  to be left  out  stand  part of  the  Bill:— 

t  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p. 6,1.  34,  by inserting,  after the 
word " physical," the  words  " and in  the case of 
male  scholars military."—(Earl  of  Ronaldshay.) 
And the  Question being put, That those words 

be there  inserted in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Earl  of Ronaldshay, 

Yeas, 

(Sir  Henry  Craik: 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

}  27. 

)  124. 

So it  passed in the  Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 6,1.  34, by inserting  at the end 
thereof  the  words  " and for  the  teaching  of  the 
National  Anthem  and  the  emblematic  meaning 
of the  national flag."—(Captain Craig.) 

And the Question being put,  That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  7,1.  3,  by  leaving  out  subsec-
tion (3) of  Clause  9.—(Sir  Henry  Craik.) 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Licensing  Bill, 

into consideration the Licensing Bill,  as amended 
in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Port of 
Committee on the Port of  London (recommitted)  London  Bin, 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 

Committee  on the Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land and Wales)  Bill; 

w^^BilL 

Resolved, That this  House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  taking  Prevention  of 

into consideration the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  C o m m o ns   C o m m o ns 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Emulation 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time BiU-

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
^Scotland) 
(Scotland)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  G o v e r n m e nt   G ° Te r n m e nt 
(Scotland)  Bill;° 
^Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling  in 

Second  Reading  of  the Trawling  in  Prohibited  ^ b i t ed 
Areas Prevention  Bill; 
Prevention 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B m-

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro- 
cedure  Bill  [Lords] ; 

[Lords.] 

B m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House without Question put, in pursuance 
of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  31st 
day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  eighteen 
minutes  before  Two  of  the  clock  on 
Wednesday  morning, till  this day. 

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'IWI  November. 

439 

••;••• 

I N o.   1 4 2 .]  : 
Wednesday, 11 th November 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

SEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the' 

Table. 

second column  of the following table,  and those  (Allocation  of 
Proceedings shall, if not previously  brought to a  Report  Stage.) 
conclusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at  the 
time  shown in  the third  column of that  table. 

Table. 

Report  Stage. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be  brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

Crimes 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated the  2nd  day  of  this instant  November, for 

No. 320.  Returns  relative  to Crimes  (Ireland). 

Ordered, That the said Return  do lie  upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic 
and Consular Reports,  Annual Series,  Nos. 4164 
and 4165. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

East  India 
(Trade.) 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Review  of  the  Trade  of 
India for  1907-8. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Dock  Labour 
in  relation 
to  Poor  Law 
Relief. 

Western 
Pacific. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report to the  President of 
the  Local  Government  Board on  Dock  Labour 
in relation  to Poor  Law  Relief,  by the  Honour-; 
able Gerald  Walsh, one of the  Inspectors  of  the 
Board. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,— Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 
to the Administration  of  the  Gilbert  and  Ellice 
Islands  Protectorate. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Fiscal  Policy 
of  Inter-
national 
Trade. 

No. 321. 

Ordered, That  there be laid before this  House 
a  Copy of Memorandum by Mr. Alfred Marshall 
on the Fiscal  Policy  of  International  Trade.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor of the  Exchequer.) 

Mr.  Chancellor of the Exchequer  accordingly 

presented the  said  Paper. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Business of 
the  House 
•(Port of 
London  Bill.) 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Port  of 
London  Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of 
the  clock  this  night,  be  not  interrupted  under 
the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House)—1 
(Mr.  Asquith); 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thej"Mr. Joseph Pease, 
(Master  of-Elibank 

Yeas, 

Tellers for t h e fA l e x a n d er   Acland-
e<  Hood, 
(Viscount  Valentia  : 

Noes, 

} 235• 
-. 
1  70 j 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

j 

First 

Second 

New  Clauses  and  Clauses 

1  and  2. 

Clauses  3 and  4 

- 

-

Clauses  5 to  9 

Third 

Clauses  10 to  17 

Fourth 

Fifth 

Clauses  18 and  19 

-

Clauses 20 to 23 

Clauses 24  to  35 

Clause  36  to  the  end  of 
the  Bill,  and  any  other 
to 
matter 
bring  the  Report 
to a  conclusion. . 

necessary 

—(Mr.  Asquith.) 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved itself Port  of 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Port  of  London London  Bill, 
(recommitted)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Establishment  of  Port  of 

London  Authority). 

Amendment proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 22,  to leave 
out from  the  first  word  "be"  to the  end of the 
subsection,  in  order to  insert  the  words  "nine-
teen  elected— 

By  payers of  dues on ships  trading  to  the 

docks, 4, 

By  payers of dues  on  ships  trading  to  the 

river; 3. 
By  traders,  5. 
By  waterside manufacturers, 2. 
By  wharfingers, 3. 
By  owners  of river  craft, 2." 

-

—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Question,  That  the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the  Clause, put, and agreed to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,  1. 2, 
to leave  out  the word  " ten," in order to insert 
the  word "eleven."—(Colonel  Warde.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " ten"  stand 

part of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master ai Elibank : 

m. 

Noes, 

Tellers for the (Colonel  Warde, 
(Mr.  Whitehead-. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  4, 
to leave  out " 2,"  in  order to insert  " 3."—(Mr. 
Holt.) 

46. 

] 
J 

Question  proposed,  That  " 2"  stand  part  of 
the  Clause :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2,1;  26, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (9), in  order  to  insert 
the words—: 

,• 

. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Licensing 
Bill) 

Ordered, That the  Proceedings  on eaeh of the; 
• five allotted, days  given to the  Report  stage of 
the  Licensing  Bill  shall  be  those  shown  in  the' 
i 

VOL! 163. 

"(9)  The  Port Authority  shall set apart such 
sum* not  exceeding  in  any  year  two  thousand 
one hundred pounds, as the  Port Authority, with 
3  K  4 

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[No. 142. 

440 
the  approval  of  the  Board of  Trade, thinks fit, 
and shall divide  the same among the  members of 
the  Port  Authority  as  they  from  time  to  time 
think fit,"—(Mr. Morton.) 

Question,  That  the words  proposed  to  be  left 
out,  to the  word "vice-chairman,"  in 1. 27, stand 
part of  the  Clause, put,  and agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2, 1. 27, 
after the  word " chairman,"  to  insert  the  word 
"and."—(Mr.  Holt.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the word  " and " be 
there  inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  34, 

to leave  out  subsection  (11).—(Mr.  Morton.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " Board," in 1. 35, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  : — Amendment,  by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Clause,  as amended,  agreed to. 
Clause No. 2 (General  duties  of Port  Autho-
rity  as  to  improvement  of  accommodation  and 
facilities). 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Chairman do report Progress,  and  ask leave 
to sit again-—(Mr.  Morton):—Motion, by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Thursday,  12th November  1908  : 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  I. 20,  at  the 

end, to insert the words— 

" (c)  Acquire  and carry  on  the  undertaking 
of  the  Trinity  House  transferred  to  the 
Port Authority  by this Act." 

—(Mr.  Ml  Arthur.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  M'Arthur, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Fell: 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

}  6. 

125. 

1 
J 

An Amendment made. 
Clause,  as amended,  agreed  to. 
Clause  No. 3  postponed  until  after  the  con-

sideration  of  Clause  No.  11. 

Clauses  No. 4 and  No.  5 agreed to. 
Clause  No.  6  (Transfer  of  powers,  &c.  of 
Thames  conservators  in respect of  lower  river). 
Amendment  proposed, in p. 5,1.  32,  after the 
word " and,"  to  insert  the words  "all  property 
and liabilities of the  conservators held, acquired, 
or incurred in respect  of  the  Thames below  the 
landward  limit  of  the Port  of  London."—(Mr. 
Barnard.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed,  in  p.  6,1.  42, 

at the  end,  to insert  the words— 

" (g) So much of section one hundred and sixty 
of  the  Thames  Conservancy  Act,  1894,  as 
authorises  a toll to be demanded or received 
in respect of  any vessel navigating westward 
of  London  Bridge  to  or  from  any  point 
eastward  of  Teddington  Lock  shall  be 
repealed ;  and." 

—(Mr.  Cave.) 

Question,  That those words be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
Clause  No.  7  (Reconstitution  of  conserva-

tors). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 9,1.  40,  after  the 
word  " purpose,"  to  insert  the words  " or any 

powers conferred  upon  them  for the  purpose of 
preserving the rights  and interests of  the  public 
with respect to the Thames and its towpaths."— 
(Mr.  Morrell.) 

Question  proposed,  That those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Clause,  as amended,  agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  8 to No.  11 agreed to. 
Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Churchill),—put,  and agreed  to. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker resumed the  Chair; and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That the  Committee  had  made  Progress in  the 
Bill;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the  Committee may have  leave  to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will,  this  day, again 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  taking  Education 
( S c o t l a n d)   (Scotland) 

into  consideration  the  Education 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Bil1, 

Ordered,  That  the.  Bill  be  taken into further 

consideration upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of the  day being read,  for  taking  Licensing  Bill, 

into consideration the Licensing  Bill, as amended 
in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  Con-

sideration  upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of the day  being read, for taking  Prevention  of 
. 

into  consideration the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill. 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
Second  Beading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
iteration 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time Bil1, 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 
(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

g f f^ 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read, a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling in 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling in Prohibited  Prohibited 
Mention 
Areas  Prevention Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time Bm-

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second Reading  of  the Provisional  Orders Pro-  Orders 
cedure Bill  [Lords]  ;  _ 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  of  Five  Application  of 
Members be appointed  to inquire  and  report  as  Sinking  Funds 
to  the  powers  conferred  on  Local  Authorities  Bom>wing  ° £ 
by  Local  Acts, Provisional  Orders, Stock Regu-  Powers, 
lations,  or  otherwise,  of  utilising  for  purposes 

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11.th—12th  November. 

441 

for  which  such  authorities  have  borrowing 
powers  sinking funds (including loans funds and 
redemption  funds)  set  aside  by  them  for  the 
repayment or redemption  of loans  raised  by the 
issue  of  stock, or  by  any other  method ;  as  to 
the  expediency  or  otherwise  of  such  powers 
being conferred ; and as to any conditions which 
it is desirable to attach to the granting  or use of 
such powers. 

The  Committee  was accordingly  nominated of 
Mr.  Ashton,  Mr. Fenwick,  Mr.  Harrnood-Banner, 
Mr.  Masterman,  and  Mr.  Charles  Nicholson. 

Ordered, That the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Whereupon  Mr. Deputy Speaker adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant to the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day of  July  last, it  being  then  one 
minute after One of the clock on Thursday 
morning, till  this day. 

[No.  143.] 
Thursday,  12th November 1908. 
The House  met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

SEVERAL  Public Petitions  were presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—-Copy of  Return  of  the  number of 
Evictions from Agricultural Holdings in Ireland 
which have come to the knowledge  of  the  Con-
stabulary, and also of  the number  of  Tenancies 
determined, in the quarter ended 30th September 
1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Evictions 
(Ireland.) 

Post Office 
(Foreign  and 
Colonial 
Parcel  Post.) 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post 
Amendment  (No.  26)  Warrant,  1908,  dated 
31st  October 1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  M.) 

Mr. I.uke White reported from the  Committee 
on  Group  M  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for  the 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  the  17th  day  of  this 
instant November,  at Eleven  of the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from Stand-
ing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill) : — Mr.  Solicitor 
General;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in  respect  of  the  said  Bill):  Mr.  Attorney 
General. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Joint 
Committee. 
Companies 
Consolida-
tion  Bill 
[Lords], 

Mr.  Solicitor  General  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  appointed  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  the  House  of Lords,  to  whom 
[Lords'], 
the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill 

V O L . 1 6 3. 

the  Post  Office  Consolidation  Bill  [Lords],  and  Post Office 
the  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords]  were  B U I T ST 
referred ;  That  the  Committee  were  of  opinion and  statute  ' 
that  the Post  Office Consolidation  Bill  [Lords]  Law  Revision 
B m  C ^O 
should be allowed  to proceed. 
Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 322. 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  Member 

for 

the Adjournment. 

Barnard  Castle  Division  of  the  County  of 
Durham, rose  in  his  place  and asked  leave  to 
move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the 
purpose  of  discussing a definite matter of urgent 
public importance, viz., " the important difference Unemploy-
between  the  statement  of  the  Prime  Ministerment-
the 
regarding  the  future  administration  of 
Unemployed  Workmen  Act  and  the  Order 
issued  this  day  by  the  Local  Government 
Board;"  and the pleasure  of  the  House  being 
signified, the Motion stood over, under  Standing 
Order  No.  10,  till  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after 
Eight  of the clock  this evening. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question being  Business  of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Port  of   the  House 
London  Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  London  Bill,) 
of  the clock this night, be not interrupted under 
the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House)— 
(Mr.  Asquith)  ; 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the / M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank : 

Tellers for t h e f S 
. 

Noes 
' 

1 
I Viscount  Valentia : 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

"> 

56. 

The House, according to  Order, resolved itself  Port of 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Port  of  London  London  Bill, 
(recommitted)  Bill. 

(In the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  3 (Transfer to  Port  Authority  of 

undertakings of dock  companies). 

Question  proposed,  That  the  Clause  stand 

part of  the  Bill  :—Debate  arising ; 

And it  being a quarter of an hour after Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  leave  having  been  given to 
move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  under 
Standing  Order  No.  10, further  proceeding was 
postponed without  Question put. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—  (under 
(Mr. Arthur  Henderson)  :—And the said Motion  order  No. 10.) 
was, with leave of  the House, withdrawn. 

Unemploy-
ment. 

Postponed  proceeding  on  Question,  That P o r t of 

Clause No. 3 stand part of the Bill, resumed. 

London  BllL 

Question put. 
The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

\ Master of Elibank  : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Steadman, 

Noes, 

\ Mr. Morton: 

]  180. 

} 

19-

Clause No.  12 (Rates on goods). 
Amendment proposed, in  p.  16,  1.  3, to leave 
out the words "or coastwise."—(Mr.  Renwick.) 
Question,  That  the  words proposed to be  left 
out stand part of the  Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

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10ft—lift December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.  16,1.  15, 

to leave  out paragraph (a).—(Mr.  Holt.) 

Question proposed, That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out, to the word " rates," in 1.16, stand 
part  of  the  Clause :— Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 17,1.  3, 
at  the  end, to  insert the  words  " Provided that 
if at any time  it  is  necessary to  raise by means 
of such  rates  a  larger  sum  than  two  hundred 
thousand  pounds  in  any year, the Port  Autho-
rity  shall  not  be  entitled  to  raise  such  larger 
sum  except  in  such  manner  and  from  such 
sources  as  Parliament shall  determine ;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Port  Authority  to 
apply  to  Parliament  for  the  necessary  powers 
accordingly."—(Mr. Dickinson.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted  :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p.  17,1. 23, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (4).  — (Sir  Clifford 
Cory.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out,  to  the  word  " rates,"  in  1. 42,  stand  part  of 
the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Another  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment proposed,  in  p.  18,  1. 5, 

at  the end, to add the words— 

" (5)  The  Port  Authority,  on  the one hand, 
and  any  owner  or  master  of  or  agent  for any 
vessel  in  the  coastwise  or short-sea trade to or 
from  the  Port  of  London,  or  any  person  or 
persons  interested  in  goods,  merchandise,  or 
cargo  carried  by any such  vessel,  on  the  other 
hand,  may  from  time  to  time  enter  into  and 
carry into  effect,  vary,  and  rescind  agreements 
or  arrangements  with  respect  to  the  mode  of 
calculation or payment, or the  time  of  payment, 
of rates payable to the Port Authority in respect 
of  all  or  any  goods,  merchandise,  articles,  or 
things  forming  the  cargo, or part of the cargo, 
of  any  such  vessel.  Provided  always, that  in 
case  the Port  Authority  shall at  any time  make 
any such  agreement  the  owner or master of  or 
agent for any  vessel  engaged in like manner, or 
any  person  interested,  in  goods,  merchandise, 
or  cargo  carried  by  any  such  vessel,  shall  be 
entitled,  the  circumstances  being  the  same, to 
require the Port Authority  to enter into  a  like 
agreement  or  arrangement  with  him  or  them 
upon  the  same  terms,  to  the  intent  that  no 
agreement  shall  be made by the Port  Authority 
under  this  provision  partially,  or  in  favour of 
any particular  person, vessel,  or  cargo."—(Mr. 
Holt.) 

Question proposed,  That  those  words be there 

added :—Amendment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  13 to  No.  15 agreed to. 
Clause  No.  16  (Security  for 

transferred 

liabilities). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  19,  to  leave  out 
from the beginning of  1. 11  to  the  end  of  sub-
section (1).—(Mr. Lough.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause :—-
Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clause No.  17 (Powers of borrowing).  ' 
Amendment  proposed,  in p.  19,1. 31, to leave 
out  the words "under  this Act."—(Mr. Lough.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause :— 
Amendment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in  p. 20,  1. 1, 

at the  end, to insert the words— 

" (e) constructing  a  lock  or  locks -across  the 

river-bed." 

—(Mr.  Fell.) 

Question proposed,  That those  words be there 

inserted : —Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed to. 
Clause  No.  18 (Issue  of port  stock). 
Amendment  proposed, in  p. 21, 1. 38, to leave 

out paragraph (a).—(Mr. Lough.) 

Question proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment, by  leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p. 22, 1. 18, 

to leave  out  subsection  (5).—(Mr. Lough.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  19 to No.  21 agreed to.' 
Clause No.  22 (Power  of  Board  of  Trade  to 

order  increase  of  dues). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p. 25,1.  3,  to leave 

out subsection (2).—(Mr.  Lough.) 

Question proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clause  No.  23 amended,  and agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  24  and No.  25 agreed  to. 
Clause  No. 26  (Powers  of  Board of  Trade as 

to  conciliation). 

Amendment proposed, in  p. 28,  1. 4, after  the 
word " business," to insert  the words  " or of the 
charges made in respect thereof,  whether  levied 
directly  or  indirectly,  and  whether  under  the 
maximum or not."—(Mr. Seaverns.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended,  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  27  (Regulation  of engagement  of 

casual labour). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 28, 1. 33, after the 
word  " labour,"  to  insert  the  words " and that 
no  such  offices,  waiting-rooms,  or  employment 
registers  shall  be  established  and  maintained 
inside  the  area  of  the  dock  premises."—(Mr. 
Carr-Gomm.) 

Question proposed, That those  words be there 

inserted  :—Amendment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  28  to No. 38 agreed to. 
Clause  No.  39 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses  No. 40  and No. 41 agreed to. 
Clause  No. 42 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses  No. 43 to No. 46  agreed to. 
Clause  No. 47 amended,  and agreed to. 
Clauses  No. 48  and No. 49 agreed to. 
Clause  No. 50  (Adjustment  of  property  and 

liabilities). 

Amendment  proposed,  in p. 36, 1. 27, to leave 
out the word " and," in order to insert the words 
" but there  shall  be  no  adjustment  of  or  con-
cerning  capital  expenditure  incurred  prior  to 
the  appointed  day  below  the  City  Stone  at 
Staines  Bridge,  nor  with respect  to  the offices 

No. 143.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

12th—13th   November. 

443 

of  the  Conservancy  on  the  Victoria  Embank-
ment,  in  the  county  of  London,  or  the  super-
annuation or compensation  of  officers or servants 
transferred  to  the  Port  Authority,  and  the 
Conservancy  and  their  property  shall  be  free 
and  discharged  from  all 
liability  in  respect 
thereof."—(Mr. Barnard.') 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  " and" 
stand  part  of  the  Clause:— Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses No.  51  to  No.  60 agreed  to. 

Friday,  13th November  1908 : 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Chairman do report Progress,  and ask  leave 
to  sit  again—(Mr.  Bonar  Law):—Motion,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 
Schedule  1. 
Amendment  proposed, in  p. 49,  1. 18, to leave 
out  the  words  " persons, and  either  wholly  or 
partly  of."—(Mr.  Morton.) 

Question, That  the  words proposed to  be  left 
out stand part of  the  Schedule, put,  and  agreed 
to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  50,1.11, 
at the end, to insert the words " All the meetings 
of  the  Port  Authority  shall  be  open  to  the 
public,  unless  otherwise  determined  by  the 
majority  of  the members present  and  voting  on 
that question."—(Mr.  Morton.) 

Question,  That  those  words be there  inserted, 

put,  and negatived. 

Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  52,  to 

leave  out  Is. 33 to  37, inclusive.—(Mr.  Holt.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule  :— 
Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 
Another Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p.  55, 1.28, 

to leave  out subsection  (17).—(Mr.  Seaverns.) 

Question,  That the words proposed  to  be  left 
out stand part  of  the  Schedule,  put,  and agreed 
to. 

Schedule,  as amended,  agreed to. 
Schedules  2 to 8 agreed  to. 
Bill,  as amended,  to be reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker resumed  the  Chair ;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday  next;  and be printed. 

Bill  369. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the  said Committee. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Operations and Second Reading  of the  Building  Operations and 
Engineering 
Works  Bill. 

Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

this day. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Bail Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Assizes and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter Qaa*ter 
c 
t i'ii   r t- 
[Lords.] 
cessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Sessions  Bill 

^ 

7 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Prevention 
into consideration  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons S°™£ons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 
Regulation 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time Bm< 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill  ; 
^Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Loi^al 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  Government 
(Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

Whereupon Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  the  Order of  the  House  of  the 
31st day of July  last,  it  being  then  four 
minutes  before  One  of  the  clock  on 
Friday  morning,  till this  day. 

[No.  144.] 

Friday,  13th November 1908. 
The  House  met at Twelve  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

R.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an Order,  Land  Judge's 

M 
ber,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Land  Judge's 
Court  (Ireland). 

dated  the  9th  day  of  this instant  Novem- Court 
r®aD 
JNo" 323~ 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Colonial 
Command,--Copy  of Report, No.  583 (Southern Reports 
Nigeria,  Annual  Report for  1907). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented, — Return  to  an jjjast India 
Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  9th day of  (Proclama-
this  instant  November,  for a Return relative totic™ ) 
East  India  (Proclamations). 

No"  324° 

Ordered, That  the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to  Licensing  Bill, 

take  into  consideration  the  Licensing  Bill, as 
amended in the  Committee. 

A  Clause  was offered to be added  to  the  Bill 
(Sale  of  intoxicating  liquor  with  meals  during 
3  L  2 

10ft—lift December. 

1908. 

[No.  164. 

444 
closing  hours  on  Sunday,  and  sale  of  refresh-
liquor  during 
ments  other  than  intoxicating 
closing hours).—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read the first time. 

And  a  Motion  being made, and  the  Question 
being put, That  the  said  Clause  be now read  a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Eight; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 
r 
m  n 
Tellers for the I 
JNoes, 

(Captain  Norton: 
fSir  Alexander  Acland• 

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footer: 

J 

199. 

83. 

•Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
:House.) 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Clause  was accordingly read a second 

time. 

An Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Clause,  by  leaving  out  subsection  (1).— 
(Mr.  Luttrell.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That the words 
proposed to be left out, to  the  word  " Sunday," 
in  1.  4,  stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  it  being  Five  of  the clock, Mr. Speaker 
proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  17th  day  of  July  last,  to  put 
forthwith  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of 
the  Clause  under consideration. 

And the Question  being put, That the  Clause 

be added to the Bill ; 
The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Captain Norton : 

Tellers  for  t h e f ^ r  Alexander  Acland-

6  N o e iT  
noes, 

H o o d> 

1 
[Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

J 

205. 

88. 

So it  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
Then the  Clause was made part of the  Bill. 
Mr.  Speaker  then  proceeded  successively  to 
put forthwith  the  Questions on the new  Clause, 
and the Amendments moved by the  Government 
of  which  notice  had  been  given,  which  were 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business  to  be 
concluded this day, in  pursuance  of  the  Order 
of  the  House  of  the  llth  day  of  this  instant 
November. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Closing  of  licensed  premises  during 
polling  hours  at  a  parliamentary  election).— 
(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read the first time. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  said 

Clause  be added to the  Bill; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Captain Norton: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Pike  Pease  : 

209. 

} } 

78. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 2,1. 20, by leaving  out 

the  word  " district,"  and  inserting  the  words 
" parish  or  area "—(Mr.  Solicitor  General),— 
instead thereof. 

A nd the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made ; 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
\ Captain Norton : 

Yeas, 

Tellers for  the/ Mr.  Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Pike  Pease  : 

1 
/ 
f 
( 

199. 

79. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

And it  being  after Five  of  the  clock, further 
consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood 
adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be taken  into  further consideration 
upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post  Office 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-®i'es ^J1 
[Lords.] 
mitted)  Bill  {Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That this  House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 
Second  Reading of the  Building  Operations  a nd   Operations and 
T -, 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Engineering 
works  Bill. 

= >r  

T T II  

. 

. 

i 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail  Bill. 

Second Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for the  Assizes  and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter Quarter 
n -n   r  t 
o 
[Lords.] 
Sessions Bill  [Lords]  ; 

.7  n 

Sessions  Bill 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for taking  Prevention of 

into consideration the Prevention of  Crime Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read a  second  time Bl11, 

Kegulation 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Summary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Summary 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

J u r i s d i c t i on 

Biii° 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  ^ f ™ ®^ 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

km 

' 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House without Question put, in pursuance 
of the Order of  the  House of  the 31st day 
of  July  last,  it  being  then  twenty-eight 
minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

16 th  November. 

4 45 
Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

No. 145.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Eeport. 

Shop Hours 
Act,  1904. 

[No.  145.] 
Monday,  1 6$   November 1908. 
The House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three  of  the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
Borough  of  Nelson  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops 
within the borough. 

Copy  of  Licence  granted  under  the  Penal 
Penal 
(ConditionaltS  S e r v i t u ( Je   A c ts   to   M a i7   Ann  Spillane,  a convict 
under detention in Aylesbury  Prison,  permitting 
Licence.) 
her  to  be  at  large  on  condition  that  she  enter 
the  Elizabeth  Fry  Refuge,  195,  Mare  Street, 
Hackney,  E. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Transvaal. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  —  Copies  of  Colonial  Reports, 
Nos. 584  (Report  on the Work  of  the Imperial 
Institute for 1906-7) and 585 (Barbados, Report 
for  1907-8). 

Copy of Correspondence relating to a proposal 
to recruit Labour in Madagascar for employment 
in the Transvaal  Mines. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Sir  Edward 

Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report 
of  Proceedings  under  the  Salmon  and  Fresh-
water Fisheries Acts,  &c. for the year  1907. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Irish Land 
Commission. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of Return of  Advances  made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month of March  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Judicial 
Statistics 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—-Copy  of  Report  on  the 
Judicial  Statistics  of  Scotland  for  the  year 
1907. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Census of 
Production 
Act, 1906. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of Rules made by the Board of Trade under the 
Census of  Production Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Bank of 
England. 

Mr.  Hobhouse presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Return of  the amount of Notes issued more than 
forty years  which  have  not  been  presented  for 
payment,  and  which  have  been  written  off,  on 
the  28th  October  1908,  from  the  total  amount 
of  Notes  issued  from  the  Issue  Department  of 
the  Bank  of  England  pursuant  to  the  Bank 
Act,  1892. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords by  the Lords, 
one of their  Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Nurses 
Act to regulate  the  Registration  of  Nurses;  to  Registration 
which the Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this BlU  i10^*-] 
House. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  proceeded to  Licensing  Bill, 

take  into  further  consideration  the  Licensing 
Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out 
Clause 3.—(Mr. Patrick  White.) 

And the  Question being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be  left  out,  to  the  word  " and,"  in 
p. 3,1.  18, stand part of the  Bill; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master of Elibank i 

Yeas, 

261. 

AcXani~ 

103. 

Tellers  for  theiSirAlefander 
. d' 

Noes 
' 

1 
[Viscount  Valentia % 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  it  being  after  half-past  Seven  of  the Mr. Speaker 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  f^3ithSti0nS 
the  Order of the  House of  the  17th day of  July  (pursuant to 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the Order of the 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of Hoase0 
which  notice  had  been  given,  which  were 
necessary to dispose of  the  Business  to  be  con-
cluded at half an hour after  Seven  of  the  clock 
this day, in pursuance of the  Order of the House 
of the  llth  day of  this instant  November. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  19,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " licence  (whether  an."—(Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made ; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Master of  Elibank : 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Balcarres  : 

j  232. 

}  134. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  I.  19,  by  leaving 
words  " or  an  off-licence." — (Mr. 
General.) 

be made 
out  the 
Solicitor 

And the  Question being put, That the 

Amend-

ment be made; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

|  232. 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Sir  Alexander  Acland-

Tellers for thef' 

1134. 

Hood, 

Noes, 

' 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 
So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  24,  by  inserting  at  the; 
end thereof  the words " Provided that until the. 
expiration  of  seven  years  after the  termination 
3 l  3 

November. 

1908. 

[No. 142. 

446 
of the reduction period there shall  be  no  power 
to  attach  to  the  re-grant  of  an  old  on-licence 
any  condition  for  securing  to  the  public  the 
monopoly value of  the licence."—(Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

llth—\2tli 

And the Question being  put,  That  the Amend-

ment  be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
[Master  of  Elibanhi 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Mr. Hodge, 

Noes, 

IMr.  Howard: 

270. 

29. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another A mendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  26,  by inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " shall  not  be  applicable 
to off-licences and."—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made ; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank: 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Balcarres : 

„„. 
J  " 
. 

| 

" had with respect to the renewal  or  transfer  of 
alehouse  licences  before  the  passing  of  the 
Licensing Act,  1904"—(Mr.  Solicitor  General), 
—instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
IMaster of Elibank : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  thef 
"  oes» 

Sir  Alexander  A eland-

Hood, 

(Viscount  Valentia . 

"[ 
J 

251. 

83. 

j 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 4,1. 36, by inserting,  after the 
words  last  inserted,  the  words " Provided that 
the conditions to  be attached  to  the  granting of 
new off-licences shall include  such  conditions as 
the justices think  best adapted for ensuring that 
the  sale  of  intoxicating liquors shall be carried 
on separately from the sale of other commodities, 
and that such liquors be separately  charged and 
paid for."—(Mr.  Dickinson.) 

And the  Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted  in  the  Bill  :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the Bill, in  p.  3,  1.  30,  by  leaving  out  para-
graph  (h)  of  subsection  (2)  of  Clause  3.—(Mr. 
Solicitor  General.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That  the Amend-

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  2,  by  leaving  out  Clause  6. 
—(Mr.  Samuel  Roberts.) 

And  the  Question being  put,  That the words 
proposed to be left out,  to  the word  " first," in 
p. 5,1.  3, stand part of the  Bill; 

ment  be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease,, 

Yeas, 

[Master  of  Elibanh : 

\  „„, 
j 

d 
Hood, 

fSir  Alexander  Acland-  1 
mn 
c 
I 
Tellers for the I  H 
J.  99. 
I -rr- 
f 
. 
Noes, 
j 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " Subject  to  the  foregoing  provision," 
and inserting the words " Except  as provided by 
this  section  with  respect  to  the  limitation  of 
optional  reduction  by the financial provisions of 
this Act,  and the exclusion  of appeal in the  case 
of  a  licence  extinguished  in  pursuance  of  a 
scheme for  statutory reduction "—(Mr. Solicitor 
General),—instead  thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master of Elibank : 
Tellers for thefMr.  Henry Forster, 

Noes, 

[Lord Balcarres: 

263. 

I  „. 
J 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1. 18,  by  leaving  out  the 
words " have  for  the  time being  with  respect 
to  ether  on-licences,"  and  inserting  the  words 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the 
^ 
JNoes, 

\Master  of Elibank : 
("Sir Alexander  Acland-
e<  Hood, 
[Viscount  Valentia  : 

\  o>7 I 

91. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And it being  after half-past Ten of  the clock,  Mr.  Speaker 

Mr.  Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  day of  July  (pursuant  to 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the  Order of  the 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  ofHouse-) 
which notice had been given, which were  neces-
sary to  dispose of  the  Business to be concluded 
at half  an hour  after Ten of  the clock  this day, 
in pursuance of  the Order  of  the House  of  the 
llth  day of this instant  November. 

taons 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

And a Motion being made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned — (Mr. 
Harcourt) :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be  taken  into  further consideration 
to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee on the Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
land and Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-
day next, resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Education 
into consideration the  Education (Scotland)  Bill,  (Scotland) 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Bl11, 

No. 145.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

16th  November. 

447 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be taken  into further 

consideration  upon Wednesday  next. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling in  Prohibited 
Areas Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure  Bill 
[lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Provisional  Orders Pro-
cedure Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Wednesday next. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Sites BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That this  House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the  said Committee. 

Building 
Operations and 
Engineering 
Works Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the Building  Operations  and 
Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of  the Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Prevention of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration the Prevention  of  Crime Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday next. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court  Court BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County  Courts 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  BillBiU  L^rds.] 
[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

i 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second Reading  of the  Commons Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 

Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland)  [Pay,  ft®1^-. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  ^ T T™ 
(Ireland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bdl. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-  ^ T j ^ 1" 
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election  of 

Second  Reading of the Election of Aldermen in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

Boroughs  Bill. 

upon Monday  next. 

The Order  of  the day  being read,  for  taking  Perries 

into consideration  the  Ferries (Ireland) Bill,  as ( I feland)   BiU 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second Reading of the London Paving  Expenses gxp^es  Bill 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
eighteen  minutes  before  Eleven  of  the 
clock, till to-morrow. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

3  L  4 

448 

10ft—lift December. 

[No. 164. 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  Bill  {Lords, j 
Bill  370. 
printed. 

1908. 

[ N o.   1 4 6 .] 
Tuesday,  llth  November 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P r a y e r s. 

Petition 
OEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 
Vide Eighth  ^  and  read ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 
Report. 

Table. 

Trade Reports 
Series"^1 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His Majesty's Command,—Copies  of Diplomatic 
and Consular Reports, Annual  Series,  Nos. 4166 
to 4170. 

' 

Miscellaneous  Series, No.  669. 

Trade  Reports  Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 
(Miscel- 
laneous 
Series.) 
Treaty  Series 
Copy  of  Agreement  and  Protocol  between 
(No.  28,1908.) the  United  Kingdom  and Germany  with regard 
to  Sleeping  Sickness.  Signed at  London,  27th 
October 1908. 

Treaty  Series 
(No.  29,  1908.) dom,  the  Independent  State  of  the  _ Congo, 

Copy of  Protocol  between the  United  King-

Prance,  Germany,  Portugal,  and  Spain,  pro-
hibiting  the  importation  of  Firearms,  Ammu-
nition,  &c.  within  a  certain  zone  in  Western 
Equatorial  Africa.  Signed  at  Brussels,  22nd 
July  1908. 

Copy of  Accession  of  Liberia  to  the  Inter-
Treaty  Series 
(No.  30,1908.)  national Copyright  Convention of 9th September 
1886,  and  the  additional  Act  and  Declaration 
of 4th May  1896,  16th October  1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Polling 
(Count'9  f
Durham.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant 
to 
t' i e  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
County of  Durham,  constituting  a  new  Polling 
District  for  the  Township of  Hedley  Hope, in 
the  North  Western  Parliamentary  Division  of 
the county. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

College 
Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
1871t6r ACt'  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Application  under  the  College  Charter  Act, 
1871,  received  from  the  University  College  of 
Bristol,  for  the  establishment  of  a  University  in 
Bristol,  referred by His  Majesty  in  Council  for 
the consideration and report  of  a  Committee of 
His  Majesty's Most  Honourable  Privy  Council; 
together with a Copy of the Draft of the  Charter 
applied for. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Unemployed  Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
0f;  a u  Act  of  Parliament,  — Copies  of 
Workmen  Act,  tj o n8 
1905. 
Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government 
Board  under  the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act, 
1905, dated  llth  November and  17th November 
1908, respectively, being— 

(1)  Supplemental  Regulations  amending  the 
Regulations 
for  Unem-
(Organisation 
ployed, 1905) so far as regards the conditions 
under which  an  Application  may  be enter-
tained by a Distress  Committee; 

(2)  Regulations  rescinding the  Supplemental 
Regulations,  and  making  further  Regula-
tions for the like purpose. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Nurses 
Registration 

The  Nurses  Registration  Bill  [Lords]  was 

r e ad  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 

The  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  [Lords]  Companies 

was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill 371. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented a Bill  to amend  Post Office 

the  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Acts,  1861  to 
1908,  with  respect  to  deposits  by  the  Public  Trustee)  Bill. 
Trustee:  And  the  same  was ordered to be read  gyi 372. 
a second time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Bank 

The  House, according  to Order,  proceeded  to  Licensing  Bill, 

take  into  further  consideration  the  Licensing 
Bill, as amended in the  Committee. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7,1.11, by leaving out Clause 10. 
—(  Mr.  Cave.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
" the," in p. 7,1.  13, stand  part of the  Bill: 

And it  being  half  an  hour  after Ten  of  the 
clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  proceeded,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
17th  day  of  July  last,  to  put  forthwith  the 
Question  on  the  Amendment  already proposed 
from the  Chair. 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.') 

And the  Question  being put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out, to  the  word " the," in 
p.  7, 1. 13, stand part of  the Bill ; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
(Mr.  Herbert  L,ewis : 
Tellers  for  the/Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

"1 
J 
\ 
J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  then  proceeded  to  put 
forthwith  the  Questions  on  the  Amendments 
moved by the  Government  of  which notice  had 
been  given,  which  were  necessary  to  dispose 
of  the  Business  to  be  concluded  this  day,  in 
pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
llth  day  of  this instant  November. 

Questions  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in  p. 7,1.  16, by inserting,  after  the 
word  " period,"  the  words  " with  three  years 
added thereto in each case, and."—(Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

And  the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment  be made; 

The House divided. 
The Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 
f Sir  Alexander  Acland-
< 
(Viscount  Valentia : 
So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Yeas, 
j. 

H° ° d' 

"1  2g3 

Noes 

_  ,, 

,, 

J 

97. 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 11,1.  36,  by inserting, after the 
word "exercise," the word "all."—(Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

 
No. 143.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

12th—13th   November. 

4 49 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made ; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 
Tellers for the f Viscount Valentia, 
} Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes. 

}  300. 

} 95. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to the 

Bill. 

North  British 
Railway 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of 

the  clock, 
further  consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended, 
stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  further consideration 
to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  North British  Railway 
Order Confirmation  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon; 
And  a  Motion  being made, and the  Question 
being put, That the Debate be now  adjourned— 
(Sir  Hudson  Kearley)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be resumed  upon 
Monday  the 30th day of  this instant  November, 
at a quarter of an hour after Eight  of the  clock. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Summary 
Juripdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

to-mprrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.]. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That it is expedient  to make further 

provision  for  the  pay  ox  the  Royal  Irish  Con-
stabulary,  and  for  the  pensions,  pension  allow-
ances,  and  gratuities  payable  to  them,  their 
widows,  and  children.—(Mr.  Attorney  General 
for  Ireland.) 

[ N o.   1 4 7 .] 
Wednesday, 18$  November 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of  the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

QEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were presented,  Public 
kj   and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the vide Eighth 
Table. 

Report. 

Ordered,  That the Paper relative  to  Factory  Factory  and 
and Workshop  Acts  (Special Exception—Meal- ^wfTciai 
times),  which  was presented  upon  the  19th day  Exception— 
of October last, be printed. 
Meal-times.) 
N o.   325. 
Ordered,  That the Paper relative  to  Factory  Factory  and 
and  Workshop  Acts  (Special  Exception  — 
. 
Holidays),  which was  presented  upon  the  19th  Exception-
day of  October last, be printed. 
Holidays.) 

• 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper relative  to Factory 
and  Workshop  Acts  (Special  Exception  — 
Employment  inside  and  outside  on  the  same 
day),  which  was  presented  upon  the  19th day 
of October last, be printed. 

No.  326. 
Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception—• 
Employment 
inside  and 
outside on  the 
same  Day.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  Factory 

and Workshop  Acts  (Special  Exception—Over-
time),  which  was  presented  upon  the  19 th day 
of  October last,  be printed. 

No.  327. 
Factory  and 
Workshop 
Acts  (Special 
Exception-
Overtime.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the 
College  Charter  Act, 1871, which was presented 
upon the  17th  day of  this  instant  November, be 
printed. 

No.  328. 

College 
Charter  Act, 
1871. 

No. 329. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  the  Unemployed 
Unemployed  Workmen  Act,  1905,  which  was ]gj£kmen Act> 
presented  upon  the  17th  day  of  this  instant 
November, be printed. 

o. 

. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton  presented,  pursuant  to  Post Office 
the directions  of  several  Acts  of Parliament,—  (Foreign  and 
Copy  of the  Foreign and Colonial  Post  Amend-  CoIoilial Post-> 
ment (No. 4)  Warrant, 1908, dated 16th October 
1908." 

; 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parbel  Post Office 
Post  Amendment  (No.  25)  Warrant,  1908,  (foreign  and 
dated  26th October  1908. 
ParcelPost.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Colonial 
Command, —  Copies  of  Reports,  Nos.  586 Reports 
(Somaliland  Protectorate,  Report for 1907-8)  ; ^Annaal> 
587  (Trinidad and Tobago, Report for 1907-8); 
588  (Sierra Leone, Annual  Report for  1907). 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair; 
and  the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the 
Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr. Deputy Speaker adjourned 
the House without Question put,  in  pur-
suance of the  Order  of' the  House  of  the 
31st  day of  July  last, it  being  then  six-
teen  minutes  after Eleven, of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Patents  and 
Command,—Copy  of  Order made  by the  Board  ^ g ns   Act> 
of  Trade  under  Section  8  of  the  Patents  and 
Designs Act,  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command, —Copy of  Regulations  providing for Education. 
Special Grants in Aid of certain Local Education 
Authorities in England and Wales  in  1908-9. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

3  M 

Secondary-
Schools, &c. 
(Pupils.) 

450 

26$—21th 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this  House 
a  Return  showing  the  total  number  of  Pupils 
in  the  Secondary  Schools  and  Pupil-Teacher 
Centres  mentioned  in  the  List  of  recognised 
Schools  recently  published  [Cd. 4374],  in  the 
following form :— 

Secondary  Schools. 

Number of  Pupils,  excluding  Pupil  Teachers. 

Intending 
Teachers. 

November. 
they  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
A mendments thereunto. 

[No.  153. 
made  (Eight  Hours) 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

No.  331. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

No. 331. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken into consideration 
upon  Monday next;  and be printed. 

BiU  373. 

Boys. 

Girls. 

Bursars. 

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v 
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PH 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
discharged  the following Member from  Standing 
Committee  B  : — Sir  John  Dewar  ;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the 
Housing, Town Planning, &c.Bill): Mr. Solicitor 
General  for  Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Pupil-Teacher  Centres. 

Number  of  Pupil  Teachers. 

Boys. 

Over 16. 

1st 
Year. 

2nd 
Year. 

15 

to 

16. 

Total. 

15 

to 

16. 

Girls. 

Over  16. 

Total. 

1st 
Year. 

2nd 
Year. 

Sir  Luke  White reported from  the  Committee  London and 

on the  London  and  District  Electricity  Supply 
Bill  [Lords];   That  they  had  examined  the sUppiy°Biii 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  [Lords.] 
Bill,  but the  same had not  been proved  to  their  [Preamble 
satisfaction. 

.  r 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

not  proved.  I 

,. 

* 

Total. 

Table. 

Pupils in  Preparatory  Classes. 

Registered  Pupils. 

Other  Pupils. 

Boys. 

Girls. 

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2

Total. 
Total. 

Boys.  Girls.  Total. 
Boys.  Girls.  Total. 

"8 
H 

® 
® 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund,  1907-8. 

Essex  County 
(Mid or 
Chelmsford 
Division") 
Writ. 

—(Mr.  Illingworth.) 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House 
a  Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund,  1907-8, showing  (1)  the receipts and pay-
ments  in  connection with  the  Fund in the year 
ended  the  31st  day  of  March  1908;  (2)  the 
distribution  of  the  capital  of  the  Fund  at  the 
commencement  and close  of  the  year;  together 
with  Copy  of  the  Correspondence  with  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon.— 
(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue-  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown, to  make 
out a new  Writ for the  electing  of  a Member to 
serve in this present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Essex (Mid  or  Chelmsford  Division), in  the 
room  of  Major  Sir  Frederic  Carne  Rasch, 
Baronet,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said 
county, hath accepted  the  Office  of  Steward or 
Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Manor of  Northstead, 
in  the  County  of York.—(Mr.  Henry Forster.) 

Standing 
Committee C. 
Coal  Mines 

Sir  David  Brynmor  Jones  reported  from 
Standing  Committee  C, to whom the Coal Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill  was  referred;  That 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Licensing  Bill, 

take  into  further  consideration  the  Licensing 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Committee. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  13,  1.  3,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  18.—(Sir  Gilbert  Parker.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " except," 
in  p.  13, 1. 4,  stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

t Master of  Elibank  % 

J-  2 5 6. 

Tellers  for the j Sir  Gilbert  Parker, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Fell-. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  13,  1. 4,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " one  hour,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"three  hours" — (Mr.  Solicitor  General),— 
instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

" one hour " stand part of the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Viscount  Valentia, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

| Master of  Elibank : 

}  79. 

]  288. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
And the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
"three  hours"  be  inserted, in  p.  13,1.  4 of the 
Bill, in  lieu  of words omitted :—It was  resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Seven  of  the  Questions  put 
clock,  Mr. Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of J^saant to 
the  Order of the  House  of the  17th day  of  July Orje^of'the 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the  House.) 
Amendments moved by the Government of which 
notice had been given,  which  were  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the Business  to be  concluded  at  half 
an  hour  after  Seven  of  the  clock  this  day,  in 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No. 151.]  8  E D W.   YII. 

24th—25th 

pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
11 th day of this instant  November. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.  13, h 5, by  leaving out the words 
"three  p.m.,  and  for  any  two  hours  between 
six p.m. and."—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

t Master of Elibanh  i 

Tellers for the/Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Noes, 

1 
J 

285. 

} 89. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.  13, 1.7, by inserting  at the end 
thereof  the  words  " subject  to  the  condition 
that one of the hours  so  fixed  must be  between 
noon and three p.m. 

Provided  that, in  the  application of this pro-
vision to  premises  in  the  metropolitan  district, 
four hours shall be substituted  for  three  hours, 
and eleven p.m. shall be substituted for ten p.m." 
—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the  Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master of Elibank: 
Tellers for the f Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

1  0QA 
^ 
/ 
\ 
-„ 
J 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 13, by leaving  out  Is.  12 and 
13.—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master of Elibank : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the f Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

} 283. 

73. 

\ 
/ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  12,  by  leaving  out 
Clause 20.—(Mr.  James  Hope.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out, to the word " arrange-
ments," in p.  14, 1. 15, stand part of the  Bill; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master of  Elibank : 
Tellers for the/ Viscount  Valentia, 
I.Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

\  oa_ 
J 
\ 
J 

68. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Questions put 
forthwith 
(pursuant to 
Order of the 
House.) 

And it being after half-past Ten of  the clock, 
Mr.  Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  day of  July 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which  notice  had  been  given,  which  were 
necessary to  dispose  of  the  Business to be con-

VOL.  163. 

November. 

451 
eluded at half an hour after Ten of  the clock  this 
day, in pursuance of the  Order  of  the House  of 
the  llth  day of this instant  November. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1. 24, by inserting  at  the 
end thereof the words— 

"(e)  the  prohibition  of  the  sale  of  intoxi-
cating liquor, or of any kind of  intoxicating 
liquor,  before  the  hour  of  eight  a.m.  on 
any day." 

—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers for the f Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

\ 

gfl7 

| 
/ 

62. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 14,  1. 27,  by leaving  out  the 
words "as amended by this Act."—(Mr. Solicitor 
General.) 

And the Question being put, That the Amend-

ment be made; 

The House  divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 
(Master of Elibank: 
Tellers for the/ Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

\ 
288. 
J 
--

J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  1. 29,  by leaving  out  the 
words  " closing  of  the  premises,"  and inserting 
the words " prohibition' of the sale of  intoxicating 
liquor for consumption on the premises, except to 
persons  lodging  on  the  premises  and  persons 
taking meals on the premises in a room set apart 
for  the  purpose "—(Mr.  Solicitor  General),— 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put,  That the  Amend-

ment be made; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank i 
Tellers for the/ Viscount  Valentia, • 

Yeas, 

"I 0QQ 

"1 fifi 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster  %  J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BilL 

And it being after Eleven of the clock, further 
consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood 
adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken into further  consideration 
to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Elementary 
Committee on the Elementary  Education (Eng- ^?s!ndand 
Wales^Biu" 
land and Wales)  Bill  ; 

Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into  the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking Education 
into  consideration the Education  (Scotland) Bill, ^Scotland) 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

1 

3  M  2 

452 

10ft—lift 

December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  taken  into further 

consideration  to-morrow. 

tion  (3),  of  the  Board of  Agriculture  Act,  1889 
for the year  1907. 

Provisional 
Orders 
frocedure  D i li 
(Lords.] 

Port of 
Londou  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Provisional  Orders Pro-

, 

-r»*n  r  r 
cedure  Bill  [Lords\  ; 

•  i 

to-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  BiU ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Commons 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Census of 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, — Copy of ^ductkm 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade under  the 
Census of  Production  Act,  190(>. 

c' 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House  Government 
a  Return  of  all  Contracts  made in the United  Departments 
Kingdom for manufactured articles by the several (°ontraot80 
Government  Departments  in  the  year  ending 
the  31st  day of  March  1908,  either  with  con-
tractors  outside  the  United  Kingdom  or  with 
contractors  or  agents  who  obtain  the  articles 
from  abroad (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  327  of  Session  1907).—(Mr.  Jesse 
Collings.) 

The  House, according  to  Order, proceeded to Licensing  Bill, 

take  into  further  consideration  the  Licensing 
Bill, as amended in the  Committee. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1.  36,  by  leaving  out 
Clause 24.—(Mr.  Gretton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed  to be  left out, to  the word  " shall,"  in 
p.  15,1.  37, stand part of the  Bill; 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland-) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  clay  being  read,  for  the  j 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government ' 
(Scotland)  Bill: 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) 
[Pay,  &c.] 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  receiving j 
the Report from the Committee  on  Constabulary i 
(Ireland)  [Pay,  &c.]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  j 

morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order of  the  House  of the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
thirteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  till to-morrow. 

[No.  148.] 
Thursday,  l^th  November 1908. 
The House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

AP U B L IC   Petition  was presented, and  read; 

and  ordered  to He upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse presented,  — Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  this  instant 
November, for  a  Return  relative  to Civil Con-
tingencies Fund,  1907-8. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 
Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund,  1907-8. 
No.  332. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisherie 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report 
of  the  Intelligence  Division  of  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and Fisheries.  Part  II.,  Proceed-
ings under  the  Destructive  Insects  and  Pests 
Acts,  1877  and  19Q7  np<)  Section  2,  subsec-

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master of Elibanh  : 
Tellers for the f Yiscount  Valentia, 
IMr.  Henry  Forster  : 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

So it  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 

289. 

94. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Seven  of  the  Questions  put 

clock,  Mr.  Speaker  proceeded, in  pursuance  of forthwith 
the Order of  the  House  of  the  17th day  of July g'XTofthe 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the  House.) 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which notice had been given,  which were  neces-
sary to dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded 
at half  an  hour  after  Seven  of  the  clock  this 
day,  in pursuance  of  the  Order of  the  House of 
the  llth  day of this instant  November. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1.  3,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  36.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And the  Question being  put,  That  the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to the word "local," in 
p. 20,1.  7, stand  part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for  the j Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(.Master of  Elibank : 

|  236. 

Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  ) 
} 

\Earl  Winterton: 

Noes, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to 

Bill. 

53. 

the 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
leaving  out 

to  the  Bill,  in  \\  20,  1.  25,  by 
Clause 37.—(Earl Winterton.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  the words 

" any person " stand  part of  the Bill ; 

No. 148.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 

19 th November. 

4 53 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
7 

o 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph.  Pease, 
I Master  of  Elibank : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for thej Earl  Winterton, 
| Mr.  Courthope  ; 

Noes, 

262. 

93. 

\ 
( 
j 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 20, 1.  29,  by  leaving  out  the 
word "mainly."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  mainly " stand  part  of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

)  ^gg 
( 

Tellers  for the \ Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1  ^ 
\ Colonel  Sandys: 

Noes, 

" f 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Questions put  And it being  after half-past Ten  of  the  clock, 
f'nreuant to 
Speaker  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the 
Order of the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  17th  day  of  July 
last,  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions  on  the 
House.) 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government  of 
which notice  had been  given,  which were  neces-
sary  to  dispose  of  the  Business to be  concluded 
at half an hour after Ten  of  the  clock  this day, 
in  pursuance  of  the  Order of  the House  of  the 
11th day  of this instant  November. 

Then  another  A.mendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1. 34,  by  leaving  out  the 
word " an," and inserting  the  words  " any direct 
or  indirect"—(Mr.  Solicitor  General),—instead 
thereof. 

And the Question  being  put, That the Amend-

ment  be made ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers  for the/ Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master  of Elibank : 

Tellers for the/ Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster  : 

) 
j " 
"1 
J 

94. 

So it  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the  Bill,  in p. 20, 1. 34,  by  inserting,  after the 
word " obligation,'' the words " of  any  kind."— 
(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

And the Question being put,  That the Amend-

ment  be made ; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Master of Elibanh : 
Tellers for thej Mr. Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

1. Lord  Balcarres: 

\ 
J 
)  ^ 
f  " 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 22,  1. 28, by  inserting  at  the 
end thereof  the words—• 

"(2)  Section  twenty-eight,  of  the  Licensing 
.let,  1902, shall  be  read  as  if  any  grounds  for 
notice  of  objection  to  the registration  or renewal 

VOL. 163'. 

of  registration  of  a  club  under  this  Act,  which 
are  not  mentioned  in  that  section,  were  added 
thereto  as  grounds  on  which  a  club  may 
be  struck  off  the  register." — (Mr.  Solicitor 
General.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That the Amend-

ment be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers  for the | Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers  for the (Viscount  Valentia, 
(Mr.  Henry  Forster: 

Noes, 

291. 

92. 

f 
j 
j 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  Schedule  5,  p.  33,  1.  31,  by 
leaving  out  the  words  " of  Inland  Revenue," 
and  inserting  the  words  " for  the  time  being 
having  the  management  of  the duties  of excise " 
—(Mr.  Solicitor  General),—instead  thereof. 

And the Question being put,  That the Amend-

ment  be  made; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank : 
Tellers for the {Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Henry  Forster : 

|  287. 

91. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third time  Bill 374. 

to-morrow;  and be printed. 

The  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill  Summary 

l.<?n 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 'T"ri^.lict
[
an 
and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government Government 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

'  ^ o t l' a u d ) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
Relation 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Bl11-

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for  taking  Education 
into consideration the  Education  (Scotland) Bill,  (Scotland) 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Bl11' 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into further 

consideration  upon Monday  next. 

Mr.  Birrell  reported  from  the  Committee  on  Constabulary 

Constabulary  (Ireland)  [Pay,  &c.]  a  Resolu- (Ireland) 
tion ;  which  was read,  as followeth : 

^Pay' 

That it is expedient,to  make further provision 
for  the  pay  of  the  Boyal  Irish  Constabulary, 
and  for  the  pensions,  pension  allowances,  and 
gratuities  payable  to  them,  their  widows,  and 
children. 

The said  Resolution,  being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a Bill  be brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution :  And  that  Mr.  Birrell  &nd  Mr. 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland  do  prepare  and 
bring it  in. 

3 m 3 

Constabulary 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill  375. 

Old Age 
Pensions 
(Regulations.) 

454 

10ft—lift 

Mr.  Birrell  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend the Law  relating  to the Pay and  Pensions 
of  the  Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  and for  other 
purposes  connected  therewith :  And  the  same 
was read the first time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and the  Question  being 
proposed, That  an humble Address  be presented 
to His  Majesty,  praying  Him to  annul  so  much 
of  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Regulations,  1908, 
as  provides  that  the  pension  officers  shall,  in 
investigating  the  claims of applicants,  be subject 
to any further instructions issued for the guidance 
of  pension  officers  by  the  Board  of  Inland 
Revenue—(Lord  Robert  Cecil) : 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 

after Twelve of the clock  on Friday  morning; 

Friday,  20th  November  1908 

And the  Question being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Teas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Lord  Robert Cecil, 

Yeas, 

[ Mr. Bowles : 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

[ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

|  54. 

)  141. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.J  cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

t>-h  rr~  J n 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

this  day. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put, 
in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order of the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last, 
it  being  then 
twenty-two  minutes  after Twelve  of  the 
clock  on Friday  morning,  till  this  day. 

[ N o.   1 4 9 .] 

Friday,  20th  November 1908. 
The  House  met at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

P R AT   E E S. 

Provisional  Order  under 

R.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
the  Private 
egislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
relating  to  Perth  Corporation :  And  the same 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under 
Section  9 of the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time 
instant 
upon  Monday  the  30th  day  of  this 
November j  and to  be  printed. 

Several Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered to lie  upon  the  Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland  under  the  Shop  Hours  Act,  1904, 
providing for the  early closing  of certain  classes 
of  Shops in the Burgh  of  Hamilton. 

Perth 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Bill  377. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 
Shop Hours 
Act,  1901. 

December. 
Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

1908. 

Table. 

[No. 164. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 

the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member  from  Stand- (standing 
ing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Committee  B. 
Town Planning, &c. Bill)  :-^Mr. Austin  Taylor;  ^ouang, 
and had appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  planning, &c. 
the  said Bill)  :  Mr.  Sinclair. 

Bill. 

} 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Luke  White reported from  the  Committee  Private  Bills 
on  Group  M  of  Private  Bills ;  That,  for  the  (Group  M.) 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at half-past  Eleven 
of the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman,  supported  by  Mr.  Asquith,  Elementary 
Mr. Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, Mr. Attorney  Education 
General,  and Mr.  Trevelyan, presented a Bill to wJiesf 
make further  provision  with respect  to Elemen-  (No. 2) Bill, 
tary  Education  in  England  and  Wales:  And  Bill 376. 
the  same  was  ordered  to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday  next;  and to be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Licensing  Bill. 

Third  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill; 

And  a Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That the  Bill  be  now  read the 
third  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
aud,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " upon  this  day  three  months." — (Mr. 
Salter.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the  word 

" now " stand part  of the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

,  Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 
f Sir  Alexander  Acland-

m  n 
,i 
Iellers tor the I  JJ00(J 

Noes, 

[Viscount  Valentia : 

1  350. 

113. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being put 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and  desire their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  J J ^ g ^ 4 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a  second  time Blli* 

Regulation 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords] ; 

B-{T[Lotds.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

20th—23 rd  November. 

4 55 

No. 149.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 
Poet  Office 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(PublicBank  Second  -Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Trustee) Bill.  Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order of  the  House  of the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
thirteen  minutes  after  Five  of  the clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Diseases of 
the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Animals  Acts, 
of  an  Order,  No.  7599,  dated 18th  November 1894 10 1903" 
1908,  entitled  the  Foreign  Animals . (Amend-
ment)  Order  of 1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The following  Paper was laid upon the  Table 
by the  Clerk of the House:—Further  Return to 
an  Order,  dated  the  28th  day of  March  1905, 
for  Returns  relative  to  Inquiry  into  Charities 
(County  of Berks). 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County of 
Berks.) 

No.  335. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Mr.  Speaker being of  opinion  that  the  Sum-
mary  Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill 
is  a  Bill 
relating  exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will 
be  considered  by  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills. 

The following Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  were  also  laid 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House :— 

Copy of  the  Rules under  the  Land  Transfer 
Acts,  i875  and 1897, dated  9th November  1908. 
Copy  of  the  Fee  Order  under  the  Land 
Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897, dated  9th Novem-
ber  1908. 

Land  Transfer 
Acts,  1875  and 
1897. 
Land  Transfer 
Acts,  1875  and 
1897. 

Ordered, That the  said  Return  be printed. 

[No.  150.] 
Monday,  23rd November  1908.' 
The House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

SEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc 
tions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government 
Board  under  the  Public  Health  (Regulations 
as  to  Food)  Act,  1907 •  (1)  Regulations  as  to 
Foreign  Meat;  (2)  Regulations  as  to  Unsound 
Food. 

Copy of the Annual  Local  Taxation  Returns 

for 1906-7.  Part 1. 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do lie  upon the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Local 
Taxation  Returns  (England  and  Wales)  be 
printed. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Beport. 

Public  Health 
(Regulations 
as to  Food) 
Act,  1907. 

Local 
Taxation 
Returns 
(England  and 
Wales.) 

No. 333. 

Africa 
Secretary  Sir Edward  Grey presented, by  His 
(No.  5,1908.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  further  Corre-
spondence  respecting  the  Taxation  of  Natives 
and other questions in the  Congo  State. 

Annual  Series,  No. 4171. 

Trade  Reports  Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 
(Annual 
3 6ri6S ^ 
Trade  Reports  Copy  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports, 
(Miscel- 
laneous 
Series.) 

. n  -n 
Ordered,  1  hat the  said Papers  do lie upon the 

Miscellaneous  Series,  No. 670. 

• 

Table. 

Members of 
Parliament, 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,—Return 
to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the 
No. 334.  28th  day of  July  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to 

Members of  Parliament. 

Ordered, That the  said Return  do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Runciman presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of  Scheme for a new Teachers 
Registration  Council. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

VOL.  163. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the Lords  by the
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth: 

  Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the  Housing of  the Housing  of 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amend-  Working 
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence  ( i ^ n d)   Bill 
of this House. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Irish  Land. 

Bill to amend the Law relating to the  occupation 
and ownership of Land in Ireland,  and for other 
purposes relating thereto : And that  Mr. Birrell, 
Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  aud  Mr. 
T.  W. Russell do prepare and bring it in. 

Mr. Birrell  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to  Irish  Land 

amend the Law  relating  to  the  occupation  and BlU-
ownership  of  Land  in  Ireland,  and  for  other 
purposes  relating  thereto :  And  the  same  was 
read  the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill  378. 

The Order of  the  day  being read,  for  taking  Education 
into consideration the Education  (Scotland)  Bill, (Scotland) 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

1 ' 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken into further 

consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for taking  Prevention  of 

into  consideration  the Prevention  of Crime Bill,  Crime  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill  was,  Local 

according  to  Ordfer,  read  a  second  time,  and  Government 
committed to a Standing  Committee. 

(Scotland) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
Grazings Regulation Bill; 

Si 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time Bil!-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro- Orders 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]; 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings SaTin«s ®ftnk 
Bank  (Public  Trustee) Bill; 

r^lc. _ 

T

P

(

3 M 4 

4 56 

23   r d — 2 4$  November. 

1908. 

[No. 150. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Trawling  in  Prohibited 
Areas Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

East  India 
Loans Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Tuberculosis 
arelamO  Bill
a 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for  taking 
the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
1  '  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 

consideration 

Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords."] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
Operations and  Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations and 

Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

AssizeBand 
Quarter 
[ S ] B m 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Contempts of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill [Lords.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Commons Bill  The  Order  erf  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Commons Bill  [L,ords] ; 
[Lords.] 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the 
Local 
Government  Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Bill.  ^ I r e l a n d)  Bill ; 

day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Election of 
Second  Reading  of  the Election  of  Aldermen  in  Aldermen  in 
Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Municipal 
Boroughs  Bill. 

T » - II  

I  F> 

**  

6 

• 

• 

I 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Femes 

into consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as (Ireland)  Bill, 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  London 
Second  Reading of  the London Paving Expenses PaTins 
Bill  ; 

o 

r 

° 

r 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

Expenses  Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 

Second  Reading  of  the  Companies  Consolida-
tion Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the day  being  read, for  taking  Coal Mines 

into consideration the. Coal  Mines (Eight  H  o u r s)  
in  the  Standing 
(No.  2)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Wednesday  next. 

( E j g^   H o u r s) 

1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Port of 
into consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as London Bill, 
amended  in the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill, 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
land  and  Wales)  Bill  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
*  House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of the  Order  of  the House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then two 
minutes  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

[ N o.   1 5 1 .] 
Tuesday, 24dh  November 1908. 
The  House  met at a quarter of an hour 
before  Three  of  the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

SE VERAL  Public  Petitions were  presented,  Public 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the Petitions-
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

,  . 
r n 
Table. 

1 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Super-

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of '™™atio[1 Act' 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1887, dated  20th  November  1908, granting 
a  retired  allowance  to  Mr.  William  Stead, 
First  Class  Officer  of  Excise,  Aberdeen  Col-
lection. 

 
No. 151.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

241/1  November. 

4 57 

Board of 
Education. 

Uganda, 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  as  to  expendi-
ture  by  Local  Education  Authorities  on  the 
maintenance  (as  distinct  from  administration 
and loan charges) of  Public  Elementary  Schools 
for the year  ended 31st  March  1907. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, — Copy  of  Correspondence  relating 
to  Famine  in  the  Busoga  District  of  Uganda. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Destructive 
Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
Insects  and 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
Pests Acts, 
1877 and"i907. of  Order,  dated  12th  November  1908,  under 
the  Destructive  Insects  and  Pests  Acts,  1877 
and  1907,  entitled  the  American  Gooseberry 
Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of  Bushes) 
Amendment  Order  of  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
(Discipline.) 

Rivers 
Pollution 
Prevention 
Act,  1876. 

Inebriates 
Acts 
(Scotland.) 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 

Mr.  M'Renna  presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  and  Regulations,  dated  29th  October 
1908, amending  Regulations  for  Naval  Prisons 
made by  the  Admiralty  under  Section  81 of  the 
Naval  Discipline  Act. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
Secretary for Scotland  by His Majesty's  Inspec-
tor  for  Scotland  under  the  Rivers  Pollution 
Prevention  Act,  1876. 

Copy  of Report of  the  Inspector  for Scotland 

under the  Inebriates  Acts for the  year  1907. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid before this  House 
a  Return showing the amount of annual  expendi-
ture  incurred  for  the  upkeep  of  the  Dublin 
Metropolitan  Police,  also  the  sum  contributed 
by 
taxpayers  and  by  the  Treasury, 
respectively,  and giving particulars of the  num-
ber  of  barracks  and  men,  and  cost  of  salaries 
and  pay,  during  the  past  five  years. — (Mr. 
Field.) 

the 

Mr.  Field,  supported  by  Mr.  Hoyden,  Mr.  Meat  Marking 
Condon,  and  Mr." Farrell,  presented  a  Bill  to (Ireland)  Bill, 
identify  all  imported  Meat,  whether  fresh  or  Bill 381. 
frozen,  and  to  provide  that  it shall  not  be  sold 
as native  produce  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon Tuesday  next ; 
and to be printed. 

A  Motion  was  made, aud the  Question being  Soman 
proposed,  That  leave be given  to bring  in a Bill  Abilities 
to  remove  certain  Disabilities  affecting  the  (Removal),  &c. 
Roman  Catholic population, and  to make  certain 
alterations in the  Accession  Declaration—(Mr. 
William  Redmond)  ; 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed, after a brief  Mr.  Speaker 

- 

r-  

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who Puts
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who 
a  ivieuiuer  wno  pursuant  to 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question,  in S.O. No. n.) 
pursuance  of  Standing  Order No.  11. 

t.hd 
 l
_  Question 

_ __  

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the  Captain Donelan, 

Yeas, 

Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien 

Tellers  for the) Mr.  M(Arthur, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Moore : 

1  233. 

\ 
f 

48. 

So it was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That  Mr.  William  Redmond,  Captain 
Donelan,  Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  Mr.  Boland, 
Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien,  Mr.  Haviland-  Burke,  and 
Mr.  Young do  prepare  and  bring  in  the  Bill. 

Mr.  William  Redmond  accordingly  presented  Roman 
a  Bill  to  remove  certain  Disabilities  affecting Catholic 
the  Roman  Catholic  population,  and  to  make (Removal)* &c 
certain  alterations in the Accession Declaration : Bill. 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  Bill 382. 
ordered to be read  a  second  time upon Mondajr 
the  7th  day  of  December  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

A  Motion  was  made, and the  Question  being  Business of 

put, That  the  Proceedings  on the Prevention  of 
^^jon 0f 
Crime  Bill,  if  under discussion at  Eleven  of  the  crime  B i i n° 
clock this  ni-jht,  be  not  interrupted  under  the 
Standing  Order (Sittings  of  the  House)—(Mr. 
Asquith)  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thej Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Balcarres: 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

• 272. 

1 
/ 

73. 

Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill 379. 

The  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  [Lords] was 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Education 
take  into  further  consideration  the  Education  (Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill, 
Committee. 

as  amended  in  the  Standing Bill. 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lunacy  Bill  \_Lords\  was  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 

Bill  380.  upon  Monday  next;  and to  be printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords] 
and  White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Bramjpton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Members from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Criminal 
Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  and  of  the 
White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition  Bill) :— 
Mr. Attorney General and Mr.  Halpin ; and had 
appointed  in  substitution  (in respect  ol  the said 
Bills)  :  Mr.  Solicitor  General  and  Mr.  T.  P. 
O' Connor. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  163. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  12, 1. 26,  by leaving  out  sub-
section  (1)  of  Clause  14.—(Mr.  Boland.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left out stand  part  of the Bill :— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14, 1. 10,  by inserting  at  the 
end thereof  the  words— 

" (f)  To making payments  to school  boards in 
Gaelic-speaking  districts  of  such  sums  as 
may  be  necessary  to  make  adequate  pro-
vision for instruction in reading and writing 
the  Gaelic  language, and also of  such  sums 

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10ft—lift December. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No. 164. 

as  may  be  necessary  to  increase  the  number i 
of  bursaries  available,  both before  and  after 
the junior  student stage, for Gaelic-speaking 
children  intending  to  become  teachers." 

—(Mr.  Lamont.) 

And  the  Question being put, That  those  words 

be there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the (Mr.  Lamont, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Avis worth: 

Tellers  for thefMr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

1  jqq 
J 
^192 
J 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  18,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (2)  of  Clause  15.—(Mr.  Murray  Mac-
donald.]) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed.  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
"for," in  p.  14,  1. 21,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

for  every  child 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  14,  1. 21,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  " district"  to  the  end  of  Clause  15, 
and  inserting  the  words  " so  as  to  give  an 
equal  amount, 
in  average 
attendance  at  their  respective  school  or  schools, 
to  all  school  boards and other managers  of  State-
aided schools,  but  that  only  after  reservation  of 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  pounds  to  be 
given,  at  the  absolute  discretion  of the  Depart-
ment,  to  necessitous  schools  or  schools  in  thinly 
populated  districts  "—(Mr.  Menzies),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " in," 
in 1. 24,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The  said  pro-
posed  Amendment  was, with  leave  of  the  House, ' 
withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BilL 

Another Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1.  10,  by  inserting  at  the 
end 
thereof  the  words  "except  burghs  and 
parishes  which  have  made  provision  for  their 
own  scholars."—(Mr.  Munro  Ferguson.') 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

B i ll 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  17,  1. 26,  by  inserting,  after the 
word  " Board," the  words  "or  the  managers  of 
any  inspected  school."—(Mr.  Cochrane.) 

And  the  Question being put, That those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1.  19,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " Provided  always,  that  it 
shall  not  be  competent  under  this  section  to 
annex  a school-board district  having a population 
of  over  fifty  thousand to an  adjacent  school-board 
district  unless  the  districts  concerned  are  agreed 
in  desiring  such  union."—(Mr.  Robert  Duncan.) 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  21,1.  30,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

to 

" (4)  Any  school  board  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  accountant  of  the 
make  application 
Department  respecting  any  expenditure  which 
they  may propose  to  incur. 
If  such  expenditure 
receives  the  sanction  of  the  accountant  of  the 
Department  it shall not subsequently  be regarded 
as  an  illegal  payment,  liable  to  be  disallowed  or 
surcharged  on  the  person  or  persons  making 
such  payment."—(Mr.  Cochrane.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  22,  1. 33,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  " district"  to  the  end of  subsection  (1) 
of  Clause  25, and inserting  the words  " Provided 
that  an  existing  school  board  holding  office  at 
the  passing  of  this  Act  shall,  notwithstanding 
anything  contained  in  the  Education  (Scotland) 
Act,  1872,  retain  office  until  the  first  election  of 
school  boards  under  this  Act,,  which  election 
shall  take  place  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred 
and  eleven,  being  the  year  following  the  year  of 
a  parish  council  election"  —  (Mr.  Watt),  — 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  second 
word  "the,"  in  p.  22,  1. 34,  stand  part  of  the 
Bill  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  23,  1. 30,  by  inserting,  after the 
word  " shall,"  the  words  " before  granting  or 
refusing  the  prayer  of  the  petition  and  com-
plaint."—(Mr.  Mitchell-Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  25,1.  3,  by  inserting,  after  the 
second  word  " exceeding/'  the  words  " seven 
hundred  pounds  per annum in  the case of  endow-
ments  the  revenues  of  which,  before  the  passing 
of  this  Act,  might  be  applied  to  purposes  in 
two  or  more  counties,  or  in  any  other  case  not 
exceeding."—(Mr.  Watt.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
•to the Bill, in  p.  25,  1. 12, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  " Provided  that  the  governing 
body  of  any  intermediate  or  secondary  school 
administered  under  a  scheme  approved  in  terms 
of the Educational  Endowments  (Scotland)  Act, 
1882, or  under  any Act  or any  Provisional  Order 
confirmed  by  Act  of  Parliament,  shall,  notwith-
standing  anything  contained  in any scheme, Act, 
or  Order,  have  power,  with  the  sanction  of  the 
Department,  to  administer  that  part  of  their 
annual  revenue  presently  applicable 
the 
granting  of  bursaries  in  conformity  with  the 
requirements  of  section  twenty-eight  hereof, 
without  the  necessity  of  applying  to  the  Court 
of  Session  or  to  Parliament."—(Mr.  Cochrane.) 

to 

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24th—25th   November. 

4 59 

And  the  Question being  proposed,  That those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  25, line 40,  by inserting, after 
the  word  "council,"  the  words  "or  county 
education  committee."—(Mr. Cochrane.) 

And the  Question being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in the Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p. 26, 1. 10,  by inserting,  after the 
word  " Department,"  the  words  " which 
in 
future  shall  be  called  the  Scottish  Education 
Department."—(Mr.  Gulland.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:—It  passed in the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A  Motion  was made,  and the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time; 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to the Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  6,  by  leaving  out  Part  II. 
of the Bill.—(Mr.  Atherley-Jones.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
" whether," in p.  5,  1. 7,  stand part  of  the  Bill: 
—And  a Debate  arising thereupon ; 

And  the  House 
after  Twelve  of 
morning ; 

having  continued  to  sit  till 
the  clock  on  Wednesday 

Wednesday,  25th  November  1908  : 
And  a Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be now  adjourned 
— (Mr.  Henry  Forster)'.—It  was resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 

Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill  j 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time BUL 

Regulation 

upon Friday  next. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the / Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank : 

Tellers for the f Captain Donelan, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien'. 
So it  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now read the third 
time:—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time and passed. 

4 8. 

Prevention of 
Crime  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  proceeded to 
take into  consideration  the  Prevention  of Crime 
Bill,  as amended in the  Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  10,  by  leaving  out  para-
graph  (a)  of  subsection  (1)  of  Clause  1.—(Mr. 
Renton.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
{roposed to  be left out stand part of  the  Bill:— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  7,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " apparently  under  such  age." — (Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left out stand part of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment  was, with 
lea re  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  an Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 2,1.  40, by  inserting,  after the 
word  " establish,"  the  word  " three." —  (Mr. 
Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " three "  be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:— 
The  said proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave 
of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p. 4,1.29, by leaving  out  Clause 7. 
-—(Mr. Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part of the 
Bills—The  said proposed Amendment  was, with 
leave of the  House, withdrawn. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro- ^ders^  ^ 
cedure Bill  [Lords] ; 

{Lord*.} 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this day. 

1 9 5. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  ^vings  Bank 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill; 
Trustee)  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking  Tuberculosis 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
as  amended  in  the  Standing 
(Ireland)  Bill, 
Committee ; 

— (- r e a n-> 

Ordered,  That  the 

sideration this  day. 

Bill  be  taken  into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-Sites  BU1 
[Lords.'] 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 
Second  Reading  of  the  Building  Operations and  0Per.» t^ and 
Engineering  Works Bill; 

Works  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bail  Bill. 

Second  Reading of  the Bail  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Assizes and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter $Qa''ter _.„ 
Sessions  Bill 
o 
I  Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
[Lords.] 
|  Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  next. 

n,-n  r  y 

.1  

• 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons Bill 

, Second  Reading of the  Commons  Bill  [Lords']  ;  U^i*.] 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

i upon Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 
Second Reading of the  Companies  Consolidation  Consolida-
[Tordl.] 
Bill  I"Lords] ; 
L 

3  N  2 

460 

24th—25th   November. 

1908. 

[No. 152. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second  time  j 
j 

upon Friday  next. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

336. 

Constabulary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Friday  next. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the Proceedings  n0> 336. 

of  the Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  (not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee)  be  taken  into  considera-
tion to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being then thir-
teen  minutes  after Twelve  of  ibe  clock 
on Wednesday  morning,  till  this day. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
Mr.  Speaker  being of  opinion  that  the  Local 
Government  (Scotland)  Bill  is  a  Bill  relating 
exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will  be  con-
sidered  by  the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish 
Bills. 

[No.  152.] 

Wednesday, 25th November 1908. 
The  House  met at a quarter of an hour 
1 before  Three  of the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

SEVERAL  Public  Petitions  were  presented, 

and  read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Trade  Reports 
(Miscel-
laneous 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic 
and  Consular  Reports,  Miscellaneous  Series, 
No.  671. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

East  India 
(Military 
Operations.) 

East  India 
(Customs 
Revenue.) 

East  India 
(Customs 
Revenue.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before this  House  a Return  of  Military  Opera-
tions  undertaken  by  the  Government  of  India 
on  the  North-West  frontier,  the  North-East 
frontier, and beyond  India, in the  period  1899— 
1908, inclusive.—(Mr.  Bellairs.) 

The  Order  made  upon the  16th  day of  June 
last,  for  presenting  an  Address  for  a  Return 
relative  to  East  India  (Customs  Revenue),  was 
read  and  discharged-(Mr.  Harold  Cox)-, and 
instead  thereof:— 

Resolved, That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the gross 
amount of  import duty collected in British  India 
on articles taxable  under the  India Tariff during 
the years  1905-6,  1906-7,  and  1907-8,  together 
with the  percentage of duty realised  under  each 
head to the  total  Revenue  realised  in each  year. 
—(Mr.  Harold  Cox.) 

M r.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing 
Standing 
Criminal60Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Criminal  Appeal 
Appeal 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]   was  referred ;  That 
(Amendment)  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
Bill  fill/-*?-*.]  1 •  J  . 

i. -  ..  » 

ii.  . 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing standing 
' 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  White  Phosphorus  Committee  A. 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill  was  referred;  That p^sphorus 
they  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made Matches 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Prohibition 
Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  N0. 337. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 337. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  383. 

Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  aud be printed. 

The  Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords']  was Poisons and 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read a  Pharmacy  Bill 
second time  to-morrow ;  and to  be printed. 

1 

„ 
Bill  384. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported  Hastings 
the  Hastings  Harbour Bill, with an Amendment.  Harbour BiU-
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  Vide  Supple-
ment  to the 
Votes. 

Table;  and  be printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported from Selection 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  (Standing 
discharged  the following  Member  from Standing g""^",6680 
Committee  B (in respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  committee  B. 
Planning,  &c.  Bill): — Mr.  Currun ;  and  had  Housing, 
appointed  in  substitution (in respect  of  the said  panning  &c 
Bill):  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
a nd 

Second  Reading  of  the  Elementary  Education  f E^ n
Walls) 
(England  and Wales)  (No.  2) Bdl; 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Bl"' 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Hutton.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word " now " stand part of  the  Question :—Aud 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Half our) : — It  was  resolved 
in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for taking coal Mines 
into consideration the Coal  Mines (Eight  Hours)  (Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

in  the  Standing(No"2)  m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Port of 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as Lon<lon  Bill, 
amended  in the  Committee ; 

him  to report the same,  without  Amendment,  to ;  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
tho  H ouse. 

i  sideration  to-morrow. 

25th—26th  November. 

461 
Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

No. 152.1  8  EDW.  V I I. 

Provisional 
Or iers 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The Order of  the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of July  last,  it  being  then  one 
minute  before  Eleven  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Army. 

[ N o.   1 5 3 .] 

Thursday, 2 6th November 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

1|4TR.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  by  His 
I II   Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report by 
the  War  Office  on the steps taken during  1907 
to  provide  Technical  Instruction to  Soldiers, to 
fit them for civil  life. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under the 
Census  of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Trade  Reports 
(Annual 
Series.) 

Secretary  Sir  Edward Grey presented, by His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Reports, Annual  Series,  No. 4172. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Bast  India 
(Military 
Operations.) 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented, — Return  to  an 
Address  to  His  Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
this  instant  November,  for a Return relative to 
East  India (Military  Operations). 

Ordered, That the said Return  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Shop  Hours 
Act.  1901. 

Mr,  Secretary  Gladstone presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Urban  District 
Council  of  Hindley  under  the  Shop Hours  Act, 
1904, and  confirmed  by the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department, fixing the  hours  of 
closing for certain classes of Shops. 

VOL.  163. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Public Record 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  (Colonial 
the  Table  by the  Clerk  of the House  :—Copy  of  ^ d
Schedule  cont aining  a  list  and  particulars  of  Company.) 
Classes  of  Documents  which  have  been  removed 
from  the  Office  of  His  Majesty's  Principal 
Secretary  of  State  having  the Department  of  the 
Colonies,  and  deposited  in  the  Public  Record 
Office, but  are  not  considered  of  sufficient public 
value  to justify  their  preservation  therein. 

( N ew 

r  s 

Sir Luke  White reported from the  Committee London 
on  the  London  Electric  Supply  Bill  [Lords]  ;  Electric 
That  the  Committee  had considered the Instruc-^PP^ BiU 
tions of the House  of  the 2nd day of  November' 
last,  and having  regard  thereto  had  inserted in 
the  Bill  a  provision  constituting  the  London 
County  Council  the  purchasing  authority  in 
respect  of  the  undertakings  of  the  London 
Electric  Supply  Companies on equitable  terms, 
and  also  provisions  conferring  on  the 
local 
authorities  who  are  authorised  distributors  in 
the  Administrative  County  of London  the  same 
powers as those  conferred  by the  Bill  upon  the 
London Electric  Supply  Companies. 

Sir  J.iike  White  further  reported  from  the 
Committee ; That they had examined  the allega-
tions contained in the  Preamble of  the  Bill, aud 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as passed  by the 
Committee, and  found the same,  as amended, to 
be  true;  and  had  gone  through the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto;  and  had  also 
amended  the  Title,  as  followeth :—An  Act  to  [Title 
confer further powers and  to  make  further  pro- amended.] 
visions  with  respect  to  the  supply  of  electrical 
energy  in London, 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the Vide  Supple-
ment  to the 
Votes. 

1 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
added  to  the  Standing  Committee on  Scottish 
Bills the following Twelve  Members  (in  respect 
of  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill 
and the  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill) :— 
Mr. M'Killop,  Mr. Barrie,  Sir  Berkeley  Sheffield, 
Mr.  Henry  Gooch,  Mr.  Eveh/n  Cecil,  Lord  John 
Joicey-Cecil,  Earl  of  Ronaldshay,  Mr.  Waldron, 
Sir  Clement  Hill,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Mac  Veagh,  Mr. 
MiKeun,  and  Major  Renton. 

Selection 
fStanding 
Committees.) 
Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 
Summary 
J iirisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill  and 
Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question being  Business of 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Elementarv  the  House 
Education  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill, 
if  under  discussion  at  Eleven of  the  clock  this  (England  and 
night,  be  not  interrupted  under  the  Standing  Wales) 
Order (Sittings  of  the  House)—(Mr.  Asquith) ; <No- 2> B,u> 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
[Master of Elibank  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for the j'Mr.  Henry  Forster, 

Noes, 

1 Lord Edmund Talbot: 
So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

)• 239. 

) 
/ 

86. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Elementary 

the adjourned Debate on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  N ovember, ^y^ies) 
was proposed to be  made  to  the  Question,  That (No.  2)  Bill 
the Elementary Education (England  and  Wales) 
(No.  2) Bill  be now read a second  time; 

3  N  3 

462 

26$—21th  November. 

[No. 153. 

Which  Amendment was, to leave out  the word 
" now," and, at the end  of  the  Question,  to add 
the  words " upon this day three  months "—(Mr. 
Hutton); 

And the Question  being again  proposed, That 
the word " now " stand  part of  the  Question :— 
The  House resumed the said adjourned  Debate. 

And the  Question being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thefMr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master  of  Elibanh \ 

}323. 

Tellers  for the  f Mr.  Hutton, 

] 
I Mr.  Clement Edwards  : J 

Noes, 

^ 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  put: 
Ordered, That  the Bill  be now  read a second 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read a second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  'to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Port of 
London Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
i n t o  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Coal  Mines 
The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
(Bight Hours) into consideration the  Coal Mines  (Eight  Hours) 
( N o >  2)   Bill,  as  amended in the  Standing  Com-
(No.  2) Bill. 
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday next. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
bessions Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
,,  
„ 
-, 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords] 
Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read  a  second time 

.  r  J° 

<> 

to-morrow. 

Commons Bill  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Commons Bill  [Lords]  ; 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Provisional 
Orders 
[ Sf 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro-

Bil1  cedure  Bill  [Lord*]-, 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Criminal 
into consideration  the Criminal Appeal  (Amend-
Appeal 
BiU [zESfc]  ment) Bill  [Lords]  (not amended in the Standing 

Committee); 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
White 
Phosphorus 
the  White  Phosphorus 
Prohibition  Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Bill. 

Standing  Committee; 

consideration 

| n t o 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poisons  and 

Second Reading  of  the  Poisons and Pharmacy 
Bill  [Lords]  ;  ° 

*  ™ 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the Order of the  House of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
twelve  minutes  before  Twelve  of  the 
clock, till  to-morrow. 

[No.  154.] 
Friday,  21th November 1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P B A Y B K S. 

That  the  Return  relative  to  East  India 

East  India  (Military  Operations),  which  C ^ ^y 

ORDERED, 
was  presented  upon  the  26th  day  of  this  instant 
November,  be  printed. 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Natal 

Command,—Copy  of  Papers  relating  to  the  case 
of Mr.  Alfred  Mangena. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Irish  Land 
mand,  — Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made  Commission, 
under  the  Irish  Land  Act,  1903,  during  the 
month  of  April  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Elementary 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft  Regulations  under  S^fanTand 
Clause  2  of  the  Elementary  Education  (England  Wales) 
and  Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill. 

(No. 2) Bill. 

Copy  of 

the Board of 
further  Statement  showing 
cases  in  which  the  Board  of  Education  have  Educatlon-
from  Local  Education 
received  applications 
Authorities  for  Special  Grants  for the  building 
of  new  Public  Elementary  Schools,  and  the 
stage  which  each  case  had  reached  on  31st 
October  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Sydney  Buxton presented,  pursuant to the  Post Office 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account  Telegraphs 
showing the gross amount received and  expended Telephones.) 
on  account  of the  Telegraph  Service  during  the 
jjo.  339. 
year  ended  31st  March  1908,  and  the  balance 
of  the  expenditure  over  the  receipts,  prepared 
in  pursuance  of  the  Telegraph  (Money)  Act, 
1876  ;  and  a  Statement  additional  to  the  above 
Account. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Elementary 

upon  Monday  next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Com-
mittee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment  of  Vales)11  "" 
certain  Parliamentary  Grants,  in  pursuance  of  [Grants.] 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  make  further 
provision  with  respect  to  Elementary  Education 
in  England  and  Wales—(Mr.  Runciman)  ; 

Mr.  Runciman,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted 
that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 

the  House 

N0.154.]  8  EDW. 

27th  November. 

4 63 

this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of the  House. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Sir  Luke  White  reported  from the  Committee 
on  the  London  (Westminster  and  Kensington) 
Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill  [Lords']  ;  That, 
in  pursuance  of  the  Instruction  of  the  House  of 
the  2nd  day  of  November  last,  the  Committee 
had  inserted  a  Clause  in  the  Bill  binding  the 
promoters  not  to  offer  opposition  to  any  future 
legislative  proposal  to  constitute  the  London 
County  Council  the  purchasing  authority. 

That  with  regard  to  the  Instruction  of  the 
House, also  of  the  2nd  day of  November  last, in-
forming the  Committee  that  they  have  power  to 
insert  a  provision  binding  the  promoters  not  to 
offer opposition to any future legislative  proposals 
that  may  be  brought  forward  on  behalf  of  the 
Councils of the  Metropolitan  Boroughs  to  confer 
on  such  Councils  powers  for  such  mutual 
assistance  or  association  as is  conferred  by  this 
Bill  on  the  promoters,  the  Committee  having 
considered  a  Clause  proposed  by  the  promoters, 
approved  and  inserted  same  in  the  Bill. 

Sir  Luke  White  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  examined  the  alle-
gations  contained  in  the  Bill,  and found the  same 
to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  dis-
charged the following  Member from the  Standing 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  :—Mr.  Waldron; 
and had  appointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of 
the  Summary  Jurisdiction  ( Scotland)  Bill  and 
the  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Walrond. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had.  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  consolidate  Enactments  relating  to  the 
Post  Office;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Votes. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill  and 
Local 
Crovernment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 
Message from 
the  Lords. 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lards.] 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  385. 

The  Post  Office  Consolidation  Bill 

[Lords] 
was  read  the  first  time,  and ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales) 
(No.  2)  Bill) 
(Allocation  of 
Time.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Elementary 
Education  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill, 
and  the  necessary  stages  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  relating  thereto,  shall  be  proceeded 
with  as  follows :— 

1.  Committee  Stage. 

Six  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the  Com-
mittee  stage  of the  Bill,  including  the  necessary 
stages  of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating  to 
the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings  on  each  of  those 
allotted  days  shall  be  those  shown  in  the  second 
column  of  the  table  annexed  to  this  Order,  and 
those  proceedings  shall, if  not previously  brought 
to  a conclusion,  be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at 
the  time  shown  in  the  third  column  of  that 
table i 

VOL.  163. 

2.  Report  Stage. 

Two  allotted  days  shall  be given to the  Report 
stage  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings  for  each 
of  those  allotted  days  shall  be  such  as  may  be 
hereafter  determined  in  manner  provided  by 
this  Order,  and  those  proceedings,  if  not  pre-
viously  brought  to  a  conclusion,  shall  be  brought 
to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  each  such 
allotted  day : 

3.  Third  Reading. 

One  allotted  day  shall  be  given  to  the  Third 
Reading  of  the Bill, and the  proceedings  thereon 
shall,  if  not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to  a conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  that 
day  : 

On  the  conclusion  of  the  Committee  stage  the 
Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the  House 
without  Question  put,  and the  House  shall  on a 
subsequent  day  consider  the  proposals  made 
by  the  Government  for  the  allocation  of  the 
proceedings  on  the  Report  stage  of  the  Bill. 
The  proceedings  on  the  consideration  of  those 
proposals  may be  entered  on  at  any hour,  though 
opposed,  and  shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the 
provisions  of  any  Standing  Order  relating  to 
the  Sittings  of  the  House,  but  if  they  are  not 
brought  to  a conclusion  before  the  expiration  of 
one  hour  after  they  have  been  commenced 
Mr.  Speaker  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  that 
time,  bring  them  to  a  conclusion  by  putting  the 
Question on the  Motion  proposed  by the  Govern-
ment, after having put the  Question,  if  necessary, 
on  any  Amendment  or  other  Motion  which  has 
been  already  proposed  from  the  Chair  and  not  • 
disposed  of s 

After  this  Order  comes 

into  operation  any 
day  shall  be  considered  an  allotted  day  for  the 
purposes  of  this  Order  on  which  the  Bill  is  pat 
down  as the  first  Order  of  the  day,  or  on  which 
any  stage  of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating 
thereto  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of  the 
day, followed  by the  Bill.  Provided  that  5 p.m. 
shall  be  substituted  for  10.30  p.m.  and  2  p.m. 
for  7.30  p.m.  as  respects  any  allotted  day  which 
is  a Friday,  and 3  p.m.  shall  be  substituted  for 
10.30  p.m.  and  12  noon  for  7.30  p.m.  as  respects 
any  allotted  day  which  is  a  Saturday,  as  the 
time  at  which  proceedings  are  to  be  brought  to 
a  conclusion  under  the  foregoing  provisions : 

A  Motion  may  be  made  by  a  Minister  of  the 
Crown  at  the  commencement  of  Business  on any 
day that the House  sit  on the following  Saturday 
at  10  a.m.  for  the  purpose  of  the  consideration 
of  the  Bill,  and  the  Question  on  any  Motion  so 
made  shall  be  put  forthwith  by  the  Speaker 
without  Amendment  or  Debate : 

Notice  of  any  Question  requiring  an  oral 
answer  for  a  Friday  or  Saturday  shall,  if  that 
day  is  an  allotted  day  under  this  Order,  be 
treated  as  a notice  for the  following  Monday : 

For  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  a  conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 
appointed  under  this  Order for the  conclusion  of 
those  proceedings,  put  forthwith  the  Question 
on  any  Amendment  or  Motion  already  pro-
posed  from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed 
successively  to  put  forthwith  the  Question  on 
any  Amendments,  new  Clauses,  or  Schedules 
moved  by  the  Government  of  which  notice  has 
been  given,  but  no  other  Amendments,  Clauses, 
or  Schedules,  and  on  any  Question  necessary 
to  dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded,  and 
in  the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or of 
Government  new  Clauses  or Schedules  he  shall 
3 h4 

10ft—lift December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

464 
put only  the  Question  that  the  Amendment be 
made,  or  that  the  Clause  or Schedule  be added 
to the  Bill,  as the  case  may  be : 

A  Motion  may  be.  made  by  the  Government 
to  leave  out  any  Clause  or  consecutive  Clauses 
of  the  Bill  before  the  consideration  of  any 
Amendments  to  the  Clause or Clauses  in  Com-
mittee  : 

The  Question  on  a  Motion  made  by  the 
Government  to leave out  any  Clause  or Clauses 
of  the Bill  shall  be put forthwith  by the  Chair-
man or  Speaker without  Debate: 

Any  Private  Business  which  is  set  down for 
consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
(Time  for 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 
conclusion  of  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under this  Order  for that  day,  and  any  Private 
Business  so  taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order relating  to the  Sittings  of the  House : 

On  any day  on which  any proceedings  are  to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall  not be interrupted  under the  provisions of 
any  Standiug  Order  relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the  House : 

On  an  allotted  day  no.  dilatory  Motion  on 
the  Bill,  nor  Motion  to  recommit  the  Bill, 
nor  Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing 
Order  10, nor  Motion to  postpone  a Clause, shall 
be  received  unless  moved  by  the  Government, 
and  the  Question  on  such  Motion  shall  be  put 
. forthwith without  any Debate : 

Nothing  in  this  Order  shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which  under  this 
Order  is to  be concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part  of  an  allotted  day  being  given  to 
any such  Business if  the  Business  to  be 
concluded  has  been  otherwise  disposed 
of  ;  or 

(b)  prevent  any  other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded with  on  any  allotted  day  or  part 
of an  allotted  day in accordance  with  the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order  on  the  allotted 
day or part  of  the  allotted  day  has  been 
disposed  of: 

Table. 
Committee  Stage. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

First 

-

Second -

Third  -

Clause 1  -

Clause  2,  and  Committee 
stage of  Financial  Reso-
lution. 

Beport  stage  of  Financial 
Resolution, and Clause 3. 

Clause 4  -

Fourth- 

-j 
< 

Fifth 

- 

-1 

Clause 5  -

Clause 6  -

Clauses 7, 8, and 9 

-

Sixth 

-

Clauses 10,  11,  12, and new 

Clauses. 

Schedules,  and  any  other 
to 
the  Committee 

matter 
bring 
stage to a conclusion. 

necessary 

-(Mr.  Asquith)  -, 

10.30 

10.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10,30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  I.  1,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " That"  to  tbe  end of  the  Question,  and 
adding the  words  " this  House,  being  of opinion 
that  a  settlement  of  the  Education  question  by 
general  agreement  is  urgently required, and  that 
such  agreement  can only be secured if the  views 
of  all  parties  interested  are  fully  discussed  by 
this  House,  regrets  that  exceptional  means  of 
curtailing Debate  should  be  used  to  force pre-
cipitately through its remaining stages a measure 
interests  and  rousing 
touching  complicated 
vehement  feelings" — (Mr.  Henry  Forster),— 
instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
"the  Committee  stage,  Eeport  stage"  stand 
part of the  Question ; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Bight; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
(Captain  Norton  : 

Yeas, 

}  194. 

Tellers for the f Viscount  Valentia, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Henry Forster : 
So it was resolved in  the Affirmative. 

, 

71. 

1 
J 

Then  the  Question  was  amended,  in  1.  6, by 
leaving  out  the word  " Six,"  and  inserting  the 
word "Eight"—(Mr.  Asquith),—instead thereof; 
and iu the table  annexed,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  " First "  to the  end  of  the  Question, 
and inserting the  words— 

Second -

Third  -

" Clause  1, and  Committee 
stage  of  Financial  Reso-
lution. 
Clause  2  - 

- 

-

Clause  2  - 

- 

-

Report  stage  of  Financial 

Resolution. 

Fourth -

Clause 3  -

Fifth 

-

Sixth  -

Seventh 

Eighth 

J 

Clause 4  - 

Clause 5  - 

- 

-

- 

-

Clauses 6 and 7 

Clauses 8 and 9 

Clauses 10,  11, and 12 

-1 

New  Clauses 

- 

- 

-

First  Schedule  -

Remaining  Schedules, and 
any  other  matter  re-
quired 
the 
Committee  stage  to  a 
conclusion. 

to  "bring 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30  " 

—(Mr.  Asquith),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr. Joseph Pease, 

\ 
J 
Tellers for the] Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  [ 
J 

I Mr. Herbert Lewis  : 

1 Mr.  Claude Hay  -. 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Ordered, That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Elementary 
Education  (England  and Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill, 
and  the  necessary  stages  of  the  Financial 
Resolution relating thereto,  shall  be  proceeded 
with as follows :— 

154.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

27th  November. 

465 

1.  Committee  Stage. 

Eight  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 
Committee  stage  of  the  Bill,  including  the 
necessary  stages  of  the  Financial  Resolution 
relating to  the Bill,  and the proceedings on each 
of those allotted  days shall  be those  shown in the 
second  column  of  the  table  annexed  to  this 
Order,  and  those  proceedings shall, if  not pre-
viously  brought  to a conclusion,  be brought to  a 
conclusion  at the time  shown in the third column 
of  that table. 

2.  Report  Stage. 
Two  allotted  days  shall  be  given  to  the 
Report  stage  of  the  Bill,  and  the  proceedings 
for each  of  those  allotted  days shall  be  such  a3 
may  be  hereafter  determined  in  manner  pro-
vided  by  this  Order,  and  those  proceedings,  if 
not  previously, brought  to  a conclusion,  shall  be 
brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.m.  on  each 
such allotted day. 

3.  Third  Reading. 
One allotted  day shall  be  given  to  the Third 
Reading of the Bill, and the proceedings thereon 
shall, if  not  previously  brought  to  a  conclusion, 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  at  10.30  p.in,  on 
that day. 

On the conclusion  of  the  Committee  stage the 
Chairman  shall  report  the  Bill  to  the  House 
without  Question put,  and  the House  shall on a 
subsequent  day consider  the  proposals made  by 
the  Government 
for  the  allocation  of  the 
proceedings  on  the  Report  stage  of  the  Bill. 
The  proceedings  on  the  consideration  of  those 
proposals may be entered on at any hour, though 
opposed, and  shall  not  be interrupted  under the 
provisions of  any Standing Order relating to the 
Sittings  of  the  House,  but  if  they  are  not 
brought  to a conclusion  before the  expiration of 
one  hour  after  they  have  been commenced Mr. 
Speaker  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  that  time, 
bring  them  to  a  conclusion  by  putting  the 
Question  on  the  Motion  proposed  by  the 
Government,  after  having  put  the  Question,  if 
necessary,  on  any  Amendment  or other  Motion 
which has been already  proposed from the Chair 
and not disposed of. 

After  this  Order  comes  into • operation  any 
day shall  be  considered  an  allotted  day for  the 
purposes of  this  Order  on which  the  Bill  is put 
down as the first Order of  the  day, or on which 
any  stage  of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating 
thereto  is  put  down  as  the  first  Order  of  the 
day,  followed  by  the  Bill.  Provided 
that 
5 p.m. shall  be  substituted  for  10.30 p.m.  and 
2 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. as respects any allotted day 
which is a Friday, and 3 p.m. shall  be substituted 
for  10.30  p.m.  and  12  noon  for  7.30  p.m.  as 
respects  any allotted  day which  is  a Saturday, 
as  the  time  at  which  proceedings  are  to  be 
brought  to  a  conclusion  under  the  foregoing 
provisions. 

A  Motion may be  made  by a Minister  of  the 
Crown at  the commencement of  Business on any 
day that the House  sit on the  following Saturday 
at  10 a.m.  for  the  purpose of  the  consideration 
of  the  Bill,  and  the  Question on any  Motion so 
made  shall  be  put  forthwith  by  the  Speaker 
without  Amendment  or Debate. 

Notice  of  any  Question  requiring  an  oral 
answer  for  a  Friday  or  Saturday  shall, if  that 
day  is  an  allotted  day  under  this  Order,  be 
treated as a notice for the following  Monday. 

For  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  a conclusion 
any  proceedings  which  are  to  be  brought  to  a 
conclusion  on  an  allotted  day,  and  have  not 
previously  been  brought  to  a  conclusion,  Mr. 
Speaker  or  the  Chairman  shall,  at  the  time 

VOL.  163. 

appointed under this Order for the conclusion of 
those  proceedings,  put  forthwith  the  Question 
on any Amendment  or  Motion already  proposed 
from  the  Chair,  and  shall  next  proceed  suc-
cessively  to put  forthwith  the  Question  on  any 
Amendments,  new  Clauses, or  Schedules  moved 
by  the  Government  of  which  notice  has  been 
given,  but  no  other  Amendments,  Clauses,  or 
Schedules,  and  on  any  Question  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business  to  be  concluded,  and 
in  the  case  of  Government  Amendments  or  of 
Government  new  Clauses or Schedules  he shall 
put  only  the  Question  that  the Amendment  be 
made, or  that  the  Clause or Schedule  be  added 
to the Bill,  as the case  may be. 

A  Motion  may  be  made  by the  Government 
to  leave  out  any  Clause  or consecutive  Clauses 
of  the  Bill  before  the  consideration  of  any 
Amendments 
to  the  Clause  or  Clauses  in 
Committee. 

The  Question  on  a  Motion  made  by  the 
Government  to  leave out any Clause or Clauses 
of  the Bill  shall  be put forthwith  by the Chair-
man or Speaker without  Debate. 

Any  Private  Business  which  is set  down  for 
consideration  at  8.15  p.m.  on  any  allotted  day 
shall,  instead  of  being  taken  on  that  day  as 
provided  by  the  Standing  Order  (Time  for 
taking  Private  Business),  be  taken  after  the 
conclusion  Gf  the  proceedings  on  the  Bill  or 
under  this  Order  for that  day, and  any  Private 
Business  so  taken  may  be  proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order relating  to the  Sittings of  the House. 

On  any day on  which  any proceedings  are to 
be  brought  to  a  conclusion  under  this  Order 
proceedings  for  that  purpose  under  this  Order 
shall not  be interrupted  under the  provisions of 
any  Standing  Order relating  to  the  Sittings  of 
the  House. 

On  an  allotted  day  no  dilatory  Motion  on 
the  Bill,  nor  Motion  to  recommit  the  Bill, 
nor.  Motion  for  Adjournment  under  Standing 
Order  10, nor Motion to postpone a Clause, shall 
be  received  unless  moved  by  the  Government, 
and  the  Question  on  such  Motion  shall  be  put 
forthwith without any  Debate. 

Nothing in this Order shall— 

(a)  prevent  any  Business  which under  this 
Order  is  to  be  concluded  on  an  allotted 
day  being  proceeded  with  on  any  other 
day,  or  necessitate  any  allotted  day  or 
part of  an allotted  day being given to any 
such  Business  if  the  Business to  be con-
cluded has been otherwise disposed of;  or 
(b)  prevent  any other  Business  being  pro-
ceeded with  on  any  allotted day  or  part 
of an allotted  day in accordance with  the 
Standing  Orders  of  the  House  after  the 
Business  to  be  proceeded  with  or  con-
cluded  under  this  Order  on  the  allotted 
day or  part  of  the allotted  day  has been 
disposed of. 

Table. 
Committee  Stage. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

First 

-

Second -

Third  -

Clause  1,  and  Committee 
stage  of  Financial  Reso-
lution. 
Clause 2  -

Clause 2 

- 

- 

-

Report  stage  of  Financial 

Resolution. 

3  o 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

4F>6 

21th—'SOth  November. 

1 9 0 8.  

[No. 154. 

Allotted  Day. 

Proceedings. 

Fourth -

Clause 3  - 

- 

-

Fifth 

-

Sixth  -

Seventh 

Eighth -

Clause 4  -

Clause  5  - 

-

Clauses 6 and 7 

Clauses 8 and 9 

- 

-

Clauses 10,  11, and 12 

New  Clauses 

-

First  Schedule  -

Eemaining  Schedules,  and 
any  other  matter  , re-
. quired 
the 
Committee  stage  to  a 
conclusion. 

to  bring 

Time for 
Proceedings  to 
be brought 
to a  Conclusion. 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

7.30 

10.30 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  for  resuming  Prevention of 

the adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which, Crime Bill, 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  November, 
was proposed to be made on consideration  of  the 
Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Seeond  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  C^iand) Bin. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
in  pur-
House  without  Question  put, 
suance  of the  Order of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  three 
minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

Poisons and 
Pharmacy Bill  g 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
d  R e a (Ji nrr  Gf  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy 

Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration 
the  White  Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

[No.  155.] 
Monday,  30th November 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of  an hour 
before Three  of the clock. 

« 

P R A T E R S. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Companies Consolidation 
Bin  [Lords]  • 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Sites Bfll 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted) Bill  [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Assizes and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Gjrazings 
Regulation 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Provisional  Orders Pro-
cedureJBill [L°r4s~[ 5 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Commons 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Commons Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Criminal 
i n t o  consideration  the  Criminal Appeal  (Atnei.d-
(Amendment) 
Bill [Lords.]  ment) Bill  [Lords]  (not amended  in  the  standing 

Committee) ; 

THE  House proceeded to take into considera-  Hastings 

tion the  Hastings  Harbour Bill, as amended  Harbour Bill, 

in the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and 243 
be suspended,  and that  the Bill  be now  read the 
third  time. — (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport 
of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His 
Majesty's interest  is concerned,  that  the  House 
may do therein as they  shall think fit. 

The  Bill was accordingly read  the  third time 

and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Perth  Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Perth 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  o°^°ratioE 
time, and ordered to be taken into  consideration  confirmation 
upon Wednesday  next. 

Bill. 

Several  Public  Petitions were  presented, and  Public 

read ;  and ordered to lie  upon the  Table. 

vide  Eighth 
Report. 
Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Natal. 

r 

Command, — Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to  the  Trial  of  certain  Natives  in 
NataJ. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy of  Schemes  for  the  regulation  of  hours 
of  employment,  intervals,  and  holidays  of 
workers in  Charitable  Institutions,  approved by 
the  Secretary  of  State  in  pursuance  of  the 
powers  conferred  on  him  by  the  Factory  and 
Workshop Act,  1907. 

Factory and 
Workshop 
(Schemes for 
regulation of 
Hours of 
Employment, 
&c. in 
Charitable 
Institutions.) 

No. 155.]  8  E d w.   VII. 

30th  November. 

4 67 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

t o 

Diseases of 
Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented, pursuant to the 
Animals Acts,  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  an 
°3-  Order,  No.  7605,  dated  21st  November  1908, 
11  
permitting  the  landing  at.  Deptford  Foreign 
Animals  Wharf  of  Animals  carried  on  board 
the  Steamship  " Marquette." 

Diseases of 
Copy  of  an  Order,  No.  7606,  dated  the 
Animais^Acts,  2l st   November  1908, permitting  the  landing  at 
Deptford  Foreign  Animals  Wharf  of  Animals 
carried on board the  Steamship " Minnehaha." 
Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Poor Relief 
(England  and 
Wales.) 

No.  340. 

Local 
Taxation 
Returns 
(England  and 
Wales.) 

No.  333. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  22nd  day  of  July  last,  for a Return 
relative to Poor  Relief  (England  and Wales). 

Mr.  Burns  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy of 
the  Annual  Local  Taxation Returns for 1906-7. 
Part  II. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Irish Land 
Mr.  Birrell  presented, by His  Majesty's Com-
Purchase  Acts,  mand,—Copy  of  Return  giving,  by  Counties 
and  Provinces,  the  area,  Poor  Law  valuation, 
and  purchase  money  of  (a)  lands sold, and (b) 
lands in respect of which  proceedings  have  been 
instituted  and  are  pending  for  sale  under  the 
Irish  Land Purchase  Acts;  also  the  estimated 
area, Poor Law valuation,  and  purchase  money 
of lands in respect of which proceedings  for  sale 
have not been instituted  under the said  Acts. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Elementary 
Education 
a 
Wales)
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved  itself 
into- a Committee  on  the Elementary  Education 
(England  and  Wales) (No. 2) Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Rate  aid  not  to  be  given  to 
non-provided  schools,  and  duty  of  authority  to 
provide  school  accommodation). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  5, to  leave 

out subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Hunt.) 

Question put, That the words " An  elementary 

school " stand part of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the ( Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[ Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 

Tellers for thefMr. Hunt, 

Noes, 

\Viscount  Helmsley ; 

j- 211. 

j-117. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  5, 
after the word " be/' to insert the  word " fully." 
—(Mr.  Harold  Cox.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " fully"  be  there 

inserted,  put,  and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, 1.  6, 
after the word  " authority,"  to  insert  the words 
" except as hereinafter provided."—(Mr. Dillon.) 
Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the (Captain  Donelan, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien  : 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Noes, 
VOL.  163. 

(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

\  ,  Q 
/  15y" 
\  „„ft 
J 

And it  being after half-past  Teh of  the clock,  Question  put 
the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of  the ^ ^^ 
tQ 
Order  of  the  House of  the 27th  November,  to  order of  the 
put forthwith the  Question  necessary  to dispose  House.) 
of Clause  1. 

Question put, That  the  Clause  stand  part of 

the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the r Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Tellers  for the / Captain  Donelan, 

Noes, 

\ Mr. Patrick  O'Brien 

|  238. 

|  144. 

Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his  Report  to  the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee may have leave  to sit again. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Elementary  Education 
(England and  Wales)  [Grants]. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales) 
[Grants.] 

(In the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment  of 
Parliamentary  Grants  to  associations of  schools 
in  respect  of  every  public  elementary  school 
belonging  to  such  associations,  and of  a Parlia-
mentary  Grant  in  respect  of  instruction  given 
in  special  subjects  at  centres,  in  pursuance of 
any Act  of the present  Session  to  make further 
provision with  respect  to Elementary  Education 
in England  and Wales.—-(Mr.  Runciman.) 

Question  put  forthwith, in  pursuance  of  the 
Order of  the  House  of  the  27th  November, and 
agreed to. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Question  put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee  had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  North  British • 

the adjourned Debate on  the  Question proposed Q^lway 
upon  the  17th  day  of  this  instant  November,  confirmation 
That  the  North  British  Railway  Order  Con-  Bill, 
firmation  Bill  be now read a second time ; 

o • 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed :— 
The House  resumed  the said adjourned  Debate. 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made to 
the  Question, by leaving  out  the  word  " now," 
and, at the  end of  the Question, adding the words 
"upon  this  day  three  months." — (Mr.  Keir 
Hardie.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
word  " now "  stand  part  of  the  Question: — 
The said proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of  the  House, withdrawn. 

And the Main Question being put ; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill be now read  a  second 
time:—The Bill  was  accordingly  read  a second 
time. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed, That  the Bill be committed to a Joint 
Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons — (Mr. 
Younger) : 

3  O  2 

 
8 0th   November.—1  st  December. 

1908. 

[No; 155. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve  of the clock  on Tuesday  morning ; 

Tuesday, 

December  1908 : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Appellate 

Second  Reading  of  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

1 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

And  the  Question  being  put:—It  passed  in 

this day. 

the  Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this day. 

Irish  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  clay  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Irish  Land  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the Trawling in  Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  Bill  ; 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lunacy  Bill 

Second Reading  of the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Building 
Second  Reading  of the  Building  Operations and  O g ^ S^ 
Engineering  Works Bill; 

works  Biii.° 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  heing  read,  for  the  Bail  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

Second  Reading  of  the  Bail  Bill; 

upon Monday  next. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading  of the East  India Loans  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second time 

upon Thursday  next. 

Contempts  of 
Court  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lord*.]  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Loeal 
Government  Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)Bill.  

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

( I r e l a n d)   Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Election  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen  in 
B o " o u S B l l l.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill  j 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Perries 
The  Order of the  day  being read, for  taking 
(Ireland)  Bill.  into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the post office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Savings  Bank 
S ^)   Bin. 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking  Tuberculosis 

into consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing(Ireland)  Bm" 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  p o rt of 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill, as  London  Bill, 
amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Coa!  Mines 
the  Coal  Mines 
into  consideration 
Hours) (No. 2) Bill,  as amended in the  Standing (Ko'  2)   BllL 
Committee ; 

(Eight  (Bight  Hours) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

sideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

into  con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 

Second Reading  of  the  Post  Office Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  p0isons   and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Pharmacy  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read,  for taking  w h i te 

into  consideration 
the  White  Phosphorus  Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in  the proMbltion 
Standing  Committee ; 

Bill. 

London 
- 
Paving 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
B i n  Second  Reading of the London Paving  Expenses 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this day. 

Ordered, That, the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Elementary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
^England1 and  Committeeon  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
Waies)  Bill, 

land and  Wales)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  companies 
Second  Reading  of  the Companies Consolidation  Consoiida-
Bill  [Lords]  ; 
fion  Bm 

_ 

_ 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  p o st   Office 

Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-  Sites  BM 
[Lords.] 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

'  / 

No. 155.]  8  EDW.  VII.  30M  November.—1st  December. 

469 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

Assizes  and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

• 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. " 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Commons 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

this day. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedi 
fx°^T 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro • 

B'U  cedure 

BiU 

[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

this day. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [ Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Criminal 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
i u to   c o" ® ^ t i o n t he   Criminal  Appeal  ( Amend-
Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.]  ment)  B i ll  [Lords]  (not amended  m  the  Standing 

Committee)  ; 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment  which, 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  November, 
was proposed  to be  made on consideration  of the 
Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Constabulary 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Second Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of the  Order  of the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  four-
teen  minutes  after  Twelve  of  the  clock 
on Tuesday  morning, till this day. 

[ N o.  

1 5 6 .] 

Tuesday,  ls£  December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P E A Y E K S. 

North  British 
Bailway 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

THE  Order of  the day being  read,  for tailing 

into  consideration  the  North  British  Rail-

way  Order  Confirmation Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-; 

sideration  to-morrow. 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon the  Table. 

Several  Public  Petitions were  presented,  and 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Beport. 
Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Bourd  of 
Trade  (Labour  Command,—Copy  of  Twelfth Abstract  of  Labour 
Department.)  s t a tistics   of  the  United  Kingdom,  1906-7. 

r 

VOL.  163. 

Copy  of  the  Rates  of  Import  Duties  levied  in  Foreign 

European  Countries,  Egypt,  the  United  States,  Import  Duties 
Mexico,  Argentina,  Japan,  China,  and  Persia 
upon  the  Produce  and  Manufactures  of 
the 
United  Kingdom. 

Copy of  Statistical  Abstract  for  the  several  statistical 
British  Colonies, Possessions,  and Protectorates,  Abstract 
in  each  year  from  1893  to  1907.  Forty-fifth (Colonie30 
Number. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Birrell  presented,  pursuant  to the  direc- Supreme 

tions of an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order  Court of 
in  Council  under the  Supreme  Court of Judica-  ^ u S d) 
ture Act  (Ireland),  1877,  dated 27th  November 1377. 
1908, giving  effect to Rules of  Court. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Irish  Teachers' 
Command,—Copy  of  Rules under  Section  11 of  Pension  Rules, 
the  National  School  Teachers  (Ireland)  Act, 
1879. 

Mr. Hobhouse  also  presented,  pursuant  to the  Superannua-
directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  of t i on   Act> 1884-
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1884, dated  25th  November  1908, declaring 
that  Henry  Restall,  Explosive  Worker,  Royal 
Laboratory,  was  appointed  without  ia  Civil 
Service  Certificate through  inadvertence  on  the 
part of  the head of  his  Department. 

Ordered,  That the  said Papers do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  public  Health 
the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Regulations 
of  the  Public  Health  (First  Series,  Unsound 
Food)  Regulations  (Scotland),  1908,  under  the 
Public  Health  (Regulations  as  to  Food)  Act, 
1907. 

Copy  of  the  Public  Health (Foreign  Meat)  Public  Health 

Regulations  (Scotland),  1908, under  the  Public 
Health  (Regulations  as to Food)  Act,  1907. 

Act,°l907. 

Ordered,  That the said  Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His  Treaty  Series 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Accessions  of  (No.  31,1908.) 
British  Colonies, &c.  to  the  Treaty  of  Friend-
ship,  Commerce,  and  Navigation  between  the 
United  Kingdom and Bulgaria.  Signed at Sofia, 
9th December  1905. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Diseases of 
the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Animals  Acts, 
of  Order,  No.  7610, dated  25th  November  1908, 1894 t0 1903" 
under  the  Diseases  of  Animals  Acts,  1894  to 
1903, permitting the landing at Deptford Foreign 
Animals  Wharf of Animals  carried on board the 
Steamship  " Minneapolis." 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before this  House  National 
a  Return  relative  to  National  Education  in  Education 
Ireland, showing (1)  number of  Roman  Catholic (lreland0 
National  Schools  in  Ireland,  number of Roman 
Catholic  Teaohers, principal and assistants, with 
a m o u nt   of  their salaries,  and  number  of  Roman 
Catholic  Children  on  the  rolls ;  (2)  number of 
Non-Catholic  National  Schools in Ireland,  with 
the  average  daily  attendance,  number  of  Non-
Catholic  Teachers, principal  and assistants,  with 
the  amount  of  their  salaries ;  (3)  number  of 
3  o  3 

1st  December. 

1908. 

[No. 156. 

470 
Roman  Catholic  National  Schools  with  an 
average  daily  attendance of  from 10 to  15, with 
the  salaries  and  emoluments  of  the  Teachers 
of  such  Schools;  (4)  number  of  Non-Catholic 
National  Schools  in  Ireland  with  an  average 
attendance  of  from  10  to  15, with  the  salaries 
and emoluments of the Teachers of such Schools ; 
(5)  in  how  many  Roman  Catholic  National 
Schools  has  Rule  127 (b)  been imposed,  and  in 
how many Non-Catholic  Schools has Rule 127 (b) 
been  imposed ;  (6)  how  many  Roman  Catholic 
National  Schools  have  been  amalgamated  since 
1900,  and  how  many  Non-Catholic  National 
Schools  during  the  same  time;  (7) how  many 
Roman Catholic  Inspectors  and how many  Non-
Catholic  Inspectors  were  in  the  employment of 
the  National  Board  in  the  year  1900;  (8)  how 
many  Roman  Catholic  Inspectors  and  how 
many Non-Catholic  Inspectors are in the  service 
of the  Board  at  the  present  time ;  and (9)  how 
many  Roman  Catholic  assistant  or  temporary 
Inspectors and  how many Non-Catholic  assistant 
or  temporary  Inspectors  are  employed  by  the 
National Board  at present.—(Mr. John Phillips.) 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets  and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Liverpool 
Corporation  (Streets  and  Buildings)  Bill,  with 
Amendments ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education 
(England  and Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill. 
( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  2 (Religious instruction  at  request 

of parent in provided  schools). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1. 19,  to  leave 
(1).—  (Mr.  Frederick  Edwin 

out  subsection 
Smith). 

Question  put,  That  the  words  " Where  the " 

stand part of the  Clause. 

\ 
J 
1 
J 

239. 

46. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers for the/Dr.  Hazel, 

Noes, 

(Mr. Pickersgill: 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1. 20, 
to leave  out the words " public  elementary  school 
provided  by  the  local  education  authority,"  in 
order to insert the  words " transferred voluntary 
school."—(Mr.  Hutton.) 

Question put,  That  the words proposed  to  be 

left out stand part of the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Joseph Pease, 
(Master  of Elibank: 

"Yeas, 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hutton, 
I Mr.Yoxalh  

Noes, 

\ 
f 
\ 
J 

56. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1. 21, 
to  leave  out  the  word  " desires,"  in  order  to 
insert the  words " expresses a desire that."—(Sir 
Francis  Powell.) 

Question,  That the  word " desires " stand part 

of  the  Clause, put,  and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  21, 
to leave out from the  word " instruction " to  the 
word  " make,"  in  1. 27,  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  "the  authority  shall."—(Sir  William 
Collins.) 

Question,  That  the  words proposed  to  be  left 
out,  to  the  word " which," in  1. 22,  stand part of 
the  Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  22, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  " which"  to  the 
second  word  " the,"  in  1.  24, in  order to insert 
the  words  " the  local  education  authority  gives 
or  proposes  to  give  in  such  school." — (Lord 
Robert  Cecil.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be  left out  stand part of the Clause :—Amend-
ment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2, 1. 25, 
to leave  out the  word " shall,"  in order  to insert 
the  word  " may."—(Mr.  David  Alfred  Thomas.) 
Question  put,  That  the  word  " shall"  stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thej"Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

]  282. 

Tellers  for thej M%J
Noes 
' 

David 
I  18. 
1  Thomas> 
( 
(Mr.  Clement Edwards  :  j 

Alfred 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.-2,  1.25, 
after  the  word  " shall,'  to  insert  the  words 
"provide suitable accommodation."—(Mr. Cave.) 
Question proposed,  That  those words be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  26, 
after the word  " instruction,"  to insert  the words 
" upon the  same  conditions,  save  as  in  this  Act 
mentioned,  as  any  other  religious  instruction 
given in the  school."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Question proposed,  That  those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  26, 
after the  word "instruction," to insert  the  words 
" in  a  class  of a reasonable  size."—(Mr.  James 
Hope.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man left the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported.  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have  leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of the  day being  read, for receiving  Elementary 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on Elementary  Education 
Education  (England  aud  Wales)  [Grants]; 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

Wales) 
t o-   [Grants.] 

and 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poisons and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poisons  and Pharmacy  Pharmacy  Bill 
Bill  [.Lords] ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking White 

consideration 

into 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in 
Standing  Committee ; 

the  White  Phosphorus 

Matches 
t n e  Prohibition 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into 

sideration to-morrow. 

con-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Appellate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords-]; 

Bill 

* 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

No. 156.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

1st—2nd  December. 

471 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords."] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Post Office 
Consolida-
tion  Bill 
[  Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the Post  Office  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to Perth 
take  into  consideration  the  Perth  Corporation  Q°^°ration 
Order  Confirmation  Bill. 
Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  Bi,L 

upon  Friday  next. 

Companies 
Consolida-
tion  BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Companies  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Assizes  and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[T,ords.] 

The Assizes and Quarter Sessions  Bill  [Lords] 

was, according to  Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Crofters" 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure  Bill 
[Ijords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Commons  Bill  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
[Lords.] 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
Bflf[io^Tf  ment) 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration the  Criminal  Appeal  (Amend-
.BiU  [Lords]  (not amended in the  Standing 

Committee) ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the Order  of  the House  of the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  one 
minute  after Eleven  of  the clock, till  to-
morrow. 

[ N o,   1 5 7 .] 

Wednesday,  2nd December 1908. 
The  House  met at a quarter of  an hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

Liverpool 
Corporation 
(Streets and 
Buildings) 
Bill. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  House,  in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of 

the  House  of  the  23rd  day  of  July  last, 
proceeded  to take  into consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Liverpool 
Corporation  (Streets  and  Buildings)  Bill;  and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  North  British 

into  consideration  the  North  British  Railway 
Order  Confirmation  Bill; 

Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-Bil1* 

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table.  • 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  Factory 
and  Workshop  (Schemes 
for  regulation  of 
hours  of  employment,  &e.  in  Charitable  Insti-
tutions),  which  was  presented  upon  the  30th day 
of  November  last,  be  printed. 
• 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Factory  and 
Workshop 
(Schemes  for 
regulation  of 
Hours of 
Employment, 
&c.  in 
Charitable 
Institutions.) 
N o.   3 4 1. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Dublin 
dated  the  24 th  day  of  November  last,  for  a ^ P o l i t al 
Return relative  to  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police. 
^  ^^ 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Return do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

« 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Naval  and 

directions  of several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  M^ripe
of  Six  Orders  in  Council  under the  Naval  and 
Marine  Pay  and Pensions Act,  1865. 

ng^a 
i865°na 

Copy  of  Order in Council under the  Merchant  Merchant 
Shipping  Acts,  1894  and  1906,  dated  2 1 s t  fs94Pind 1906 
November  1908,  exempting  German ships when 
in  British  ports  from  the  provisions  of  the 
Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894,  relating  to  over-
loading, upon certain  conditions. 

an 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  pursuant  Penal 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  ®®rvi<j?4e A° ts 
Copy  of  Licence  granted  by  His  Majesty  to Licence!)^ 
Emma  Byron,  a  convict  under  detention 
in 
Aylesbury  Prison, permitting  her to  be at  large 
on  condition  that  she  enter  the  Lady  Henry 
Somerset  Home,  Duxhurst,  Reigate. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Diseases of 
the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  Animals  Acts, 
of Order, No. 7608, under the Diseases of Animals 1894 10 ,903" 
Acts,  1894 to  1903, dated 24th  November  1908, 
permitting the  landing  at the  Deptford  Foreign 
Animals  Wharf of  Animals carried  on board the 
Steamship  " Crown  Point." 

Copy  of  Order,  No.  7609,  under the Diseases  Diseases of 
of  Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  dated  24th  Animals  Acts, 
landing  at1894  to  1 9 0 3\ 
November  1908,  permitting 
Birkenhead  Foreign  Animals  Wharf of Animals 
carried on board the  Steamship " Armenian." 

the 

Copy  of  Order, No.  7611, under the  Diseases  Diseases of 
of  Animals  Acts,  1894  to  1903,  d a t ed   25th  Ammals  Acts, 
November  1908,  permitting  the  landing  at  a  89 
903< 
Foreign  Animals  Wharf  in  Great  Britain  of 
Animals carried on board the  Steamship  " Man-
chester  Trader." 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

3 o  4 

472 

2nd  December. 

1908. •  [No.  157. 

Railway 
Servants 
(Honrs o£ 
Labour.) 

Workmen's 
Compensa-
tion  Rules. 

Land 
Purchase 
Prices 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Churchill presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return,  in  pursuance  of 
Section  4  of  the  Regulation  of  Railways  Act, 
1889,  of  Railway  Servants  of  certain  classes 
who were,  on  one  or  more occasions during the 
month  of  July  1908, on  duty  on  the  Railways 
of  the  United  Kingdom  for  more  than  twelve 
hours  at  a  time ;  or  who,  after  being  on  duty 
more than twelve  hours,  were allowed to resume 
work with less than nine hours' rest. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of an Act  of  Parliament,  was laid upon the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House :—Copy of 
Rules under the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act, 
1906,  Rules  (No.  2),  dated  24th  November 
1908. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
a Return  showing the  average  number of  years' 
Purchase  under  the  Ashbourne  Act  for  the 
years  1901 and 1902, and  under the Act  of  1903 
to  the 31st July  1908, in  the  different  counties 
of Ireland, as follows : — 

1901. 

1902. 

1903 Act. 

With 
Bonus. 

Excluding 
Bonus. 

Ulster:— 
Antrim 
Armagh 
Cavan 
Donegal 
Down 
Fermanagh 
Londonderry 
Monaghan 
Tyrone 

-

-

Leinster:— 
Carlow 
Dublin 
Kildare 
Kilkenny  -
King's 
-
Longford  -
Louth 
Meath 
Queen's  ,  -
Westmeath 
-
Wexford 
-
Wicklow 

Munster 
Clare 
Cork 
Kerry 

, Limerick  -
Tipperary  -
Waterford -

Connaught:— 
Galway 
Leitrim 
Mayo 
Roscommon 
Sligo -

—(Mr.  Flynn.) 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords], 
Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords], 
and  Statute 
Law  Revision 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Mr.  Benle  reported  front  the  Select  Coin 
mittee  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  of 
the  House  of  Lords,  to  whom  the  Companies 
[Lords],   the  Post  Office 
Consolidation  Bill 
Consolidation  Bill 
and  the  Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill  [Lords]  were  referred ;  That  they 
had  agreed  to  the  following  Report: — 

The  Committee  have  met  and  considered  the 
Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords],  and  have 
examined  Witnesses,  and  have  directed  the  said 
Bill  to  be  reported  to  the  House,  with  Amend-
ments. 

Your Committee are satisfied that the Schedule 
to  the  Bill,  as  amended, comprises  e n a c t m e n ts 
which have  ceased to be in force, otherwise than 
by  express specific repeal,  and also such  parts  of 
titles, preambles, recitals, and enacting  words  as 
are intended  to  be  omitted in future  editions of 
the  Statutes  under the authority  of the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table :  and be printed. 

N o.   343 

Mr.  Pickersgill  reported  from  the  Select  Com-  Debtors 

mittee  on  Debtors  (Imprisonment);  That  they 
had  considered  the  matters  to  them  referred,  [inquiry  not 
and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report,  to  the  completed.] 
House, with a recommendation that a Committee 
on  the  same  subject  be  appointed  in  the next 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 344. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings  ^o. 344. 

of  the  Select  Committee  be printed. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  Elementary 
into  a Committee on the Elementary  Education  Education 
(England  and Wales) (No.  2)  Bill. 
(In  the Committee.) 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Waifs) 

Clause  No. 2 (Religious instruction  at request, 

of  parent in provided  schools). 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2, I. 26, 
to leave  out from the  word " instruction " to the 
word " make," in 1. 27.—(Mr.  Mildmay.) 

Question put,  That the word " on " stand part 

of the  Clause.  -

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the f Master of Elibank, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis  : 

Yeas, 

269. 

Noes, 

Tellers for the fMr, Mildmay, 
(Mr. Lane-Fox: 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  26, 
after  the  first  word  " on,"  to  insert  the  word 
"any."—(Sir  Berkeley  Sheffield.) 

109. 

] 
/ 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word i{ any " be 
there  inserted:—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2, 1. 26, 
after  the  word  " two,"  to  insert  the  word 
" appointed."—(Mr.  Yoxall.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " appointed"  be 

there inserted, piit, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2,1.  26, 
to leave  out  the  first  word  " the,"  in  order  to 
insert the  word " each."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 
Question proposed, That the first word " the " 
stand  part  of  the  Clause : — Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  27, 
after  the  word 
t! meets,"  to  insert  the  words 
" for twelve  calendar months thereafter."—(Mr. 
Essex.). 

Question,  That those words be there  inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2, 1. 27, 
to  leave out from the  word  " meets "  to the end 
of  the  subsection,  in  order  to  insert  the words 
"provide suitable accommodation in or adjoining 
the schoolhouse."—(Mr.  Ashley.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word  " make " stand 

part of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the jMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master of  Elibank : 

Tellers for thef 
Noe3> 

JjJJgto 

[  Smith-.  . 

.. 

307. 

78 

2nd  December. 

473 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

No. 157.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 

Questions put 
forthwith 
(pursuant  to 
Order of  the 
House.) 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Seven  of  the 
clock, the  Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
the Order of the  House  of  the  27th  November, 
successively  to  put  forthwith  the  Questions 
necessary  to dispose  of  the  Amendments  moved 
by the  Government  of  which  notice  had  been 
given, and  the  Question necessary  to dispose  of 
the Business  to  be  concluded  at  half  an  hour 
after Seven of  the  clock  this day. 

Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2,1.  31, 
after the second  word " and," to insert the words 
" such  instruction  shall  be entered on the time-
table,  and  the  children  receiving  it  shall  be 
subject  to  the  ordinary  discipline  of  the school 
in the same manner as when receiving  any other 
instruction."—(Mr. Runciman.) 

Question put,  That the  Amendment be  made. 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of Elibank  :• 

}  293. 

Noes, 

Tellers for thefMr.  Hutton, 
t Dr.  Hazel: 
Other Amendments made. 
Question  put,  That  the  Clause, as  amended, 

66. 

} 

stand  part of the  Bill. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/ Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the/ Mr. Hutton, 

Noes, 

IMr.  Clement Edwards  ; 

|  276. 

\  66. 

Motion made,  and Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Runciman),—put,  and agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Elementary 
Education 
(England  and 
Wales) 
[Grants.] 

Mr. Runciman  reported  from  the  Committee 
on Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 
[Grants]  a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  as 
followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the  payment 
of Parliamentary Grants to associations of schools 
in  respect  of  every  public  elementary  school 
belonging  to  such associations,  and of  a Parlia-
mentary  Grant in respect of  instruction given in 
special  subjects  at  centres, in  pursuance  of  any 
Act  of the present  Session  to  make further pro-
vision  with respect to  Elementary  Education  in 
England  and  Wales. 

The said Resolution  being read a second time; 
And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being put,  That this House  doth agree  with  the 
Committee  in the said Resolution ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

Tellers for the/Captain Donelan, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Patrick  O'Brien: 
So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read,  for  taking  Coal Mines 
into consideration the Coal Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill,  as amended  in the  Standing  Com-  ( N o- 2 ) B l lu 
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming  Prevention of 

the adjourned Debate  on the Amendment  which,  Crime  Bill, 
upon  the  24th  day  of  November  last,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  on  consideration  of  the 
Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Poisons and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Pharmacy  Bill 
Bill  [Lords]; 

[Lord^ 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  White 

into  consideration 
the  White  Phosphorus  Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in  the Prohibition 
Standing  Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Appellate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords]; 
^ 

Bill [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lunacy  Bill 

Second Reading  of  the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lord*,] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office Consolida-  Consolidation 
BUI [Zordt,j 
tion  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 
Second  Reading of the  Companies Consolidation  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

B1U  ^^ 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 

Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom- Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the said Committee. 

|  241. 

]  119. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Assizes and 

Committee  on the  Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions Quarter 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

fZT]™ 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill, as 
amended in the  Committee ; 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
Second  Reading  of  the 
Gvazings  Regulation  Bill; 

3  V 

being  read,  for  the crofW 
Crofters*  Commons  Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
BiU. 

2nd—3rd  December. 

1908. 

[No. 158. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro-
cedure Bill  [Lords]  5 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Commons Bill  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the  Commons Bill  [Lords]  ; 
[Lord*.] 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The Order of  the  day being read, for  taking 
Criminal 
Appeal 
into  consideration the Criminal Appeal (Amend-
WU [z5S?P  ment) Bill  [Lords]  (not amended in the Standing 

Committee); 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 345. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 345. 

of the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 386.  ' 

Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Monday  next;  and be printed. 

Mr. Eugene  Wason reported from the  Standing  standing 

Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the Vommittee on 
Summary  Jurisdiction 
referred j  That they had gone  through  the  Bill jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Bill. 

(Scotland)  Bill  was 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the  No. 346. 

Table  ; and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

No. 346. 

of the  Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Biil,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next;  and be printed. 

Bill 387. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of the Order  of  the  House of  the 
31st day of  July  last, it being  then nine-
teen minutes before Eleven  of  the clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

[No.  158.] 
Thursday, 3rd  December 1908. 
The House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

Diseases of 
Animals Acts, 
1894 to 1903, .s 

F K A Y E B S. 
IR   Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions of several  Acts of  Parliament, 
—Copy of  Order, No.  7619, under the Diseases 
of  Animals  Acts,  1894 to  1903, dated  28th  No-
vember 1908, permitting the landing at a Foreign 
Animals  Wharf  in  Great  Britain  of  Animals 
carried on board the  Steamship " Titian." 

Copy  of  an  Order  under  the  Destructive 
Destructive 
P^tsAcbf 
I n s e c ts   a nd  pests   Acts,  1877  and  1907, dated 
1877 and 1907. the  27th  day  of  November  1908,  entitled  the 
American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Wisbech  and 
District)  Order of 1908. 

Lunacy. 

Standing 
Committee B. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  kc. 
Bill. 
[Title 
amended.] 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the Table by the  Clerk  of the House:—Copy  of 
Report made to the  Lord  Chancellor  under  the 
Lunacy Act,  1890, by the  Visitors  of  Lunatics, 
of  the  number  of  visits  made,  the  number  of 
patients  seen, and the number of miles travelled 
by the  said  Visitors,  between  the  lst  day  of 
April  1908  and  the  30th  day  of  September 
1908. 

Sir  Francis  Channing  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  B,  to  whom  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning, &c. Bill was referred ;  That  they had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made Amendments 
thereunto;  and  had  amended  the  Title,  as 
followeth :—A Bill  to amend the Law relating to 
the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes,  and  to 

Srovide  for  the  making  of  Town  Planning 

chemes;  and  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect to the  appointment and duties of  County 
Medical  Officers  of  Health, and to provide  for 
the  establishment of Public  Health and Housing 
Committees of County  Councils. 

Ernest  George  Pretyman,  Esquire,  Member  New  Member 

for  the  County  of  Essex  (Mid  or  Chelmsford •wo™-
Division),  was  sworn. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought from  the  Lords by  the  Lords, 
one of their  Clerks, as followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Children  Bill,  Children  Bill, 

with  A mendments;  to  which  the  Lords'  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Ordered,  That  the Amendments  made  by the  Children  Bill. 
Lords  to  the  Children  Bill  be  taken  into  con-  Bill 388. 
sideration  upon  Monday next;  and be printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Elementary 
Committee  on the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-  Education 
land and Wales)  (No.  2) Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

^wfo"1 and 
2> Bm-

resolve itself  into the  said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 
Second  Reading of the  East India Loans Bill;  L0™8 BiI1-

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for taking  Tuberculosis 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  clreland> BilL 
Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for taking  port of 
into consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as London  Bill, 
amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The Poisons and Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords]  was, Poisons  and 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and £kwmacy^ 
Bill  [Lords.'] 
committed to a Standing  Committee. 

The House, according  to Order, proceeded  to  white 
take  into  consideration  the  White  Phosphorus  Phosphorus 
Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  as  amended  in  the prohibition 
Standing Committee. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

NO. 158.]  8  E D W.   VXI. 

3rd—4:th December. 

475 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  5,  by  leaving  out Clause  1.— 
(Earl  of Ronaldshay.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part of the 
Bill:—The  said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the  Bill,  in p.  2, 1. 5, by  leaving  out the word 
" eleven,"  and  inserting  the  word  " twelve "— 
(Earl  of  Ronaldshay),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the word 
" eleven"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
Bill  {Lords.] 

The  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  [Lords']  was, 

according to  Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House for to-morrow.— 
(Mr. Attorney  General.) 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Heading  of the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of the Post  Office Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  | 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  [Lords] 

was,  according to  Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of the whole  House  for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Churchill.) 

Post Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted) Bill  [ Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Assizes  and 
Quarter 
Sessions  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House, according to  Order, resolved itself 
into a  Committee  on  the  Assizes  and  Quarter 
. 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords]. 
(In the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  2 to  No. 5  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as amended, to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  "Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee had gone  through the  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now taken into consideration :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed, with an Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the same, with an  Amendment; 
to which this  House doth desire  the  concurrence 
of their  Lordships. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
C o m m o ns   Commons 
Regulation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters' 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second  time  Bm-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 
Second  Reading of  the Provisional  Orders  Pro-  p^0^ure 
cedure  Bill  [ Lords]  ; 

Bill [lords,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second  Reading of the  Commons Bill  [Lords] 

[•Eflr*,J 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  Criminal 
into consideration the  Criminal  Appeal  (Amend-Appeal 
ment)  Bill  [Lords]  (not amended in the Standing BiiTfionfo.] 
Committee)  ;.. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order of the  House  of  the 
31st day of July  last,  it being  then  nine-
teen  minutes  after  Seven  of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

[No.  159.] 
Friday,  4th December  1908. 
The  House  met at Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Perth  Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Perth 

Bill  was, according to  Order, read the third  Corporation 
Confirmation 

time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to  Bill, 

the Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for  taking  North  British 

into  consideration  the  North  British  Railway  Bailway 
Order Confirmation Bill; 

catenation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-Bil1-

sideration upon Monday  next. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to  Fertilisers  and 
the  directions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  Feeding  Stuffs 
Copy of  Regulations  under  the  Fertilisers  and Aot'  9  ' 
Feeding  Stuffs  Act,  1906, dated the  9th day of 
November  1908,  and  entitled  the  Fertilisers 
and  Feeding  Stuffs  (General)  Regulations, 
1908. 

Copy  of  an  Order,  No,  7617,  under  the  Diseases  of 
Diseases  of  Animals  Acts,  1894 to  1903, dated  Animals  Acts, 
28th  November  1908,  prohibiting  the  landing 1894 to 1903" 
of  Animals  from  the  States  of  Maryland  and 
Delaware,  in the  United  States of  America. 

Ordered, That the  said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr. Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Irish  Land 
mand, — Copy  of  Instructions  to  Inspectors,  Aot' 1903-
dated  12th November  1908, supplemental  to the 
Instructions  dated  9th  March  1906,  issued  by 
the  Estates  Commissioners  under  the  Regula-
tions  made  bv  the  Lord  Lieutenant,  dated 
5th March 190*6. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

3  P  2 

Aih  December. 

1908. 

[No. 159. 

Roads and 
Bridges 
(Scotland.) 

No. 347. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,—Return  to 
an  Order,  dated  the  7th  day  of  July  last, 
for  a  Return  relative  to  Roads  and  Bridges 
(Scotland). 

Ordered, That the  said  Return do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

East  India 
(Customs 
Revenue.) 

No. 348. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  —Return  to  an 
Address  to  His  Majesty, dated the  25th  day of 
November last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  East 
India  (Customs  Revenue). 

Board of 
Education. 

Ordered, That the  said Return do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Runciman presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing  the  total 
number  of  Pupils  on  lst  October  1907  in the 
Schools  and  Centres  included  in  the  List  of 
Secondary  Schools  in  England  recognised  as 
efficient,  and  of  recognised  Pupil - Teacher 
Centres,  1907-8. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Workmen's 
Compensation  Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Order,  dated 
2 n d  December  1908,  made  by the  Secretary  of 
(Industrial
State  for  the  Home  Department  in  pursuance 
Diseases.) 
of  Section  8 (6) of the  Workmen's  Compensation 
to  certain  Industrial 
Act,  1906,  extending 
Diseases  the  provisions  of  Section  8  (subject 
to  modifications),  and  amending  the  previous 
Order of 22nd May  1907. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Registration  of  Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Firms Abroad. Command, —  Copy  of  Reports  from  Colonial 
Governors,  the  Government  of  India,  and His 
Majesty's  Representatives  abroad on Laws  and 
Regulations  in  force  in  British  Colonies  and 
Possessions  in  British  India,  and  in  Foreign 
Countries,  respecting  the  Registration  of  Com-
mercial  Firms. 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Churchill also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 

R u ] es   m a de  

by  

t he  

of   T r a de   u n d er  

t h e 

B o a r (j 

Census of  Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

.  Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made by the 
Housing  of 
the Working  Lords  to  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(LrStaid) Bill  (Ireland)  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 

Bill 389,  Monday  next;  and  be printed. 

Elementary 
Education 
, 
, 
(England  and  w 
(No. 2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
,  Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-

a nd   W a l e s)   ( N o.  2 )  Bill ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

East  India 
Loans Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a seCond  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
( I r e l a n d ) m  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Monday  next. 

Port of 
London  Bill, 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as 
amended in  the  Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  he  recommitted  to a 
Committee  of the  whole  House  in respect  of the 
new  Clauses,  standing  on  the  Notice  Paper 
on  the  12th  day  of  November 
last.—(Mr. 
Churchill.) 

The  House  immediately  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
A  Clause  (Power  of  Board  of  Trade  to 
authorise  construction  of  works,  &c.) —  (Mr. 
Churchill)—brought up,  and  read the  first  and 
second time. 

Amendment proposed  to the proposed  Clause, 
in 1. 9,  after  the  word  " thereupon,"  to  insert 
the  words  " after  holding  an  inquiry  at which 
all  persons  interested  shall  be  heard."—(Mr. 
Whitehead.) 

Question proposed,  That  those  words be  there 
inserted  in the  proposed  Clause  :—Amendment, 
by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed  to  the  pro-
posed  Clause,  in 1, 10, at  the  end,  to  insert  the 
words  " or  a  Provisional  Order  as  provided in 
this section."—(Mr.  Walter Guinness.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted in the proposed  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr.  Walter  Guinness, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Bowles-. 

Tellers for the /Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 
/Master  of Elihank: 

Noes, 

, 

/ 
f. 
I  i «-
j 

Another  Amendment  proposed  to  the  pro-
posed  Clause,  in  1, 16, after the word " land," to 
insert the words " and subject  to such conditions 
and reservations."—(Mr.  Whitehead.) 

Question proposed,  That  those  words be  there 
inserted in the  proposed  Clause :-—Amendment, 
by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An Amendment  made to the proposed  Clause. 
Another  Amendment  proposed  to  the  pro-
posed  Clause, in 1.45,  at the  beginning, to  insert 
the  words  " Before making  an  order  under  this 
section  authorising  the  acquisition  of  land  the 
Board  of  Trade  shall  appoint an impartial person 
to  hold  a  public  inquiry  on  their  behalf,  and  if 
he reports  or."—(Mr. Churchill.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 
inserted in the  proposed  Clause  :—Amendment, 
by leave,  withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made  to  the  proposed 

Clause. 

Clause,  as amended, added. 
Another  Clause  (Tolls  and  levies)  —  (Mr. 

Morton)—brought  up,  and read  the.first  time. 

Motion  made,  and Question,  That  the  Clause 

be read a second time,  put, and  negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Dock  and  river  accounts  to 
be  kept  separately) —(Mr.  Morton) — brought 
up, and read the first time. 

Question  proposed,  That  the  Clause  be read 

a second time :—Debate  arising ; 

Mr.  Churchill rose in  his  place and claimed  io 

move, That  the  Question be now put. 

put, and agreed to. 

Question,  That  the  Question  be  HOW  put 9  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
ml 
Question put accordingly,  That  the  Clause  be  of  Debate.) 

™ 

! 

read a second  time. 

The Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the (Mr.  Morton, 

Yeas, 

IMr.  Myer: 

Tellers for the (Master  of Elibank, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis : 

Noes, 

) 
( 

15. 

175. 

 
M M .]  

8  EDW.   Y IL 

ith—lfJi Decemb&r. 

Question  proposed,  That  the  Chairman  do 

report the Bill,  as amended, to the  House. 

ment) Bill  [Lords] (not amended in the  Standing 
Committee); 

And  it  being  after  Five  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  proceeding,  the 
Chairman  proceeded  to  interrupt  the  Business ; 

Whereupon  Mr.  Churchill  rose  in  bis  place 
and claimed to move,  That  (he  Question  be now 
put. 

Question,  That  the  Question  be  now  put, 

put, and agreed to. 

Question,  That  the  Chairman  do  report  the 
Bill,  as amended,  to  the  House, put  accordingly, 
and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday  next;  and be printed. 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

B i ll   3 9 0. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday next. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-House of 
pointed to inquire into the Rules and Regulations  Commons 
under  which  Strangers  are  admitted  to  this ^Inge'rs.) ot 
House and its precincts ;  and to report  whether 
any alterations in the same are expedient. -

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 
send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records.—(Mr. 
Joseph  Pease.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put, 
in  pur-
suance of the  Order of  the  House  of  the 
31st day of July  last, it  being  then  thir-
teen minutes after Five  of  the  clock, till 
Monday next. 

Constabulary 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland)  M l.   g e c o nd   R e a d i ng   of   t l l e  Constabulary  (Ireland) 

Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill 
[.Lords]  ; 

' 

. 

, 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill 

[Lords] 

A. 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
[lards.] 
Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Post  Office Consolidation 
Bill  [iorrfs]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill 
[Lords'] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Post  Office 
Sites  Bill 
[Ijords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
B i l l. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Crofters'  Commons 
Grazings Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Provisional  Orders Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Commons Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
( Amendment) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Criminal Appeal  (Amend-

' 

ri  

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[No.  160.] 
Monday,  1th December 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  House,  according  to Order, proceeded to  North  British 

take  into  consideration  the  North  British 

Rail way  Order Confirmation BilL 

And an. Amendment was made to the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read the third time 

Confirmation 
Eil1-

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Burns  presented,  pursuant  to  the direc-Local 

ve[g8®ent 
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, -— Copy ®°t
of  Orders  made  by  the  various  County  and 
' 
County Borough Councils in England and Wales 
under  Section 57 of  the Local  Government  Act, 
1888,  as  confirmed  by  the  Local  Government 
Board. 

Copy  of  Statement  of  further  modification Housing of 
permitted  by  the  Local  Government  B o a r ( i  Cassis Act2 
  8  Q' 
under  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 1890
Act,  1890,  in  the  City  of  Leeds  (Quarry  Hill 
Area)  Improvement  Scheme,  1900. 

Copy  of  Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Motor  Car 

Government  Board  under the  Motor  Car  Acts.  Acts-
Borough  of  Kendal. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board  of 
Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence  relating  E d u ca t i o n. 
to the Education  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

; 

3  P  3 

7th  December. 

the  1st  day  of  November  last.-
CBrien.) 

1908. 
-(Mr.  William 

[No. 160. 

Board of 
Education. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  4th  day  of  this 
instant  December,  That  the  Paper  relative  to 
Board  of  Education  do lie  upon  the  Table, was 
read and discharged. 

Secondary 
Schools, &c. 
(Pupils.) 

No.  349. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  — Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  18th  day  of  November  last, 
for Returns  relative  to  Secondary  Schools,  &c. 
(Pupils). 

Ordered,  That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Council  of  the 
Borough  of  Barnstaple  under  the  Shop  Hours 
Act,  1904,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department,  fixing  the 
hours  of  closing  for  certain  classes  of  Shops 
within the  borough. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
added  to  Standing  Committee  A  the  following 
Fifteen Members  (in  respect of  the  Poisons and 
Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords'] )  :—Sir John  Tuhe,  Mr. 
Cross,  Viscount  Helmsley,  Captain  Craig,  Mr. 
Solicitor  General  for  Scotland,  Mr.  Solicitor 
General for Ireland,  Sir James Duckworth, Mr. 
Idris,  Mr.  Dillon,  Sir  Walter  Nugent,  Mr. 
Snowden,  Mr.  Winfrey,  Mr.  Whitehead,  Mr. 
Vivian,  and  Mr.  George  Thome. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Poisons  and 
Pharmacy  Bill 
[Lords."] 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon further reported 
from the Committee ;  That  they  had discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Poisons  and 
Pharmacy Bill [Lords] ) :—Mr. Secretary  Glad-
stone-, and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect of  the said Bill)  :  Mr.  T.  W.  Russell. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Poisons and 
Pharmacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Fertilisers and 
Sir  Edward  Strachey  presented,  pursuant  to 
Actfl906 S t U l fS  t l l e  directions  of  several  Acts of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  the  9th  day  of 
November  1908,  and  entitled  the  Fertilisers 
and Feeding Stuffs (Methods of Analysis) Regu-
lations,  1908. 

Diseases of 
Copy  of  an  Order,  No. 7616,  dated the 28th 
Animals Acts,  day  of  November  1908,  entitled  the  Foreign 
1894 to 1903.  A n i m a l g  (Amendment)  Order of 1908  (No.  3). 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Patents and 
Designs  Ac(, 
1907. 

Mr .Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy of 
the  Designs Rules,  1908, under the  Patents and 
Designs  Act,  1907  (Second  Set),  dated  14th 
November  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public  Health 
(Regulations 
as to  Pood) 
Act,  1907. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  pursuant to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  — Copies  of 
Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government 
Board  for  Ireland  under  the  Public  Health 
(Regulations  as to Food) Act,  1907 :  (1)  Public 
Health  (Foreign  Meat)  (Ireland)  Regulations, 
1908;  (2)  Public  Health  (First  Series,  Un-
sound  Food) (Ireland) Regulations,  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers  were  laid  upon  the 

Table by the  Clerk of the  House :— 

Inquiry into 
(Counte8of
Berks./  ° 

Further  Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  28th 
d ay  o f  March  1905,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Inquiry into Charities  (County  of Berks). 

No. 350. 
Further Return to  an  Order,  dated  the  26th 
inquiry  into 
190?>.  f or  a  Return  relative  to 
(Adminfstra-
tive  County  of  Inquiry into  Charities  (Administrative  County 
Devon.) 

0f  Devon). 

  d aJ  ,ot' 

No.  351. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  be  printed. 

Land  Purchase 
Prices 
(Ireland.) 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House 
a  Return  showing,  by  Counties,  the  average 
number  of  years'  Purchase  under  the  different 
Land  Purchase  Acts  from  1885  to  1903, with 
the  average  percentage  of  reductions,  the 
number of  holdings  purchased  under  each  Act, 
and  the  amount  of  interest  and  sinking  fund 
payable  by  the  tenant  purchasers;  also,  by 
Counties,  Return  showing  the  same  particulars 
with respect to the Purchase  Act  of  1903 up  to 

Mr.  Nannetti,  supported  by  Mr.  Harrington,  Remission of 

Mr.  Field,  and  Mr.  Waldron,  presented a Bill to  Surcharges 
discharge  certain  Surcharges  made  upon  the 
accounts  of 
the  Municipal  Corporation  of 
Dublin :  And  the  same  was  ordered to be read 
a  second  time  upon  Wednesday  next;  and  to 
be printed. 

• 

The  Select  Committee on the House of  Com- House of 
mons  (Admission  of  Strangers)  was  nominated  Commons 
of  Mr.  Buchanan,  Mr.  Fenwich,  Mr.  William  Idlers.) 
Redmond,  Mr.  Shackleton,  Mr.  Stuart,  Viscount 
Valentia,  and  Mr.  Stuart-  Wortley. 

°f 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The House,  according to Order, re'solved itself  Elementary 

into a Committee  on  the  Elementary  Education  Education 
(England  and Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill. 
(In the  Committee.) 
Motion  made,  and  Question,  That the  Chair-
man do  now leave the  Chair— (Mr. Asquith),— 
put,  and agreed to. 

Wes) 
§o  Sport!) 

Mr.  Speaker resumed the  Chair. 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Prevention  of 

the adjourned  Debate  on the Amendment  which,  Crime  Bill, 
upon  the  24th  day  of  November 
last,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  on  consideration  of  the 
Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee; 

Which  Amendment  was, in  p.  5,  1. 6, to leave 
out Part  II.  of the Bill—(Mr.  Atherley-Jones)  ; 
And the  Question being again proposed, That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to the word 
" Whether," in p.  5,1.  7, stand part of  the  Bill: 
—  The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned 
Debate. 

And  the  said  proposed Amendment  was, with 

leave of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. ,5,  1.  9,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " and the court passes a sentence of penal 
servitude."—(Mr. Pickersgill.) 

And the  Question being put,  That  the  words 
" and the court passes a sentence  of " stand part 
of the  Bill; 

The  House divided.  , 

 
No. 160.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

7 th  December. 

The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master  of  Elibank: 

Tellers for  the [Mr.  Pickersgill, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Curran  : 

after  the word  " peace," the  words " and  one 
least shall  be a woman."—(Mr.  Pickers gill.) 

at 

And the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

j 164. 
}  95' 

So it  was resolved in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 5, 1. 13, by  leaving  out 
the  word " further."—(Mr.  Lupton.) 

Bill. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" further"  stand  part  of  the  Bill: —  It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 5,1.  16, by  leaving  out 
the  word " preventive," and  inserting  the  word 
"penal "—(Mr.  Benton),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " preventive "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  24,  by  inserting 
thereof,  as  a  new  subsection, 
at  the  end 
the  words  " A  person  sentenced  to  preventive 
detention  shall, subject  only  to  the needs of  safe 
custody,  be  treated  rather  as  a  person  in  a 
lunatic  asylum  than  as  a  person  undergoing  a 
sentence  of penal servitude,  and shall be  allowed 
reasonable  comforts  and  relaxations."—(Mr. 
Lupton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 6, 1. 26,  by  leaving  out 
the words " any  prison or part  of  a prison," and 
inserting  the  words  "a  place"—(Sir  William 
Collins),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the  words 
" any  prison " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved in  the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Bill, in p. 6,1. 26, by leaving out the 
words "or part of a prison."—(Mr. Pickersgill.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  Withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 6, 1. 37, by  leaving  out 
subsection  (3)  of  Clause  11.—(Mr. Rawlinson.) 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
" with," in  p.  6,1.  39,  stand part  of  the  Bill:— 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  39,  by  inserting, 
after the word " peace," the  words " and not less 
than  three  shall  be  elected  by  the  county 
council  of  the  county  in  which  the  place  of 
detention is  situated."—(Sir  William Collins.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed 
in the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  39,  by  inserting, 

VOL.  163. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made to the  Bill,  in p.  7, 1. 2, by  leaving out  the 
word " three," and  inserting  the  word " two"— 
(Mr.  George Greenwood),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " three "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then 

Bill. 

another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Bill,  in p. 7, 1. 27,  by inserting,  after 
the  word " prisons," the  words " and  the  Bbard 
of  Visitors."—(Sir  William  Collins.) 

, 

And  the  Question being proposed,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 
,  Then  another Amendment  was  made  to  the 
BilL 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  10,1.  23,  by leaving  out 
Clause  16.—(Mr.  Lardner.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed  Amendment was,  with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question being 

put,  That  the  Bill  be now read the third time ; 

The  House  proceeded  to  a Division. 
Mr.  Joseph  Pease  and  the  Master  of  Elibank  No  Second 

for  tlie 

were  appointed  Tellers for  the  Ayes,  and  Mr. 
Belloc was  appointed  Teller  for  the  Noes,  but 
no Member  being  willing  to  act  as  the  Second 
Teller  for  the,  Noes,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker 
declared that  the  Ayes had it. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

N 

V /^ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 
Second Reading  of the  East  India  Loans  Bill;  Loans BiU-

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Question,  by leaving  out the  word " now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months." — (Dr. 
Rutherford.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now " stand part of the  Question:—And 
a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

Mr. Buchanan rose in  his  place  and  claimed 

to move,  That  the  Question  be now put. 

" 

And  the  Question being put, That  the  Ques-  Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O. Closure 
of  Debate.") 

tion  be now  put; 
!  The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 

;  The  Noes  to the  Left. 

3 p  4 

483 9^—10th December. 

. 

[No. 162. 

Tellers for the/Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

/Master  of Elibank -. 

Tellers for the f Dr.  Rutherford, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Mackarness: 

j 
118. 

53. 

f 
1 
! 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative, 
And  the  Question being accordingly  put, That 
the  word  "now"  stand part of  the  Question; 
—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the  Main  Question being  put; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now read a second 
time:—The  Bill  was accordingly  read a second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House  for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Buchanan.) 

Irish  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading  of the  Irish  Land  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  taking 
into Consideration  the  Coal  Mines (Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for  taking 
into  Consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill,  as 
amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Wednesday  next. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for taking 
into consideration the  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
&c.  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Wednesday  next. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
into  consideration the  Amendments  made by  the 
Lords to the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  said Amendments  be taken 

into consideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill, 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for taking 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made by the 
Lords to  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords] ; 

read,  for  the  Post Office 
Sites 
( r e c o m -® t es

  Bill 
[Lords. ] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Crofters' 
Second  Reading  of'  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
_  Ke^XlL, 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time BiU-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro-  Orders 
cedure Bill  [Lords]; 

_ 

_ 

B X& .I 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a- second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for  taking  Criminal 
into consideration the  Criminal  Appeal  (Amend- ^PPeal, 
ment) Bill  [Lords'] (not amended in the  Standing BilT[imfe/l 
Committee) ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the day being read,  for  taking  Tuberculosis 
i?1i,.1, 
reTent
1
(Ireland)  Bill. 

into consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention ?r
(Ireland)  Bill, 
Committee ; 

in  the  Standing 

as  amended 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Buxton  Charity  Bill  was, 

Order, read  a second  time. 

according  to   Buxton 

Charity  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Ordered, That  the  said Amendments  be  taken 

into consideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Long  Ashton  Charity  Bill was, according  Long  Ashton 
Charity  Bill. 

to  Order, read a second  time. 

Appellate 
Jurisdiction 
Bill  [Lords.'] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill 
[Lords']-, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Post  Office  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  -, 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Abbots  Bromley  Charity  Bill  was, Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

according  to  Order, read  a second  time. 
• 

m. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trawling  in 
Second  Reading  of  the  Trawling  in Prohibited  Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  Bill; 
Prevention 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second time Bi)1-

upon Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Contempts of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  CourtConrt  Bil1-
Bill; 

Ordered,  That, the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

1th—8th  December. 

481 
Ordered,  That;  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

No. 160.]  8  EDW.  Y I I. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lord*.]  Second  Beading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the Local  Government (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Licensing  (Consolida-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Wednesday next. 

Election  ol 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Aldermen  in  Second Reading of  t he   Election of  Aldermen in 
Boroughs'Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
into consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill, as 
amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Wednesday  next. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Wednesday next. 

Elementary 
Education 
(Eugland  and 
Wales)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the  Elementary  Education  (Eng-
land and Wales)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Building 
Operationsand  Second  Reading of  the Building  Operations and 
WoKiif  Engineering  Works  BiU; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read  a second time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Post  Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Post  Office  Savings 

Second  Reading  of 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of  the Order of  the House  of  the 
31st day of July last, it being then twelve 
minutes after Eleven of the clock, till to-
morrow. 

[No.  161.] 
Tuesday, 8th December 1908. 
The House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

North  British 
Bailway 
Order,.. 
; 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

rpHE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
JL  Third Reading  of  the  North  British Rail-
way  Order Confirmation  Bill; 

VOL.  163. 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Sinclair  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a Water  of 

Provisional Order under the Private  Legislation  Leith 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  ^ 
Water  of  Leith  Purification  and  Sewerage:  order 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  Confirmation 
ordered (under  Section  9 of the Act) to be read Bl^\n 
a  second time upon Wednesday  the  16th day of 
this instant December;  and to be printed. 

Bid 397. 

6 

Several  Public  Petitions were presented, and  Public 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the  C-ensas of 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of P™^'^11 
Rules  made  by the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Hobhouse  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Fair  Wage? 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Fair  Wages  Committee. 
Committee,  with  Appendices  and  Minutes  of 
Evidence. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Nationality 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Despatch ^0^atQraIi" 
from His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Rio de  (Hisoel-
Janeiro,  enclosing  a  Translation  of  D e c r e es   laneous, 
regulating  the  Naturalisation  of  Aliens 
Brazil. 

inNo- 9>1908 ) 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House  Paupers  and 
a  Return  showing  the  number  of  all  ordinary Dependants 
Poor and their Dependants chargeable to Parish ^  00  an 
Councils in Scotland  during  the year ended the 
15th  day  of May  1908, including  Poor  relieved 
whose  Settlements  were  undetermined  at  the 
15th' day of May 1907, classified in the following 
forms :— 

(1)  Aggregate  period  of  chargeability  and 
number  of  times  relieved,  distinguishing 
(a) persons  relieved  wholly in  institutions : 
(b)  persons  relieved  wholly  outside  insti-
tutions ;  (c)  other  persons  relieved;  and 
also  distinguishing,  in  the  case  of  each of 
these  classes, (1)  male  adults;  (2)  female 
adults;  (3) children. 

Aggregate  Period of 
chargeability  of 
individual  Paupers 
during  the  year. 

Paupers. 

Number  of  Times  chargeable 
during  the  year. 

2. 

4. 

5 

or more.  Total. 

Not 

exceeding 

one 

week. 

Over  1  week  and  not 
exceeding  4  weeks. 
Over  4 weeks  and  not 
exceeding  13 weeks. 
Over 13 weeks and  not 
exceeding  26  weeks. 
Over 26 weeks  and  not 
exceeding  39 weeks. 
Over 39 weeks, but  less 

than  1 year. 

Whole  year 

-

Total 

3  Q 

4 82 

8 th  December. 

1 9 0 8;  

[No. 161. 

Aggregate Period of 
changeability of 
individual Paupers 
during the year. 

Not 

exceeding  one 

Over  1 week  and  not 
exceeding  4 weeks. 
Over 4 weeks  and  not 
exceeding  13 weeks. 
Over 13 weeks and not 
exceeding 26 weeks. 
Over 26 weeks and not 
exceeding  39 weeks. 
Over 39 weeks, but less 

than  1 year, 

Whole year 

Dependants. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the  Proceedings  No. 353. 

of  the  Select  Committee  be  printed. 

Number  of  Times chargeable 
during the year. 

5 
or more. 

Total. 

Mr. Ellis  reported from the  Select  Committee  Police  Forces 

on  Police  Forces  (Weekly  Rest  Day),  to whom  (Weekly 
the  Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  Bill  was  c o m - p ^ t e 0 
mitted;  That they  had  agreed to report the  said  (Weekly 
Bill  to the  House,  without  Amendment. 

Holiday)  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 354. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had 
discharged  the  following  Member from  Standing 
Committee  A:   —  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for. 
Ireland;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  (in 
respect  of  the  Poisons  aud  Pharmacy  Bill 
[Lords']  ) :  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A, 

Poisons and 
Pharmacy 
Bill  [Lords.'] 

Total 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

(2)  Ages  and  sex,  distinguishing  (a)  persons 
relieved  singly ;  (b)  families—(1)  heads  of 
families;  (2)  dependants. 

Age Groups. 

Males. 

Females. 

Under  3 years  » 

3 years and under 14 years 

14 years and under  16 years 

16 years and under 20 years 

20 years and under 25 years 

25 years and under 35 years 

35 years and under 45 years 

45 years and  under  55 years 

55 years  and under  60 years 

60 years and under 65 years 

65 years and under 75 years 
75 years and upwards -

Total 

-

—(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords have agreed  to  the Law of  Distress Law of 
Amendment  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  Distress 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House.  Amendment 

Bill. 

Mr. Beale reported from the  Select  Committee  Trusts Bill, 

on  the  Trusts  Bill;  That  they  had  directed him 
to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Mr.  Beale  further  reported  from  the  Select  Second 
Committee ;  That  they  had  agreed to  a Special gP®^1 
Report,  which  they  directed  him  to  make  to 
the  House. 

Ordered, That the Report  and Special  Report  No. 355. 

do lie  upon the  Table ;  and  be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 355. 

of  the  Select  Committee  be printed. 

Mr.  George  Greenwood,  supported  by  Sir  Diseases of 
William  Brampton  Gurdon,  Sir  Frederick  Ban-  Animals  Bill. 
bury,  Sir  John  Kennaway,  Colonel  Lockwood, 
Mr.  Lehtnann,  Mr.  Shackleton,  Mr.  Maddison, 
Mr. John Robertson, Mr. Byles,  and Mr.  Winfrey, 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts,  1894  and  1896,  with  respect  to 
the  exportation  of  Horses:  And  the  same  was 
ordered to be read a second  time  upon  Tuesday 
next;  and to be printed. 

Standing 
Committee on 
Scottish  Bills. 
Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No.  352. 

Sir  William  Holland  reported from the  Stand-
ing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the 
Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill  was referred ; 
That  they  bad gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

No. 352. 

Bill 392. 

Ordered,  That the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Police  Forces 
(Weekly 
Best  Day.) 
[Inquiry not 
completed.] 

Mr. Ellis  reported  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  Police  Forces  (Weekly  Rest  Day),  to  whom 
the  Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  Bill  was  com-
mitted  ;  That  they  had  considered  the  matters 
to  them  referred,  and  not  having  had  time  to 
complete  their  inquiry,  or  to  go  through  the 
the  Bill,  without 
Bill,  had  agreed  to  report 
Amendment,  and  to  recommend  that  a  Com-
mittee  on the  same  subject  should  be  appointed 
in  the next  Session  of  Parliament,  to  whom  the 
Bill*, if .reintroduced,  should  also  be  committed. 

Mr. Sydney  Buxton  presented a Bill  to amend  Post Office 

the  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Acts,  1861  to (p^f0
1908,  with  respect  to  deposits  by  the  Public  Trustee) 
Trustee :  And the  same was ordered  to  be read  (No. 2) Bill, 
Bill 394. 
a second time to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

s Bank 

Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald,  supported  by  Mr.  Education 
dynes,  Mr.  Curran,  Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  Mr.  j^e" 1 8' 
Keir  Hardie,  Mr. Arthur  Henderson, Mr.  Hudson, provisions) 
Mr.  Jowett,  Mr.  Thomas  Frederick  Richards,  Bill. 
Mr.  George  Roberts,  Mr.  Summerbell,  and  Mr.  Bill 395. 
Tyson  Wilson,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
provisions  of  •  the  Education  (Administrative 
Provisions)  Act,  1907, and  the  Education  (Pro-
vision of  Meals)  Act,  1906:  And  the same was 
ordered to be read a second  time upon  Monday 
next;  and to be printed. 

Mr.  Chancellor of  the Exchequer presented  a  Hops  Bill. 
Bill  to  prohibit  the  use  of  Hop  substitutes  in  Bill 396. 
brewing,  and  the  importation  of  Hops  except 
in  bags  properly  marked:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and to be printed. 

No. 353. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table j  and be printed. 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question; feeing Unemployed 
proposed, That  leave  be given to  bring in  a  Bill ^ | m en   Act 

No. 161.]  8  EDW.   V I I. 

8 th—9 th  December. 

483 

Amendment 
(No.  2.) 

Mr. Speaker 
puts the 
Question 
(pursuant to 
S.O. No. 11.) 

Unemployed 
Workmen Act 
(1905) 
Amendment 
(No.  2) BUI. 
Bill  398. 

Business of 
the House 
(Irish  Land 
Bill.) 

to amend the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act, 1905 
—(Mr.  Keir  Hardie)  ; 

And  the  Motion  being opposed, after a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question, in 
pursuance  of Standing  Order No.  11. 
And the  Question  was agreed to. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Keir  Hardie,  Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson,  Mr.  Barnes,  Mr. Ramsay  Macdonald, 
Mr.  George  Roberts,  Mr.  Charles  Duncan,  Mr. 
Curran,  Mr.  Jowett,  Mr.  Summerbell,  and  Mr. 
Tyson  Wilson  do prepare and bring in the  Bill. 
Mr. Keir  Hardie accordingly  presented  a Bill 
to amend the Unemployed  Workmen Act, 1905 ; 
And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Irish  Land 
Bill,  if  under  discussion  at  Eleven  of the clock 
this night, be not interrupted under the Standing 
Order (Sittings  of the House)—(Mr.  Asquith) ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Mr.  Birrell.) 

The  Order of the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Summary 

into  consideration  the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing Bill. 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

ideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  East India 

Committee  on the East  India  Loans Bill; 

Loan8 BilL 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Appellate 
Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  B n m ^i 
°J 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lunacy Bill 

Second Reading  of  the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords] j 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this day. 

lLvrd,:] 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Eight; 
The Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for thefMr.  Henry Forster, 

•  Noes, 

(Mr.  Pike  Pease: 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

281. 

62. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second Reading of the  Post  Office Consolidation  ^ " n ^ 0? 
r '•! 
Bill  [Lords] ; 

I 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Irish Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading of the Irish Land  Bill j 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An Amendment was  proposed to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" That " to  the end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the words " this  House, while willing  to consider 
favourably  proposals  for  expediting  Land  pur-
chase in Ireland, and for relieving the  ratepayers 
of  their  contingent  liabilities  for  losses  due  on 
the  flotation  of  Irish  Land  Stock,  declines  to 
proceed with  a Bill  which throws fresh obstacles 
in  the  way  of  the  sale  of  holdings  to  their 
occupiers, and which increases the responsibilities 
already  undertaken  by  the  British  Exchequer 
without  conferring  any  corresponding  benefit 
either on  the  tenant or owner of  Irish  Land "— 
(Mr.  Wyndham),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be  left out stand  part  of  the 
Question ; 

And  the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve  of the  clock  on  Wednesday  morning ; 

Wednesday,  9th  December 1908 : 

And  the  Question  being  put; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

1 Master of Elibank : 
Tellers for thef S" ^ a n d er   A c l a n d~ 

Noes. 

[Viscount  Valentia: 

\ 
J 233. 
\ 

62. 

J 

So it was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
And the  Main  Question being  put; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now read a second 
time :—The Bill  was  accordingly  read a second 
time. 

VOL.  163. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 
Committee  on the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  BiuT^&n 
[L,ords]; 

L 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  p? 8t Office 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-  r'/®!^"1 
J 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  j 

L 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

Second  Reading  ui  ™ 
urazings  Regulation  Bill; 

the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters' 
of  the  Crofters'  Commons 

^^ 
Regulation 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second time Bil1' 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Provisional 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders Pro- p^J^ure 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Bill [Lordt.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself  Buxton 

into a Committee  on the  Buxton  Charity  Bill. 
(In the  Committee.) 

o h a n ty   BllL 

Clause  No.  1 (Confirmation of  Scheme). 
And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock  on 
Tuesday  evening,  and  objection  being taken to 
further proceeding,  the  Chairman left the Chair 
to make his Report to the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill;  and  that  he 
was directed  to  move,  That the  Committee may 
have leave to  sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this 
a train resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 
3  Q  2 

4 84 

Sfh —9th December. 

1 9 0 8.  

[NO." 162. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity Bill.  Committee  on the  Long Ashton  Charity  Bill ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Abbots  Bromley  Charity 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Commons  Bill 
f  fords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of the Commons Bill  [Lords]  ; 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House  Inquiry  into 

a Return  comprising  ( 1)   the  Reports  made  to   Charities 
the  Charity  Commissioners  in  the  result  of  anjj0j"°gh0f 
Inquiry  held in the  County  Borough  of  Exeter Exeter.) 
into  Endowments  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts,  1853  to  1894,  and 
appropriated  in whole or  in  part for  the  benefit 
of  that county  borough,  or  of  any  part thereof, 
together  with the Reports on those Endowments 
of  the  Commissioners  for  inquiring  concerning 
Charities,  1818 to  1837 ;  (2)  a  Digest  showing 
whether any, and, if any, what such  Endowments 
are recorded in the  books  of  the  Charity  Com-
missioners  in  the  county  borough ;  and (3)  an 
Index,  alphabetically  arranged,  of  names  and 
places mentioned in the  Reports.—(Mr. Soares.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of the Order of  the  House of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  before  One  of  the 
clock  on  Wednesday  morning,  till  this 
day. 

[No.  162.] 

Wednesday, $th December 1908. 
The  House met at a quarter of an hour 
before Three of the clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lord*.] 

ORDERED, 

That  the  London  Electric 
Supply  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

North  British 
Railway 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  North  British  Railway 
Order Confirmation  Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being proposed, That the  Bill  be  now  read the 
third time :—And a Debate arising thei-eupon ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Smeaton)  :  —  It  was  resolved 
the 
Affirmative. 

in 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 
Monday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after 
Eight  of the  clock. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Report. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Judicial 
Statistics 
CEn  land and  Majesty's  Command,— Copy  of  Judicial  Sta-
tistics for  England  and  Wales,  1907.  Part  II. 
WalesO 
(Civil  Judicial  Statistics),  edited  by  Sir  John 
Macdonnell,  c . B .,   LL.D.,  Master of  the  Supreme 
Court. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Examiners of  Petitions for Remission of 
fouwfn?Biii 
ln 

Private  Bills  do  examine  the  Remission 
Surcharges  (Dublin)  Bill,  with respect to com- 
pliance  with  the  Standing  Orders  relative  to 
Private  Bills.—(Mr.  Nannetti.) 

u 

1 

Sir  William  Brampton  Gurdon  reported  from  Selection 
the Committee of  Selection ;  That they had dis-  (Sianding 
charged  the  following  Member  from  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Poisons  and committee  A. 
Pharmacy Bill  [Lords]  ) : —Colonel  Seely  ; and Poisons and _ 
had appointed  iu  substitution (in  respect  cf  the 
1,1 
said  BUI);  Mr.  Atherley-Jones. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the  Amendments made  by  the Law of 
Lords  to the  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill  Distr®^nent 
be  taken  into consideration  upon Monday  next; g™erl  men 
and be printed. 
399> 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  .Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords by  the  Lords, 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Incest  Bill, incest Bill, 

with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the concurrence  of this House. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being  Business of 

put,  That,  for  the  remainder  of  the  Session,the  House-
Government  Business  be  not  interrupted  under 
the provisions of any Standing  Order  regulating 
the  Sittings  of  the  House,  and may be entered 
upon at any hour  though  opposed;  and  that  no 
Motions be made to bring in Bills under  Standing 
Order No.  11—(Mr.  Asquith) ; 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the Left. 
Tellers  for  the fMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

Tellers  for  the I Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  George  Faber  : 

So it  was resolved in the  Affirmative. 

318. 

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The  House, according  to Order, proceeded  to  Coal  Mines 

take  into  consideration  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight 
Hours) (No. 2)  Bill, as amended in the  Standing 
Committee. 

Land  Purchase  Mr.  Birrell  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
Prices 
dated the 2nd day of  this  instant December, for 
(Ireland.) 
Returns  relative  to  Land  Purchase  Prices 
(Ireland). 

No.  356. 

Land  Purchase 
Prices 
(Ireland.) 

No.  357. 

Return to  an Order,  dated  the  7th day of  this 
instant  December, for a Return relative  to Land 
Purchase  Prices  (Ireland). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Returns  do  lie  upon 

the Table ;  and be printed. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill, in  p.  1,  1.  5, by leaving  out  Clause  1. 
— (Viscount  Castlereagh.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be left out,  to the  word " for," 
in  p.  1,  1.  6,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—And  a 
Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  rose  in  his  place 
and claimed to move,  That  the  Question  be now 
put. 

No. 162.]  8  EDW.  VII. 
Question put 
(pursaantto 
S.O, Closure 
o£ Debate.) 

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9th—10th December. 

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Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 31,  by  leaving  out 
Clause 3.—(Mr.  Radford.) 

And  the  Question  being put.  That  the  Ques-

Mr. Speaker called the attention  of the  House  Member 
to  the  continued  irrelevance  on  the  part  of directed  to 
Mr.  Morton,  Member  for  Sutherland,  when ^Speech0 
seconding  the  Amendment,  and  directed  the  (Irrelevance.) 
honourable  Member to discontinue  his speech. 

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The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

L Master  of  Elibank : 
Tellers for the [Viscount  Castlereagh, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Harmood-Banner: J 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the  Question  being accordingly put,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left out,  to  the  word 
" for," in p.  1, 1. 6, stand  part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph  Pease, 
\ Master  of Elibank : 

Yeas, 

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Tellers for the] Viscount  Castlereagh, 

^ 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Stanley  Wilson  :  J 

So it  was resolved in  the Affirmative. 
And a Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned—(Mr. 
Secretary  Gladstone):—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  further 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken 
consideration-to-morrow. 

Port of 
London Bill, 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take into  consideration  the  Port  of  London  Bill, 
as amended in the  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Amendment  of  Pilotage  Order 
Confirmation  Act,  1896) — (Mr.  Churchill)  — 
was twice  read ;  and made  part of the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Mutual  rights  as to inspec-
tion  of  documents) — (Mr.  Churchill) — was 
twice  read ;  and made part of the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Dock  and  river  accounts  to 
be kept separately)—(Mr, Morton)—was brought 
up, and read  the first time. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a 
second time :—The  said Motion and  Clause  were 
severally,  with leave of the  House,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  2,  by leaving  out  the word 
" ten," and inserting  the  word  "eleven"—-(Mr. 
Walter Guinness),—instead  thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  ten " stand  part of  the  Bill  :—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve of  the clock on Thursday morning; 

Thursday,  10til  December  1908 : 
Another Amendment  Was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  the 
words— 

"Admiralty 

By  the  Board  of  Trade 

- 

- 

and inserting  the  words— 

- 
" West  Ham  Borough  Council 
- 
By  the  Essex  County  Council 
By  the  Kent  County  Council 
- 
—(Mr.  Steadman),—instead  thereof. 

1 
2," 

1 
1 
I " 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed  to be  left out stand part of the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

VOL.  163. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to be  left out stand  part of  the  Bill :— 
It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 5, 1. 28,  by  leaving  out 
Clause  6.—(Lord  Robert Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left out stand  part of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to  the  Bill, in  p. 12,  1. 3,  by inserting  at 
the  beginning  thereof  the  words  " properly  to 
regulate  the  flow  of  water  over  or  through 
the  weirs  before  or  during  flood-time  or."— 
(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  an Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  18,  1. 34,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " only,"  the  words  " dues  on 
goods imported  coastwise  or  exported  coastwise 
shall  in  no case  exceed  one-fourth  of  the rate or 
dues charged  on  goods exported  to or  imported 
from  places  beyond the  seas."—-(Mr.  Renwick.) 
And the Question being put, That  those words 

be there inserted in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right ; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the] Mr.  Renwick, 

Yeas, 

I Sir  Clifford Cory; 
Tellers for the j Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

[ Master of  Elibanh  : 

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So it  passed  in the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,1.  11, by leaving  out 
subsection  (3) of  Clause  13.—(Mr  .Lough.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  second 
word "from," in  p.  19, 1.  12, stand  part  of  the 
Bill  :—The  said proposed Amendment  was, with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  34,  1.  37,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " Bill,"  the  Word  " Order."— 
(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word " Order " be  there inserted  in  the  Bill:— 
The  said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p. 45,  1. 23,  by leaving out 
Clause 58.—(Mr.  Radford.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left  out stand part of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

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[No.  162. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  53,  1. 6,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words  " All  the  meetings  of 
the  Port  Authority  shall  be  open  to  the  public, 
unless  otherwise  determined  by  the  majority  of 
the  members  present  and  voting  on  that  ques-
tion."—(Mr.  Morton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time-;—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Housing of 
CiLses*1""8 
( I r e l a n d)   Bin.  the  Lords  to 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
c o n sideration   the  Amendments  made  by 
the  Housing  of  the  Working 

Classes  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  this  dajy. 

Children  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by 
the  Lords  to  the  Children  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  this  day. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into consideration the  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
in  the  Standing  Com-
&c.  Bill,  as  amended 
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  East  India  Loans  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration 
the  Summary  Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Local  Government  (Scot-
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  .Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months." —(Mr. 
Leif  Jones.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" now"  stand  part  of  the  Question  : — It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Appellate 
Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  J"™f™^, 
*'J 
[Lords]; 

1  1 

• • 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lunacy  Bill 

Second  Reading  of the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords] 

; [.Lords.'] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading of  the Post  Office Consolidation  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  j 

BlU 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Companies 
Committee  on  the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.]. 
[Lords]; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Post Office 

Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-  Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

t he   Provisional 
Orders 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro  Proeedjire 
cedure  Bill  [Lords] 

B i l T [ W » .] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons  Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

Hops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Crofters'  Commons 

Second  Reading  of 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Criminal 

into  consideration  the  Criminal Appeal  (Amend-  ^PPeal 
ment) Bill  [Lords]  (not amended  in  the  Standing  BM^XOTX/] 
Committee)  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Hops  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  :—And a Debate  arising  thereupon ; 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Holt)  :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Original  Question  being  again  pro-

posed i 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " now," 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Tuberculosis 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee  ; 

in  the  Standing  ( I r e l a n d)   B ,u 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

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487 

(Ireland")  Bill 
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Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

Irish  Land 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the  Irish  Land  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be withdrawn. 

Trawling  in 
Prohibited 
Areas 
Prevention 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Trawling in Prohibited 
Areas  Prevention  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the  Bill  be withdrawn. 

Court BilL °£ 

T he  

0 r d er   of  

t h e  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Contempts  of  Court 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the said  Order be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That the  Bill be withdrawn. 

County  Courts  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Bill  [Lord*.]  S e c o nd   E e a d i n g  of  t h e  County  Courts  Bill 

[Lords']  i 

Ordered,  That the said Order be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Licensing 
(Consolida-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Licensing (Consolidation) 
Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the said  Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be withdrawn. 

Election of 
Aldermen  in 
. .  . 
M 
Boroughs  Bill.  Municipal  Boroughs  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Election  of  Aldermen 

Ordered, That the  said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill  be  withdrawn. 

London 
Paving 
Expenses  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the London Paving Expenses 
Bill j 

Ordered,  That  the said  Order be  discharged. 
Ordered, That  the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Building 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Engineering  Second  Reading  of the Building  Operations and 
Works Bill.  Engineering  Works  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be withdrawn. 

Bail  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of  the  Bail  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  said  Order be discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee  on the  Buxton  Charity  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule  agreed to. 

VOL. 163. 

Preamble  agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the  Chair ;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had gone  through  the Bill,  and  directed 
him  to report the same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be now  read  the third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

.  :  " 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself  Long Ashton 
into  a  Committee  on the  Long Ashton  Charity Charity Bil1-
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule  agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the  Chair ; and 
the Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the Bill,  and directed 
him to report the same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly  read  the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  Abbots 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Abbots  Bromley  c£arityBill. 
Charity  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule  agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the  Chair ; and 
the  Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had gone  through  the  Bill, and directed 
him to report the  same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  now  read the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That, the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Savings  Bank 
S e e)   Bill. 
Bank  (Public Trustee)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings  Savings Bank 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time (No> 2)Bill. 

this day. 

Whereupon Mr. Deputy  Speaker adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put, in  pur-
suance of the  Order of  the House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
twenty-nine  minutes  after Three  of  the 
clock  on Thursday morning, till this day. 

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December. 

10ft—lift 
(in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  323  of  Session  1907)  ;  and  (2)  in  the  Stand-
ing  Committees,  under  the  following  heads  : — 

1 9 0 8.  

[No. 164. 

Chairman  of 
Ways and 
Means. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [Lords.] 
London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.  ] 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Beport. 

Evicted 
Tenants 
(Ireland)  Act, 
i907. 

Thursday,  10ith  December  1 9 0 8. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P S A Y E E S. 

THE   Clerk  at  the  Table  informed  the  House 

of  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  Chairman 

of  "Ways and  Means from  this  day's  Sitting. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  (Westminster  and 
Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies  Bill 
[Lords},  as  amended  in  the  Committee,  be taken 
into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  London  Electric  Supply 
Bill  [Lords],  as amended  in  the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday  next,  at  a  quarter  of  an 
hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,  —  Copy  of  Returu  under  the  Evicted 
Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907,  giving  particulars 
of  cases  in  which  persons  have  been  reinstated 
with  the  assistance  of  the  Estates  Commissioners 
during  the  quarter  ended  30th  September  1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Treaty  Series 
Secretary  Sir  Edioard  Grey  presented,  by 
(No.  32,1908.)  H i s  Majesty's  Command,  — Copy  of  Proc^s-
Yerbal  between 
the  United  Kingdom  and 
Bulgaria,  respecting  Customs  Duties  supple-
to  the  Commercial  Convention  of 
mentary 
9th  December  1905. 
Signed  at  Sofia,  13th 
November  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Adjournment 
Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
Motions under  &  Return  of  Motions  for  Adjournment  under 
Or^er'No. 10.  Standing  Order No.  10, showing the  date  of  such 
Motion,  the  name  of 
the  Member  proposing, 
the  definite  matter  of  urgent  public  importance, 
and  the  result  of  any  Division  taken  thereon 
during  Session  1908  (in  continuation  of  Par-
liamentary  Paper,  No.  322  of  Session  1907).— 
(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there be laid  before  this  House 
Debate  ° f 
a  Return  respecting  application  of  Standing 
(Standing 
Order No. 26.)  Order  No. 26 (Closure of  Debate)  during  Session 
1908,  (1)  in  the  House  and  in  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  under  the  following  heads  :— 

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—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  Public  Bills 

a  Return  of 
the  number  of  Public  Bills, 
distinguishing  Government  from  other  Bills, 
introduced  into  this  House  or  brought  from  the 
House  of  Lords  during  Session  1908,  showing 
the  number  which  received  the  Royal  Assent; 
the  number  which  were  passed  by  this  House 
but  not  by  the  House  of  Lords;  the  number 
passed  by  the  House  of  Lords  but  not  by 
this  House;  and  distinguishing  the  stages  at 
which  such  Bills  as  did  not  receive  the  Royal 
Assent  were  dropped  or  postponed  and  rejected 
in  either  House  of  Parliament  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  0.150  of  Session 
1907).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before  this  House  Public 
a  Return  of  the  number  of  Public  Petitions  Petlilons-
presented  and  printed  in  Session  1908,  with  the 
total  number  of  signatures  in  that  year  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  0.152 
of  Session  1907).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  Select 

a  Return  of  the  number  of  Select  Committees  Committees, 
appointed 
in  Session  1908  and  the  Court  of 
Referees  ;  the  Subjects  of  inquiry  ;  the  names 
of  the  Members  appointed  to  serve  on  each, 
and  of  the  Chairman  of  each  ;  the  number  of 
days  each  Committee  met,  and  the  number  of 
days  each  Member  attended  ;  the  total  expense 
of  the  attendance  of  Witnesses  at  each  Select 
Committee,  and  the  name  of  the  Member  who 
moved  for  such  Select  Committee;  also  the 
total  number  of  Members  who  served  on 
Select  Committees  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  0.149  of  Session  1907).— 
(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this House  standing 
a  Return,  for  the  Session  of  1908,  of  (1)  the Committees, 
total  number  and  the  names  of  all  Members 
(including  and  distinguishing  Chairmen)  who 
have  been  appointed  to  serve  on  one  or  more  of 
the  four  Standing  Committees  appointed  under 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  showing,  with  regard  to 
each  of  such  Members, the  number  of  Sittings  at 
which he was present and the number of Divisions 
in  which  he  took  part;  and  (2)  the  number  of 
Bills considered  by  all  and  by  each  of  the  Stand-
ing  Committees,  the  number  of  days  on  which 
each  Committee  sat,  and  the  names  of  all  Bills 
considered  by  a  Standing  Committee,  distin-
guishing  where  a  Bill  was a  Government  Bill  or 
was  brought  from  the  House  of  Lords,  and 

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No. 148.]  

8  EDW.  VII. 

19 th N o v e m b e r. 

Sittings of 
the  House. 

showing,  in  the  case of  each  Bill,  the  particular 
Standing  Committee  by whom it  was considered, 
the  number  of  days  on  which  it  was  considered 
by  the  Committee,  and  the number of  Members 
present on  each  of  those  days  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  0.148  of  Session 
1907).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House 
a Return of  the  number of  days  on which  the 
House  sat in  Session  1908, stating  for each  day 
the  date  of  the  month  and  day  of  the  week, 
the  hour  of  the  meeting  and  the  hour  of 
adjournment;  and  the  total  number  of  hours 
occupied  in  the  Sittings  of  the  House,  and 
the  average  time;  and  showing  the  number 
of  hours  on  which  the  House  sat  each  day, 
and  the  number  of  hours  after  Eleven  p.m.; 
and  the number  of  entries  in  each  day's  Votes 
and  Proceedings  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  0.151  of  Session  1907).— 
(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

489 
have  been  proved ;  the  Bills  the  Preambles  of 
which  were  reported to  have  been not  proved; 
and,  in  the  case  of  Bills  for  confirming  Pro-
visional  Orders, whether  the Provisional  Orders 
ought or ought  not  to  be  confirmed : 
Of  all 
Private  Bills and Bills for confirming Provisional 
Orders  which,  in  Session  1908,  have  been  re-
ferred by the  Committee of  Selection, or by  the 
General  Committee on Railway and Canal  Bills, 
to  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways 
and  Means,  together  with  the  names  of  the 
Members  who  served  on  each  Committee,  the 
number  of  days  on  which  each  Committee  sat, 
and the number of  days  on which each  Member 
attended: 
And  of  the  number  of  Private 
Bills,  Hybrid'  Bills,  and  Bills  for  confirming 
Provisional  Orders withdrawn or not  proceeded 
with  by  the  parties, those  Bills  being specified 
which  have  been  referred  to  Committees  and 
dropped  during  the  Sittings  of  the  Com-
mittee (in continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  0.147  of  Session  1907).—(The  Deputy 
Chairman.) 

Business of 
the  House 
(Days 
occupied by 
Government 
Mtmbers.)imte ( ) r d e rs  

t h e  num-

Ordered, That  there  be laid before this  House 
a Return showing, with reference to Session 1908, 
(1)  the  number of Sittings  at which Government 
Business  had  precedence  under  the  Standing 
t he   e n t i re   S i t t i ng   '  ( 2) 
ber  of  Sittings  on  Tuesdays  and  Wednesdays 
at which precedence  was  given  to  Government 
Business  up  till  8.15  p.m.,  and  to  Private 
Members  at  8.15  p.m.,  and  the  number  of 
Sittings on Fridays  at  which  Private  Members 
had  precedence  under  the  Standing  Orders; 
(3)  the  number  of  Sittings  at  which  Govern-
ment  Business  was  given  precedence  under  a 
Special  Order  of  the  House  during  the  entire 
Sitting;  (4)  the  number of  Saturday  Sittings; 
(5)  the 
total  number  of  Sittings  at  which 
Government  Business  had  precedence;  (6)  the 
total  number  of  days on  which the  House  sat; 
and (7)  the  number  of  days  on which  Business 
of  Supply  was  considered  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  324  of Session  1907). 
—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Private  Bills 
Bo'sinesT16 

Ordered, That there be laid before  this'House 
a  ® , e t u rn   of  t"ie number  of  Private Bills, Hybrid 
Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders 
introduced  into  the  House  of  Commons  and 
brought from  the  House  of  Lords, and of  Acts 
passed,  in  Session  1908,  classed  according  to 
the  following  Subjects : —  Railways ;  Tram-
ways ;  Tramroads;  Subways;  Canals  and 
Navigations;  Roads  and  Bridges;  Water; 
Waterworks;  Gas ;  Gas  and  Water;  Lighting 
and Improvement;  Police and Sanitary  Regula-
tions ;  Corporations,  &c. (not  relating  to  Police 
and  Sanitary  Regulations,  or  to  Lighting  and 
Improvement Schemes) ; Ports, Piers, Harbours, 
and  Docks;  Churches,  Chapels,  and  Burying 
Grounds;  Markets  and Fairs ;  Gaols  and other 
County  Buildings;  Inclosure  and  Drainage; 
Estate  ;  Patent;  Divorce ;  Naturalisation ; 
Hospitals;  Name;  Legitimisation,  and  Miscel-
laneous : 
Of all  the  Private  Bills,  Hybrid 
Bills,  and  Bills  for  confirming  Provisional 
in  Session  1908,  have  been 
Orders  which, 
reported  on  by  Committees  on  opposed  Private 
Bills,  or  by  Committees  nominated  partly  by 
the  House  and  partly  by  the  Committee  of 
Selection, together with the names of  the selected 
Members  who  served  on  each  Committee;  the 
first and also the last day  of  the  Sitting  of  each 
Committee;  the  number of  days on which  each 
Committee  eat;  the  number  of  days  on  which 
each selected  Member has served; the number of 
days occupied  by each  Bill  in  Committee ;  the 
Bills the  Preambles  of  which  were  reported  to 

VOL. 163-

Mr.  Toulmin  reported  from  the  Select  Com-Publications, 

mittee on Publications;  That they had considered 
the  matters  to  them referred, and directed  him 
to make a Report thereof  to the  House,  together 
with  the  Minutes  of  the  Evidence  taken before 
them, and an Appendix. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 358. 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Eugene  Wason  reported  from  Standing  standing 
Committee A, to whom the Poisons and Pharmacy  Committee A. 
Bill  [Lords']  was referred;  That they  had gone  ^mlcyBill 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-  [Lords.] 
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and  be printed. 

N o.   359. 

N o.   359. 

Bill  400. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought from  the  Lords  by  the  Lords, 
one of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Autho-  Local 
rities  (Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill,  with  Authorities 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

fL 
(Admission of 
l n e  the  Press)  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An statute Law 
Act  for  further  promoting  the  Revision  of  the Revision Bill 
Statute  Law  by  repealing  enactments  which t 
have  ceased  to  be  in  force  or  have  become 
unnecessary;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lords]  was statute  Law 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a Revision  Bill 
second time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Bill  403. 

Ordered,  That  the Amendments  made  by the  Local 
Lords  to  the  Local  Authorities  (Admission  of^^ssio68
0f 
the Press) Bill  be  taken into consideration upon the Pres^Bill. 
Monday next;  and be  printed. 

j$jh 402. 

Lord  Robert  Cecil, supported  by  Mr.  Rawlin-  Public 

son and Mr.  Byles,  presented  a  Bill  to  prevent  Meeting Bill, 
the  disturbance  of  Public  Meetings  :  And  the  B i ll 401. 
same was ordered  to  be  read  a  second time to-
morrow ;  and to  be printed. 

Mr. Jesse  Collings, supported  by  Sir  Benjamin  Firearms 

Stone, Mr.  Ernest  Lamb,  Mr.  Parkes,  Viscount  (Scotland and 
Morpeth,  Mr.  Watt,  Sir  Francis  Lowe,  Earl 
2  K 

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Bui 404. 

1 0 f t — l i ft   December. 

1908. 

[No. 163. 

Winterton, and Mr. Middlemore, presented a Bill 
to regulate  the sale  of Firearms iu  Scotland and 
Ireland :  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be read 
a second  time  upon  Thursday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Coal  Mines 

(No.  2)Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
Honrs)  take into  further consideration  the  Coal  Mines 
( E j g hj.   Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  6, by  inserting,  after  the 
word " mine," the words " in his place of  work." 
—(Mr.  Lupton.) 

And the  Question being put, That those words 

be there  inserted  in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr.  Lupton, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Beck  : 

49. 

Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

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225. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  6, by  inserting,  after  the 
word " work," the words " excluding any periods 
of  rest  or  refreshment  duly  authorised  by  the 
manager, not exceeding  forty minutes in all."— 
(Mr.  Lupton.) 

And the  Question  being proposed, That  those 

words  be there  inserted in  the  Bill; 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made to 
the  said  proposed  Amendment  to  the  Bill,  by 
inserting,  after the  word  " manager,"  the  words 
" at  the  request  of  the  men."— (Mr.  Samuel 
Roberts.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  said  proposed 
Amendment  to the  Bill:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the  words 
" excluding  any  periods  of  rest  or  refreshment 
duly  authorised  by  the  manager,  at  the  request 
of the men,  not  exceeding  forty minutes in all," 
be inserted, after  the  word " work," in p.  1, 1. 6 
of the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Lupton, 

Yeas, 

IMr.  Watt: 

Tellers  for the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master of Elibank : 

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So  it passed in the  Negative. 
Then  an Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Another Amendment  Was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in  p.  1,1.  8, by leaving  out  from the 
second word " for " to the  end of  the  subsection, 
and inserting the  words " over forty-eight hours 
in one week "—(Mr.  Watt),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 

" more than " stand part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the Right j 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the JMr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Watt, 

Noes, 

ISir  William  Bull: 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p.  1, 1. 9,  by inserting  at  the end 
thereof  the words  " but  this shall  not apply to a 
new colliery  being opened out until such  colliery 
shall  be  in  a  working  condition for the  regular 
output  of  coal."—(Mr.  Fell.) 

And the Question being  put, That those  words 
be there inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed in the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p.  1,1.  9, by inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  " The  workmen  in  any mine 
may, by a majority of  them signing  a declaration 
to  that  effect,  contract  themselves  out  of  this 
Act.  Such declaration must  be  notified  to  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department, 
and,  one  month  after  such  notification,  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not  apply in  that 
mine."—(Mr.  Ridsdale.) 

And the  Question being put. That those words 

be there inserted  in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left; 
Tellers for thefMr.  Ridsdale, 

Yeas, 

IMr.  Beck: 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank: 

55. 

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So it passed in the  Negative. 
A  Motion  was  made,  and the  Question  being 
put,  That  further  consideration  of  the  Bill,  as 
amended,  be  now  adjourned—(Mr.  Secretary 
Gladstone) : —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken into further con-
sideration  to-morrow. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  Bast India 
into a Committee  on the East  India  Loans Bill.  Loans BiU° 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Clause  No.  3 (Power to raise  £20,000,000  for 
constructing,  extending,  aud equipping  railways 
in  India, for  constructing  irrigation  works,  and 
for other  purposes). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  15, to  leave 
out  the  word  " twenty,"  in order to  insert  the 
word " ten."—(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

Question, That the word " twenty " stand part 

of  the  Clause, put,  and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  16, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  " other  than 
strategic."—(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

Question,  That those words be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, I.  19, 
after  the  word  " state,"  to  insert  the  words 
" and  in  the  better  provision  for  third-class 
passengers,  both  as  to  carriages  and  waiting 
rooms.'—(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be  there 

inserted: 

Friday,  IMA  December  1908 : 

Question put,  and negatived. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1. 6, 

at the end, to  add the  words — 
"  (5)  in the provision  of  elementary  schools  in 

India; 

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(6)  in sanitation in  India; 
(7)  in  the  establishment  of  state  agricultural 

banks." 

—(Dr.  Rutherford.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put,  and negatived. 

No. 168.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 

lQth—llth  December. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1. 6, 
at  the  end,  to  add  the  words  " and  the  rates 
charged  for  water  supplied  by  an  irrigation 
scheme  shall  not  exceed  such  sum  as  would  be 
represented  by  a  sum  equal 
the  amount 
necessary  to  repay  in  thirty  years  the  capital 
employed  in  the  undertaking,  plus  five  per  cent, 
thereon."—(Mr.  Keir  Hardie.) 

to 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

added  :—-Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  put.  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  BiU. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the/ Mr.  Mackarness, 
\ D r.   Rutherford-. 

-  Noes, 

Clauses  No.  4  to  No.  7  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

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89. 

15. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

this  day. 

Housing of 
The  Order of  the  day being  read, for taking 
Clas^°rklnS 
consideration  the Amendments made by the 
(Ireland)  Bill.  Lords  to  the, Housing of  the  Working  Classes 

(Ireland)  Bill ; 

Ordered, That the  said  Amendments be  taken 

into consideration this day. 

Children Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
into consideration the Amendments  made by  the 
Lords to  the Children  Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments  be taken 

into consideration upon Monday  next. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  House, according  to  Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Summary Jurisdiction 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

A  Motion was  made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be now read  the  third 
time ; 

An Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made  to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out the  word  " now," 
and, at the end of the  Question, adding the words 
" upon  this  day three months."—(Mr. Mooney.) 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "now"  stand part of  the  Question  :—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

And the Main Question being  put; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now read the third 
time  :—The Bill was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

Crofters' 
Commons 
Grazings 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The Crofters' Commons  Grazings  Regulation 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 
time. 

V O L.  163. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House for this day.—• 
(Mr.  Sinclair.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Hops Bill. 

Committee  on the  Hops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Appellate 
Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  i™" c t iS n
]B
[ L

T 
[Lords.] 

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d

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s

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Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lunacy  Bill 

Second Reading  of the Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading of the Post  Office Consolidation  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords] ; 

B.ll 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Companies 
Committee  on the  Companies  Consolidation Bill  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 
[Lords] 

; 

Resolved,  That this House  will, upon Tuesday 

next, resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post  Office  . 

Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-  Sites  Bill 
mitted) Bill  [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second Reading  of the  Provisional  Orders  Pro- ®rders. 
-i 
cedure Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Jrroceaure 
Bill  [ Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Commons Bill 

Second  Reading of the  Commons Bill  [Lords] ;  [.Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for taking  Criminal 
into consideration the  Criminal  Appeal (Amend- ^f^endment) 
ment) Bill  [Lords]  (not amended in the  Standing Bill  [Lords.] 
Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon  Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)-(Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  read  a  second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Tuberculosis 
Bill 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order of the day being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as (Ireland)  BilL 
amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon Monday  next. 

3  e  2 

 
Post Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

492 

10ft—lift December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank (Public  Trustee)  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of  public  Bills, 

this  instant  December, for a Return relative  to 
Public  Bills. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second time 

this  day. 

W hereupon  Mr. Deputy  Speaker adjourned 
the  House without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance of the  Order of  the  House  of  the 
31st day  of July last, it  being then  seven-
teen  minutes  after  One  of  the  clock  on 
Friday  morning, till  this day. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of  Public 
this  instant  December, for a Return relative  to  Petitions. 
Public  Petitions. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of  Select 

this  instant  December, for a Return  relative  to  Committees. 
Select  Committees. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day 
this  instant  December,  for a Return  relative 
Standing  Committees. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day 
this  instant  December,  for a Return  relative 
Sittings  of  the  House. 

of   Standing 

Committees. 

of   Sittings of 
the  House. 

[No.  164.] 

Friday,  11th December 1908. 
The House met at Twelve of the clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

into  consideration 

THE  Order of  the day  being  read, for taking 

the  London  (West-
minster  and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply 
Companies  Bill  [.Lords],  as  amended  in  the 
Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Monday  next,  at  a  quarter  of 
an  hour after Eight  of  the  clock. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Banking, 
Railway,  and  Shipping  Statistics  of  Ireland  for 
the half-year ended 30th June  1908. 

Mr.  Birrell  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations  (Organisation 
for  Unemployed) 
(Ireland),  1908,  made  under  the  Unemployed 
Workmen  Act,  1905. 

Ordered, That the  said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill  [lords.'] 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Eighth 
Beport. 
Banking, 
Railway,  and 
Shipping 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Local 
Government 
Board 
(Ireland.) 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census of Production  Act,  1906. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Old  Age 
Pensions  Act, 
1908. 

Mr.  Burns presented,  by  His  Majesty's Com-
mand,—Copy  of  a  Circular  issued  to  Local 
Pension  Committees  and  Sub-Committees  in 
England  and  Wales  by the  Local  Government 
Board  under the  Old Age  Pensions  Act,  1908, 
• dated  llth  December  1908. 

County  and 
Borough 
Councils 
(Women 
Electors.) 

Mr. 

liurns  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  15th  day  of  July  last,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  County  and Borough  Coun-
cils (Women  Electors). 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers  were  laid  upon  the 

Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House:— 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of 
this instant December,  for  a  Return relative  to 
Adjournment  Motions  under  Standing  Order 
No.  10. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of 
this  instant  December,  for a Return  relative  to 
Closure  of  Debate  (Standing  Order No.  26). 

Adjournment 
Motions  under 
Standing 
Order No.  10. 
No. 360. 

Closure of 
Debate 
(Standing 
Order No.  26.) 
No. 361. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day 
of  Business  of  the 
House  (Days 
this  instant  December,  for a Return  relative 
I 
occupied  by 
Business  of  the  House  (Days  occupied 
"7  Government 
Government  and by  Private  Members). 

and by  Private 
Members.) 

No. 362. 
Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of  Private  Bills 

this  instant  December,  for  Returns  relative  to 
Private  Bills  and Private  Business. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County  of 
Lancaster.) 

No. 363. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 8th day 
of  August  1898, for a Return  comprising  (1)  the 
Reports  made to the  Charity  Commissioners  in 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  every  parish 
wholly  or  partly  within  the  Administrative 
County  of  Lancaster  into  Endowments  subject 
to the  provisions  of the  Charitable  Trusts  Acts, 
1853 to  1894,  and  appropriated  in  whole  or in 
part  for  the  benefit  of  that  county,  or  of  any 
part thereof, together  with the  Reports  on those 
Endowments of the  Commissioners  for inquiring 
concerning  Charities,  1818  to  1837 ;  (2)  a 
Digest  showing,  in the  case  of  each such  parish, 
whether  any,  and,  if  any,  what  such  Endow-
ments are recorded  in the  books  of  the  Charity 
Commissioners  in the parish ;  and (3) an  Index, 
alphabetically  arranged,  of  names  and  places 
mentioned in the  Reports. 

Inquiry  into 
Charities 
(County 
Borough of 
Saint  Helens.) 
No. 363. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 26th day 
of  July  1905,  for  a  Return  comprising  (1)  the 
Reports  made to  the  Charity  Commissioners in 
the  result  of  an  Inquiry  held  in  the  County 
Borough  of  Saint  Helens 
into  Endowments 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Charitable 
Trusts  Acts,  1853  to  1894, and appropriated  in 
whole or in part  for  the  benefit  ot  that  county 
borough,  or  of  any  part 
thereof,  together 
with  the  Reports  on  those  Endowments  of 
the  Commissioners  for  inquiring  concerning 
Charities,  1818  to  1837 ;  (2)  a  Digest  showing 
whether  any,  and,  if  any,  what  such  Endow-
ments are recorded  in  the  books of  the  Charity 
Commissioners  in  the  county  borough  ;  ana 
(3)  an Index,  alphabetically  arranged,  of  names 
and places mentioned  in the  Reports. 

Ordered,  That  the said Returns be  printed. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House  Private 
a  Return  of  all  the  Draft  Provisional  Orders  Legislation 
under the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899,  which,  in  the  Session  of Act, 1899. 
1908,  have  been reported  on by  Commissioners; 
together with the  names  of  the  Commissioners ; 
the first and  also  the last  day  of  the  Sittings in 
each  Group;  the number of  days on which each 
body  of Commissioners sat;  the  number of days 
on  which  each  Commissioner  has  served;  the 
number  of  days  occupied  by  each  Draft  Pro-
visional  Order  before  the  Commissioners;  the 
Draft Provisional Orders the Preambles of which 
were  reported  to  have  been  proved,  and  the 
Draft Provisional Orders the Preambles of which 
were  reported  to  have  been  not  proved.—(Mr. 
Sinclair.) 

No. 148.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 
Coal  Mines 
(No^VBiir° t a ke  
1 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 
i n t o  father  consideration  the  Coal  Mines 
(Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee. 

19 th N o v e m b e r. 

Tellers  for the j  Mr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

( Master of Elibank : 
Tellers for the  f Sir Philip Magnus, 

Noes, 

j Mr. Hicks Beach: 

493 
) 
j 

252. 

53. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  13,  by  leaving  out  the 
words "During  the  three  years  after  the  com-
mencement  of this Act."—(Mr.  Beck.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

"  During the " stand part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right j 
The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Mr. Joseph Pease, 

Yeas, 

|  Master of  Elibank : 

Tellers for the j Mr.  Beck, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Bowles: 

1 
) 

50. 

So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  1,1.  13,  by leaving out the word 
"three," and  inserting  the  word  "five"—(Mr. 
Secretary  Gladstone),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  word 
"three"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  passed  in 
the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" five " be  there inserted in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  f Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
|  Master of  Elibank: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Hicks  Beach, 

Noes, 

{ Mr. Renwick: 

)  240 
j 
\ 
j 

' 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  1, 1. 26,  by inserting,  after the 
word  " workman," the  words " or  person whose 
hours below ground are prescribed by  this  Act." 
—(Mr.  Bowles.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p. 2,  1. 2, by  inserting,  after  the 
word  " meeting," the  words " or  preventing."— 
( Sir Philip  Magnus.) 

And the  Question  being  proposed,  That those 
words  be there  inserted  in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  2,. 1. 3, by  leaving  out from  the 
to the  end of  1. 7 of  p. 2.—(Mr. 
word "danger 
Tyson  Wilson.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed  to be  left  out, to the  word  " through," 
in  p.  2,  1.  4,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the Bill,  in p. 2,1. 4,  by leaving  out the words 
"through  unforeseen  circumstances." —  (Sir 
Philip  Magnus.) 

And the  Question  being put, That  the words 

proposed to  be left out stand part of  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

VOL.  163. 

So it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p. 2,1.  6, by  leaving out the  word 
" serious," and inserting the  word " substantial " 
—(Mr.  Bowles),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " serious "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p. 2, 1. 7, by leaving  out the  word 
" district," and  inserting the  word  "part"—(Sir 
Philip  Magnus),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " district"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  7,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " or  for  the  purpose  of 
maintaining  the  safety  of  the  mine  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  of  any  person  or  persons  employed 
therein." —(Sir  Clifford  Cory.) 

And  the  Question being put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in the  Bill  :—It passed  in the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p. 2, 1. 22,  by  leaving out the word 
"  approved,"  and 
inserting  the  words  " not 
disapproved "—(Mr.  Bowles),—instead  thereof. 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " approved " stand  part of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment,  was,  with  leave  of 
the House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 2,  1. 29,  by inserting  at the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"(6)  The  owner,  agent,  or  manager  shall 
supply  a  printed  statement  of  the  regulations 
referred  to  in  section  one,  subsections  three, 
four,  and  five,  gratis  to  each  workman  who 
applies  for  a  copy  at  the  office  at  which  such 
workman  employed  by  the  owner,  agent,  or 
manager is paid."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in  ihe Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  wa's proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  34,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "the  judge  of  county  courts  for  the 
district,"  and  inserting  the  words  " a judge  of 
His  Majesty's  High  Court  of  Justice  "—(Sir 
Frederick Banbury),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to be left out stand part of the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right. 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for thefMr. Joseph Pease, 

"1 
j 
Tellers for thef Sir  Frederick Banbury,  1 
\ 

\ Master of Elibank : 

(Mr.  Bowles-. 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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44-

494 

llth  December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  40,  by  leaving  out  the 
second  word  "  or."—(Sir  Clifford  Cory.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  second 
word  " or,"  in  p.  2,1.  40,  stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 
—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  3,1. 5,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  fireman  or  deputy."—(Mr.  Keir  Hardie.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
the  Bil!: — It   was 

"  fireman  "  stand  part  of 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BilL 

the  Bill, 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to 
in  p.  3,  1.  6,  by  inserting,  after 
the  word  "  fanman," the  word  "  engineman."— 
(Mr.  Lupton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  engineman  "  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 

'  The  Teas  to  the  E i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Bowles, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Lambton  : 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

( Master  of  Elibank  : 

36. 

159. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Then-  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 23,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof the  words  " except  in  legal  proceedings." 
—(Viscount  Castlereagh.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill;—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to the  Bill, in p, 3,1. 31, by  leaving out  the  words 
"  and  the  cause  thereof."—(Mr.  Lambton.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p. 3,1. 35, by leaving  out the  words 
"  one  or  more  persons,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"a   person  "—(Mr.  Bowles),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  40,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  weigher,"  the  words  "  other  than  section 
one,  subsection  four,  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Weigh-
ing  of  Minerals)  Act,  1905."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
' 
House,  withdrawn. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,1.  12,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "mine,"  the  words  "  or  seam."—(Viscount 
Castlereagh.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Viscount  Castlereagh, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Fell: 

Tellers  for  t h e / M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

1 Master  of  Elibank  : 

20. 

\ 
J 
"l  88 
J 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1.  13,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  "  sixty,"  and  inserting  the  word  " ninety  " 
—(Mr.  Beck),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  sixty  "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,1.  27,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  time,"  the  words  "  or  a  rise  in  the  price 
of  household  coal  to  the  extent  of  five  shillings 
above  the  average  price  of  the  preceding  three 
years."—(Mr.  Fell.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  2,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  or  permits  any  person  to  contravene  or 
fail  to  comply  with.5'—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 
And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  for  which  a  special  penalty  is  not  pro-
vided."—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  9,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  <£offence " to  the  word  " a n d ,"   in  1.16,  and 
inserting  the  words  "  unless  it  is  proved  that  he 
wilfully  prevented  or  attempted  to  prevent  such 
workmen  from  observing  the  provisions  of  this 
Act,  or  failed  to  afford  reasonable  facilities  for 
such  observance  "—(Sir  Clifford  Cory),—instead 
thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

[)roposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  pub-

ishing,"  in  p.  5,  1.  10,  stand  part  of  the  Bill: — 
It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1. 34,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  (2)  This  Act  shall not  apply to mines  situate 

in  the  Forest  of  Dean."—(Mr.Hicks   Beach.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

B i ll   4 0 5. 

upon  Monday  next;  and  be  printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Housing  of 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  t h e
by  the  Lords  to  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill. 

  Working 

Bill. 

N o.   1 6 4 .]  

8  E D W.   V I I. 

11 th  December. 

The  Lords' Amendments, as  far as the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  4,  1.  10, being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

("  compulsory  purchase  "),  and 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1.  10,  leave 
insert 
the  next  Amendment,  being 

out 
("acquisition"), 
read  a  second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1. 11,  leave 
( " t h at 
the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 

out  ( " t he   Act  of  1890"),  and  insert 
Act"), 
second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,1.  14,  after 

("  Board "),  insert— 

(" (a) If  land  is not  proposed  to  be  taken  com-

pulsorily |  or 
(b)  If, although land  is  proposed to be  taken 
compulsorily, the  Local  Government  Board, 
before  making  an  absolute  order,  are  satis-
fied  that  notice  of  the  Draft  or  Provisional 
Order,  as  the  case  may  be,  has  been  served 
as required  as respects  a  Provisional  Order 
by  subsection  (five)  of  section  eight  of  the 
Act  of  1890,  and  also  that 
the  Draft  or 
Provisional  Order,  as  the  case  may  be,  has 
been  published  in  the  Dublin  Gazette,  and 
that  a  petition  against  it  has  not  been  pre-
sented  to  the  Local  Government  Board  by 
any  owner  of  land  proposed  to  be 
taken 
compulsorily  within  two  months  after  the 
date  of  the  publication  and  the  service  of 
notice,  or,  having  been  so  presented,  has 
been  withdrawn "), 

the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time, 
was  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,1.  20,  after 
("   Board  "),  insert  ( u  as  the  case  may  be  "),  the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1. 31,  after 

("  published "),  insert— 

( " ( 4)   If  an  order  of the  Local  Government 
Board,  which,  if  no  petition  were  presented, 
would  take  effect  without  confirmation,  is  peti-
tioned  against,  the  Local  Government  Board 
may,  if  it  thinks  fit,  on  the  application  of  the 
local  authority,  make  any  modifications  in  the 
scheme  to  which  the  order  relates  for the  pur-
pose  of  meeting  the  objections  of  the  petitioner, 
and  withdraw  the  order  sanctioning  the  original 
scheme,  substituting  for  it  an  order  sanctioning 
the  modified  scheme. 

(5)  The  same  procedure  shall  be  followed  as 
to  the  publication  and  giving  notices,  and  the 
same  provisions  shall  apply  as  to  the  presenta-
tion  of  petitions  and  the  effect  of  the  order, 
in  the  case  of the  order  sanctioning  the  modified 
scheme,  as  in  the  case  of  the  order  sanctioning 
the  original  scheme,  but  no  petition  shall  be 
received  or  have  any  effect  except  one  which 
was  presented  against  the  original  order,  or  one 
which  is concerned  solely  with  the  modifications 
made  in  the  scheme  as  sanctioned  by  the  new 
order. 

(6)  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  extend 
to  orders  of  the  Local  Government  Board  made 
after  the  passing  of  this  Act  upon  petitions  of 
local  authorities  presented  before the  passing  of 
this  Act"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time  ; 

The  Amendment  was  divided. 
So  much  of  the  Lords'  Amendment  as 
(5) 

poses  to  insert  subsections  (4)  and 
disagreed  to. 

pro-
was 

So  much  of  the  Lords'  Amendment  as 
poses  to  insert  subsection  (6^  was  agreed  to. 

pro-

VOL.  163. 

Amendment 
divided. 

495 
Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  7,  1.  11,  being 
read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  7,  1. 11,  after 

(" woods"),  insert— 

("  (4)  Provided  that nothing  in  this  Act  shall 
authorise  the  appropriation  or  utilisation  for  the 
purposes  of the  Act  of  any  common  or  common-
able  land,  or  any  recreation  ground,  village 
green,  or  other  open  space  dedicated  to  the  use 
of  the  public,  or  any  disused  burial  ground,  or 
any  land  held  on  trusts  which  prohibit  building 
thereon,  or held  in trust  for  some charitable  pur-
pose,  or for some particular  public purpose  speci-
fied  or  defined,  as  distinguished  from  the  general 
purposes  of  a  municipality  or  township,  or  the 
general  benefit or  advantage  of  the  inhabitants 
thereof"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was  amended,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving 
out  the  word  "  Act,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  section"  instead  thereof;  and  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  " ground,"  in  1.  5,  to  the  end  of 
the  Amendment.  —  (Mr.  Attorney  General  for 
Ireland.) 

And  the Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  7,  1.  15, after 
("  1890 "), insert  ("of  any town the  population  of 
which  according  to  the  last  census  exceeds  two 
thousand  "), the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

Then  the remaining Lords' Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to  certain  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  their  Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  appointed  of  Mr. 
Attorney  General for Ireland,  Mr.  Hugh  Barrie, 
Mr.  Fuller,  Mr.  Mooney,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
O'Connor. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 
Committee:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  imme-
diately.—(Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Poisons and 

into  consideration  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy 
Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

-, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  statute Law 
Second  Reading  of  the  Statute  Law  Revision  Revision BiU 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

^^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  East  India  Loans  Bill  was,  according  to  Kast  India 
L^118 B111-

Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Crofters9 
Committee  on  the  Crofters'  Commons  Grazings Commons 
Bhuttos 
Regulation  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday  Bil1, 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lunacy Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ;  [Lord*.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

3  B  4 

496 

llth—14th  December. 

1908. 

[No. 165. 

Post  Office 

Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Post  Office  Consolidation 
B m [ L o r d s ].  

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before  this  House  Labourers 
a  Return  showing  the  number  of  Appeals  under  (Ireland) Acts, 
the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Acts  to  the  County 
Courts  since  the  lst  day  of  November  1906,  and 
setting  forth  the  same  in  respect  to  each  rural 
district  affected,  the  number  of  cottages  and • 

Post Office 
Sites  BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Sites  (recom-
mitted)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Post Office 
Savings  Bank  Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office  Savings 
trumic 
Trustee) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

B f t n k  ( P u b l io   T r u s t e e) 

(No.   2)  Bill; 

upon  Monday  next. 

Liverpool  and 
Hong  Kong 
Mail  Service. 

Resolved,  That  the  Contract,  dated  the  12th 
day  of  October  1908,  between  His  Majesty's 
Postmaster  General  and  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  Company  for  the  conveyance  of  Mails 
between  Liverpool and Hong  Kong  be  approved. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of July  last,  it  being then  Ten of 
the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

[No.  165.] 
Monday,  14th December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

County  and 
Borough 
Councils 
(Women 
Electors.) 

No. 364. 

That  the  Return  relative 

to 
County  and  Borough  Councils  (Women 
l l th 

ORDERED, 
Electors),  which  was  presented  upon  the 
day  of  this  instant  December,  be  printed. 

Army  Reserve.  Mr.  Secretary  Haldane  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
for  the  Army 
Copy  of  further  Regulations 
Reserve  (including  Special  Reserve). 

Army 
(Territorial 
Force.) 

Census of 
Production 
Act,  1906. 

Copy  of  further  Regulations  for  the  Terri-

torial  Force. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  His 
Treaty  Series 
(No.  33,1908.)  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Convention 
between 
the  United  Kingdom  and  France 
respecting  the  exchange  of  Post  Office  Money 
Orders  between  France  and 
the  Transvaal. 
Signed  at  London,  25th  January  1908.  Ratifi-
cations  exchanged  at  London,  30th  November 
1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  589 
(British  Guiana,  Report  for  1907-8). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Elots  being  the  subject-matter  of  such  Appeals, 

ow  many  were  approved,  and  how  many  dis-

allowed  on  appeal.—(Mr.  Kendal  O'Brien.) 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  reported  Housing of 

to  draw  up 

from  the  Committee  appointed 
Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for  dis-  (Ireland)  Bill, 
agreeing  to  certain  of  the Amendments  made  by 
their  Lordships  to  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill;  That  they  had  drawn 
up  Reasons  accordingly,  which  they  directed 
him  to  report  to  the  House  ;  and  the  same  were 
read,  as  follow : 

. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  4,  Is.  10  and  14,  for 
the  following "Reason  :—Because  it  is  undesir-
able  to  restrict  the  operation  of  an  Order  of  the 
Local  Government  Board  under  the  Clause. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  7,  1.  15,  for  the 
following  Reason:—Because  it  is  undesirable 
to  limit  the  powers  of  dealing , with  unhealthy 
towns  whose  population 
dwelling  -  houses 
exceeds  two  thousand. 

to 

The  said  Reasons,  being  read  a  second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message be sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reasons  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendments)  :  And  that  the  Clerk  do carry 
the  same. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings on any  Private  Business of 
Business  set  down  for  consideration  at  a  quarter  the  House 
of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock  this  evening,  Business.) 
by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means,  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour, 
and  be  not  interrupted  under  any  Standing 
Order  regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House.— 
(Mr.  Asquith.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  coal  Mines 
Third  Reading of the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (Eight  Hours) 
(No.  2)  Bill  ; 

;  (No. 2) Bill. 

^ 

° 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
the 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding 
words  "upon  this  day  three  months." —  (Lord 
Robert  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the ("Mr. Joseph  Pease, 
(Master  of  Elibank: 
Tellers  for the/Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

1 
J 
"I 
(Viscount  Castlereagh :  J 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

264. 

89. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

NO. 165.] 

London 
Electric 
Supply  Bill 
[Lords.  ] 

8  E D W.   V I I. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 

14ft  December. 
to 
the  London  Electric 
take 
Supply Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

into  consideration 

A  Clause  was  offered to  he  added  to  the  Bill 
the  protection  of  the  Admiralty  and  the 

(For 
Royal  Observatory). 

And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 
read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  amended  ; 
and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added 

to 
the  protection  of  the  City  of 

the  Bill  ( F or  
London).—(Mr.  Morton.) 

A nd  

the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and 

read  the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  T h at   the  Clause  be  read  a  second 
t i m e; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  the  j  Mr.  Morton, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Claude  Hay: 

Tellers  for  the  f Mr.  Dickinson, 

Noes, 

c Sir  Edwin  Cornwall: 

28. 

) 
} 

198. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Clause  (Restrictions  as  to 

increas-
ing  charges  after  notice  to  p u r c h a s e ) — ( M r. 
Churchill)—was 
twice  read  •,  and  made  part  of 
the  Bill. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  9,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof 
the  words  "  and  the  provisions  of  this 
subsection  shall  extend  and  apply  to  the  London 
County  Council  as  if  they  were  a  local  autho-
rity."—(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  said  proposed  Amendment,  by  adding  at  the 
end  thereof 
to 
the  rights,  powers,  and  privileges  of  any  local 
authority."—(Mr.  Fletcher.) 

the  words  "  without  prejudice 

, 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  added  to  the  said  proposed  Amend-
m e n t; 

T he   House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Fletcher, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Claude  Hay: 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Stephen  Collins, 

Noes, 

I M r.   Wiles x 

43. 

192. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
And the  Question  being  put,  T h at   those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l It   was  resolved 
in  t h e ^ f f i r m a t i v e. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BilL 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  7,  1.  32,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  six  pounds  and  fifteen,"  and  inserting 
the words  " four pounds and  ten "—(Mr.  Bertram 
Straus),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd  

the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1.  30,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

VOL.   163. 

"  In   the  event  of  the  Council  purchasing  an 
undertaking  (or  part  of  an  undertaking)  in  pur-
suance  of  powers 
to  or  conferred 
upon  them  under  this  section  the  following  pro-
visions  shall  have  effect:— 
The  Council  and  any 

transferred 

local  authority  who, 
before  the  passing  of  this  Act,  were  em-
powered  to  purchase  such  undertaking  (or 
part  of  an  undertaking)  may,  with 
the 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  enter  into 
and  carry  into  effect an  agreement  or  agree-
ments  for  the  purchase  by  such  local  autho-
rity  from  the  Council  of  so  much  of 
the 
distributing  system  comprised  in  such  under-
taking  (or  part  of  an  undertaking)  as  may 
be  situate  within  and  used  for  the  supply 
of  the  district  of  such  local  authority,  and 
as  from  the  date  of  the  purchase  effected 
under  any  such  agreement  all  such  powers 
as  may  have  been  vested 
in  the  Council 
with  regard  to  such  system  (or  part  of  a 
system),  and  the  distribution  of  electrical 
energy  thereby,  shall  be  vested  in  such  local 
authority,  and  shall  be  exercisable  by  them 
in  lieu of  and in substitution  for  the  Council, 
to  be  exercisable  by  the 
and  shall  cease 
Council." 

—(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
the 
House,  withdrawn. 

leave  of 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1. 30,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

"  T he   Council  and  any  local  authority  having 
an  electrical  undertaking  which  is  being 
carried  on  in  competition  with  the  under-
taking 
(or  part  of  an  undertaking)  pur-
chased  by  the  Council  as  aforesaid  may, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
enter  into  and  carry  into  effect  an  agree-
ment  or  agreements  for  the  purchase  by  the 
Council  of 
the  electrical  undertaking  of 
such  local  authority,  or  any  part  thereof, 
and  upon  any  such  agreement  being  entered 
into  all  such  powers  as  may  have  been 
exercisable  by 
in 
regard  to  their  electrical  undertaking,  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  purchased  by  the 
Council,  shall  be  vested  in  the  Council,  and 
shall  be  exercisable  by  them  in  lieu  of  and 
in  substitution  for  such  local  authority,  and 
shall  cease  to  be  exercisable  by  such  local 
authority. 
In  the  event  of  no  such  agree-
ment  being  arrived  at  the  Council  or  such 
local  authority  may  appeal  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  who  may  make  such  order  as,  having 
regard  to  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case, 
may  appear  to  them  to  be  expedient." 

local  authority 

such 

—(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That 

those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
the 
House,  withdrawn. 

leave  of 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,1.  30,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

the  Council  or 

f>owers  exercisable  by 

"  In   the  event  of  any  purchase  under  the  pro-
visions  of  this  section  taking  place  the  Board  of 
the 
Trade  may,  by  Order,  modify  or  adjust 
any 
ocal  authority  in  such  manner  as  may  appear 
expedient,  and  do  anything  which  appears  to 
them 
to  enable  the  provisions 
of  this  section  to  be  carried  into  effect, and  any 
such  Order  may  modify  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  or  Provisional  Order  confirmed  by  Parlia-
ment."—(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

to  be  necessary 

3  s 

498 

14th  December. 

[No. 165. 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking   Children  Bill, 

1908. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made 

Bill. 

to  the 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to 
last 
the  Bill,  by  inserting,  after  the  words 
inserted,  the  words  "  trustees,  executors,  admin-
istrators,  and  all  other  holders  in  any  repre-
sentative  or  fiduciary  capacity  of  any  of  the 
mortgages,  debentures,  or  debenture  stock  of  a 
supply  company,  are  hereby  expressly  autho-
rised  to  give,  and  shall  incur  no  liability  what-
soever  for  giving  or  having  given,  their  consent 
or  consents  to  any  such  agreement  or  agree-
ments  as  may  be  entered  into  under  this  section." 
—(Mr.  Walter  Guinness.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to 

the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
M eans.) 

A nd   notice  being  taken  that  the  interest  of 
the  Prince  o£  Wales,  as  D u ke   of  Cornwall,  is 
concerned  therein; 

Mr.  Churchill,  by  Command  of  H is   Royal 
Highness,  acquainted  the  House  that  His  Royal 
Highness,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  gives  His  Consent,  as 
far  as  H is   Royal  Highness's  interest  is  con-
cerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as  they 
shall  think  fit. 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the. same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

T he   House,  according  to .Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  London  (Westmin-
ster  aud  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  [.Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

A  Clause  ( F or   protection  of  Royal  Observa-
twice 

tory,  Greenwich)—(Mr.  Lambert)—was 
read  ;  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Crown  rights)  was 

twice 

r e a d;   and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

North  British 
Bail way 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read, for   r e s u m i ng 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon 
the  9th  day  of  this  instant  December, 
T h at   the  North  British  Railway  Order  Con-
firmation  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time  ; 

into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Children  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Crofters' 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Crofters'  Commons  Commons 
B u t t on 
Grazings  Regulation  Bill. 
B m-

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed 

the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

the  C h a i r;   and 

through 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Appellate 

Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  Jurisdiction 
BiU  !>»*•] 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Post  Office  Savings  Bank 

(Public  post  Office 

Trustee)  (No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,   Savings  Bank 
read  a  second  time. 

(Public 
Trustee) 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  (No.  2)  Bill. 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— ( M r.   Joseph  Pease.) 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 

Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office Consolidation  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords] 
[Lords.] 

Bill 

; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Post Office 

into  a  Committee  on 
(recommitted)  Bill  [Lords]. 

the  Post  Office  Sites  Sites  Bill 
[Lords.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  13  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and 

the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  T h at 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at  

in 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

the  Bill,  as  amended 

the 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships, 

The  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Lunacy  Bill 

Order,  read  a  second  time. 

{Lords.] 

Ordered,  That 

to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— ( M r.   Joseph  Pease.) 

the  Bill  be  committed 

A nd   the  Question being  p u t : — It   was  resolved 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking   Poisons  and 

in  the  Affirmative. 

T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

into  consideration 
Bill 
[Lords], 
Committee; 

the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy   Pharmacy  Bill 

as  amended 

in 

the  Standing 

i£arti'-l 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 

taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

No. 165.] 

8  E D W.   Y I I. 

14ft—15ft  December. 

Statute  Law 
The  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [Lor 
Revision  BiU  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

was 

Local 
Authorities 
(Admission  Of 
^ e P r e S 8 ) B l U- of   the  Press)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by 
t h  L o r (] s  to  the  Local  Authorities  (Admission 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Law of 
Amendment 
BiU?n  mCn 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
* n t o  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill; 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
Ferries 
(Ireland)  Bill.  i nto   consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 

taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Commons  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of the  Commons  Bill  [Lords']  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

flops  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Hops  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st day  of  July  last, it being  then  sixteen 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

[ N o.   166.] 
Tuesday,  15th December 1908. 

The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Trade  Reports  O  E C R E T A RY   Sir  Edward  Grey  presented, 
O  by  His  Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of 
(Annual 
Diplomatic and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series, 
Series.) 
No.  4173. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Department  of  Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
Agriculture  mand,  —  Copy  of  Report  of  the  Department 
lnstrectton0al  o f  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  on  the  Trade  in  Imports  and  Exports 
for  Ireland. 
at  Irish  Ports  during 
the  year  ended  31st 
December  1907. 

Department  of 
Agriculture 
and  Technical 
Instruction 
for  Ireland. 
Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Eighth  Annual  General  Report  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical 
Instruction  for  Ireland,  1907-8. 

Copies  of  Reports  of 

the  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ire-
land  on  the  Sea  and  Inland  Fisheries  of  Ireland 
(Part  I I .,   Scientific Investigations)  for the  years 
1906,  1907,  and  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.   163. 

499 
to 

the  West 
of  

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
Seventh  Annual  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  (Extension 
as  to  the  condition  and  working  of  the  Banavie  from  Banavie 
and  Mallaig  Railway,  the  rates  and  charges  for toMailaig.) 
traffic, and  the  receipts  and  expenditure  of  any 
companv  in  working  the  railway,  for  the  year 
1907-8." 

h i g h l a nd 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  India 

Command,—Copy  of  full  text  of  the  Indian 
Criminal  Law  Amendment  Act,  1908. 

A c tj 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That 
amended,  be  printed. 

the  Standing  Orders,  as  Standing 

Orders. 

No. 366. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Incest  Bill. 

Lords  to  the  Incest  Bill  be  taken 
sideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

into  con-  Bill  406. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  children  Bill, 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Children  Bill. 

The  Lords' Amendments, as far  as the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  17,  1.  21,  being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  17,1.  21,  leave 
out  from  ("   purpose  ")  to  the  end  of  the  sub-
section, and  insert  ("  Provided  that  such  persons 
shall  be  either  inspectors  or  assistant  inspectors 
of  reformatory  and  industrial  schools,  members 
of  the  medical  profession,  or  persons  of  expe-
rience 
training  of 
the  management  and 
children  "),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time  ; 

in 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords  in  the said Amendment—(Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  the J Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Herbert  J^ewis : 

Tellers  for  the J Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

(Sir  Henry  Craik  : 

"j 
J* 
\ 
J 

198. 

41. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  30,  1.  17,  inclusive, 
being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

And  a  consequential  Amendment  was  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  30,  1. 20,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  Provided  that  a  child  shall 
not  be  treated  as  coming  within  the  description 
contained  in  paragraph  ( f)   if  the  only  common 
or  reputed  prostitute  whose  company  the  child 
frequents  is  the  mother  of  the  child,  and  she 
exercises  proper  guardianship  and  due  care  to 
protect  the  child  from  contamination."—(Mr. 
Herbert  Samuel.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in p. 50,  1. 2,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  50,  1. 2, leave  [Special 
out from ( " p a y ")   to the  end of  the  Clause, being  Entry.] 
read  a  second  time  (and  it  appearing  that  the 
object  of  the  Amendment  was  to  correct  an 
error  in  the  Bill),  the  same  was  agreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  61,1.  28,  inclusive, 
being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

3  S  2 

500 

15th  December. 

Tellers  for  the fMr.  Fell, 

Yeas, 

1908. 
1 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury:  J 

[No. 166. 

n> 

Another  consequential  Amendment  was  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  61,1.  28, by  inserting,  after  the 
word " coming,'  the words  " or  as being  a  person 
who,  if  a  child  would  come." — (Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'Amendments,  as 
far  as the  Amendment  in  p.  65,  1.  9,  inclusive, 
being  read  a second  time,  were  agreed  to, 

Another  consequential  Amendment  was  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  65,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  to  be."—(Sir  Henry  Craik.) 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

\  199 
/ 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made 
to  the  Lords'. Amendment,  in  1.  3,  by 
inserting  at  the  end  thereof  the  words  "  or,  for 
the  purpose  of  fetching  intoxicating  liquor  for 
consumption  off  the  premises,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  the  Intoxicating  Liquor  (Sale  to 
Children)  Act,  1901."—(Mr.  Whitbread.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as | 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  65, 1. 32, being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  65,1.  32, after 
Clause  119,  insert  new  Clause  B  (Exclusion  of 
children  from  bars  of  licensed  premises)—-
("(1)  The  holder  of  the  licence  of  any  licensed 
premises  shall  not  allow  a  child  to be at  any 
time  in  the  bar  of  the  licensed  premises, 
except  during  the  hours  of  closing  : 

(2)  If  the  holder  of  a  licence  acts  in  contra-
vention  of  this  section,  or  if  any  person 
causes  or  procures,  or  attempts  to  cause  or 
procure,  any  child  to  go  to  or  to  be  in  the 
bar  of  any  licensed  premises,  except  during 
the  hours  of  closing,  he  shall  be  liable,  on 
summary conviction, to  a  fine  not. exceeding, 
in  respect  of  the  first  offence, forty  shillings, 
and  in  respect  of  any  subsequent  offence, 
five  pounds: 

(3)  If  a  child  is  found  in  the  bar  of  any 
licensed  premises,  except  during  the  hours 
of  closing,  the  holder  of  the  licence  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  committed  an  offence under 
this  section,  unless  he  shows  that  he  has 
to  prevent  the  child 
used  due  diligence 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  : 

(4)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  apply  in  the 
case  of  a  child  who  is  resident  but  not  em-
ployed  in  the  licensed  premises,  or  in  the 
case  of  premises  constructed,  fitted,  and 
intended  to  be  used  in  good  faith  for  any 
purpose  to  which  the  holding  of  a licence  is 
merely  auxiliary  : 

(5)  In  this section the  bar  of licensed  premises 
means  any  open  drinking  bar  or  any  part  of 
the  premises  exclusively  or  mainly  used  for 
intoxicating 
the  sale  and  consumption  of 
' licence  '  and 
liquor,  and  the  expressions 
'licensedpremises'  have  the  same  meaning 
as in  the Licensing  Acts, 1828  to  1906  "), 

the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time  ; 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out 
subsection  (1).—(Mr.  Fell.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
"  to,"  in  1. 2,  stand  part  of  the  Lords'  Amend-
ment  :—The  said  proposed  Amendment  to  the 
Lords' Amendment was, with  leave of the  House, 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  1.  2,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  "child,"  the  words 
the  charge  of  a  parent  or  adult 
"  unless  in 
relative,  or  person  acting 
in  the  place  of  a 
parent."—(Mr.  Fell.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords'  Amendment; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e ft 

And  the  Question being  put,  That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords'  Amendment; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Whitbread, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Cave -. 

Tellers  for  the/Master  of  Elibank, 
(Mr.  Herbert  Lewis: 

Noes, 

}  19. 

J  173. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  1.  4,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  "  licence,"  the  word 
"  knowingly."—(Mr.  Cave.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  knowingly  "  be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords' 
Amendment  :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Then  the  Lords'  Amendment  was  amended, 
in  1.  15,  by  inserting  at  the  end  thereof  the 
the  child  was  apparently  a 
words  " or  that 
person  over  the  age  of  fourteen;"  in  1.  16,  by 
inserting, after  the  word  "  apply,"  the  words " in 
the  case  of  any  child  of  the  licence-holder  or  ;" 
in  1.  17,  by  inserting,  after the word  "  premises," 
the  words  "  or  who  is  in  the  bar  of  licensed 
premises  solely  for 
the  purpose  of  passing 
through  in  order  to  obtain  access  to  some  other 
part  of 
the  premises,  not  being  a  bar,  where 
there  is  no  other  convenient  means  of  access  to 
that-  part  of  the  premises;"  and  in  1.  18,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  "  of," the  words  "  rail-
way refreshment rooms or  other."—(Mr.  Herbert 
Samuel.) 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'Amendment  (as  amended), in 
1. 22,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  or  any  part  of 
the  premises."—(Sir  Daniel  Goddard.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of  the  Lords' 
Amendment,  as  amended  ; 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f Mr.  Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 
Tellers  for  thef  Sir  Daniel  Goddard, 

'  Noes, 

(Mr.  Whitbread: 

"1 
J 
1 
J 

166. 

34. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  (as  amended), 
in  1. 22,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  exclusively 
or  mainly,"  and 
the  words  "  not 
inserting 
entirely  "—(Mr.  Hunt),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Lords' 
Amendment,  as  amended:—It  was  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  (as  amended), 
in  1.  23,  by  inserting,  after  the  word  "  liquor," 
the  words  " but  does  not  mean  any bar  in  a  room 

NO.  165.]  8  EDW.  V I I. 

14ft  December. 

usually  used  for  the  supply  of  meals."—(Mr. 
Rawlinson.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords'  Amendment,  as 
amended  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  t h ej  Mr.  Rawlinson, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Gretton: 

Tellers  for  t h e f M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Noes, 

I Master  of  Elibank  : 

1 
/ 

31. 

182. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  (as  amended), 
by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  words— 

"  (6)  These  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  the 
bolder  of  a  licence  of  any  licensed  premises 
otherwise  than  in  any  urban  area." 

—(Colonel  Warde.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  added  in  the  Lords'  Amendment,  as 
amended  :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed  to. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  68,  Is.  1 and  2, 
leave  out  ("   Before  making  any  order  under 
this  A ct   with  respect  to  "),  and  insert  ("   Where 
a  person  is  brought  before  any  court,  whether 
charged  with  an  offence  or  not,  and  it  appears 
to  the  court  that  he  is "),  the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  amended,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  "  person,"  the  words 
"  whether  charged  with  an  offence or  not,"  and 
by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  whether  charged 
with  an  offence or  not,"  and  inserting  the  words 
the  purpose  of  giving 
"  otherwise 
evidence  " —  (Mr.  Herbert  Samuel),  —  instead 
thereof. 

than 

for 

A nd   the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  73,  1. 34,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

the 

twenty  of 

this  Act,  means 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  73,  1. 34,  after 
("  1890"),  insert  ("   Provided  that,  in  the  case 
of  a  royal  parliamentary  or  police  burgh, 
the 
expression 
'  police  authority,'  where  occurring 
in  section  fifty-eight  and  in  section  one  hundred 
town 
and 
council"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was  amended,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof 
the  words  "  and  provided  further  that, 
where  in  any  such  burgh  expenses  chargeable 
the  current 
to  the  police  fund  or  as  part  of 
expenses  of  a  police  authority  would,  under  the 
the  burgh 
existing  law,  be  payable  out  of 
chargeable 
general  assessment,  expenses 
so 
under 
this  Act  shall  be 
defrayed  as  expenses  incurred  by  a  town  council 
under  section  seventy-four  of  this  Act."—(The 
Lord  Advocate.) 

the  provisions  of 

And 

the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended, 

was  agreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
f ar   as  the  Amendment  in  p.  74,1.  5,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  74,  1. 5,  after 
("   1864 "),  insert  ("   and  the  reference  to 
the 
Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906,  as  a  reference  to 
the  Licensing  (Scotland)  Act,  1903,  provided 
that  the  expression  ' holder  of  a  licence'  means 
holder  of  a  certificate  under  the  last-mentioned 
A c t " ),  
read  a 
the  next  Amendment,  being 
second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

VOL.  163. 

Another  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill, 
instead  of  the  words so disagreed  to,  by  inserting, 
in  p.  74,  1.  5,  after  " J 8 6 4 ,"   the  words  " a nd 
references  in  section  one  hundred  and  nineteen 
and section  one  hundred  and  twenty  to  a  licence, 
to  licensed  premises,  and  to  intoxicating  liquor, 
respectively,  as  references  to  a  certificate,  to 
certificated  premises,  and  to  excisable 
liquor, 
within  the  meaning  of  the  Licensing  (Scotland) 
Act,  1903."—(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  77,1.  8,  being  read 
a  second  tiine,  were  agreed  to. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment 

in  p.  77,  1.  8,  after 

("   Scotland  "),  insert  as  a  new  subsection— 

( " ( 2 4)   Subject  to  the  provisions  hereinafter 
contained,  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed 
to  repeal,  alter,  prejudice,  or  affect  any  of 
the 
provisions  of  the  Glasgow  Juvenile  Delinquency 
Prevention  and  Repression  Acts,  1878  and  1896 
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  Glasgow  Acts), 
and  the  Commissioners  and  the  directors  acting 
under  the  Glasgow  Acts  shall  continue  to  have 
the  full  rights,  privileges,  and  powers  at  present 
competent  to them:  Provided,  nevertheless,  that 
the  Secretary  for  Scotland  may,  by  order  under 
his  hand,  provide  for  altering,  amending,  or 
adapting  the  Glasgow  Acts  so  as  to  provide  (a) 
for  the  retiral  of  the  existing  directors,  for  the 
reconstitution  of  the  board  of  directors,  for  the 
election of  new  directors, for subsequent  elections 
of  directors,  for  the  annual  retiral  of  one-third 
or  other  proportion  of  the  directors,  and  for 
supplying  vacancies  arising  from  time  to  time  ; 
(c)  for  authorising  the  said  directors  to  grant 
securities  over  all  lands  and  heritages  vested  in 
them,  including  school  houses;  (d)  for  raising 
the  age  up  to  which,  under  the  Glasgow  Acts, 
a  child  may,  upon  the  request  of  the  school 
board,  if  the  court  think  it  expedient,  be  sent  to 
a  certified  day  industrial  school  from  thirteen 
years  to  fourteen  years,  and  for  providing  that 
any  order  for  payment  of  contributions  by  a 
parent  under  the  Glasgow  Acts  shall  be  en-
forceable  as  a  decree  for  aliment;  and  (e)  for 
otherwise  altering,  amending,  or  adapting 
the 
provisions  of  the  Glasgow  Acts,  as  may  seem  to 
him  necessary  to  make  those  provisions  conform 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  or  to  enable  the 
powers  under  the  Glasgow  Acts  to  be  exercised 
as  if  they  were  powers  under  this  A c t.   A ny 
such  order  may  be  revoked  and  varied  by  a 
subsequent  order: 

(25)  T he  

the  omission  of 

immediately  preceding  subsection 
shall  apply  to  the  Aberdeen  Reformatories  and 
Industrial  Schools  Act,  1885, as  if  it  were  herein 
the  portions 
re-enacted  with 
thereof  under  the  headings  (b),  (c),  and  (d),  and 
with  the  substitution  of  the  last-mentioned  A ct 
for  the  Glasgow  Acts  "),  the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second 
in 
1.  14,  by  inserting  at  the  end  thereof  the  words 
"  (b)  for  the  assessments  authorised  to  be  levied 
under  the  Glasgow  Acts  being  levied  in  the 
same  manner  as  assessments  for  the  expenses 
of  a  town  council  for  the  purposes  of  section 
instead  of  as  in  the 
seventy-four  of  this  Act, 
Glasgow  Acts  provided,  and  for  the  reduction 
thought 
the  maximum  amount  .thereof,  if 
of 
proper,  and  for 
the  said 
the  application  of 
assessments."—(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

time,  was  amended, 

And  the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed  to. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  78,1.  31,  leave 
out  (" thirteen  "),  and  insert  ("   fourteen "),  the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
agreed  to. 

3  s  3 

5 02 

15th—16th  December. 

1908. 

[No.166. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  79,  1.  8,  after 
sub-

following  new 

insert 

the 

( " a p p l y " ),  
section— 

("(17)  The  exemptions  from  P a rt   I.  of  this 
Act  contained  in  section  eleven 
thereof  shall 
extend  to  any  person  who  undertakes  for  reward 
the  nursing  and  maintenance  of  such 
infants 
only  as  are  boarded  out  with  him  by  some 
religious  or  charitable  society  or 
institution 
approved  by  the  Local  Government  Board  for 
Ireland"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  1.  3,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  " infants,"  the words  " or  infant." 
—(Mr.  Power.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords'  Amend-
ment  :—The said  proposed  Amendment was, with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Lords'  Amendment  was  disagreed  to. 
The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  82,  1. 20,  after 

("   evidence  "),  insert  as  a  new  subsection— 

("   (30)  The  Licensing  (Ireland)  Acts,  1853 
to  1905,  shall  be  substituted  for  the  Licensing 
Acts,  1828  to  1906"),  the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  instead  of  the  words  so disagreed  to, 
in  p.  82,1.  20,  by  inserting  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words— 

"  (30)  The  provisions  of  section  one  hundred 
and  twenty  of  this  Act  (relative  to  the  exclu-
sion  of  children  from  bars  of  licensed  premises) 
shall  not  apply  in  the  case  of  any  child  going  to 
or  being  upon  licensed  premises  if  a  substan-
tial  part  of  the  business  carried  on  upon  the 
premises  is  a  drapery,  grocery,  hardware,  or 
other  business  wholly  unconnected  with  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquor,  and  the  child,  or 
the 
person  (if  any)  in  whose  custody  the  child  is, 
goes  to  or  is  upon  the  premises  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  goods  other  than 
intoxicating 
liquor  ;  and  the  reference  in  the  said  section  to 
the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906,  shall  be  con-
strued  as  a  reference  to  the  Licensing  (Ireland) 
Acts,  1833  to  1905."—(Mr.  Attorney  General 
for  Ireland.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  proposed  Amendment 

to  the  Bill  was 
amended,  in  1.  8,  by  inserting,  after  the  word 
"  liquor,"  the  words  "  for  consumption  on  the 
premises."—(Mr.  Hugh  Law.) 

And 
words— 

the  Question  being  put,  That 

the 

"  (SO)  The  provisions  of  section  one  hundred 
and  twenty  of  this  Act  (relative to  the  exclusion 
of  children  from bars  of  licensed  premises)  shall 
not  apply  in  the  case  of  any  child  going  to  or 
being  upon 
licensed  premises  if  a  substantial 
part  of the  business carried on  upon  the  premises 
is  a  drapery,  grocery,  hardware,  or  other  busi-
ness wholly  unconnected  with  the  sale  of  intoxi-
cating  liquor,  and  the  child,  or  the  person  (if 
any)  in  whose  custody  the  child  is, goes  to  or  is 
upon  the  premises  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing 
goods  other  than  intoxicating  liquor  for  con-
sumption  on  the  premises;  and  the  reference  in 
the  said  section  to  the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to 
1906,  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the 
Licensing  (Ireland)  Acts,  1833  to  1905"  be 
there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

The  House  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

And  the House having continued to sit  till  after 

Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Wednesday  morning;" 

Wednesday,  16fA December  1908  : 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the f M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

[Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for  the ( Sir  Henry  Craik, 

. .. 
14d' 
-fi 

\ 
j 
1 
:/ 

Noes, 

\ S ir   Frederick  Banbury 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  remaining  Lords'  Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for 
dsagreeing  to  certain  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  their  Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  appointed  of  the  Lord 
Advocate,  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland, 
Mr.  Hugh  Law,  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel,  and  Lord 
Edmund  Talbot. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 
Committee:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  imme-
diately.—(Mr.  Herbert  Samuel.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  

t he   Appellate 

Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Bill  ' ^ f j ^ n, 
[Lords]  ; 
-I 

1  L 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved itself  Post  Office 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  (Public  Trustee)  (No.  2)  Bill. 

B a nk 

Sust«o 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : —The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Post Office 
Second  Reading  of  the  Post  Office Consolidation  Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Bill  r ^ .] 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " u p on   this  day 
three  months."—(Mr. 
Henniker  Heaton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question:—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lunacy  Bill 

Committee  on  the  Lunacy  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

[Lords.'] 

No. 165.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

14ft—15ft  December. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Poisons  and 
Pharmacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy 
the  Standing 

[Lords'],  as  amended 

in 

into  consideration 
Bill 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will, 

this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

•Companies 
Consolidation 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Companies  Consolida-
tion  Bill  [Lords]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  93  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  94  disagreed  to. 
Clause  No.  95  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  96  to  No.  101 agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  102  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  103 to  No.  203  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  204  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  205  to  No.  274  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  275  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  276  to  No.  295  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  296  amended, ,and  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Power  of  companies  incorporated 
land)  —  (Mr. 
up,  and  read  the  first  and 

in  British  possessions 
Churchill)—brought 
second  time  ;  and  added  to  the  Bill. 

to  hold 

Schedule  1 amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Schedule  2  agreed  to. 
Schedule  3  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Schedule  4  agreed  to. 
Schedule  5  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Schedule  6 amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

the  C h a i r;   and 

the 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in 
Committee, be  taken  into  consideration  this  day. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

into  consideration 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take 
the  Criminal  Appeal 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords]  (not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee). 

And  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  BilL 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to  the same, with an Amendment;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland)  BiU, 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Constabulary  (Ireland) 
Bill; 

VOL.   163. 

503 
And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by  leaving  out 
the  word 
"  now,"  and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding 
the  words  "  upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Mooney.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That 

thfe  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
—(Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Tuberculosis 

into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  S t a n d i n g C M a n d ) B lU 
Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Authorities 
( A d m i s - of 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Authorities 
BiU 
sion  of  the  Press)  BilL 

The  Lords'  Amendments,  as far  as the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  3,  1.  16,  being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  3,  1. 16,  after 
Clause  4,  insert  Clause  A  (Admission  of  the 
public)— 

("   ( A)   Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed 
so  as to  prohibit  a  local authority  from  admitting 
the  public  to  its  meetings,  and,  subject  to  the 
accommodation  available,  the  public  shall  have 
local 
the  right  of  admission 
is 
authorities  at  all 
admitted  to  such  meetings  under  this  Act  "),  the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second 
time, 
was  amended,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"meetings,"  in  1. 2,  to  the  end  of  the  Lords' 
Amendment.—(Mr.  Harmood-Banner.) 

to  meetings  of 

times  when 

the  press 

Then  the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended, 

was  agreed  to. 

And  the remaining Lords'  Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships,  with  an  Amendment  to  one  of  them  ; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Law of 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Distress 
Lords  to  the  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Bill;  ^endment 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Registration  of 

into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

the  Registration  of  Clubs Chit* 

in 

the  S t a n d i n g C W M i)   B m' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

& 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 

into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  as  (Ireland)  BUI 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

3  s  4 

504 

15th—Voth  December. 

1908. 

[No. 167* 

Commons  Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords']  ; 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Hops Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  d ay   being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Hops  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will, 

this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

30th  April  1908,  by  Counties  and  Provinces, 
(a)  the  area  of  Land  sold,  and  (b)  the  estimated 
area  of  Lands  in  respect  of  which  proceedings 
had  been  instituted  and  were  pending  for  sale 
under  the  Irish  Land  Purchase  Acts  ;  also  the 
estimated  area  of  Lands  in  respect  of  which 
proceedings  for  sale  had  not  been  instituted  on 
that  date  under  the  said  Acts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Children  Bill.  Mr.  Herbert  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be 
assigned  to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain 
of  the  Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to 
the  Children  Bill;  That 
they  had  drawn  up 
Reasons  accordingly,  which  they  directed  him  to 
report  to  the  House;  and  the  same  were  read, 
as  follow : 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  17,1.  21,  because  they 
think  that  the  Secretary  of  State  should  have 
full  powers  to  avail  himself  of  the  services  of 
officers  whose  experience  woidd  render 
them 
well  qualified  to  act  as  inspectors  of  children's 
homes. 

The  Commons  disagree 

to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  79,1.  8,  because  they 
think  that  the  powers  of  exemption  possessed  by 
local  authorities  are sufficient. 

The  said  Reasons,  being  read  a  second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reasons  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendments):  And  that  the  Clerk do  carry 
the  same. 

Message  from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted 
the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  •  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Local 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Regis-
Registration  of  -(ration  of  Title  (Ireland)  Amendment  Bill,  with 
an  Amendment;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
(Ireland) 
concurrence  of  this  House. 
Amendment 
Bm. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  J u ly   last,  it  being  then  half 
an  hour  after  Two  of  the  clock  on  Wed-
nesday  morning,  till  this  day. 

Water  of 
Leith 
Purification 
and  Sewerage 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Board  of 
Education. 

[No.  167.] 
Wednesday, 16th December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   Water  of  Leith  Purification  and  Sewer-

age  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was,  according 
to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Victoria 
and  Albert  Museum,  the  Royal  Colleges  of 
Science  and  Art,  the  Geological  Survey  and 
Museum,  and  on  the  work  of  the  Solar  Physics 
Committee,  for  the  year  1907. 

6 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Irish  Land 
Purchase  Acts. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
raand,—Copy  of  Diagram  indicating,  up  to  the 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Boiler 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Secretary  of Explosions 
the  Board  of  Trade  upon  the  working  of  the  a^isM) 2 
Boiler  Explosions  Acts,  1882  and  1890,  with 
Appendices. 

Account  of  the  sums  received  and  paid  by  Wages  and 

the  Board  of  Trade  in  respect  of.  the  Wages  Ejects  of 
and  Effects  of  Deceased  Seamen  in  the  year  S e a m e^ 
ended  31st  March  1908. 

ggy^ 

Mr.  Churchill  also presented,  pursuant  to  the  Census of 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  Production 
of  Rules  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  A c t' 1 9 0 6-
Census  of  Production  Act,  1906. 

Account  of  all  Deposits  received  and  repaid seamen's 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  on  account  of  Seamen's  Savings  Banks 
Savings  Banks  under  the  Merchant  Shipping  o ^ j y
Act,  1894,  during  the  year  ended  20th  Novem-  Transmission 
ber  1907, and  of  the  interest  thereon;  Statement  of  Wages.) 
showing  the  number  and  amount  of  Seamen's  No. 368. 
Money  Orders  issued  and  paid  at  Ports  in  the 
United  Kingdom  and  at  Ports  Abroad  from 
1855  to  31st  March  1908;  also  Statement 
the  receipts  and  payments  in  con-
showing 
the  Transmission  of  Seamen's 
nection  with 
Wages,  Home  and  Foreign, 
to 
31st  March  1908. 

from  1878 

a i ld 

Account  of 

the  General  Lighthouse  Fund,   General 

showing  the  income  and  expenditure  for 
year  ended  31st  March  1908.  • 

the 

ggg 

Copy  of  Statement  of  the  receipts  and  pay-  Ramsgate 
ments  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  on  account  Harbour, 
of  Ramsgate  Harbour  for  the  year  ended  3lst 
March  1908,  together  with  an  Account  of  the 
receipt  and  issue  of  Stores. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Wages 
and  Effects  of  Deceased  Seamen,  Seamen's 
Savings  Banks (Money  Orders  and  Transmission 
of  Wages),  and  the  General  Lighthouse  Fund 
be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented, —Return 
an  Order,  dated  the  8th  day  of  this  instant 
December,  for  Returns  relative  to  Paupers  and 
Dependants  (Scotland). 

~ 

to  Paupers  and 

Ordered,  That  the  said Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That 

there  be 

laid  before 

this  Foreign 

House  a  Return  showing  the  fiscal  advantages  Countries 
Q  T:„  (Preference  to 
I Pmrpi-oni 
S p a i n,   Monies.) 

n 

° 

- 

. 

, 

at  present  given  by  1! ranee,  (German 
the  Netherlands,  and 
to 
goods  imported  from  their  Colonial  Possessions, 
and,  conversely,  by  the  said  Colonial  Possessions 
to  goods  from 
their  mother  country.—(Mr. 
Mitchell-Thomson.) 

the  United  States 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by  the  Local 

to 

the  Local  Registration  of  Title   Registration  of 

Lords 
(Ireland)  Amendment  Bill  be  now  taken  into  (Ireland) 
consideration. 

Amendment 
Bill 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
the 

into  consideration;  and 

said  Amendment 
same  was  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

No. 167.]  8  EDW.  VII. 

16ft  December. 

House  of 
Commons 
(Admission  of 
Strangers.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

from 

Mr.  Buchanan 

the  Select 
reported 
Committee  on  the  House  of  Commons  (Admis-
sion  of  Strangers)  ;  That  they  had  considered 
the  matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him 
to  make  a  Report  thereof  to  the  House,  together 
with  the  Minutes  of  the  Evidence  taken  before 
them. 

No.  371. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Public 
Petitions 
(Eighth 
Report.) 

Mr.  Henry  Joseph  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That 
the  Petitions  presented 
they  had  examined 
upon 
l l t h, 
the  3rd,  4th,  5th,  6th,  9th,  10th, 
12th,  16th,  17th,  18th,  19th,  20th,  23rd,  24th, 
25th,  and  30th  days  of  November  last,  and  the 
1st,  2nd,  8th,  9th,  10th  and  l l th   days  of  this 
instant  December,  and  had  directed  him  to  make 
a  Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Application  of 
Sinking  Funds 
in  exercise  of 
Borrowing 
Powers. 
[Inquiry  not 
completed.] 

No.  372. 

No.  372. 

House  of 
Commons 
(Kitchen  and 
Refreshment 
Rooms.) 

No.  373. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

White 
Phosphorus 
Matches 
Prohibition 
Bill. 
Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

Perth 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ards  Bailway 
Bill. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
{Ireland)  Bill. 

reported 

Mr.  Masterman 

the  Select 
from 
Committee  on 
the  Application  of  Sinking 
Funds  in  exercise  of  Borrowing  Powers;  That 
them 
they  had  considered 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
to  the  House,  with  a  recommendation  that  a 
Committee  on 
the  same  subject  should  be 
appointed  in  the  next  Session  of  Parliament. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the  matters 

the 

to 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Select  Committee  be  printed. 

Sir  Alfred  Jacoby  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  the  House  of  Commons  (Kitchen 
and  Refreshment  Rooms) ;  That  they  had  con-
referred,  and 
them 
to 
the  matters 
sidered 
directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
thereof  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted 

the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  White  Phos-
phorus  Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

to 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Education 
to  which 
(Scotland)  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 
to  the  Prevention 
of  Crime  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

The  Lords  have 

the  Perth 
Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

agreed 

to 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Ards  Railway 
Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  insist  on  one  of  their  Amendments 
to  the Housing  of  the Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
Bill,  to  which  the  Commons  have  disagreed,  and 
assign  their  Reason  ;  they  do  not  insist  on  one 
other  of  thfeir  Amendments,  but  propose  an 
Amendment  in  lieu  thereof;  they  agree  to  the 
the 
Amendment  made  by 
Amendments  made  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-

the  Commons 

to 

VOL.  163. 

505 
ments,  to  which  they  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House,  and  do  not  insist  on  their  remaining 
to  which  the  Commons  have  dis-
Amendment 
agreed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Bill  be   (Scotland) 
to-morrow;  and  be 

Lords  to  the  Education 
taken 
into  consideration 
printed. 

1  '  . 
B l 1 1 4 o 7-

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Prevention  of 

Lords  to  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill  be  taken  c r i m f l  Sh-
into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Bill  408. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Amendments  made  by  Perth 
to  the  P e r th   Corporation  O r d er   C o r p o r a t i on 

the  Lords 
Confirmation  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration Confirmation 
to-morrow. 

Bill. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Public 

the  Reports  of 

proposed,  That 
the  Public  Accounts 
Accounts  Committee  be  now  taken  into  con- C o m m i t t e e-
sideration  —  (Colonel  Williams):—The 
said 
Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  resolved  itself  Constabulary 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Constabulary  (Ireland)  (Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill. 

( lu   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  8  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself  Appellate 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Jurisdiction 
lLord'l 
Bill  [Lords]. 

BlU 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  4  (Attendance  of  a  judge  of  the 

High  Court  in  the  Court  of  Appeal). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  10, to  leave 

out  subsection  (1).—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  agreed  to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  22, 

at  the  end,  to  add  the  words— 

"  (4)  The  last  paragraph  of  section  one of  the 
Judicial  Committee  Act,  1883  (3  &  4  Will.  4, 
c.  41),  is  hereby  amended  by  the  omission 
therefrom of the word' two.'"—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 
Question  proposed,  That those  words  be  there 

added  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  5  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Extension  of  the  Judicial  Com-
mittee  Amendment  Act,  1895  (58  &  59  Vict, 
c.  44) )—(Mr.  Attorney  General)—brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  and  second  time;  and  added 
to  the  Bilk 

Another  Clause  (Power  to  make  continuing 
order  instead  of  annual  order  directing  appeals 
to  be  referred  to  Judicial  Committee)—(Mr. 
Attorney  General)— brought  up,  and  read  the 
first  and  second  time ;  and  added  to  the  Bill. 
3  T 

506 

21 si December. 

1908. 

[No. 171. 

Schedule  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-
into  consideration 

taken 

Lunacy  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Lunacy  Bill  [/.orrfs]. 
(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  5  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

the  Chair;  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Statute  Law  Revision 
Bill  [Lords']. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

resumed 

Mr.  Speaker 

the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Companies 
Consolidation 
[Lords.] 
Bill 

Poisons  and 
r i ^ T T Bm  

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Companies  Con-
solidation  Bill  [Lords], 
the 
Committee. 

as  amended 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy 
the  Standing 

as  amended 

in 

i n t 0  consideration 
Bill  [Lords], 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Post Office 
Consolidation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Post  Office  Consolida-
tion  Bill  [Lords]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  94  agreed  to. 
Schedules  1 and  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Provisional 

Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  P r o-   p j ^ n re 
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Bill 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Tuberculosis 
take  into  consideration  the  Tuberculosis  Preven-  p
reTenj^B-n 
T
tion  (Ireland)  Bill, as  amended  in  the  Standing  ( I r e l a n d)   B l U' 
Committee. 

A  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Extent  and  adoption  of  P a rt   I.  of  Act).—(Mr. 
Birrell.) 

And  the  said  Clause was brought  up,  and  read 
the  first  and  second  time,  and  amended;  and 
made  part  of  the  Bill. 
Another  Clause 

(Inspection  of  meat  killed 
twice 

outside 
read;  and  made  part  of the  Bill. 

towns) —  ( Mr.  Mooney)  —  was 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  7,  by leaving  out  Clause  1.— 
(Mr.  Hugh  Barrie.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "person," 
in  p.  1,  1.  7,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made 

to 

the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  and  section  seventeen  (which  relates  to 
power  of  entry)."—(Mr.  Cooper.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  10,1.  25,  by inserting,  after  the 
word  "  dispute,"  the  words  "  by  arbitration."— 
(Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
the 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  11,1.  9,  by  leaving  out  Clause 
19.—(Mr.  Cullinan.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Commons  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Commons Bin 

Order,  read  a  second  time. 

[Lords.] 

No. 165.] 

8  E D W.   Y I I. 

1 4 f t — 1 5 ft   December. 

5 07 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Sir  Edward 

Strachey.) 

Incest  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Incest  B i l l;   and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the" Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Public 
Meeting Bill. 

The  Public  Meeting  Bill  was,  according  to 

Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
-—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Hops BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  on  the  Hops  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
in  pur-
House  without  Question  put, 
suance  of 
the  House  of 
the  31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then 
eighteen  minutes  after  Ten  of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

the  Order  of 

[No.  168.] 
Thursday,  llth  December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before  Three  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ards BaUway  FT1HE  House, in  pursuance  of  the  Order  of  the 
Bil1- 
JL  House  of  the  23rd  day  of  J u ly   last,  pro-
ceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to 
the  Ards  Railway 
B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Perth 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Perth  Corporation  Order 
Confirmation  Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice 
read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Water of 
Iieith 
Purification 
and  Sewerage 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Supple, 
nient to the, 
Eighth Report. 
Scottish  Local 
Authorities 

into  consideration 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take 
the  Water,  of  Leith 
Purification  and  Sewerage  Order  Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  July  last,  for  a 

VOL.  163. 

Return  relative  to  Scottish  Local  Authorities  (Deputation 
(Deputation  Expenses). 

Expenses.) 
No. 374 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Birrell  presented,  by His  Majesty's  Com-  Agricultural 

mand,—Copy  of  Return  of  Prices  of  C r o p s,   Statistics 
Live  Stock,  and  other  Irish  Agricultural  Pro-  ( I r e l a n c i' } 
ducts  for  1907-8. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  India 
Command, — Copy  of  Vol.  I.,  Proposals  of  t he   (Advisory  and 
India,  arid  Despatch  of  the  oouncUMcc.) 
Government  of 
to  Advisory  and 
Secretary  of  State,  relative 
Legislative  Councils,  &c.  in  India. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Robert  Harcourt,  supported  by  Mr.  Alfred  Theatres BilL 

Mason,  Mr.  Ponsonby,  Sir  Gilbert  Parker,  Mr.  Bill  411. 
T.  P.  O'Connor,  and  Mr.  Ramsay  Macdonald, 
presented  a  Bill  to  abolish  the  powers  of  the 
Lord  Chamberlain  in  respect  of Stage  Plays,  and 
to  transfer  to the  Local  Authority  the  powers  of 
the  Lord  Chamberlain  in respect of  the  licensing 
of  Theatres 
the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrOw; 
and  to  be  printed. 

in  L o n d o n:   And 

The  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  [.Lords]  was,  statute  Law 

according 
p a s s e d.   ^ 

to  Order,  read  the  third 

time  and®6™"®11  , 

Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Constabulary  (Ireland)  Bill  was,  accord-

ing  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Constabulary 
(Ireland) BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Poisons and 
take  into  consideration  the  Poisons  and  Phar-  Pharmacy 
macy  BiU  [Lords'],  as  amended  in  the  Standing  BlU  l L o r d s^ 
Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 

third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Appellate 
take  into  consideration  the  Appellate  Jurisdic-  Jurisdiction 
tion  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Committee.  B i U [ i > n f e ] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Commons BiU 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Commons  Bill  [Lords], [Lords.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

3  T  2 

508 

llth  December. 

1908. 

[No. 164. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

the  C h a i r;   and 

acquainted 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  bv  His  Majesty's 
that  His 
Command, 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport  of 
the Bill,gives His  Consent, as far as His  Majesty's 
interest 
is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein  as  they  shall  think  fit. 

the  House 

And  notice  being  taken  that  the  interest  of 
the  Prince  of  Wales,  as  Duke  of  Cornwall,  is 
concerned  therein; 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  by  Command  of  His 
Royal  Highness,  acquainted  the  House that  His 
Royal  Highness,  having  been  informed  of  the 
purport  of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far 
as  His  Roval  Highness's  interest  is  concerned, 
that  the  House  may  do  therein  as  they  shall 
think  fit. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into consideration  the Amendments made  by 
the  Lords  to  the  Education  (Scotland)  Bill. 

Entry.] 

Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill. 

The  said  Amendments  being  read  a  second 
time,  and  it  appearing  that  the  object  of  the 
Amendments,  in  p.  16,  1. 2, in  p.  16,  1. 41,  and 
in  p.  20,  1.  2,  was  to  define  more  clearly  the 
intentions  of  the Commons, the said  Amendments 
were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Law  of 
Distress 
Amendment 
BiU. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by the  Lords to the. Law  of  Distress  Amendment 
Bill. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  pp.  1 and  2,  leave 

out  Clauses  1 and  2, and  insert  new  Clauses— 
("   (A)  Under-tenant  or lodger, if  distress  levied, 
to  make  declaration  that  immediate  tenaht 
has  no  property  in  goods  distrained; 

( B)   P e n a l t y; 
(C)  Payments  by  under-tenant  or  lodger  to 

superior  landlord; 

( D)   Exclusion  of  certain  goods  ; 
( E)   Exclusion  of  certain  under-tenants  ; 
( F)   To  avoid  distress  ; 
(Gr)  Commencement  of  A c t; 
( H)   Repeal  of  34  &  35  Yict.  c.  79 ; 
( I)   Definitions; 
( K)   Act  not  to  extend  to  Scotland  "), 

first  Amendment,  being 

the 
time; 

read  a  second 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  Clause  A,   1.  36,  by 
leaving  out 
"  material."  —  (Sir 
Frederick.  Banbury.) 

the  word 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" m a t e r i a l"   stand  part  of  the  Lords'  Amend-
ment :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  Clause  3,  1. 8,  by 
inserting,  after  the  word  "  aforesaid,"  the  words 
"  comprised  in  such  inventory."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords'  Amend-
ment:—  The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Lords* Amendment,  in  Clause  E,  1.  1,  by 
the 
inserting,  after  the  word  "  under-tenant," 
words  "  or  lodger."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
"  or  lodger"  be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords' 
Amendment:—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Then  the  Lords'  Amendment  was  amended,  in 
Clause  E,   1.  4,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" t e n a n t"  
to  the  end  of  the  Clause  —  (Mr. 
Courtkope)  ;  in  Clause  F,   1.  4,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "whether  by  name  or  n o t " — ( M r. 
Sydney  Buxton)  ',  and  in  Clause  (T,  1.  2,  by 
leaving  out  the  word  "  January,"  and  inserting 
the  word  " J u l y " — ( M r.   Courthope),—  instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Lords'  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed  to. 

Then  the remaining  Lords' Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships,  with  Amendments; 
this 
to  which 
House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their 
Lordships. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Public 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Public  Meeting  Bill. 
(In  the  Committee.) 

M e e t mg   B l l L 

Clause  No.  1  (Persons  endeavouring  to  break 
up  public  meetings  to  be  guilty  of  an  offence ; 
penalty  and  mode  of  recovery  of  fines). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  5,  after  the 
word  "  person,"  to  insert  the  words  "  of  either 
sex."—(Mr.  Radford.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 5, 
after  the  word  "  meeting,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  held  after  the  31st  day  of  December  1909."— 
(Mr.  Radford.) 

Question,  That  those words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 
Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 

the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Registration  of 

into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

the  Registration  of  Clubs  Clubs 

in  the  Standing  ( I r e l a n d) B i U-

No. 168.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

llth—18^  December. 

509 

Ordered,  That 
sideration  to-morrow. 

the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

[No.  169.] 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
Bill 

[Zordt.] 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Friday,  18th December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

P R A T E R S. 

to-morrow. 

Hops  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Hops  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reason  assigned  by  the 
Lords  for  insisting  on  one  of  their  Amendments 
to  the  Housing of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
Bill  to  which 
this  House  hath  disagreed,  the 
Lords'  Amendments  to  the  Bill  in  lieu  of  one 
of  their  Amendments  to  which  this  House  hath 
disagreed,  and  the  Lords'  Amendments  to  cer-
tain  of  the  Commons' Amendments  to  the  Lords' 
Amendments  be  now  taken  into  consideration.— 
(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Reason  and Amendments  into  consideration. 
llesolved,  That  this  House  doth  not  insist  on 
their  disagreement  to  the  Amendment  made  by 
the  Lords,  on  which  the  Lords  have  insisted, 
and  doth  agree  to  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House 
to  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
doth  not  insist  on  their  disagreement 
to  the 
Amendment  made  by  the  Lords,  on  which  the 
the 
Lords  have 
Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Bill. 

insisted,  and  doth  agree 

to 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

Edinburgh 
and  Leith 
Corporations 
Gas Order 
Confirmation 
Bill [Zords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed to the  Port  of  London 
the  Lords 

Bill,  with  Amendments; 
to  which 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
the  Edinburgh  and  Leith 
to 
1899,  relating 
Corporations  G a s;  
to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

m HE   Edinburgh  and  Leith  Corporations  Edinburgh 
X  Gas  Order  Confirmation  Bill  FLords1 was,  ^d   Leith 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

,. 

-i 

J 

j 

t 

. 

. 

That  the  Bill  be  now  taken 

Corporations 
Gas  Order 
Hill  | Lbras. I 

i n to   Confirmation 

Ordered, 
.  , 
consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  made  upon 

the  10th  day  of  Thames 

February  last,  That  the  Thames  Conservancy  Conservancy 
Bill  be  committed,  was  read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn.—(The 

Deputy  Chairman.) 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and  Public 

read  ;  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Vide'supple-
ment  to  the 
Eighth Report, 
Secretary  Sir  Edward  Grey  presented,  by  Trade  Reports 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Diplomatic  (Ai;"ual 
and  Consular  Reports,  Annual  Series,  Nos.  4174  1  r 
and  4175. 

Copy  of  Exchange  of  Notes  between 

the  Treaty  Series 
United  Kingdom  and  France,  renewing  for  a (No-  Si<  1908.) 
the  Arbitration 
further  period  of  five  years 
Agreements  signed  at  London,  14th  October 
1903  (Treaty  Series,  No.  18,  1903);  14th 
October  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented, — Return 

to  an  Merchant 
Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  July  last,  for  a  ^pping, 
Return  relative  to  Merchant  Shipping,  1907. 

^ 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  Iron  and 
July  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Iron  and  steel> 1907-
Steel,  1907. 

No.  376. 
Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of  Coal  Tables, 

J u ly   last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Coal  Tables, 
1907. 

No.  377. 

Port  of 
London  Bill. 
Bill  409. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Port  of'  London  Bill  be  taken  into 
consideration  to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  30th  day  of Tea and 

J u ly   last,  for  a  Return  relative 
Coffee, 1908. 

to  Tea  and  Cofiee,  1908. 
3?8. 

Edinburgh 
and  Leith 
Corporations 
Gas  Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Zords.] 
Bill  410. 

The  Edinburgh  and  Leith  Corporations  Gas 
Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9 of  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899)  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and 
to  be  printed. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put, 
in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
then 
31st  day  of  July 
the 
twenty-one  minutes  after  Five  of 

last,  it  being 

*  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

VOL.  163. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  do  lie  upon 

the  Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  East  India 
Command,—Copy  of  Vol.  II.,  P a rt   I.,   R e p l i es   CAdWsory  an 
of  the  Local  Governments,  &c.;  Enclosures  I.   councils',V&c. 
to  X X.  
to  Letter  from  the  Government  of 
India, No.  21,  dated  lst  October  1908.  Vol.  I I ., 
P a rt   II.,  Replies  of  the  Local  Governments, 
&c.;  Enclosures  X X I.   to  X X X.  
to  Letter 
from  the  Government  of  India,  No.  21,  dated 
lst  October  1908. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,—Return  to  Private 
an  Order,  dated  the  l l th   day  of  this  instant   legislation 
relative  to  Private  (Scotland) 
December,  for  a  Return 
Act. 1899. 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899. 

3  T  3 

No. 379. 

510 

21 si December. 

1908. 

[No. 171. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  2,  after  1.  13, 

insert— 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His 
Inebriates 
Acts 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Report  of 
Committee?)&  Departmental  Committee  appointed  to  inquire 
to 
into 
Inebriates,  and  to  their  detention  in  Reforma-
tories  and  Retreats.  Report,  Minutes  of  Evi-
dence,  with  Appendices  and  Indexes. 

the  Law  relating 

the  operation  of 

Prisons 
(England 
and  Wales.) 
N o.   380. 

Board of 
Education. 

Higher 
Education 
(England 
and  Wales.) 
No.  381. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Draft  Rules  proposed  to  be  made  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment  under  the  Prisons  Acts,  1877  and  1898, 
with  respect  to  the  constitution  of  the  Visiting 
Committee  of  Carmarthen  Prison. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Prisons 
(England  and  Wales)  be  printed. 

Mr.  Runciman  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Reports  from  Universities 
and  University  Colleges  in  Great  Britain  par-
ticipating  in  the  Parliamentary  Grant  in  the 
year  1906-7. 

Mr.  Runciman  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  l l th   day  of  July  in  the  last 
Session  of Parliament,  for  a  Return  showing  the 
expenditure  to  which,  and  the  manner  in  which, 
local  authorities  in  England  and  in  Wales  have 
applied  funds  for  the  purposes  of  Education 
other  than  elementary  during  the  year  1906-7 
under  any  of  the  following  Acts  :—Education 
Act,  1902  ;  Welsh  Intermediate  Education  Act, 
- 8 8 9;   Public  Libraries  and  Museums  Acts; 
Local  or  Private  Acts. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report,  No. 590  (Grenada, 
Annual  Report  for  1907). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public 
Accounts 
Committee. 
N o.   382. 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Handbook  to  the  Reports  from  the 
Committee  of  Public  Accounts,  Vol.  I V.   (1901 
to  1907),  with  Index,  comprehending  the  four 
Vols.  (1857  to  1907).—(Mr.  Hobhouse.) 

Mr.  Hobhouse  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Paper. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Port of 
London  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Port  of  London  Bill. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  2,  1.  2,  leave 
out  ("  ten  "),  and  insert  ("   twelve "),  the  first 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords in  the  said Amendment—(Sir  Hudson 
Kearley); 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  t h e f M r.   Joseph  Pease, 

Yeas, 

(Master  of  Elibank  : 

Tellers  for t h e f M r.   Rowlands, 
I M r.   Whitehead: 

Noes, 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

139. 

32. 

J 

("   By  the  Kent  County  Council,  1 ; 

By  the  Essex  County  Council,  1"), 

the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time, 
was  disagreed  to. 

The  subsequent  Lords' Amendments,  as  far  as 
the  Amendment  in  p. 6,1.29,  being read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  6,  1.  29,  after 

("  requisite  "),  insert  as  a  new  subsection— 

for 

the  utilisation 

("   (c)  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  authorise  the 
appropriation  or 
the 
purposes  of  this  Act  of  any  common  or com-
land,  or  any  recreation  ground, 
monable 
village  green,  or  other  open  space  dedicated 
to  the  use  of  the  public,  or  any  disused 
burial  ground,  fuel  or  other  allotments,  or 
any 
land  held  on  trusts  which  prohibit 
building  thereon"), 

the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time, 
was  disagreed  to. 

An  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6, 
1. 29, instead  of  the words so left out, by  inserting, 
after 
the  word  "  requisite,"  the  words  "  (c) 
Nothing  in  this  section  shall,  without  the  consent 
of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries, 
authorise the  acquisition  of  any  common  or  com-
monable  land,  or  any  recreation  ground,  village 
green,  or  other  open  space  dedicated  to  the  use 
of  the  public,  or  any  disused  burial  ground."— 
(Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 
the 

remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

Then 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to  certain  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  their  Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  appointed  of  Mr. 
Burns,  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  Mr.  Churchill,  Sir 
and  Mr.  Frederick  Edwin 
Hudson 
Smith. 

Kearley, 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 
Committee:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  imme-
diately.—(Sir  Hudson  Kearley.) 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  agree  to  certain  of  the  Amend-  Children  Bill, 

ments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Children  Bill,  and 
agree  to  one  other  of  the  said  Amendments, 
the 
with  Amendments, 
concurrence  of 
to 
this  House; 
the  consequential  Amendments  made  by  this 
House  to  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords 
to  the  Bill,  and  do  not  insist  on  their  Amend-
ments  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed. 

to  which  they  desire 
they  agree 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Children Bill. 

Lords  to  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House 
to  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Children  Bill  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration  ;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships  to 
the  Amendments  made  by   this 
House  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their  Lord-
ships  to  the  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow,  Sittings of 
the  Hou9e-

at  Twelve  of the  clock.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

No. 169.]  8  E D W.   Y I I. 

l&th December. 

Registration 
of  Clubs 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
the  Registration  of  Clubs 
the  Standing 

into  consideration 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

in 

Ordered,  T h at  
sideration  to-morrow. 

the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted 
the  House  that  a 
the  Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

Coal  Mines 
(No  2) Bm 

Law  of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Coal  Mines 
( E ig ht   Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ; 
to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
tbis  House. 

The  Lords  agree  to  certain  of  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords 
to  the  Law  of  Distress 
Amendment  Bill,  without  Amendment,  and  dis-
agree  to one of  the  said Amendments,  but  propose 
an  Amendment  in  lieu  thereof,  to  which  they 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House 

Coal  Mines 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
C^ight  Hours)  Lords  to  the  Coal  Mines  ( E i g ht   Hours)  (No.  2) 
into  consideration.—(Mr. 

1 

Bill  be  now  taken 
Secretary  Gladstone.') 

T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

said  Amendments  into  consideration. 

T he   Lords' Amendments,  as  far as the  Amend-
ment in  p.  3,1.  19, being read  a second  time,  were 
agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  3,  1.  19,  leave 
out  (" during  the  five  years  after  the  commence 
ment  of  this  A c t " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being 
read  a  second  t i m e; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
the  Lords  in  the  said  Amendment—(Mr.  Keir 
Hardie)  :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Lords'  Amendment  was  agreed  to. 
Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  6,1.  11,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  6,  1.  11,  leave 
out  from  ("  operation  ")  to  ("   on  "),  in  1. 12,  the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
amended,  and  agreed  to. 
the 

remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

Then 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  disagreed  to. 
Ordered,  T h at   a  Committee  be  appointed 
to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords 
for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the  Amendments 
made  by  their  Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

A nd   a  Committee  was  appointed  of  Mr. 
Enoch  Edwards,  Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone,  Mr. 
Herbert 
Samuel,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  and 
Lord  Edmund  Talbot. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of 
the 
Committee:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  imme-
diately.—(Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone.) 

Law  of 
Distress 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Amendment  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House 
to  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
L aw   of  Distress  Amendment  Bill  be  now  taken 
into  consideration. 

T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
the 

into  consideration;  and 

said  Amendment 
same  was  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
this 
Lordships 
their 
to 
House 
Lordships  to  the  Bill. 

to  the  Amendments  made  by 
the  Amendments  made  by 

VOL.   163. 

511 
that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Buxton  Charity 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Long  Ashton 

Charity  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords have agreed  to the  Abbots  Bromley 

Charity  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Post  Office 
Savings  Bank  (Public  Trustee)  (No.  2)  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  East  India 

Loans  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Buxton 
Charity  Bill. 

Long  Ashton 
Charity  BilL 

Abbots 
Bromley 
Charity  BiU. 
Poat Office 
Savings  Bank 
(Public 
Trustee) 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

East  India 
Loans  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Crofters'  Crofters* 
Commons  Grazings  Regulation  Bill,  without  GrazingT 
any  Amendment. 
Regulation 
Bill. 

to 

(Ireland)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment.  

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Constabulary  Constabulary 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Water  of  Leith   Water of Leith 

Purification  and  Sewerage  Order  Confirmation ^j   g°atloa 
Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Order^  Cr&ge 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  North  British  North  British 

Railway  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without  any  Rai^ay 
. 
n 
. 
Amendment. 

J  Order 

' 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Tuberculosis  Tuberculosis 
Prevention  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  f / 6] ™ ^ ™, 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

an 

T he   Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Summary   Summary 

Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill, with  Amendments  ;  Jurisdiction 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

an 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-  Local  , 
ment  (Scotland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  f ^ t S ?' 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  MIL  an   J 
House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Post Office 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Post  Office  Sites  Bill  f g*  B"1 
^  r<  .j 
[.Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Companies 

made  by  this  House 
solidation  Bill  [Lords'],  without  any  Amendment. 

to  the  Companies  Con-  Consolidation 

[ 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Poisons and 

this  House 

made  by 
to 
Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend- B 1U 
ment. 

the  Poisons 

and  Pharmacy 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Appellate 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Appellate  Jurisdic-   Jurisdiction 
B i U \-Lord*-1 
tion  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  London  Electric 
Supply  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

London 
Electric 
Supply  BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this House  to  the  London  (Westminster 
and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Companies 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House 
to  the  Criminal  Appeal 
(Amendment)  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Amendment  Assizes  and 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Assizes  and  Quarter   ^ i o ns   Bill 
Sessions  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

to  the  Amendment  Local 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments  made  ^ J ^ on 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Authorities  (Admis-  of  the  Press) 
sion  of  the  Press)  Bill, without  any  Amendment.  Bin 

3  T  4 

London 
(Westminster 
and  Kensing-
ton)  Electric 
Supply 
Companies 
BiU 
Criminal 
Appeal 
(Amendment) 
BiU  [Lords.] 

[Lords.] 

512 

15th—Voth  December. 

1908. 

[No. 167* 

Agricultural 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  consolidate  the  Enactments  relating  to 
Agricultural  Holdings  in  Scotland  ; 
to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Tuberculosis 
Prevention 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ireland) 
Bill  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
the 

said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Scotland) 
Bill  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Local 
Government 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill 
be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

Agricultural 
Holdings 
(Scotland) 
Bill 

[Lords.] 
Bill  412. 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure 
BUI  [Lords.] 

Port of 
London  BiU. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Agricultural  Holdings  (Scotland)  Bill 
[Lords]  was read the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be 
read a second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
the 
Second  Reading  of the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Churchill  reported  from  the  Committee 
appointed  to  draw  up  a  Reason  to  be  assigned 
to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the 
Port  of  London  Bill;  That  they  had  drawn  up 
a  Reason  accordingly,  which  they  had  directed 
him  to  report  to  tne  House  ;  and  the  same  was 
read,  as  followeth: 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  2,  1. 2,  and  1. 13,  for 
the following Reason  :—Because it is  inexpedient 
to  introduce  the  principle  of  sectional  repre-
sentation  into  the  riparian  counties. 

The  said  Reason,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendments):  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

' 

Coal  Mines 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  reported  from  the 
(Eight  Hours)  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be 
1  "  assigned  to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain 
^ 
of  the  Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to 
the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  B i l l; 
That  they  had  drawn  up  Reasons  accordingly, 

which  they  had  directed  him  to  report  to  the 
H o u s e;   and  the  same  were  read,  as follow : 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Lords'  Amend-
ment  in  p.  6,  Is.  11  and  12,  for  the  following 
Reason  :—Because  they  consider that  the  system 
of  working  the  mines  in  Northumberland  and 
Durham  cannot  be  reorganised  by  the  1st  of 
J u ly   next. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  6,  1. 13, to  leave  out 
"  January,"  and  insert  "  J u l y ,"  for  the  following 
Reason  :—Because  they  think that  it  is  inexpe-
dient  to  defer  the  operation  of  the  Bill  to  so 
late  a  date  as  the  1st  of  July  1910. 

The  said  Reasons,  being  read  a  second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reasons  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendments)  :  And  that the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

the 
Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 
House  without  Question  put, 
in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  July  last,  it  being  then  six-
teen  minutes  after  Seven  of  the  clock, 
till  to-morrow. 

[No.  170.] 
Saturday,  19th December 1908. 
The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E B S. 

MR.  Birrell  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Irish  Land 

mand,—Copy  of  Return  of  Proceedings 
of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  under  the  Land 
Law  Acts,  the  Labourers  (Ireland)  Acts,  1883-
91,  and  the  Land  Purchase  Acts,  during  the 
month  of  October  1908. 

r o c ee  

. 
n g s^ 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone  presented,  by  His  Truck  Acts 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  (Departmental 
Departmental  Committee  on  the  Truck  Acts. 
Vol.  I.,  Report.  Yol.  II.,  Minutes  of  Evidence 
(Days  1-37).  Vol.  I I I .,   Minutes  of  Evidence 
(Days  38-66)  and  Index. 

o m mi 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  as  regards  Provisional  Order  Business of 
Bills  returned  by  the  House  of  Lords  this  day,  toe  House 
with  Amendments,  such  Amendments  may  be  toderi$M&) 
considered  after  the  Government  Orders  of  the 
day.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

The  Agricultural  Holdings  (Scotland)  Bill  ^ £ l t u r aI 
[.Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  ^Scotland) 
time. 

BiU 

[Lords,] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately  -

resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Sir  Edward 

Strachey.) 

The  House  accordingly resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  38  agreed  to. 
Schedules  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

No. 170.]  8  E D W.   V I I. 

1 9 f t — 2 1 s/   December. 

5 13 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followetb  : 

Public 
Meeting  Bill. 

Port  of 
London  Bill. 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Public  Meeting 

Bill,  with  an  Amendment. 

The  Lords  do  not  insist  on  their  Amendments 
to  the  Port  of  London  Bill  to  which  this  House 
hath  disagreed. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local  Govern-
Local 
Government 
rruvisional  ment  Provisional  Orders  (No.  3)  Bill,  with 
Provisional 
Orders  (No.  3)  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
Bill. 

concurrence  of  this  House. 

Public 
Meeting  Bill. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 

froposed,  That  the  Lords'  Amendment  to  the 

'ublic Meeting  Bill  be now taken  into considera-

tion—(Lord  Robert  Cecil)  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
and, at the end of  the  Question, adding  the  words 
"  upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr.  Morton.) 
And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Hemmerde, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Byles: 

Tellers  for the [ Mr.  Morton, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Charles  Duncan: 

0J' 

\ 
J 
1  .. 
21. 
i 
j 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 
Ordered,  That  the  Lords'  Amendment  be  now 

taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Lords'  Amendment  into  consideration. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the 
Lords  in  the  said  Amendment—(Lord  Robert 
Cecil) ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f M r.   Hemmerde, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Byles  : 

Tellers  for the f M r.   William  Thome, 
\ M r.   Charles  Duncan 

Noes, 

61. 

13. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Sittings  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That this House  do meet  on  Monday 
next,  at  Two  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Joseph  Pease.) 

Provisional 
Orders 
Procedure' 
BOl  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Provisional  Orders  Pro-
cedure  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Local 
Government 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 

VOL.  163. 

Orders  (No. 
sideration. 

3)  Bill  be  now  taken  into  con-  Provisional 

Orders (No.  3) 
BiU. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded 

take 
the  said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and 
the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put, 
in  pur-
suance  of  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the 
31st  day  of  .July last,  it  being  then  thir-
teen  minutes  after  Two  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

[No.  171.] 
Monday,  21 st December  1908. 
The  House  met  at  Two  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

AP U B L IC   Petition  was  presented,  and  read; 

and  ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Sir 

jEdward  Strachey  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of Agricultural  Sta-
tistics,  1907.  Vol.  X L I I.   Part  IV.,  Colonial 
and  Foreign  Statistics  and  Index. 

Sir  Edward  Strachey  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  an  Order,  dated 
the  16th  day  of 
December  1908,  entitled  the  American  Goose-
berry  Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of 
Bushes)  Amendment  Order  of  1908  (No.  2). 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  Supple-
ment  to  the 
Eighth Report. 
Board of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Destructive 
Insects  and 
Pests  Acts, 
1877 and  1907. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Buchanan  presented,  pursuant 

to 

the  East  India 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Return  of  (Loans  raised 
all  Loans  raised  in  India,  chargeable  on  the 
Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the  com-
mencement  of  the  half-year  ending  on  the  30th 
September  1908,  with  the  rates  of  interest  and 
total  amount  payable  thereon,  and  the  date  of 
the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the  debt  incurred 
during  the  half-year,  the  moneys  raised  thereby 
during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid  off  or 
discharged  during  the  half-year,  and  the  Loans 
the  half-year; 
the  close  of 
outstanding  at 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for  which  moneys 
have  been  raised  during  the  half-year. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— List  of  Parliamentary 

the  Bills,  Reports,  Estimates,  and  Accounts  and  Papers. 
Papers  printed  by  Order  of  the  House,  and  of  No. 384. 
Papers  presented  by  Command,  Session  1908, 
with  a General  Alphabetical Index  thereto  ;  28th 
Parliament,  Third  Session,  8th  Edward  V I I ., 
29th  January  1908  to  21st  December  1908. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 

that  a  Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth : 

The  Lords do not  insist  on  their  Amendments  Coal  Mines 
to  the  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill (Bis hfc Honr8> 
to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed. 

' 2)   Bl,U 

C 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir  Boyal  Assent. 

Henry  Frederick  Stephenson,  Gentleman  Usher 
of  the  Black  Rod  : 

3  IT 

514 

Mr.  Speaker, 

21 si  December. 

1908. 

[No. 171. 

40.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 

The  Lords 

authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commissions,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  and  for  proroguing  the  present  Par-
liament,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commissions  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers,  where  a  Com-
mission  under  the  Great  Seal  was  read,  giving, 
declaring,  «nd  notifying  the  Royal  Assent  to 
the  several  Acts  therein  mentioned;  and 
the 
Lords  thereby  authorised  declared  the  Royal 
Assent  to  the  said  Acts,  as  follow  : 

1.  "White  Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition 

Act,  1908. 

2.  Local  Registration  of  Title 
Amendment  Act,  1908. 

(Ireland) 

3.  Lunacy  Act,  1908. 
4.  Post  Office Act,  1908. 
5.  Punishment  of  Incest  Act,  1908. 
6.  Criminal  Appeal (Amendment) Act,  1908. 
the 
7.  Local  Authorities 

(Admission  of 

Press  to  Meetings)  Act,  1908. 

8.  Statute  Law  Revision  Act,  1908. 
9.  Commons  Act,  1908. 

10.  Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1908. 
11.  Prevention  of  Crime  Act,  1908. 
12.  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ire-

land)  Act,  1908. 

13.  Post  Office  Savings  Bank 

(Public 

Trustee)  Act,  1908. 

14.  Companies  Consolidation  Act,  1908. 
15.  East  India  Loans  Act,  1908. 
16.  Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Act,  1908. 
17.  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Act,  1908. 
18.  Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions  Act,  1908. 
19.  Crofters'  Commons  Grazings  Regulation 

Act,  1908. 
20.  Children  Act,  1908. 
21.  Constabulary  (Ireland)  Act,  1908. 
22.  Port  of  London  Act,  1908. 
23.  Law  of  Distress  Amendment  Act,  1908. 
24.  Summary  Jurisdiction 

(Scotland)  Act, 

1908. 

25.  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Act,  1908. 
26.  Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ireland)  Act, 

1908. 

27.  Coal  Mines  Regulation  Act,  1908. 

28.  Agricultural  Holdings 

(Scotland)  Act, 

1908. 

29.  Public  Meeting  Act,  1908. 
30.  Buxton  Congregational  Chapel  Scheme 

Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

31.  Long  Ashton  Congregational  Chapel 
Scheme  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 
32.  Abbots  Bromley  Congregational  Chapel 
Scheme  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

33.  Education  Board 

Provisional  Orders 
Confirmation  (Cornwall,  &c.)  Act,  1908. 
34.  Kirkcaldy  and  Dysarfc  Water  Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1908. 

35.  North  British  Railway  Order  Confirma-

tion  Act,  1908. 

36.  Perth  Corporation  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1908. 

37.  Post  Office (Sites)  Act,  1908. 
38.  Edinburgh  and  Leith  Corporations  Gas 

Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

39.  Water  of  Leith  Purification and  Sewerage 

Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908. 

Order  Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act,  1908. 
and 

Corporation 

(Streets 

41.  Liverpool 

Buildings)  Act,'  1908. 

42.  A.rds  Railways  Act,  1908. 
43.  London  Electric  Supply  Act,  1908. 
44.  London  (Westminster  and  Kensington) 

Electric  Supply  Companies  Act,  1908. 

And  afterwards  His  Majesty's  Most  Gracious  King's Speech, 

Speech  was  delivered  to  both  Houses  of  Par-
liament  by 
(in 
pursuance  of  His  Majesty's  Commands),  as 
followeth  : 

the  Lord  High  Chancellor 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

I  was  much  gratified  at  receiving  last  May  an 
official  visit  from  the  President  of  the  French 
Republic  on  the  occasion  of  the  Franco-British 
Exhibition  in  London.  The  reception  given  to 
M.  Fallieres  by  the  citizens  of  London  afforded 
a  renewed  proof  of  the  cordial  feelings  enter-
tained 
the  French 
nation. 

this  country 

towards 

in 

The  recent  visit  of  the  King  and  Queen  of 
Sweden  gave  great  pleasure  to  the  Queen  and 
myself,  and  will  confirm  the  traditions  of  friend-
ship  which  happily  exist  between 
two 
countries. 

the 

My relations  with  Foreign  Po.wers continue  to 

be  friendly. 

During  the  past year  several important  Agree-
ments  with  Foreign  Governments  have  Deen 
concluded,  which,  by  eliminating  causes  of  con-
tention,  must  tend  to  the  consolidation  of  peace. 

Amongst  these  may  be  mentioned  Treaties 
with  the  United  States  of  America  for  general 
arbitration,  and  for regulating  certain  questions 
between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the 
Dominion  of  Canada  ;  and  the  Agreement  for 
the maintenance of  the  existing  territorial  status 
in  the  regions  bordering  on  the  North  Sea. 

A  Convention  has  been  signed  by  the  Repre-
sentatives  of  my  Government  and  of  the  other 
States,  parties  to  the  International  Union  for 
the  Protection  of  Literary  and  Artistic  Works, 
consolidating  and  revising  the  Berne  Convention 
and  the  additional  Act  of  Paris.  The  amended 
Convention,  which  will  need  legislation  to  give 
effect  to  it,  will  be  examined  by  a  Committee 
before  I  decide  upon  its  ratification.  Papers 
will  be  laid  before  you. 

Certain  events  have  recently  occurred  calcu-
lated  to  disturb  the  provisions  of  the  Treaty  of 
Berlin  in  the  Balkan  peninsula;  but  there  is 
reason  to  hope that wise and  conciliatory  counsels 
will  prevail,  and  that  an  amicable  settlement  will 
be  reached  with  the  consent  of  the  Powers  who 
are  parties  to  the  Treaty. 

I 

Since 

last  addressed  you 

the  Belgian 
Government  have  notified  the  assumption  by 
Belgium  of  the  sovereignty  of  the  Independent 
State  of  the  Congo.  JVIy  Government  are  at 
present  discussing  with 
the  Government  of 
Belgium  the  conditions  by  which  the  provisions 
of  the  Treaties affecting the  territory  in  question 
will  be  safeguarded,  when  the  transfer  has  been 
recognised. 

I  have  appointed  Commissioners  to  attend  the 
International  Conference  which  is  to  meet  at 
Shanghai  in  February  to  investigate  the  opium 
trade  and  opium  habit  in  the  F ar   East,  and  to 
offer  suggestions 
for  the  measures  which  the 
Powers  concerned  may  adopt  for  the  gradual 
suppression  of  the  cultivation,  traffic, and  use  of 
opium  within  their  Eastern  possessions,  with  a 

171.]  8  EDW.  YII. 

21 st  December. 

to  assisting  China 

the  opium 

in  her  purpose  of 
the  Chinese 

trade  in 

view 
eradicating 
Empire. 

515 
It   was  with  much  satisfaction  that  I  gave  my 
assent  to  a  measure  for  securing  better  provision 
for  necessitous  old  age. 

A  Conference  of  the  principal  Naval  Powers 
is  at  present  sitting  in  London,  on  the  invitation 
to  declaring 
of  my  Government,  with  a  view 
and  formulating  by  common  agreement  such 
rules  on  certain  questions  affecting  the  conduct 
of  naval  warfare  as  will,  it  is  hoped,  command 
general  assent. 

The  raids  of  certain  tribes  on  the  North-West 
Frontier  of  India  rendered  military  operations 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  my  subjects  and 
the  punishment  of  the  offenders.  These  opera-
tions  were  skilfully  devised 
and  successfully 
conducted  by  all  concerned. 

The  famine  that  unhappily  prevailed  over 
parts  of  India  was  met  by  the  people  with  great 
courage  and  self-reliance,  and  the  efforts of  ray 
officers  to  relieve  suffering  and  restore  pros-
perity  were  effective and  unremitting. 

I  deeply  regret  that  the internal tranquillity  of 
parts  of my  Indian  dominions  has  been  disturbed 
by  a  conspiracy  of  evil-disposed  persons  against 
the  lives  of  my  officers  and  the  continuance  of 
British  rule.  But  the  actions  of  these  persons, 
while  they  have  necessitated  deterrent  legisla-
tion  of an  exceptional  nature  for  the  protection 
of  life  and  property  and  maintenance  of  order, 
in  all  parts  of  India 
have  also  called  forth 
demonstrations  of  loyalty  to  my  person  and  my 
Government.  My  Government  have  therefore 
felt  justified  in  pressing  forward  the  measures-
that  hate  long  been  under  their  consideration 
for  enlarging  the  share  of  the  Indian  peoples 
in  the  administration  of  the  country.  These 
measures  have  been 
I 
earnestly  hope  that  they  will  be  received  in  the 
spirit  of  mutual  trust  and  goodwill  in  which 
they  are  proposed. 

laid  before  you,  and 

In  the  month  of  July  my  son,  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  acting  as  my  Representative,  paid  a  visit 
to  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  took  part  in 
the  interesting  celebrations  which  had  been 
arranged  under  the  auspices  of  the  Governor 
General  to  commemorate 
the  founding  of  the 
city  of  Quebec  by  Samuel  de  Champlain.  The 
affectionate  reception  given  to  my  son  by  all 
classes  of  my  Canadian  subjects  touched  me 
learned  from  him  with  great 
deeply,  and 
I 
satisfaction  of 
enthusiasm 
the 
everywhere  displayed  upon  that  unique  and 
historic  occasion. 

loyalty  and 

The  visit  of  the  American  Fleet  to  Austral-
asian  waters  evoked  warm  feelings  of  cordiality 
in  my  dominions  in  that  quarter  of  the  globe, 
and  was  a  source  of  gratification  to  myself  and 
to  my  Government. 

The 

important  Convention  of 

Statesmen 
formed  to  discuss  proposals  for  the  closer  union 
of  my  South  African  dominions  still  continues 
I  am  well  assured  that  its 
its  deliberations. 
labours  will  conduce  to  the  abiding  prosperity  of 
the  people  of  South  Africa. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Commons, 

I  thank  you  for  the  provision  which  you  have 

made  for  the  services  of  the  year. 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

The  Kavy  has  been  maintained 

in  a  high 
state  of  efficiency, and  steady  progress  continues 
to  be  made  with 
the 
in  accordance 
Military  Forces  of  the  Crown 
with 
sanctioned  by 
Parliament. 

the  reorganisation  of 

the  principles 

already 

in 
An  Act  has  been  passed  establishing 
Ireland  two  Universities,  to  be  called  respec-
tively  the  Queen's  University  of  Belfast  and 
the  National  University  of  Ireland. 
I  trust 
that 
learning  may  play  an 
important  and  honourable  part  in  the  future 
education  of  the  country. 

seats  of 

both 

I  have  assented  to  a  measure  for  educational 
reform  in  Scotland  which  confers  new  powers  of 
control  over  young  persons  up  to  the  age  of  17, 
improves  the  position  of  the  teacher,  and  con-
solidates  all  Scottish  funds  available  for  the 
their 
promotion  of  education,  and  simplifies 
administration. 
I  regret  that 

in  regard  to  the  controversies 
connected  with  the  subjects  of  licensing  and 
national  education  in  England,  notwithstanding 
the  time  and  labour  which  have  been  given  to 
their  consideration,  no  settlement  has  been 
attained. 

Much-needed  provision  has  been  made  for 
the  Judicial 
affording  judicial  assistance 
Committee  of  the  Privy  Council  and  to  the 
Court  of  Appeal  in  England. 

to 

For  the  purpose  of  improving  the  conditions 
of  labour,  I  have  given  my  assent  to  a  measure 
to  limit  the  daily  hours  worked  below  ground  by 
the  men  and  boys  employed  in  coal  mines. 

A  measure  has  been  passed  largely  extending, 
in  a  variety  of  directions,  the  Law  for  the  pro-
tection  of  children  from  cruelty,  danger,  and 
neglect,  and  reforming  the  methods  for  dealing 
with juvenile  offenders. 

I  have sanctioned  an  Act  for  the  prevention  of 
crime,  through  provision  for  the  reformation  of 
young  offenders 
Institutions,  and 
in  Borstal 
through  the  detention,  under  new  regulations,  of 
habitual  criminals. 

My  assent  has  been  given  to  a  measure  for 
improvement  and  better  administration  of 
the 
the  Port  of  London,  which  closes  a  long  period 
of  uncertainty  detrimental  to  the  commerce  and 
shipping  of  the  capital,  and  which  will,  I  trust, 
afford  a  just  and  comprehensive  settlement  of 
this  intricate  and  important  question. 

A  large  number  of  other  measures  of  public 
utility  have  been  added  to  the  Statute  Book, 
and  amongst  them  several  Acts  of unusual  scope 
and  comprehensiveness  for consolidating  existing 
enactments  in  various  branches  of  the  Law. 

I  thank  you  for  the  zeal  which  has  charac-
terised  your  protracted  and  arduous 
labours, 
and  I  pray  that  they  may  be  rewarded  by  the 
blessing  of  Almighty  God. 

Then  a  Commission  for  proroguing  the  Parlia-

ment  was  read. 

After  which  the  Lord  Chancellor  said  : 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

By  virtue  of  His  Majesty's  Commission, 
under  the  Great  Seal,  to  us  and  other  Lords 
directed,  and  now  read,  we  do, in  His  Majesty's 
Name,  and  in  obedience  to  His  Commands,  pro-
rogue  this  Parliament  to  Tuesday  the  sixteenth 
day  of  February  one  thousand  nine  hundred 
this 
and  nine,  to  be  then  here  holden;  and 
Parliament  is  accordingly  prorogued  to  Tuesday 
the  sixteenth  day  of  February  one 
thousand 
nine  hundred  and  nine. 

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VOLUME. 

Session  1908. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess. 3.  1908. 
ABBOTS   B B O M L EY   C H A R I TY   ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  relating  to  the  Abbots 
Bromley  (Congregational  Chapel)  C h a r i t y;   presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  108.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  150,  176,  200,  210,  219,  224,  226,  236,  252,  255,  268,  287,  306,  311.  Read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  480.  Committee  deferred,  484.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
A m e n d m e n t;   Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  487.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  511. 
{Cited 
as  Abbots  Bromley  Congregational  Chapel  Scheme  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

A B E R D E EN   U N I V E R S I T Y.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 
A B ER   V A L L E YS   G AS   and  "WATER  ;  Vide  R H Y M N EY   and. 
A B ER   V A L L E YS   G AS   and  W A T ER   COMPANY  B I LL   ;  Vide  R H Y M N EY   and  A B ER   V A L L E Y S,   &C.  B I L L. 
A B S E NT   V O T E RS  ;  Bill  to  facilitate  the  recording  of  votes  at  Parliamentary  Elections  by  fishermen,  sailors,  and  other 
persons  liable  to  habitual  absence  from  their  usual  residence  in  pursuit  of  their  calling;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred,  151,  168,  184,  200,  230. 

A C C E SS  to  M O U N T A I NS  ;  Bill  to  secure  to  the  public  the  right  of  Access  to  Mountains  and  Moorlands;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time;  Amendment  proposed, 
"  six  months;  "  Motion  for  adjournment  of  the  Debate  negatived  on  Division  ;  Debate  r e s u m e d;   Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate);  Amendment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Bill  read  a  second  t i m e; 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  negatived  on  Division;  Bill  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  188  (Standing  Committee  A ),   194.  Report  of  names  of  Fifteen  Members  added  to  the 
Committee,  202.  Report  of  names  of  Members  discharged;  others  added,  211,  215,  270,  274,  277,  283,  288,  296, 
301.  Reported  from  the  Standing  Committee,  with  Special  Report,  322. 

A C C E SS  to  M O U N T A I NS  (Scotland)  ;  Bill  to  secure  to  the  public  the  right  of  Access  to  Mountains  and  Moorlands  in 
Scotland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Order  for  Second  Reading  r e a d;   Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  calls  the  attention  of  the  House  to  the  fact  that  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  were  identical  with  some  of  the 
provisions  of  the  Access  to  Mountains  Bill  read  a  second  time  on  15th  M a y;   whereupon  the  Order  was  discharged, 
and  the  Bill  withdrawn,  225. 

ACCOUNTS  A ND   P A P E R S: 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

A B E R D E EN   U N I V E R S I TY   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 4 0 8,   1 4 0 9,   1 4 1 3,   1 4 1 4. 

A C C I D E N T S,   R A I L W AY   ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  1068-1075. 

A C C O U N TS   AND  E S T I M A T ES   (East 

India); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   3 6 5. 

A D J O U R N M E NT   M O T I O NS   U N D ER   S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   N O.   10   :— 

1.  Return  of  Motions  for  Adjournment under  Standing  Order  No.  10  in  Session  1908;) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  360.) I 
- 

printed  492 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

488 

492 

A D M I R A L TY   C A S U A L T I E S,   &C.  :— 

2.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  375 

- 

(Sess.  Papers.  No.  270.) 

215 

375 

A D M I R A L TY   D E P A R T M E NT   (P u b l ic   Records); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1 0 5 3. 

A D V I S O RY   AND  L E G I S L A T I VE   C O U N C I LS   (E a st   India); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  3 6 6,   3 6 7. 

A F R I CA   :— 

No.  I,  1908: 

3.  Correspondence  respecting  the  Independent  State  of  the  Congo 

-

No.  2,  1908  : 

4.  F u r t h er   Correspondence  respecting  the  Independent  State  of  the  Congo 

No.  3,  1908: 

5.  Correspondence  respecting  Taxation  of  Natives  in  the  Congo  State 

-

No.  4,  1908  : 

6.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  Taxation  of  Natives  in  the  Congo  State 

No.  5,  1908  : 

7.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  Taxation  of  Natives  in  the  Congo  State 

-

-

f  King's 
|  Command. 

j  King's 
(  Command. 

J  King's 
1 Command. 

f  King's 
-J  Command 
(Recess). 
! 

j  King's 
|  Command. 

56 

211 

249 

392 

455 

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[I903. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PA   PEES—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

A F R I C AN   L I Q U OR   T R A F F IC  

(T r e a ty   Series); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1 3 3 8. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   STATISTICS  {Ireland) 

:— 

8.  Agricultural  Statistics  for  1906 
8.  Agricultural  Statistics  for  1906 

.
.

.
.

.. 
.. 

9.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

for  1907 

-

10.  Return  of  Prices  of  Crops,  Live  Stock,  &c.,  for  1906 

-

11.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

for  1907 

12.  Table  showing  the  extent  in  Statute  Acres  and  the  produce  of  the  Crops  for  1907 

-

•  13.  Abstracts  showing  acreage  under  Crops,  number  of  Live  Stock,  &c.,  for  1906-7 
•  13.  Abstracts  showing  acreage  under  Crops,  number  of  Live  Stock,  &c.,  for  1906-7 

14.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

for  1 9 0 7 -8 

Agricultural  Labourers: 

C  King's 
C  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
( 
(Recess). 
f  King's 
i Command, 
f  King's 
1  Command. 
(  King's 
)  Command. 
(  King's 
{ Command. 
(  King's 
(  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
I  (Recess). 
I  (Recess). 
(  King's 
(  King's 
\  Command 
\  Command 
(Recess). 
I 
(Recess). 
I 

8 

4 05 

8 

507 

14 

8 

394 

15.  Report  and  Tables  relating  to  Irish  Agricultural  Labourers,  for  1907-8  -

1  King's 
1  King's 
|  Command. 
|  Command. 

225 

A G R I C U L T U RE   AND  F I S H E R I E S,   B O A RD   OF  ;  «.  ACCOUNTS,  N o s.   8 5 - 1 0 3. 

A L D E R N EY   M A IL   S E R V I CE   :— 

16.  Contract  of  28th  September  1907  relative  thereto  and  Treasury  Minute  thereon  ; i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  23.) ) 

printed  17 

--

--

--

--

- 

A L I E NS   A C T,   1 9 05   :— 

17.  Second  Annual  Report,  for  the  year  1907 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

18.  Return  of  Alien  Passengers  brought  to  the  United  Kingdom  during 

three) 
months  ending  31st  December  1907, with  number  of  Expulsion  Orders  for  the  same > 
period 

the 

-' 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

ending  31st  March  1908,  with  number  of  Expulsion  i 
-) 

Orders  for  the  same  period  - 

- 

- 

- 

20.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

-  ending  30th  J u ne   1908,  with  number  of  Expulsion  ) 
- ) 

Orders  for  the  same  period  - 

- 

- 

- 

21.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

ending 

30th  September  1908,  with  number  of i 
- F 

Expulsion  Orders  for  the  same  period  - 

- 

A L I E NS   (N a t u r a l i s a t i o n)   :— 

22.  Return  relative  t h e r e t o;   printed  64  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  75.) 

A L K A L I,   &C.  W O R KS   R E G U L A T I ON   A C T,   1 9 0 6 :— 

15 
15 

17 
17 

[  King's 
( Command. 

King's 
King's 
Command 
Command 
(Recess). 

King's 
King's 
Command. 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

f by  Address, 
f by  Address, 
I 
I 

35 
35 

194 

6 

169 
169 

344 
344 

432 
432 

63 

23.  Forty-fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the  Act,  being  for  1907;  J 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  182.) 1 

printed  260 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

260 
260 

A R K L OW   H A R B O UR   :— 

24.  Report  of  the  Harbour  Commissioners,  with  Accounts,  for  1907 

-

by  Act. 

148 

A R MY   :— 

25.  New  Edition  of  Rules of  Procedure  for  Courts-Martial 

-

-

-

-

--

by  Act. 

26.  Return  showing  Strength  of  each  I n f a n t ry   Battalion  and  Battery  of  Artillery  on  the i 
26.  Return  showing  Strength  of  each  I n f a n t ry   Battalion  and  Battery  of  Artillery  on  the i 
-) 
-) 

Home  Establishment  on  1st  February  1908 
Home  Establishment  on  1st  February  1908 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

27.  Report  on  Treatment  of  Soldiers  invalided  for  Tuberculosis 

-

28.  Schemes  for  the  constitution  of  Territorial  Force  Associations 

-

29.  Revised  Forms  of  Attestation  for  the  Territorial  Force 

-

-

-

-

--

30.  General  Annual  Report  for  the  year  ending  30th  September  1907  - 

31.  Statements  relative  to  Special  Reservists  and  Militiamen 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

32.  Report  of  the  Advisory  Board,  London  School  of  Economics,  on  the  Course  for  the  | 
f 

Training  of  Officers,  1908 

33.  Rules  of  Procedure  for  Courts-Martial 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

35.  Regulations  for  the  Army  Reserve 

36.  Statement  showing  Strength  in  October  1908  compared  with  October  1907 

37.  Report  on  steps  taken  to  provide  Technical  Instruction  to  Soldiers  in  1907 

King's 
Command. 
King's 
) Command, 
(  King's 
J Command, 
j  King's 
1  Command. 
(  King's 
1  Command. 
(  King's 
j Command. 

King's 
Command. 

(  King's 
|  Command. 
f  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
|  King's 
( Command. 
|  King's 
( Command. 

15 

73 

81 

81 

88 

129 

253 

321 

321 

321 

321 

428 

461 

 
 
 
 
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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

AKMY—continued. 

Appropriation  Account.'. 

38.  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums  granted  by  Parliament  for  Army  Services J 
for  the  year  1906-7,  with  Reports  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  G e n e r a l;  > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  51.) ) 
printed  43 

- 

Clothing  Factory: 

39.  Annual  Accounts  of  the  Army  Clothing  Factory  for  1906-7,  with  Report  of i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  54.) ) 

the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  43  - 

- 

Estimates 

(1908-9): 

40.  Army  Estimates  of  Effective  and  Non-effective  Services  for  the  year  ending  31st) 
-1 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  49.)  j 

March  1909  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  4 0;   printed  40 

Estimates,  Memorandum  on : 

41.  Memorandum  relating  to  the  A r my   Estimates  for  1908-9 

- 

- 

- 

-

Imperial  Yeomanry: 

42.  Training  Return  for  1907 

Medical  Department: 
43.  Report  of  the  Department  for  1906 

44.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

for  1907 

- 

- 

Military  Prisons  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  804,  805. 

Military  Savings  Banks  : 

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

-

45.  Statement  of  amount  due  by  the  public  to  depositors  on  31st  March  1906,  and  of) 
interest,  and  disbursements  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907;  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  78.)  j 
- 

receipts, 
printed  72 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  840. 

Military  Works: 

46.  Estimate  of  Expenditure  for  1908-9  under  the  Military  Works  Acts,  1897,  1899,  ) 
( 

1901, and  1903 

- 

Militia  Units: 

47.  Return  showing  the  Establishment  of  each  Unit  of  Militia  at  the  Training  of  1907 

-

Ordnance  Factories: 

48.  Annual  Accounts  of 

the  Ordnance  Factories  for  1906-7,  with  Report  of 

the  j 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  52.) I 

Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  43 

- 

- 

Ordnance  Factories  {Appropriation  Account): 

49.  Appropriation  Account  of 

the  Ordnance  j 
Factories  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907, with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  53.)] 
Auditor  General;  printed  43 

the  sums  granted  by  Parliament  for 

Ordnance  Factories  (Estimate,  1908-9)  : 

50.  Estimate  of  the  sum  required  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909,  to  defray  the") 
expense  of  the  Ordnan ce  Factories;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  40  ; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  50.)j 
printed  40 

Pay,  Non-effective  Pay,  and  Allowances: 
51.  List  of  Exceptions  sanctioned  during  the  year  1907-8 

Prize  Money  and  Legacy  Funds  (Chelsea  Hospital)-,  v.  Accounts,  No.  198. 
Public  Accounts  {Army  Votes);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1034. 

Reserve: 

« 

52.  F u r t h er   Regulations  relating  to  the  Army  Reserve  (including  Special  Reserve) 

Special  Reserve: 

53.  Attestation  for  enlisting  Special  Reservists 

54.  Regulations  for  the  Special  Reserve 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

_ 

_ 

_ 

Special  Pensions : 

55.  Return,  for  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  of  Pensions  specially  granted 

-

Superannuation  Act,  1887  {Army  and  Navy  Officers)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1214. 

Supplementary  Estimate  (1907-8)  : 

56.  Supplementary  Estimate  for  the  Army  for  the  year  1907-8  ;  referred  to  the  Com-) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  28.)J 

mittee  of  Supply,  29 ;  printed  24 

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3  u  4 

519 

Presented, 

43 

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40 

57 

15 

6 

394 

71 

141 

146 

43 

43 

40 

325 

496 

14 

207 

341 

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[I903. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

ARMY  —^continued. 

Territorial  Force: 

57.  Regulations  for  the  Territorial  Force 

- 

- 

- 

-

58.  Further  Regulations  for  the  Territorial  Force 

-

-

-

-

--

59.  Regulations  for  the  Territorial  Force  and  the  County  Associations,  1908 

60.  Report  on  the  Medical  Service  of  the  Territorial  Force 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Volunteer  Corps: 

61.  Annual  Return  for  1907 

-

A R U N D EL   P O R T :— 

62.  Annual  Report  and  General  Account  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  year  ended  25th  i 
) 

March  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Aot. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 
L  King's 
J  Command. 

I  King's 
I  Command. 

207 

496 

299 
352 

148 
148 

by  Act. 

243 

ASHANTI  (Colonial   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   241. 

A S IA   M I N OR  

:— 

63.  Report  on  Cotton  Cultivation 

- 

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--

--

--

A S S I Z ES   ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  1173,  1438-1440. 

A U G M E N T A T I ON   OP  B E N E F I C ES  

:— 

64.  Return  of  Proceedings  under 
- 

7th  February  1908 

- 

the  Augmentation  of  Benefices  Act,  1863,  till 
_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

-

(  King's 
(  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

392 

t h e) 
_J 

by  Act. 

33 

A U S T R A L A S IA  

:— 

65.  Correspondence  relating  to  Naval  Defence 

- 

. 

[  King's 
j  Command. 

398 

A U S T R A L IA  

:— 

66.  Despatch  enclosing  Navigation  Bill,  1907  (Commonwealth  of  Australia) 

BAHAMAS  (Colonial   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  231,  244. 

B A N K I N G,   R A I L W A Y,   AND  S H I P P I NG   S T A T I S T I CS   (Ireland) 

:— 

67.  Report  thereon  for  the  half-year  ended  30th  June  1907 
67.  Report  thereon  for  the  half-year  ended  30th  June  1907 

68.  Ditto 

69.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

31st  December  1907 

30th  J u ne   1908 

- 

-

- 

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B A NK   OF   E N G L A N D :— 

70.  Return  of  the  amount  of  Notes  issued  more  than  forty  y e a rs   which  have  not  been \ 
-) 

presented  for  payment,  written  off on  13th  November  1907 

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- 

71.  Ditto 

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ditto 

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28th  October  1908 

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72.  Accounts  of  Exchequer  Bills,  &c.,  and  of  sums  issued  for  the  payment  of  Dividends,) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  26.) ) 

&c.,  for  the  year  ending  5th  J a n u a ry   1908  ;  printed  17 

- 

73.  Applications  to  the  Governor  and  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Bank  of  England  for) 
Advances  to  Government,  authorised  by  Parliament,  from  5th  J a n u a ry   1907  to 5th  j-
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  34.)  j 
January  1908  ;  printed  27 

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B A N K R U P T CY   :— 

74.  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  on  Bankruptcy;  printed  357 ) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  254.) 1 

General  Rules  : 
75.  Rules  dated  6 th  J u ly   1908 

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76.  Rule  dated  20th  August  1908 

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BANKRUPTCY  ACT,  1883  (P r o c e e d i n g s ) :— 

77.  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure 

during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908;  printed  148.  - 

in  Bankruptcy  Proceedings  under  the  Act ^ 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  124.) i 

(  King's 
(  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
(Hecess). 
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1  King's 
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<  Command 
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(Recem). 
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j  Command. 
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357 

404 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

1 47 
1 47 

B A N K R U P T CY   C O U R TS   (I r e l a n d ) :— 

78.  Returns  of  the  Official Assignees  for  1907 

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BANKRUPTCY  LAW  AMENDMENT  (D e p a r t m e n t al   Committee) 

:— 

79.  Report  of  Committee  thereon 

- 

. 

B A R B A D O S :— 

Treaty  Series;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1345. 
Colonial  Reports  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  250. 

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80.  Report  of  Proceedings  of  National  Council,  1908 

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521 

Presented. 

357 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  No.  234. 

BATH  (Polling   Districts) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  No.  957. 

B E C H U A N A L A ND   (C o l o n i al   Reports) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  2 3 1. 

B E L F A ST  

:— 

Queen's  College;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1064. 
University  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  643,  650. 

B E L F A ST   H E A L TH   COMMISSION  :— 

81.  Report  to  Local  Government  Board 

B E L G I UM   (T r e a ty   Series); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 3 2 8,   1 3 6 2. 

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B E N W E LL   AND  W H I T E H A Y EN   C O L L I E R I ES  

(E x p l o s i o n );   v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   4 6 3. 

B E R M U DA   (C o l o n i al   Reports) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  2 4 4. 

BERKS  {Inquiry 

into  Charities)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  572-578. 

B I L L S,   P R I V A TE   ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1 0 2 8. 

B I L L S,   P U B L IC   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1 0 3 8. 

B I R T H S,   D E A T H S,   AND  M A R R I A G ES  

:— 

82.  Sixty-ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Registrar  General  for  England  and  Wales,  1906  -

Scotland: 

83.  Fifty-second  detailed  Annual  Report  (Abstracts  of  1906) 

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84.  Fifty-third  Annual  Report, 
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Yaccination 

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- 

for  1907,  and  Forty-third  Annual  Report 
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on) 
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B O A RD   OF   A G R I C U L T U RE   AND  F I S H E R I E S :— 

85.  A.nnual  Report  for  1906  of  Proceedings  under  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts  and 
the Merchandise  Marks  Acts and other  Acts 

86.  Ditto 

87.  Ditto 

88.  Ditto 

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- 

- 

' 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

for  1907 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

under  the  Acts  relating  to  Sea  Fisheries 

under  the  Tithe  Acts  and  other  A c t s-

under 

the  Diseases  of  Animals  Acts  and) 
_) 

other  Acts 

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89.  Ditto 

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- 

-  ditto 

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under  the  Salmon  and  Freshwater  Fisheries  j 

90.  Report  on  Researches  on  the  Plaice  Fisheries  of  the  North  Sea.  Vol.  I. 

Acts 

- 

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-f 

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91.  Return  of  Steam  Trawlers  in  Western  Europe  in  1907 
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92.  Interim  Report  of  Proceedings  under  the  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  Acts  to 

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30th  J u ne   1908  - 

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93.  Report  of  Proceedings  at  the  Eighteenth  Annual  Meeting  of  Authorities  under  the ) 
_} 
- 

Sea  Fisheries  Regulation  Act,  1888 

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94.  Annual  Report  for  1907  of  Proceedings under  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts  and 

other  Acts 

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95.  Ditto 

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- 

-  ditto  • 

-  under 

the  Destructive 

Insects  and  P e s t s; 

Acts,  &c. 

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Agricultural  Statistics  : 

96.  Agricultural  Statistics  for  1906.  P a rt   IV.,  Colonial  and  Foreign  Statistics 

97.  Ditto 

98.  Ditto 

99.  Ditto 

100.  Ditto 

-  for  1907.  P a rt  

I.,  Acreage  and  Live  Stock 

-  for  1907.  P a rt   I I .,   Produce  of  Crops 

-

-  for  1907.  P a rt   I I I .,   Prices  and  Supplies  of  Corn,  &c.  -

-  for  1907.  P a rt   IV.,  Colonial  and  Foreign  Statistics 

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Distribution  of  Grants: 

101.  Annual  Report  for  1906-7 

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Departmental  Committee: 

102.  Report  of  Committee  on  Agricultural  Education  in  England  and  Wales 

103.  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before  the  Committee 

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104.  Reports  from  University  Colleges,  1907 

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105.  Report  on  Charitable  Endowments  in  Kent 

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106.  Correspondence  on  Teachers'  Salaries  in  Merionethshire  - 

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107.  Report  oh  the  Training  of  Pupil  Teachers  in  Wales,  including  Monmouthshire 

108.  Statistics  of  Public  Education  in  England  and  Wales,  1905-6-7 

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109.  Regulations  for  Special  Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  Local  Education  Authorities  in 

England  and  Wales,  1907-8 

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110.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  1906-7 

111.  Building  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  and  Pupil-Teacher  Centres  - 

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112.  List  of  Public  Elementary  Schools  in  England  (excluding  Monmouthshire)  on  > 

1st  August  1907 

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. "J 

113.  Amending  Order  No.  3,  amending  Final  Order  No.  42  under  Education  Act,  1902,) 
(Sess,  Papers,  No.  17.)) 

printed  8 

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114.  List  of  Evening  Schools  under  the  Board  for  the  school  year  1905-6 

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115.  Regulations  affecting  the 

England  (excluding  Monmouthshire)  as  Certified  Efficient  Schools 

recognition  by  the  Board  of  Elementary  Schools  in j 
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116.  Report  on  the  Consultative  Committee  on  Devolution  in  County  Areas 

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117.  Supplementary  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  in  Wales,  including  Monmouth- ) 
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118.  List  of  Schools  for  Blind  and  otherwise  defective  Children  in  England  and  Wales  on ) 
-J 
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lst  August  1907 

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119.  London  County  Council  Syllabus  -

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120.  Report  on  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum^  the  Royal  College  of  Science  and  Art,  j 
the  Geological  Survey  and  Museum,  and  on  the  work  of  the  Solar  Phvsics > 
Committee,  for  1906 

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121  Regulations  affecting the  recognition  by  the  Board  of  Elementary  Schools  in  Wales ) 
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and  Monmouthshire  as  Certified  Efficient  Schools 

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122.  List  of  Public  Elementary  Schools  and  Certified  Efficient  Schools  in  Wales,  in-1 
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eluding  Monmouthshire,  on  lst  August  1907 

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123.  Statement  showing  applications  from  Local  Authorities  for  Special  Grants  for / 
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building  of  new  Schools 

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124.  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  from  lst  August  1908,  excluding  Wales  and \ 
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Monmouthshire 

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125.  Regulations  for  Preliminary  Instruction  of  Elementary  School  Teachers,  excluding i 

126.  Regulations  for  Preliminary  Instruction  of  Elementary  School  Teachers  in  Wales, > 
- 

including  Monmouthshire 

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127.  List  of  Boroughs  and  Urban  Districts  containing  one  Public  Elementary  School 

128.  Statement  as  to  the  Age  at  which  compulsory  Education  ceases  in  certain  Foreign i 
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129.  Memorandum  on  Rating  in  Quebec  and  Ontario 

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130.  Regulations  for  Secondary  Schools  from  lst  August  1908  in  Wales  and  Monmouth- ^ 
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shire  - 

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131.  Regulations  for  Public  Elementary  Schools  (excluding  Wales  and  Monmouthshire),) 
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1908  - 

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132.  Minute  modifying  Regulations  for  Schools  for  Blind,  Deaf,  Defective,  and  Epileptic ) 
f 

Children 

133.  Regulations  for  Training  of  Teachers  for  Elementary  Schools  from  lst  August  1908 

134.  Code  of  Regulations  for  Public  Elementary  Schools  in  Wales  and  Monmouthshire, i 
} 
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Presented. 

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135.  Regulations  for  Training  of  Teachers  of  Domestic  Subjects  from  1st  August  1908 

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136.  Regulations  for  the  Training  of  Teachers  for  Secondary  Schools 

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137.  Scheme  for  a  new  Teachers  Registration  Council 

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138.  Regulations  for  Technical  Schools  of  Art  and  other  forms  of  provision  of  further i 
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Education  in  England  and  Wales  for  the  year  ending  31st  J u ly   1909 

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139.  Regulations  relating  to  the  Victoria  and  Albert  and  other  Museums 

140.  Statement  relating  to  Waiver  Resolutions  for  Secondary  Schools 

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141.  Report  of  Consultative  Committee  on  Children  below  the  A ge   of  Five 

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142.  Outline  of  Conditions  affecting Agricultural  Education 

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143.  Statistics  of  Public  Education,  1906-7-8.  P a rt   I.,  Educational  Statistics 

144.  List  of  Schools  for  Blind  and  otherwise  defective  Children  in  England  and  Wales  on ) 
f 

31st  July  1908 

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145.  List  of  Secondary  Schools  in  England,  and  of  Pupil-Teacher  Centres,  1907-8  -

146.  Report  of  Committee  of  Rearrangement,  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum 

147.  Regulations  providing  for  Special  Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  Authorities 

148.  Scheme  for  a  new  Teachers  Registration  Council 

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- 

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149.  Statement  as  to  Expenditure  on  Maintenance  of  Public  Elementary  Schools 

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150.  F u r t h er   Statement  as  to  Grants  for  building  new  Public  Elementary  Schools  -

151.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Education  Bill 

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152.  Report  on  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  the  Royal  College  of  Science  and  A r t ,) 
the  Solar  Physics > 
_j 

the  Geological  Survey  and  Museum,  and  on  the  work  of 
- 
Committee,  for  1907 

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- 

- 

- 

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- 

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- 

153  Reports  from  Universities  and  University  Colleges  in  1906-7  - 

Special  Reports  : 

154.  Special  Reports  on  Educational  Subjects.  Vols.  18,  19,  and  21 

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B O A RD   OP   T R A DE  

:— 

Labour  Department  : 

155.  Twelfth  Abstract  of  Labour  Statistics  of  the  United  Kingdom,  1906-7 

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Labour  Department  (Changes  in  Wages,  8fc.) : 

156.  Report  of  the  Department  on  changes  in  Wages  and  H o u rs   of  Labour  in  1907 

Strikes  and  Lock-outs;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1181. 

B O I L ER   E X P L O S I O NS   A C T S,   1 8 82   A ND   1 8 9 0 :— 

157.  Report  of  the  working  thereof,  with  Appendices 

- 

-

BOYCOTTING 

(Ireland):— 

158.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  93  - 

- 

- 

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- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  89.) 

B R A Z IL   (M i s c e l l a n e o u s,   No.  9,   1 9 0 8 );   v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 5 4. 

B R E R E T ON   C O L L I E R I ES   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 2 0. 

B R E W E R S'   L I C E N C ES  

:— 

159.  Return  relative  thereto  for  the  year  ending  30th  September  1907  ;  printed  27  - 

- ) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  32.) J 

B R I D L I N G T ON   P I E RS   A ND   H A R B O UR  

:— 

160.  Abstract  of  General  Annual  Account  of  the  Commissioners  f or   the  year  ending ( 

26th  J u ly   1907  - 

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B R I T I SH   CENTRAL  A F R I CA   (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231. 

B R I T I SH   GUIANA  (Colonial  Reports)-, 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o s.   231,  2 5 2. 

BRITISH  HONDURAS  (Colonial   Reports)  -,  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  2 3 1,   2 4 4. 

B R I T I SH   M U S E U M . :— 
161.  Accounts  of 

the  Special  Trust  Funds  of  the  Museum 

for  the  year  ending) 
31st  March  1908,  and  of  the  number  of  persons  admitted  to  visit  the  Museum  ( 
and  Natural  History  Museum  in  each  year  from  1902  to  1907,  &c.  ;  printed  156  -
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  131.) 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3  7t  2 

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312 

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'<  B U I L D I NG   A C C I D E N TS   (D e p a r t m e n t al  

Committee):— 

162.  Report  of  Committee  tnereon,  with  D r a ft   Regulations,  &c. 

B U I L D I NG   O P E R A T I O NS   AND  E N G I N E E R I NG   W O R KS   B I LL  

:— 

163.  Return  relative  thereto  printed  343 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  243.) 

B U I L D I NG   S O C I E T I ES  

:— 

164.  Thirteenth  Annual  Report  by 

the  Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly  Societies  of  j 

Proceedings  under  the  Building  Societies  Acts,  for  1907  ;  printed  302  - 

- 

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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  211.)  | 

BULGARIA  (T r e a ty   Series)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS. 1339,  1369,  1370. 

B U S I N E SS   OP  THE  H O U SE   :— 

165.  Manual  of  Procedure  (Second  Edition)  - 

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BUSINESS  OF  THE  HOUSE  (D a ys   occupied  by  Government  and  by  Private  .Members)  :— 

166,  Return  relative  thereto  for  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  362.) 

CAICOS  ISLANDS  (C o l o n i al   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o s.   2 3 1,   2 4 5,   2 5 4. 

C A L E D O N I AN   C A N AL  

:— 

167.  One  Hundred  and  Thirl  Report  of the  Commissioners  ; printed  363  - 

- i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  262.)  < 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented, 

j  King's 
j  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
1  (Mecess). 

(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
( 
( 

341 
341 

6 

343 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

302 
302 

1  Laid  upon 
<  the  Table  by 
(  Mr.  Speaker 

147 

489 

492 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

363 
363 

C A M B R I D G E,   U N I V E R S I TY   OF  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   1 3 9 3,   1 3 9 4. 

CANADA 

:— 

168.  Papers  relative  to  Land  Taxation  - 

169.  Report  on  Immigration  of  Asiatics 
Trade  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1304. 

C A N C ER   R E S E A R CH   ( 

Colonies):— 

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170.  F u r t h er   Correspondence  relating  to  Cancer  Research  Scheme  -

C A PE   OP  G O OD   H O PE   O B S E R V A T O RY   :—  

171.  Reports  thereon  for  the  years  1906  and  1907  - 

C A RE   AND  C O N T R OL   OF  T HE   F E E B L E - M I N D ED   :— 

172.  Report  of  the  Royal  Commission.  Yol.  V I I I.  

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173.  Ditto 

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ditto 

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-  Vols.  I.  to  V I I. 

CARNARVON  (Polling   Districts) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  958. 

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(  King's 
X  Command 
X  Command 
(Reccss). 
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341 

C A T T LE   D R I V ES  

(I r e l a n d)   :— 
174.  Return  relative  t h e r e t o;   printed  417 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  310.) 

405 

414 

C E N S US   OF  P R O D U C T I ON   A C T,   1 9 0 6:   — 
175.  Rules  made  under  the  Act 

- 

176.  Ditto 

177.  Ditto 
178.  Ditto 

179.  Ditto 

180.  Ditto 

181.  Ditto 
182.  Ditto 

183.  Ditto 

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by  Act. 

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50 

228 

250 
292 

333 

4 05 
422 

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432 

4 45 

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461 
481 
492 
496 

504 

C E Y L O N :— 

191.  Correspondence  relating  to  consumption  of  Opium  - 
—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  238,  254. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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(  King's 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
|  Command. 

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C H A M B ER   OF   L O N D ON   :  — 

192.  Annual  Accounts  of  the  Chamberlain  of  London  for  1907  ;  printed  352 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  251.) } 

C H A R I T A B LE   D O N A T I O NS   A ND   B E Q U E S TS   (I r e l a n d)   -.— 

193.  Sixty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners 

C H A R I T A B LE   E N D O W M E N T S:   — 

Berks  (Inquiry 

into  Charities)  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  572-578. 

Devon  {Inquiry 

into  Charities)',  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  580-584. 

Exeter  {Inquiry 

into  Charities)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  585. 

Lancaster  (Inquiry  into  Charities)  :  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  586-588. 

London 

(Inquiry  into  Charities);  ».  Accounts,  No.  589. 

Saint  Helens  {Inquiry 

into  Charities)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  590. 

Wilts  {Inquiry  into  Charities)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  591. 

CHARITY  COMMISSION  {England  and  Wales)  -.— 

194.  Fifty-fifth Report  of  the  Commissioners,  for  1907 

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C H E C K I NG   OF   P I E C E - W O RK   W A G ES   IN  D O CK   L A B O UR  

{Departmental 

195.  Report  of  Committee  thereon  (with  Evidence,  &c.) 

Committee) 
- 

- 

:— 
- 

C H E C K W E I G H I NG   AT  L I ME   A ND   C E M E NT   W O R K S,   &C.  {Departmental  Committee)  -.— 
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196.  Report  of  Committee  thereon 

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C H E C K W E I G H I NG  

IN   T HE  

I R ON   A ND   S T E EL   T R A D ES   {Departmental 

Committee)-.— 

197.  Report  of  Committee  thereon  (with  Evidence,  &c.) 

C H E L S EA   H O S P I T AL   {Army  Prize  Money  and  Legacy  Funds)  :— 

198.  Accounts  (for  Services  other  than  those  voted  by  Parliament)  for  the  year  ended) 

31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of 
printed  43 

- 

- 

- 

- 

the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  V 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  56.)) 

- 

- 

- 

C H I L D R EN   B I LL  

:— 

199.  Table  of  Comparison  between  the  Bill  and  existing  Enactments 

C H I L D R EN   U N D ER   T HE   P O OR   L AW  

:— 

200.  Report  thereon 

C H I N A :— 

No.  1,  1 9 08   : 

201.  Correspondence  respecting  the  Opium  Question,  with  Map 

- 

No.  2,  1908: 

202.  General  Report   r e s p e c t i ng   the  Opium  Question 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

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C H U R CH   E S T A T ES   C O M M I S S I ON  

:— 

203.  Fifty-seventh  Report  from  the  Commissioners,  for the  year preceding  lst  March  1908 

C H U R CH   T E M P O R A L I T I ES   (I r e l a n d)   -.— 

204.  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  upon  the  Account  of  the  Irish  L a nd   j 
Commission in  respect  of  Church  Temporalities  for the  year  ended  31st  March  1907  ;  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  29.) j 
printed  2 4 

- 

C I V IL   C O N T I N G E N C I ES   F U N D,   1 9 0 6 -7  

:— 

205.  Accounts  of  the  F u nd   for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  and  Correspondence  ) 
-  t 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  21.) j 

with  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon;  printed  17 

- 

- 

C I V IL   C O N T I N G E N C I ES   F U N D,  

1 9 0 7 - 8 :— 

206.  Accounts  of  the  Fund  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  and  Correspondence) 
-I 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  N o.   3 3 2 . )) 

with  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon;  printed  452  - 

- 

C I V IL   L I ST   P E N S I O NS  

:— 

207.  List  of  all  Pensions granted  during the  year  ending 31st March  1908, and  charged  upon 
>n) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  199.) 
.yf 
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t he   C i v il   L i s t;   printed 

2 76  

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C I V IL   S E R V A N TS   (R e t i r e m e nt   at 

the  Age  of  Sixty-Jive) 

:— 

208.  Treasury  Minute  stating  the  circumstances  under  which  certain  Civil  Servants  have) 

been  retained  in  the  Service  after  they  have  attained  the  Age  of  Sixty-five  ;  > 
printed  382  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  286.)) 

VOL.  163.  —  Sess.  1908. 

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C I V IL   S E R V I CE   C O M M I S S I ON  

:— 

209.  Fifty-second  Eeport  of  the  Commissioners,  with  Appendices 

-

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S :— 

Civil  Services  aud  Revenue  Departments  {Appropriation  Accounts)  : 

210.  Appropriation  Accounts of  the  sums granted  by  Parliament  for Civil  Services,  Classes  ) 
I.   to  V I I .,   and  the  Eevenue  Departments,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  ( 
-f 
- 
with  Reports  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  28 
(Sess.  Papers, No.  37.) J 

- 

Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments  ( Estimates,  1908-9)  : 

211.  Estimates  for  Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments  for  the  year  ending  31st V 
the  Treasury ( 
-i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  79.)) 

March  1909,  with  Memorandum  by 
relating  thereto;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  72;  printed  12 

the  Financial  Secretary  to 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 

(Supplementary  Estimates,  1907-8)  : 

212.  Estimate  of  the  further  sums  required  for  the  Service  of  the  year  ending  3 lst  March ) 
1908  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  29  ;  printed  24  (Sess.  Papers,  No. 27.) 1 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue Departments 

(Supplementary  Estimates,  1907-8): 

213.  Estimate  of  the  further  sums  required  for  the  Civil  Services  for  the  year  ending) 

31st  March  1908  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  29  ;  printed  28 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  35.)  j 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments,  1908-9  (  Vote on  Account)  : 

214.  Estimate  showing  the  several  Services  for  which  a  Vote  on  Account  is  required  for ) 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1909;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  75  ;  V 
printed  75 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  82.)) 

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Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Estimate,  1908-9)  : 

215.  Estimate  of  the  further  amount  required  for  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings  in  j 
the  year  ending  31st  March  1909;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  1 2 5 ;/ 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  105.) 
printed  125 

-• 

- 

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- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Estimates,  1908-9)  : 

216.  Estimate  of  the  further  sums  required  for  Stationery  and  Printing  for  the  year J 
ending  31st  March  1909;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  178 ;  printed  178  -  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  141.) ) 

Civil  Services  {Supplementary  Estimate, 

1 9 0 8 — 9)   : 

217.  Estimate  of  the  further  amount  required  for  Public  Education  (Ireland)  in  the  year) 
ending  31st  March  1909  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  265  ;  printed  265 > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  186.) ) 

Civil  Service  Estimates,  1908-9  : 

218.  Revised  Estimate,  Class  V I I .,   Vote  4  (Ireland  Development  Grant)  ;  referred  to / 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  187.) J 

the  Committee  of  Supply,  265  ;  printed  265  - 

Civil  Services  {Supplementary  Estimates,  1908-9)  : 

219.  Estimate  of  the  further  sum  required  for  the  Service  of  the  year  ending  31sf  March ) 
-> 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  Nol  229.)) 

1909 ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  329  ;  printed  329 

- 

- 

Civil  Services,  1908—9  (Superannuation and  Retired  Allowances): 

220.  Appendix  to  Estimate,  Class  V I .,   Vote  1;   printed 

169- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  190.) 

Civil  Services  {Supplementary  Estimate,  1908—9)  : 

221.  Revised  Estimate  of  the  further  amount  required  for  Public  Education  (Ireland)  j 
in  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  357  ;  > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  255.)  j 
printed  357  - 

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222.  Return  of  amount  payable  on  5th  J a n u a ry   1908  for  ecclesiastical  purposes  in  the ) 
-I 
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W e st   Indies 

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CLOSURE  OP  DEBATE  (S t a n d i ng   Order  No.  2 6 ) :— 
Jeturn  respecting  application  of 
during  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

223.  Return  respecting  application  of  Standing  Order  No.  28  (Closure  of  Debate) ) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  361.)) 

- 

C L O T H I NG   F A C T O RY   {Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 9. 

C O AL   E X P O R T S,   & c . :— 

224.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1907  ;  printed  118 

^Sess.  Papers,  No.  100.) 

C O A L,   P R I C ES   OF   E X P O R T ED   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   1 0 2 1. 

Presented. 

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Presented. 

C O AL   T A B L E S,   1 9 0 7 :— 

225.  Statistical  Tables  relating  to  the  production  and  consumption,  &c.  of  Coal  in  j 
-I 
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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  377.)] 

certain  countries  in  each  year  from  1885  to  1907 ;  printed  509 

- 

- 

C O A ST   G U A RD  

:— 

226.  Report  of  t he   Interdepartmental  Conference  thereon 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

C O L L E GE   C H A R T ER   A C T,  

1 8 7 1 :— 

227.  Application  under  the  Act  for the  establishment  of  a  University  at  Bristol;  printed  / 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  329.) ( 

449 

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- 

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- 

383 

509 

f  King's 
f  King's 
j  Command. 
j  Command. 

1 87 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

448 
448 

COLOMBIA  (T r e a ty   Series); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1343. 

C O L O N I AL  

I M P O RT   D U T I E S,   1 9 08  
228.  Return  relating  thereto  for  1908 

:— 

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432 

C O L O N I AL   O F F I CE   (New  Zealand  Company)  P U B L IC   R E C O R DS   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 0 5 6. 

C O L O N I AL   O F F I CE   (R e o r g a n i s a t i o n)   :  — 

229.  Despatch  thereon  to  the  Governors  of  self-governing  Colonies 
229.  Despatch  thereon  to  the  Governors  of  self-governing  Colonies 

-
-

[  King's 
•<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

C O L O N I AL   P R I S O N E K S'   R E M O V AL   A C T,   1 8 84   :— 

230.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  Colonial  Prisoners'  Removal  Order  in  Council,  1907  -

by  Act. 

C O L O N I AL   R E P O R T S :— 

Annual: 

231.  Reports,  Nos.  536  (Gambia),  537  (British  Central  Africa  Protectorate),  538 
(Bechuanaland  Protectorate),  539  (Leeward  Islands),  540  (Straits  Settlements), 
541  (Turks  and  Caicos  Islands),  542  (Somaliland  Protectorate),  543  (Bahamas), 
544  (Barbados),  545  (Trinidad  and  Tobago),  546  (Grenada),  547  (Mauritius),  548 f 
(Fiji),  549  (Jamaica),  550  (British  Guiana;,  551  (Northern  Nigeria),  552  (British 
Honduras),  553  (Saint  Lucia) 

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232.  Report,  No.  554  (Southern  Nigeria) 

233.  Report,  No.  555  (Saint  Vincent) 

234.  Report,  No.  556  (Basutoland) 

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235.  Reports,  Nos.  557  (East  Africa  Protectorate)  and  558  (Uganda) 

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236.  Report,  No.  559  (Swaziland) 

237.  Report,  No.  560  (Saint  Helena) 

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238.  Report,  No.  561  (Ceylon) 

239.  Report,  No.  562  (Falkland  Islands) 

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242.  Report,  No.  565 (Federated  Malay  States) 

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243.  Report,  No.  566  (Northern  Territories  of  the  Gold  Coast) 

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244.  Reports,  Nos.  567  (Seychelles),  568  (Bermuda),  569  (Wei-hai-Wei),  570  (Hong) 
Kong),  571  (Malta),  572  (British  Honduras),  573  (Gold  Coast),  574  (Nyassaland),  I 
! 
575  (Bahamas),  576  (Gambia) 

245.  Reports,  Nos.  577  (Saint  Vincent),  578 (Turks  and  Caicos  Islands), 579  (Saint  Lucia) 

246.  Report,  No.  580  (Fiji)  - 

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248.  Report,  No.  582  (Straits  Settlements) 

249.  Report,  No.  583  (Southern  Nigeria) 

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251.  Reports,  Nos.  586  (Somaliland),  587  (Trinidad  and  Tobago),  588  (Sierra  Leone) 

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(Recess). 

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253.  Report,  No.  590  (Grenada) 

Miscellaneous  : 

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510 

254.  Reports,  Nos.  42  (Ceylon),  43  (Caicos  Islands),  44  (East  Africa  Protectorate),  45 
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255.  Reports,  Nos.  46  (Northern  Nigeria),  47  (Northern  Nigeria),  48  (Nyassaland) 

256.  Report,  No.  49  (East  Africa  Protectorate) 

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257.  Reports,  Nos.  50  (British  Cotton  Cultivation),  51  (Southern  Nigeria) 

258.  Report,  No.  52  (Native  Education  in  South  A f r i c a)  

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259.  Reports,  Nos.  53  (Veterinary  "Work  in  E a st   Africa  Protectorate),  54  (Newfound-

land),  55  (Cape  Colony) 

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261.  Statistical  Tables  relating 
P a rt   X X X I .,   1906 

C O L O N I E S :— 

to  British  Colonies,  Possessions,  and  Protectorates.  ( 
-) 

- 

- 

(  King's 
<  Command 
(Beeess). 
( 
<  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
(  Command. 
(  King's 
(  Command. 
(  King's 
j  Command. 
f 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
1 
I  King's 
|  Command. 

King's 

5 

43 

71 

174 

263 

392 

402 

King's 
Command. 

432 

Accession  of  British  Colonies to  Engagements  between United  Kingdom  and  Foreign 

Powers  ( Treaty  Series)  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1335,  1349,  1369. 

Ashanti; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  241. 

Australasia; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  65. 

Australia  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  66. 

Bahamas  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  244. 

Barbados  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  250. 
Basutoland; 

v.  Account,  No.  234. 

Bechuanaland; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  231. 

Bermuda;  v.  Accounts,  No.  244. 

British  Central  Africa  i  v.  Accounts,  No.  231. 

British  East  Africa;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  235,  254,  259. 

British  Guiana;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  252. 

British  Honduras;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  244. 

Caicos  Islands;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  254,  260. 

Canada;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  168,  169,  1304. 

Cape  Colony;  v.  Accounts,  No.  259. 

Ceylon  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  238,  254. 

Colonial  Office Reorganisation;  v.  Accounts,  No.  229. 

Colonial  Reports;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231-260. 

Colonial  Statistics; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  261. 

Cyprus  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  307-309. 

East  Africa  Protectorate;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  235,  254,  256,  259. 

Educational  Expenditure  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  433. 

Elections;  v.  Accounts,  No.  436. 
Emigration;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  445,  446. 

Falkland  Islands  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  239. 

Federated  Malay  States  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  242. 

Fiji;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  246. 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  990-1005 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Post;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1006-1012. 

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COLONIES—continued. 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (except  Parcels)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1013. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

Gambia;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  244. 

Gibraltar  j  v.  Accounts,  No.  240. 

Gilbert  Islands;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1435. 

Gold  Coast;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  243,  244. 
Grenada;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  253. 
Hong  Kong;  v.  Accounts,  No.  244. 

Imperial  Institute; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  250. 

Jamaica; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  231. 

v.  Accounts,  No.  231. 

Leeward  Islands; 
Malta;  v.  Accounts,  No.  244. 
Mauritius; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  247. 

Natal  i  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  827-835. 

Newfoundland;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  259,  894,  895. 

New.South  Wales;  v. Accounts,  No.  896. 

New  Zealand;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1305. 

Nigeria; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  232,  249,  255,  257. 

Northern  Nigeria  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  255. 

Northern  Territories  of  the  Gold  Coast;  v.  Accounts,  No.  243. 

Nyassaland; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  244,  255. 

Queensland;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1067. 

Railways 

in  Colonies,  British  Protectorates,  §*c.;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1384,  1385. 

Saint  Helena;  v.  Accounts,  No.  237. 

Saint  Lucia;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  245. 

Saint  Vincent;  v.  Accounts,  No.  233. 

Seychelles;  v.  Accounts,  No.  244. 

Sierra  Leone;  v.  Accounts,  No.  251. 

Somaliland; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  251. 

South  Africa;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  258,  1170,  1171. 

Southern  Nigeria;  n. Accounts,  Nos.  232,  249,  257. 

Statistical  Abstract; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  1177. 

Straits  Settlements;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  248. 

Swaziland  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  236. 

Tobago  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  251. 

Transvaal; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1308-1314. 

Treaties  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1335,  1349,  1369. 

Trinidad; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  251. 

Tristan  da  Cunha;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1374. 

Turks  and  Caicos  Islands;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  231,  260. 

Uganda  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  235,  1384,  1385. 

Wei-hai-Wei;  v.  Accounts,  No.  244. 

West  Indian  Intercolonial  Mail  Service;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1433. 

West  Indies;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1434. 

COMMERCIAL  CONVENTION  BETWEEN  C A N A DA   AND  F R A N CE  

(C o m m e r c i a l,   No 

1 1, 

1 9 0 7)   :— 

262.  Despatch  transmitting  Copy  of  Convention 

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COMMERCIAL  T R E A T I ES   (Commercial',   No.  4,  1 9 0 8 ) :— 
- 

263.  R e t u rn   relating  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

V O L.   1 6 3. 

-Sesa.  1908. 

3  T 

Command 
(Mecete). 

ttng'i 
Command. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

COMMERCIAL  P A P E RS   :— 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

No.  10,  1907  (Sugar   Convention);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1183. 

No.  11,  1907  (Commercial  Convention  between  Canada  and  France); 

v.  Accounts, 

No.  262. 

No.  1,  1908  (Sugar   Convention);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1184. 

5 

No.  2,  1908  (Panama   Canal)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  914. 

No.  3,  1908  (International   Sugar  Commission)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  602. 

No.  4,  1908  (Commercial  Treaties); 

v.  Accounts,  No.  263. 

No.  5,  1908  (Suez   Canal);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1182. 

COMMITTALS  (I r e l a n d ) :— 

264.  Returns  of  the  number  of  persons  committed  for  Trial  in  Ireland,  1907 

-

by  Act. 

50 

C O M M I T T E E S,   S E L E C T;   V.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   1 1 1 8. 

C O M M I T T E E S,   S T A N D I N G;   V.  ACCOUNTS,  N O.   1 1 7 4. 

COMMONS  A C T,   1 8 76   :— 

265.  Towyn  Trewan  Common,  Anglesey  ;  printed  201 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  151.) 

by  Act. 

201 

COMPANIES  (  Winding-up):— 

266.  Seventeenth  Annual  Report  by  the  Board  of  T r a d e;   printed  344:  - 

-1 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  N o.   244.) J 

- 

C O M P A N I ES   (  Winding-up) 

A C T,   1 8 9 0 :— 

267.  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  in  Proceedings  under  the  A ct   during  the) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  125.)J 

year  ended  31st  March  1908;  printed  148 

- 

C O M P E N S A T I ON   ON  N O N - R E N E W AL   OF   L I C E N C E S :— 

268.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  59  - 

- 

- 

- 

-  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  68.) 

C O M P E N S A T I ON   F OR   I N D U S T R I AL   D I S E A S ES  (Departmental   Committee)  :— 

269.  Supplementary  Report  of  the  Committee  thereon 

-

-

-

-

-

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COMPULSORY  N A T I VE   L A B O UR  

(Colonies):— 
- 

270.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  17 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  20.) 

C O N C I L I A T I ON   AND  A R B I T R A T I ON   B O A R DS   :— 

271.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  (Labour  Department)  thereon 

-

CONGESTED  D I S T R I C TS   B O A RD 

(Ireland):— 
272.  Sixteenth  Report  of  the  Board,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907 

-

273.  Seventeenth 

- 

ditto 

-

ditto 

-  1908 

CONGESTED  D I S T R I C TS   (Scotland)  A C T,   1 8 9 7 ;— 

274.  Tenth  Report  of  the  Congested  Districts  (Scotland)  Board 

-

CONGESTION  IN  IRELAND  (R o y al   Commission) 

:— 

275.  Sixth,  Seventh,  Eighth,  and  Ninth  Reports  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of 
-

Evidence  and  Documents  relating  thereto 

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--

--

- 

276.  Tenth  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence 

- 

277.  Eleventh  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

278.  Final  Report  of  th'e  Commission,  with  Appendices  -

CONSOLIDATED  F U ND   :— 

279.  Abstract  Account  of  Issues  made  in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  36.)J 

of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  28 

- 

by  Act. 

344 

by  Act. 

148 

j by  Address, 
1 

33 

|  King's 
|  Command. 

( by Address of 
< last  Session, 
I  27  March. 

f  King's 
•J  Command 
( (Recess'). 

(  King's 
< Command 
[Recess). 
( 
{  King's 
< Command 
(Recess). 
( 

|  King's 
|  Command. 

(  King's 
< Command 
( 
(Recess). 
f  King's 
) Command. 
f  King's 
\  Command. 
(  King's 
I Command. 

59 

432 

11 

7 

8 

394 

178 

6 

111 

178 

191 

by  Act. 

28 

C O N T E M P TS   OF   C O U RT   B I LL   [Lords],   1883:— 

280.  Copy  of  Bill 

C O RK  (Queen's  College)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,  NO.  1065. 

C O R N W A L L,   D U C HY   O F;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   N O . 3 6 2. 

C O R P O R AL   P U N I S H M E NT  

:— 

-

J  King's 
|  Command. 

237 

281.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1907  ;  printed  194  - 

- 

. 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  147.) 

<  by  Address, 
1 

170 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

COST  OF   L I V I NG   (German  Towns)  :— 

282.  Report  of Inquiry  of  Board  of  Trade  thereon 
282.  Report  of Inquiry  of  Board  of  Trade  thereon 

-
-

-
-

-
-

C O ST   OF   L I V I NG   OF   T HE   W O R K I NG   C L A S S ES   :— 

283.  Report  of  Inquiry  by  Board  of  Trade  thereon 

- 

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-

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COUNTY  AND  BOROUGH  COUNCILS  (W o m en   Electors) 
COUNTY  AND  BOROUGH  COUNCILS  (W o m en   Electors) 

: — 
: — 

284.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  496 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  364.) 

C O U N TY   C O U RT   R U L ES  

:— 

285.  Rules,  dated  13th  March  1908 

- 

-

COUNTY  COURTS  (England) 

(Fees):~-

286.  Treasury  Order  regulating  Fees  in  County  Courts  - 

- 

-

287.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS  (Plaints  and  Sittings):— 

288.  Return  relative  thereto for 1907  ;  printed  382  - 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers, No.  283.) 

C O U N TY   O F F I C E RS   AND  COURTS  (Ireland) 

A C T,   1 8 77   :— 

289.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 ;  printed) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  191.) J 
- 

269 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

(  King's 
<  Command 
(  (Recess'). 

I  King's 
I  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

143 

7 

329 

492 

by  Act. 

100 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

11 

17 

i  by  Address, 
I 

376 

382 

by  Act. 

269 

COUNTY  OFFICERS  AND  COURTS  (Ireland)  A C T,   1877 

(Rules):— 

290.  Rules  relative  to  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Act,  1906 

- 

291.  Rules  relative  to  Civil  Bill  Processes 

- 

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--

C O U RT   OF  P R O B A TE   D I V I S I ON   (High  Court  of  Justice) 
--

292.  Annual  Accounts  for  1907 

--

- 

(Ireland)-.— 

--

COURTS-MARTIAL  (Navy); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   881. 

C R AN   M E A S U R ES   A C T,   1 9 08   :— 

- 

--

--

- 

-

- 

-

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

321 
321 

--

by  Act. 

120 

by  Act. 

423 

CRIMES 

(Ireland):— 

294.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  439 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  320.) 

424 

4 39 

C R I M I N AL   AND  J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I CS  

(Ireland):— 
295.  Statistics  for  1907.  P a rt   I I.   (Civil  Statistics) 

296.  Ditto 

- 

- 

P a rt   I.   (Criminal  Statistics) 

-

C R I M I N AL   A P P E AL   R U L ES  

:— 

298.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

.

..

- 

. 

_ 

_ 

_ 

| 
King's 
I Command. 
J  King's 
|  Command. 

by  Act. 

by  Aot. 

2 47 

3 29 

1 02 

136 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  237.) 

321 

335 

C R I M I N AL   L AW   AND  P R O C E D U RE   (Ireland)  A C T,   1 8 87  

299.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  335 

- 

- 

:— 
- 

C R O F T E R S'   H O L D I N GS   (S c o t l a n d)   A C TS   :— 

C R O WN   J E W E LS   COMMISSION 

(Ireland)-.— 

301.  Report  of 

Regalia  of  the  Order  of  Saint  Patrick  - 

the  Viceregal  Commission  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  loss  of  the i 
- j 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

C R O WN   L A N DS   A C T,   1 9 06  

:— 

303.  Second  Report  under  the  Act  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and) 
303.  Second  Report  under  the  Act  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and) 
./ 
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Fisheries 
Fisheries 

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(  King's 
|  Command. 

132 

King's 
Command. 

/  King's 
(  Command. 

14 

38 

King's 
King's 
Command. 
Command. 

4 17 

C R O WN   O F F I CE   R U L ES  

:— 
304.  Rules  under  Criminal  Appeal  Act,  1907 

C R O W N 'S   N O M I N EE   A C C O U NT  

:— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Act. 

241 

305.  Abstract  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  for  1907 ;  printed  136 
305.  Abstract  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  for  1907 ;  printed  136 

- i 
- i 
- 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  113.) I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  113.) I 

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by  Act. 

136 

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P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

C U R A G OA   P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 8 1. 

C U R T IS   A ND   H A R V E Y 'S   F A C T O RY   (E x p l o s i o n)   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 6 4. 

C U S T O MS   :  — 

306.  Fifty-second  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908 

C Y P R US  

:— 

307.  Annual  Report,  1906-7 

308.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Affairs  thereof 

309.  Annual  Report,  1907-8 

J  King's 
|  Command. 

f  King's 
<  Com mand 
( 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
<  Command 
( 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
(  King's 
<  Command 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
(Recess). 
( 
( 

357 

6 

146 

392 

D A N G E R O US   AND  U N H E A L T HY  

I N D U S T R I ES  

(F a c t o ry   and  Workshop 

Acts); 

v.  A C C O U N T S, 

Nos.  483-486. 

D E A T H S,   B I R T H S,   AND  M A R R I A G ES   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O S.   8 2 - 8 4. 

D E A T HS   F R OM   A L C O H OL  

(I r e l a n d)   :— 

310.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1907 ;  printed  167 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  135.) 

21 

160 

D E A T HS   F R OM   P L A G UE  

(E a st   India) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   3 7 5. 

D E A T HS   F R OM   S T A R V A T I O N,   OR  A C C E L E R A T ED   BY   P R I V A T I ON  
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311.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1907  ;  printed  369  - 

- 

(London):— 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  267.) 

0 

(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
I 
I 

51 
51 

369 

D E C E A S ED   S E A M E N,   " W A G ES   A ND   E F F E C TS   OF   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 4 2 6 , 1 4 2 7. 

DEER  FORESTS  (Highland   Crofting  Counties)  :— 
312.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  314 

- 

DENMARK  (N ew   Customs  Tariff) 

:— 

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- 

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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  220.) 

83 

314 

313.  Translation  of  L aw   establishing  above 

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D E P A R T M E NT   OF   A G R I C U L T U RE   AND  T E C H N I C AL  

I N S T R U C T I ON   F OR  

I R E L A N D :— 

314.  Seventh  Annual  General  Report  thereof,  1906-7 

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315.  Importation  of  Horses,  Asses,  and  Mules  (Ireland)  Order,  1907.  Nos.  1.  and  I I.  

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316.  Report  on  Imports  and  Exports for  1907 

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317.  Eighth  Annual  General  Report  thereof,  1907-8 

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318.  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  and  Black  Currant  (Mite)  (Ireland)  Order,  1908 

319.  Report  of  Departmental  Committee  on  Irish  Forestry 

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—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  331. 

D E P A R T M E N T AL   C O M M I T T E ES  

:— 

I  King's 
[  Command. 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

by  Act. 

(  King's 
\  Command. 
f  King's 
1  Command. 
by  Act. 
(  King's 
-j  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

386 

245 

14 

499 

499 

78 

143 

Agricultural  Education 

in  England  and  Wales;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  102,  103. 

Bankruptcy  Law  Amendment; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  79. 

Building  Accidents  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  162. 

Checking of  Piece-work  Wages  in  Dock  Labour  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  195. 

Checkweighing  at  Lime  and  Cement  Works;  v.  Accounts,  No.  196. 

Checkweighing  in  the  Iron  and  Steel  Trades  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  197. 

Compensation for  Industrial  Diseases  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  269. 

House-letting  (Scotland) 

;  v.  Accounts,  No.  554. 

Inebriates  Acts;  v.  Accounts,  No.  563. 

Irish  Forestry  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  319. 

Irish  Land  Purchase  Finance; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  635. 

Post  Office  (Life  Insurance)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1015. 

Trade  Records  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1240,  1241. 

Truck  Acts  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1376. 

D E P U TY   L I E U T E N A N TS   (I r e l a n d)   (Militia 

Act, 

1 8 8 2 );   v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 0 7. 

 
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Presented. 

D E S T R U C T I VE  

I N S E C TS   AND  P E S TS   A C T S,   1 8 77   AND  1 9 07   :— 

320.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of  Bushes) ) 
f 

Order,  1907 

321.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  Order,  1907 

.

.

.

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322.  Order  entitled  Destructive  Insects  and  Pests  Order,  1908 

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323.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  ( K e n t)   Order,  1908 

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324.  Order  entitled  Black  Scab  in  Potatoes  (Ireland)  Order,  1908 

325.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Kent)  Order,  1908  (No.  2) 

326.  Order  entitled"American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Essex)  Order,  1908 

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327.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Shropshire)  Order,  1908 

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328.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of  Bushes)) 
- j 
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Amendment  Order,  1908 

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329.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Wisbech  and  District)  Order,  1908 

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330.  Order  entitled  American  Gooseberry  Mildew  (Prohibition  of  Importation  of  Bushes) i 
J 

Amendment  Order,  1908  (No.  2 )-  

D E V ON   (I n q u i ry   into  Charities) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   5 7 9 - 5 8 4. 

D I N AS   M A IN   C O L L I E R I ES   (Explosion) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  4 6 5. 

D I S E A S ES   OP  A N I M A LS   A C T S :— 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet, 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

30 

30 

284 

344 

395 

395 

395 

4 01 

457 

4 74 

513 

331.  Report  of  Proceedings  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction > 

King't 
Command. 

360 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  88. 

D I S E A S ES   OP   A N I M A LS   A C T S,   1 8 94   TO  1 9 03  

:— 

332.  Order  entitled  the  Glanders  or  F a r cy   Order  of  1907 

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-

-

-

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333.  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  Liverpool 

-

334.  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  the  Royal  Albert  Docks,) 

335.  Order  revoking  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  East  H am 

336.  Order  revoking  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  Liverpool 

337.  Order  revoking  Order  defining a Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  Southampton 

338.  Order  revoking  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Wharf  at  Newcastle-on-Tyne 

339.  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station  at  London 

-

340.  Order 

revoking  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  Quarantine  Station 

a t) 

341.  Order  relating  to  Animals  on  the  Steamship  "  Diana 

342.  Order  revoking  Order  relating  to  Animals  on  the  Steamship  "  Diana  " 

343.  Order  defining  a  Foreign  Animals  W h a rf   at  the  P o rt   of  Manchester 

-

344.  Order  relating  to  Animals  on  the  Steamship  "  Minnesota 

"

-

-

-

-_ 

345.  Order  entitled  the  Foreign  Animals  (Amendment)  Order  of  1908 

346.  Order  relating  to  Animals  on  the  Steamship  "  Marquette  " 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

348.  Ditto  - 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

"Minneapolis" 

-

351.  Ditto  - 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

"  Manchester  Trader  "  -

352.  Ditto  - 

ditto 

"  T i t i a n"  

- 

- 

- 

353.  Order  prohibiting  the  landing  of  Animals  from  Maryland  and  Delaware 

_ 

- 

-

354.  Order  entitled  the  Foreign  Animals  (Amendment)  Order  of  1908  (No.  3) 

D O C K Y A RD   E X P E N SE   A C C O U N TS   (Navy); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  8 8 4. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3  7t  2 

by  Act, 

by  Aot. 

by  Aot. 

by  Aot. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

82 
232 

2 32 

395 

399 

402 

430 

455 

467 

467 

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471 

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D O CK   L A B O UR   IN   R E L A T I ON   TO  P O OR   L AW   R E L I EF   :— 

355.  Report  to  the  President  of  the  Local  Government  Board  thereon 

D O GS   R E G U L A T I ON   (I r e l a n d)   A C T,   1 8 6 5 :— 

356.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  under  the  A ct   f or   1907 ;  printed  237 

-) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  162.)) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  162.)) 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

F  Xing'i 
{  Command. 

439 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

237 
237 

DRUNKENNESS  (I r e l a n d ) :— 

357.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  148 

-

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  126.) 

64 

148 

D U B L IN   H O S P I T A LS   :— 

358.  Fiftieth  Report  of  the  Board  of  Superintendence,  1907-8 

•> 

D U B L IN   M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   :— 

359.  Statistical  Tables  thereof  for  1907  - 

-

360.  Returns  relative  thereto;  printed  471 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  342.) 

D U C HY   OF  L A N C A S T ER  

:— 

361.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Disbursements  in  the  year  ended  21st  December  1907  ; i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  45.) 1 

printed  35 

--

--

--

- 

- 

-

(  King's 
(  King's 
•j Command 
•j Command 
(Recess). 
( 

J  King's 
j Command. 

457 

by  Aet. 
by  Aet. 

D U C HY   O F . C O R N W A LL  

:— 

362.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Disbursements  for  1907 ;  printed  30  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  40.) 

by  Act. 

D U R H AM  

(P o l l i ng   Districts) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o s.   9 5 9 - 9 6 1. 

D Y KE   AND  COMPANY  (Explosions); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  4 7 0. 

E A ST   A F R I CA   P R O T E C T O R A TE   :— 

363.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Tenure  of  Land 

364.  Correspondence  relating  to  Affairs in  the  Protectorate 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  235,  254. 

E A ST   I N D IA  

:— 
Accounts  and  Estimates,  1908—9 : 

365.  Explanatory  Memorandum  on  Accounts  and  Estimates,  1908-9 

Advisory  and  Legislative  Councils: 

366.  Proposals  of  the  Government  of  India  relative  thereto.  Vol.  I. 

367.  Ditto 

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- 

- 

ditto 

Army  and  Population: 
368.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  325 

-

-

Bombay  Political 

Department: 

Civil  Service: 

370.  Alterations  in  Regulations  for  Examinations 

-

Contagious  Diseases: 

371.  Return  relative  thereto 

-

-

Criminal  Law  Amendment  Act: 

372.  Full  text  thereof 

-

-

-

-

-

-

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--

Customs  Revenue  : 

373.  Return  relative  thereto  - 

- 

- 

-

-

- 

-

- 

- 

-

Vol.  I I.  

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  208.) 

by  Act, 

399 

(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
| 
| 
| 

273 
273 
273 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

(  King's 
) Command. 

499 

369.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  61  -

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  71.) 

Order  for  Return  discharged,  4 6 0;   and  instead  thereof— 

Customs  Revenue: 

374.  Return  relative  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

Deaths  from  Plague,  fyc.: 

375.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  232 

- 

- 

-

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  160.) 

Decentralisation 

(Royal  Commission): 

376.  Report  of  the  Commission.  Yols.  I.   to  X.  

-

-

Ecclesiastical  Charges: 

377.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1906-7  ;  printed  74  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  81.) 

1 by  Address, 
1 by  Address, 
1 
1 

253 
253 

( by  Address, 
( 

460 

[ by  Address 
J 
of 
|  last  Session, 
(  23  April. 

(  King's 
j Command. 

(  by  Address, 
I 

62 

227 

413 

74 

394 

191 

471 

35 
35 

28 

227 

329 

284 

507 

509 

321 

59 

f  King's 
) Command. 
(  King's 
(  King's 
j Command, 
j Command, 

(  Kvng's 
|  Command, 

(  King's 
|  Command, 
(  King's 
)  Command, 

<  by  Address, 
<  by  Address, 
1 
1 

161 
161 

(  by  Address 
) 
of 
) 
of 
j  last Session, 
j  last Session, 
26  July. 
( 
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\  E A ST  

I N D I A —c o n t i n u e d. 

Estimate: 

378.  Estimate  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  of  the  Governmentof  India  f or   1907-8; 
— 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  139.) 

printed  174 

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-

-

-

-

-

Excise  Committee: 

379.  Orders  of  the  Government  of  India  on  Chapters  X I .,   X I I .,   and  X I I I.   of  the  R e p o rt 
-

of  the  Excise  Committee,  1905-6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Factory  Labour  Commission,  1908  : 

380.  Report  of  the  Commission.  Vol.  I.  

- 

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--

--

Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts: 

381.  Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts  of  the  Government  of  India  for  1906-7 

-

Financial  Statement: 

382.  Indian  Financial  Statement  for  1908-9  ;  printed  243 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  170.) 

Government  of  India  Act,  1858  j  v.  Accounts,  No.  538. 

Home  Accounts'. 

383.  Annual  Home  Accounts  of  the  Government  of  India  ;  printed  174  - 

-i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  140.) J 

- 

Income  and  Expenditure: 

384.  Return  relative  thereto  f or   the  eleven  years  1896-7  to  1906-7  ;  printed  249 

- > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  174.) J 

- 

Land  Revenue  : 

385.  Land  Revenue  Assessments  in  the  P u n j ab   since  1855 

-

-

-

-

--

Loans  raised  in  England: 

386.  Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in  England,  chargeable  on  the  Revenues  of  India,  out- ] 
standing  at  the  commencement  of  the  half-year  ending  30th  September  1907; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  15.) j 
printed  11 

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--

- 

387.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-  31st  March  1908;  printed  143 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  122.) 

388.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-  30th  September  1908;  printed  399  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  299.) 

Loans  raised  in  India  : 

389.  R e t u rn   of  all  Loans  raised  in  India,  chargeable  on  the  Revenues  of  India,  out-} 
standing  at  the  commencement  of  the  half-year  ending  30th  September  1907; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  16.) J 
printed  11 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

390.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-  31st  March  1908;  printed  265 

-.   (Sess.  Papers,  No.  188.) 

391.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-  30th  September  1908  ;  printed  513  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  383.) 

Military  Operations % 
392.  R e t u rn   relative  thereto;  printed  462 

- 

- 

- 

. 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  338.) 

Frontier: 
North-West 
393.  Papers  relating  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

Press  Act: 

394.  Text  of  Indian  Press  Act,  V I I.   of  1908 - 

- 

-

Proclamations: 

- 

- 

- 

-

395.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  443 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  324.) 

Progress  and  Condition: 

396.  Statement  exhibiting  the  Moral  and  Material  Progress  and  Condition  of  India  during > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  145.)) 
- 

1906-7  ;  printed  191 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Prosecution  for  Speeches, 

: 

397.  Return  relative  thereto 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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Railway  Finance  : 

398.  Report  of  Committee  on  East  Indian  Railway  Finance  and  Administration  for I 
- 

1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

. 

by  Act, 

174 

(  King's 
•j  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

f  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess), 
( 

6 

394 

by  Aet. 

174 

J by  Address, 
I 

232 

243 

by  Act. 

174 

by  Address, 

215 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

by  Aet, 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

249 

100 

11 

143 

399 

by  Act. 

11 

by  Aot. 

by  Act. 

(by  Address, 
1 

460 

{  King's 
|  Command. 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

(by  Address, 
( 

434 

265 
513 

461 

329 

249 

443 

by  Aet. 

191 

\ly  Address, 
\ 

376 

King's 
Command. 

174 

Railways: 

399.  Administration  Report  on  Railways  in  India  for  1907 

Railways  and  Irrigation  Works: 
400.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  191 

VOL.  163. 

Sess. 1908. 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  144.) 

3 

7t 

2 

f  King's 
(  Command. 

(  by  Addrets, 
\ 

185 

325 

191 

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Presented. 

E A ST  

I N D I A —c o n t i n u e d. 

Revenue  Accounts 

[Accounts  and  Papers  relating  to  the  Revenues  of  India,  referred  to  the consideration  of 

a  Committee of  the  whole  House,  326.] 

Sanitary  Measures: 

401.  Report  thereon,  1906-7.  Vol.  X L.  

. 

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Statistical  Abstract: 

402;.  Statistical  Abstract  relating  to  British  India,  1897-8  to  1906-7 

Trade: 

403.  Tables  relating  thereto,  1902-3  to  1906-7 

- 

404.  Review  of  Trade  for  1907-8  - 

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405.  Papers  relating  thereto  - 

Use of  Government  Churches  in  India  : 
- 

- 

- 

E A ST  

I N D I AN   P R O D U C TS   (Foreign 

Tariffs) 

:— 

406.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  255 

- 

- 

- 

-

--

- 

-

-

-

-

j  King's 
' 
•<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

King's 

f 
-!  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

King's 

( 
|  Command. 
j 
King's 
;(  Com/mand. 

King's 

| 
|  Command. 

3 94 

3 94 

78 

4 39 

141 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  181.) 

(  by  Address, 
1 

2 07 

2 55 

E A ST   SUFFOLK 

(Polling  Districts')  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 6 2. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   C O M M I S S I ON  

:— 

407.  Sixtieth  Report  from  the  Commissioners,  with  Appendix  - 

- 

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- 

-

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   F E ES  

:— 

408.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Ecclesiastical  Fees  Acts 

-

-

-

-

--

King's 

( 
|  Commamd. 

73 

by  Act. 

3 95 

ECUADOR  (T r e a ty   Series)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1321. 

E D I N B U R GH   U N I V E R S I T Y;   ».  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 4 0 5,   1 4 0 7 , 1 4 1 2,   1 4 1 5,   1 4 1 6. 

E D U C A T I O N :— 

Ireland  : 

409.  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Higher  Education  (England  and  Wales)  ', v.  Accounts,  No.  548. 

National  Education  (Ireland); 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  842-846. 

National  Schools  (Ireland); 

v.  Accounts,  No.  858. 

National  School  Teachers'  (Ireland)  Pension  Fund',  v.  Accounts,  No.  859. 

Queen's  Colleges;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1064-1066. 

Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1092-1095. 

Scotland: 

410.  Memorandum  on  the  Study  of  History  in  Scottish  Schools 

411.  Report  on  Secondary  Education  in  Scotland  for  1907 

- 

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- 

-

- 

- 

-

412.  Minute  providing  for  Special  Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  School  Boards 

413.  Minute  providing  for  the  distribution  of  the  General  Aid  Grant 

- 

- 

414.  Report  for  1907  of  the  Director  on  the  Royal  Scottish  Museum,  Edinburgh 

-

- 

-

415.  Minute  providing  for  the  distribution  of  the  sum available  for  Secondary or  Technical) 

Education 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-) 

416.  Return  showing  the  Expenditure  from  the  Grant  for  Public  Education  in  1907,  with ) 
-I 
- 

Statistics 

.-  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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417.  Memorandum  on  Nature  Study  and  the  Teaching  of  Science  in  Scottish  Schools 

418.  Regulations  for  the  Preliminary  Education,  Training,  and  Certification  of  Teachers 

419.  Regulations  as  to  Grants  to  Secondary  Schools  in  Scotland,  1908 

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420.  Report  of  the  Committee of  Council  on Education  in  Scotland,  With Appendix,  1907-8 

421.  Thirty-fifth Annual  Report  by  the  Accountant  for  Scotland 

-

422.  Reports,  &c.  on  Continuation  Classes  and  Central  Institutions,  1906-7 

-

King's 

( 
\  Command. 

1 72 

King's 

( 
V  KjOltV llvtl/lvtl 
(Recess). 
( 
f 
King's 
-!  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

j 
King's 
|  Command. 

j 
King's 
|  Command. 
King's 
( 
(  Command. 

King's 
Commcmd. 

King's 
Command. 

J  King's 
|  Command. 
f  King's 
•< Command 
(Recess). 
( 
| 
King's 
<• Command 
[  (Recess). 
| 
King's 
|  Command. 
( 
King's 
|  Command. 
| 
King's 
|  Command. 

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423.  Report  and  Papers  relating  to the  Training  of  Teachers,  1906-7 

- 

424.  Minute  providing  for  Special  Grants  in  Aid  of  certain  School  Boards 

-

-

Com/mand, 

{ King's 
j  King's 
(  Command. 

E D U C A T I ON   (S c o t l a n d)   B I LL   :— 

425.  Memorandum  explanatory  thereof  --

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426.  Scheme  for  allocation  of  Fund  under  the  Bill  ;  printed  237 

(Sess. Papers,  No.  165.) 

427.  Statement  pf  amount  received,  and  proposed  distribution  under  the  B i l l;   printed  266 ; 
uer  xne  Dili;  priniea  zoo i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  189.) j 

ScotlandXCode,  1908)  : 

428.  Code  of  Regulations  for  Day  Schools, with  Appendices, by  the  Committee  of  Council 
-

on  Education  in  Scotland,  1908 

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Scotland  (Continuation  Classes) s 

429.  Regulations  for  Continuation  Classes,  1908 

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Scotland  (General  Reports)  : 

430.  General  Reports  for  1907  on  Schools  in  the  Northern  and  Highland  Divisions 

431.  Ditto 

432.  Ditto 

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- 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

Western  Division 

- 

Southern  Division 

E D U C A T I O N AL   E X P E N D I T U RE  

(C o l o n i e s ) :— 

433.  Return  relative  thereto 

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E G Y P T :— 

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434.  Reports  on  the  Finances, Administration,  and  Condition  of  E g y pt   and  the  Soudan  in ] 
.  I 

1 9 07   - 

- 

. 

Treaty  Series  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1340. 

E G Y P T I AN   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN   OP  1 8 85   :— 

435,  Account  to  31st  March  1908 

ELECTIONS  (Colonies)   :— 

436.  Papers  relating  to  Elections  in  certain  British  Colonies  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   A C T S,   1 8 82   AND  1 8 88  (London  Electricity  Supply) 

:— 

437.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  10 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers  No.  5.) 

;  E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   A C T S,  1882  TO  1902  (Proceedings) 

:— 

438.  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  their  Proceedings  under  the  Acts  during  the  past i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  198.) ) 
-

y e a r;   printed  276 

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-

-

-

-

245 

325 

159 

237 

266 

67 

181 

143 

154 

160 

I 

237 

266 

King', 

King's 
Command. 

J  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
\  Command. 

King's 
Command. 

by  Address, 

376 

Command. 

156 

Aot. 

144 

King's 
Command. 

107 

j by  Order of 
•<  last  Session. 
(  22 

9 

r  Act. 

276 

E L E M E N T A RY   E D U C A T I ON  (England  and  Wales)  B I L L :— 

439.  Memorandum  on  the  Financial  Proposals in  connection  therewith 

-

440.  Enactments  proposed  to  be  amended  or  repealed  in  the  Schedules  to  the  Bill 

-

441.  List  of  Public  Elementary  Schools  in Single-School  Parishes  as  defined  in  the  Bill  -

442.  Statement  in  illustration  of  Memorandum  on  the  Financial  Proposals 

-

E L E M E N T A RY   E D U C A T I ON  (.England  and  Wales)  (No.  2)  B I L L)  

443.  Draft  Regulations  under  Clause  2  of  the  Bill  - 

- 

:— 
- 

- 

_ 

_ 

. 

King's 
Command. 

Command. 

Command, 

Command. 

E L E M E N T A RY   SCHOOL  T E A C H E R S'   D E F E R R ED   A N N U I TY   F U ND   :— 

444.  F i r st   Septennial  Actuarial  Report  thereon;  printed  11 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  11.) 

by  Act, 

E M I G R A T I ON   :— 

445.  Report  on  the  Emigrants'  Information  Office, 1907 

-

-

-

*

.

<

.

„» 

Command, 

E M I G R A T I ON   AND  IMMIGRATION  :— 

62 

95 

100 

178 

462 

11 

96 

446.  Tables  relating  to  Emigration  and  Immigration  from  and  into  the  United  Kingdom ] 
- ' 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  292.) J 

in  1907,  and  Report  to  the  Board  of Trade  thereon  ;  printed  389  - 

- 

EMIGRATION  S T A T I S T I CS   (Ireland) 

:— 

447.  Emigration  Statistics  of  Ireland  for  1907 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3  z 

386 

389 

Command. 

95 

 
 
 
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[ I 9 0 3. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

E M P L O Y E R S'   L I A B I L I TY  

I N S U R A N CE   C O M P A N I ES   A C T,   1 9 07  

:— 

448.  Board  of  Trade  Rules  (Underwriters)  under  the  A ct  

- 

-

449.  Ditto 

- 

(Employers'Liability  Insurance  Companies)  under  the  A ct  

-

Ordered. 

Presented. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

30 

30 

E S S EX   (P o l l i ng   Districts) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O S.   9 6 3 - 9 6 5. 

E S T I M A T ES   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  4 0,   4 1,   2 1 1 - 2 1 3,   2 1 5 - 2 2 1,   3 7 8,   8 8 5 - 8 8 7. 

ETHIOPIA  (Treaty  Series)-,  v.  ACCOUNTS,  No.  1365. 

E V I C T ED   T E N A N TS   (Ireland) 

A C T,  
450.  Regulations  under  the  Act 

1 9 0 7 :— 
--

- 

--

--

--

-

451.  Return  giving  particulars  of  persons reinstated  under  the  A ct   to  31st  December  1907 

452.  Ditto 

453.  Ditto 

-

-

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-

-

- 

ditto 

- 

ditto 

454.  Ditto 

-

-  ditto 

-

- 

ditto 

-  during 

-  during 

quarter 
the 
ended  31st  March  1908 
the  quarter) 
ended  30th  J u ne   1908) 
quarter  \ 
ended  30th  September  1908 ) 

during  the 

EVICTIONS 

(Ireland):— 

455.  R e t u rn   of  Evictions  in  Ireland  in  the  quarter  ended  30th  September  1907 

456.  Ditto 

457.  Ditto 

458.  Ditto 

459.  Ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

-  ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

-  31st  December  1907 

- 

31st  March  1908 

-

-  30th  June  1908 

-  30th  September  1808 

E X C E P T I O NS   TO>  K I N G 'S   R E G U L A T I O N S'   (Navy) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 8 8. 

E X C I SE   C O M M I T T EE   (E a st   India) 

-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 7 9. 

EXETER  (Inquiry 

into  Charities); 

v.  ACCOUNTS.  NO.  585. 

E X P E R I M E N TS   ON  L I V I NG   A N I M A LS  

:— 

460.  Return  relative  thereto  for  1907  ;  printed  244 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  172.) 

E X P L O S I ON   AT   L O RD   A S H T O W N 'S   L O D G E,   G L E N A H I E R Y,   C O U N TY   W A T E R E O RD  

:— 

461.  Reports  and  Statements  thereon 

462.  Reports  thereon 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

-

- 

- 

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- 

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E X P L O S I O N S :— 

Benwell  and  Whitehaven  Collieries : 

463.  Reports  on  the  Explosions  of  19th  March  and  26th  November  1907 

Curtis  and  Harvey-s  Factory  at  Cliffe,  Kent: 

464.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  5th  J u ne   1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

-

. 

,  -

Dinas  Main  Colliery 

465.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  14th  December  1907 

-

-

-

-

-

--

Fishguard  Railway  Construction  Works: 

466.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  26th  F e b r u a ry   1906 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Mersey,  Weaver,  and  Ship  Canal  Carrying  Company,  Manchester-. 

467.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  23rd  J u ne   1908 

- 

- 

Norton  Hill  Colliery x 

468.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  9th  April  1908 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

; 

Patent  Electric  Shot  Firing  Company,  at  Newbold,  Derbyshire  : 

469.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  29th  June  1908 

-

Registered  Premises  of  Messrs.  Dyke  §• Co 

470.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  Cartridges  on  lst  J a n u a ry   1908 

- 

Roslin,  Edinburgh  : 

471.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  Gelignite  on 26th  March  1908 

Washington  " Glebe "  Colliery  : 

472.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  20th  February  1908 
63 

A  as 

cR 

S= 

V 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

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-

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( 
}  Cbmmand. 

|  King's 
-
|  Command. 

ly  Act. 

King's 

t 
j  Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Cbmmand. 

King's 

1 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

/ 
King's 
(  Command. 
[  King's 
|  Command. 
f 
King's 
j  Command. 

King's 

( 
(  Command. 

i  by  Address, 
I 

2 41 

! (  King'* 
(  Commani. 

I 
King's 
|  Command. 

1 48 

1 87 

2 99 

3 95 

4 88 

8 

21 

2 01 

360-

4 41 

2 44 

85 

1 18 

J 
King's 
(  Command. 

3 11 

King's 

1 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

, 

3 93 

I  King's 
|  Command. 

1 54 

King's 

i 
•!  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

King's 

( 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

1  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

King's 

| 
-!  Command 
(Reoess), 
( 

King's 

( 
|  Command. 

6 

3 93 

3 93 

3 93 

91 

3 25 

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EXPLOSIONS—continued. 

Worsbord1  Dale: 

473.  Report  on  the  Explosion  of  12th  December  1907 

-

E X P L O S I V ES   :— 

474.  Thirty-second  Annual  Report,  for  1907  -

E X P O R TS   AND  I M P O R TS   ( United  Kingdom) 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

1  King's 
( Command. 

(  King's 
j Command. 

14 

344 

475.  Return  relative  t h e r e t o;   printed  263 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  185.) 

245 

263 

E X P O R T S,   I M P O R TS   A N D;   V.  ACCOUNTS,  N O.   5 6 1. 

E X T R A D I T I ON   A C T S,   1 8 70   AND  1 8 73   :— 

476.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  Straits  Settlements  Extradition  Order,  1908 

by  Act. 

395 

F A C T O R I ES   AND  W O R K S H O PS   :—  

, 
477.  Supplement  to  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Inspector  for  1906.  Return  of i 
- i 

persons  employed  in  1904  in  Non-Textile  Factories,  &c. 

- 

- 

- 

» 

478.  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Inspector  for  1907 

-

-

-

-

--

F A C T O RY   AND  W O R K S H OP  

:— 

Tinning  of  Metals: 

479.  Special  Report  on  dangerous  processes  in  the  coating  of  Metal  with  Lead,  and 

R e p o rt   on  conditions  of  work  in  Tinning  Workshops 

-

-

-

-

--

Process  of  Casting  Brass: 

480.  Report  on  Draft  Regulations  for  Brass-casting  Factories 

-

Charitable  Institutions  : 

481.  Schemes  for  regulation  of  Hours  of  Employment,  &c.  in  Charitable  Institutions 

482.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

printed  471 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  341.) 

F A C T O RY   AND  W O R K S H OP   A C TS   :—  

Dangerous  and  Unhealthy  Industries  : 

483.  Regulations  for  the  spinning  and  weaving  Hemp  or  J u te  

- 

- 

' 

-

484.  Regulations  for  the  manufacture  of  nitro-  and  amido-derivatives  of  Benzine,  &c. 

485.  Regulations  for  processes  using  Horsehair  from  China,  Siberia, "and  Russia 

-

486.  Regulations  for  the  process  of  the  casting  of  Brass 

-

-

-

-

-

--

Fruit  Preserving  : 

487.  Order  prescribing  conditions  for  the  process  of  cleaning  or  preparing  F r u it 

Particulars  of  Piece-work  Wages'. 

488.  Order  applying  to  Factories  and  Workshops  in  which  the  manufacture  of  Brass  is > 
_j 

carried  on  the  provisions  of  Section  116  of  the  Act  of  1901 

_ 

- 

- 

Separation  of  Departments—Period  of  Employment: 

489.  Order  relating  thereto  in  the  case  of  Laundries 

- 

- 

-

Special  Exception—Employment  between  Nine  a.m.  and  Nine  p.m.  : 
490.  Order  relating  thereto  in  the  case  of  Women  and  Children  in  certain  Factories 

Special  Exception—Substitution  of  another  Day  for 

Saturday: 

491.  Order  authorising  another  day  than  Saturday  as  the  weekly  short  day  in  certain ) 
_ f 
- 

Factories 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

Special  Exception—Meal  Times  : 

492.  Order  relating  thereto  in  case  of  Florists'  Workshops  ;  printed  449 

-  j 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  325.) J 

- 

Special  Exception—Holidays  : 

493.  Order  relating  thereto  in  case  of  Florists1, Workshops  and  Laundries;  printed  449 

-1 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  326.)/ 

Special  Exception—Employment 

inside  and  outside  on the  same  Day  : 

494.  Order  relating  thereto  in  case  of  Florists'  Workshops;  printed  449  - 

- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  327.) I 

-

Special  Exception—Overtime'. 

-

495.  Order  relating  thereto  in  certain  Non-Textile  Factories  and  Workshops;  printed  449 > 
(Sess,  Papers,  No.  328.)) 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3  7t  2 

King's 
Command. 

f  King's 
(  Command. 

(  King's 
•<  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

(  King's 
I Command. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

95 

292 

6 

250 

394 

466 

9 

9 

9 

284 

14 

14 

45 

45 

44 

405 

405 

405 

405 

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[I903. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

F A C T O RY   AND  W O R K S H OP   A C T,   1 9 0 1,   AND  N O T I CE   OF  A C C I D E N TS   A C T,   1 9 06   :— 

496.  Preliminary  Tables  of  cases  of  Industrial  Poisoning,  &c.  during  1907 

-

F A IR   W A G ES   COMMITTEE  :— 

497.  Report  of  the  F a ir   Wages  Committee 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

F A L K L A ND   ISLANDS  (C o l o n i al   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  2 3 9. 

FEE  FUND  (House of  Lords)  :— 

498.  Accounts  from  1st  April  1907  to  31st  March  1908  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

F E R T I L I S E RS   AND  F E E D I NG   S T U F FS   A C T,   1 9 06   :— 

499.  Regulations  made  under  the  Act 

500.  Ditto 

501.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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- 

- 

-

-

F I JI  

:— 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231,  246. 

F I N A N CE   A C C O U N TS   :— 

503.  Finance  Accounts  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908;  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  192.) J 

printed  269 

- 

- 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

|  King's 
1 Command. 

26 

1  King's 
[ Command. 

481 

(  King's 
(  King's 
J  Command. 
J  Command. 

191 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

(  King's 
(  King's 
3 Command 
3 Command 
(Recess). 
( 
(Recess). 
( 

78 

475 

478 

5 

by  Aet. 
by  Aet. 

2 69 

East  India;  v.  Accounts,  No.  381. 

F I N A N C I AL   STATEMENT,  1 9 0 8 -9   :— 

504.  Statement  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  as  laid  before  the  House  by  the  First  Lord  i 
504.  Statement  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  as  laid  before  the  House  by  the  First  Lord  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  137.)J 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  137.)J 

of  the  Treasury  when  opening  the  B u d g e t;   printed  170 
of  the  Treasury  when  opening  the  B u d g e t;   printed  170 

1 70 

170 

F I N A N C I AL   S T A T E M E NT   (E a st   India); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   3 8 2. 

FINES,  &c.  (Ireland)-.— 

505.  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  all  Fines  and  other  penal  sums  accounted  for  in  1906  ;) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  163.) I 

printed  237  -

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--

- 

-

-

-

by  Aet. 

237 

F I S C AL   P O L I CY   OF  I N T E R N A T I O N AL   T R A DE  

:— 

506.  Memorandum  thereon;  printed  439 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  321.) 

439 

439 

F I S H E R I ES  

:— 

Hoard  of Agriculture  and  Fisheries;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  85-103. 

Fishery  Board  (Scotland); 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  509-511. 

Ireland: 

507.  Reports  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland) 
- J 

thereon  for  1906,  1907,  and  1908.  P a rt   I I.   (Scientific  Investigations)  - 

- 

508.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

for  1907.  P a rt  

I.   (General  Report) 

-

North  Sea  Fishery  Investigations;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  897,  898. 

Sea  and  Coast  Fisheries  Fund  (Ireland) 

;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1112. 

F I S H E RY   B O A RD   (Scotland) 

:— 

509.  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board,  being  for  1906.  P a rt   I I I.   (Scientific 

Investigations) 

510.  Twenty-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board,  being  for  1907.  P a rt   I.   (General \ 
_ | 
- 

Report) 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

511.  Ditto 
511.  Ditto 

- 
- 

- 
- 

ditto 
ditto 

- 
- 

- 
- 

ditto 
ditto 

- 
- 

. 
. 

•  - 
•  - 

P a rt   I I.   (Salmon  > 
P a rt   I I.   (Salmon  > 
Fisheries)J 
Fisheries)J 

F I S H E RY  

I N V E S T I G A T I O N S— 

512.  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Fishing  Industry  of  the  United  Kingdom 

513.:  Evidence  given  before 
513.:  Evidence  given  before 

- 
- 

ditto 
ditto 

- 
- 

= 
= 

- 
- 

ditto 
ditto 

- 
- 

- 
- 

_ 
_ 

_ 
_ 

FISHGUARD  RAILWAY  (Explosions); 

v.  Accounts,  No.  466. 

King's 
Command. 

F  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

499 

394 

(  King's 
•j  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

(  King's 
•<  Command 
(  (Recess).  1 

8 

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FLEETS  (Great   Britain  and  Foreign  Countries)  :— 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

514.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  382 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  277.) 

1 48 

3 82 

FOGGS,  BARROW,  AND  R A W D ON   C O L L I E R I E S;  

ACCOUNTS,  N o.   8 1 7. 

F O R E I GN   AND  C O L O N I AL   P A R C EL   P O ST   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  9 9 0 - 1 0 0 5. 

F O R E I GN   AND  C O L O N I AL   P O ST   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 0 0 6 - 1 0 1 2. 

F O R E I GN   AND  C O L O N I AL   P O ST  

(e x c e pt   Parcels); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1 1 1 3. 

FOREIGN  COUNTRIES  (Preference 
515.  Return  relative  thereto 

to  Colonies) 
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:— 

F O R E I GN   J U R I S D I C T I ON   A C T,   1 8 90  

:— 

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516.  Orderin  Council  entitled  the  Nigeria  Coinage  Order,  1907,  Order  in  Council  relating  ' 

to  the  New  Hebrides,  and  Orders  in  Council  entitled  the  East  Africa  Order,  1907, 
the  North  Eastern  Rhodesia  Order,  1907,  the  Swaziland  Crown  Lands  Order,  1907, 
and  the  Nyassaland  Order,  1907  (No.  2) 

-

517.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  Northern  Nigeria  Order,  1908 

- 

- 

518.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  Cyprus  Courts  of  Justice  Order,  1908 

- 

-

- 

-

519.  Two  Orders  in  Council  relating  to  Brunei,  and  Orders  relating  to  Probates  and  the 
-

Pacific 

--

--

--

--

--

--

- 

520.  Orders 

in  Council  entitled  the  Nigeria  Coinage  Order,  1908,  and 
-
-

(Amendment)  Order,  1908 

-

-

-

-

-

the  Zanzibar 

--

by  Act. 

9 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

1 29 

3 33 

3 95 

by  Act, 

4 24 

F O R E I GN   J U R I S D I C T I ON   A C T,   1 8 9 0,   AND  CONSULAR  S A L A R I ES   AND  F E ES   A C T,   1 8 9 11   — 

521.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  China  (Passenger  Ships'  Fees)  Order,  1908 

by  Act. 

3 33 

F O R E I GN  

I M P O RT   D U T I E S,   1 9 07  

:— 

522.  Statement  of  Rates  of  Import  Duties  levied  in  certain  Countries  on  British  Produce 

and  Manufactures 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

523.  Rates  of  Duties  in  Foreign  Countries  on  Imports  from  the  United  Kingdom 

-

-

F O R E I GN   T R A DE   AND  C O M M E R CE  

:— 

524.  Accounts  relating  to  the  Trade  and  Commerce  of  certain  Foreign  Countries  and \ 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  95.) ) 

British  Possessions;  printed  112  - 

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- 

- 

- 

F O R E S H O R ES   :—  

-

525.  Treasury  Minute  directing  the  application  of  Moneys  received  in  respect  of  the ] 
rights  and  interests  of  the  Crown  in  Foreshores,  for  the  year  ending  31st  March > 
1908  -

-) 

--

--

-

-

-

-

F R A N CE  

(NO.  1,  1 9 0 8)  

:— 

526.  Report  upon  the  French  Colonies 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

FRANCE  (Treaty 

Series) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  1333,  1334,  1337,  1341,  1342,  1345,  1348,  1371, 

1372. 

F R I E N D LY   S O C I E T I E S,   W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   S C H E M E S,  

I N D U S T R I AL   AND  P R O V I-

D E NT   S O C I E T I E S,   AND  T R A DE   U N I O NS   :  — 

527.  Reports  of  the  Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly  Societies  for  1907  ;  printed  302 

-  | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  210.) i 

- 

GAL WAY  (County)  :— 

528.  Report  as  to  the  State  of  the  East  Riding  of  County  Galway  in  October  1907 

GAL WAY  (Queen's  College)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1066. 

GAMBIA  (Colonial  Reports) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231,  244. 

G AS   U N D E R T A K I N G S :— 

529.  Return  relating  to  all  authorised  Gas  Undertakings  in  the  United  Kingdom,  other 
r.i 

than  those  of  Local  Authorities,  for  1907 

--

-

-

-

-

-

GAS  UNDERTAKINGS 

(LocalAuthorities):— 

530.  Return  relating  to  all  authorised  Gas  Undertakings  in  the  United  Kingdom ^ 
-J 

belonging  to  Local  Authorities,  for  the  year  ended  25th  March  1908 

- 

- 

( 
King's 
•<  Command 
(Recess). 
1 
(  King's 
(  Command. 

7 

4 69 

1 08 

1 12 

by  Act. 

3 82 

(  King's 
(  Command, 

64 

by  Act. 

3 02 

f  King's 
(  Command. 

70 

3 86 

3 86 

G E N E R AL   L I G H T H O U SE   F U ND  

:— 

; 

531.  Accounts  for  thejyear  ended  31st  March  1907  ;  printed  10  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  8.) 

532.  Ditto 

- 

;  -  ditto 

- 

31st  March  1908 ;  printed  504  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  369.) 

by  Act. 

10 

by  Act. 

5 04   * 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3  7t 

2 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

SIXTY-THIRD  VOLUME. 

[ I 9 0 3. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

G E N E R AL   P R I S O NS   (I r e l a n d)   A C T,   1 8 7 7,   AND  P R I S O NS   (Ireland) 

A C T,   1 9 0 7 :— 

533.  Order  in  Council  approving  Rules  made  by  the  General  Prisons  Board  in  Ireland 

-

by  Aet. 

14 

G E N E VA   C O N V E N T I ON   (Treaty 

Series) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   1 3 2 1,   1 3 2 2,   1 3 3 0,   1 3 4 3. 

G E R M A N Y,   P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   J  V.  ACCOUNTS,  N O.   9 8 2. 

GERMANY  (Treaty  Series);  v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  1342,  1346,  1366. 

GIBRALTAR  (Colonial  Reports)  ;  ».  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  240. 

GLASGOW  U N I V E R S I TY   ;  V.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  1 4 0 6,   1 4 1 0,   1 4 1 1,   1 4 1 7,   1 4 1 8. 

G O LD   COAST  (Colonial 

Reports) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   2 4 3,   2 4 4. 

G O V E R N M E NT   D E P A R T M E N TS  

(Contracts) 

534.  Return  relative  thereto  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 

- 

- 

» 

452 

G O V E R N M E NT   D E P A R T M E N TS   S E C U R I T I ES   :— 
535.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  232 

G O V E R N M E NT  

INSURANCES  AND  A N N U I T I ES  

:— 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  161.) 

154 

2 32 

536.  Account  of  all  Moneys  received,  and  of  the  disposal  thereof,  &c., in  the  year  1907  ; j 
,  .  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  117.) J 

printed  141 

'  - 

- 

- 

- 

G O V E R N M E NT   L A B O R A T O RY   :— 

537.  Report  of  the  Principal  Chemist  on the  Work  of  the  Government  Laboratory  for  the ) 
-J 

year  ending  31st  March  1908,  with  Appendices 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

141 

King's 
Command. 

2 65 

G O V E R N M E NT   OP  I N D IA   A C T,   1 8 58   :— 

538.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Act,  dated  21 st  December  1907 

by  Aet. 

9 

G R E EK   L O AN   :— 

539.  Account  up  to  31st  December  1907 ;  printed  27 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  33.) 

G R E EK   L O AN   OP   1 8 98  

:— 

540.  Account  up  to  31st  March  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   AND  T R A V E R S'   F O U N D A T I ON  

:— 

541.  Accounts  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  57.) ) 

Auditor  General;  printed  43  - 

.  - 

• - 

- 

- 

- 

542.  Statement  of  estimated  Income  and  Expenditure  for  1908-9 

G R E E N W I CH   O B S E R V A T O R Y :— 

printed  273 

-> 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  197.) ) 

- 

5 4 3.   R e p o rt   of  t he   A s t r o n o m er   R o y al   to  t he   B o a rd   of   V i s i t o r s,   1 9 08  

- 

- 

-

G R E N A DA   :— 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231,  253. 

G U A R A N T E ED   2f   P ER   C E N T.   S T O CK  

:— 

by  Act. 

27 

by  Aet. 

143 

by  Act. 

43 

by  Aet, 

(  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

273 

393 

by  Act. 

205 

545.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  382 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  285.) 

357 

382 

HAGUE  (Declarations) 

(Treaty  Series)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  1324,  1332. 

H A M S T E AD   C O L L I E RY   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   8 1 9. 

HARBOURS  :— 

Arklow  Harbour;  v.  Accounts,  No.  24. 

Arundel  Port;  v.  Accounts,  No.  62. 

Bridlington  Piers  and  Harbour;  v.  Accounts,  No.  160. 

Harwich  Harbour;  v.  Accounts,  No.  546. 
Peterhead  Harbour;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  948,  949. 

Ramsgate  Harbour;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1090,  1091, 

H A R W I CH   H A R B O UR  

:— 

546.  Accounts  of  the  Conservancy  Board  to  31st  March  1908 - 

« 

- 

- 

„ 

by  Act. 

329 

H E A L TH   (Navy); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  8 9 0. 

H I GH   C O U RT   OF   J U S T I CE  

(Public  Records); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1 0 5 1. 

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523 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

H I GH   C O U RT   OF   J U S T I CE   A ND   C O U RT   OF   A P P E A L,   &C.  :— 

547.  Account  showing Receipts  and  Expenditure  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908; 

•printed 

357  - 

- 

-

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  256.)  ( 

by  Act. 

357 

HIGHER  EDUCATION  (E n g l a nd   and  Wales) 

:— 
548.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  510 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  381.) 

HISTORICAL  MANUSCRIPTS  (Royal 

Commission):— 

549.  Seventeenth  Report  of  the  Commission 

-

550.  Calendar  of  the  M S S.   of  the  Marquis  of  Bath  at  Longleat.  Vol.  I I I.  

-

551.  Calendar  of  the  MSS.  of  the  Marquis  of  Ormonde,  K.P.,  at  Kilkenny  Castle. 

Vol.  V. 

- 

- 

552.  Report  on  M S S.   in  various  Collections.  Vol.  V I.  

-

.

-

.

-

.

«

.. 

._ 

by  Order  of 
last  Session, 
11  July. 

Command 
(Reoess), 

Command 
(Recess). 

Command 
(Recess). 
King's 

I 
j 

HOLIDAYS  (Factory  and  Workshop  Acts)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  493. 

H O ME   A C C O U N TS   (E a st   India); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 8 3. 

H O NG   K O N G;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  2 4 4,   7 1 8.  

' 

HORSE-BREEDING  ( Royal  Commission)  :— 

553.  Twelfth  Report  of  the  Commissioners 

- 

- 

- 

. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

H O U RS   OF   L A B O UR  

(Railway 

Servants)-, 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   1 0 8 5 - 1 0 8 9. 

HOUSE-LETTING  ( Scotland)  ( Departmental  Committee) 

554.  Report  of  the  Committee  thereon.  Vol.  I I.  

- 

- 

. 

- 

- 

- 

-

King's 
Command 
(2fer«)i 

H O U SE   OF   C O M M O N S :— 

Adjournment  Motions  under  Standing  Order  No.  10;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1. 

Business  of  the  House (Days  occupied  by  Government  and  by  Private  Members)  ; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  166. 

Closure  of  Debate  (Standing  Order  No.  2 6 );   ».  Accounts,  No.  223. 

Parliamentary  Papers-, 

Accounts,  No.  916. 

Private  Bills  and  Private  Business;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1028. 

Public  Bills;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1038. 

Public  Petitions; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  1047. 

Select  Committees-,  v.  Accounts,  No.  1118. 

Sittings  of  the Home;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1168. 

Standing  Committees ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1174. 

Standing  Orders;  ^.Accounts,  No.  1175. 

H O U SE   OF   L O R DS  

(F ee   Fund); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 9 8. 

HOUSE  OF  LORDS  (M a n u s c r i p t s),   V o l.   I V.   (New  Series)  ;—> 
-
555.  Communicated  from the  Lords,  3 4 9;   printed  352 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  249.) 

H O U S I NG   C O N D I T I O NS   (Scotland) 

:— 

556.  Return  showing  Housing  Conditions  of  Population 

-

-

.

„

.. 

H O U S I NG   OF   T HE   W O R K I NG   C L A S S ES   A C T,   1 8 9 0 :— 

557.  Statement  of  modifications  permitted  in  the  City  of  Leeds  (Quarry  t Hill  Area) 

Improvement  Scheme,  1900 

- 

- 

- 

. 

-

f  King's 
{  Commcmd, 

by  Act, 

H Y D R O G R A P H E R 'S   R E P O RT  

(Navy) 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 9 1.  

-

HUDDERSFIELD  (Polling  Districts); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  966. 

I M M I G R A T I O N,   E M I G R A T I ON   AND  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 4 6. 

I M P E R I AL  

I N S T I T U TE   (Colonial 

Reports); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   2 5 0. 

I M P E R I AL   O T T O M AN   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN   OF  

558.  Account  for  the  year  1907 

- 

- 

1 8 5 5 :— 
- 

- 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

by  Act. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3 

7t 

2 

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the  ONE  H U N D R ED   and 

SIXTY-THIRD  VOLUME. 

[I903. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

I M P E R I AL   R E V E N UE   (Collection  and  Expenditure) 

(Great  Britain  and  Ireland)  :— 

559.  Return  relative  thereto  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908;  printed  307 

-) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  215.) f 

- 

I M P E R I AL   Y E O M A N RY   (Army)', 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o . 4 2. 

I M P O RT   AND  E X P O RT   T R A DE  

(Ireland);— 

560.  Report  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland i 
-J 
- 

thereon  during  1906 

-  •  •  - 

' - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

I M P O RT   D U T I E S,   C O L O N I A L;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   2 2 8. 

I M P O R TS   AND  E X P O R TS   AT  P R I C ES   OF   1 9 0 0 :— 

5 6 1.   Tables  showing  Statistics  for  the  years  1 9 0 0 -7  

- 

-

I M P O S T S,   T A X ES   A N D;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 2 2 7. 

I N C O ME   AND  E X P E N D I T U RE  

(East 

India); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  3 8 4. 

I N D U S T R I AL   AND  P R O V I D E NT   S O C I E T I ES   (Friendly 

Societies)', 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 2 7. 

I N E B R I A TE   R E F O R M A T O R I ES  (Enteric  Fever  at  Brentry)'.—• 

562.  Report  on  Enteric  Fever  at  Brentry  Inebriate  Reformatory 

- 

- 

- 

-

INEBRIATES  ACTS  (Departmental 

Committee)'.— 

563.  Report  of  the  Committee,  with  Appendices 

-

-

-

-

-

--

INEBRIATES  ACTS  (Inspector's  Report)  :•— 

564.  Report;  of  the  Inspector  under  the  Acts,  for  1907 

- 

» 

INEBRIATES  ACTS  (Inspector's  Report) 

(Ireland) 

:— 

565.  Third  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the  Acts,  for  1906  - 

566.  Fourth  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the  Acts,  for  1907 

-

-

-

INEBRIATES  ACTS  (I n s p e c t o rs   Report) 

(Scotland) 

:— 

5 6 7.   Report  of the  Inspector  under  the  Acts  for  1 9 06  

-

-

-

-

-

--

568.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

for  1907 

I N J U R I ES   TO  S U B M A R I NE   C A B L ES   (Interdepartmental 

569.  Report  and  Appendices  - 

I N L A ND   R E V E N U E :— 

Committee):— 
-

-

-

-

-

--

570.  Treasury  Warrant  appointing  Special  Commissioners  of  Income  Tax 

571.  Fifty-first  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908  -

I N L A ND   P O ST   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1 0 1 4. 

I N Q U I RY   I N TO   C H A R I T I ES  

:— 

Berks,  County  of: 

o 

572.  Further  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  35  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  46.) 

573.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

574.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

575.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  printed  252  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  178.) 

-  printed  314  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  222.) 

-  printed  376  -

• 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  274.) 

576.  Ditto 

577.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

* 

-  printed  413  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  307.) 

-  ditto 

- 

-  printed  455 

-

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  335.) 

578.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

-  printed  478  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  350.) 

Devon,  County  of: 

579.  F u r t h er   Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed 

35  -

- 

(Sess,  Papers,  No.  47.) 

Ordered. 

1 25 

King's 
Command. 

(  King's 
(  Command. 

{ King's 

Command. 

J  King's 
\  Command. 

j  King's 
J  Command. 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
I  Command. 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

King's 
Command 

by  Act. 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

by  Order  of 
28  Maroh 
1905. 
by  Order of 
28  March 
1905. 
by  Order  of 
28  March 
1905.' 
by  Order  of 
28  March 
1905. 
by  Order  of 
28  March 
1905. 
(  by  Order  of 
-j  28  March 
[ 

1905. 

(  by  Order  of 
'  28  March 
I 

1905. 

by  Order  of 
26  July 
1905. 

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to  the  ONE  H U N D R ED   and  SIXTY-THIRD  YOLUME. 

545 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

I N Q U I RY   I N TO   C H A R I T I ES   —continued. 

Devon,  County  of—continued. 

580.  Further  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  114  - 

581.  Ditto 

582.  Ditto 

583.  Ditto 

584.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  printed  252  - 

-  printed  314  - 

- 

printed  382  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  98.) 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  179.) 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  221.)  / 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  287.) 

printed  478  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  351.) 

Exeter,  County  Borough  of: 

585.  Return  relative  thereto 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

Lancaster,  County  of: 

586.  Further  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  375  - 

587.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

printed  4 9 2-  

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  271.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  363.) 

Lancaster,  County  of  (Preston  and  Barrow-in-Furness,  County  Boroughs  of)  : 

588.  Further  Returns  and  Return  relative  thereto;  printed375 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  272.) 

London,  County  of: 

589.  Further  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  312  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  218.) 

Saint  Helens,  County  Borough  of: 
590.  Further  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  492  - 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  363.) 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

(  by  Order  of 
-1  26  July 
( 
1905. 
j by  Order  of 
-!  26 July  ' 
( 
1905. 
(  by  Order  of 
•i  26  July 
( 
1905. 
(  by  Order of 
<j  26  July 
[ 
1905. 
f by  Order  of 
•J  26  July 
I 

1905. 

484 

( by  Order  of 
j  8  AUQ.  1898. 
(  hi  Order 0/ 
(  8 Aug.  1808. 
by Orders of 
8 Aug.  1898, 
26  July 
1905, and 
( 5 Mar. 1903. 
f by  Order  of 
( 2 Aug.  1894. 

(  by  Order  of 
•i  26  July 
[ 

1905. 

114 

250 

314 

382 

478 

375 

492 

375 

312 

492 

Wilts,  County  of: 

591.  F u r t h er   R e t u rn   relative  thereto;  printed  375  - 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  273.) 

(  by  Order of 
( 9 Aug.  1901. 

375 

INTER-DEPARTMENTAL  COMMITTEE  (Injuries 

to  Submarine  Cables); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  5 6 9. 

I N T E R M E D I A TE   E D U C A T I ON   (I r e l a n d)   :— 

592.  Report  of  the  Intermediate  Education  Board  f or   1907 

-

-

-

-

--

593.  Time  Table  of  Examinations  for  1908 

- 

--

--

--

--

594.  Rule  appointing  places  at  which  Examinations  for  1908  shall  be  held 

-

595.  Rule  determining  the  number  of  Centre  Superintendents  for  the  Examinations,  i 
] 

1908  -

--

-

-

596.  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the  Board  for  1907;  printed  250 

- f 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  176.)  i 

- 

597.  Rules  and  Programme  of  Examinations  for  1909 j  printed  306 

- 

- 

- 

-> 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  214.) f 

598.  Rule  in  substitution  of  Rule  14 

- 

--

--

--

--

-

INTERNATIONAL  AGREEMENT  (W h i t e s l a ve   Traffic)  (Treaty  Series);  v.  ACCOUNTS,  No.  1363. 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   C O N F E R E N CE   ON  S L E E P I NG   S I C K N E SS   :— 

Miscellaneous,  No.  4,  1907 : 

599.  Proceedings  of  the  Conference,  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Miscellaneous,  No.  6,  1907  : 

600.  F u r t h er   Proceedings  of  the  Conference,  1907 

-

-

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I N T E R N A T I O N AL   C O P Y R I G HT   CONVENTION  (T r e a ty   Series); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   1 3 6 8. 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   E X H I B I T I O NS   C O M M I T T EE  

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601.  Board  of  Trade  Committee's  Report  thereon 

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(Treaty 

Series); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  1 3 1 9,   1 3 4 4. 

( 

j  King's 
) Command: 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet, 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

J  King's 
< Command 
(Recess), 
( 

(  King's 
•<  Command 
I  (Recess). 

(  King's 

Command 
(Recess). 

147 

14 

249 

249 

250 

269 

434 

5 

5 
5 

7 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   SUGAR  COMMISSION  (Commercial, 

No.  3,   1 9 0 8 ) :— 

602.  Report  of  Proceedings  of  Commission,  Special  Session,  March  1908 

-

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   SUGAR  CONVENTION  (Treaty 

Series) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1 3 5 0. 

INTOXICATING  LIQUOR  LICENCES  (England  and  Wales) 

(Transfers):— 

603.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  242 

.

.

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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  168.) 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  A 

j  King's 
1  Command, 

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(  by  Address, 
1 

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:— 
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I R E L A ND   D E V E L O P M E NT   G R A NT   A C T,   1 9 03  

:— 

Ordered. 

Presented, 

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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  96.) 

88 

112 

605.  Report  of  Proceedings  under  the  Act  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 

I R I SH   F O R E S T RY   (.Departmental  Committee)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 1 9. 

I R I SH   L A ND   A C T,   1 9 0 3 :—  

, 

606.  Report  of  the  Estates  Commissioners  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908,  and  for 

the  period  from  1st  November  1903  to  31st  March  1908 

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607.  Instructions  to  Inspectors  under  the  Act,  dated  12th  November  1908 

I R I SH   L A ND   C O M M I S S I ON   :— 

608.  Index  to  Estates  comprised  in  the  Returns  for  the  year  1907  - 

609.  Report  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 

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610.  Return  of  Advances  made 

611.  Ditto 

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614.  Ditto 

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616.  Ditto 

617.  Ditto 

618.  Ditto 

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J u ne   1907  -

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J u ly   1907  -

-  August  1907 

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624.  Rules  of  the  Estates  Commissioners,  4th  November  1907  - 

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Account: 

King's 
Command, 

178 

King's 
Command 
(' Recess) t 

Command. 

King's 
Command, 
f 
King's 
I  Command. 
King's 
Command 

King's 

{  Command. 
( 
|  Command. 
I  King's 
]  Command. 
t 
'j  Command. 

King's 

XCommand. 
j 
King's 
(  Command. 
I  King's 
(  Command. 
| 
|  Command. 

King's 

..King's 
Command 

. 

Command. 
King's 
Command. 

Command, 
King's 
Command. 

J  King's 
|  Command, 

394 

475 

422 

368 

8 

21 

117 

143 

148 

207 

269 

284 

302 

394 

413 

422 

445 

462 

10 

625.  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  upon  the  Account  of  the  Irish  L a n d) 
-  I 
Commission  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Accounts;  printed  64  - 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  74.) j 

by  Aet," 

64 

Church  Temporalities  (Ireland)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  204. 
Proceedings  : 

626.  Return  of  Proceedings  under the  Land  Law  (Ireland)  Acts,  &c. during  the  months  of 
J u l y,   August,  September,  October,  and  November  1907 

627.  Ditto 

628.  Ditto 

629.  Ditto 

630.  Ditto 

631.  Ditto 

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631A. Ditto  -

ditto 

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ditto 

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ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

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February  1908 

March  to  August  1908 

September  1908 

October  1908  - 

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(Rules):— 

632.  Rules  made  under  the  Irish  L a nd   Purchase  Acts 

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I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   A C TS  

:— 

633.  Return  of  Sales,  &c.  under  the  Acts 

.

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634.  Diagram  illustrating  Sales,  &c.  under  the  Acts 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 
King's 
Command 
(Recess). 
King's 
Command. 
King's 
Command. 
King's 
Command 
(Recess). 
King's 

Command.  • 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 
King's 
Command. 

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I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   F I N A N CE   (  Departmental 
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635.  Report  of  the  Committee  thereon 

-

Committee) 
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(  King's 
|  Command. 

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I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   F U ND 

636.  Accounts  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  123.) J 

Auditor  General;  printed  144 

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- 

- 

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I R I SH   M A IL   S E R V I CE  

:— 

637.  Correspondence  relating  thereto 

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- 

- 

- 

IRISH  RAILWAYS  (  Viceregal  Commission) 

:— 

638.  Second  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Appendix  - 

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639.  Third  Report  of  the  Commission 

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640.  Appendix  to  Third  Report  of  the  Commission 

642.  Appendix  to  F o u r th   Report  of  the  Commission 

I R I SH   U N I V E R S I T I ES   B I LL  

:— 

643.  Preliminary  Draft  of  Charter  (Belfast) 
643.  Preliminary  Draft  of  Charter  (Belfast) 

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646.  Ditto 

647.  Ditto 

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649.  Ditto 

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655.  Rules  made  under  the  National  School  Teachers  (Ireland)  Act,  1879 

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I R ON   AND  S T E E L,   1 9 0 7 :— 

656.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  509 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  376.) 

ISLAND  OP  V A T E R S AY  

:— 

657.  Return  of  Correspondence  relating  thereto;  printed  96 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  91.) 

I S LE   OP  M AN   :— 

658.  Account  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  for  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  with  R e p o r t) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  196.) f 

of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  284 

- 

ITALY  (  Treaty  Series) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o s.   1323,  1358. 

J A M A I CA   :— 

659.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Earthquake  at  Kingston  -

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  231. 

J A P A N,   P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  9 8 3. 

J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I CS   :— 

England  and  Wales % 

660.  Judicial  Statistics  for  England  and  "Wales for  1906.  P a rt  

I.   (Criminal) 

661.  Ditto 
661.  Ditto 

662.  Ditto 

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- 

- 

Ireland; 

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- 

ditto 
ditto 

- 
- 

-  ditto 
-  ditto 

for  1906.  P a rt   I I.   (Civil) 
for  1906.  P a rt   I I.   (Civil) 

ditto 

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- 
v.  Accounts,  Nos.  295,  296. 

for  1907.  P a rt   I I.   (Civil) 

VOL.  163.- 

Sess.  1908. 

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4  A  2 

by  Aet. 

144 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

141 

(  Ring's 
(  Comma/nd. 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
[  King's 
j Command. 
j  King's 
( Command. 
(  King's 
(  Command. 

(  King's 
<  Command 
( 
(Recent). 
j  King's 
< Command 
( 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
j Command. 
j  King's 
J  Cbmmand, 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
) Command. 
(  King's 
] Command. 
I  King's 
|  Command, 
| 
King's 
) Command. 
(  King's 
(  Command. 
(  King's 
|  Command. 

8 

159 

159 

335 

335 

146 

146 
146 

167 

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167 

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170 

340 

340 

340 

341 

341 

f  King's 
f  King's 
j Command. 
j Command. 

469 

383 

509 

96 

96 

by  Aet. 
by  Aet. 

284 

(  King's 
< Command 
(Recess). 
( 

5 

f  King's 
1 Command. 
t  King's 
< Command 
( 
(Recess). 
j  King's 
j  King's 
|  Command, 
|  Command, 

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Ordered. 

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J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I C S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Scotland % 

663.  Judicial  Statistics,  Scotland,  for  1906 

-

664.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

for  1907 

- 

-

King's 

( 
<  Comma/nd 
( 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
|  Command. 

8 

4 45 

K I N G S T O WN   H A R B O UR   : 

665.  Correspondence  respecting  its  use  by  the  London  and  North  Western  Railway 

Company's  Vessels 

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- 

- 

- 

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. 

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King's 
Command. 

1 41 

LABOURERS  (I r e l a n d ) :— 

666.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  332 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  232.) 

1 67 

3 29 

L A B O U R E RS   (Ireland)  A C T,   1906  :— 

667.  Treasury  Minute  directing that the  Labourers'  Cottages  Fund  Account  be  examined ) 
- J 

and  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  - 

- 

- 

- 

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L A B O U R E RS   (Ireland)  A C TS  

:— 

668.  Return  relative  thereto 

L A N C A S T E R,   D U C HY   OF   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 6 1. 

L A N C A S T ER  

:— 
Inquiry  into  Charities  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  586—588. 
Polling  Districts; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos". 967,  968. 

L A ND   F O R C ES   (Great  Britain  and  Foreign  Countries)  :— 

669.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  59  -

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  67.) 

L A ND   J U D G E 'S   C O U RT   (Ireland) 

:— 

by  Act. 

10 

4 96 

j by  Address 
J 
of 
) last  Session, 
(  20 Feb. 

59 

670.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  443 

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- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  323.) 

4 34 

4 43 

LAND  LAW  (Ireland)  ACT,  1887  (Eviction  Notices)  :— 

671.  Return  of Eviction  Notices  filed  during  the  quarter  ended  30th  September  1907 

672.  Ditto 

673.  Ditto 

674.  Ditto 

675.  Ditto 

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ditto 

31st  December  1907 

31st  March  1908 

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30th  J u ne   1908 

30th  September  1908 

f  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 
1  King's 
1  Command. 
| 
King's 
|  Command. 
/  King's '• 
|  Command, 
(  King's 
\  Command. 

8 

14 

1 47 

3 21 

4 05 

L A ND   P U R C H A SE   P R I C ES  

(I r e l a n d)  %— 

676.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  484 

677.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

-  printed  484 

L A ND   R E G I S T RY  

:— 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  356.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  357.) 

4 72 

4 78 

4 84 

.  4 84 

678.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  205 

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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  154.) 

679.  Account  showing  Receipts  and  Payments  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908; i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  260.) f 

printed  363 

L A ND   R E G I S T RY   (New  Buildings)  A C T,   1 9 00  

:— 

680.  Account  showing  Money  issued  and  expended  and  borrowed  under  the  Act  for  the  j 
period  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  42.)  j 
G e n e r a l;   printed  33 

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50 

by  Aet. 

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3 63 

by  Act. 

32 

L A ND   R E V E N U E S,   W O O D S,   F O R E S T S,   A N D;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 4 4 2,   1 4 4 3. 

L A ND   T R A N S F ER   A C T S,   1 8 75   AND  1 8 97  

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681.  Rules  under  the  Acts 

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682.  Fee  Order  under  the  Acts 

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by  Act. 

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4 55 

L A W ^ C H A R G ES   AND  C R I M I N AL   P R O S E C U T I O NS  
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683.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  US 

(Ireland) 
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(Sess.  Papers,  No.  127.) 

145 

1 48 

L E E W A RD  

I S L A N D S :— 

684.  Prison  Rule  as  to  employment  of  Female  Prisoners  in  the  Islands 

685.  Act  to  amend  the  Prison  Act  of  1877 

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L I C E N S I NG   S T A T I S T I CS  

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686.  Statistics  as  to  the  operation  and  administration  of  the  Laws  relating  to  the  sale  of  i 
-J 
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Intoxicating  Liquors  for  1907 

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L I FE   A S S U R A N CE   C O M P A N I ES   :— 

687.  Accounts  of  Life  Assurance  Companies  for  1907  ;  printed  143 

- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  121.) I 

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LIGHTHOUSE  ADMINISTRATION 

(R o y al   Commission) 

:— 

688.  Report  of  the  Commission.  Vol. 

I.,  Report 

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689.  Ditto 

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ditto 

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Yol.  II.,  Minutes  of  Evidence,  &c. 

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LIGHTHOUSES,  &C.  (L o c al   Inspections)  %— 

690.  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Inspections  of  Local  Lighthouses,  &c.;  printed  85  > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  85.) J 

L I G HT   R A I L W A YS   A C T,   1 8 96   :— 

691.  Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Act,  and  of  the  L i g h t) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  133.) J 

Railway  Commissioners,  for  1907  ;  printed  161 

- 

- 

Orders  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Commissioners,  and  confirmed, or  modified  and 
the  Act  authorising  the 

in  pursuance  of 

confirmed,  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
construction  of  certain  Light  Railways  : 

692.  Holmefield  and  Southowram  L i g ht   Railway  (Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1907 

693.  Headcorn  and  Maidstone  Junction  Light  Railway  (Amendment)  Order,  1907 

694.  Llandudno  and  Colwyn  Bay  Light  Railway  (Extension  and  Amendment)  Order, 
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1907  - 

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695.  Southwold  Light  Railway  (Borrowing  Powers,  &c.)  Order,  1907 

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696.  K e nt   and  East  Sussex  Light  Railway  (Further  Borrowing  Powers)  Order,  1907 

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697.  Callington  L i g ht   Railway  (Amendment  and  Transfer)  Order,  1907 

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698.  Dartford  and  District  Light  Railways  (Amendment  and  Extension  of  Time)  Order, 
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'  - 

1907  - 

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, 

. 

699.  Derwent  Yalley  Light  Railway  (Transfer,  &c.)  Order,  1907  - 

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700.  East  and  West  Yorkshire  Union  Light  Railway  (Borrowing  Powers)  Order,  1907  -

701.  Maidstone  Corporation  Light  Railways  (Extensions)  (No.  2)  Order,  1907 

702.  Cromarty  and  Dingwall  Light  Railway  (Extension  of  Time,  Deviation,  and  Amend-

ment)  Order,  1907 

703.  London  and  North  Western  Railway  (Dysart  and  Newmarket  Light  Railway) 

Order,  1908 

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704.  Stotterden,  Kinlet,  and  Billingsley  L i g ht   Railway  Order,  1908 

705.  Portsdown  and  Horndean  Light  Railway  (Extension.  &c.)  Order,  1908 
706.  London  United  Tramways  Light  Railways  (Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1908  -

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707.  Wolverhampton  and  Cannock  Chase  Railway  (Light  Railway)  Amendment  Order, 

1908  - 

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708.  Clacton-on-Sea  and  Saint  Osyth  Light  Railway  (Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1908  -

) 

709.  Campbeltown  and  Machrihanish  Light  Railway  Amendment  Order,  1908 

710.  County  of  Hertford  L i g ht   Railways  ( W a t f o rd   and  Bushey  Extensions,  &c.)  Order, 

1908  - 

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- 

- 

- 

-  ' 

711.  Tanat  Yalley  Light  Railway  (Additional  Powers)  Order,  1908 

. 

. 

-

712.  Portmadoc,  Beddgelert,  and  South  Snowdon  Railway  (Light  Railway  Extension  at 

Carnarvon)  Order,  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

. 

713.  Llandilo  and  Lampeter  Light  Railway  Order,  1908 

YOL.  1 6 3 . — S e s s.   1908. 

4  A  3 

549 

Presented. 

70 

143 

24 

45 

85 

161 

7 

7 

.7 

7 

7 

.'.'."•  7 
7 

7 

7 

7 

. 

47 

47 

7  47 

201 

201 

201 

201 

393 

393 

393 

393 

 
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[ I 9 0 3. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

L I G HT   R A I L W A YS   A C T,   1 8 9 6 —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

Orders  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Commissioners,  &c.—continued. 

714.  Central  Essex  Light  Railway  (Amendment  and  Extension  of  Time)  Order,  1908 

-

715.  Portmadoc,  Beddgelert,  and  South  Snowdon  Railway  (Light  Railway)  Order,  1908 

(  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 
( 
King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

L I M I T A T I O NS   UPON  T E S T A M E N T A RY   B E Q U E S TS  

(M i s c e l l a n e o u s,   No.  7,  1 9 0 8)   :— 

716.  Reports  thereon  from  certain  Foreign  Countries 

L I M I T A T I ON   OF  S P E E C H ES  

IN   S U P R E ME   L E G I S L A T I VE   A S S E M B L I ES  

(M i s c e l l a n e o u s, 

( 

3 93 

3 93 

3 92 

3 92 

1  King's 

Command 
(Recess). 

{  King's 
-j  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

No.  8,  1908):— 

717.  Reports  thereon  from  certain  Foreign  Countries  -

L I V E R P O OL   AND  H O NG   K O NG   M A IL   S E R V I C E :— 
718.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  428 

- 

-

L I V I NG   A N I M A L S,   E X P E R I M E N TS   ON  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o,   4 6 0. 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  314.) 

4 26 

4 28 

L O AN   F U ND   B O A RD   (I r e l a n d)   :— 

719.  Seventieth  Annual  Report,  1907 

- 

L O AN   S O C I E T I ES   :— 

720.  Abstract  of  Accounts  for  1905 -6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

• 

-

(  King's 
(  Command, 

1 08 

- 

-  - 

- 

^  - 

_ 

• _ 

by  Act. 

2 53 

L O A NS   CONTRACTED  BY  L O C AL   A U T H O R I T I ES  

:— 

721.  Return  relative  thereto;  Order  of  last  Session  discharged,  145. 

722.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

printed  341 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  238.) 

1 45 

3 41 

L O A NS   RAISED  IN  E N G L A ND  

(East 

India) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   3 8 6 - 3 8 8. 

L O A NS   R A I S ED   IN   I N D IA   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  389-391. 

L O C AL   A U T H O R I T I ES   (G as   Undertakings) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   5 3 0. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   A C T,   1 8 88  

:— 

723.  Orders  made  by  the  various  County  and  County  Borough  Councils  in  England  and i 

Wales  under  the  Act,  as  confirmed  by  the  Local  Government  Board 

724.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  j 

- 

-

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   B O A RD  

:— 

725.  Supplement  to  Thirty-sixth  Annual  Report,  containing  Report  of  the  Medical 
-

Officer for  1906-7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

726.  Thirty-seventh  Annual  Report,  1907-8  -

Ireland  : 

727.  Annual  Report  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- - - - --

728.  Order  entitled  Poor  Law  Relief  (Ireland)  (House  of  Commons  Return)  Order,  1907 

729.  Order  with  respect  to  the  Urban  County  District  of  Larne 

730.  Order  entitled  Labourers  (Ireland)  Order,  1908 

-

-

731.  Order  with  respect  to  the  Urban  County  District  of  Keady 

-

-

-

-

-

--

732.  Regulations  (Organisation  for  Unemployed)  under  the  Unemployed  Workmen  A c t ,, 
.} 

1905  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

Scotland  : 

733.  Thirteenth  Annual  Report,  for  1907 

- 

- 

-

734.  Supplement  to  Thirteenth  Annual  Report,  for  1907 

- 

-

735.  Return  of  the  Areas,  Population,  and  Valuation  of  Counties,  Burghs,  and  Parishes 

in  Scotland 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  (S c o t l a n d)   ACT,  1894  (P a r i sh   Council  Elections,  1 9 0 7 ) :— 

736.  Return  relative  thereto';  printed  348 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  247.) 

L O C AL   L O A NS   F U ND  

:— 

737.  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Payments  in  respect  of  the  Local  Loans  F u nd   for  t h e) 
year  ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  A u d i t o r} 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  48.)  j 
General;  printed  96 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

j  King's 
•<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

(  King's 
(  Command, 

(  King's 
|  Command. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

(  King's 
(  Command. 
( 
King's 
•<  Command 
I 
(Recess). 
j  King's 
s  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

j by  Order  of 
•<  last  Session, 
(  26  Aug. 

2 15 

4 77 

3 94 

3 99 

3 68 

21 

1 81 

3 95 

4 22 

4 92 

2 41 

3 94 

1 43 

3 48 

by  Act. 

96 

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551 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E RS   —continued. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   A C C O U N T,   1 9 0 7 -8  

:— 

738.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  368 

Ordered, 

Presented. 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  263.) 

3 48 

3 68 

LO C AL   TA X A T I ON   AC C O U NT   (S c o t l a n d)   AC T,   1 8 98   :—• 

739.  Return  showing 

the  Total  Payments  into  and  out  of 

the  Local  Taxation 

(Scotland),Account  for  1907-8 

- 

- 

-

King's 
.  Command. 

3 75 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON  

(I r e l a n d)   A C C O U NT  

:— 

740.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  for  each  year  from  1st  April  1899  to  31st  March > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  83.)  J 
-

1907  ;  printed 

80  -

--

-

-

-

-

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   (Ireland) 

R E T U R NS  

:— 

741.  Returns  thereof  for  1906-7 

- 

- 

- 

-

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   L I C E N C E S,   &C.,  1 9 0 7 -8  

:— 

742.  Return  relative  thereto  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908  ;  printed  389 

31st  March  1908;  printed  368 

- 

-•> 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  293.) J 
-i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  264.)) 

- 

743.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   R E T U R NS  

(England):— 

744.  Annual  Local  Taxation  Returns  for  1905-6.  P a r ts   V.  to  V I I .;   printed  381 - 

- i 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  276.) 

745.  Ditto 

-  ditto  ,  -

for  1906-7.  P a rt  

I .;   printed  455 

- > 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  333.)  J 

- 

746.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-

- 

for  1906-7.'  P a rt   I I .;   printed  467. 

- 

- 

-) 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON  

(S c o t l a n d)   :— 

. (Sess.  Papers,  No.  333.) 1 

-c 

747.  Annual  Local  Taxation  Returns  (Scotland)  for  1906-7  ;  printed  408. 

-i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  302.)) 

- 

L O C K - O U T S,   S T R I K ES   A N D;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 1 8 1. 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C I L S— 

748.  Return  showing,  up  to  31st  March  1908,  amount  of  Consolidated  Stock,  applica-y 
tion  of  Money  raised  by  such  Stock,  &c.,  and  Estimate jof  the  Expenditure'6f  the  | 
Council  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1909  ;  printed  237 ....- 

-. 

-
- 
(Sess.  Papers*  No.  164.) 
^ 

- 

L O N D ON   (Deaths  from  Starvation, 

J  v.  A C C O U N T S;   N O.   3 1 1,  

! 

iy  Aet. 

78 

King's 

| 
|  Command. 

1 25 

3 26 

3 89 

3 48 

3 68 

by  Act. 

3 81 

by  Aet. 

4 55 

by  Aet. 

4 67 

by  Act. 

4 08 

by  Act'.: 

2 37 

LONDON  (Equalisation  of  Rates)  ACT,  1894  (Accounts   under  Section  1 (7)  of  the  Act)  :— 
- 
749.  R e t u rn   relative  thereto  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 ;  printed  415 

-i 
(Sess,  Papers,  No.  308.) J 

3 48   • 

4 15 

L O N D ON  

:— 

Inquiry  into  Charities  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  589. 
Polling  Districts  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  969. 

L O N D ON   T R A F F IC  

:— 

750.  Report  of  London  Traffic Branch  of  the  Board  of-Trade  - 

- 

-

Loss  OF   L I FE   AT  S EA  

:— 

751.  Return  of  Loss  of  Life  at  Sea  during  the  years  1891  to  1907,  inclusive 

- 

-

L U N A C Y :— 

752.  Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commissioners  in  L u n a c y;   printed  284 - 

- ) 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  200.)  > 

- 

753.  Report  by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics  of  the  number  of  Visits  made,  the  number  o f) 
Patients  seen,  and  the  number  of  Miles  travelled  by  the  said  Visitors,  between  I 
1st  April  1907  and  31st  September  1907 

. . - . -] 

[  King's 
\  Command. < 

?  4 26 

King's 

| 
)  Command, 

3 68 

by  Act. 

2 84 

by  Act. 

12 

754.  Ditto 

755.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

-  between  1st  October  1907  and  31st  March  1908 

-  ditto  * 

-  between  lst  April  1908 and  30th  September  1908 

756.  Return  of  the  number  of  Visits  made,  and  the  number  of  Patients  seen,  by  t h e) 
I 
Commissioners  in  Lunacy  during  the  six  months  ending  31st  December  1907 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

.  by  Act. 

' 

157.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

-  30th  J u ne   1908 

- 

"-

by  Act. 

758.  Return  of  all  sums  received  by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics  for  Travelling  Expenses, i 
; •_) 

&c. from  l st   J a n u a ry   to  31st  December  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

1 74 

4 74 

59 

3 63 

12 

759.  Table  of  Contents  and  Appendix  to  Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commissioners  in i 
- 

-  Lunacy 

-  _ 

•  - 

-  - 

-  - 

• - 

- - 

• - 

- - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

by  Act. 

3 21 

VOL,  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

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[ I 9 0 3. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

I*UNACY—continued. 

Ireland  : 

760.  Fifty-sixth  Report  of  the  Inspectors,  for  1906,  with  Appendices 

-

761.  Fifty-seventh  Report  of  the  Inspectors,  f or   1907,  with  Appendices  -

Scotland: 

762.  Fiftieth  Report  of  the  General  Board  of  Commissioners  -

763.  General  Rules  for  Kingseat  Asylum,  Aberdeenshire 

-

-

-

-

--

764.  Ditto  - 

765.  Ditto  - 

- 

- 

for  the  Asylum,  Riccartsbar,  Paisley 

- 

for  Edinburgh  District  Asylum  at  Baufour 

- 

- 

-

- 

-

Ordered. 
• 

Presented. 

( 
King's 
•<  Command 
(Recess), 
( 
( 
King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

King's 
| 
1  Command. 
by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

8 

394 
394 

237 

11 

11 

120 

MAGISTRATES 

(Ireland):— 

766.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  205 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  153.) 

72 

201 

MAIL  SERVICE  (Liverpool  and  Hong  Kong); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  No.  718. 

M A IL   S H I PS   A C T S,   1 8 91   A ND   1 9 0 2 :— 

767.  Order  in  Council  entitled  the  Mail  Ships  (Rules)  Order  1908  -

by  Aet. 

395 

M A IL   S H I PS   R U L E S :— 

768.  Rules  under  the  Mail  Ships  Acts 

-

--

-

-

-

-

-

--

by  Act. 

241 

M A L AY   S T A T ES  

(Colonial 

Reports); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 4 2. 

MALTA  (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  244. 

M A R R I A G E S,   B I R T H S,   A ND   D E A T HS  

:— 

Births,  Deaths,  and  Marriages  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  82-84. 

England  and  Wales: 

769.  General  Abstract  of  Marriages,  Births,  and  Deaths  in  England  and  Wales  in  1907  -

Ireland: 

770.  Forty-fourth  detailed  Annual  Report,  1907 

MAURITIUS  (Colonial  Reports)] 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231,  247. 

M E A S U R E S,   W E I G H TS   A ND   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O S.   1 4 2 9,   1 4 3 0. 

M E D I C AL   C O U N C I LS  

:— 

771.  Returns  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the  General  Medical  Council,  Branch  | 
-f 

Councils,  and  Dental  Registration  F u nd   for  1907  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(  King's 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
|  Command. 

82 

| 
King's 
1  HrvmwtoimJ 
|  \YVLLHLLVU TTW A 

3 60 

by Aet. 

1 11 
1 11 

M  E DW  AY   C O N S E R V A N CY  

:— 

772.  Accounts  of  the  Conservancy  Board  f or   the  year  ending  25th  March  1908 

by  Aot. 

247 

M E M B E RS   OP   P A R L I A M E NT  

:— 
773.  Return  relative  thereto 

[Order  for  Address  for  above  Return  discharged,  369.] 

774.  Return  relative thereto;  printed  455 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  334.) 

MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  (Colonial 

Pensions):— 

MERCANTILE  MARINE  (Seamen 

Employed):— 

776.  Return  of  Seamen  employed  on  Vessels  registered  under  Part  I.   of  the  Merchant 

Shipping  Act,  1894,  in  the  British  Islands,  4th  April  1906 

- 

- 

- 

-

MERCANTILE  MARINE  (S i g ht   Tests) 

:— 

777.  Report  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  Sight  Tests  used  in  the  Mercantile  Marine,) 
-J 

for  the  year  ending  31st  December  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

M E R C H A NT   S E A M E N 'S   F U ND   — 

7 7 8.   A c c o u nt   of  Receipt  and  Expenditure  under  the  Seamen's  Fund  Winding-up  Act  for  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  167.) J 

1907  ;  printed  242 

- 

- 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I N G :— 

779.  Correspondence  relating  to  proposed  Legislation  of  Australia  and  New  Zealand i 
-J 
- 

t h e r e on  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
(  by  Address, 
\ 
\ 
\ 

269 
269 
269 

i  by  Address, 
V 

369 

455 

F  by  Address, 
1 

307 

King's 
King's 

( 
( 
•J Command 
•J Command 
(Recess). 
. 
(Recess). 
. 

7 

King's 
Command. 

240 
240 

by  Act, 

242 

King's 
Command. 

11 
11 

 
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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I N G —c o n t i n u e d. 

780.  F u r t h er   Correspondence  relating  to  proposed  Legislation  of  Australia  and  New r 
_ j 

Zealand  thereon  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Casualties,  Shipping-,  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1126,  1127. 

Loss  of  Life  at  Sea  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  751. 

Mercantile  Marine  (Sight  Tests)-,  v.  Accounts,  No.  777. 

Merchant  Seamen's  Fund;  v.  Accounts,  No.  778. 

Merchant  Shipping,  1907  : 

781.  Tables  showing  the  Progress  of  Merchant  Shipping  ;  printed  509  - 

-  | 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  375.) i 

- 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T,  1894:— 

782.  Orders  in  Council  relating  to  (1)  Deserters  from  Roumanian  Merchant  Vessels,] 
(2)  Seamen's  Lodging-houses  in  Swansea,  (3)  Pilotage  at  Hull,  and  (4)  revoking > 
-  ' 
Orders  in  Council  of  5th  February  1863  and  7th  J a n u a ry   1864 

- 

- 

- 

783.  Orders  in  Council  (1)  respecting  Distillation  of  Water  on  Passenger  Ships,  and) 
-I 
- 

(2)  respecting  Southern  Nigeria  - 

•  - 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

. 

. 

784.  Orders  in  Council  (1)  respecting  Deserters  from  Roumanian  Vessels;  (2)  revoking) 
-) 

Order  of  2nd  November  1907  on  same  subject 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

785.  Orders 

in  Council  (1)  respecting  Pilotage  Rates  at  Hull,  (2)  approving  Tees 

Pilotage  Byelaws,  (3)  approving  Bristol  Pilotage  Byelaws 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- ) 

786.  Regulations  for  the  conveyance  of  Fish  from  Trawlers 

787.  Order  in  Council  respecting  Apprenticeship  at  Grimsby 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

--

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T,   1 8 9 4,   AND  M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG  

( M E R C A N T I LE   M A R I NE 

FUND)  ACT,  1 8 9 8 :— 

788.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Acts 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T,   1 8 9 4,   AND  W O R K M E N 'S   COMPENSATION  A C T,   1906:— 
- 

789.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Acts 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

' 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T S,   1 8 94   to   1 9 06   :— 
790.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Acts 

- 

--

--

--

--

-

-

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T S,   1 8 94   TO  1 9 06  

(D i s p e n s i ng  

Powers):— 

791.  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  ;  printed  382 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  280.) 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T S,   1 8 94   TO  1 9 06   (  Vessels 

Detained):— 

792.  Return  of  all  Ships  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  be  provisionally  detained  as 

unsafe,  &c., from  l st   J u ly   1907  to  30th  J u ne   1908 

-

U 

MERCHANT  SHIPPING  (Mercantile  Marine  Fund  Act,  1898)  :— 

793.  Draft  Order  in  Council  altering  Schedule  in  the  Act  with  regard  to  Racing  Yachts  -

794.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  Light  Dues 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   R U L ES   :— 

795.  Rules  for  Appeals  under  the  Merchant  Shipping  Acts 

-

-

M E R S EY   DOCKS  AND  H A R B O UR   BOARD  :— 

796.  Accounts  for  the  year  ending  l st   J u ly   1907 

797.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

lst  J u ly   1908 

- 

- 

--

- 

--

- 

-

.

-

--

--

.

.. 

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by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

M E R S E Y,   W E A V E R,   AND  S H IP   CANAL  C A R R Y I NG   COMPANY  (Explosions); 

v.  ACCOUNTS, 

No. 467. 

METEOROLOGICAL  C O M M I T T EE   :— 

798.  Third  Report  of  the  Committee to the  Treasury,  for  the  year  euding  31st  March  1908 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   C A T T LE   M A R K ET   :— 

799.  Accounts  for  1907,  and  an  Account  of  Works  executed 

-

-

-

-

--

King's 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   :— 

553 

Presented, 

419 

509 

9 

26 

95 

394 

405 

424 

332 

332 

471 

382 

426 

143 

424 

241 

12 

395 

362 

111 

800.  Accounts  of  the  Metropolitan  Police  and  Police  Pension  Funds  for  the  year  ended i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  128.) J 

31st  March  1908;  printed  148 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

i  Aet. 

148 

VOL.  163. 

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[I903. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE  

(R o y al   Commission) 

:— 

801.  Report  of  the  Commission.  Vol.  I.  

- 

--

802.  Ditto  - 

-  ditto 

- 

-  Vols.  I I.   and  I I I.  

- 

--

- 

- 

M I LE   E ND   O LD   T O WN  

:— 

803.  Report  on  an  Inquiry  into  the  Administration  of  the  Guardians 

M I L I T A RY   P R I S O NS  

:— 

804.  Report  on  the  Discipline  and  Management  thereof  in  1907 

805.  Rules  for  Military  Prisons  in  the  Field  - 

- 

•  - 

- 

- 

M I L I T A RY   SAVINGS  B A N KS   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  4 5,   8 4 0. 

M I L I T A RY   "WORKS  A C T S,   1 8 9 7,   1 8 9 9,   1 9 0 1,   AND  1 9 03   :— 

Ordered, 

Presented. 

--

- 

- 

-

- 

-

--

(  King's 
j  Command. 
i  King's 
|  Command. 

- 

-

f  King's 
|  Commamd. 

j  King's 
i  Command. 
by  Act. 

265 

382 

118 

156 

167 

806.  Accounts  for  the  period  ended  the  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  55.)  > 

and  Auditor  G e n e r a l;   printed  43 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Estimate  of  Expenditure  under  the  Acts  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  46. 

M I L I T IA   J  V.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   3 1. 

MILITIA  ACT,  1882  (Deputy  Lieutenants)  (Ireland) 

:— 

807.  Descriptions  of  Qualifications  lodged  with 

Lieutenancy  in  Ireland  in  1907 

- 

- 

M I L I T IA   U N I TS   ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   4 7. 

M I N E S :— 

Mines  and  Quarries: 

the  Clerk  of  General  Meetings  of) 
- f 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

808.  General  Report  and  Statistics  for  1906.  P a rt  

I I.   (Labour)  - 

- 

- 

-. 

-

809.  Ditto 

810.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

for  1906.  P a rt   I I I.   (Output) 

for  1907.  P a rt  

I.   (District  Statistics) 

-

811.  Reports  of  the  Inspectors  of  Mines  for  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

812.  General  Report  and  Statistics  for  1906.  P a rt   I V.   (Colonial  and  Foreign  Statistics) 

813.  Ditto 

814.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

Royal  Commission: 

for  1907.  P a rt  

I I.   (Labour) 

for  1907.  P a rt   I I I.   (Output) 

815.  Minutes  of  Evidence  of  the  Commission,  with  Index  and  Appendices.  Vol.  I I,  

816.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

-  Vol.  I I I.  

Shaft  Accidents  in  certain  Quarries  : 

817.  Report  on  the  Shaft  Accidents  at  the  Foggs,  Barrow,  and  Rawdon  Collieries  -

818.  Report  on  Accident  at  Roachburn  Quarry,  Cumberland 

819.  Report  on  the  Fire  at  Hamstead  Colliery 

- 

--

820.  Report  on  the  Irruption  of  Water  at  Brereton  Collieries 

-

-

--

-

-

-

-

--

-

-

--

--

M I NT  

:— 

821.  Thirty-eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Deputy  Master  of  the  Mint,  1907 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

M I S C E L L A N E O US   P A P E RS   :— 

No.  4,  1907  (.International  Conference  on  Sleeping  Sickness);  v. Accounts,  No.  599. 

No.  5,  1907  (Second  or  Upper  Chambers  in Foreign  States)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1117, 

No.  6,  1907  (International  Conference on Sleeping  Sickness  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  600. 

No.  1,  1908  (Peace  Conference  at  The  Hague;  v.  Accounts,  No.  929. 

No.  2,  1908  (Second  Ballot  in  Foreign  Countries);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1116. 

No.  3,  1908  (North  Sea  Declaration)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  899. 

No.  4,  1908  (Protocols  of  Peace  Conference at  The  Hague)  ;  o. Accounts,  No.  930. 

by  Aet. 

43 

by  Act. 

78 

j  King's 
<  Command 
[  (Recess), 

i  King's 
•J  Command 
( 
(Recess). 
J  King's 
|  Command, 
(  King's 
< Command 
( 
(Recess), 
1  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess), 
( 
f  King's 
•(  Command 
( 
(Recess). 
(  King's 
(  Commands 

(  King's 

Command 
(Recess). 
I 
| 
King's 
|  Command. 

| 
King's 
|  Command, 
(  King's 
|  Command. 
(  King's 
1 Command, 
(  King's 
< Command 
I  (Recess). 

(  King's 
(  Command, 

6 

6 

201 

146 

242 

393 

394 

6 

402 

85 

255 

357 

393 

314 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S - W I F C N A E R F. 

M I S C E L L A N E O US   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

No.  5,  1908  (Peace   Conference  at  The  Hague)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  931. 

No.  6,  1908  ( Final  Act  of  Peace  Conference at  The  Hague)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  932. 

No.  7,  1908  (Limitations   upon  Testamentary  Bequests);  v.  Accounts,  No.  716. 

No.  8,  1908  (Limitation 
Accounts,  No.  717. 

of  Speeches  in  Supreme  Legislative  Assemblies)-,  v. 

-No.  9,  1908)  Nationality  and  Naturalisation)-,  v.  Accounts,  No.  854. 

MONEY  ORDERS  (P o st   Office); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1016. 

M O T OR   C AR   A C TS   :— 

822.  Order  prohibiting  Motor  Car  Traffic on  certain  Highways  in  Scotland 

823.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

on a  certain  Highway  in  Ireland 

-

-

824.  Regulations  made  under  the  Acts  for  certain  Counties  and  Boroughs  in  England 

825.  Ditto 

826.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

in  Ireland 

-  for  Borough  of  Kendal 

MOZAMBIQUE  (Postal  Agreement)  ;  w. ACCOUNTS,  No.  984. 

N A T A L :— 

827.  F u r t h er   Correspondence  relating  to  Native  Affairs 

-

-

-

-

-

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828.  Ditto 

829.  Ditto 

830.  Ditto 

831.  Ditto 

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- 

- 

- 

- 

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ditto 

ditto, 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

832.  Report  of  the  Native  Affairs  Commission 

- 

833.  Despatch  relative  to  the  Trial  of  certain  Natives 

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--

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834.  Papers  relating  to  the  case  of  Mr.  Alfred  Mangena - 

- 

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- 

835.  Further  Correspondence  relative  to  the  Trial  of  certain  Natives 

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N A T I O N AL   D E BT  

:— 

836.  Return  showing,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year  from  1835-6  to  1907-8,  the 1 
aggregate  gross  Liabilities  of  the  State,  as  represented  by  the  Nominal  Funded > 
-j 
Debt,  &e. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

837.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  191 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  146.) 

NATIONAL  DEBT  ACT,  1883  (Terminable 

Annuities)-.— 

838.  Treasury  Warrants  under  the  Act 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   A N N U I T I ES  

:— 

839.  Account  of  the  gross  amount  of  all  Bank  Annuities,  and  sums  of  money  paid  to ] 
the  Commissioners  for  the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt,  &c.  within  the  year  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  73.) ) 
- 
e n d i ng   5th  January  1908;  printed  64 

NATIONAL  DEBT  (Military  Savings  Banks):-— 

840.  Account  of  all  Moneys  received  and  paid  by  the  Commissioners  for  the  Reduction  j 
the  National  Debt,  &c.  from  19th  September  1845  to  5th  J a n u a ry  1908;  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  64.)  j 

of 
printed  47 

<- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

NATIONAL  DEBT  (Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies) -.— 

841.  Account  of  all  sums  received  and  paid  on  account  of  Banks  for  Savings  and  Friendly ) 
Societies,  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  from  6th  August  1817  to  20th  November > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  70.)  j 
-
1907,  &c.;  printed  59 

--

-

-

-

-

NATIONAL  EDUCATION 

(Ireland)-.— 

842.  Appendix,  Section  II.,  to  the  Seventy-third  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1906-7 

-

843.  Appendix,  Section  I I I .,   to  the  Seventy-third  Report 

- 

- 

- 

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  B  2 

555 

Presented. 

11 

273 

215 

395 

477 

6 

172 

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408 

6 

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462 

466 

198 

191 

174 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E RS  —con  tinned. 

N A T I O N AL   E D U C A T I ON  

(Ireland)-—continued. 

844.  Appendix,  Section  I.,  to  the  Seventy-third  Report  -

_ 

845.  Seventy  fourth  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1907-8 

N A T I O N AL   E X P E N D I T U RE  

:— 

847.  Return  relative  thereto 

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-

-

-

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--

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E R I ES   OF   S C O T L A ND   A C T,   1 9 06  

:— 

848.  Order  made  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  under  the  A ct 

849.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

-

-

850.  First  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  from  1st  April  1907  to  31st  December  1907-

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E RY  

(Ireland) 

:—-

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E RY  

(R e p o r t)   :— 

852.  Report  of  the  Director  for  1907;  printed  70 

- 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  77.) 

N A T I O N AL   G U A R A N T EE   F OR   T HE   W AR   R I S KS   OF   S H I P P I NG  

:— 

N A T I O N A L I TY   A ND   N A T U R A L I S A T I ON  

(M i s c e l l a n e o u s,   No.  9,  1 9 0 8)  :— 

854.  Translation  of  Decree  regulating  Naturalisation  of  Aliens  in  Brazil 

-

N A T I O N AL   P H Y S I C AL   L A B O R A T O RY  

:— 

855.  Report  of  Committee,  with  Treasury  Minute  thereon 

-

856.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  172 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  138.) 

N A T I O N AL   P O R T R A IT   G A L L E RY  

:— 

857.  Fifty-first  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees,  for  1907-8 

-

Ordered, 

Presented. 

King's 

j 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
1 
i 
King's 
•!  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

8 

3 94 

4 69 

2 76 

Try  Act. 

by  Act, 

j 
King's 
|  Command. 

King's 

( 
|  Command. 

2 55 

2 55 

2 69 

3 89 

67 

70 

King's 

| 
|  Command. 

King's 

( 
|  Command. 

F  King's 
J  Command. 
155 

2 80 

4 81 

26 

172 

King's 

( 
J  Command. 

2 25 

N A T I O N AL   S C H O O LS  

(Ireland) 
858.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  125 

:— 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  104.) 

59 

120 

N A T I O N AL   S C H O OL   T E A C H E R S'   (Ireland) 

P E N S I ON   F U ND  

:— 

859.  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Payments  for  1907  ;  printed  244 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  171.) 

by  Act. 

2 43 

N A V AL   AND  M A R I NE   P AY   AND  P E N S I O NS   A C T,   1 8 65  

:— 

860.  Orders  in  Council  approving  Memorials  of  the  Admiralty  for  sanctioning  certain  > 
- 
J 

payments,  &c. 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

861.  Ditto 

862.  Ditto 

863.  Ditto 

864.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

865.  Order  - 

866.  Orders  - 

867.  Order  - 

868.  Orders  - 

869.  Ditto 

870.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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- 

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by  Aet. 
by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aot, 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

9 
9 

26 

96 

129 

1 64 

178 

2 52 

3 33 

3 95 

4 24 

4 71 

N A V AL   C A S U A L T I ES  

:— 

871.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  382 

- 

- 

- 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  282.; 

195 

382 

N A V AL   D I S C I P L I NE   A C T,   1 8 66  

:— 

by  Act. 

9 

NAVAL  EXPENDITURE  (Principal  Naval 

Powers)-.— 

873.  R e t u rn   relative  thereto;  printed  382 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  281.) 

1 70 

3 82 

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557 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

N A V A I,   P R I ZE   M O N EY  

:— 

874.  Accounts  of  Naval  Prize  Money,  &c.  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908 ; | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  208.) ) 

printed  302 

- 

- 

- 

N A V AL   S A V I N GS   B A N KS  

:— 

[Order  for  printing  discharged,  321.] 

875.  Account  of  Deposits,  &c.  in  Naval  Savings  Banks  in  1906-7  ;  printed  143 

- i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  120.) J 

- 

N A V AL   W O R KS   :— 

876.  Memorandum  showing  Progress  and  Expenditure,  &c.  on  items  included  in  the ) 
' -1 
- 

Naval  Works  Act 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

r  Act. 

3 02 

Act. 

143 

82 

N A V AL   Works   Acts,  1895,  1896,  1897,  1899,  1901,  1903,  and  1905: — 

877.  Accounts  of  Money  issued  and  expended  under  the  Acts  in  1906-7,  &c.,  with i 
Report  of the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  47  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  63.) ) 

'  Act. 

47 

N A V I G A T I ON   AND  S H I P P I NG  

:— 

878.  Annual  Statement  for  1907 

- 

- 

-

N A V I G A T I O N,   T R A DE   A ND   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 2 3 6. 

N A V Y :— 

Appropriation  Account: 

382 

879.  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums  granted  by  Parliament  for  Navy  Services  for) 
1906-7,  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;  printed  28  > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  38.) j 

> Act. 

28 

Battle  Practice  : 

880.  Result  of Battle  Practice  in  the  Fleet,  1907 

King's 

Courts-Martial: 

881.  Returns  relating  thereto  for  1907  -

-

-

-

-

--

-

--

King's 
Command. 

Discipline: 

882.  Rules amending  Regulations  for Naval  Prisons 

-

-

-

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883.  Ditto 

- 

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ditto 

-

Dockyard  Expense  Accounts,  1906-7  : 

884.  Annual  Accounts  for  the  year  1906-7,  with  Report  of 

Auditor  General;  printed  91  -

Estimates,  1908-9  : 

the  Comptroller  and 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  88.) ) 

885.  Navy  Estimates  for  the  year  1908-9,  with  explanation  of  Differences;  referred> 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  19.)  J 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  29 ;  printed  15  - 

- 

- 

Estimates,  Statement  explanatory  of: 

886.  Statement of  the  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty  explanatory  of the  Navy  Estimates, i 
-f 

1908-9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  A  ct. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

King's 

50 

393 

32 

457 

91 

15 

15 

Estimates,  1907-8  (Statement on Programme  of  Shipbuilding, frc.) : 

887.  Statement  of  probable  effect  of  reappropriation  of  Cash  Provision,  &c.  on  Ship-j 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  108.) ) 
- 

building,  &c.;  printed  129 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Exceptions  to King's  Regulations : 

888.  List  of  Exceptions  sanctioned  during  1907-8  - 

- 

-

Fleets  (Great  Britain  and Foreign  Countries) ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  514. 

Command. 

129 

King's 
Command. 

382 

Gunnery  : 

889.  Result  of  test  of  Gunlayers  with  heavy  Guns in  the  Fleet,  1907 

-

King's 

Health: 

890.  Statistical  Report  of  the  Health  of  the  Navy  for  1907 ; printed  395 

- i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No. 296.) J 

- 

Hydrographer's  Report: 

891.  Report  by  the  Hydrographer  of the  Admiralty  for 1907  - 

- 

- 

-

Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions Act,  1865  ;  ».  Accounts,  Nos.  860-870. 

. Naval  Prize  Money  ;  v.  Accounts,. No.  874. 

Naval  Savings  Banks;  v.  Accounts,  No.  875. 

Naval  Works;  v.  Accounts,  No.  876. 

VOL.  163. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

NAVY—continued. 

Naval  Works  Acts;  v.  Accounts,  No.  877. 

Public  Accounts  (Navy  Votes)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1035. 

Superannuation  Act,  1887  (A r my   and  Navy  Officers);  v.  Accounts,  No.  1214. 

Victualling  Yard  Manufacturing  Accounts,  1906-7  : 

892.  Annual  Accounts  for  the  year  1906-7,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and> 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  90.) ' 

Auditor  General  thereon  ;  printed  93 

- 

- 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

by  Aet. 

93 

N A VY   A ND   A E MY  

(I n q u i r i e s ) :— 

893.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  395 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  297.) 

383 

395 

N E W B O LT   E L E C T R IC   S H OT   F I R I NG   C O M P A NY  

(E x p l o s i o n s);

  t.   A C C O U N T S,   N o.   4 6 9. 

N E W F O U N D L A ND  

:— 

894,  Correspondence  relating  to  the  Fishery  Question 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

British  Trade  : 

895.  Report  oh  Conditions  and  Prospects  thereof 

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

—  V.  also  A C C O U N TS  (Treaty   Series),  No.  1327. 

N EW   H E B R I D ES   (T r e a ty   Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   No.  1 3 4 1. 

N EW   S O U TH   W A L ES  

:— 
896.  Papers  relative  to  Land  Taxation  - 
896.  Papers  relative  to  Land  Taxation  - 

- 
- 

-
-

NEW  ZEALAND  ( Trade); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   1305. 

N I C A R A G UA  

(  Treaty  Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   No.  1335. 

NIGERIA  (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  231,  232,  249,  255,  257. 

N O R T H E RN   N I G E R IA   (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  2 3 1,   2 5 5. 

N O R T H E RN   T E R R I T O R I ES   OP   T HE   G O LD   C O A ST  (Colonial  Reports)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  2 4 3. 

N O R TH   S EA   F I S H E R I ES  

I N V E S T I G A T I ON   C O M M I T T E E - .— 

897.  Second  Report  (Southern  Area),  1904-5.  Part  I.  - 
897.  Second  Report  (Southern  Area),  1904-5.  Part  I.  - 

-
-

898.  Third  Report  (Northern  Area),  1904-6.  Statistical  Papers 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

N O R TH   S EA   D E C L A R A T I ON   (M i s c e l l a n e o u s,   No.  3,   1 9 0 8)  

:— 

899.  Correspondence  respecting  maintenance  of  status  quo  in  the  Territories  bordering 
-

upon  the  North  Sea 

_. 

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

jxv/oy a 
jxv/oy a 
I 
I 
<  Command 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
(Recess). 
( 
( 

King's 
King's 

( 
( 
(  Command. 
(  Command. 

5 

249 

1  JCinn's 
. u'   "'  /  " 
. u'   "'  /  " 
1 
1 
i  Command 
i  Command 
(Recess), 
{ 
(Recess), 
{ 

6 

King's 

( 
-< Command 
(Recess), 
( 
( 
King's 
J  Command. 

King's 

J 
<  Command 
(Recess), 
( 

8 

402 

147 

N O R TH   S EA   T E R R I T O R I ES   (T r e a ty   Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 3 6 1. 

N O R T ON   H I LL   C O L L I E RY   (Explosions) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 6 8. 

N O R W AY   (Treaty  Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O S.   1 3 4 2,   1 3 5 7. 

N Y A S S A L A ND   (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  2 4 4,   2 5 5. 

O B S E R V A T O R Y,   E D I N B U R G H;   r.   A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 1 0 4. 

OFFENCES  (Ireland) 

:— 

900.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  386 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  289.) 

314 

386 

O F F E N C ES   IN   C O U N TY   A R M A GH  

(Ireland) 

:— 

901.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  402 

- 

- 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   (New  Zealand  and  Germany)  :— 
902.  Memorandum  on  Schemes  in force;  printed  228 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  300.) 

369 

401 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  159.) 

228 

228 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   (Non-contributory  Scheme) 

(Correspondence):— 

903,  Circular  Letter  thereon  by  Chief  Registrar;  printed  2 5 0-  

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  177.) 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   A C T,   1 9 0 8 :— 

904.  Financial  Instructions  under  the  A c t;   printed  404  - 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No,  302.) 

[Order  for printing  discharged,  405.] 

905.  Regulations  under  the  Act  ;  printed  404  - 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  303.) 

[Order  for  printing  discharged,  405.] 

250 

250 

by  Act, 
by  Act, 

404 
404 

by  Act, 
by  Act, 

404 
404 

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I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E. 

559 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presentee 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   A C T,   1 9 0 8 —c o n t i n u e d. 

906.  Regulations  under  the  A c t;   printed  405  - 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No,  304.) 

by  Act, 

907.  Circulars  issued  by  the  Local  Government  Board  ;  printed  410 

- 

- i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  303.) 1 
- 0 
- 

- 

- 

408 
King's 

| 
\  Com/mand. 

405 

410 

492 

908.  Circular  issued  to  Local  Pension  Committees  and  Sub-Committees  - 

O P T I O NS   A ND   F U T U R ES   (Legislation  respecting)  :— 

909.  Report  from  His  Majesty's  Representative  at  Washington  thereon  - 

- 

- 

-

O R D N A N CE   F A C T O R I ES   (Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   4 9,   5 0. 

O R D N A N CE   S U R V E Y :— 

910.  Report  on  the  Progress  thereof  to  31st  March  1908 

-

-

-

-

--

O S B O R NE  

:— 

911<  Report  by  the  House  Governor  and  Medical  Superintendent  for  the  year  ending > 
_J 

31st  March  1908 

- 

- 

. 

. 

King's 
i 
J  tln/mvn ttmrl 
^  lAimUlU/ltUi 
f  (-Recess). 

7 
7 

j  King's 
j  Command. 

312 

King's 
Command* 

333 

O T T A WA   M I N T :— 

912.  Treasury  Minute  relating  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  „ 

by  Aet. 

21 

O X F O RD   U N I V E R S I TY   ;  ».   A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 3 9 5 - 1 4 0 4. 

P A C I F IC   C A B LE   A C T,   1 9 01   :— 

913.  Accounts  under the  Act  to  31st  March  1908;  printed  369 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  266.) 

by  Act. 

369 

P A N A MA  (T r e a ty   Series)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1353. 

P A N A MA   C A N AL   (Commercial,  No.  2 , 1 9 0 8)   :  — 

914.  Despatches  respecting  the  employment  of  British  West  Indian  Labour 

- 

- 

-

P A R A G U AY   (Treaty  Series)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  1352. 

1  King's 
(  Command. 

129 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   C O N S T I T U E N C I ES   (Electors,  fyc.)  (United  Kingdom):— 

915.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  35  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  44.) 

(  by  Address, 
i 

15 

35 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   P A P E RS  

:— 

916.  List  of  Bills,  Reports,  Estimates,  and  Accounts  and  Papers  printed  by  Order  of i 
the  House,  and  of  Papers  presented  by  Command,  Session  1908,  With  a  General  ( 
Alphabetical  Index  thereto;  28th  Parliament,  Third  Session,  8th  Edward  VII.,  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  384.) J 
29th  January  1908  to  21st  December  1908 ;  printed  513 

Laid  upon 
the  Table  by 
Mr,  Speaker. 

513 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   R E T U R NS  

:— 

917.  Treasury  Minute  relating  to  Uganda  Railway  Act,  1896 

P A S S E N G E RS   TO  A ND   F R OM   P L A C ES   O UT   OF   E U R O PE  
918.  Return  relating  thereto  for  each  month  of  1908 

:— 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Act. 

352 

_ 

. 

_ 

(  King's 
)  Command. 

80 

P A T E N TS   A ND   D E S I G NS   A C T,   1 9 07  

:— 

919.  Rules  made  under  the  Act 

920.  Order  made  under  the  Act 

- 

- 

-

-

921.  Rules  made  under  the  Act 

-

P A T E N T S,   D E S I G N S,   A ND   T R A DE   M A R KS  

:— 

atents,  Designs,  and  Trade) 
922.  Twenty-fifth  Report  of  the  Comptroller  General  of  Patents,  Designs,  and  Trade; 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  156.) J 
- 

Marks,  for  1907;  printed  221 

-

P A U P E R I SM   (England  and  Wales)  :— 

923.  Return  relative  thereto,  1908  (Monthly  Statements)  ;  printed  44 

924.  Ditto  - 

-  ditto  - 

- 

(Half-yearly  Statements)  ;  printed  156 

P A U P E RS   A ND   D E P E N D A N TS  

(S c o t l a n d ) :— 

925.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  382 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  284.) 

926.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

-  printed  504 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  370.) 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  B  4 

- 

- 

- > 
- 
.  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  58.)J 
- i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  130.); 

- 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

10 

449 

478 

by  Act. 

221 

38 

88 

(  by  Order  of 
< last  Session, 
I  17  July. 

481 

44 

156 

382 

504 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   56 

9 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

P A W N B R O K E R S'   R E T U R NS   (I r e l a n d ) :— 

927.  Returns  from  the  City  Marshal  of  Dublin  for  1906 

-

928.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

for  1907 

P A Y,   N O N - E F F E C T I VE   P A Y,   A ND   A L L O W A N C ES   {Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 1. 

P E A CE   C O N F E R E N CE   AT   T HE   H A G UE  
Miscellaneous,  No.  1,  1908  : 

:— 

929.  Correspondence  respecting  the  Second  Peace  Conference,  1907 

Miscellaneous,  No.  4,  1908  : 

930.  Protocols  of  Meetings  at  the  Second  Peace  Conference,  1907  - 

- 

-

Miscellaneous,  No.  5,  1908  : 

931.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  the  Second  Peace  Conference,  1907  -

Miscellaneous,  No.  6,  1908  : 

932.  Final  Act  of  Second  Peace  Conference,  1907 

-

P E N AL   S E R V I T U DE   A C TS   (Conditional  Licence)  :— 

933.  Licence  granted  under  the  Acts  to  a  Convict,  with  Conditions 

934.  Ditto 

935.  Ditto 

936.  Ditto 

937.  Ditto 

938.  Ditto 

939.  Ditto 

940.  Ditto 

941.  Ditto 

942.  Ditto 

943.  Ditto 

944.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

.

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

..

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

..

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

•• 

- 

-

-

.

.

.. 

.. 

-

P E N S I ON   F U ND   (National  School  Teachers)  (Ireland)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   No.  859. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

. 

-

-

-

_ 

-

-

-

_ 

P E N S I O NS   (Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 5. 

P E N S I O NS   (Civil  List)  : — 

945.  Return  relative thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

946.  Ditto  -

--

-  printed  363 

- 

- 

[Order  discharged,  296.] 

_ 

- 

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  207. 

P E N S I O NS   (Royal  Irish  Constabulary)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 1 0 3. 

- 

-

- 

' (Sess.  Papers, No.  259.) 

P E R S IA   (NO.  1,   1 9 0 8 ) :— 

947.  Despatch  from  the  Indian  Government  relating  to  British  Policy  in  Persia 

P E T E R H E AD   H A R B O UR  

:— 

948.  Reports  respecting  Peterhead  Harbour  Works 

-

949.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

-

P H A R M A CY   A C TS  

(Ireland)  %— 

-

-

King's 

| 
I  Command. 

King's 

j 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 
j 
King's 
-j  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

950.  Order  in  Council  approving  a  Regulation  made  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of) 
-i 

Ireland 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

by  Act. 

14  

! 

951.  Ditto 

.

..

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

-

-

by  Act. 

307 

P O L I CE  

:— 

Counties  and  Boroughs  (England  and  Wales)  : 

952.  Reports  of  the  Inspectors  of  Constabulary  for  the  year  ending  29th  September i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  169.)  S 

1907  ;  printed  243 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

243 
243 

Dublin  Metropolitan  Police;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  359,  360. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

14 

4 15 

1  K'mn's 
1  C/tfJ O 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
[ 

I  King's 
1  Command. 

f 
King's 
|  Command. 

King's 

f 
j  Command. 

by  Act. 

ly  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Ant. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

260 

296 

5 

2 37 

3 57 

3 57 

9 

14 

14 

14 

21 

37 

62 

273 
321 

394 

445 

471 

363 

61 

8 

393 

 
 
 
 
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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E. 

557 

- 

_ 

by  Aet. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

POLICE  (M e t r o p o l i s)  :— 

9 5 3.   R e p o rt   of   t he   C o m m i s s i o n er   f or   t he   y e ar   1 9 06  

-

-

-

-

--

954.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

year  1907 

Metropolitan  Police;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  800-802. 

Police  Act,  1890  ; 

955.  Correspondence  relative  to  the  refusal  of  the  Certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State) 
under  the  Act  to  the  River  Tyne  Police  Force  for the  year  ended  29th  September  } 
-j 
1907  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Scotland: 

956.  Fiftieth  Annual  Report  of the  Inspector  of  Constabulary for  Scotland,  for  1907 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS  

:— 

957.  Bath,  City  of 

958.  Carnarvon,  County  o f-  

959.  Durham,  County  of 

9 6 0.   D i t to  

961.  Ditto 

- 

- 

d i t to  

ditto 

- 

- 

962.  East  Suffolk,  County  of 

963.  Essex,  County  of 

9 6 4.   D i t to  

965.  Ditto 

- 

- 

d i t to  

ditto 

- 

- 

.

..

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

966.  Huddersfield,  County  Borough  of  - 

967.  Lancaster,  County  of 

- 

--

- 

- 

- 

' 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

--

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

--

- 

•  _ 

- 

- 

- 

. 

_ 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

.-

-

- 

- 

--

--

-

968.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

969.  London,  City  o f-  

970.  Salop,  County  of 

- 

-

- 

971.  Southampton,  County  of 

972.  Stafford,  County  of 

973.  Surrey,  County  of 

974.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

975.  West  Suffolk,  County  of 

976.  Westmoreland,  County  of 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

--

-

- 

--

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

--

--

--

--

P O OR   L AW   R E L I EF  

:— 

Paupers  relieved  in  a  Year  and  Periods  of  Relief % 

977.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  352 

5 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  250.) 

Ireland: 

978.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  411 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  306.) 

P O OR   R E L I EF   (England   and  Wales)  ;— 

979.  Statement  of  the  amount  expended  for  In-maintenance  and  Outdoor  Relief  during j 
- I 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  340.) j 

the  half-years  ended  Lady  Day  and  Michaelmas  1908  ;  printed  467 

- 

Ordered. 

jKing's 
Command 
(Recess). 

King's 

(Recess). 

by  Act. 

(  Ki 
(  Comi 

Command. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Aet, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet, 

by  Act, 

by  Act. 

by  Order  of 
last  Sessio: 
5  August. 

by  Order  of 
last  Session, 
16  July. 

348 

P O RT   OF   L O N D ON   B I LL  

:— 

980.  Memorandum  in  reference  thereto  ;  printed  132 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  109.) 

132 

P O R T U G AL   (Treaty   Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 3 2 0. 

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT  

(C u r a q a o)  

:— 

981.  Postal  Agreement  with  Cura§ao  for  an  exchange  of  Money  Orders 

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT  

(G e r m a n y)   :— 

982.  Postal  Agreement  with  Germany  for  an  exchange  of  Money  Orders 

POSTAL  AGREEMENT  (Japan) 

•.— 

983.  Postal  Agreement  with  Japan  for the  exchange  of Postal  Parcels 

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

-

-

.4  tf  4 

Command. 

(  King'. 
(  Command. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   56 

9 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT  

(M o z a m b i q u e)  

:— 

984.  Postal  Agreement  with  Mozambique  for  the  exchange  of  Postal  Parcels  -

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT  

(S a l v a d o r)   :  — 

985.  Postal  Agreement  with  Salvador  for  the  exchange  of  Money  Orders ~ 

- 

- 

-

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   (S u r i n a m)  

:— 

986.  Additional  Articles  to  the  Postal  Agreement  with  Surinam  for  an  exchange  of i 
- 
- 

. 
. 
-  ditto 

- 
- 
-  ditto 

Money  Orders 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

987.  Ditto 

-
-

- 

-

-

P O ST   O F F I CE  

:— 

988.  Fifty-fourth  Report  of  the  Postmaster  General 

- 

- 

- 

-

Changes  in  Wag es,  $fc.: 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

F  King's 
(  Command. 

118 

King's 

( 
j  Command. 

King's 
Command. 

J 
King's 
|  Command, 

11 

11 
11 

85 

( 
King's 
|  Command, 

362 

989.  Post  Office Circulars  connected  therewith ;  printed  296 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  206.) 

281 

296 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  : 

990.  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amendment  (No.  10)  Warrant,  1907  - 

- 

-

991.  Ditto 

- 

-

992.  Ditto 

993.  Ditto 

994., Ditto 

995.  Ditto 

996.  Ditto 

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997.  Ditto 

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(No.  11)  Warrant,  1907 

(No.  12)  Warrant,  1907 

-

-

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- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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(No.  13)  Warrant,  1907  -

(No.  14) Warrant,  1908 

-

(No.  15)  Warrant,  1908  - 

- 

-

(No.  16)  Warrant,  1908  -

(No.  17)  Warrant,  1908 

-

(No.  18)  Warrant,  1908  -

(No.  19)  Warrant,  1908  -

(No.  20)  Warrant,  1908 

(No.  23)  Warrant,  1908 

(No.  21)  Warrant,  1908 

(No.  24)  Warrant,  1908 

(No.  26)  Warrant,  1908 

-

-

-

- 

- 

(No.  25)  Warrant,  1908 

-

-

- 

-

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

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998.  Ditto 

999.  Ditto 

1000.  Ditto 

1001.  Ditto 

1002.  Ditto 

-

1003.  Ditto 

1004.  Ditto 

1005.  Ditto 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Post: 

1006.  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  Amendment  (No.  1)  Warrant,  1908 

1007.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-

ditto 

- 

- 

(No.  4)  Warrant,  1908 

1008.  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (Cash  on  Delivery)  Warrant,  1908 

-

1009.  Ditto 

1010.  Ditto 

1011.  Ditto 

1012.  Ditto 

-

-

-

-

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

Amendment  (No.  1)  Warrant,  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  Amendment  (No.  2)  Warrant,  1908 

-  Amendment  (No.  3)  Warrant,  1908 

Amendment  (No.  4)  Warrant,  1908 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by Act. 

by  Act. 

by Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

11 

11 

11 

11 

82 
113 

118 

118 

174 

245 

253 

405 
410 

423 

441 

449 

205 

449 

237 

344 

410 

410 

419 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (except  Parcels)  : 

1013.  Foreign  and  Colonial  Post  (except  Parcels)  Warrant 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Aet. 

11 

Inland  Post: 

1014.  Inland  Post  Amendment  (No.  10)  Warrant,  1908 

-

-

-

-

-

--

by  Act. 

191 

Liverpool  and  Hong  Kong  Mail  Service;  v.  Accounts,  No.  718. 

Life  Insurance  (Departmental  Committee)  : 
1015.  Report  of  the  Committee  thereon;  printed  419 

Money  Orders: 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  311.) 

415 

418 

1016.  Money  Order  Amendment  (No.  2)  Regulations,  1908 

-

-

-

-

--

by  Aet. 

78 

Postal  Agreement  (Curagao)  ; v. Accounts,  No.  981. 

Postal  Agreement  (Germany)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  982. 

Postal  Agreement  (Japan)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  983. 

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563 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

P O ST   O F F I C E —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

Postal  Agreement  (.Mozambique)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  984. 

Postal  Agreement  ( Salvador)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  985. 

Postal  Agreement  (Surinam)  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  986,  987. 

Shetland  Mail  Service  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1125. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S A V I N GS   B A NK  

(R e g u l a t i o n s)   :— 

1017.  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Amendment  (No.  1)  Regulations,  1908 

-

by  Aot, 

434 

Post  Office  Savings  Banks'. 

1018.  Accounts  of  all  Deposits  received  and  paid,  &c.  in  1907  ;  printed  302 

-i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  209.)J 

- 

POST  OFFICE  TELEGRAPHS  (including  

Telephones):— 
1019.  Account  showing  the  gross  amount  received  and  expended  on  account  of  the ] 
- I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  18.)] 
- i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  339.)  1 

Telegraph  Service  during  the  year  ending  31st  March  1907  ;  printed  11 

31st  March  1908 ;  printed  462 

1020.  Ditto 

ditto 

- 

- 

by  Aet. 

302 

by  Aet. 

11 

by  Aet. 

462 

P R I C ES   OF   E X P O R T ED   C O AL  

:— 

1021.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  114 

-

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  97.) 

47 

113 

P R I S O NS  

:— 

England  and  Wales  ; 

1022.  Report  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1907 

1023.  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  Parts  I.  and  II.,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908 

1024.  Draft  Rules  for  the  treatment  and  custody  of  Appellants  not  admitted  to  Bail; i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  69)J 

printed  59 

* - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

King's 

( 
-j  Command 
(Reoess). 
I 

I  King  s 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

by  Act, 

6 

393 

59 

1025.  Draft  Rules  for the  constitution  of  the  Visiting  Committee  of  Carmarthen  Prison;) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  380.) 1 

printed  510 

by  Act. 

510 

Ireland: 

1026.  Thirtieth  Beport  of  the  General  Prisons  Board,  1907-8,  with  Appendix  -

Scotland  : 

1027.  Thirtieth  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1907  - 

. 

King's 

( 
(  Command. 

King's 

( 
<  Command 
(Recess), 
I 

382 

146 

P R I V A TE   B I L LS   A ND   P R I V A TE   B U S I N E SS  

:— 

1028.  Return  relating  thereto  for  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

-

-

-

-

--

489 

492 

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON   P R O C E D U RE  

(S c o t l a n d)   A C T,  

1 8 9 9 :— 

1029.  Report  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of  the  House  of  Lords  and  the  Chairman  of ) 
-  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  48.)] 

Ways  and  Means  in  the  House  of  Commons  under  the  Act  ;  printed  38 

- 

[Order  for  printing  discharged,  88.] 

by  Act. 

37 

1030.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-  ditto 

- 

printed  273 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  196.) 

by  Aet, 

273 

[Order  for printing  discharged,  276.] 

1031.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  509 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  379.) 

492 

509 

P R I ZE   M O N ET  

(Naval); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   8 7 4. 

P R O B A T E,   C O U RT   OF  (High  Court  of Justice)  {Ireland); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 9 2. 

P R O B A T I ON   OF   O F F E N D E RS   A C T,   1 9 07   :— 

1032.  Memorandum  containing  Rules  made  by  the  Home  Secretary  under  the  Act 

-

I  King's 
}  Command. 

91 

PROGRESS  AND  CONDITION  (East 

India); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  396. 

PROSECUTION  FOR  SPEECHES,  &C.  (East 

India); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  397. 

P R O S E C U T I ON   OF   O F F E N C ES   A C T S,   1 8 79   A ND   1 8 8 4 :— 

1033.  Return  showing  the  working  of  the  Regulations  for  carrying  out  the  Acts,  for  1907  ; 
—  — 
-
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  290.) is 

printed  386  -

--

-

-

-

-

by  Address, 

383 

386 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   (Army  Votes):— 

1034.  Treasury  Minute  authorising  the  temporary  application  of  Surpluses  on  certain j 
Army  Votes  for  1907-8  to  defray  Excesses  on  other  Army  Votes  of  the  same  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  107.) j 
year;  printed  125 

- 

to 

pursuant 
Resolution, 
4 March  1879. 

125 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  c  2 

 
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9 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   ( Navy  Votes):— 

1035.  Treasury  Minute  authorising  the  temporary  application of  Surpluses  on  certain Navy ) 
Votes  for  1907-8  to  meet  Excesses  on  other  Navy  Votes  of  the  same  year; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  106.) j 
printed  125  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   A ND   C H A R G ES   A C T,  

1 8 9 1 :— 
1036.  Treasury  Minute  directing  Receipts  under  Section  28 (9)  of  Merchant  Shipping  Act, i 
-) 

1 9 0 6,   to   be   a p p l i ed   to   M e r c a n t i le   M a r i ne   S e r v i c es  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

1037.  Handbook  to  Reports  from  the  Committee,  Vol.  IV.  ;  printed  510  - 

-> 
- 
(Sess.  Paper*,  No.  382.) I 

- 

P U B L IC   B I L LS   :— 

1038.  Return  of number  of  Public  Bills  in  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

- 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   (Regulations  as  to  Food)  A C T,   1 9 07   :— 

1039.  Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government  Board  under  the  Act  - 

1040.  Public  Health  (First  Series,  Unsound  Food)  Regulations  (Scotland) 

1 0 4 1.   P u b l ic   H e a l th   ( F o r e i gn   M e a t)   R e g u l a t i o ns   ( S c o t l a n d)  

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

1042.  Regulations  made  by  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland  under  the  Act 

P U B L IC  

I N C O ME   A ND   E X P E N D I T U R E :— 

1908,  with  the  Balances  in the  Exchequer,  « c .;   printed  157  - 

1043.  Account  of  the  gross  Public  Income  and  Expenditure  in  the  year ended  31st  March j 
-> 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  132.)  j 
- > 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  258.) i 

1044.  Return  relative  thereto,  from  1893-4  to  1907-8  ; printed  363  - 

- 

- 

- 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   (Acquisition  of  Site)  A C T,   1 8 9 5,   &c.:— 

1045.  Account  showing  the  Moneys  issued,  borrowed,  and  expended  under "the  Acts  to 1 
the  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  43.)) 
printed  33 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   S I TE  

(D u b l i n)   A C T,   1 9 03  

:— 
1046.  Accounts  of  Money  issued,  expended,  and  borrowed  under  the  Act  for  the  period) 
ended  31st  March  1907,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General; > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  72.) j 
printed  6 2-  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

to 

pursuant 
Resolution, 
iMarch\$l§. 

125 

by  Aet. 

10 

510 

510 

488 

492 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet, 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Aet. 

232 

455 

469 

469 

478 

156 

363 

by  Act. 

32 

by  Act. 

62 

P U B L IC   P E T I T I O NS  

:— 

1047.  Return  of number  of  Public  Petitions  in  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

.

.. 

488 

492 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS  

:— 

1048.  Sixty-ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper 

-

-

-

-

-

--

Xing's 

| 
|  Command. 

Disposal  of  Documents  : 

1049.  Addition  to  the  Rules  for  disposal  of  Documents 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Act. 

Ireland: 

1050.  Fortieth  Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper,  1907 

-

Schedules  of  Documents  not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value  to  justify 

their 

preservation  : 

1051.  High  Court  of  Justice 

1052.  War  Department  - 

- 

- 

1053.  Admiralty  Department  - 

- 

- 

- 

1054.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 

1055.  Treasury  (African  Companies) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1056.  Colonial  Office  (New  Zealand  Company) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

King's 

| 
(  Command, 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act, 

160 

72 

394 

12 

12 

237 

237 

292 

461 

P U B L IC   R E V E N UE   (Interception) 

:— 

1057.  Return  relative  thereto  j  printed  415 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  309.) 

401 

415 

P U B L IC   T R U S T EE   R U L ES   :— 

1058.  Public  Trustee  Rules,  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.  -

P U B L IC   W O R KS  

(I r e l a n d)   :— 

1059.  Treasury  Minute  authorising  the  renewal  of  the  lease  of  two  plots  of  Land  at > 
_( 
_ 

Kingstown 

„ 

_ 

» 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1060.  Seventy-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  with  Appendices,  for  the  year i 
-J 
- 

ending  31st  March  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Aet, 

by  Act. 

12 

10 

King's 
Command. 

348 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O AN   B I LL  

:— 

1061.  Statement  relative  thereto  j  printed  341 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  239.) 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O AN   B O A RD   :— 

1062.  Thirty-third  Annual  Report  of the  Board,  1907-8,  with  Appendices  ;  printed  288 

- i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  202.) I 

Q U A R R I E S,   M I N ES   AND  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,  Nos.  808-820. 

Q U E EN   A N N E 'S   B O U N TY   :— 

1063.  Annual  Report  and  Accounts  of  the  Governors  for  1907 

- 

- 

- 

-

Q U E E N 'S   C O L L E G ES   :— 

Belfast: 

1064.  Report  of  the  President  for the  year  1907-8 

- 

Cork: 

1065.  Report  of the  President  for  the  Session  1907-8 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

Galvoay : 

1066.  Report  of  the  President  for  the  Session  1907-8 

-

-

-

-

-

--

Q U E E N S L A ND  

:— 

1067.  Papers  relating  to  Land  Taxation 

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

R A I L W AY   A C C I D E N TS   :— 

1068.  Returns  of  Accidents  and  Casualties,  as  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Railway 

Companies,  during  the  three  months  ending  30th  September  1907.  Part  I.  -

1069.  Ditto 

1070.  Ditto 

1071.  Ditto 

1072.  Ditto 

-

-

-

-

1073.  Ditto 

1074.  Ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

-  ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

-

-

-

-

-

-

General  Report: 

-  during  the  six  months  ending  30th  June  1907  -

- 

r 

three  months  ending  30th  September  1907.) 
Part  II.  ( 

ditto 

-  31st  December  1907. 

Part 

i 
I.) 

ditto 

-  31st  December  1907. 

i 

Part  II. 

ditto 

ditto 

31st  March  1908 

30th  June  1908 

1075.  General  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  the  Accidents  which  have  occurred  on 

the  Railways  of the  United  Kingdom  in  1907 

- 

- 

- 

-

R A I L W AY   AND  C A N AL   T R A F F IC   A C T S,   1 8 54   TO  1 8 9 4 :— 

1076.  Nineteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Railway  and  Canal  Commission,  with  Appendix  -

R A I L W AY   AND  C A N AL   T R A F F IC   A C T S,   1 8 88   AND  1 8 94   :— 

1077.  Tenth  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  their  Proceedings  under  the  A c t s;   printed  t 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  279.)) 

382 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

R A I L W AY   C O M P A N I ES  (Charitable  and  other  Contributions,  1 9 0 7)  

:— 

1078.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  424 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  312.) 

RAILWAY  EMPLOYMENT  (S a f e ty  

Appliances):— 

1079.  Reports  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trade  thereon 

-

R A I L W A Y,   &c.  B I L LS   :— 

1080.  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  all  Railway,  Canal,  Tramway,  Harbour  and ] 
Tidal Waters,  Electricity,  Gas, and  Water  Bills,  and  Provisional  Orders,  of  Session  I 
j 
1908  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

R A I L W AY   R E T U R NS   :— 

1081.  Return  as  to  the  Capital,  Traffic Receipts,  and  Working  Expenditure  of  Railway i 
-) 

Companies  of the  United  Kingdom,  for  1907 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Preliminary 

Statement: 

1082.  Return relating  to  the  Railways  of  the  United  Kingdom,  for  1907  -

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

.4  tf  4 

557 

Presented. 

341 

288 

70 

386 

362 

362 

11 

6 

6 

80 

113 

191 

' 

392 

, 

404 

392 

124 

382 

j 

424 

341 

62 

382 

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A C C O U N TS  A ND 

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

R A I L W A YS 

:— 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

Accidents;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1068-1075. 

Banking  and  Railway  Statistics  (Ireland); 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  67-69. 

East  India;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  398-400. 

Light  Railways  Act,  1896  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  691-715. 

Railway  and  Canal  Traffic  Acts;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1076,  1077. 

Railway  Companies  (Charitable  and  other  Contributions,  1907)  ;  v.  Accounts, 

No.  1078. 

Railway  Employment  (Safety  Appliances)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1079. 

Railway,  §-c.  Bills  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1080. 

Railway  Returns;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1081,  1082. 

Railway  Servants  (Hours  of  Labour)  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1085-1089. 

Railways  Abandonment: 

Reports  by  the  Board  of  Trade  respecting  the  following  Bills  and  their 

objects,  viz.:— 

1083.  Metropolitan  District  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Bill, 

178 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

. 

- 

-

1084.  Macclesfield  and  District  Tramways  Bill  j  referred  to  the  Committee  on  the  Bill, 

2 73 

-

-

-

-

-

-- 

- 

- 

-

R A I L W AY  S E R V A N TS  (Hours  of  Labour):— 

1085.  Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  respecting  their  Proceedings  relative  thereto,  for  the ) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  278.) f 

year  ending  27th  July  1908  ;  printed  382 

- 

1086.  Return  under  the  Regulation  of  Railways  Act,  1889,  of  Railway  Servants  who,  in 
the  months  of  July  and  October  1907,  were  on  duty  for more  than  twelve  hours  at 
a  time,  &c.  - 

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-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1087.  Ditto 

1088.  Ditto 

1 0 8 9.  D i t to 

R A M S G A TE  H A R B O UR 

:— 

ditto 

ditto 

ditto 

-  ditto 

-  January  1908 

-  ditto 

-  April  1908 

.  ditto 

-  July  1908 

-

-

1090.  Statement  of  Receipts  and  Payments  by  the  Board  of  Trade  for  the  year  ended  31st) 

March  1907  ;  printed  10 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  6.)   1 

1091.  Statement  of  Receipts  and  Payments  by  the  Board  of  Trade  for  the  year  ended 31st i 
-» 

•  March  1908 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

R E F O R M A T O RY  AND  I N D U S T B I AL  S C H O O L S :— 

Great  Britain  : 

1092.  Fifty-first  Report,  for  1907.  Part  T. (List  of  Schools,  &c.) 

1093.  Ditto 

- 

Part  II.  (General  Report) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

1094.  Fiftieth  Report  of  the  Inspector,  for  1906.  Part  II.  (General  Report) 

Ireland: 

1095.  Forty-sixth  Report  of  the  Inspector,  for  1907 

R E G I S T ER  H O U SE 

(Edinburgh):— 

1096.  Minute  respecting  Gratuities  therein 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

RESERVE  (Army); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  52-54. 

R E V E N UE  AND  E X P E N D I T U RE  (England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland)  :— 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

pursuant 

to  8.0. 
1586. 
pursuant 
to  S.O. 
158a. 

178 

273 

by  Aet. 

382 

6 

161 

392 

472 

10 

504 

159 

394 

6 

394 

394 

Chmmand. 

King's 
Command 

King's 
Command. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

Command. 

Command. 
King's 
Command 

Command 
(Recess). 

Command 
(Recess"). 

1097.  Return  showing,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  the  amount  contributed  by j 
England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland  respectively  to  the  Revenue,  &c.;  printed  307 

-  > 

1 25 

307 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  216.) j 

R E V E N UE  (Collection  of  Taxes)  :— 

1098.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  124 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess,  Papers,  No.  103.) 

75 

124 

R I F LE  A S S O C I A T I O NS  (Colonies)  (Grants) 

:— 
1099.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  434 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  319.) 

198 

432 

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557 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

R I V E RS   P O L L U T I ON   P R E V E N T I ON   A C T,   1 8 76  

:— 

1100.  Report  of  His  Majesty'8  Inspector  for  Scotland  under  the  Act 

-

R I V E RS   P O L L U T I ON   P R E V E N T I ON   A CT   A ND   P U B L IC   H E A L TH  

(S c o t l a n d)   A C T:   — 

1101.  Report  on  the  Pollution  of  the  River  Leven  (Dumbartonshire) 

- 

- 

- 

-

R O A C H B U RN   Q U A R R Y;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 1 8. 

R O A DS   AND  B R I D G ES  

(S c o t l a n d)   :— 

1102.  Return  relative  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

. 

R O S L I N,   E D I N B U R GH  

( .E x p l o s i o n s);   v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 7 1. 

R O Y AL   COMMISSIONS 

:— 

Care  and  Control  of  the Feeble-minded  %  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  172,  173. 
Congestion  in  Ireland;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  275-278. 

Ordered. 

Sing's 
Command, 

King's 
Command. 

307 

East  India  (Decentralisation); 

v.  Accounts,  No.  376. 

Historical  Manuscripts  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  5 4 9 - 5 5 2. 

Horse  Breeding  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  553. 

Lighthouse  Administration  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  688,  689. 

Metropolitan  Police-,  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  801,  802. 

Mines  ;  Accounts,  Nos.  815,  816. 

Sewage  Disposal-,  v.  Accounts,  No.  1120. 

Tuberculosis  (Human  and  Bovine)  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  1379. 

Vivisection  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1423-1425. 

Whiskey  and  other  Potable  Spirits; 

v.  Accounts,  No.  1436. 

R O Y AL  

I R I SH   C O N S T A B U L A RY  

(P e n s i o n s)  

:— 

1103.  Return  relative  to Pensions  to  Officers,  &c.  granted  since  the  Constabulary  Estimate i 
- i 

for  1907-8  was  prepared 

_ 

_ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

. 

R O Y AL   O B S E R V A T O RY  

(E d i n b u r g h)   :— 

1104.  Eighteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Astronomer  Royal  for  Scotland  -

R O Y AL   P A T R I O T IC   F U ND   C O R P O R A T I ON  

:— 

1105.  Fourth  Report,  for  the  year  1907 

R O Y AL   U N I V E R S I TY   OP   I R E L A ND  

:— 

1106.  Twenty-sixth  Report,  for  1907 

1107.  Accounts  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  with  Report  of the  Comptroller  and i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  298.) t 

Auditor  General;  printed  396 

- 

R U S S IA   (No. 

1,   1 9 0 7)  

:— 

1108.  Convention  with  Russia  relating  to  Persia,  Afghanistan,  and  Thibet 

R U S S IA   (Treaty  Series)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 3 2 6,   1 3 4 2,   1 3 5 0. 

S A I NT   A N D R E WS   U N I V E R S I TY   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 4 2 1,   1 4 2 2. 

SAINT  HELENA  (Colonial  Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  N o.   237. 

S A I NT   H E L E N 'S   (Inquiry  into  Charities);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 9 0. 

S A I NT   L U C IA   (Colonial  Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  2 3 1,   2 4 5. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 

Command. 

Command, 

by  Act. 

Command 
(Recess). 

S A I NT   V I N C E NT  

:— 

1109.  R u l es   for Prison  Government 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

by  Act, 

2 05 

—  V.  also  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 3 3. 

S A L M ON   A ND   F R E S H W A T ER   F I S H E R I ES   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   8 9. 

S A L OP   (Polling   Districts); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 7 0. 

S A L V A D OR   P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 8 5. 

S A N I T A RY   M E A S U R ES   (East  India)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 0 1. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

S A V I N GS   B A N KS  

:— 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

Army  (Military  Savings  Banks);  v.  Accounts,  No.  45. 

National  Debt  (Military  Savings  Banks);  v.  Accounts,  No.  840. 

National  Debt  (Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies);  v.  Accounts,  No.  841. 

Naval  Savings  Banks;  v.  Accounts,  No.  875. 

Post  Office  Savings  Banks  ;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1017,  1018. 

Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies : 

1110.  Account  showing  Interest  accrued,  &c.  in  1907  ;  printed  249  - 

-i 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  175.) f 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

249 

Trustee  Savings  Banks;  v.  Accounts,  Nos.  1377,  1378. 

SCOTTISH  LOCAL  AUTHORITIES 

(Deputation 

1111.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  507 

Expenses):— 
- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  374.) 

383 

507 

S EA   A ND   C O A ST   F I S H E R I ES   F U ND   (Ireland)   (Non-congested  Districts) 

: — 

1112.  Annual  Account  for  1907 

- 

--

by  Act. 

170 

S E A M E N,   W A G ES   A ND   E F F E C TS   OF   D E C E A S ED   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   1 4 2 6,   1 4 2 7. 

S E A M E N 'S   S A V I N GS   B A N KS   (Money  Orders  and  Transmission  of  Wages)  :— 

ended  20th  November  1906,  and  of  interest thereon,  &c.;  printed  10 

1112A.  Account  of  all  Deposits  received  and repaid  by  the  Board  of  Trade  during  the  year j 
- > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  7.) j 
1113.  Account  of  all  Deposits  received  and  repaid  by  the  Board  of  Trade  during  the  year) 
- > 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  368.) j 

ended  20th  November  1907,  and  of  interest  thereon,  &c.;  printed  504  - 

- 

- 

S E C O N D A RY   E D U C A T I ON  
1114.  Report  thereon 

(Scotland)-.— 

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

S E C O N D A RY   S C H O O L S,   &C. 

(Pupils)-.— 

by  Act. 

10 

by  Act. 

5 04 

a  i 'fty a 
i 
a  i 'fty a 
i 
j  Command 
j  Command 
(  {Mece88)c 
(  {Mece88)c 

3 94 

1115.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  478 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  349.) 

450 

478 

S E C O ND   B A L L OT  

IN   F O R E I GN   C O U N T R I ES   (Miscellaneous,  No.  2,   1 9 0 8 ) :— 
1116.  Reports  from  His  Majesty's  Representatives  abroad  relating  thereto 

-

S E C O ND   OR  U P P ER   C H A M B E RS  

IN   F O R E I GN   S T A T ES  

(M i s c e l l a n e o u s,   No.  5,   1 9 0 7)  

:— 

1117.  Reports  from  His  Majesty's  Representatives  abroad  relating  thereto 
1117.  Reports  from  His  Majesty's  Representatives  abroad  relating  thereto 

(  King's 
)  Command. 

King's 

f 
{  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

10 

5 

S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E ES  

:— 

1118.  Return  of  number  of  Select  Committees  in  Session  1908;  printed  492 

- 

- 

-

488 

492 

S E R V IA   (New   Customs  Tariff):  — 

1119.  Translation  of  the  new  Customs  Tariff of  Servia 

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

SERVIA  (T r e a ty   Series) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1351. 

S E W A GE   D I S P O S AL   (Royal  Commission)  :— 
1120.  Fifth  Report  of  the  Commissioners 
1120.  Fifth  Report  of  the  Commissioners 

_
_

_
_

_
_

_-
_-

_ 
_ 

-
-

King's 

f 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

7 

King's 

1 
•!  Command 
(Recess). 
( 

393 

SEYCHELLES  (Colonial  Reports) 

;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  244. 

S H E R I FF   C O U R TS   (Scotland)  A C T,   1 9 07  
1121.  Act  of  Sederunt  regulating  Fees 

:— 
- 

- 

1122.  Ditto 

1123.  Ditto 

1124.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

anent  Procedure  in  Appeals  - 

- 

regulating  Fees  of  Agents  and  others 

regulating  Fees  of  Sheriff  Officers - 

- 

-

- 

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

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-

-

-

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--

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by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

96 

148 

148 

405 

S H E T L A ND   M A IL   S E R V I CE  

:— 

1125.  Contract  of  6th  December  1907,  with  Treasury  Minute  thereon;  printed  33 

- j 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  41.) J 

- 

S H I P P I NG   C A S U A L T I ES   ( 1 9 0 6 - 7)  

:— 

1126.  Abstracts  of  Returns  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Shipping  Casualties  in  1906-7  -

30 
30 

32 
32 

( 
King's 
j  Command. 

3 52 

S H I P P I NG   CASUALTIES  (Rules) 

:— 

1127.  General  Rules  relating  thereto,  1907 

- 

-

by  Act. 

12 

S H I P P I N G,   N A V I G A T I ON   A ND   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   8 7 8. 

 
 
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5 69 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

S H OP   H O U RS   A C T,   1 9 04  

:— 

1128.  Orders  made  by  Local  Authorities  under  the  Act  for closing  certain  Sfrops 

1129.  Ditto 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

- 

- 

-

1130.  Ditto 

1131.  Ditto 

1132.  Ditto 

1133.  Ditto 

1134.  Ditto 

1135.  Ditto 

1136.  Ditto 

1137.  Ditto 
1138.  Ditto 

1139.  Ditto 

1140.  Ditto 

1141.  Ditto 

1142.  Ditto 

1143.  Ditto 

1144.  Ditto 

1145.  Ditto 

1146.  Ditto 

1147.  Ditto 

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1148.  Ditto 

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-

1149.  Ditto 

1150.  Ditto 

1151.  Ditto 

1152.  Ditto 

1153.  Ditto 

1154.  Ditto 

1155.  Ditto 

1156.  Ditto 

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-

-

-

-

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-

1157.  Ditto 

- 

- 

-

1158.  Ditto 

1159.  Ditto 

1160.  Ditto 

1161.  Ditto 

1162.  Ditto 

1163.  Ditto 

1164.  Ditto 

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S H OP   / H O U RS   A C TS   (Australia  and  New  Zealand)  : — 

1165.  Report  relative  thereto  -

S I CK   AND  W O U N D ED  

IN   W AR  

:— 

1166.  Papers  relative  thereto  -

S I E R RA   L E O NE   (Colonial  Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 5 1. 

SIGHT  TESTS  (Mercantile   Marine)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   7 7 7. 

S I N K I NG   F U N DS  

:— 

1167.  Account  showing  amount  received  from the  Exchequer  in  respect  of  Old  and  N e w) 
„ I 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  158.)] 

Sinking  Funds in  year  ended  31st  March  1908;  printed  228 

- 

- 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  D 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

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by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

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by  Act, 

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by  Act. 

by  Act. 

9 

11 

14 

14 

40 

45 

46 

62 

95 

1 24 

1 48 

1 54 

164 

1 81 

191 

2 07 

237 

241 

241 

242 

255 

2 78 

307 

332 

336 

386 

3 94 

395 

399 

402 

404 

4 15 

422 

445-

454 

4 61 
478 

( 
King's 
|  Command, 

292 

King's 

( 
'(  Command, 

, 2 44 

by  Act. 
by  Act. 

228 

 
 
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the  O NE   H U N D E ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

[1908. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E RS - c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered, 

Presented, 

S I T T I N GS   OF   T HE   H O U SE  

:— 

1168.  Return  of  number  of  Days  on  which  the  House  sat  in  Session  1908  ;  printed  492 

4 89 

4 92 

S O A N E 'S   M U S E UM  

:— 

1169.  Statement  of  the  Funds  of  the  Museuui,  5th  January  1908 

- 

- 

-

by  Act. 

72 

S O M A L T I . A ND  (Colonial  Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   Nos.  231,  251. 

S O U TH   A F R I CA  

:— 

1170.  Correspondence  relating  to  Recruitment  of  Labour  in  Nyassaland 

1171.  Ditto 

- 

- 
—  V.  a/so  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 5 8. 

- 

-  Retrenchment  in  the  Public  Services 

-

-

King's 
Command, 
King's 
Command. 

120 

413 

S O U T H E RN   N I G E R IA   ( Colonial  Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   Nos.  2 3 2,   2 4 9,   2 5 7. 

S O U T H A M P T ON   (Polling  Districts)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 7 1. 

S P A IN   (Treaty  Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 3 4 7,   1 3 5 4. 

S P E E C H ES  

( Time  Limits)  (Colonial  and  Foreign  Legislatures)  :—• 

1172.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  402 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  301.) 

(  by  Address, 
1 

2 37 

4 02 

S P R I NG   A S S I Z ES   A C T,   1 8 79  

:— 

1173.  Two  Orders  in  Council  relating  to  the  ensuing  Spring  Assizes 

- 

-

by  Aet, 

95 

;  S T A F F O RD   (Polling   Districts)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   9 7 2. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E ES  

:— 

1174.  Return  of  number  and  names  of  all  Members  appointed  to  serve  thereon  in  Session ) 
f 

1908  ;  printed  492 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

S T A N D I NG   O R D E R S :— 

1175.  As  amended,  to  be  printed,  499 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  366.) 

S T A R V A T I O N,   &C.,  D E A T HS   F R OM  (London);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   3 1 1. 

S T A T I S T I C AL   A B S T R A C TS  

:— 

British  Empire  i 

1176.  Statistical  Abstract  for the British Empire  in  each year  from 1892  to  1906. 

[Fourth 

' Number] 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

"  - 

-

Colonies: 

1177.  Statistical Abstract for the Colonies,  Possessions, and Protectorates,from  1893 to  1907. i 
-i 
- 

[Forty-fifth  Number]  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

East  India  ;  v.  Accounts,  No.  402. 

Foreign  Countries: 

1178.  Statistical  Abstract  for  the  principal  and  other  Foreign  Countries,  1896  to  1905-6. i 
_ J 

[Thirty-fourth  Number] 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

. 

United  Kingdom  : 

1179.  Statistical  Abstract  for the  United  Kingdom  in  each  year  from  1893  to  1907 

-

S T E E L,  

I R ON   A ND   ;  V.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   6 5 6. 

S T R A I TS   S E T T L E M E N TS  

:— 

1180.  Reports  on  the  Federated  Malay  States  for  1906 

-

—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  231,  248. 

S T R I K ES   A ND   L O C K - O U TS  

:— 

1181.  Report  of  the  Labour  Department  of  the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  Strikes  and i 
. f 

Lock-outs  of  1907,  &c. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

S U EZ   C A N A L :— 

Commercial,  No,  5,  1908 : 

1182.  Returns  of  Shipping  and  Tonnage  passing  through  the  Canal,  1905,  1906,  and  1907  -

S U G AR   C O N V E N T I ON   (Commercial,  No.  1 0,   1 9 0 7 ) :— 

1183.  Correspondence  respecting  the  additional  Act  to  the  Brussels  Sugar  Convention, 
_ 

1902 

-_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

. 

..

. 

.

488 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 

( 
I  Command. 

4 92 

7 

4 69 

3 86 

3 82 

King's 
Command 
{Recess). 

6 

King's 
Command. 

3 82 

3 69 

5 

King's 
Command 
(Recess), 

 
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557 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

S U G AR   C O N V E N T I ON  

(C o m m e r c i a l,   No.  1,  1 9 0 8)  

:— 

1184.  Correspondence  respecting  the  adhesion  of  Russia  to  the Brussels  Sugar Convention, ) 

1 9 02  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

„

-

-/ 

King's 
Command. 

21 

S U M M A RY   J U R I S D I C T I ON   (Scotland) 

B I L L :— 

1 1 8 5.   T a b le   of  Comparison  with  existing  Enactments 

- 

- 

- 

-

S U P E R A N N U A T I O N S :—  

Superannuation: 

King's 

I 
j  Command. 

3 82 

. 

1186.  Treasury  Minute  granting  Special  Pension  to  Sir  Henry  Primrose,  K.C.B. 

1187.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

Sir  Mackenzie  Chalmers,  K.C.B. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

10 

30 

Superannuation  Act,  1884: 

Treasury  Minutes  declaring 

in  the  undermentioned 
Departments  loere appointed  to  the  Offices set  against  their  names  ivithout  the  grant 
of  a  Civil  Service  Certificate,  through  inadvertence  on  the part  of  the  heads of  their 
Departments,  viz.:— 

the  following  Persons 

that 

1188.  Henry  Harris,  Labourer,  Royal  Laboratory,  War  Department 

-

1189.  Sir. R.  Hay  Drummond  Hay,  His  Majesty's  Consul  General,  Beirut 

1190.  Henry  Judd,  Artificer,  Royal  Small  Arms  Factory,  Enfield  Lock,  War  Office 

1191.  Mr.  George  Samuel  Newth,  Lecture  Assistant,  Normal  School  of  Science,  Board  of | 
_ f 
- 

Education  - 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

1192.  George  G.  Bishop,  Lad,  Royal  Gun  Factory,  Woolwich 

- 

1193.  Samuel  Shannon,  Artificer,  Royal  Small  Arms  Factory,  Enfield 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

1194.  Henry  Restall,  Explosive  Worker,  RoyaFLaboratory 

-

-

-

-

--

Superannuation  Act,  1887  : 

Treasury  Minutes  granting  Retired  Allowances  under the Act to—• 

1195.  Charles  Barwick,  Rural  Postman,  Scarborough  Post  Office 

1196.  Mr.  T.  D.  Hewett,  Engineer,  First  Class,  Post  Office 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

1197.  Mr.  T.  S.  Williams,  Counter  Clerk  and  Telegraphist,  Post  Office,  London 

1198.  Mr.  W.  L.  Mowll,  Overseer,  Post  Office,  Brighton 

1199.  Mr.  F.  Westington,  Overseer,  Post  Office,  Brighton 

1200.  Mr.  H.  E.  Kohler,  Overseer,  Post  Office, Brighton 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1201.  Mr.  T.  F,  Hart,  Assistant  Superintendent,  Post  Office,  Brighton 

- 

- 

-

- 

1202.  Mr.  Owen  Cook,  Second  Class  Surveyor  of  Taxes,  Inland  Revenue 

1203.  Mr.  F.  T.  Freeman,  Staff  Clerk,  War  Office - 

- 

- 

1204.  Mr.  W.  R.  Barton,  Clerk,  Second  Division,  War  Office - 

- 

- 

1205.  Mr.  John  Guillon,  Foreman  of  the  Yard,  Chatham,  Admiralty 

- 

- 

-

-

-

- 

-

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

1206.  Walter  Charles  Bass,  Established  Butler,  Haslar  Hospital,  Admiralty 

- 

-

1207.  Mr.  J.  GJ Houldsworth,  Assistant  Engineer,  Post  Office 
1208.  Mr.  George  McEvey,  Civil  Assistant,  Ordnance  Survey,  Board  of Agriculture  and ) 
. - J 

Fisheries 

•  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

,  1209.  James  Ranyard  Lee,  First  Class  Attendant,  British  Museum  - 

- 

-

1210.  William  H.  Harrington,  First  Class  Clerk,  Secretary's  Office,  Post  Office 

1211.  Mr.  H.  S.  Ball,  Telegraph  Engineer,  Post  Office 

1212.  Mr.  W.  D.  Ballantyne,  Sorting  Clerk  and  Telegraphist,  Post  Office 

- 

-

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

. by  Act., 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act, _ 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act, 

by  Act, 

by  Act.. 

by  Act, 

by  Act'. 

by  Act. 

1213.  Mr.  William  Stead,  First  Class  Officer of  Excise,  Aberdeen  Collection 

-

.  by  Act. 

Superannuation  Act,  1887  (Army  and  Navy  Officers)'. 

10 

15 

:  45 

1 36 

1 41 

1 41 

4 69 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

28 

33 

96 

3 99 

4 01 

4 01 

4 56 

1214.  Return,  for the  year  ended  31st  March  1908,  of  Army  and  Navy  Officers  permitted ) 
under  the  Act  to  hold  Civil  Employment  of  profit  under  Public  Departments;  t 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  261.) j 
printed  363  - 

" 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

3 63 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I O N S —c o n t i n u e d. 
Superannuations  : 
Treasury  Minute  declaring 

that 

the following  Offices are  Offices  requiring  particular 

qualifications  not  ordinarily  acquired  in  the Public  Service,  viz.:— 

1215.  Office  of  Small  Holdings  Commissioner  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1216.  Office  of  Auditor  in  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland 

- 

-

- 

-

1217.  Office of Assistant  Director  of  Public  Prosecutions 

-

-

-

-

-

--

by  Act. 

by  -Act. 

by  Aet. 

10 

329 

395 

S U P P L E M E N T A RY   E S T I M A T ES   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   5 6,   2 1 2,   2 1 3,   2 1 5,   2 1 6,   2 1 7,   2 1 9,   2 2 1. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT  

(R u l e s ) :— 

1218.  Rules  dated  3rd  June  1908 

1219,  Ditto 

- 

26th  August  1908 

_ 

-

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   (Rules) 

(Patents  and  Designs)  :— 

1220.  Rules  under  Patents  and  Designs  Act,  1907,  dated  June  J908 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Act. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OP  

J U D I C A T U R E :— 

241 ° 

3 96 

2 41 

1221.  Accounts  for  the  year  ended  29th  February  1908,  with  Report  of  the  Comptroller) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  305.)  J 

and  Auditor  General;  printed  405"  "'  - 

- 

- 

- 

by  Act. 

405 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE  

(Public 

Records); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   1 0 5 4. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF   J U D I C A T U RE   A C T,   1 8 75  

:— 

1222-3.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Act  relating  to  the  Circuits  of  Judges 

-

by  Act, 

129 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE   A CT   (Ireland),  1 8 77  

:— 

1224.  Order  in  Council  under  the  Act,  giving  effect  to  Rules  of  Court 

-

1225.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

-

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF   J U D I C A T U RE   (Ireland) 

•.— 

122j3.  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  in  the  year  ended  30th  September  1907  ; | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  22.) f 
- 

printed  1 7-  

•• 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

S U R I N AM   P O S T AL   A G R E E M E NT   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  9 8 6,   9 8 7. 

S U R R EY   (.Polling  Districts); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  9 7 3,   9 7 4, 

S W A Z I L A ND  

( Colonial  Reports); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 3 6. 

SWEDEN  (Treaty 

Series)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  1329,  1344,  1357. 

T A X ES   A ND  

I M P O S TS 

1227.  Return  showing  the  Rates  of  Duties,  Taxes,  or  Imposts  collected  by  Imperial) 
- > 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  291.)) 

Officers for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908,  &c.;  printed  386 

- 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

307 

4 69 

15 

17 

329 

386 

T EA   A ND   C O F F E E,  

1 9 0 8 :— 
1228.  Return  relative  thereto ;  printed  509 

T E L E G R A PH   (C o n s t r u c t i o n)   B I LL  

:— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  378.) 

383 

509 

1229.  Memorandum  in  reference  to  the  B i l l;   printed  26 
[The  Orders  (2nd  July  1907)  for  a  Return  relative  thereto  and  That  the  Return  do  lie 
upon  the  Table,  and  be  printed,  discharged,  142.] 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  30.) 

- 

- 

TELEGRAPHS  (Foreign   Written  Press  Telegrams)  :— 

1230.  Telegraph  (Foreign  Written  Press  Telegrams)  Amendment  (No.  1)  Regulations, i 
-> 

1907 

--

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

T E M P O R A RY   L A WS  

:— 

1231.  Register  of  Temporary  Laws 

Parliament  of  the  United  Kingdom;  printed  198  - 

- 

for  the  Third  Session  of 

the  Twenty-eighth 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  149.) 

T E R R I T O R I AL   A ND   R E S E R VE   F O R C ES   A C T,   1 9 07  
- 

1232.  Orders  in  Council  under  the  A ct  

- 

1233.  Ditto 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

:— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

T E R R I T O R I AL   F O R C ES   (Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS,  5 7 - 6 0. 

'  25 

26 

by  Aet. 

28 

(pursuant 

to 
Report  of 
) Select  Com• 
\  mittee  on 
Expiring 
[ Laws,  1866. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

198 

129 

164 

 
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557 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

T E S T A M E N T A RY   B E Q U E S TS   (Foreign  Countries):— 

1 2 3 4.   R e t u rn   r e l a t i ve   t h e r e to  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

T H A M ES   C O N S E R V A N C Y :— 

1235.  General  Report  of  the  Conservators  for  the  year  1907, with  Statement  of  Accounts i 

for  the  same  year ;  printed  148 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  129.)  > 

TOBAGO  (Colonial   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  Nos.  231,  251. 

T R A DE   A ND   N A V I G A T I ON  

:— 

1236.  Accounts  relating  to  Trade  and  Navigation  of  the  United  Kingdom  for  each  month 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  25.)) 

in  1908  ;  printed  17 

- 

- 

TRADE  (East 

India); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  403,  404. 

TRADE  (Foreign  Countries  and  British  Possessions)  :— 

1237.  Annual  Statement  for  1907.  Vol. 

I 

.  - 

-

1238.  Ditto 

- 

ditto 

- 

-  Vol.  II. 

-

1 2 3 9.   S u p p l e m e nt   to   V o l s.   I.   a nd   I I. 

T R A DE   R E C O R DS   (Departmental  Committee)  : — 

1240.  Report  of  Committee  thereon  -

124J.  Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Appendices 

T R A DE   R E P O R TS  

:— 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports  (Annual  Series)  : 

1242.  Reports,  Nos.  ?917  to  3955 

-

1243.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  3956  and  3957  -

1244.  Report,  No.  3958-

1245.  Reports,  Nos.  3959  and  3960  -

1246.  Report,  No.  3961  -

1247.  Reports,  Nos.  3962  and  3963  -

1248.  Report,  No.  3964  - 

-

1249.  Reports,  Nos.  3965  and  3966  -

1250.  Report,  No.  3967  -

1251.  Ditto 

-  No.  3968  - 

- 

- 

-

1252.  Reports,  N os. 3969  and  3970  -

1253.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  3972  to  3974  and  3977 

1254.  Report,  No.  3971 

-

-

-

-

-

1255.  Reports,  Nos.  3978,  and  3980  to  3986 

- 

-

- 

--

- 

-

1256.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  3989  to  3991 

1257.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  3975  and 3976,  3979,  3988,  and  3993  to  3995 

1258.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  3997  and  3998 

1259.  Ditto 

Nos.  3987  and  3992 

1260.  Report,  No.  3996 

1261.  Ditto  -  No.  3999 

1262.  Reports,  Nos.  4001  and  4002 

-

1263.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4004,  4006  to  4008,  4010  and  4011 

-

1264.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4005  and  4009 - 

- 

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

.4  tf  4 

(  by  Address, 

129 

by  Act. 

148 

15 

17 

King's 
Command. 
King's 
Command. 

j  King  s 
I  Command. 

King's 
Command. 
King's 
Command-. 

Command 
(Recess). 

King's 

( 
j  Command. 

j 
King's 
(  Command. 
f  King's 
j  Command. 
J 
King's 
|  Command. 
I  King's 
|  Command. 

King's 

| 
I  Command. 

Command. 

Command. 
King's 

Command 
(Recess). 

Command 
(Recess). 

Command. 
King's 
Command. 

f  King's 
)  Command. 
I  King's 
j  Command. 
King's 

King's 
Command. 

I  King's 
)  Command. 

Command. 

King's 
Comma/nd. 

194 

245 

386 

398 

398 

4 

33 

45 

54 

70 

102 

112 

132 

136 

140 

143 

147 

148 

164 

178 

181 

185 

187 

194 

198 

232 

243 

245 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

TRADE  REPORTS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports  (Annual 

1265.  Reports,  Nos.  4012,4014,  and  4019 

1266.  Ditto  -  Nos.  4016  to  4018 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1267.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4000,  4003.  and  4021  to  4026 

1268.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4027  to  4030 

- 

•• 

- 

1269.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4032  to  4042 

1270.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4013,  4015,  and  4043  to  4048 

1271.  Report,  No.  4031  - 

- 

- 

1272.  Reports,  Nos.  4049  and  4050  - 

- 

- 

. 

- 

1273.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4020,  4051,  and  4053  to  4056 

1274.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4057  and  4058  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

. 

- 

- 

- 

Series)—continued. 
- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

. 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

1275.  Ditto  -  Nos.  4052  and 4059  to  4065 

1276.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4066  to  4070 

::  1277.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4071  to  4073 

1278.  Report,  No.  4074  - 

-

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

1279.  Reports,  Nos.  4075  to  4082 

-

-

-

-

-

--

1280.  Report,  No.  4083  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1281.  Reports,  Nos.  4084  to  4088  and  4097  to  4141  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

1282.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4142  to  4145 

1283.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4146  to  4148 

1284.  Report,  No.  4149  - 

- 

-

1285.  Reports,  Nos.  4150  to 4152 

1286.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4153  to  4155 

-

-

-

-

-

--

1287.  Report,  No.  4156  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1288.  Reports,  Nos.  4157  and  4158  -

1289.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4159  and  4160  - 

1290.  Ditto  -  Nos.  4161  and  4163  - 

1291.  Report,  No.  4162  - 

1292.  Reports,  Nos.  4164  and  4165  - 

1293.  Ditto 

-  Nos.  4166  to  4170 

1294.  Report,  No.  4171  - 

. 

1295.  Ditto  -  No.  4172  - 

1296.  Ditto  -  No.  4173  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1297.  Reports,  Nos.  4174  and  4175  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

-

--

- 

- 

-

-

- 

• -

- 

- 

-

-

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Reports  (Miscellaneous  Series): 

1298.  Reports,  Nos.  664  to  666 

-

-

-

1299.  Report,  No.  667 

-

-

-

-

-

1300.  Ditto  -  No.  668 

- 

1301.  Ditto 

-  No.  669 

1302.  Ditto  -  No.  670 

1303.  Ditto  -  No.  671 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

--

--

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

King's 

King's 

f  King's 
|  Command. 
f  King's 
J  Command. 
( 
King's 
|  Command. 
| 
(  Command. 
| 
|  Command. 
( 
King's 
'j  Command. 
f  King's 
1  Command. 
( 
King's 
|  Command. 
1  King's 
|  Command. 
j 
King's 
J  Command. 
( 
\  Command. 
f 
j  Command. 
j 
King's 
(  Commiand. 
J  King's 
)  Command. 
j 
]  Command. 

King's 

King's 

King's 

King's 

King's 

King's 

| 
|  Command. 
| 
King's 
I  Command 
(Recess). 
( 
| 
King's 
(  Command. 
| 
j  Command. 
| 
]  Command. 
( 
King's 
|  Command. 
J  King's 
|  Command. 
J.  .  King's 
j Command". 
j 
King's 
(  Command. 
( 
\  Command. 
( 
|  Command. 
j 
King's 
\  Command. 
King's 
( 
|  Command. 
j 
King's 
|  Command. 
| 
j  Command. 
f 
)  Command. 

King's-

King's 

King's 

King's 

)  Command. 
j 
King's 
|  Command. 

( 
King's 
j  Command 
(Recess). 
(. 
King's 
( 
<  Command 

King's 

<  King's 
\  Command. 
i 
(  Command. 
( 
(  Command. 
( 
(  Command. 

King's 

King's 

260 

263 

265 

269 

273 

276 

284 

288 

292 

312 

336 

344 

348 

360 

382 

386 

392 

399 

402 

405 

410 

415 

419 

422 

424 

430 

432 

439 

448 

455 

461 

499 

509 

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P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

T R A DE   W I TH   C A N A DA  

:— 

1304.  Report  on  British  Trade  in  Canada,  by  the  Special  Commissioner  of  the  Advisory 

Committee  oh  Commercial  Intelligence  of  the  Board  of  Trade 

-  • 

-

T R A DE   W I TH   N EW   Z E A L A ND  

:— 

1305.  Report  on  British  Trade  in  New  Zealand,  by the  Advisory  Committee  on  Commercial 

Intelligence  of  the  Board  of  Trade 

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-

-

-

-

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T R A M W AY   O R D E R S:   — 

1306.  Report  of  Proceedings  under  the  Tramways Act,  1870,  during  the  Session  of  1908  -

TRAMWAYS  AND  LIGHT  RAILWAYS  (Street  and  Road) 

: — 

1307.  Return  of  Street  and  Road  Tramways  and  Light  Railways  authorised  by i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  268.)) 

Parliament,  with  Accounts,  &c.  ;  printed  375 

- 

- 

T R A N S V A AL  

:— 

1308.  Further  Correspondence  as  to Legislation  affecting  Asiatics 

- 

.  - 

- 

- 

-

1309.  Ditto 

1 3 1 0.   D i t to  

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

d i t to  

- 

.

..

- 

1311.  Correspondence  as  to  Transvaal  Indentured  Labour  Laws 

1312.  Ditto 

- 

-  Recruitment  of  Labour  in  Madagascar 

1 3 1 3.   S t a t e m e nt   of   M o r t a l i ty   a m o n g st   C o l o u r ed   L a b o ur   in   M i n es  

1314.  Papers  relating  to  Recruitment  of  Native  Labourers 

-

- 

-

-

- 

- 

-

-

T R A N S V A AL   C O L O NY   (Civil  Servants  dismissed):— 
- 
1315.  Return  relative  thereto ;  printed  28  - 

T R A N S V A AL   G O V E R N M E NT   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN  

:— 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  39.) 

1316.  Treasury  Minute  embodying  Treasury  Guarantee  of  Transvaal  Treasury  Bills 

1317.  Ditto 

- 

~  guaranteeing  further  issue  of  Transvaal  Treasury  Bills  -

T R A V E R S'   F O U N D A T I O N,   G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   AND  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  5 4 1,   5 4 2. 

T R E A S U RY   (African  Companies)  (Public  Records)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 0 5 5. 

T R E A S U RY   C H E ST   :—-
1318.  Account 

printed  11 

for  1906-7,  with  Report  of 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General;) 
(Sess.  Pape  s,  No.  10.) f 

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T R E A TY   S E R I ES  

;— 
No.  2 7,   1 9 07   : 

1319.  International  Sanitary  Convention-

No.  2 8,   1 9 0 7: 

1320.  Declaration  with  Portugal  respecting  Boundaries  in  Central  Africa 

No.  2 9,   1 9 07   : 

1321.  Accession  of  Ecuador  to  the  Geneva  Convention 

- 

No.  3 0,   1 9 07   : 

1322.  Accession  of  Venezuela  to  the  Geneva  Convention 

- 

- 

No.  3 1,   1 9 0 7:  

' 

1323.  Agreement  with  Italy  respecting  the  Importation  of  Drugs 

- 

No.  3 2,   1 9 07   : 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

- 

- 

-

1324.  Accession  to  the Declaration  at The  Hague,  1899,  respecting  Expanding  Bullets  and 

Asphyxiating  Gases 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

No.  3 3,   1 9 07   : 

1325.  Agreement  with  the  United  States  of  America  respecting  Patents  in  Morocco  -

No.  3 4,   1 9 07   : 

1326.  Convention  with  Russia  relating  to  Persia,  Afghanistan,  and  Thibet 

- 

-

VOL.  163.-

-Sess.  1908. 

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[ 1 9 0 8. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered. 

Presented, 

TREATY  SERIES—continued. 

No.  35,  1907  : 

1327.  Modus  Vivendi  with  the  United  States of America  with  regard  to  the  Newfoundland 

Fisheries 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

No.  3 6,   1 9 07   : 

1328.  Convention  with  Belgium  for the  Exchange  of  Money  Orders 

- 

• 

- 

-

No.  37,  1907 : 

1329.  Agreement  with  Sweden  respecting  the  Estates  of  Deceased  Seamen 

-

No.  3 8,   1 9 07   : 

1330.  Accession  of  Turkey  to  the  Geneva  Convention 

-

_

_

.

-

-

.. 

No.  39,  1907  : 

1331.  Accessions,  &c.  of  various  Foreign  States  to  various  International  Treaty  Engage-

ments  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

- 

•  -

No.  4 0,   1 9 07   : 

1332.  Accession  of  Nicaragua  to  the  Declaration  at  The  Hague,  1899,  respecting  Expand-

ing  Bullets  and  Asphyxiating  Gases 

-

-

-

-

--

No.  4 1,   1 9 07   : 

1333.  Agreement  with  France  supplementary  to  the  Money  Order  Convention  of  21st 

S e p t e m b er   1 8 87  

No.  4 2,   1 9 07   : 

-

-

-

-

-

--

1334.  Convention  with  France  for  the  Exchange  of  Money  Orders  with  various  French 

Colonies 

- 

--

--

--

- 

- 

- 

* 

-

No.  43,  1907: 

1335.  Accession  of  British  Colonies  to  the  Treaty  of  Friendship,  &c.  with  Nicaragua 

No.  4 4,   1 9 07   : 

1336.  Agreement  with  the  United  States  of  America  respecting  Commercial  Travellers' 

Samples  and  Import  Duties  on  British  Works  of  Art 

- 

- 

- 

No.  45,  1907: 

1 3 3 7.   A g r e e m e nt   w i th   F r a n ce   respecting  C o m m e r c i al   Travellers'Samples 

- 

- 

-

- 

.No.  4 6,   1 9 0 7: 

1338.  International  Convention  respecting  the  Liquor  Traffic in  Africa 

No.  1,  1908  : 

1339.  Commercial  Convention,  Protocol  and  Declaration,  with  Bulgaria 

-

No.  2,   1 9 08   : 

1340.  Agreement  additional  to  the  Commercial  Convention  with  Egypt,  1889  - 

- 

-

No.  3,  1908 : 

1341.  Exchanges  of  Notes  with  France  respecting  the  New  Hebrides  Convention 

No.  4,   1 9 08   : 

1342.  Treaty  with  France,  Russia,  Germany,  and  Norway  respecting  the  Integrity  Of ] 
-) 

Norway 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

No.  5,  1908  : 

1343.  Accession  of  Colombia  to  the  Geneva  Convention 

- 

- 

- 

No.  6,   1 9 08   : 

1344.  Accession  of  Sweden  to  the  International  Sanitary  Convention 

-

- 

-

No,  7,  1908  : 

1345.  Convention  with  France  respecting  Commercial  Relations  between  France  and  ) 
-1 
- 

Barbados 

-  / 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

No.  8,  1 9 08   : 

1346.  Supplementary  Agreement  with  Germany  respecting  Commercial  Travellers' 

Samples 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

__ 

•  No.  9,  1 9 08   : 

1347.  Accession  of  Spain  to  the  Declaration  of  1856  respecting  Maritime  Law 

No.  1 0,   1 9 0 8: 

1348.  Agreement  with  France  respecting  Death  Duties  - 

-

-

-

-

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(Recess). 

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T R E A T Y -  S E R I ES  —^continued. 

11,  1908  : 

1349.  Accession  of  Trinidad  and  Tobago  to  the  Industrial  Property  Convention 

No.  12,  1908 : 

1350.  Protocol  recording  Accession  of  Russia  to  International  Sugar  Convention 

No.  13,  1908 : 

1351.  Treaty  of  Commerce  with  Servia  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

No.  14,  1908 : 

1352.  Declaration  amending  the  Treaty  of  Commerce  with  Paraguay 

-

No.  15,  1908 : 

1353.  Parcel  Post  Agreement  with  Panamd 

- 

--

No.  16,  1908 : 

1354.  Agreement  with  Spain  respecting  Postal  Service 

- 

-

- 

-

No.  17,  1908: 

1355.  Convention  with  United  States  respecting  Fisheries 

-

-

-

-

--

No.  18,  1908: 

1356.  Treaty  with  United  States  respecting  Boundary  between  United  States  and  Canada 

No.  19,  1908 : 

1357.  N°tes  exchanged  with  Sweden  and  Norway  relative  to  the  Agreement  for  mutual i 
--

Relief  of  Distressed  Seamen 

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--

- 

_

_

-

-

No.  20,  1908 : 

1358.  Agreement  with  Italy  respecting  Commercial  Travellers'Samples 

No.  22,  1908 : 

-  1359.  Treaty  with  United  States  relative  to  Canada 

• No.  21,  1908  : 

1360.  Arbitration  Convention  with  United  States  » 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

No.  23,  1908 : 

1361.  Declaration  and  Memorandum  respecting  the  Territories  bordering on the  North  Sea 

No.  24,  1908 : 

1362.  Agreement  with  Belgium  respecting  Insured  Letters 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

No.  25,  1908 : 

1363.  Accession  of  United  States  to  International  Agreement  relating  to  the  White  Slave 

Traffic 

No.  26,  1908 : 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

1364.  Agreement  with  Liberia  modifying  Treaty  of  Commerce 

-

No.  27,  1908  : 

1365.  Agreement  with  Ethiopia  relating  to Frontier  of  British  East  Africa  and  Uganda 

-

No.  28,  1908: 

1366;  Agreement  with  Germany  relating  to  Sleeping  Sickness 

No.  29,  1908: 

Ordered. 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 

j  King's 
<  Command 
(Recess). 
I 

_ s 

Command 

Command 
(Recess), 

Command. 

j  King's 
(  Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

King's 
Command. 

Command 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 

Command 

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Command 
(Recess). 

King's 
Command 

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(Recess). 

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1367.  Protocol  prohibiting  Importation  of  Fire-arms  in  Western  Equatorial  Africa  -

No.  30,  1908  : 

1368.  Accession  of  Liberia  to  International  Copyright  Convention 

- 

-

No.  31,  1908 : 

1369.  Accessions  of /British  Colonies,  &c.  to  Treaty  of  Friendship with  Bulgaria 

•  No.  32,  1908 : 

1370.  Proems  Verbal  with  Bulgaria  respecting  Customs  Duties 

-

No.  33,  1908 : 

1371.  Convention  with  France  relating  to  Post  Office Money  Orders  between  France  and 

the  Transvaal 

- 

- 

• 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

No.  34,  1908: 

1372.  Exchange  of  Notes  with  France  renewing  Arbitration  Agreements  of  1903 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

4  E 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PA   P E E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

T R I N I D AD  

:— 

1373.  Rules  for  District  Prisons  in  Trinidad 

- 

- 

-

TRINIDAD  AND  TOBAGO  (Colonial   Reports); 

v.  ACCOUNTS,  NOS.  231,  251. 

T R I N I D AD   A ND   T O B A GO   (  Treaty  Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 3 4 9. 

T R I S T AN   DA  C U N H A :— 

1374,  Further  Correspondence  relating  thereto 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

T R O P I C AL   D I S E A S ES   R E S E A R CH   F U ND  

:— 

1375.  Report  by  the  Advisory  Committee  for  1907 

-

-

-

-

-

--

TRUCK  ACTS  (Departmental   Committee):— 

1376.  Report  of the  Committee.  Vols.  I.,  II.,  and  III.  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

T R U S T EE   S A V I N GS  B A N KS   :— 

1377.  Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Inspection  Committee  of) 
-  > 
Trustee  Savings  Banks,  for  the  year ended  20th  November  1907  ;  printed  67 
( Sess.  Papers,  No.  76.) j 
1378.  Return  showing  particulars  of  each  Savings  Bank  in  England  and  Wales,  Scotland, ] 
Ireland,  and  the  Channel  Islands,  and  particulars  of  Deposits,  &c.,  for  the  year  \ 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  265.)) 
ended  20th  November  1907 -, printed  369 

- 

- 

T U B E R C U L O S IS   (Human   and  Bovine)  (Royal  Commission) :— 

1379.  Second  Interim  Report  of  the  Commission.  Part  II.,  Appendix,  Vol.  I I I.  
1379.  Second  Interim  Report  of  the  Commission.  Part  II.,  Appendix,  Vol.  I I I.  

-
-

T U R K EY  

:— 

No.  1,  1908: 

1380,  Further  Correspondence  respecting  Proposals  for Reforms  in  Macedonia-

No.  2,   1 9 08   : 

1381.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  Proposals  for  Reforms  in  Macedonia  - 
1381.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  Proposals  for  Reforms  in  Macedonia  - 

- 
- 

-
-

No.  3,  1908 : 

1382.  Further  Correspondence  respecting  the  Affairs of  South  Eastern  Europe 

TURKEY  (T r e a ty   Series)  ;  v.  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  1330. 

T U R KS   A ND   C A I C OS   I S L A N DS   (Colonial  Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  2 3 1,   2 6 0. 

Ordered, 

Presented.. 

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( 
|  Com  mand, 

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67 

348 

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143 

174 

U G A N DA  

:— 

1383.  Correspondence  relating  to  Famine  in  the  Busoga  District 

- 

- 

-

King's 

( 
|  Command, 

457 
• 

U G A N DA   (Colonial  Reports)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   No.  235. 

U G A N DA   R A I L W A Y :— 

1384.  Return  of  Capital  Expenditure,  &c.  thereon 

- 

- 

- 

-  " 

-

U G A N DA   R A I L W AY   A C T S,   1 8 96   A ND   1 9 0 2 :— 

1385.  Accounts  of  Money  issued  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  under  the  Acts,  Money) 

expended and Securities created to 31st  March 1907, with Report  of  the  Comptroller V 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  80.) ) 
ana  Auditor  General;  printed  72  -

--

-

-

| 
King's 
\  Command. 

417 

by  Act, 

72 

U L T I M US   H. E R ES   (Scotland)  (Account  and  List  of  Estates) 

1386.  Abstract  Account  of  the  Receipts  and  Payments  of  the  King's  and  Lord  Treasurer's) 
Remembrancer,  Scotland,  and  List  of  Estates  which  fell  to  the  Crown as  Uitimus  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  136.) j 
Hsares  during  the  year  1907 ;  printed  169 

- 

167 

169 

U N E M P L O Y ED   W O R K M EN   A C T,   1 9 05  

:— 

1387.  Regulations  made iindef  the  Act  by  the  Local  Government  Board;  printed  449 

-1 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  330.)f 

1388.  Report  by  the  Local  Government  Board  for  Scotland  as  to  Distress  Committees, 

1906-7 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1389.  Return  relative  thereto;  printed  249 
—  V.  also  ACCOUNTS,  NO.  732. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  173.) 

- 

-

U N E M P L O Y M E NT  

:— 

1390.  Statement  relative  to  certain  Loans  with  reference  thereto 

- 

-

U N I ON   OF   B E N E F I C ES   A CT   (Saint  Luke,  Charlton,  with  Saint  Raul,  Charlton)  :— 

1391.  Scheme  under  the Act  of  1860 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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by  Act. 
by  Act. 

448 
448 

King's 

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249 
249 

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P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

U N I T ED   S T A T ES   (NO.  1,   1 9 0 7)  

:— 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

1392.  Notes  exchanged  with  the  American  Ambassador  on  the  subject  of  the  Newfound-

land  Fisheries 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

King's 

( 
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5 

U N I T ED   S T A T ES   or   A M E R I CA   (Treaty  Series)-,  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o s.   1 3 2 5,   1 3 2 7,   1 3 3 6,   1 3 5 5, 

1 3 5 9,   1 3 6 3. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES   OF   O X F O RD   A ND   C A M B R I D GE   A C T,   1 8 77  

:— 

Cambridge  : 
1393.  Statutes  under  the  A c t;  

-printed  9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No. 

1.) 

1394.  Ditto 

- 

-  ditto  -  printed  332 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  235.) 

Oxford-. 

1395.  Statutes  under  the  A c t;   printed 

1396.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed 

9 

9 

1397.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed 

26 

- 

1398.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  329 

1399.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  332 

1400.  Ditto  -

- 

ditto 

-  printed  332 

1401.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  394 

- 

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1402.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  394 

1403.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  430 

- 

- 

- 

- 

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(Sess.  Papers,  No. 

(Sess.  Papers,  No. 

2.) 

3.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  31.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  228.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  333.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  234.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  294.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  295.) 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  317.) 

1404.  Ditto  -

-  ditto 

-  printed  432 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  318.) 

U N I V E R S I T I ES   (Scotland)  A C T,   1 8 89   (Ordinance)  :— 

1405.  Ordinance  No.  X X I I.   (Edinburgh,  No.  11)  (Regulations  for  Degrees  in  Arts)  ;  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  12.) f 

printed  1 1-  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1406.  Ordinance  No.  X X I I I.  
-

Ordinance  No. 
printed  11 

(Glasgow,  No.  6)  (Regulations  for  Degrees  in  Arts  ;) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  13.) f 

--

-

-

-

-

1407.  Ordinance  No.  X X I.  

printed  46 

- 

- 

(Edinburgh,  No. 
- 

-

9)  (Regulations  as  to  Bursaries,  &c.)  ;  > 

-- 

•- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  62.) i 

1408.  Ordinance  No.  X X I V.   (Aberdeen,  No.  2)  (Regulations  for  Degrees  in  A r t s ) ;! 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  114.) J 

printed  136 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1409.  Ordinance  No.  X X V.  

printed136 

- 

- 

(Aberdeen,  No.  3)  (Regulations  as  to  Bursaries,  &c.);  [ 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  115.)) 
- 

» 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1410.  Ordinance  No.  X X V I.   (Glasgow,  No.  7)  (Regulations  for  Higher  Degrees  in  Arts  | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  193.)  > 

and  Science);  printed  269 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1411.  Ordinance  No.  X X V I I.   (Glasgow,  No.  8)  (Regulations  as  to  Bursaries,  &c.)  ;  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  194.) J 

printed  269  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1412.  Ordinance  No.  X X V I I I.   (Edinburgh,  No.  10)  (Regulations  for  Higher  Degrees  in j 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  269.)  J 
-

Arts  and  Science)  ; printed  375 

--

-

-

U N I V E R S I TY   OF   A B E R D E EN  

:— 

1413.  Annual  Statistical  Report  of  the  University  from  lst  October  1906 

September  1907  ;  printed  57  - 

- 

- 

to  30th  | 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  66.) ) 

1414.  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  University  for  the  year  ending  30th  September  1907  ;, 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  65.)  } 

printed  4

_.

--

- 

- 

7

_

-

-

U N I V E R S I TY   OF   E D I N B U R GH  

:— 

1415.  Report  on  the  state  of  the  Finances of  the  University  for  the  year  ending  31st) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  60.) ) 

August  1907  ;  printed  46 

1416.  Annual  Statistical  Report  of the University  for  the  year  ended  30th  September  1907  ;  I 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  61.)  I 

printed  46 

- 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF   G L A S G O W :— 

printed  11 

1417.  Annual  Statistical  Report of the  University for the year  ended  30th  September  1907 ; 
iueu  ouin  oepiemoer  i » u /;   i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  14.) J 
- 
1418.  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  University  for  the  year  ending  30th  September  1907  ; i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  116.) J 

printed  136  - 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF   I R E L A N D,   R O Y A L;   V.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 1 0 6,   1 1 0 7. 

VOL.  1 6 3 . - — S e s s.   1908. 

4  E  2 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  A  ct. 

by  Aet, 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

8 

332 

8 

8 

26 

329 

3 32 

332 

394 

394 

430 

432 

11 

11 

46 

136 

136 

269 

269 

375 

57 

47 

46 

46 

11 

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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   56 

9 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS-confmiwrf. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  L O N D ON   A C T,   1 8 98  

:— 

1419.  Amendment  of  the  Statutes  of the  University  ;  •printed  288  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  201.) 

1420.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

- 

- 

-  printed  426  (Sess.  Papers,  No.  313.) 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF   S A I NT   A N D R E WS  

:— 

1421.  Annual  Statistical  Report for  the  year  1906-7  ;  printed  143  (Sess. Papers,  No.  118.) 

1422.  Report  on  the  state  of  the  Finances  of  the  University  for  the  year  1906-7  ;  printed  i 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  119.) J 

143 

- 

Ordered. 

Presented. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

205 

424 

143 

143 

V E N E Z U E LA   (T r e a ty   Series);  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 3 2 2. 

V I C E R E G AL   C O M M I S S I O NS  

(Ireland):— 

Crown  Jewels  (Ireland); 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  301,  302. 

Irish  Railways; 

v.  Accounts,  Nos.  638-642. 

V I C T O R IA   AND  A L B E RT   M U S E U M,   &C.  (Board  of Education); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  1 2 0,   1 3 9, 

152. 

V I C T U A L L I NG   Y A RD   M A N U F A C T U R I NG   A C C O U N TS   (Navy); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   8 9 2. 

VIVISECTION  ( Royal  Commission) :—  . 

1423.  Third  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence 

- 

1424.  Fourth  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1425.  Fifth  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Appendices 

-

-

-

- 

King's 
Command 
(Recess). 
King's 
Command. 
King's 
Comma/nd. 

V O L U N T E ER   C O R PS  

(Army); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N o.   6 1. 

V O TE   ON  A C C O U NT   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   2 1 4. 

W A G ES   AND  E F F E C TS   OF   D E C E A S ED   S E A M EN   :— 

1426.  Account  of  the  sums  received  and  paid  for  the  Wages  and  Effects  of  Deceased i 
4.)  J 

Seamen  in  the  year  elided  31st  March  1907  5 pvinted 

(Sess,  Papers,  No, 

10 

1427.  Ditto 

ditto 

31st  March  1908 ; printed  504 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  367.) 

W A G ES   B O A R DS   A ND   I N D U S T R I AL   A R B I T R A T I ON   (Australia   and  New  Zealand):— 

1428.  Report  relative  thereto  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

W A S H I N G T ON   "  G L E BE   "  C O L L I E RY   (E x p l o s i o n s)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 7 2. 

King's 
Command. 

Command. 

6 

75 

2 42 

9 

5 04 

2 92 

W E I G H TS   A ND   M E A S U R ES   A C T,   1 8 78   :— 
1429.  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Act 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.  . 

-

by  Act. 

9 

W E I G H TS   A ND   M E A S U R ES  

:— 

1430.  Regulations  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Weights  and  Measures  Acts  ;) 
(Sess.. Papers,  No.  142.) I 

printed  181  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

W E I - H A I - W EI  

(Colonial Reports)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   No.  244. 

W E ST   H I G H L A ND   R A I L W AY   (Extension  from  Banavie  to  Mallaig) 

1431.  Sixth  Annual  Report  thereon,  with  Accounts,  for  1906-7  ;  printed  10 

1432.  Seventh  Annual  Report  thereon,  with  Accounts,  for  1907-8  ;  printed  499 

-

- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  9.)J 
•  _>. 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  365.)) 

- 

W E ST  

I N D I AN  

I N T E R - C O L O N I AL   M A IL   S E R V I C E :— 

1433.  Contract  of  29th  August  1907  relative 

printed  17 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

thereto,  and  Treasury  Minute  thereon;) 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  24.) f 
- 

_ 

- 

- 

W E ST  

I N D I ES   :— 

1434.  List  of  Laws  dealing  with  Emigration  of  Labourers 

- 

- 

- 

W E ST   S U F F O LK   (Polling  Districts); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  975. 

W E S T E RN   P A C I F I C :— 

1435.  Correspondence  relating  to  Gilbert  and  Ellice  Islands  Protectorate 

W E S T M O R E L A ND   (Polling  Districts); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   NO.  976. 

-

-

W H I S K EY   AND  O T H ER   P O T A B LE   S P I R I TS   (Royal  Commission):— 

1436.  Interim  Report  of  the  Commission,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence 

- 

- 

- 

-

by  Aet. 

181 

by  Act. 

10 

by  Act. 

4 99 

15 

17 

King's 
Comma/nd 
'(Recess). 

6 

| 
Kin 
I  Comm 

4 39 

Command. 

3 11 

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to  the  . O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

5 81 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Ordered.  ^Presented. 

W H I TE   S L A VE   T R A F F IC   (T r e a ty   Series) 

;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   1 3 6 3. 

W I L TS   (Inquiry  into  Charities)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 9 1. 

W I N ES  

I M P O R T ED  

:— 

1437.  Return relative  thereto  for  1907  ;  printed  111 

- 

- 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  94.) 

91 

I ll 

W I N T ER   A S S I Z ES   A C T S,   1 8 76   A ND   1 8 77  

:— 

1438.  Seven  Orders in  Council  relating  to  the  ensuing  Winter  Assizes 

- 

-

by  Act. 

332 

W I N T ER   A S S I Z ES  

(Ireland):— 

1439.  Four  Orders  in  Council  for  holding  Winter  Assizes  in  Ireland 

1440.  Ditto 

- 

- 

- 

ditto 

- 

ditto 

-

W O M EN   AND  C H I L D R EN  

:— 
1441.  Information  thereon  obtained  from  Police 

IN   P U B L I C - H O U S ES  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

•  _ 

W O O D S,   F O R E S T S,   AND  L A ND   R E V E N U ES  

:— 

with  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon  ;  printed  46 

1442.  Abstract  Accounts  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1907,) 
- : 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  59.) j 
- > 
- 
(Sess.  Papers,  No.  203.) ) 

1443.  Eighty-sixth  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1908  ;  printed  288 

- 

- 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON  

:— 

1444.  Statistics  of  Proceedings  under  the Acts  of  1897,1900,  and  1906, and the  Employers' 
-

Liability  Act,  1880,  during  1907  - 

--

-

-

-

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   A C T,   1 9 06   (  Regulations  as  to  Returns from  Employers)  %— 

1445.  Regulations  under  the  Act,  dated  15th  January  1908 

by  Act. 

by  Act. 

King's 

{ 
s  Command 
Recess). 
( 

14 

434 

6 

by  Act. 

45 

by  Act, 

288 

King's 

f 
•< Command 
(Recess). 
( 

393 
393 

by  Act. 

. 

14 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   R U L ES  

:— 

1446.  Rules  dated  14th  March  1908 

- 

1447.  Ditto 

- 

24th  November  1908  -

-

-

-

-

--

-

-

--

by  Act. 

by  Aet. 

100 

472 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   S C H E M ES   (Friendly  Societies)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   5 2 7. 

W O R K M E N 'S  

I N S U R A N CE   (Germany) 

:— 

1448.  Return  relative  thereto  ;  printed  124 

- 

- 

-  • 

- 

(Sess.  Papers,  No.  102.) 

50 

124 

W O R K S H O P S,   F A C T O R I ES   A ND   ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   NOS.  4 7 7 - 4 9 6. 

W O R S B O R O'   D A LE   (Explosions); 

v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 7 3. 

Y E O M A N R Y,   I M P E R I AL   (Army)  ;  v.  A C C O U N T S,   N O.   4 2. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S: 

— 

Ordered,  15,  &c. 

; 

;—  Laid  upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
House,  by  Act,  27,  &c.  Pursuant  to  Report  of  Select 
Committee  on  Expiring  Laws  (1866),  198. 

Addressed  for,  15,  &c. 

To  be  printed,  33,  &c. 

Ordered,  and  presented  accordingly,  96,  &c. 

— 

Presented  by  Command,  4,  &c. 

Laid  upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the 

House  ;  to  be  printed,  17, &c 

Referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  72, 

By  Command,  during  Recess,  deli-
vered  to  Librarian  of  the  House  of  Commons,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  of  14th  August  1896,  4,  &c. 

&c 

House,  326. 

Referred  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 

— 

— 

— 

; 

. 

178,  &c. 

By   Address,  35,  &c. 

By  Address  of  last  Session,  59,  &c. 

Order  instead  thereof,  296. 

Order  for  Return  discharged,  and  another 

Order  for Return  of  last  Session  discharged, 

—  By  Order,  26,  &c. 

145 

By  Order  of  former  Session,  35,  &c. 

Order  for  Return,  and  for  printing  thereof, 

By  Order  of last  Session,  9,  &c. 

By  Act,  10,  &c. 

— 

Pursuant  to  Standing  Order  158J, 

discharged,  142. 

•——  Order  for  Address  discharged,  and  another 

Address  instead  thereof,  369. 

Communicated  from  the  Lords,  349.  To 

Pursuant  to Resolution,  125. 

be  printed,  352. 

Laid  upon  the  Table  by  Mr.  Speaker,  513. 

Order  for printing  discharged,  88,  &c. 

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ADDRESSES: 

OF   T H A N KS   : — 

K I N G 'S   S P E E CH   ;  Motion  for  Address  of  Thanks  to  His  M a j e s ty   for  His  Most  Gracious  Speech  at 
the  opening  of  Parliament,  and  Debate  adjourned,  13.  Order  relative  to  precedence,  15.  Debate  on 
Address  resumed;  Amendment  proposed  (Unemployed  Distress);  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate);  Amendment  not  made  on  Division;  Main  Question  again  proposed,  and 
Debate  adjourned,  15.  Resumed;  Amendment  proposed  (Government  of  India),  and  withdrawn;  Main 
Question  again  proposed  ;  Amendment  proposed  (Egypt),  and  withdrawn  ;  Main Question  again  proposed, 
and  Debate  on  Motion  adjourned,  17.  Resumed;  another  Amendment  proposed  (Agrarian  Crime 
(Ireland)),  and  at  Eleven  o'clock  Debate  adjourned,  23.  Resumed,  and  Question  negatived  on  Division ; 
Main  Question  proposed,  and  it  being  after  Eleven  o'clock,  Debate  adjourned,  26.  Resumed;  another 
Amendment  proposed  (Board  of  Education),  not  made  on  Division;  Main  Question  proposed,  and  it 
being  Eleven  o'clock,  Debate  adjourned,  27.  Resumed  ;  another  Amendment  proposed  (Board  of  Trade), 
withdrawn;  another  Amendment  proposed  (Transvaal   (Civil  Service)  ),  withdrawn  ;  another  Amendment 
proposed  (Hop  Industry),  withdrawn;  Main  Question  proposed;  after  Debate,  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and  agreed  to;  Address  agreed  to  ;  to  be  presented  by  Privy 
Councillors  or  Members  of  His  Majesty's  Household,  29.  King's  Answer,  31. 

R E L A T I VE   to   S P E C I AL   M A T T E R S: 

OF   C O N D O L E N C E :— 

ASSASSINATION  of  the  K I NG   of  P O R T U G AL   and  the  D U KE   of  B R A G A N Z A;   Resolution,  nemine  contradicente, 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His  Majesty,  to  convey  to  His  Majesty  the  expression  of  the 
indignation  and  deep  concern  with  which  this  House  has  learned  the  assassination  of  His  Majesty's  ancient 
ally  and  friend  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Portugal  and  the  Algarves,  and  of  His  Royal  Highness  the 
Duke  of  Braganza;  and  to  pray  His  Majesty  that  He  will  be  graciously  pleased  to  express  to  His  Majesty 
the  present  King,  on  the  part  of  this  House,  His  faithful  Commons,  their  abhorrence  of  the  crime,  and 
their  sympathy  with  the  Royal  Family  of  Portugal,  and  with  the  people  of  that  country;  to be  presented 
by  Privy  Councillors  or  Members  of  His  Majesty's  Household,  25.  King's  Answer,  28.  Letter  from  the 
Marquis  of  Soveral  read  in  the  House,  67. 

S IR   H E N RT   C A M P B E L L - B A N N E R M AN  ;  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  an  humble 
Address  to  be  presented  to  His  Majesty  relative  thereto,  163.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  191. 
Resolution  reported,  195.  Address  to  be  presented  by  Privy  Councillors  or  Members  of  His  Majesty's 
Household,  195.  King's  Answer,  206. 

To  be presented  by  Privy  Councillors  or  Members  of  His  Majesty's  Household,  25,  29,  195. 

A D J O U R N M E NT  (Autumn  Sittings);  Motion,  That 

this 
House,  at  its  rising  to-morrow,  do  adjourn  until  Monday 
the  12th  day  of  October  next;  that  for the  remainder  of 
the  Session  Government  Business  have  precedence  at, 
every  Sitting;  that  at  the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business  on  each  day  Mr.  Speaker  do  adjourn  the  House 
without  Question  put;  and  that  on  Fridays  the  House, 
unless  it  otherwise  resolves,  shall  at  its  rising  stand 
adjourned  until  the  following  Monday;  Question  agreed 
to,  after  Amendment  proposed,  and  withdrawn,  388. 

A D J O U R N M E NT   M O T I O NS   (under  Standing  Order  No.  10). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S.   H O U S E. 

A D J O U R N M E NT  of  the  H O U SE  

(Motions  under  Standing 
Order  No.  10);  Mail  Steamers  at  Kingstown,  137. 
Withdrawn,  138.  Unemployment,  441.  Withdrawn, 
441.  Yide  H O U S E. 

A D J O U R N M E N TS  

of 

from  Friday 

till 
the  H O U SE  ; 
Monday,  17.  Resignation  of  the  Prime  Minister,  from 
Monday  6th  April  till  Tuesday  14th  April,  142.  Death 
of  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman,  14_7._.  Easter 
Recess,  from  Tuesday  14th  April  till  Monday  27th 
from  Wednesday 
April,  145.  Whitsuntide  Recess, 
3rd  June 
From 
Saturday 
lst  August  till  Monday  12th  October,  392. 
Vide  also  H O U S E. 

till  Wednesday  10th  June,  238. 

A D M I R A L TY   C A S U A L T I E S,   &C.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

A D M I S S I ON  of  STRANGERS.  Vide  H O U SE   of  COMMONS. 

S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E E S. 

A F F L I C T ED   C H I L D R EN   (Ireland).  Vide  E D U C A T I ON  of 

A F F L I C T ED   C H I L D R EN  

(Ireland). 

A F R I CA  

(NO. 

2)   (1908).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

A G ED   P E N S I O N E RS   ;  Bill  to  provide  Pensions  for  the  aged 
deserving  Poor;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred,  "81,  127, 
150,  155,  166,196. 

A G R A R I AN   C R I M ES  (Ireland).  Vide  A D D R E S S,   K I N G 'S 

S P E E C H. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   E D U C A T I ON   in   E L E M E N T A RY   S C H O O L S; 
Bill  to  promote  Agricultural  Education  and  Nature 
Study  in  Public  Elementary  Schools;  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second  time,  52. 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  65.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to 
a  Standing  Committee,  89,  Standing  Committee  A,  98. 
Names  of  Members  added,  108.  Members  discharged, 
and  others  added  in  substitution,  132. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   H O L D I N GS  

[Lords];   Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  consolidate  the  Enactments  relating  to  Agri-
cultural  Holdings 
in  England  and  Wales;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  256.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  315.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  324,  328,  343,  347.  Read  a second  time;  Bill 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  350. 
Committee  deferred,  355,  359,  360.  Considered 
in 
Committee,  and  reported,  with  an  Amendment  ;  day 
appointed for consideration, 366.  Considered, as amended; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amend-
ment,  372.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  384. 
( Cited  as 
Agricultural  Holdings  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   H O L D I N GS 

[Lords']  ;  Bill, 
intituled  An  Act  to  consolidate  the  Enactments  relating 
to  Agricultural  Holdings  in  Scotland;  brought  from the 
Lords,  512.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for 

(Scotland) 

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A G R I C U L T U R AL   H O L D I N GS  (Scotland)  

[Lords]—cont. 

Second  Reading,  512.  Read  a  second  time;  House 
immediately  resolves itself  into  a  Committee  on  the  B.ill; 
Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
Amendment,  512-13. 
(Cited   as  Agricultural  Holdings 
(Scotland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   S T A T I S T I CS  (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A G R I C U L T U RE   and 

F I S H E R I E S.  

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B O A RD   of  A G R I C U L T U RE   a nd   F I S H E R I E S. 

A G R I C U L T U RE   and  T E C H N I C AL   INSTRUCTION 

(Ireland). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A I RE   and  C A L D ER   N A V I G A T I ON  \_Lords~\  ;  Report,  That 
the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied 
with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred to  the  Examiners,  212.  Examiners  report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with  ;  Bill  to  be  read a second time,  227.  Read a  second 
time,  and  committed,  242.  Reported, with  Amendments, 
307.  Considered,  as  amended,  329.  King's  Consent 
signified  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  340.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  349. 
(Cited  as  Aire  and  Calder  Navigation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

A L D E R M EN   E L E C T I ON   o f,   at   M U N I C I P AL   E L E C T I O N S. 

Vide  M U N I C I P AL   E L E C T I O N S. 

A L D E R N EY   M A IL   S E R V I CE   ;  Resolution,  That  the  Con-
tract,  dated  the  28th  day  of  September  1907,  between 
the  Postmaster  General and the  Alderney  Steam  Packet 
Company,  Limited,  for the  conveyance  of  Mails  between 
Alderney  and  Guernsey,  Alderney  and  Cherbourg,  and 
other  places  at  which  the  Company's  Mailships  call 
(printed  in  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  23  of  Session 
1908),  be  approved,  217. 

A L D E R N EY   M A IL   S E R V I C E.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A L I E N S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A L I E NS   A C T,   1905.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A L I E NS   (Naturalisation). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

In  Committee,  by  leaving  out  words,  274. 
To  a  proposed  new  Clause,  476.  By  inserting  words, 
300,  309,  421.  By 
in  proposed 
Amendment,  281. 

leaving  out  words 

—— 

On  consideration,  as  amended,  by  inserting 

words,  309. 

Withdrawn  :—On  Address,  17.  On  Busi-
ness  of  the  House  (Reports  of  Money  Committees),  to 
insert  words,  212.  On  Report  of  Supply,  104. 

On  Bills: —In  Committee,  to  insert  words, 
440,  &c.  To  add words,  491.  To  leave  out  words,  289, 
327.  To 
leave  out  words  and  add  others,  122,  &c. 
To  leave  out  words  and  insert  others,  262,  27-i,  &c. 
To  leave  out  words  in  Schedules,  435.  To  leave  out 
subsection  of  a  Schedule,  435.  To  insert  words  in  a 
proposed  new  Clause,  476. 

On  consideration,  as  amended,  to  leave  out 
words, 318,  494.  And  insert  others,  458,  494,  497.  To 
insert  words,  396,  458,  494,  &c.  To  leave  out  a  Clause, 
281,  319,  459.  To  leave  out  a  subsection,  281,  458. 

— 
and  add  " three  months," 346,  491. 

——  On  Third  Reading,  to  leave  out  "now," 

Not  made  :—On  Address,  26,  27,  &c.  To 
Questions,  39.  On  Report  of  Supply,  to  insert  a  lesser 
sum,  101.  Resolution  reported  from  Committee  of  the 
whole  House  on  matter,  to  add  words,  133,  234.  On 
report  of  Money  Resolution,  to  leave  out  words,  220. 
On  Question,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the  Chair 
(East  India  Revenue  Accounts),  350.  On  Question 
(Government  of  Ireland),  to  leave  out  words  and  add 
others,  126.  On  Business  of  the  House  (Old  A ge 
Pensions  Bill)  (Allocation  of  Time),  to  leave  out  words 
and  insert  others,  257,  258.  On  Business  of  the  House 
(Licensing  Bill)  (Allocation  of  Time),  to  leave  out  words 
and insert  others,  338.  To  leave  out  words  and  insert 
others  (Education  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill) 
(Allocation  of  Time),  464. 

— 
52,  70,  &c.  To  leave  out  words  and  add  others,  161. 

On  Bills :—Second  Reading,  " six  months," 

In  Committee,  to  insert  words,  263.  To 
leave  out  words,  134,  271.  And  insert  others,  134,  271, 
404.  To  leave  out  a  subsection,  290.  To  add  words, 
490. 

ALKALI,  &c.  "WORKS  REGULATION  ACT, 

1906.~~VTde 

A C C O U N T S. 

In  Committee  on  matter, to leave out  words, 

175.  And  insert  others,  175. 

A L L I A N CE  

and  other  A S S U R A N CE  and 

INSURANCE 
COMPANIES 
[Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  54. 
Report,  on  Petition 
for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  54.  Report, That  the Standing Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  100. 

AMENDMENTS: 

Made  : — Resolution,  94. 

On  Question 
(Government  of  Ireland),  by  adding  words  at  end,426. 
To  insert  words,  on  Question  (Business  of  the  House) 
(Licensing  Bill)  (Allocation  of  Time),  338.  To  leave 

r  out  words,  338. 

— 

On Question, Education  (England and Wales) 
(No.  2)  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time),  to  leave  out  a  word 
and  insert  another,  464. 

: 

On  Bills  :—Second  Reading,  " six  months," 

57. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

: 

On  consideration,  as  amended,  to 

insert 
words,  299,  459,  494.  To  leave  out  words,  300.  And 
insert  others,  299.  To  leave  out  a  Clause,  299,  319. 
To  leave  out  a  paragraph  of  a  subsection  of  a  Clause, 
459.  To  insert  words  in  proposed  Clause,  396.  On 
Motion  to  recommit  a  Bill,  to  insert  words,  303. 

Third  Reading,  "three  months," 290.  To 

recommit  Bill  to former  Committee,  290. 

To  Amendments  made 

(Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Closure),  271.  By  inserting  words,  281. 
By  adding  words,  289. 

To  Amendments  withdrawn,  342,  365,  397. 

— 
amended,  be  inserted,  negatived,  289. 

—  Amendment  amended,  That  words,  as 

——r—  Amendment  to  Amendment  negatived,  497. 

— 

Lords'Amendments.  Vide  B I L L S,   P U B L I C. 

—.— — 
sidered,  pursuant  to  Order,  356,  368,  374. 

Lords'  Amendments  to  Private  Bills  cpn-

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C O U N C IL   W A T ER 
[Lords'] ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in^ the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the 
Lords,  read  the first time, and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
270.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  283.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  302. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  336.  Considered,  as 
amended;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  347. 
King's  Consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  361.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  376. 
(Cited  as  Ammanford  Urban  District 
Council (Water)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

A N G L O - R U S S I AN   C O N T E N T I O N;  Motion,  That  this  House, 
while  welcoming  the  principle  of  ah  agreement  with 
Russia  in  regard  to  Persia,  Afghanistan,  and  Thibet, 
is  of  opinion  that  the  terms  of  the  Convention,  while 
involving  at  several  points  a material  sacrifice  of  British 
interests,  still  leave  room  for  international  misunder-
standings  of  a  kind  which  both  the  contracting  Powers 
desire  to  avoid  ;  withdrawn,  63. 

A P P E L L A TE  

J U R I S D I C T I ON   [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  the  Judicial 
Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  and  the  Court  of 
Appeal  in  England  ;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  333. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  457. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  468,  470, 
473.  Read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  475.  Committee  deferred, 
477,  480,  483,  486,  491,  498,  502.  Considered  in  Com-
m i t t e e,  and reported, with Amendments, 505.  Considered, 
as  ameuded;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  507.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  511. 
(Cited  as  Appellate  Jurisdiction  Act, 
1908)  Royal 
Assent,  514. 

A P P L I C A T I ON  

of 

S I N K I NG  

F U N DS  

in  exercise  of 
B O R R O W I NG   P O W E RS   ;  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  appointed  to  inquire  and  report  as  to  the 
powers  conferred  on  Local  Authorities  by  Local  Acts, 
Provisional  Orders,  Stock  Regulations,  or  otherwise, 
of  utilising  for purposes  for  which  such  authorities  have 
borrowing  powers  sinking  funds  (including  loans  funds 
and redemption  funds)  set  aside  by  them  for  the  repay-
ment  or redemption  of  loans  raised  by  the  issue  of  stock, 
or by  any  other method;  as  to  the  expediency  or  other-
wise  of  such  powers  being  conferred;  and  as  to  any 
conditions  which  it  is  desirable  to  attach  to  the  granting 
or  use  of  such  powers;  nominated;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
440-41.  Report  [Inquiry  not  completed],  505. 

A P P R O P R I A T I ON   A C T,  

1 9 0 8.  Vide 

C O N S O L I D A T ED 

F U N D. 

A R DS   R A I L W A YS   (changed  from  Ards  and  Bangor  Rail-
ways);  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders,  31.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  100.  Bill  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  107.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  66  and  67  not  complied  with;  Report 
referred  to  Select  Committee  On  Standing  Orders,  120. 
Report,  That  Standing  Orders  ought  to.be  dispensed 
with,  130.  Report  from  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
O r d e rs  read  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a second  time,  130.  Day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  142.  Second  Reading 
det'em d,  160,  174,  190,  207,  227.  Bill  read  a  second 
"  time,  and  committed,  231.  Petition  for additional  pro-
vision  referred  to  the  Examiners,  255..  Report  on 
Petition  for  additional  provision,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with  ;  Report  referred  to  Select  Committee 
for 
on  Standing  Orders,  264.  Report  on  Petition 

to  be 
additional  provision,  Standing  Orders  ought 
dispensed  with  ;  parties  to  insert  additional  provision, 
&C., 288.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  and an  amended 
Title  (Ards  Railways),  301.  Considered,  as  amended; 
Standing  Orders  suspended;  King's  Consent  signified ; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  311.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  505.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  in pursuance  of  Order,  507. 
( Cited  as 
Ards  Railways  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

A R G E N T I NE  

N O R TH  

R A I L W AY  

[Lords]; 
E A S T E RN  
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords; 
read  a  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  144. 
Examiners  report  Standing  Order  65  complied  with; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  147.  Examiners  report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill  to be  read  a  second  time,  147.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  160.  Bill  reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  186.  Considered,  as  amended,  197.  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  207.  To 
which 
(Cited  as  Argentine 
North  Eastern  Railway  Company,  Limited,  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

the  Lords  agree,  215. 

A R I G NA   and  S L I GO   R A I L W A Y.   Vide  SLIGO  and. 

A R K L OW   H A R B O U R.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A R M A M E N TS  (Reduction);  Motion,  That,  in  view  of  the 
continued 
friendly  relations  with  Foreign  Powers 
announced  in  the  gracious  Speech  from  the  Throne, 
this  House  trusts  that  further  reductions  may  be  made 
in  expenditure  on  Armaments,  and  effect  be  given  to 
the  policy  of  retrenchment  and  reform  to  which  the 
Government 
to 
leave  out  words  and  add  others;  Question  put,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part,  negatived 
on  Division;  Question,  That  words  be  added,  and  it 
being  after  Eleven,  and  objection  being  taken  to  further 
proceeding,  Debate  adjourned,  72. 

is  pledged;  Amendment  proposed, 

A R M Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Appropriation  Account).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Clothing  Department).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Estimates).  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

S U P P L Y. 

—— 

(Imperial  Yeomanry).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Medical  Department).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Memorandum  on Estimates).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Militia  Units).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Military  Savings  Banks).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Military  Works).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

—.—-  (Ordnance  Factory  Estimates).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U P P L Y. 

—  ( Ordnance Factory).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Pay,  Non-effective  Pay,  and  Allowances).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S.   A R M Y. 

(Special  Reserve).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(special  Pensions).  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A R M Y. 

• 

(Supplementary  Estimate). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U P P L Y. 

( Territorial  Force).  Vide  ACCOUNTS.  A R M Y. 

(Reserve).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

_  (Volunteer  Corps).  Vide  A C C O U N T S.   A R M Y. 

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A R MY   and  P O P U L A T I O N. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E A ST 

AUTUMN  SITTINGS.  Vide  A D J O U R N M E N T.   H O U S E. 

I N D I A. 

ARMY  (Annual);   Bill to provide, during twelve  months, for 
the  discipline  and  regulation  of  the  Army;  ordered 
upon  Resolution reported from the  Committee  of  Supply, 
109. 
Presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time, 
109.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  113.  Com-
mittee  deferred,  115.  Considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  without Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  119.  Agreed  to by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  144. 
1908) 
Royal  Assent,  144. 

(Cited   as  Army 

(Annual)  Act, 

ARMY  COUNCIL";  Bill  to  transfer  to  the  Army  Council 
certain  statutory  powers  and  duties  of  the  Secretary 
of  State  and  other  officers,  and 
for  other  pur-
poses  connected  therewith;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time,  148.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
161,  176,  192,  208,229,  250,  266,286,304.  Bill  with-
drawn,  324. 

A R U N D EL   P O R T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A S IA   M I N O R.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

ASSASSINATION  of  

t he   K I NG   of   P O R T U G AL  

t he 
D U KE   of  BRAGANZA  ;  Resolution  for  Address  to  His 
Majesty  the  King,  &c.,  25.  King's  Answer,  28.  Letter 
from  the  Marquis  Soveral  read  in  the  House,  67.  Vide 
A D D R E S S E S. 

and 

ASSIZES  and  Q U A R T ER   SESSIONS  [Lards]  ;  Bill,  intituled 
An  Act  to  dispense  with  the  attendance  of  Jurors  at 
Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions,  and  with  the  holding  of 
Assizes  and  Quarter  Sessions  in  certain  cases,  and  to 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  dates  at  which  Quarter 
Sessions  are  to  be  held;  brought  from  the  Lords,  312. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  357.  Second  Reading  deferred,  409,  412,  414, 
415,  416,  418, 420,  422,426,436,  443,  444,  447,456,  459, 
462, 466,  469.  Read  a second  time ;  Bill  committed  to 
a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  471.  Committee 
deferred,  473.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
with  an  Amendment;  as  amended,  considered,  read  the 
third time and passed, with an Amendment, 475.  To  which 
the  Lords  agree.  511. 
(Cited   as  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

ASSOCIATION  of  P O RT   S A N I T A RY   A U T H O R I T I ES  

(Ex-
penses)  ;  Bill  to  remove  doubts  as  to  the  legality  of 
certain  payments  by  Port  Sanitary  Authorities  ;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  186. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  200,  216.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  260.  Second  Reading  deferred,  279, 
287,  306. 

and 
[Lords]; 

the  Examiners,  132. 

SADDLEWORTH  U R B AN   D I S T R I CT 
AUDENSHAW 
COUNCIL 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time, • and  re-
ferred  to 
Examiners  report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill to be  read  a second time,  140.  Read  a  second 
time,  and committed,  146.  Reported  from the  Police  and 
Sanitary  Committee,  with  Amendments,  186. 
Day 
appointed  for  consideration,  260. 
Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  263,  265.  Considered,  as  amended, 
269.  Read  the  third time  and passed,  with  Amendments, 
280.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  289. 
( Cited  as  Auden-
shaw  Urban  District  Council Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

AUGMENTATION  of  B E N E F I C E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

A U S T R A L I A.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

AUSTRALASIA.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1808. 

A YR   CORPORATION  TRAMWAYS  O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   ; 
Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Ayr  Corporation  Tramways;  presented,  and  read  the 
first time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  215.  Bill  read  a  second  time; 
day  appointed  for consideration,  240.  Considered  ;  day 
appointed  for  Third  Reading,  244.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  249.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  274. 
(Cited  as Ayr  Corporation  Tramways 
Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

8 Edw.  VII.  Pari. 28.  S'ess.  3.  1908. 

B A I L;   Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  release  on 
Bail;  presented,  and ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
289.  Second  Reading  deferred,  298,  305,  319,  325,  328, 
343,  347,  351,  355,  367,  374,  381,  385,  398,  400,  402, 
403,  405,  407,  409,  412,  414,  415,  416,  418,  420,  422, 
423,  425,  427,  429,  436,  443,  444,  447,  456,  459,  468, 
481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

B A L L OT   A CT   (1872)  A M E N D M E N T;   Bill  to  amend  the 
Ballot  Act,  1872,  and  to  provide  for  the  taking  of  a 
second  ballot  at  Parliamentary  and  other  Elections  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  25. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
House  counted,  and  Forty  Members  not  being  present, 
the  House  was  adjourned,  it  being  then  after  Four  of 
the  clock,  140.  Second  Reading  deferred,  154,  180,  209. 

B A L L OT   A CT   ( 1 8 7 2)   AMENDMENT   (NO.  2 );   Bill  to  amend 
the  Ballot  Act,  1872,  and  to  provide  for  the  taking  of  a 
second  ballot  at Parliamentary  and  other  Elections;  pre-i 
sented,  and  ordered  to be read  a second  time,  27. 

BALLOT  for  B I L LS  and  M O T I O NS  ;  Order  relative  thereto, 

at  commencement  of  Session,  15. 

B A L L OT  

(Transferable   Vote);  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to Votes  at  Parliamentary  Elections ;  presented, 
Second 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  119. 
Reading  deferred,  188,  197,  239,  252,  272.  Vide  B I L L S. 

BANKING  and  R A I L W AY   S T A T I S T I CS  (Ireland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

B A N K I N G,   R A I L W A Y,   a nd   S H I P P I NG   STATISTICS 

(Ire-

land).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B A NK  of  ENGLAND.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B A N K R U P T CY   A C T,   1 8 83  (Proceedings).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B A N K R U P T CY   COURTS  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B A N K R U P T CY   L AW   AMENDMENT.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B A N K R U P T CY  (Scotland);  Bill  to  consolidate  and  amend 
the  Bankruptcy  Laws  of  Scotland;  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second  time,  137.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  153,  183,  218,  226'. 

B A N K R U P T C Y.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

BANKS  {Unclaimed  Balances);  Motion,  That 

leave  be 
given  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the  disclosure 
and  handing  over  by  Bankers  to  the  Department  of 
the  Public  Trustee  of  the  amount  of  dormant  Balances 
and  Securities  in  their  possession,  and  of  unpresented 
old  bank-notes  issued  by  them ;  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  .Order  No.  11,  and  agreed  to  on  Division  ; 
Bill  ordered;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first 
time ;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  256, 

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S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

B A R N ES  and  R I C H M O ND   TRAMWAYS. 

Vide  W E ST 

Outlawries  Bill;  read  the  first  time,  4. 

L O N D O N. 

B A R N S L EY   R A I L W A Y.   V i de   H U LL   and. 

B A R RY   P O RT   W A T ER   B O A R D.  Vide  L L A N E L LY   and. 

B A R RY   R A I L W AY   [.Lords];   Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified to have  been  complied with,  16.  Brought 
from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  228.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  not 
previously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  260.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
269.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  273.  Re-
ported,  without  Amendment,  308.  '  Considered,  320. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment, 
332. 
(Cited   as  Barry  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

BASUTOLAND.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

B A T T LE   P R A C T I C E.   Vide  ACCOUNTS.  N A V Y. 

BEE  PEST  (Ireland)  ;  Bill  to  prevent  the  spread  of  Bee 
Pest  or  Foul  Brood  in  Ireland  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second time, 261.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
267,  286,  295,  305.  Read  a  second  time j  Bill  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  318.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and  reported  ;  day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  323.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  328. 
On  Order  for  consideration,  as  amended,  read,  Bill 
recommitted  in  respect  of  a  Clause  ;  considered  in  Com-
mittee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  considered, 
as amended;  read  the  third  time  and passed, 330.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  384.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
388. 
( Cited  as  Bee  Best  Prevention  (Ireland)  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  390. 

B E L F A ST   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  18.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  31. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  45. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ; 
Amendment  proposed,  " six  months," and  made  on  Divi-
sion ;  Second  Reading  put  off for  six  months,  69. 

B E L F A ST   H E A L TH   COMMISSION.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B E N E F I C E S,   A U G M E N T A T I ON  of.  Vide  A U G M E N T A T I ON 

of. 

B EN  WELL  and  W H I T E H A V EN   C O L L I E R I E S.   Vide  E X-

PLOSIONS,  &c. 

B I L L S: 

Ballot  for  Bills  and  Motions,  15. 

B I L LS  

( P U B L I C ) :— 

Presented  at 
the  commencement  of  Public 
(Government),  38,  40,  46,  51, 
Business,  18,  27,  33 
55  (Government),  60,  64,  68,  85,  89,  96,  100,  108, 
113,114,  119,  121  (Government),  130  (Government), 
on  Division,  137  (Government),  146  (Government), 
148 
(Government),  155,  157,  161,  165,  168,  172 
(Government),  174,  178,  182,  186,  198,  202,  212,  216 
(Government),  221  (Government),  233,  238,  243,  250, 
253,  261  (Government),  266  (Government),  270,  278, 
285,  289  (Government),  293 (Government),  297  (Govern-
ment),308,316  (Government),  on Division,  322  (Govern-
ment),  326  (Government),  330  (Government),  334,  342 
(Government),  363,  384  (Government),  454  (Govern-
ment),  455  (Government),  457. 

Ordered,  33,  69, &c.  Presented accordingly,  33, 
52,  &c.  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order 
No.  11,  52,  55,  198  (negatived),  212,  256,  308,  457,  483. 

—  Presented  ;  supported  by  Members;  names 

given  ;  read  the  first  time,  21,  &c. 

Motion  for  leave  to  bring  in a  Bill,  and  Question 

resolved  in  the  Affirmative  on  Division,  130. 

— 

Motion  for leave  to bring  in  a Bill,  and  Question 

negatived  on Division,  62. 

Brought  from the  Lords,  62,  &c.  Read  the  first 

time,  83. 

° 

—  Ordered 

in  upon  Report  of 
Resolution  from  Committee  of  W ays  and  Means,  107, 
213,  380. 

to  be  brought 

Ordered  to  be  brought  in  upon  Report  from 

Committee  of  the  whole  House,  223,  385,  453. 

Motion  for  Second  Reading;  Amendment  pro-
posed,  " six  months  ; "  Debate  arising;  Motion 
for 
adjournment  of  Debate  negatived  on  Division,  and 
Question  on  Amendment  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure),  and  negatived  on  Division;  and  Bill 
read  a  second  time,  188. 

Motion,  That  the Bill  be now  read a second time ; 
Motion,  That  the  Debate  be  adjourned,  negatived  on 
Division;  Amendment  proposed,  "  six  months;  "  at 
Five  of  the  clock  Mr.  Speaker  interrupts  the  Business ; 
Closure 
for 
elaimed  ;  assent  withheld  ;  day 
resumption  of  Debate,  225. 

fixed 

— 
Motion, That  the Bill  be  now read  a  second,  time ; 
substantive  Amendment proposed, and made  on  Division; 
Resolution,  &c.,  93-4. 

Motion,  That  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time, 

and  at  Eleven  of the  clock  Debate  adjourned,  238. 

—  On  Question,  That  a  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time,  House  counted,  and  it  being  after  Four  of  the 
clock,  and  Forty  Members  not  being  present,  the  House 
was  adjourned,  124. 

Order  read  for  Second  Reading  of  a  Bill;  atten-
tion called  by Mr,  Speaker,  that  the  provisions  of  the  Bill 
went  beyond  the  Title  of  the  Bill,  and  Bill  withdrawn, 
188  (House  Letting  (Scotland)  Bill). 

Order  read  for  Second  Reading  of  a  Bill;  atten-
tion  called  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  that  some  of  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  went  beyond  the  Title  of  the  Bill, 
and  Bill  withdrawn,  225  (Coal  Mines  (Checkweighers) 
Bill). 

Order  read for  Second  Reading  of  a  B i l l;   atten-
tion  called  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  that  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  were  identical  with  some  of  the  provisions 
of  a  Bill  already  read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  withdrawn, 
225  (Access  to  Mountains  (Scotland)  Bill). 

Read  a  second  time  on  Division,  after  resump • 
tion  of  adjourned  Debate  on  Amendment  to  Question,  to 
leave  out  " now"  and  add  " three  months,"  not  made, 
462. 

Read  a  second  time  on  Division,  248,  Read 
a  second  time,  after  substantive  Amendment  proposed, 
and  withdrawn,  179.  Negatived,  175.  And  Bill  com-
mitted  to  a  Committee  of the  whole  House,  253. 

Read  a  second  time,  after  Amendment  " six 
months,"  not  made  ;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Closure, 
and  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House 
on  Division,  159. 

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Read  a  second  time ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Com-

mittee  of  the  whole  House,  115,  234,  &c. 

Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  Joint 

Committee,  168. 

—-   Read  a  second  time,  after  Motion  for  adjourn-
ment  of Debate negatived  ;  Amendment proposed," three 
months," and not made,  486. 

Read  a  second  time,  after  Standing  Orders 

suspended  (Divorce  Bill),  207. 

Read  a  second 

immediately 
resolves  itself 
into  Committee;  considered  in  Com-
mittee  ;  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  512. 

time ;  House 

Read  a second  time  ;  committed  to  Committee of 
the  whole  House,  after  Amendment  not  made,  and 
Question put,  pursuant to  Order  of  the  House,  48. 

Transferred  from  Standing  Committee  B 

to 

Standing  Committee A,  414. 

Order  for  consideration,  as  amended,  read; 
Motion  to  recommit  Bill  to  Select  Committee  ;  Ques-
tion  negatived  on Division  ;  Bill  considered, as amended, 
To  a  Standing  Committee,  437.  Motion  to 
396. 
recommit  Bill  to  the  former  Committee  withdrawn, 
318. 

Order for taking  Bill  into consideration on future 

day  discharged,  another  day  appointed,  155. 

P A S S ED   W I TH   UNUSUAL  E X P E D I T I ON   . 

Read  a  second  time;  House immediately  resolves 
itself 
into  Committee;  considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  512. 
———  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  263-4,324, 
365,  487. 

Read  a  second  time,  after  Amendment,  "six 
months,"  not  made  on  Division ; Question  put, pursuant 
to  Order  of  the  House,  52. 

—  Considered  in  Committee  ;  reported,  with  an 
Amendment;  as  amended,  considered;  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  475. 

—— 

Read a  second time,  after  Amendment  proposed, 

" six  months," not made  on Division,  70,  172,  234. 

Second  Reading  put  off for six  months,  57,  &c. 

Order  for  Second  Reading  discharged;  Bill 

w i t h d r a w n,   6 8,   77,  &c. 

-—   Order for reading  a  Bill  a  second time  on future 
day  discharged,  another  day  appointed,  72,  103,  &c. 
Bill withdrawn,  95. 

Committed:—To  Standing  Committees,  49,  57, 
&c.  Vide COMMITTEES.  A fter Motion for commitment 
to  Committee of the whole House, and  Question  negatived 
on  Division,  124,  172,  175,  303.  After  Order  for 
Committee  discharged,  Bill  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  366.  To  a  Select  Committee  of  Five  Mem-
bers,  Three  to  be nominated  by  the  House  and  Two  by 
Committee  of  Selection,  182.  To  a  Select  Committee 
on  another  Bill,  239.  To  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  on Division,  159,  205,  &c. 

Considered  in  Committee;  reported,  without 
Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed;  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  63,  64,  &c. 
Considered  in  Committee;  Motion,  That  the  Chairman 
do now leave  the  Chair,  agreed to ;  no Report,  478. 

Reported  from  Standing  Committees,  88,  102, 

&c. 

Reported  with  amended  Title,  221. 

Reported  from  Joint  Committees,  198,  383,  472. 

— 

Special  Reports,  288,  322,  345. 

Withdrawn,  after  having  been  reported  from  a 

Standing  Committee,  486. 

Recommitted  to a Committee  of the  whole House, 

after Report  from  Select  Committee,  253,  289. 

Recommitted,  after  Amendments  proposed,  and 
negatived,  on  Order  for consideration,  as  amended,  read, 
303. 

-  Recommitted,  on  Order  for  consideration,  as 

amended,  read,  476. 

— 

Recommitted,  on  Order  for  consideration,  as 
amended,  read ;  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment;  considered,  as amended;  read  the 
third time  and passed,  331. 

Distributed  by  Mr.  Speaker  to  Standing  Com-
mittees ; A, 53,  61, 71, &c.  B,  140,185, &c.  C,  140,181, 
187,  &c.  Scottish  Standing  Committee,  70,  169.  Vide 
S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

—  Considered  [not  amended] ;  read  the  third  time 

and passed,  281,  298,  299. 

Considered,  as  amended;  read  the  third  time 

and passed,  407. 

; 

Considered,  as  amended;  King's  Consent  and 
Prince  of  Wales'  Consent  signified ;  read  the  third  time 
and passed,  508. 

Considered, as amended  ;  Bill  read the  third  time 
and passed,  after Amendment,  " three  months," proposed 
and withdrawn,  491. 

Motion,  That  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time; 

Debate  adjourned  at  Five  of the  clock,  282. 

— Motion,  That  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time, 
after consideration,  as  amended,  and  on Division,  agreed 
to,  459. 
— 
Read 
Division,  264. 
— 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  after  Amend-
ment,  " three  months," proposed, and not made, 290,  360, 
454. 

third  time  and  passed,  119.  On 

the 

Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  after  Motion 
to  recommit  Bill  to  former  Committee,  and  not  made, 
290. 

Read  the  third  time  and  passed ;  Mr.  Speaker 

puts  Question  forthwith, pursuant to  Order,  316. 

Royal  Assents,  124,  144,  261. 

COMMONS'  B I L LS   : 

Returned  from the  Lords,  without  Amendment, 

121,  228,  &c. 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with an  Amendment 
or  Amendments,  369,  389,  &c.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to ;  one  amended,  and  agreed  to,  503.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  380,  389,  &c.  Special  Entries, 
499,  508. 

Lords' Amendment considered, after Amendment, 
"  three  months,"  proposed,  but  not  made  on  Division, 
513  (Public  Meeting  Bill).  Returned  from  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments  ;  no  further  proceeding,  326  (Land 
Values  (Scotland)  Bill). 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
Several 
384.  Lords'  Amendments  considered,  387. 
agreed  to,  several  disagreed 
to;  one  Amendment 
divided;  part  agreed  to,  part  disagreed  to;  remaining 
Lords' Amendments,  several  agreed to, several  disagreed 
to ;  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  for  dis-
agreeing  to  certain  of  the  Lords' Amendments;  nomi-
nated ; Three to be the quorum; to withdraw immediately, 

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B I L LS   (PUBLIC)—continued. 

COMMONS'  B I L L S —c o n t i n u e d. 

387.  Reasons reported, and agreed to, 389.  The  Lords  do 
not  insist  on  their  Amendments,  390  (Old  Age  Pensions 
Bill). 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
482.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  one  agreed  to, 
with  Amendments  ;  remaining  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  508.  Lords  agree  to  certain  Amendments  to 
Lords'  Amendment  without  Amendment;  disagree  to 
one  of  the  said  Amendments,  but  propose an  Amendment 
in  lieu  thereof,  51L  Lords'  Amendment  to  Commons' 
Amendments  to  Lords'  Amendment  considered  forth-
with,  and  agreed  to,  511  (Law  of  Distress  Amendment 
Bill). 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
384.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  one  disagreed 
to;  an  Amendment  made  to  the  Bill  in  lieu  thereof; 
other  Amendments  agreed  to;  Committee  appointed 
to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to  one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments  ;  nomi-
nated ; Three to be the quorum ; to withdraw  immediately, 
388.  Reason reported, and  agreed to,  389.  The  Lords  do 
not  insist  on  their  Amendment  to  which  this  House  hath 
disagreed,  and  agree  to  the  Amendment  made  by  this 
House  in  lieu  thereof,  without  Amendment,  390  (Irish 
Universities  Bill). 

— 

the  quorum; 

' Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
455.  Lords'  Amendments  Considered;  several  agreed 
to,  several  disagreed  to  ;  one  Amendment  divided, 
part  agreed  to, part  disagreed  to  ;  one  other  Amendment 
amended,  and  agreed  to;  one  other  Amendment  dis-
agreed  to;  remaining  Amendments  agreed  to  ;  Com-
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  for  disagreeing 
to  certain  of  Lords'  Amendments;  nominated;  Three 
to  be 
to  withdraw  immediately,  495. 
Reasons  reported,  and  agreed  to,  496.  Lords  insist 
on  one  of  their  Amendments,  and  assign  Reason  ;  do 
not  insist  on  one  other  of  their  Amendments,  but 
propose  an  Amendment  in  lieu  thereof;  agree  to  the 
Amendment  made  by  this  House  to  their  Amendments, 
with  Amendments,  and  do  not  insist  on  their  remaining 
Amendments,  505.  Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  on  one 
of  their  Amendments  ;  Lords'  Amendments  to  the  Bill 
in  lieu  of  one  disagreed  to,  and  Lords'  Amendments  to 
Commons'  Amendments  to  Lords'  Amendments  con-
sidered, 509.  This  House  doth  not  insist  on its  disagree-
ment  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  on  which  the  Lords 
insist,  and  agree  to  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to 
the  Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Bill,  509  (Housing  of 
the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill). 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
474.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  several  agreed 
to,  one  disagreed to  ;  one  agreed  to  with  Special  Entry ; 
consequential  Amendments  made  to  the  Bill  ;  Amend-
ments  proposed  to  Lords'  Amendments,  withdrawn,  and 
negatived;  several  Lords'  Amendments  amended,  and 
agreed  to  ;  several  Lords'  Amendments  disagreed  t o; 
words  inserted  in  the  Bill,  instead  of  certain  Amend-
ments  disagreed  t o;   words  amended  and  inserted  in 
the  Bill,  instead  of  certain  Amendments  disagreed  to ; 
remaining  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  t o;   Committee 
appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons,  &c.,  499-502.  Reasons 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  504.  Lords  agree  to  certain 
Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords,  and  agree  to  one  other  of  the  said 
Amendments,  with  Amendments  ;  agree  to  the  conse-
quential  Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Bill, 
and  do  not  insist  on  their  Amendments  to  which  this 
House  hath  disagreed,  510. 
Lords'  Amendments  to 
Commons'  Amendments  to  Lords'  Amendments  con-
sidered  forthwith,  and  agreed  to,  510  (Children  Bill). 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
509.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  several  agreed 
to,  several  disagreed  to;  words  inserted  in  the  Bill, 
instead  of  certain  Amendments  disagreed  to  ;  remaining 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to ;  Committee  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons,  &c.,  510.  Reasons  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  512.  Lords  do  not  insist  on  their  Amend-
ments  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  513  (Port  of 
London  Bill). 

— 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
511.  Lords'Amendments  considered  forthwith ;  several 
agreed  to,  several  disagreed  to  ;  one  amended,  and 
agreed  t o;   Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons, 
&c.,  511.  Reasons reported,  and  agreed  to,  512.  Lords 
do  not  insist  on  their Amendments  to  which  this  House 
hath  disagreed, 513  (Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2) 
Bill). 

Amendments  divided,  387,  495. 

-.  Lords'  Amendments  to  be  printed,  384,474,489, 

499,  505,  509. 

——   Lords'  Amendments  to  be  considered  forthwith, 

389,  510,  511. 

Lords'  Amendments,  Special  Entries,  499,  508. 

——   Allocation  of  time  for  various  stages  of  certain 

Bills  j  Orders  made,  41,  256-8,  33a,  464. 

Bills  considered,  pursuant  to  Order of the  House 
as  to  allocation  of  time  :—Small  Landholders  (Scotland) 
Bill  considered  in  Committee  ;  reported;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  63.  Land  Values (Scotland)  Bill,  64. 
Old  Age  Pensions Bill  (in  Committee, five allotted  days), 
271,  274,  285,  289,  293.  Report  (one  allotted  day), 
309.  Third  Reading  (one  allotted  day),  316.  Licensing 
Bill  (in  Committee,  nineteen  allotted  days),  342,  345, 
401,  403,  404,  409,  411,  413,  414,  418,  419,  421,  423, 
424,  427,  429,  430,  433,  435.  Licensing  Bill 
(on 
consideration,  as  amended,  five  allotted  days),  443,  445, 
448,  450,  452. 
Elementary  Education  (England  and 
Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill,  467,  470,  473. 

B I L LS  
— 

( P R I V A T E ) :— 
Read  a  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  18,  &c.  And  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
18,  107,  &c.  On  Second  Reading  Mr.  Speaker  calls 
attention  to  the  provisions  of  a  Bill  which  were  too 
important  to  be  treated  as  a  Private  B i l l;   Bill  with-
drawn,  32. 

— 

Committed,  31,  32,  &c. 

Brought  from  the  Lords,  88,  &c.  Read  a  first 

time,  and referred  to  the  Examiners,  88,  &c. 

Order  for  reference  of  Report  of  Examiners  to 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  discharged;  Bill 
withdrawn,  85. 

Order  for  Second  Reading  discharged;  Bill 

withdrawn,  85,  107. 

Order  for consideration,  as amended,  discharged; 

Bill  recommitted  to  the  former  Committee,  173. 

Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  after 

Amendment,  "  three months,"  withdrawn,  467. 

Reported,  with  Amendments,  67,  91,  &c.  And 
amended  Title,  67,  137,  &c.  Preamble  not  proved, 
88,  132,  450.  Without  Amendment,  137.  Pursuant 
to  Instruction  ;  Provision  made,  67. 
Short  Title 
changed,  212. 

—  Bill recommitted  to a former Committee  ; Instruc-
tion,  &c.,  201.  Pursuant 
to  Resolutions;  Railways 
struck  out,  301.  Clauses  struck  out,  301.  Additional 

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B I L LS   (PRIVATE)—continued. 

COMMONS'  B I L LS   :— 

inserted,  301.  Powers  to  construct 

provision 
ways  struck  out;  additional  provision 
Title  changed,  on consideration,  as amended,  73. 

tram-
inserted,  307. 

Considered,  as  amended,  125.  Standing  Orders 

suspended ;  read the  third time  and passed,  361. 

Considered,  as  amended;  King's  Consent  sig-

nified ;  Bill  read the  third time  and passed,  361,  466. 

Bills  read 

the  third  time  and  passed,  125, 

145, &c. 

King's Consent  signified;  Bill read the third  time 

and  passed,  113,  146,  147, &c. 

Returned  from  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
228.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  181.  With  an 
Amendment,  249,  340.  With  Amendments  to  two  of 
them,  317.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  330.  Lords' 
Amendments  considered,  pursuant  to  Order,  356,  368, 
374. 

Standing  Orders  39,  128, and 230 suspended,  and 
time  for  depositing  Petitions  against  Private  Bills 
extended  to  the  first  day  on  which  the  House  shall  sit 
after the  Recess  (Easter),  142. 

(Whitsuntide),  236. 

Witnesses  ordered  to  attend  Group  of  Private 

Bills,  78,  103,  ] 95. 

——  Bill  read  the  third time  and passed,  after  Stand-
ing  Orders  suspended,  and  King's  Consent  signified, 
311. 

Standing Orders  220 and 246, relating  to  Private 
(returned  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments), 

Bills 
suspended  for the  remainder  of  the  Session,  351. 

Prince  of  Wales'  Consent  signified  on  Third 

Reading,  204. 

L O R D S'   B I L LS   : 

Report  of  list  of  Bills  to  originate  in  the  House 

of  Lords,  13. 

Returned,  with  Amendments,  211,  247,  &c. 
Passed,  with  Amendments,  332.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  215,  255,  &c. 

Read  the  third  time  and passed,  without  Amend-

ment,  320. 

Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-

ments,  340. 

Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
ments,  after Amendment  proposed,  " three  months,"  and 
withdrawn,  346.  King's  Consent  signified;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  361.  As  amended,  considered ; 
Standing  Orders  suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and passed,  361. 

R E P O R TS   F R OM   G R O U PS   OF   P R I V A TE   B I L LS 
A ND   R A I L W AY   BILLS.  Vide  also  R E P O R TS 

— 

(Group  A );   Attendance  of  Witness,  103. 

—  (Group B)  ;  Adjournment  of  Committee,  82,  88, 

114. 

(Group C);  Absence  of  Member,  78.  Attend-
ance  of  Witness,  78.  Adjournment  of  Committee  for 
convenience  of parties,  103. 

(Group  D );   Adjournment  of  Committee,  132. 

(Group  E);  Adjournment  of  Committee,  137. 

(Group  F );   Attendance  of Witness,  195,  206. 

(Group  G)  ;  Adjournment  of  Committee,  221. 

(Group  H)  ;  Adjournment  of  Committee,  277. 

(Group  J );   Adjournment  of  Committee,  296, 

-— 

302. 

(Group  K );   Attendance  of  Witness,  296,  317. 

Adjournment  of  Committee,  301,  318,  336,  344. 

(Group  M)  ;  Attendance  of  Witness,  420.  Ad-

journment  of  Committee,  432,  441,  454. 

R A I L W AY   BILLS.  Vide  also  R E P O R TS  

:— 

(Group  1) ;  Non-attendance  of  Members,  118. 

(Group  3);  Adjournment  of  Committee,  226, 

^ 

: 
277. 

P R O V I S I O N AL   ORDER  B I L L S ;— 

Presented,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  146, 
&c.  Presented;  Standing  Order  193a  suspended;  Bill 
read the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  317. 
Examiners  report  no  Standing  Orders  applicable,  206, 
249. 

Read  a second  time,  and  committed,  178,  &c. 

Second  Reading  deferred,  181. 

Considered,  as  amended,  204,  &c. 

Instruction  to  the  Committee  to  insert  a  Clause, 
348.  Reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Provisional 
Orders  confirmed,  233.  Reported,  with  Amendments; 
Provisional  Order confirmed,  312.  Title  amended,  233. 
Read  the  third  time  and passed,  190,  207,  240,  &c. 

Standing  Orders  211  and  236  suspended ;  Com-

mittee  to  sit  and proceed forthwith,  348. 

Vide 

E L E C T R IC  

P R O V I S I O N AL 
O R D E R.   L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R. 
M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   B I L L. 
O R D E R. 
M E T R O P O L I T AN  
M A R R I A G ES   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   B I L L. 

P R O V I S I O N AL  

L I G H T I NG  

COMMONS 

Order,  That  so  much  of  Standing  Order  73  as 
provides  that  notice  of  the  day  on  which  °a  Bill  for 
confirming  any  Provisional  Order  will  be  examined  shall 
not  be given  until  after  the  Bill  has  been  printed  and 
circulated,  suspended  for the  remainder  of  the  Session, 
306. 

Order,  That  Bills  returned  from  the  Lords  this 
day,  with  Amendments,  such  Amendments  may  be 
considered  after the  Government  Orders  of  the  day,  512. 

H Y B R ID   B I L LS   :— 

Presented,  55.  Presented  accordingly, and read 

the  first  time,  137. 

— Examiners  to  examine  Bill  with  respect  to  com-

pliance  with  Standing  Orders,  57,  140,  334,  &c. 

— 

Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
complied  with,  61,  142,  340.  Not.complied  with,  361. 

thereto 

Bill  read  a  second  time,  after Amendment  pro-
posed  " six  months ; "  on  Division  not  made ;  committed 
to  a  Select  Committee,  182. 

Bill  read  a  second  time  on  Division,  and  com-
mitted  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons, 
168. 

—  Bill  recommitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 

(Group .4);  Adjournment  of  Committee,  297. 

House  from  a  Select  Committee,  253,  428. 

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B I L LS   U N D ER   T HE   P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON 

P R O C E D U RE   ( S C O T L A N D)   A C T,   1899 

B i ll   p r e s e n t ed   ;  r e ad   t he   first  t i m e,   and  o r d e r ed 
(under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
146,164,  215,  240,  247,  276,  420,  454,  481. 

Brought 

from  the  Lords,  51.  And  ordered 
(under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
2 7 4,   2 8 4,   3 0 3,   3 7 0,   5 0 9. 

Ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be 

considered,  51,  164,  334,  345,  428. 

Considered,  56,  &c.  And  day  appointed  for 

Third  Reading,  311. 

— 
consideration,  2 4 0,   2 6 5,   4 6 6. 

Read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed  for 

Read  a second  time  ;  considered;  read  the  third 

time  and passed,  509. 

Vide  B I L L S.   T R A N S F ER   of  T R A I N I NG   C O L-
[Lord*]. 
(Scotland)   O R D ER   CONFIRMATION 
(S u p e r a n n u a t i o n)   O R D ER   C O N-
P A I S L EY   D I S T R I CT   TRAMWAYS 
E D I N B U R GH   CORPORATION 
L E I TH 
L O CH 
CONFIRMATION. 
a nd   D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N-

LEGES 
C L Y DE   NAVIGATION 
FIRMATION  [Lords]. 
O R D ER   CONFIRMATION. 
(Tramways, 
H A R B O UR   and  DOCKS  O R D ER   CONFIRMATION. 
L E V EN   W A T ER  
E D I N B U R GH  
FIRMATION. 

Sfc.)  O R D ER   CONFIRMATION. 

P O W ER   O R D ER  

B I R T H S,   D E A T H S,   and  MARRIAGES.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B I R T H S,   D E A T H S,   and  M A R R I A G ES 

(Scotland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

B L A C K B U RN   CORPORATION  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  18.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  31.  Second  Reading  deferred,  34, 
46,  59.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed; 
Instruction,  80.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  from 
the  Police  and Sanitary  Committee (Section  A)   ;  Clauses 
relating  to  milk  struck  out,  pursuant  to  Instruction,  182. 
Day  appointed 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  207. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  211,  244,  255. 
Considered,  as amended,  271.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  280.  Agreed to by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
353.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  356.  Lords' 
(Cited   as  Blackburn 
to,  362. 
Amendments  agreed 
Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

B L A Y D ON  and  RYTON  W A T ER   (T r a n s f e r );   Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and referred  to  the  Examiners,  18.  Report, 
Standing  Order  62  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  71.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
82.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  108.  Considered,  as 
amended,  142.  King's  Consent  signified  ; read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  147.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  261.  Lords' Amendments  agreed  to,  298. 
(Cited  as  Biaydon  and  Ryton  Water  (Transfer) 
Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

B O A RD 

of  A G R I C U L T U RE  

and 

F I S H E R I E S.  

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

S U P P L Y. 

B O A RD  of  E D U C A T I O N.  Vide  A C C O U N T S.   A D D R E S S. 

S U P P L Y. 

B O A RD 

of 

T R A DE  

(Labour  Department). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

BOARD  of  TRADE 

(Labour   Department) 

(Changes 

in 

Wages,  Sfc.).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

BOGNOR  G AS   L I G HT   and  C O KE   COMPANY 

; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been complied  with,  16.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords, 

[Lords] 

170.  Read  the  first  time,  and  referred to the  Examiners, 
170.  Report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  173. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  190.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  307.  Considered,  as  amended,  320. 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
Read 
332.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  349. 
(Cited   as  Bognor 
Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391 • 

B O I L ER   E X P L O S I O NS   A C T S,  

1 8 82  

and 

1 8 9 0.  

V i de 

ACCOUNTS. 

B O I L E R S,   PERSONS  in  C H A R G E.  Vide  E N G I N ES  and.  " 

BOMBAY  P O L I T I C AL   D E P A R T M E N T.   VIDE  E A ST   I N D I A. 

BOROUGH  COUNCILS  ;  Bill 

to  amend  the  Municipal 
Corporations  Act,  1882,  with  respect  to  the  number  of 
Councillors;  presented,  and  ordered to  be  read  a  second 
time,  113.  Second  Reading  deferred,  151,  171,  180, 
209,  230,  275,  283. 

BOYCOTTING  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

BREACHES  of  B Y E L A WS  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating 
to  penalties  for  breaches  of  Byelaws;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  79.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ;  Debate  arising,  and 
Debate  adjourned  at  Five  of  the  clock,  111.  Further 
adjourned, 128,  151,  168,  193,  239. 

B R E W E R S'   LICENCES.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B R I D L I N G T ON   P I E RS   and  H A R B O U R.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

B R I G H T ON   a nd   S O U TH   COAST  R A I L W A Y.   V i de   L O N-

DON. 

B R I S T OL   CORPORATION  [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read the  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners;  Report  Standing  Orders 
not previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  208.  Bill  to 
be  read  a second  time,  227.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  242. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  277. 
Considered,  as amended,  302.  King's  Consent  signified  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  314. 
(Cited  as  Bristol 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  326. 
Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

B R I S T OL   DOCKS  [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  16. 
Report  on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  com-
plied  with,  referred 
the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  17. 

to 

B R I S T OL   TRAMWAYS  [Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  tne  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  215.  Read  the  first  time, 
Examiners 
and  referred  to 
report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into 
complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  227. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  242.  Reported, 
without  Amendment,  277.  Considered,  283.  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  296. 
(Cited  as  Bristol  Tramways  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

the  Examiners,  216. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM  (Petition   for  Aid)  ;  King's  Recom-
the  Committee  of 

mendation  signified;  referred  to 
Supply,  45. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

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B R I T I SH  

S U B J E C T S,  

E M P L O Y M E NT   A B R O A D. 

Vide 

E M P L O Y M E NT   o f. 

B R I T ON   F E R RY   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  [Lords']  ; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16.  Brought 
from  the  Lords ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  114. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a second time, 125.  Day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  141.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  146.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments;  Title  amended,  202.  Considered,  as  amended; 
Amendments  made,  299.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  306.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  Briton  Ferry  Urban  District 
agree,  326. 
Council  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

B R O M L EY  and  C R A YS   G AS  ;  Bill  read the  first  time,  and 
referred to  the  Examiners,  18.  Report,  Standing  Order 
62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  44. 
Read  a second  time,  and  committed,  58.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  112.  Considered, as amended,  125.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  136.  Agreed  to by the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  289.  Lords' Amendments  agreed  to, 
298. 
(Cited   as  Bromley  and  Crays  Gas  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

a nd  

B U R GH  

B U C K IE  

B U C K IE  

(C l u n y)   H A R B O UR 
O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  [Lords'];  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act 
the 
to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
relating  to  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie  (Cluny)  Harbour; 
brought  from 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  (under  Section  9  of 
the  Act),  274.  Read  a second  time,  and  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  276.  Considered,  284.  Read  the 
(Cited 
as  Buckie  Burgh  and  Buckie  (Cluny)  Harbour  Order 
Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390, 

-  third time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  292. 

B U I L D I NG   A C C I D E N T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

B U I L D I NG   L A N DS   (Scotland);  Bill  to  deal  with  Building 
and  other  Lands  in  Scotland  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  52.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
81*  105,  153,  177,  209. 

B U I L D I NG   L E A S ES   (Scotland).  Vide  F E US   and. 

B U I L D I NG   O P E R A T I O NS   and  E N G I N E E R I NG   W O R K S; 
Bill  to  make better  provision  for the  health  and  safety  of 
persons  employed  in  certain  Building  Operations  and 
E n g i n e e r i ng   Works,  and  purposes  connected  therewith; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  330. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  334,  339,  343,  346,  350,  367, 
398,  400,  402,  403,  405,  407,  409,  412,  414,  415,  416, 
418,  420,  422,  423,  425,  427,  429,  436,  443,  444,  447, 
456,  459,  468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

B U I L D I NG   O P E R A T I O NS  

a nd  

E N G I N E E R I NG   W O R KS 

B I L L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

Amendments,  108.  Considered,^  amended,  117.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  125.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  284. 
( Cited  as  Bury  and 
District  Joint  Water  Board  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 

3 9 1a 

BUSINESS  OF  T HE   HOUSE: 

O R D E RS   relative 
C E D E N C E :— 

to  P R O C E E D I N GS  having 

P R E-

Proceedings  on  the Address to have precedence 
of  all  other  Orders  of  the  day  and  Notices  of  Motion, 
&c.,  15. 

Proceedings  on  Licensing  Bill  to  have  pre-

cedence  of  the  Business  of  Supply,  68,157. 

; 
—  Proceedings  on  Motion  for  the  allocation  of 
time  with  respect  to  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland) 
Bill  and  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill,  to  have  pre-
dence  of the  Business  of  Supply,  41. 

1 

Proceedings  on  Resolution  relating  to  Prose-
[Expenses]  to  have 

cution  of  Offences  Amendment 
precedence  of  the  Business  of  Supply,  121. 

. . .  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  to  have  pre-

cedence  of  the  Business  of  Supply,  170. 

Proceedings  on the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  to 

have  precedence  of  the  Business  of  Supply,  316. 

— 

—-   Proceedings  on the  Irish  Universities  Bill  to 

have  precedence  of the  Business  of  Supply,  353. 

P R O C E E D I N G S,  if  under  discussion  when  B U S I N E SS  is 
postponed,  be  resumed  and proceeded  with,  though 
opposed,  after the  interruption  of  B U S I N E SS   :— 

Licensing  Bill,  68.  On  Division  :—Supply, 

79,  86,  92,  103. 

That  On  this  day, notwithstanding  anything  in 
Standing  Order  No.  15,  Business  other  than  Business  of 
Supply  may  be  taken  before  Eleven  of  the  clock,  370. 

E X E M P T I ON  

from 

( S I T T I N GS   of   t he   H O U S E)  

S T A N D I NG  
:— 

O R D ER  

NO. 

1 

— 

— 

—  King's  Speech,  Motion  for  Address,  29. 

Supply  (on  Division),  55,  108,  121. 

Government  of  Ireland  (on  Division'),  126. 
Licensing  Bill,  161.  Proceedings  of  the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means,  170  (on  Division),  208.  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill  (on  Division),  178.  Coal 
Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill,  266.  Old  Age  Pen-
sions  Bill,  303.  Unemployment,  416.  Education  (Scot-
land)  Bill  (on  Division),  437.  Port  of  London  Bill  (on 
Division),  439,  441.  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill  (on 
Division),  457.  Elementary  Education  (England  and 
Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill  (on  Division), 461. 
Irish  Land  Bill 
(on Division),  483. 

B U I L D I NG   S O C I E T I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Government  Business)  : — 

B U R N L EY   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  18.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  31.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
from  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  A),  228. 
Considered,  as  amended,  242.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  249.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  353.  Lords' Amendments,  in  pursuance  of Order, 
agreed  to,  356. 
(Cited  as  Burnley  Corporation  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

B U RY   and  D I S T R I CT   J O I NT   W A T ER   B O A R D;   Bill  read 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a seeond  time,  18. 
Read  a second  time,  and  committed,  31.  Reported,  with 

That  until  the  adjournment  for  the  Autumn 
Holidays  Government  Business  be not  interrupted  under 
the  provisions  of  any  Standing  Order  regulating  the 
Sittings  of  the  House,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any 
hour,  though  opposed,  &c.,  on  Division  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative,  318.  Vide  H O U S E, 

for 

—-   That 

the  remainder  of 

the  Session 
Government  Business  be  not  interrupted  under  the  pro-
visions  of  any  Standing  Order  regulating  the  Sittings 
of  the  House,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour, 
though  opposed,  &c.,  on  Division  resolved 
in  the 
Affirmative, 484.  Vide  H O U S E. 

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B U S I N E SS   OF  T HE   HOUSE—continued. 

(Reports  of  Money  Committees) :— 

Motion,  That  the  Proceedings  on the  Reports 
of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  and  Committees 
authorising  the  expenditure  of  public  money,  other  than 
the  Committee  of  Supply,  may  be  entered  upon  at  any 
hour  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  though  opposed,  and 
shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House)  ;  Amendment 
proposed,  and -withdrawn ;  Question  agreed  to,  212. 

(Private  Business): — 

Order,  That  the  Proceedings  on  any  Private 
Business  set  down  for  consideration  at  a  quarter  of  an 
hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock  this  evening,  by  direction 
of  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means,  may  be  entered 
upon  at  any  hour,  and  be  not  interrupted  under  any 
Standing  Order  regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House, 
496. 

Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  and  Land  Values 

(Scotland)  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)  :— 

— 

thereto,  38.  Debate  ad-
journed,  3 9.  Resumed,  and Order  made,  41.  Vide  B I L L S. 

Motion  relative 

Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)  :— 

— 

Motion,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Old  Age  Pensions/Bill 
shall  be  proceeded  with  in  the  following  manner,  &c. ; 
Order  made,  after  Amendments  proposed,  and  not  made, 
and Question put, pursuant  to  Standing Order  (Closure  of 
Debate),  2 5 6 - 8.   Vide  O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   B I L L. 

Licensing  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)  :— 

Motion,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report 
stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill,  and 
necessary  stages  of  the  Financial  Resolution  ^relating 
thereto,  shall  be  proceeded  with  as  follows,  &c.,  336-8. 
Order  made,  after two  Amendments made,  other  Amend-
ments  not made,  and  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  3 3 8.   Vide  L I C E N S I NG 
B I L L. 

(Allocation  of  Time  on  Report 
' 

Licensing  Bill 
Stage):— 
——-  Order,  That  the  Proceedings  on each  of  the 
Five  allotted  days  given  to  the  Report  stage  of  the 
Licensing  Bill  shall  be  those  shown  in  the  following 
Tables,  &c.,  4 3 9.   Vide  B I L L. 

Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2) 

Bill  (Allocation  of  Time):— 
:—-  Motion  relative  thereto  ;  Question  amended, 
and  agreed  to ;  Order  made  (on  Division), 463-5.  Vide 
B I L L. 

(Provisional  Order  Bills) 

.,„; 

Order,  That  as  regards  Provisional  Order 
Bills  returnable  by  the  House  of  Lords  this  day,  with 
Amendments,  such Amendments  may  be  considered  after 
the  Government  Orders  of  the  day,  512. 

(Private  Business): — 

— Motion,  That  the  Proceedings  on  any  Private 
Business  set  down  for  consideration  at  8.15,  &c.; 
Motion  withdrawn,  384. 

BUSINESS  of  the  H O U SE   (Days   occupied  by  Government 

and  by  Private  Members).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

B U X T ON   C H A R I TY   ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Scheme  of  the 
Charity  Commissioners  relating  to  the  Buxton  (Con-
gregational  Chapel)  Charity  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  108.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
150,  176, 200,  210,  219,  224,  226,  235,  252,254,  268,287, 
306,  310.  Read  a  second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a 

the  Chair 

Committee  of  the  whole  House,  480.  Considered  in 
Committee;  Chairman 
to  report 
leaves 
Progress, it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  483,  Con-
sidered  in  Committee, and reported, without  Amendment; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  487.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  511. 
(Cited   as 
Buxton  Congregational  Chapel  Scheme  Confirmation  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

8 Edw. VII.  Pari. 28.  Sess. <5.  1908. 

C A L D ER   and  A I RE   NAVIGATION.  Vide  A I R E. 

C A L E D O N I AN   CANAL.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CALENDAR  R E F O R M;   Bill  to  reform  the  Calendar,  fix 
Easter,  and  other  and  more  Bank  Holidays,  and  for 
other  purposes 
thereto?;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  96.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  116,  153,  179,  218,  230,  236.  Bill  withdrawn, 
263. 

in  relation 

C A M B E R W E LL  and  other  M E T R O P O L I T AN  
(Superannuation) 

BOROUGH 
COUNCILS 
[Lords];  Report,  That 
the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied 
with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  125.  Read  a  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  125-6.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read a  second  time,  140.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  146.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
186,  Considered,  as  amended,  204.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  211.  To  which  the 
(Cited   as  Camberwell  and  other 
Lords  agree,  215. 
Act, 
Metropolitan  Borough  Councils  (Superannuation) 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

CAMBERWELL  (Peckham  Division)  W R I T.   Vide  E L E C-

TIONS. 

CAMBORNE  W A T ER   ;  Report  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders,  That 
in  the  case  of  leave  to 
deposit  Petition  for  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with,  47.  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill, 
Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  66.  Report  on 
said  Petition,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  74.  Read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  78.  Report,  Standing  Order  62 
complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  102. 
Read  a second  time,  and  committed,  112,  Bill  reported, 
with  Amendments,  170.  Considered,  as  amended,  185. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  190.  Agreed  to  by  the 
(Cited  as  Camborne 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  322. 
Water  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

in 

CAMBRIAN  RAILWAYS  [Lords];  Report  on  Petition  for 
Bill  originating 
the  Lords,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  95,  Report,  That  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  130.  Brought  from  the 
Lords,  215.  Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  216.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  227.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  242.  Reported,  without  Amendment,  277» 
Considered,  283.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
without  Amendment,  296. 
( Cited  as  Cambrian  Railways 
(Debenture  Stock)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, 

House  adjourns,  147.  Vide  M E M B E R S.  

S IR   H E N R Y,   D E A TH  
H O U S E, 

o f; 

CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,  S IR   H E N R Y,   M O N U M E NT 

t o; 
Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
to  consider  an  humble  Address  to  be  presented  to  His 
Majesty,  praying  that  His  Majesty  will  give  directions 

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CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,  S IR   H E N R Y,   M O N U M E NT  

t o— 

continued. 

that  a  Monument  be  erected  at  the  public  charge  iu  the 
Collegiate  Church  of  Saint  Peter,  Westminster,  to  the 
memory  of  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry  Campbell-
Bannerman;  King's  Recommendation signified ;  Question 
agreed  to,  163.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  191. 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  195.  To  be  pre-
sented  by  Privy  Councillors or Members of  His  Majesty's 
Household,  195.  King's  Answer,  206. 

CANADA.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CANCER  R E S E A R CH  (Colonies).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C A PE   of  GOOD  H O PE   OBSERVATORY.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C A R D I FF   R A I L W AY 

[Lords]   ;  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  tne  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  a  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the Examiners,  144.  Report  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  intp  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  147.  Read  a  second 
time-  and 
committed,  160.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  253. 
Considered,  as  amended,  265.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  276.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  289. 
(Cited  as  Cardiff  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

C A RE  and  CONTROL  of  the  F E E B L E - M I N D ED  

(Royal 

Commission).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CARMARTHEN  W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

Declines  to  put  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  83,  &c.  As  it  appeared 
to him  the  Committee  were  prepared  shortly  to  come  to 
a  decision,  403. 

Proceeds  to  interrupt  the  Business  after  Eleven 

of  the  clock,  138. 

Interrupts  the  Business,  objection  being  taken, 

at  Five  of  the  clock,  477. 

-  Reports  Bill to the  House, pursuant  to  the  Order 

of  the  House,  65. 

—  Reports  Resolutions  of  Ways  and  Means,  171. 

————  Reports  Bills  (Private),  with  Amendments,  and 

without  Amendment,  186. 

Takes  the  Chair  as  Deputy  Speaker,  16,  &c. 

Leaves  the • Chair,  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the 

clock,  285,  290,  409. 

— 

Leaves  the  Chair  at  Eleven  of 

the  clock 

(Supply),  245,  &c. 

Leaves  the  Chair to report the  Bill to the  House, 

294,  &c. 

Leaves  the  Chair,  the  Questions  nec'essary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business,  pursuant  to  Order,  being  con-
cluded,  421,  423. 

:—-  Unavoidable  absence, owing to indisposition,  133, 

137,  488. 

•  ——  Reports  that  the  Committee  had  amended  a 

C A T T LE   D R I V ES   (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

Clause  of  a  Bill  on  recommittal,  304. 

CENSUS  of  PRODUCTION  A C T,  1906.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C E N T R AL  

I R E L A ND   E L E C T R IC   P O W ER   B I LL   {changed 
from  Dublin  and  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill), 
212.  Vide  D U B L IN  and  C E N T R AL   I R E L A ND   E L E C T R IC 
P O W ER   B I L L.   Considered,  as  amended,  236.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  242.  Agreed 
to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  369.  Lords'  Amendments, 
( Cited  as  Central 
in  pursuance of  Order,  agreed  to,  374. 
Ireland  Electric  Power  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

C E Y L O N.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CHAIRMAN  OF  WAYS  AND  MEANS  : 

MR.  EMMOTT  : 

Reports  Resolutions  to  the  House,  34,  &c. 

Reports  Progress  in  Supply,  35. 

— ——   Reports  Private  Bills,  121,  &c. 

— - ——   Reports as  to  Bills  under the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  which  should  originate 
in  the  House  of  Lords,  40. 

the  Committee 

Calls  attention  of 

the 
disorderly  conduct  of  a  Member;  directs  him  to  dis-
continue  his  speech;  orders  Member  to  withdraw,  but 
Member  persists  in  his  disorderly  conduct,  404.  Names 
Member  for disregarding  the  authority of  the  Chair,  404. 
Reports  the  circumstance  to  the  House,  404.  Vide 
GRAYSON,  M R.   MEMBERS.  S P E A K E R. 

to 

D E P U TY   C H A I R M AN   (MR.  C A L D W E L L)   : 

Reports  Bill  (Public),  without  Amendment,  134, 

366.  Bills  (Private),  with  Amendments,  137. 

—  Reports 

to 
Resolutions,  90,  138,  222,  &c.  Reports  Progress  on 
matter,  192,  209. 

the  Committee  had  come 

that 

— — —-   Acquaints  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee may  have leave  to  sit  again, 
90,  138. 

—T 

Members nominated  by Mr. Speaker  as  temporary 

Chairmen,  50. 

CHAIRMEN'S  PANEL  (Standing 

Committees)';—*'-

Report  of  Eight  Members  to  serve  on :  the 

„  Reports  as  to  Bills  (Private)  originating  in  the 

Chairmen's  Panel,  68. 

> 

House  of  Lords,  13. 

Puts Questions forthwith, pursuant to the Order of 
— 
the  House,  63,  65,  274,  285, 290,  294, 346,  401,404,  409, 
411,  413,  418,  419,  421,  423,  424,  427,  429,  431,433, 
435,  467,  473.  Pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of 
Debate),  55,  83,  &c. 

——  

Puts  the  Question  in  Committee  of  Supply 
(at  Ten  of  the  clock)  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Vote 
under  consideration,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 
370. 

— 

Proceeds  to  put  severally  the  Questions  on  out-
standing  Votes,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 370. 

Declines  to  put  the  Question  (abuse  of  Rules), 

366. 

——  Report  from  the  Chairmen's  Panel  of  appoint-
ment  of  Members  as  Chairmen  of  Standing  Committees. 
A,   71.  B  and  C,  132.  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  discharged  ;  another  appointed,  161. 

—  Report  of  Resolution,  That  any  Member  of 
the  Chairmen's  Panel  be  empowered  to  ask  any  other 
Member  of  the  Chairmen's  Panel  to  take  his  place,  71. 
Vide  STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

CHAMBER  of  LONDON.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CHARACTER  N O TE  ;  Bill  to  make  it  compulsory  upon 
employers 
to  supply  a  Reference  Note  to  a  person 
leaving  their  employment  and  desiring  one;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68.  Second 
.Reading  deferred,  128,  153,  179,  218. 

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C H A R I T A B LE   DONATIONS  and  BEQUESTS 

(Ireland). 

Yide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H A R I TY   COMMISSION 

(England  and  Wales).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

C H E AP   TRAINS  ;  Bill  to  amend the  Law  relating to  Cheap 
Trains  for  the  Working  Classes;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  175.  Second Reading deferred, 
209,  230,  251,  268,  287,  305. 

C H E C K I NG   of  P I E C E - W O RK   W A G ES  

in  DOCK  LABOUR 

(Departmental  Committee).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H E C K W E I G H I NG   at  L I ME   a nd   C E M E NT   W O R K S,   &C. 

(Departmental  CommitteeX  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H E C K W E I G H I NG  

S T E EL  
t he  
(Departmental  Committee).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

IRON 

and 

in  

T R A DE 

C H E L S EA   H O S P I T AL  

(Army  Prize  Money  and  Legacy 

Funds).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H E S H I RE   L I N ES   COMMITTEE  ; Bill  read the first time, and 
•  referred  to  the  Examiners,  18.  Report,  Standing  Order 
62  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  61. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  71.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  157.  Considered,  as  amended,  172. 
to 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  177.  Agreed 
by 
(Cited  as 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  255. 
Cheshire Lines  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

C H I L D R EN  ;  Bill 

to 

to  consolidate  and  amend 

the  Law 
relating to the  protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons, 
reformatory and industrial  schools, and juvenile  offenders, 
and  otherwise 
amend  the  Law  with  respect  to 
Children  and  Young  Persons;  ordered;  presented 
accordingly,  and read  the first time,  33.  Second Reading 
^ deferred,  40,  43,  48,  52,  58,  60,  65,  69,  72,  77,  80,  83,  86, 
90,  93,  98,  102,  107,  110.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  a  second  time  ;  Debate  arising  ;  Motion,  That  the 
Debate  be  now  adjourned,  agreed  to.  115.  Debate 
further  adjourned,  119, 122,  126,  131.  Debate  resumed ; 
Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  134. 
Standing  Committee  B,  140.  Fifteen 
Members  added  to  the  Committee,  136.  Members  dis-
charged,  and  others  added  to  the  . Committee,  136, 
140,  145,  157,  167,  174,  187,  248,  255,  270.  Reported, 
with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  296. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  305,  324,  343,  366. 
Order  for  consideration,  as  amended,  read : Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  recommitted,  negatived  on  Division  ;  Bill 
considered,  396.  Further  considered,  as  amended,  399. 
Further  consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  402,  403, 
404.  Further  considered,  as  amended  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  406-7.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords,  with 
Amendments  ;  day  appointed  for  considering  them,  474. 
Consideration  of  Lords'  Amendments  deferred,  480,  486, 
491, 498.  Lords'Amendments  considered, several  agreed 
to;  one  amendment  disagreed  to;  one  agreed  to  with 
Special  Entry  ;  consequential  Amendments  made  to  the 
Bill  ;  Amendments  proposed  to  Lords'  Amendments, 
withdrawn,  and  negatived  ;  several  Lords'  Amendments 
amended,  and  agreed  to,  several  disagreed  to ;  words 
inserted  in  the  Bill,  instead  of  certain  Amendments 
disagreed  to ;  words  amended,  and  inserted  in  the  Bill, 
instead  of  certain  Amendments  disagreed  to  ;  remaining 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to  ;  Committee  appointed 
to  draw up  Reasons  for disagreeing  with certain of  Lords' 
Amendments  ;  dominated  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum  ;  to 
withdraw  immediately,  499-502.  Reasons  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  504.  Lords  agree  to  certain  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords,  and  agree  to  one  other  of  the  said  Amendments, 
with  Amendments;  agree  to  the  consequential  Amend-
ments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Bill,  and  do  not  insist 

on their Amendments to  which this House  hath disagreed, 
510.  Lords'  Amendments  to  Commons'  Amendments  to 
Lords'  Amendments  considered  forthwith,  and  agreed 
to,510.  (Citedas  Children Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

C H I L D R EN   B I L L.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H I L D R E N,  

E X C L U S I ON  of. 

Vide 

P U B L I C - H O U S ES 

(Exclusion  of  Children). 

C H I L D R EN   [Expenses]   ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve 
itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  authorising  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses  incurred  under  sj,ny Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the 
protection  of  Children  and  Young  Persons ;  after  King's 
Recommendation  signified,  Question  agreed  to,  135. 
Committee  deferred,  139,  149,  162.  Considered  in 
Committee  ;  Motion  for  Progress  agreed  to,  165.  Com-
in 
mittee  deferred,  169,  171.  Matter  considered 
Committee  ;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order 
(Closure  of  Debate),  and  agreed  to  on  Division,  after 
Amendment  proposed,  and  not made ;  Resolution  agreed 
to,  175.  Report  deferred,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199,  209, 
214.  Resolution  reported;  Amendment  proposed,  to 
leave  out  words,  not made  ;  Resolution  agreed  to,  220. 

C H I L D R EN   under  the  P O OR   L A W.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H I N A.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H I N E SE  (British  Ships);  Motion,  That,  in  the  opinion  of 
this  House,  the  conditions  under  which  Chinese  seamen 
are  employed  on  British  vessels  at  ports  in  the  United 
Kingdom  call  for  an 
investigation  by  a 
Select  Committee  of  this  House,  with  a  view  to  deter-
mining  whether  the  provisions  of the  Merchant  Shipping 
Act,  1906,  are  sufficient to  enable  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
prevent  abuses  arising  out  of the  employment  of  Chinese 
in  the  British  mercantile  marine;  withdrawn,  75. 

immediate 

C H U R CH   E S T A T ES   COMMISSION.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C H U R CH   T E M P O R A L I T I ES  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I TY   of  GLASGOW  ; Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
to be  read  a  second  time,  18.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  31.  Reported, with Amendments,  108.  Con-
sidered, as amended, 113.  Read  the  third time and passed, 
123.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment, 
(Cited  as  Glasgow  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
182. 
Assent,  261. 

C I TY   of  LONDON.,   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

P O L L I NG   D I S-

TRICTS. 

C I V IL   B I LL   COURTS  (Dublin);  Bill  to  improve  the  pro-
cedure and make better provision for the discbarge  of  the 
business  of  the  Civil  Bill  Courts  of  the  City  and  County 
of  Dublin ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  27.  Second  Reading  deferred,  81,  84,  87,  99,  110, 
116,127,151,171,  203. 

C I V IL   CONTINGENCIES  F U N D,   1906-7.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL   CONTINGENCIES  F U N D,   1907-8.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL   L I ST   PENSIONS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL   S E R V A N TS  (Retirement  at  the  Age  of  Sixty-five). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL   S E R V I CE   COMMISSION.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL  

SERVICES 

and 
(Supplementary  Estimates).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

R E V E N UE  

D E P A R T M E N TS 
S U P P L Y. 

CIVIL  SERVICES,  1908-9  (Superannuation 

and  Retired 

Allowances).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C I V IL  

S E R V I C ES 
Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Supplementary 
S U P P L Y. 

Estimates,  1908-9). 

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637 

CLAUSES  : 
— — ——   In  Committee  :—That  a  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time,  negatived  on  Division,  119,  308,  330,476. 

Withdrawn,  119,  330. 

Clauses  read  a  second  time,  and  added,  after 
Motion  for  Progress  negatived,  350.  That  a  Clause 
stand  part,  agreed  to  on  Division;  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  Closure,  264. 

A g r e ed   to,  134. 

A m e n d e d,   a nd   a g r e ed   t o,   2 6 4,   2 7 4,   3 1 8. 

— 

Added,  264,  476. 

— 

318. 

After  Amendment  proposed,  and  withdrawn, 

As  amended,  stand  part;  agreed  to  on  Divi-

sion,  274,  285,  427,  &c. 

Struck  out,  pursuant  to  Instructions,  80, 

182.  Resolutions,  301  (Private  Bills). 

Pr 

Remaining  words of a  Clause  to  end  of  a  line 

omitted,  274. 

Clause  postponed  until  after the  consideration 

of another  Clause,  440. 

New  Clause  added  to  the  Bill  on  Division, 

433  (in  Committee). 

On  consideration, as  amended:—Clause  twice 
read,  and  made  part  of  Bills  (Private),  142,  156. 
(Public),  281,  437,  485.  New  Clause  added to the  Bill, 
444. 

Amended, and made  part  of the  Bill,  437,497. 

Amended  on recommittal,  304. 

Bead  a  second  time  on  Division,  300,  444. 
Amendment  proposed  to  a  Clause,  to  insert 

words  ;  Debate  adjourned,  300. 

That  a  Clause be  read a second time  ;  Motion 

and  Clause  withdrawn,  396,  485. 
Negatived,  437,  476. 

C L E R GY  (West  Indies).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

CLERK  OF  T HE   CROWN: 

new  Writs,  3,  17,  47,  57,  59,  95,  &c. 

To  make  out 

CLERK  OF  T HE   CROWN  IN  IRE-

LAND  : 

.  — 

- 

—  To  make  out 

New  Writs,  26,  72.  Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

CLERK  OF  T HE   HOUSE: 

printing  of  the  Journal,  4. 

To  direct 

the 

Lays Papers upon 

the  Table  of  the  House,  12. 

To  carry  Bills  to 
the  L o r d s,   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House  hath 
agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment,  61.  With  an 
Amendment  or  Amendments,  61,  510,  511. 

of   t he   u n a v o i d a b le   a b s e n ce   of 
a nd   M e a n s,   1 33  
C o m m i t t ee   on   a  B i l l ),   1 3 7,   4 8 8 .-

Informs the House 
t he   C h a i r m an   of   W a ys 
f or 

( on   O r d er   of   t he   d ay   b e i ng   r e ad  

of the  unavoidable  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker,  13,16. 

- Informs the House 

Directed  by  Mr. 
Speaker  to  correct  the  number  in  the  Journal  of  a 
Division  incorrectly  reported,  49. 

To  carry  Mes-
sages  agreeing  to  Lords'  Resolution,  91.  Disagreeing 
to  Lords'  Resolution,  102. 

To carry Minutes 

of  Evidence  on  Divorce  Bills  to  House  of  Lords,  233. 

C L E R KS   of  the  P E A CE   and  C O U N TY   COUNCILS  ;  Bill  to 
amend the Law  with  regard  to the  appointment  of  Clerks 
of  the  Peace  and  County  Councils;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read  a  second  time,  62,  Second  Reading 
deferred,  77,  94,  116,  139,  153,  158,  192,  238. 

CLOSURE  OF  D E B A T E: 
Q U E S T I O NS  put,  pursuant  to 
Debate),  by  Mr.  Speaker  or 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-
chequer,  16,  29,  42,  168, 
258. 

Mr.  Stanger,  70. 
Mr. Edmund  Robertson,  74. 
Mr.  Adkins,  81. 
Mr.  Lough,  106. 
Mr.  Runciman,  122. 
Sir  Charles  Dilke,  159. 
Mr.  John  Redmond,  172. 

Standing  Order  (Closure  of 
Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  :— 
Mr.  Asquith,  175,  304,  S37, 

338. 

Mr.  Trevelyan,  188. 
Mr.  Chaplin,  385. 
Mr.  Churchill, 408. 
Sir  Joseph  Leese,  416. 
Mr.  Sinclair,  437. 
Mr,  Buchanan,  479. 
Mr.  Secretary  Gladstone, 

485. 

MAIN  QUESTION  claimed  :— 

Sir  Joseph  Leese,  416. 

Q U E S T I O NS  declined  to  be  put  (Closure  of  Debate)  by 

Mr.  Speaker  or  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker:— 

Mr.  Dickinson  (twice),  30. 
Mr.  George  Hardy  (twice), 

36. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-

chequer,  42. 

Mr.  M'Arthur  (twice),  44. 
Mr.  Austin  Taylor,  44. 
Colonel  Seely,  53. 
Mr.  Belloc,  53. 

QUESTIONS  put, pursuant  to 
Debate),  by  the  Chairman 
House:— 

Mr.  Joseph  Pease,  55. 
Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-

chequer,  83,  285. 

Mr.  Secretary  Haldane,  89. 
Mr.  Harcourt,  138. 
Mr.  Herbert  Samuel,  175. 
Mr.  Birrell,  216. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  57, 

104. 

Mr.  Thomas  Corbett,  65. 
Lord  Robert  Cecil,  70. 
Earl  Winterton,  104. 
Mr.  Trevelyan,  225. 
Mr.  Leverton  Harris,  408. 

Standing  Order  (Closure  of 
in  Committee  of  the  whole 

Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,  241. 
Mr.  Masterman,  264. 
Mr.  Asquith,  271,  274,  342. 
Mr.  Eugene  Wason,  278. 
Mr.  Churchill,  476,  477. 

M A IN   Q U E S T I ON  (claimed) :— 

Mr.  Asquith,  271  (in  Committee). 

Q U E S T I O NS  declifaed to  be put  (Closure  of  Debate)  by  the 

Chairman  in  Committee  of the  whole  House :— 
Mr.  Markham,  327. 
Mr.  Lupton,  430. 

Mr.  Mallet,  83. 
Mr.  Summerbell,  245. 
Lord  Robert  Cecil,  274. 

. 

As  it  appeared  to  him  the  Committee  were 
prepared  shortly  to  come  to  a  decision  (Mr.  Asquith), 
403. 

C L O S U RE 

of  D E B A TE  

(Standing  Order  26).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

C L O T H I NG   D E P A R T M E N T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.   A R M Y. 

VOL.  163.-—-Sess.   1908. 

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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

C L U BS   (Ireland)  R E G I S T R A T I O N.  Vide  R E G I S T R A T I ON 

of  CLUBS 

(Ireland). 

C L Y DE   N A V I G A T I ON  

(S u p e r a n n u a t i o n)   O R D ER  

C O N-
F I R M A T I ON  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to  confirm 
the  Private  Legislation 
a  Provisional  Order  under 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  the  Clyde 
Navigation;  brought  from  the  Lords,  51.  Ordered 
(under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to be considered, 51.  Con-
sidered,  56.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  61.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  103. 
(Citedas  Clyde  Navigation  (Superannuation)  Order  Con-
firmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  124. 

COAL  MINES  (Eight  Hours  for  Winding  Enginemen); 
Bill  to  amend  the  Coal  Mines  Regulation  Acts,  1887  to 
1905,  for  the  purpose  of  limiting  the  Hours  of  work  of 
Colliery  Winding  Enginemen  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  62.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
8 7,   105,  123,   1 3 1 , 1 5 1,   165,  183. 

C O AL   T A B L E S,   1 9 0 7.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

COAST  G U A R D.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C O L L E GE   C H A R T ER   A C T,   1871.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C O AL   E X P O R T S,   &c.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C O AL   M I N ES   (Checkweighers) ;  Bill  to  remove  the  legal 
disabilities  of  Colliery  Checkweighers;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  r e a d;   Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  calls  the  attention 
of  the House,  that  some  of  the provisions of  the Bill  went 
beyond  the  Title  of 
the  Bill,  whereupon  Order  dis-
charged  and  Bill  withdrawn,  225. 

C O AL   M I N ES  (Eight  Hours);  Bill  to  limit  the  Hours  of 
work  below  ground  in  Coal  M i n e s;   presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22. 

C O AL   M I N ES   (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  ;  Bill  to  amend  the 
Coal  Mines  Regulation  Acts,  1887  to  1905,  for  the 
purpose  of 
limiting  Hours  of  work  below  ground  ; 
Question  put  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and 
agreed  t o;   Bill  ordered;  presented  accordingly,  and 
read  the  first  time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
60,  65,  69,  72,  77,  80,  84,  86,  90,  93,  98,  115,  119,  122, 
127,  149,  162,  176,  192,  208,  229,  250,  Proceedings  on 
Second  Reading  not  to  be  interrupted  at  Eleven,  266. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment  proposed  " six  months  ;"  Motion,  That  the 
Debate  be  now  adjourned,  asrreed  to  on  Division;  day 
appointed  for  resumption,  266.  Adjourned  Debate  on 
Amendment  further  adjourned,  285.  Adjourned  Debate 
resumed:  Question  put,  That  the  word  " now"  stand 
part  of  the  Question;  on  Division  resolved 
in  the 
Affirmative;  Bill  read  a  second  time;  Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  negatived  on  Division;  Bill  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  303.  Standing  Committee  C,  311. 
Names  of  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the 
Bill,  315.  Member  added,  363.  Members  discharged; 
others  added,  326,  336,  353,  357,  363,  370,  376,  403, 
406,  413.  Member  discharged,  416. 
Bill  reported 
from  the  Standing  Committee,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  450. 
Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  456,  460,  462,  468,  473,  480.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order 
the 
further  consideration  of  the  Bill  be  now  adjourned, 
agreed  to,  484,  485.  Bill  further  considered;  Motion, 
That  the  further consideration  be  now  adjourned,  agreed 
to,  490.  Bill  further  considered;  day  appointed  for 
Third  Reading,  493,  494.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  the  third time ;  Amendment  proposed,  " three 
months,"  on  Division  not  made;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  496.  Agreed  to  bv  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  510.  Lords'  Amendments  considered 
forthwith;  several  agreed  to,  several  disagreed  to  ;  one 
amended,  and  agreed  to;  Committee  appointed  to  draw 
up  Reasons, for  disagreeing  with  certain  of  the  Lords1 
Amendments  ;  nominated;  Three  to  be  the  quorum  ;  to 
withdraw 
immediately,  511.  Reasons  reported  and 
agreed  to,  512.  Lords  do  not  insist  on  their  Amend-
ments  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  513. 
(Cited 
as  Coal  Mines  Regulation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
•514. 

(Closure  of  Debate);  Motion,  That 

C O L O N I AL 

ACCOUNTS. 

and 

F O R E I GN  

L E G I S L A T U R E S. 
S P E E C H ES   ( Time  Limits,  $•<?.). 

Vide 

COLONIAL  IMPORT  D U T I E S,   1 9 0 8.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

COLONIAL  O F F I C E.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

S U P P L Y. 

C O L O N I AL  

P R I S O N E RS  

R E M O V AL  

A C T.  

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

C O L O N I AL   R E P O R T S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C O L O N I AL   STATISTICS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C O L W YN   B AY   J O I NT   W A T ER   BOARD.  Vide  CONWAY 

a nd   C O L W YN   B A Y. 

COMMERCIAL  CONVENTION 

b e t w e en  

F R A N CE  

a nd 

CANADA.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

COMMERCIAL  T R E A T I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

[Lords] 

COMMERCIAL  U N I ON   ASSURANCE  COMPANY 

; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
from  the  L o r d s; 
been  complied  with,  16.  Brought 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  114. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
into 
have  been  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
125.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  141.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  146,  160,  170,  190,  227,  249,  265. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  284. 
Reported, 
with  Amendments,  308.  Considered,  as  amended,  320. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  332. 
(Cited   as  Commercial 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  345. 
Union  Assurance  Company,  Limited,  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

inquired 

COMMITTALS  (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

COMMITTEES: 

C O M M I T T E ES   OF   T HE   W H O LE   H O U S E .— 
Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  [Salaries,  &c.]  ; 
the 

in  Committee,  pursuant 

to  Order  of 

considered 
House,  48. 

Madras  Railway  Company 

(Purchase)  Bill 
to  consider;  King's  Recom-
[Annuities];  Committee 
signified,  50.  Matter  considered  in  Com-
mendation 
mittee  ( Progress),  54.  Again  considered  in  Committee, 
and  reported,  56.  Report  and  Instruction,  59. 

Prosecution  of  Offences  (Amendment)  [Ex-
penses]  ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommenda-
tion  signified,  118.  Matter  considered in  Committee,  121. 
Report  deferred,  126,  131.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  133. 

Children  [Expenses];  Committee  to  consider ; 
King's Recommendation  signified, 135.  Matter  considered 
in  Committee,  175.  Report  deferred,  179,  183,  192,  196, 
199,  209,  214.  Resolution  reported,  and,  after  Amend-
ment  proposed  and  not made,  agreed  to,  220. 

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COMMITTEES  OF  T HE   W H O LE   HOUSE—cont. 

Committee  deferred,  189,  192,  196, &c. 

Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension)  [Expenses] ; 
Committee to consider;  King's Recommendation signified,, 
184.  Matter  considered  in  Committee;  Progress,  192. 
Committee  deferred,  196,  199,  209.  Matter  considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported,  214.  Motion,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee;  proceeding  post-
poned,  217.  Resumed,  and  Debate  adjourned,  219. 
Adjourned  Debate  resumed;  Resolution  agreed  to,  223. 

Irish  Universities  [Expenses]  ;  Committee  to 
consider;  King's  Recommendation 
signified,  184. 
Committee  deferred,  189,  192,  196,  199,  209,  214. 
Matter  considered in Committee,  and,  after  Amendments 
proposed  and  not made,  Question  agreed to, 216.  Report 
deferred,  223.  Resolution  reported  ;  to be  further  con-
sidered  on  day  named,  229.  Resolution  further  con-
sidered,  and,  after  Amendment  proposed  and not  made, 
agreed  to,  234. 

Local  Taxation  (National  Debt  and  Assessors) 
[Payments]  ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recom-
mendation  signified,  198.  Matter  considered  in  Com-
mittee  ;  Progress,  209.  Considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  213.  Resolution reported,  and agreed  to,  219. 

Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
[Consolidated  Fund];  Committee  to  consider;  King's 
Recommendation  signified,  201.  Matter  considered  in 
Committee;  Progress,  209.  Considered  in  Committee, 
and reported,  214.  Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to, 
219. 

Old  Age  Pensions;  Committee  to  consider; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  211.  Matter  con-
sidered  in  Committee ;  Amendment  proposed,  and  with-
drawn;  Resolution  agreed to,  216.  Resolution reported, 
and  agreed  to;  Bill  ordered,  223. 

Prevention  of  Crime  [Expenses]  ;  Committee 
to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified,  250. 
Matter  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  319. 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed to,  323. 

East  India  Loans  (Railway  and  Irrigation 
Works  and  General  Purposes);  Committee  to  consider; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  351.  Matter  con-
sidered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  380.  Resolution 
reported,  and agreed  to;  Bill  ordered,  385. 

Public  Works  Loans 

[Remission];  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
351.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
354.  Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to,  359. 

Matter  considered in  Committee, and Progress 

reported,  192. 

Matter considered  in  Committee, and  Progress 

immediately  reported,  209. 

Report  deferred,  179,  183,  192,  &c. 

House  immediately  resolves itself  into  Com-

mittee,  304. 

Daylight  Saving  Bill  ;  committed  to  a  Select 

Committee,  123.  Nominated,  148. 

Divorce  Bills;  nominated,  47,  194.  Order for 
nomination  [19th  May]  discharged,  201.  Member  dis-
charged,  another added,  211. 

Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  Bill;  committed  to . 

— 
the  Select  Committee  on  Police  Forces  (Weekly  Rest-
Day),  239. 

Public  Offices  Sites  (Extension)  Bill;  com-
mitted  to a Select Committee of Five  Members, Three by 
House  and  Two  by  Committee  of  Selection,  182. 

Post  Office  Sites  Bill;  committed  to  a  Select 
Committee  of Five  Members,  Three  to  be nominated  by 
the  House  and  Two  by  the  Committee  of  Selection, 
380. 

Trusts  Bill;  committed to a Select  Committee, 
89.  Nominated;  power  to  send for  persons,  papers,  and 
records ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum,  133. 

SELECT 

COMMITTEES  ON 

V A R I O US 

MATTERS:— 

Privileges;  appointed,  4.  Nominated,  48. 

Selection  ;  nominated,  28. 

House  of  Commons  (Kitchen  and  Refresh-

ment  Rooms);  appointed  and nominated,  30. 

Standing  Orders ;  nominated,  32. 

Infant  Life  Protection;  appointed  and  nomi-

nated,  36. 

Public  Accounts;  nominated,  36. 

Home  Work;  appointed  and  nominated,  37. 
last  Session  referred  to,  51. 

Minutes  of  Evidence  of 
Sweated  Industries  Bill  referred  to,  57. 

Licensing  [Expenses]  ;  Committee to consider; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  417.  Matter  con-
sidered  in  Committee,  and  Question  put  forthwith,  pur-
suant  to  the  Order  of  the  House,  and  agreed  to,  419. 
Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to,  420. 

50. 

Public  Petitions;  appointed  and  nominated, 

—  Publications  ;  appointed  and nominated,  58. 

—  Constabulary  (Ireland)  [Pay, &«.];  Committee 
to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified;  Ques-
tion  agreed  to,  269.  Matter  considered  in  Committee, 
and reported, 449.  Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to; 
Bill  ordered,  453-4. 

Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 
[Grants] ;  Committee to  consider;  King's  Recommenda-
tion  signified;  Question  agreed  to,  462-3.  Matter 
in  Committee;  Question  put  forthwith, 
considered 
pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  and  agreed  to,  467. 
Report  deferred,  470.  Resolution  reported  and,  on 
Division,  agreed  to,  473. 

— 

Hop  Industry;  appointed  and nominated,  66. 

Debtors 

(Imprisonment)  ;  appointed 

and 

nominated,  110. 

Police  Forces  (Weekly Rest-Day);  appointed 

and nominated,  184. 

Commons  ;  appointed; 

Instruction  to  the 
Committee  ; to  be nominated  partly  by  the  House  and 
partly  by  Committee  of  Selection,  180,  Nominated 
195. 

Employment  of  Military  in  cases  of  Disturb-

ances;  appointed;  nominated,  197. 

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—  Debates  Reports;  appointed,247.  Nominated, 

261. 

House  of  Commons  (Admission  of  Strangers)  ; 

appointed,  477.  Nominated,  478. 

Application  of  Sinking  Funds  in   exercise  of 

Borrowing  Powers;  appointed;  nominated,  440-1. 

Appointed,  4.  Appointed  and nominated,  30. 

36,  &c. 

Nominated,  32. 

Report  of  names  added  to  Standing  Com-
mittees in respect of  Bills,  74,  81,  136,  &c.  Of  Members 
discharged  from  Standing  Committees  and others  added, 
81,88,  &c. 

— 
on  Unopposed  Bill  Committee 
deceased,  136. 

Report  of  name  of  Member  selected  to  serve 
in  place  of  Member 

— To  nominate  Three  additional  Members  to 

serve on the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  113, 

To  nominate  Five  Members  on  a  Select 

Committee,  180. 

Members  discharged  and  others added,  61. 

J O I NT   COMMITTEES:-

— 
36.  Seventeen,  30.  Twelve,  180.  Five,  182. 

To  consist  of  Thirteen  Members,  32.  Fifteen, 

Power  to send  for persons,  papers,  and  records, 

36,  &c. 

To  be  the  quorum ;  Three,  30,  36,  &e.  Five, 

36,  80.  Seven,  37. 

Minutes  of  Evidence  of  former  Committee 

referred  to,  51. 

Bill  referred  to a  Select  Committee,  57,  89. 

leave  to 
Order,  That  all  Committees  have 
sit,  notwithstanding  any  adjournment  of  the  House,  till 
adjournment  for the  Easter  Recess,  142. 

Instruction  to  a  Committee,  180. 

Select  Committee  nominated  a  second  time, 
194.  Order  for  nomination  of  Committee  discharged, 
201. 

Special  Reports,  288,  308,  345 

(Second 

Special  Report),  482. 

Special  Report  (Police  and  Sanitary  Com-

mittee),  357, 

COMMITTEE  OF  S E L E C T I O N :— 

— 

Nominated,  28. 

—  Member  added  to  the  Committee  of  Selection, 

136. 

Member  discharged  ;  another  Member  added  to 

the  Committee,  306. 

—  To  nominate  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Com-
mittee, &c., 24.  Unopposed Bills;  Chairmen's  Panel,  55. 

— 

Report  of  names  of  Members  to  serve  on 
Standing  Committees  A,  B,  C,  67,  &c.  Scottish  Stand-
ing  Committee,  68. 

Report of  Eight  Members  to be the  Chairmen's 

Panel,  68. 

—  —  Report  of  Member  discharged  as  Chairman  of 
Standing  Committee  A,  and  another  appointed,  161. 

-

Instruction  to the Committee to  refer a Private 

Bill  to  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  78. 

Standing  Orders  suspended;  Committee  of 
Selection  have  leave  to  appoint  Committee  on  a  Bill  to 
sit and proceed  forthwith,  362. 

Report  relative  to  appointment  of  Fifteen 
Commissioners  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  81. 

——— 

Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill;  Message  from 
the  Lords,  that  they  have  come  to  the  following  Resolu-
tion,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacv 
Bill  be  referred  to  a Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of 
Parliament,  79.  Lords'  Message considered •  Resolution, 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords in  the  said 
Resolution  ;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith,  90. 
Message  from  the  Lords,  that  they  have  appointed  a 
Committee  of  Five  Lords  to  join  with  a Committee  of 
this  House,  and  appointing  time  and  place  of  meeting, 
108.  Lords'  Message  [19th  March] considered  ;  Select 
Committee  of  Five  Members  appointed  to  join  with  the 
Committee  appointed  by  the  Lords;  Committee  nomi-
nated  ;  power  to  send  for persons,  papers,  and  records j 
Three  to  be  the  quorum,  111.  Committee  to  meet  the 
Lords'  Committee  as  proposed  by  the  Lords;  Message 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  112.  Report,  198. 

London  Electric  Supply  Bills;  Message  from 
the  Lords,  that  they  have  come  to  the  following  Resolu-
tion,  viz.,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  London  and 
District  Electricity  Supply Bill,  London Electric  Supply 
Bill, and  London (Westminster and Kensington)  Electric 
Supply  Companies Bill  be  referred to  a Joint  Committee 
of both  Houses  of  Parliament, 79.  Message  considered; 
Resolution,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with  the 
Lords  in  their  Resolution;  Message  to  acquaint  them 
therewith,  102. 

Port  of  London  Bill;  committed  to  a  Joint 
Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons;  Message  to  the 
Lords  to  acquaint  them  therewith,  168.  Select  Com-
mittee  to  consist  of  Five  Members,  to  be joined  with  a 
like  number of  Lords;  Message  to  the  Lords  to acquaint 
them therewith ; Select  Committee  nominated;  Petitions 
referred;  Counsel,  &c.  to  be  heard;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
184.  Message  from the Lords, that  they  have  appointed 
a  Committee  of  Five  Lords  to join  with  a  Committee  of 
this  House  (pursuant  to  Message  of  thig  House),  and 
proposing  place  and 
time  of  meeting,  202.  Lords' 
Message proposing place and time  of  meeting considered : 
Committee  to  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed 
by  the  Lords;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith, 
204.  Petition  against  the  Bill  referred  to  the  Joint 
Committee,"226.  Member  discharged;  another  added  to 
the Committee, 243.  Petition  praying  to  be  represented 
by  Counsel  before  the  Joint  Committee,  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill,  252,  263.  Reported,  with 
Amendments;  Bill  recommitted  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  383. 

——  
Companies (Consolidation)  Bill  and Post Office 
that 
(Consolidation)  Bill;  Message  from  the  Lords, 
, they  have  come  to  the  following  Resolution,  viz.,  That 
it  is  desirable  that  the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill 
and  the  Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill  be  referred 

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J O I NT   COMMITTEES—continued. 

to  a  Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament, 
170. 
Lords'  Message  considered;  Resolved,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  said 
Resolution;  Message  to  acquaint  thern  therewith,  180. 
Message  from  the  Lords,  That  it  is  expedient  that  the 
Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  be  referred  to  the  same 
Joint  Committee  to  which  the  Post  Office  Consolida-
tion  Bill  and  Companies  Consolidation  Bill  are  to  be 
"  referred,  198,  Lords'  Message  considered;  Resolved, 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  said 
Resolution  ;  Message  to  acquaint,  245.  Message  from 
the  Lords  that  they  have  appointed  a  Committee  of 
Five  Lords  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  this  House, 
and  request  this  House  to  appoint  an  equal  number 
of 
its  Members  to  be  joined  with  the  Lords,  261. 
Lords'  Message  considered;  Select  Committee  of  Seven 
Members  appointed  to  join  with  the  Lords;  Committee 
'  nominated;  power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and 
records  ; Three to  be  the  quorum  ;  Message  to  acquaint 
the  Lords  therewith,  and  requesting  that  Two  Lords 
may  be  added  to  the  said  Joint  Committee,  280. 
Message  from  the  Lords,  That  they  have  added  Two 
Lords  to  the  Joint  Committee  as  desired  by  this  House, 
and  proposing  place  and  time  of  meeting,  293.  Lords' 
Message  proposing place and time  of meeting  considered; 
Committee  to  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed 
by  the  Lords;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith, 
297.  Report,  That  the  Companies  Consolidation  Bill 
[Lords]  ought  to  be  allowed  to  proceed,  353.  Report, 
That  the  Post  Office  Consolidation  Bill  [Lortfs]  should 
be  allowed  to proceed,  441.  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill 
reported,  with  Amendments,  472. 

Lotteries  and  Advertisements;  Resolution, 
That  it  is  expedient  that  a  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  of  this  House  be  appointed  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  the  Lords  to  consider  and  inquire  into  the 
Law  (1)  as  to  Lotteries,  including  the  sale  of  lottery 
bonds,  competitions  for  prizes  which  involve  an  element 
of  chance,  and  Advertisements  relating  thereto  ;  (2)  as 
to  indecent  literature  and  pictures,  and  Advertisements 
relating  to  things  indecent  and  immoral;  and  to  report 
what  Amendments,  if  any, in  the  Law  are  necessary  or 
desirable ;  Message  to  acquaint  the Lords therewith,  112. 
Message  from the  Lords  concurring  with  the  Resolution, 
118.  Lords'  Message  concurring  with  the  Commons  in 
their  Resolution  considered;  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  to  be 
appointed  by  the  Lords;  Message  to  the  Lords  to 
acquaint  them  therewith;  Five  Members  nominated; 
power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and records;  Three 
to  be  the  quorum,  135.  Message 
from  the  .Lords 
appointing  a Committee  of  Five  Members  to join  with  a 
Committee  of 
the  Commons  to  consider,  &c.,  and 
proposing  place  and  time  of meeting,  137.  So  much  of 
Lords'  Message  as  relates  to  place  and time  of  meeting 
considered;  Order,  That  the  Committee  appointed  by 
this  House  do  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed 
by  the  Lords  ;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith, 
139.  Report,  376. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E ES  

:— 

:  B I L LS   C O M M I T T ED   : 

Arrangements 
Boroughs)  Bill,  49.  Report,  88  [A]. 

Polling 

(Parliamentary 

1 18   [ A ]. 

Tobacco  Growing 

(Scotland)  Bill,  66. 

Report,  83  [Scottish  Committee]. 

Polling  Districts  and  Registration  of  Voters 

(Ireland)  Bill,  73.  Report,  102  [A]. 

Polling  Districts  (County  Councils)  Bill,  77. 

Report,  103  [ A ]. 

Education 

(Local  Authorities)  Bill,  81. 

Report,  202  [AJ. 

Incest  Bill,  87.  Report,  132  [A]. 

Agricultural Education in Elementary  Schools 

B i l l,   89   [ A ]. 

C o s ts  

in   C r i m i n al   C a s es   B i l l,   1 3 4.  

R e p o r t, 

1 61   [ C ]. 

Local  Authorities  (Admission,of  the  Press) 

Bill,  99.  Report,  132  [ A ]. 

— 
Bill,  111.  Report,  260  [A]. 

Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 

Registration  of  Clubs  (Ireland)  Bill,  124. 

Report,  185  [ A ]. 

Ferries 

(Ireland)  Bill,  135.  Report,  195 

[ A ]. 

[A]. 

Coroners'  Inquests  Bill,  140.  Report,  221 

Summary  Jurisdiction 

(Ireland)  Bill,  152. 

Report,  211  [A]. 

Married  Women's  Property  Bill, 

163. 

Report,  260  [A]. 

Education  (Scotland)  Bill,.165.  Report,  326 

[Scottish  Committee]. 

Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act 
(1887)  Repeal  Bill,  on  Division,  172.  Report,  270  [A]. 

Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Bill,  182.  Report, 

315  [C]. 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill,  179. 

Report,  474  [B], 

-  Access  to  Mountains  Bill,  188.  Report,  322 

[ A ]. 

[A]. 

[C]. 

Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill,  200.  Report,  302 

Children  Bill,  134.  Report,  296  [  B]. 

Irish  Universities  Bill,  176.  Report,  312 

—  Local  Registration  of  Title  (Ireland)  Amend-

ment  Bill,  218.  Report,  292  [A]. 

Municipal  Elections  Bill,  226.  Report,  329 

[A]. 

[ A ]. 

Public  Rights  of  Way  Bill,  225.  Report,  329 

——— 

Police  Superannuation  Bill,  57.  Report,  88 

Telegraph  Construction  Bill,  234.  Report, 

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Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  248.  Report,  349 

[C]< 

Infant  Life  Protection  (No.  2)  Bill,  252. 

Report,  341  [A]. 

University  of  Durham  Bill,  254.  Report, 

341  [A]. 

Handloom  Weaving 

(Ireland)  Bill,  300. 

Report,  341  [A]. 

———  Tuberculosis  (Ireland)  Prevention  Bill,  366. 

Report,  428  [A]. 

-  - .-  

Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  f No.  2)  Bill,  303. 

Report,  450  [C]. 

[Lords'], 
Criminal  Appeal  (Amendment)  Bill 
385  [B].  Transferred  to  Standing  Committee  A,  414. 
Report,  460. 

White  Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition  Bill, 

407.  Report,  460  [A]. 

— 

Local  Government 

(Scotland)  Bill, 

455 

[Scottish  Committee].  Report,  482. 

-—  ——   Summary  Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Bill,  453. 

Report,  474  [Scottish  Committee]. 

Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill 

[Lords],  474. 

Report,  489  [A]. 

Rdport  from  the  Committee  of  Selection  of 
Eight  Members  to  serve  on the  Chairmen's  Panel, under 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  68. 

Report  from  the  Chairmen's Panel  of  appoint-
ment  of  Member  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  A 
and  Scottish  Committee,  71.  Of  B  and  C,  132.  Of 
name  of  Member  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee 
A  discharged;  another  Member  appointed,  161. 

— Report  of  Resolution,  That  any  Member  of 
the  Chairmen's  Panel  be  empowered  to  ask  any  other 
Member  of  the  Chairmen's  Panel  to  take  his  place,  71. 

—  ——  Report  of  names  of  Chairmen  of  Standing 
Committees  A  and  B  discharged;  other  Members 
appointed,  341. 

Report  of  name  of  Chairman  of  Standing 

Committee  C  discharged  ;  another  appointed,  399. 

Leave  to  all  Standing  Committees  to  print 
and  circulate  with  the  Votes  the  Minutes  of  their 
Proceedings, and any  amended Clauses of Bills committed 
to  them,  83. 

Special  Report,  322. 

Special  Report  from  Chairmen's  Panel  as  to 
suspension  of  Proceedings  on a  Standing  Committee  in 
consequence  of  the  absence  of  a  quorum,  and  recom-
mending  that  Standing  Orders  47  and  62  should  be 
amended,  132. 

— B i ll  

transferred  from  Standing  Committee  B 

to  Standing  Committee  A,  414. 

— 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E ES   A,   B,   C,   a nd 

S C O T T I SH   STANDING  C O M M I T T E E. 

• 

- 

' - A. 

Report  of  names  ot  Members  nominated  by 
the  Committee  of  Selection  to  serve  on  the  Standing 
Committee,  67.  Report  as  to appointment  of  Chairman, 

71.  Report  of  name  of  Member  as  Chairman  dis-
charged;  another  appointed,  161,  270,  341. 

Members  added,  74. 

In  respect  of  Bills,  74, 
120,  136,  156,  167,  186,  232,  315,  478.  Of  Members 
discharged,  and others  appointed;  in respect  of  Bills,  81, 
88,  91,  95,  103,  108,  111,  114,  120,  129,  132,  136,  160, 
167,  170,  185,  188,  202,  204,  211,  215,  226,  238,  247, 
253,  270,  283,  284,  293,  315,  336,  430,  432,  478,  482. 

B I L LS   D I S T R I B U T ED   by   M R.   S P E A K ER  

to 
STANDING  C O M M I T T EE  A:   —  Polling  Arrangements 
(Parliamentary Boroughs)  Bill, 53.  Members added, 74-5. 
Report,  88.  Police  Superannuation  Bill,  61.  Members 
added,  74.  Report,  88.  Law  of  Distress  (Amendment) 
Bill,  71.  Members  added,  81.  Report,  118.  Polling 
Districts  and  Registration  of  Voters  (Ireland)  Bill,  75. 
Names  of  Members  added,  81.  Report,  102.  Polling 
Districts  (County  Councils)  Bill,  80.  Names  of  Mem-
bers  added,  91,  95.  Report,  103.  Education  (Local 
Authorities)  Bill, 85.  Members added, 91,95.  Members 
discharged;  others  added,  91,  103,  111-114,  136,  167, 
170.  Report,  202.  Incest  Bill,  91.  Names of  Members 
added,  91,  95.  Report,  132.  Agricultural  Education 
in  Elementary  Schools  Bill,  93.  Members  added,  108, 
132.  Local  Authorities  (Admission  of  the  Press)  Bill, 
102.  Members added, 108.  Members discharged  ;  others 
added,  111.  Report,  132.  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  113.  Fifteen  Members  added, 
120.  Members  discharged  and  others  added,  129,  122, 
136,  226,  238,  253.  Report,  260.  Registration  of 
Clubs  (Ireland)  Bill,  128.  Members  discharged  ;  others 
added;  names  of  Fifteen  Members  added,  136.  Report, 
185.  Ferries  (Ireland)  Bill,  140.  Names  of  Fifteen 
Members  added,  136.  Names  of  Members  discharged ; 
others  added,  136.  Report,  195.  Coroners'  Inquests 
Bill,  142.  Fifteen  Members  added,  157.  Member 
discharged  ;  another  added,  170,  211.  Report,  221. 
Summary  Jurisdiction  (Ireland)  Bill,  156. 
Fifteen 
Members  added,  157.  Names  of  Members  discharged 
and  others  added,  160.  Report, 211.  Married  Women's 
Property  Bill,  166.  Names  of  Fifteen  Members 
added,  167.  Member  discharged  ;  another  added,  181. 
Report,  260.  Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland) 
(1887)  Repeal  Bill,  177.  Names  of  Members 
Act 
discharged  and  others  added,  185.  Names  of  Fifteen 
Members  added,  186.  Names  of  Members  discharged 
and  others  added,  188,  248,  263,  266.  Report,  270. 
Access  to  Mountains  Bill,  194.  Report  of  names  of 
Fifteen  Members  added,  202.  Name  of  Member  dis-
charged,  and  another  added,  211,  215,  270,  274s  277, 
283,  288,  296,  301.  Report  and  Special  Report,  322. 
Coroners  (Ireland)  Bill,  204.  Fifteen  Members  added 
to  the  Committee,  232.  Members  discharged  ;  others 
added,  238,  253,  293.  Member  added,  261.  Report, 
302.  Local  Registration  of  Title  (Ireland)  Amendment 
Bill,  224.  Fifteen  Members  added,  232.  Members 
discharged  and  others  added, 238,  253.  Member  added, 
261.  Report,  292.  Public  Rights  of  Way  Bill,  231. 
Fifteen  Members  added,  232.  Member  discharged; 
another  added,  238,  247.  Report,  329.  Municipal 
Elections  Bill,  231.  Fifteen  Members  added,  232. 
Report, 239. 
Infant  Life  Protection  (No.  2)  Bill,  255. 
Fourteen  Members  added,  277.  Member  discharged; 
another added, 293.  Report, 341.  University of  Durham 
Bill,  260.  Fourteen  Members  added,  277.  Member 
discharged;  another  added,  284,  293.  Report,  341. 
Handloom  Weaving  (Ireland)  Bill,  306.  Members  dis-
charged  and  others  added,  315,  336.  Fifteen  Members 
added, 315.  Report,  341.  Tuberculosis  (Ireland)  Pre-
vention  Bill,  374.  Members  discharged;  others  added, 
402,  406,  416.  Fifteen  Members  added,  403.  Report, 
428.  White  Phosphorus  Matches  Prohibition  Bill,  414. 
Thirteen  Members  added,  420.  Two  Members  added, 
423.  Member  added,  424.  Member 
discharged  ; 
another  added,  430,  432,  457.  Report,  460.  Criminal 

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COMMITTEES—continued. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES—continued. 

B I L LS   D I S T R I B U T E D,   & C . —c o n t i n u e d. 

[Lords], 

transferred  from 
Appeal  Amendment  Bill 
Standing  Committee  B,  414.  Thirteen  Members  added, 
420.  Two  Members  added,  423,  424.  Member  dis-
charged,  another  added,  430,  432,  457.  Report,  460. 
Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill 
477.  Fifteen 
Members  added,  478.  Member  discharged,  another 
added, 478,482,  484.  Report,  489. 

[Lords], 

B. 

*— Report  of  names  of  Members  nominated  by 
the  Committee  of  Selection  to  serve  on  the  Standing 
Committee,  67.  Member  added,  108.  Members  dis-
charged,  74.  And  others  added  in  respect  of  Bills,  136, 
157.  Appointment  of  Member 
to  be  Chairman  of 
in 
Standing  Committee  B,  132.  Members  added 
respect  of  Bills,  136.  Member  discharged,  and  another 
added  in  respect  of  Bill,  157,  167.  Member  discharged, 
and  name  of  Member  reinstated,  157,  430.  Members 
discharged,  others  added,  232.  243,  248,  253,  255,  270, 
2 8 3,   3 1 5,   3 2 6,   3 3 6,   403,  405,  409,  4 2 3,   4 2 6,   4 3 0,   4 5 4. 
Member  discharged  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee, 
another  appointed,  270,  341. 

— ——  

B I L LS   D I S T R I B U T ED   by   M R.   S P E A K ER  

to 
S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   B  : —  Children  Bill, 
1 4 0. 
Fifteen  Members  added,  136,  140,  145.  Members 
discharged,  others  added,  157,  167,  174,  187,  248,  255, 
270.  Report,  296.  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill, 
185.  Fifteen  Members  added,  232.  Members  dis-
charged,  others  added,  232,  243,  248,  270,  277,  283,  315, 
3 1 7,   3 2 6,   3 3 6,   4 0 3,   4 0 5,   4 0 9,   4 2 3,   4 2 6,   4 3 0,   4 4 1,   4 5 0, 
454,  460.  Report,  474.  Criminal  Appeal  Amendment 
Bill  [Lords],  389.  Fifteen  Members  added,  403.  Bill 
transferred  to  Standing  Committee  A,  414.  Vide 
S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   A. 

C. 

— — -—   Report  of  names  of  Members,  nominated  by 
the  Committee  of  Selection  to  serve  on  the  Standing 
Committee,  6 7.  Member  discharged,  3 1 7 , 4 1 6.   Mem-
bers  added,  74,  353.  Appointment  of  Member  to  be 
Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  C,  132.  Chairman 
discharged,  another  appointed,  399.  Fifteen  Members 
added in  respect  of  a  Bill,  157,  186,  232,  315.  Others 
appointed,  157,  236,  238,  243,  253,  266,  283,  315,  326, 
3 3 6,   3 5 3,   3 5 7,   3 6 3,   3 7 6,   4 0 3,   4 0 6,   4 1 3,   4 3 2.  

' 

— 

B I L LS   D I S T R I B U T ED   by   M R.   S P E A K ER  

to 
S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   C  :—Costs  in  Criminal  Cases 
Bill,  140.  Member  discharged,  another  added,  157. 
Fifteen  Members  added,  157.  Report,  161. 
Irish 
Universities  Bill,  181.  Members  discharged,  and  others 
added,  186,  187,  202,  211,  221,  228,  238,  243,  248,  266. 
Fifteen  Members  added, 186.  Report,  312.  Post  Office 
Savings  Bank  Bill,  187.  Fifteen  Members  added, 232. 
Members  discharged,  others  added,  238,  253,  270,  283. 
Report, 315.  Telegraph (Construction)  Bill, 240.  Mem-
bers  discharged,  and  others  added,  270,  278.  Fourteen 
Members  added,  278.  Report,  315.  Prevention  of 
Crime  Bill,  252.  Members  discharged,  and  others 
added,  278,  283.  Fourteen  Members  added,  278.  Re-
port,  349.  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill, 
311.  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the  Bill, 
315.  Members  discharged,  others  added,  315,  326, 
336,  353,  357,  363,  376,  403,  406,  413,  432.  Member 
discharged,  416.  Report,  450. 

S C O T T I SH   S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEE 

Names  of  Members  nominated  by  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  to  serve  on  the  Scottish  Standing 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  601. 

Committee,  68.  Appointment  of  Chairman,  71.  Mem-
bers discharged and others added, 79.  Member discharged 
as  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  another  Member  ap-
pointed,  161.  Members  added  in  respect  of  Bills,  74, 
167,  461. 

Mr.  Speaker's  opinion  as  to  Bills  relating 
exclusively  to  Scotland,  and  Bills  to  be  considered  by 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  :—Tobacco 
Growing 
(Scotland)  Bill,  70.  Names  of  Members 
added,  74.  Member  discharged,  another  added,  79. 
Report,  83.  Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  169.  Fifteen 
Members  added,  167.  Report,  326.  Summary  Juris-
diction  (Scotland)  Bill,  455.  Twelve  Members  added, 
46L  Member  discharged,  another  added,  463.  Report, 
474.  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Bill,  460.  Twelve 
Members  added,  461.  Member  discharged,  another 
appointed,  463.  Report,  482. 

Order,  That  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills  have  leave  to  sit  this  day  after  Four  of 
the  clock,  326. 

COMMONS ;  Select  Committee  appointed  to  consider  every 
Report  made by  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
certifying  the  expediency  of  any  Provisional  Order  for 
the  inclosure  or  regulation  of  a  Common,  and  presented 
to  the  House  during  the  last  or  present  Sessions,  before 
a  Bill  be  brought  in  for  the  confirmation  of  such  Order; 
Instruction  to  the  Committee  j  Committee  to  consist  of 
Twelve  Members,  Seven  to  be  nominated  by  the  House 
and  Five  by  the  Committee  of  Selection;  power  to 
send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Five  to  be 
the  quorum,  180.  Committee  nominated,  195.  First 
(Tovoyn  Trewan 
Report  and  Special  Report,  308. 
Common,  Anglesey.) 

COMMONS  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Inclosure  Acts,  1845  to 
1899, and  the  Law  relating  to  Commons;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  33.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,  and  Question,  That  the 
Debate  be  now  adjourned,  negatived  on  Division; 
Original  Question again proposed;  Amendment  proposed, 
" six  months;"  Debate  arising,  and  at  Five  of  the  clock 
Mr.  Speaker  interrupts  the  Business,  whereupon  Closure 
claimed,  but  Mr.  Speaker  withholds  his  assent;  Debate 
to  be  resumed  on  day  named,  225.  Debate  further 
adjourned,  231. 

COMMONS  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  regulate  the 
turning  out  upon  Commons  of  Entire  Animals;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  377.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  383.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  398,  408,  4)0,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  420, 
422.  426,  436,  447,  456,  459,  462,  466,  469,  471,  474, 
475,  477,  480,  484,  486,  491,  499,  504.  Read  a  second 
time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  506.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment;  King's  Consent  and  Prince  of 
Wales'  Consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  without Amendment,  507-8. 
(Cited  as  Commons 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

COMMONS  REGULATION 

(T o w yn   Trewan)  PROVISIONAL 
O E D ER  ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Inclosure Acts,  1845  to  1899,  relating  to  Towyn  Trewan' 
Common, 
in  the  County  of  Anglesey;  presented; 
Standing  Order  193a  suspended,  and  BiU  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  317.  Examiners 
report  no  Standing  Orders  applicable;  Bill  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  335.  Bill  read a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  340.  Reported, without  Amendment;  Provisional 
Order  confirmed,  369.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed. 
375.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, without  Amendment,  390. 
( Cited as  Commons Regulation  ( Towyn Trewan)  Provisional 
Order  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

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[1908. 

COMPANIES 

[Lords];  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  amend 
the  Law  with  respect  to  the  holding  of-  Land  by 
Companies  incorporated  in British  Possessions  ;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  274.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  277.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  286,  290,  295,  305,  310,  313,  319,  324,  328, 
331,  Read  a  second 
to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  335.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and  Motion  for  Progress  agreed  to,  339. 
Committee  deferred,  346,  350,  355,  359,  361.  Con-
sidered in Committee, and reported, without  Amendment; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed, without Amendment,  365. 
( Cited  as  Companies  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

time  ;  Bill  committed 

for  Second  Reading,  448. 

C O M P A N I ES   CONSOLIDATION  [Lords];  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  to  consolidate  the  Companies  Act,  1862,  and  the 
Acts  amending  i t;   Report  from  the  Joint  Committee, 
That  the  Bill  should  be  allowed 
to  proceed,  353. 
Brought  from  the  Lords,  389.  Read  the  first  time,  and 
day  appointed 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  456,  459,  466,  468,  471,  473.  Read  a 
second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of 
the 
whole  House,  475.  Committee  deferred,  477,  480,  483, 
486,  491.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  ; 
day  appointed  for  consideration,  503.  Considered,  as 
amended  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
ments,  506.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  511. 
(Cited  as 
Companies  Consolidation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

C O M P A N I ES   ( Consolidation) 

them 

to  acquaint 

from  the  Lords,  that  it  is  expedient 
to 

B I LL   and  P O ST   O F F I CE   (C o n-
solidation )  BILL;  Message  from  the  Lords,  that  they 
have  come  to  the  following  Resolution,  viz.,  That  it 
is  desirable  that  the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Bill 
and  the  Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill  be  referred 
to  a  Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament, 
170.  Lords'  Message  considered;  Resolved,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  said  Reso-
therewith,  180. 
lution  ;  Message 
that 
Message 
the  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill  be  referred 
the 
same  Joint  Committee  to  which  the  Companies  (Con-
solidation)  Bill  arid  the  Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill 
are  to  be  referred,  198.  Lords'  Message  considered  ; 
Resolved,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in 
the  said Resolution  ;  Message  to acquaint, 245.  Message 
from  the  Lords,  that  they  have  appointed  a  Committee 
of  Five  Lords  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  this  House, 
that  this  House  will  appoint  an  equal 
and  request 
number  of its  Members  to  be joined  with  the  Lords,  261. 
Lords'  Message  considered  ;  Select  Committee  of  Seven 
Members  appointed  to  join  with  the  Lords ;  Committee 
nominated;  power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and 
records  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum ;  Message  to  acquaint 
them  therewith,  and  requesting  that  Two  Lords  may  be 
added  to  the  said  Joint  Committee,  280.  Message  from 
the  Lords,  that  they  have  added Two  Lords  to  the  Joint 
Committee  as  desired  by  this  House,  and  proposing 
place  and  time  of  meeting,  293.  Lords'  Message,  pro-
posing  place  and  time  of  meeting,  considered;  Com-
mittee  to  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed  by 
the  Lords;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith,  297. 
Report,  That  the Companies (Consolidation) Bill  [Lords] 
ought  to  be  allowed  to  proceed,  353.  Report,  That 
the  Post  Office  (Consolidation)  Bill  [Lords]  should  be 
allowed  to  proceed,  441.  Statute  Law  Revision  Bill 
[fiords]  reported,  with  Amendments,  472.  Yide  JOINT 
C O M M I T T E E S.  

. 

C O M P A N I ES  (Winding-up)   A C T,  1890.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

COMPENSATION 
ACCOUNTS. 

for 

I N D U S T R I AL  

DISEASES. 

Vide 

COMPTROLLER 

of 

the  HOUSEHOLD  ; 

reports  H is 

Majesty's  Answers  to  Addresses,  28,  31,  206. 

COMPULSORY  C O N T R I B U T I ON   E X E M P T I O N,  Vide  P O OR 

L A W. 

COMPULSORY 

N A T I VE  

L A B O UR 

(Colonies).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S .* 

CONCILIATION 
ACCOUNTS. 

and  A R B I T R A T I ON  

BOARDS. 

Vide 

CONGESTED 

D I S T R I C TS  

BOARD 

(Ireland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

CONGESTED  D I S T R I C TS  (Scotland)  A C T,   1 8 9 7.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

CONGESTION 
ACCOUNTS. 

in 

I R E L A ND 

(Royal  Commission).  Vide 

:  « 

. 

CONGO  F R EE   S T A TE   ;  Resolution, That  this  House,  being 
convinced  that  the  present  system  of  administration  on 
the  Congo  is  destructive  of  the  personal  liberty  and 
economic  rights  of  the  native  population,  and  of  the 
freedom  of  commercial  intercourse  with  the  outer  world, 
as  guaranteed  by  the  Anglo-Congolese  Convention  of 
1884  and  the  Berlin  Act  of  1885,  asks  the  Government 
to  do  all  in  its  power  to  secure  that  a  fundamental 
alteration  of the  system  shall  be  effected  by  any  transfer 
of  control  of  the  State  from  the  present  Sovereign 
to  any  other  authority;  and,  failing  such 
transfer 
within  a reasonable  time,  assures  the  Government  of  its 
hearty  support  in  the  measures  it  may  be  necessary  to 
take,  either  alone  or  in  conjunction  with  the  other 
signatories  of  the  Berlin  Act,  in  order  to  ensure  the 
effective  carrying  out  of  its  provisions,  65. 

CONSOLIDATED  F U ND  

(No.  1 );   Bill  ordered  to.  be 
brought  in  upon  Report  of  Resolution  from  Committee 
of  Ways  and  Means,  107. 
Instruction,  109.  Bill  to 
apply  certain  sums  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to 
the  service  of  the  years  ending  on  the thirty-first day  of 
March  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eight  and  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine;  presented,  and  read 
the  first  time,  109.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
113.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
Amendment,  115.  Read the  third  time  and  passed,  119. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  121. 
(Cited  as  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
• 
Assent,  124. 

CONSOLIDATED  F U ND   (Appropriation);  Bill  to  apply  a 
sum  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  service  of  the 
year ending  on the thirty-first  day of  March one thousand 
nine  hundred  and  nine,  and  to  appropriate  the  Supplies 
granted  in  this  Session  of  Parliament;  ordered  to  be 
brought  in  upon  Resolution  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Ways  and  Means ;  presented  accordingly,  and 
read  the  first  time,  380.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  a  seeond  time;  Debate  arising,  proceeding  post-
(Private  Business),  384.  Resumed; 
poned  at  8.15 
Question  put,  and  agreed  to;  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  385.  Considered 
in  Committee,  and 
reported,  without  Amendment ;  day  appointed  for  Third 
Reading,  387.  Bill  read the  third  time  and  passed,  390. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords  without  Amendment,  390. 
(Cited  as  Appropriation  Act,.  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

COMPENSATION  on  N O N - R E N E W AL  of  L I C E N C E S.  • Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

CONSOLIDATED  F U N D,   Vide  ACCOUNTS,  , 

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CONSTABULARY 

to  amend 

(Ireland)  ;  Bill 

the  Law 
relating  to  the  Pay  and  Pensions  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Constabulary,  and  for  other  purposes  connected  there-
with ;  Bill  ordered  upon  Resolution  from  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  453.  Presented  accordingly;  read 
the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
454,  Second  Reading  deferred,  456,  460,  466,  469,  473, 
474,  477,  480,  486,  491.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  a  second 
time;  Amendment  proposed,  "three 
months,"  not  made;  Bill  read  a  second  time;  Bill 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  503. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amend-
time  and  passed,  507. 
ment,  505.  Read  the  third 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lo.rds,  511. 
(Cited  as  Constabulary 
(Ireland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

CONSTABULARY  (Ireland) 

$•<;].;  Motion  for  the 
[Pay, 
House  to  reeolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of 
making  further  provision  for  the  Pay  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Constabulary,  and  for  the  Pensions, Pension  Allowances, 
and  Gratuities  payable  to  them,  their  widows,  and 
children;  King's  Recommendation  signified;  Question 
agreed  to,  269.  Committee  deferred,  275,  286,  295,  305, 
319,  325,  328,  331,  343,  346,  366,  398,  407,  417,  426, 
436,447.  Matter  considered  in Committee, and reported, 
449.  Report  deferred,  452.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to;  Bill  ordered  upon the  Resolution,  453.  Vide 
CONSTABULARY  (I r e l a n d)   B I L L. 

C O N T E M PT  of  C O U RT  (Ireland)  ;  Motion,  That  the  juris-
diction  of  judges  in  dealing  with  Contempt  of  Court  is 
practically  arbitrary  and  unlimited,  and,  especially  in 
view  of  recent  exercises  of  that  jurisdiction  in  Ireland, 
calls  for  the  action  of  Parliament,  with  a  view  to  its 
definition  and  limitation;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave 
out  words,  not  made  on  Division;  Main  Question  agreed 
to  on  Division;  Resolution,  &c.,  86. 

CONTEMPTS  of  C O U R T;   Motion,  That  leave  be  given  to 
bring  in  a  Bill to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Contempts 
of  Court,  and  Mr.  Speaker  puts  the  Question,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and  Question  agreed  t o; 
presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time,  202.  , 
Second  Reading  deferred,  209,  214,  220,  223,  228,  234,  ! 
239,  241,  246,  248,  251,  259,  267,  272,  286,  290,295,  , 
305,310,  313,  319,  324,  328,  331,  343,  366,  374,381,  ; 
386,  398,  400,  408,  410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  420,  ; 
422,  426,  436,  447,  456,  468,  480.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

C O N T E M P TS  of  C O U RT   B I LL  

[Lords],   1883.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

C O N T I N U A T I ON  

SCHOOLS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E D U C A- 

; 

TION 

(Scotland). 

CONVENTUAL  INSTITUTIONS.  Vide  M O N A S T IC  and. 

CONVEYANCING  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Conveyancing  and 
Law  of  Property  Act,  1881  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to be  read  a second  time,  40.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
57,  61,  66,  76,  82,  87,  105,  117,  131,  152,  177,  196,  204, 
235,  252.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  303. 

C O P Y H O LD   E N F R A N C H I S E M E NT  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  Enfranchisement  of  Copyhold  property; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  157,  235. 

C O R N W A L L,   D U C HY   of.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CORONERS' 

I N Q U E S T S;  Bill  to  dispense  with  the  com-
pulsory  viewing  of  bodies  on  the  holding  of  Coroners' 
Inquests  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  25.  Bill  read  a  second  time  on  Division  ;  Bill 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  140.  Standing 
Committee  A,   142.  Report  of  names  of  Members 
discharged;  Fifteen  Members  added,  157.  Another 
appointed,  170,  211.  Reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A,  with  Amendments,  and  an amended Title  ;  day 
appointed 
for  consideration,  221.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  240,  254,  259,  263,  267,  272,  282, 
287,  291,  295,  298.  Considered,  as  amended,  300. 
Third  Reading  deferred,  305,  310,  313. 

CORONERS'  INQUESTS  (Railway  Fatalities);  Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  as  to  Coroners'  Inquests  in  the  case  of  Fatal 
Accidents on  Railways, and for purposes relating  thereto; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  25. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  173,  184,  217. 

C O R O N E RS 

(Ireland)  ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  appoint-
ment  of  Deputy  Coroners  in  counties  and  boroughs  in 
Ireland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  182.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  200.  Standing  Committee  A,  204. 
Report  of  names  of  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  232.  Members  discharged  and  others 
added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  238,  253,  293.  Member 
added,  261.  Reported,  with  an  Amendment;  d ay   ap-
pointed  for  consideration,  302.  Considered, as amended; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  310.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  376.  Day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  377.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
385. 
(Cited  as  Coroners  (Ireland)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  390. 

C O R P O R AL   P U N I S H M E NT   (Restriction); 

Bill  to  abolish 
the  punishment  of  Flogging 
in  all  cases  where  the 
offender's  age  exceeds  sixteen  years;  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a  second  time,  165.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  205,  235. 

C O R P O R AL   P U N I S H M E N T.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

COST  of  A D M I N I S T R A T I ON  in  I R E L A N D.  Vide  S U P P LY 
(Civil  Service  Estimates),  Amendment  to Question,  That 
Mr.  Speaker  do leave  the  Chair,  121. 

COST  of  L I V I NG   (German  Towns).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

COST  of  L I V I NG   of  the  W O R K I NG   CLASSES.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

CONWAY  a nd   COLWYN  B AY  

J O I NT   W A T ER   B O A R D: 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
18.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 32.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  91.  Considered,  as  amended,  107, 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  112.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  228.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  with  an Amendment  to  one  of  them,  249.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  270. 
(Cited  as  Conway  and 
Colwyn  Bay  Joint  Water  Supply  Board  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

COSTS in  C R I M I N AL   CASES  ;  Bill  to consolidate  and  amend 
the  Law  as  to  Costs  in  Criminal  Cases;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  100.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  115,  119,  122,  127,  131.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  134. 
Standing  Committee  C,  140,  Report  of  names  of 
Fifteen  Members  added  ;  Report  of  name  of  Member 
discharged,  another  added,  157.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  161.  Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  171,  176,  179,  183s  192, 

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INDEX  to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   AND  S I X T Y - T H I RD   VOLUME., 

[i908. 

COSTS  in   C R I M I N AL   C A S E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

196,  199,  208,  214, 220,  223,  229,  250, 254,  259,262,  267, 
272,  275,  279,  287,  291,  295,  298,  301, 305,  319,  324,  328. 
Considered,  as  amended  ;  Amendments  made  ;  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  331.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Costs  in  Criminal 
Cases Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

C O U N S E L; 

third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  373. 
as  Cran  Measures  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

(Cited 

C R I C C I E TH   W A T ER   and  I M P R O V E M E N T;   Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  18. 
Read  a second time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with 
Amendments, 
from  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee 
(Section  A),  226.  Considered,  as  amended,  240.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  249.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  349.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  374. 
(Cited  as  Criccieth  Water  and  Improve-
ment  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

To  be  heard  against  the  Bill  and  in  support 

C R I M ES   (Ireland),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

of  the  Bill  on  Select  Committees  on  Bills,  182. 

C R I M I N AL   and  J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I CS  (Ireland).  Vide 

To  be  heard  on  Joint  Committees,  184,  252. 

A C C O U N T S. 

Instruction 

to 

the  Select  Committee  on 

Divorce  Bills  to hear  Counsel,  207. 

C O U N TY  and  B O R O U GH   C O U N C I LS  (Women  Electors). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C O U N TY   C A R L OW   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

C O U N TY   C O U N C I LS   B I L L.   Vide  C L E R KS   of  the  P E A CE 
and.  P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS   (County  Councils)  B I L L. 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS  

\_Lords~\;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  County  Courts  ;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  202.  Read  the  first  time,  261.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  267,  286,  304,  319,  324,  328,  331,  335, 
339,  342,  347,  351,  355,  359,361,367,  373,  398,  408, 
410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  420,  422,  426,  436,  447, 
456, 468,  481  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS  (England)  F E E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS-

C R I M I N AL   A P P E AL   (Amendment)  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled 
An  Act  to  amend  the  Criminal  Appeal  Act,  1907,  with 
reference  to  the  appointment  of  the  Judges  of  the  Court 
of  Criminal  Appeal  and  the  appointment  of  a  Deputy 
Registrar  ;  brought  from  the  Lords, 293.  Read  the  first 
time,  aod  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  349. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  367,  374,  381.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
385.  Standing  Committee  B,   389.  Report  of  names 
of  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  403. 
Transferred  to  Standing  Committee  A,   414.  Thirteen 
Members  appointed  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  420.  Two 
Members  appointed  in respect  of the  Bill,  423.  Member 
added,  424.  Member  discharged,  another  appointed, 
430,  457.  Reported,  without  Amendment,  from  the 
Standing  Committee  ;  day  appointed  for  consideration, 
460.  Consideration  (not  amended)  deferred,  462,  466, 
469,  471,  474,  475,  477,  480,  486,  491.  Considered, 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment, 
503.  To  which 
(Cited  as 
Criminal  Appeal  (Amendment)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
514. 

the  Lords  agree,  511. 

C O U N TY   C O U RT   R U L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C R I M I N AL   A P P E AL   R U L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C O U N TY  

C O U R TS 

(Plaints 

and 

Sittings). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

C O U N TY  of  B E R K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

I N Q U I RY  

into 

C H A R I T I E S. 

C O U N TY   of  D E V O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

I N Q U I RY 

into 

C H A R I T I E S. 

C O U N TY  of 

E S S E X.  

Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

P O L L I NG 

D I S T R I C T S. 

C O U N TY   O F F I C E RS   a nd   C O U R TS  

(I r e l a n d)   A C T,   1 8 77 

(Rules).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C O U RT   of  P R O B A TE   D I V I S I ON   (High  Court  of  Justice) 

(Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C R AN   M E A S U R ES   A C T,   1 9 0 8.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C R AN   M E A S U R ES  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to 
legalise  the  use  of  Cran  and  Quarter  Cran  Measures  in 
connection  with  trading  in  Fresh  Herrings  in  England 
and  Wales  ;  brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first 
time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  353. 
S e c o nd   Reading  deferred,  359.  Read  a  second  time; 
Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
361.  Committee  deferred,  367.  Considered  in  Com-
m i t t e e,   and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the 

to  Standing  Order 

C R I M I N AL   L AW   a nd   P R O C E D U RE   (I r e l a n d)   A C T,  
to  repeal 

1 8 8 7, 
R E P E AL   ;  Bill 
the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Act,  1887;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  " six 
months,"  and,  on  Division,  not  made;  Question  put, 
pursuant 
(Closure  of  Debate); 
Motion  to  commit  Bill  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  and  Question  negatived  on  Division;  Bill 
Stand-
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  172-3. 
ing  Committee  A,  177.  Report  of  names  of  Members 
discharged  and others  added,  185.  Report  of  names  of 
Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  186. 
Report  of  name  of  Member  discharged,  and  another 
appointed,  188,  248.  Members  discharged  and  others 
appointed, 263,  266.  Bill  reported, without  Amendment, 
from  Standing  Committee  A  ;  day  appointed  for  con-
sideration,  270.  Consideration  deferred,  279,  291,  310, 
313. 

C R I M I N AL   L AW   and  P R O C E D U RE  

(I r e l a n d)   A C T,  

1 8 8 7. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

C R I M I N AL  

P R O S E C U T I O N S. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

LAW-

C H A R G ES   a nd   C R I M I N AL   P R O S E C U T I O N S. 

C R I M I N AL   P R O S E C U T I O N S,   &C.  (Ireland).  Vide  S U P P L Y. 

C R O F T E R S'   COMMONS  G R A Z I N GS   R E G U L A T I O N;   Bill  to 
extend  the  powers  of  the  Crofters  Commission  in  reward 
to  the  regulation  of  Common  Grazings;  presented,"and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second time,  384.  Second  Reading 
deferred.  398,  407,  410,  417,  422,  425,  429;  431,  436, 

8  EDW. V I I .]  

I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E. 

605 

C R O F T E R S'   COMMONS,  & C . —c o n t i n u e d. 

438,  440,  443,  444,  447,  449,  452,  453,  454,  455,  459, 
466,  469,  471,  473,  475,  477,  480,  483,  486.  Read  a 
second  t i m e;   Bill  committed 
the 
whole House, 491.  Committee deferred, 495.  Considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  498,  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  511. 
(Cited  as  Crofters'  Commons  Grazings 
Regulation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

to  a  Committee  of 

to  appoint  Committee  on  the  Bill  to  sit  and  proceed 
forthwith,  362,  Reported,  without  Amendment;  Bill 
to  be  read  the  'third  time,  369.  Standing  Order  243 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
Amendment,  374. 
(Cited  as  Crystal  Palace  Company's 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

CUSTOMS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

C Y P R U S,  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

the  Acts 

C R O F T E R S'   H O L D I N GS 

(Scotland);   Bill  to  eitend  and 
amend 
in 
to  Crofters'  Holdings 
Scotland,  1886  to  1891,  and  the  Congested  Districts 
(Scotland)  Act,  1897,  and  for other  purposes;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  secOnd  time,  100.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  162,  193,  197,  247,  279. 

relating 

C R O F T E R S'  

H O L D I N GS 

(Scotland) 

ACTS. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

C B O F T E B S'   H O L D I N GS  (Scotland)  A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to 
amend the Acts relating to  Crofters' Holdings in  Scotland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  28. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  69,  122,  131,  152,  196,  204, 
224. 

CROFTING  PARISHES  (Scotland) 

[Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled 
An   Act  to  amend  the  Acts  relating  to  Crofters'  Hold-
to  amend  the  Congested  Districte 
ings  in  Scotland; 
(Scotland)  Act,  1897;  to  facilitate  the  provision  of  small 
Agricultural  Holdings  in  Crofting  Parishes  in  Scotland, 
and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith;  brought 
from the Lords,  345. 

CROWN 

J E W E LS  

COMMISSION 

(Ireland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

CROWN  LANDS,  1 9 0 6.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CROWN  O F F I CE   R U L E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

CROWN'S  N O M I N EE   ACCOUNT,  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

CBOTDON 

a nd  

D I S T R I C TS  

S O U T H E RN  

TRAMWAYS 
[Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
not  to  hare  been  complied  with;  Report  on  Petition 
for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  58. 

C R U E L TY   to  A N I M A LS   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Cruelty 

to 
Animals  Act,  1876  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  119.  Second  Reading  deferred,  150,  163, 
193,  251. 

C R U E L TY  

(NO. 

to  A N I M A LS  

2 );   Bill  to  prohibit  the 
hunting,  coursing,  and  shooting  of  Animals  which  have 
been  kept  in  confinement;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  165,  Second  Reading  deferred,  180, 
1 8 9,   2 3 0. 

8 Edw.  VII,  Pari. 28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

D A I R I ES  

(Scotland);  Bill  to  regulate  Dairies,  and 
ensure  the  purity  of  Milk  supplies in  Scotland;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  33. 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  57,  71,  76,  84,  87,  90,  95,  106,  111, 
117,  128,  152,  158,  166,  169,  180,  189,  197,  200,  205, 
219,  231,  254,  268,  287, 

DANGEROUS 

and  U N H E A L T HY  

I N D U S T R I E S, 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS, 

F A C T O RY   a nd   W O R K S H OP   A C T S,   &C. 

D A R T F O RD   G AS   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to 
the  Examiners,  18,  Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied 
with  ;  Bill  to  he  read  a  second  time,  71.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  82.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
121.  Considered,  as  amended  ;  to  be  read the  third  time, 
132.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  141.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  212. 
(Cited  as 
Dartford  Gas  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

D A Y L I G HT   SAVING  ;  Bill  to  promote  the  earlier  use  of 
Daylight 
for  other 
in  certain  months  yearly,  and 
purposes  relating  thereto  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  25.  Second  Reading  deferred,  36, 
39,  44,  49,  53,  60,  69,  77,  105,  116.  Read  a  second 
time;  committed  to  a  Select  Committee,  123.  Select 
Committee  nominated;  power to  send  for persons,  papers, 
and. records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum,  148.  Reported, 
with  Amendments, 
and  a  Special  Report  ;  Bill 
recommitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  288. 
Committee  deferred,  295.  Considered  in  Committee; 
Progress,  300,  Committee  deferred,  305. 

D E A TH   C E R T I F I C A T ES  

(Charges)  ;  Bill  to  amend 

the 
Births, Deaths, and  Marriages  Act,  1836,  for  the  purpose 
of  reducing  the  charges  for  Death  Certificates  in  certain 
cases;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
75.  Second  Reading  deferred,  89,  106,  110,  116,  123, 
131,  139,  153,  171,  268,  272,  291,  295,  306,  311,  314, 

D E A TH   of  S IR   H E N RY   C A M P B E L L - B A N N E R M A N.  Vide 
C A M P B E L L-

S IR   H E N BY  

H O U S E,  
BANNERMAN,  D E A TH   o f. 

M E M B E R S.  

D E A T HS   from  A L C O H OL  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

C R U E L TY   to  A N I M A LS  (Amendment);  Bill  to  empower 
a  Court  of  Summary  Jurisdiction  to  dispose  of  Dogs 
which  have  been  ill-treated  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  168.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
177  180,  189,  230.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
299.' 

D E A T HS   from  STARVATION,  or  accelerated  by  P R I V A-

TION  (London).  Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

D E A T HS   R E G I S T R A T I ON  and  B U R I A LS   ;  Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  the  Registration  of  Deaths  and  to 
Burials;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  342. 

in 

CRYSTAL  P A L A CE   COMPANY  [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the 
Bill  should  originate 
the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied 
first 
with,  16.  Brought  from 
time,'  and  referred  to 
Report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
w i t h;   Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  335.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  347,  Standing  Orders  211 
and  236  suspended;  Committee  of  Selection  have  leave 

the  Examiners,  322. 

the  Lords; 

read  the 

V o t.   163. 

Sess.  1908. 

D E B A T E S: 

Adjourned:—On  Address,  13,  &c.  On 

Amendment  to  Address,  24,  &c. 

On  Report  of  Supply,  37,  &c. 

On  Question,  That  a  Bill  be  now  read  a 

second  time,  115,149. 

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606 

I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

[1908. 

D EB   ATES—WMTFNWERF. 

Further  adjourned,  81,  155,  &c. 

D E R BY   C O U N TY 
E L E C T I O N S. 

(Western   Division)  W R I T.  

Vide 

—•  

On  Question,  That  this  House  doth  agree 

with  the  Committee  (Supply)  in  a  Resolution,  229. 

At  Five  of  the  clock,  44.  At   Five  of 
the  clock,  on  Question,  That  words  be  inserted,  on 
consideration,  282.  At   Five  of  the  clock,  on  Question, 
That  a  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time,  after  considera-
tion,  as  amended,  282. 

D E R BY   G A S;   Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  18.  Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  54.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  61.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
91.  Considered,  as  amended,  102.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  112.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
(Cited 
ments,  170.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  181. 
as  Derby  Gas  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

Resumed  on  ^.ddress,  17. 

D E R B Y S H I RE   and  N O T T I N G H A M S H I RE   TRAMWAYS.  Vide 

On  Reports  of  Supply,  56,  &c. 

N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E. 

amended,  of  a  Bill,  300. 

On  Amendment,  on  consideration,  as 

On  Amendment  to  Second  Reading  of  a 
Bill,  That  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part,  155, 
161,  233.  That  the  word  "now  "  stand  part,  303,  462. 

D E S T R U C T I VE  

INSECTS 

and 

P E S TS  

A C T S. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS.  . 

D E V O N S H I RE 
E L E C T I O N S. 

(Ashburton 

Division)  W R I T.  

Vide 

Motions,  That  Debates  be  adjourned, 

D E W S B U RY  (Borough)  W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

negatived,  188,  225  (on  Division). 

D I N AS   M A IN   C O L L I E R Y.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E X P L O-

— 

Motion,  That  the  Debate  be  adjourned, 

SIONS. 

agreed  to,  219,  484.  On  Division,  266. 

journed,  withdrawn,  299. 

Motion,  That 

the  Debate  be  now  ad-

— 

Stood  adjourned,  it  being  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock;  objection  taken  to  further  proceeding,  72,  76, 
156. 

Stood  adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the  clock, 

65,  87,  158,  192,  &c. 

Stood  adjourned  at  Five  of  the  clock, 

111,  282,  300, 

— 

Stood  adjourned;  no  day 

fixed 

for 

resumption,  36,  53,  72,  76,  199. 

, 

Closure  claimed  on  the  interruption  of 
Business  ;  assent  withheld  ;  Debate  stood  adjourned,  it 
being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  53. 

—  Debate  arising  ;  and  at  Five  of  the  clock 
Mr.  Speaker  interrupts  the  Business;  Closure  claimed  ; 
assent  withheld  ;  Debate  to  be  resumed  on  day  named, 
225. 

Debate  arising  on  Second  Reading,  and 

House  counted  out,  124. 

D E B A T ES   R E P O R TS   ;  Select  Committee  appointed 

to 
in  making  the  arrangements  for 
assist  Mr.  Speaker 
an  Official  Report  of  Debates;  power 
to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
247.  Nominated,  261.  Member  discharged;  Motion, 
That  a  Member  be  added;  Motion  opposed,  and 
M r.   Speaker  puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  11,  and  Question  agreed  to,  274. 

D E B T O RS  (Imprisonment);   Select  Committee 

to  inquire 
into  the  existing  Law  relating 
Imprisonment 
of  Debtors,  and  to  report  whether  any  Amendments 
are  desirable;  appointed  ;  nominated;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records;  Five  to  be  the  quorum, 
110.  Member  discharged,  another  added,  165.  Report 
[Inquiry  not  completed],  472. 

to  the 

D E ER   F O R E S TS 
ACCOUNTS. 

(Highland   Crofting  Counties). 

Vide 

D E N M A RK  (New  Customs  Tariff),  Yide  ACCOUNTS. 

D E P A R T M E NT  

of  A G R I C U L T U RE  
INSTRUCTION  for  I R E L A N D.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

a nd  

T E C H N I C AL 

D I S C I P L I N E.   Vide  N A V Y. 

DISEASES  of  A N I M A LS   ACTS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 
DISEASES  of  A N I M A LS ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts,  1894  and  1896,  with  respect 
the 
exportation  of  Horses;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  482. 

to 

D I S T R E S S,   L AW   of.  Vide  L AW   of. 

DIVISIONS: 

to  be  corrected  in  the  Journal,  49. 

Numbers  incorrectly  reported,  and  ordered 

No  Tellers  for  the  Noes,  294,  365. 

. 

—  No  second  Teller  for  the  Noes,  479. 

DIVORCE  B I L L S;   Select  Committee  nominated,  47,  194. 
Order  for  nomination  of  Select  Committee  on  19th  May, 
discharged,  201.  Message  to  the  Lords  requesting  them 
Instruction 
to  commuuicate  Minutes  of  Evidence,  &c. 
to  the  Committee  to  hear  Counsel and  examine  Witnesses, 
&c.  Hurly's  Divorce  Bill,  207.  Member  discharged, 
another  added, 211.  Minutes  of  Evidence  communicated 
by  the  Lords,  212.  Hurly's  Divorce  Bill  reported,  233. 
Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Proceedings  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  &c.  to  be  returned,  233.  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  242. 

D I V O R CE   L AW   A M E N D M E N T;   Bill  to  enable  the  Wives  of 
persons  sentenced  to  long  terms  of  imprisonment,  or  of 
persons  certified  to  be  incurably  insane,  to  annul  their 
Marriages  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  33.  Bdl  withdrawn,  60. 

D I V O R CE   L AW   A M E N D M E NT  (No.  2 );   Bill  to  enable 
married  persons  whose  wives  or  husbands  have  been 
sentenced  to  long terms  of  imprisonment, or  are  incurably 
insane, or  who  have  been judicially  separated  for  a period 
of  five  years  and  upwards,  to  obtain  dissolution  of  their 
Marriages  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  62.  Second  Reading  deferred,  78,  94,  ] 10,  123, 
139,  154,  158,  192,  238. 

DOCK  L A B O UR  

in  
Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

r e l a t i on  

to   P O OR   L AW   R E L I E F. 

D O C K Y A RD  E X P E N SE   ACCOUNTS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

D E P U TY   S P E A K E R,   MR.  Vide  S P E A K E R. 

N A V Y. 

D O GS   E X E M P T I ON  ;  Bill  to  exempt  Dogs  from  Painful 
Experiments;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  168.  Second  Reading  deferred,  177,  184,  203,  235. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  299. 

DOGS  (.Injuries  to  Persons)  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  Injuries  to  persons  by  Dogs;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  64.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  152,  217. 

D U B L IN  and  S O U T H E A S T E RN   R A I L W A Y;   Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  IS.  Report, 
Standing  Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  75.  Read  a second  time,  and  Committed, 
Considered, 
82.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  108. 
as  amended,  117.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  125. 
Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  182. 
(Cited  as  Dublin  and  South  Eastern  Railway  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

607 

DOGS  (Protection);   Bill  to  prohibit  Experiments  upon 
Dogs;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 
28.  Second  Reading  deferred,  31,  36,  39,  49.  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ;  Closure 
the 
claimed,  but  assent  withheld,  and  at  Eleven  of 
clock  Debate  adjourned,  65.  Further  adjourned,  76,  81, 
84,  87,  90,  95,  99,  106,  111,  116,  123,  135,  151,  159,  163, 
166,  169,  173,  177,  184,  189,  193,  197,  200.  206,  210, 
219,226,  231,236,  239,  247,  248,  252,  255,  260,  263, 
269,  272,  275,  280,  283,  288,  291,  296,  298,  301,  306, 
311,  314. 

DOGS 

R E G U L A T I ON 

(Ireland)   A C T,  

1 8 6 5. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

D O N C A S T EE   CORPORATION  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  26.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
and  an  amended  Title,  190.  Considered,  aa  amended, 
204.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  211.  Agreed 
the  Lord3,  with  Amendments,  316.  Lords' 
to  by 
Amendments  agreed 
(Cited   as  Doncaster 
Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

to,  320. 

D O V ER   G R A V I NG   DOCKS  ;  Report,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  17.  Report  from  the  Select  Com-
mittee  on  Standing  Orders,  That  the  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  47.  Bill  read  the  first  time, 
and  ordered to be  read a  second  time, 54.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  61.  Bill  reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  137.  Considered,  as  amended,  142.  King's 
Consent  signified ;  Bill  read  the  third time  and  passed, 
340.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  376. 
Lords'  Amendments,  in  pursuance  of  Order,  agreed  to, 
381. 
1908) 
(Cited   as  Dover  Graving  Docks  Act, 
Royal  Assent,  392. 

D O WN   COUNTY  W R I T.   Vide  ELECTIONS.  ' 

DRAYCOTT  G A S;   Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  18.  Report,  Standing  Order  62 
complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  44.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  58.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  120.  Considered,  as  amended; 
to  be 
read the  third  time,  141.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  145.  Agreed  toby  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
255.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  269.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to.  273. 
(Cited   as  Draycott  Gas 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

D U B L IN   a nd   C E N T R AL  

I R E L A ND   E L E C T R IC   P O W ER 
(•changed  to  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power)  ;  Bill 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  18.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  34.  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  46.  Reported,  Preamble  not  proved, 
132.  Bill  recommitted  to  the  former  Committee  on  the 
B i l l;   Instruction,  &c.,  201.  Reported,  pursuant  to 
Instruction,  and  consequential  Amendments  made  to 
the  Bill;  Short  Title  changed  to  Central  Ireland  Elec-
tric  Power  Bill,  212.  Considered,  as  amended  ;  Bill  to 
be  read  the  third  time,  236.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  242.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
I R E L A ND   E L E C T R IC 

Vide  C E N T R AL  

.  ments,  369. 

P O W ER   B I L L. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

D U B L IN   C O R P O R A T I O N;   BiU  read  the  first  time^  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  18.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  32.  Bill  withdrawn,  107. 

D U B L IN   CORPORATION  (Various  Powers)  ;  Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  18. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  107.  Bill  withdrawn,  120. 

D U B L IN   H O S P I T A L S.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

D  UBLIN M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE  ; Motion, That this House 
is  of  opinion  that  the  system  whereby  the  maximum 
amount  sanctioned  by Law  at  a  time  when  the  valuation 
of  the  City  of  Dublin  was  comparatively  low  still  con-
tinues  to  be  levied  is  unjustifiable,  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  valuation  of  the  city  has  greatly  increased,  and 
that  the  number  of Police  has not  appreciably  increased; 
that  the  crimeless  condition  of  the  city  does  not  warrant 
this  heavy  expenditure  ;  and  that  the  control  of  this 
Police  Force  should  be  vested  in  the  local  authorities, 
as  is  the  case  in  cities  in  Great  Britain;  withdrawn, 
89. 

D U B L IN   M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I C E.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

D U C HY   of  C O R N W A L L.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

D U C HY   of  L A N C A S T E R.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

D U N D A LK   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C I L;   Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19. 
Day  appointed for Second  Reading,  32.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  34.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
49.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  137.  Considered, 
as  amended,  146.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  156. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  212. 
(Cited  as  Dundalk  Urban  District  Council  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

D U N D EE   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

D R U N K E N N E SS  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

D U R A T I ON  of  S P E E C H E S.  Vide  S P E E C H E S,   D U R A T I ON 

of. 

8 Edw.  VII.  Pari. 28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

H J A ST   A F R I CA   PROTECTORATE.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E A ST   COAST  R A I L W AY   (Transfer). 

Vide  L O U TH   and. 

EAST  I N D I A: 
(Accounts 

ACCOUNTS. 

and  Estimates, 

1908-9).  Vide 

(Advisory  and  Legislative  Councils, Sfc.).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

(Army  and  Population.)  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Bombay 

Political 

Department). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

(Civil  Service).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

4  H  4 

8 EDW. VII.] I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   HUNDRED  and  SIXTY-THIRD  VOLUME. 

569 

E A ST  

I N D I A —c o n t i n u e d. 

(Contagious  Diseases).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Criminal 

Law  Amendment  Act). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

• 

(Customs  Revenue).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Deaths  from  Plague).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Ecclesiastical  Charges).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

— 

( Excise  Committee).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Estimate).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Factory  Labour  Commission,  1908).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

(Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

(Financial  Statement).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Home  Accounts).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Income  and  Expenditure).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Land  Revenue).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Loans  raised  in  England).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

— 

(Loans  raised  in  India).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Military  Operations).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(North-West 

Frontier).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

{Press  Act).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

.  — 

(Proclamations). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Progress  and  Condition).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Prosecutions 

for 

Speeches, 

frc.).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

(Railways). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Railways 

and 

Irrigation  Works). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

" 

(Revenue  Accounts).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

• 

(Sanitary  Measures).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Statistical  Abstract).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Trade).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Use  of  Government  Churches  in  India).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

E A ST   I N D IA   R A I L W AY   F I N A N C E.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

EAST 

INDIA 
Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Decentralisation) 

(Royal 

Commission). 

E A ST  

I N D IA   (Education);   Motion,  That 

the  time  has 
come  for  an  impartial  and  searching  inquiry^  into  the 
scope,  character,  and  methods  of  Education  in  I n d i a; 
withdrawn,  155. 

E A ST   I N D IA   L O A NS   ;  Rill  to  empower  the  Secretary  of 
State  in  C o u n c il   of  India  to  raise  money  in  the  United 
Kingdom  for  the  construction,  extension,  and  equipment 
of  Railways  in  India  by  State  agency  or  through  the 
agency  of  companies,  for  the  construction  of  Irrigation 
W o r k s,   and  for  other  purposes;  ordered  upon  Resolu-
tion  ;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first 
time, 
and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  385.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  398,  402,  403,407,410,  417,  420,  422, 
426,  429,  436,  443,  447,  456,  468,  474,  476.  Motion, 
T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment 
p r o p o s e d,  " t h r ee   months,"  not  made  on  Division; 

Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure)  ; 
Main  Question  p u t;   Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  Bill 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  479. 
Committee deferred, 483,486.  Considered  in  Committee, 
the 
and  reported,  without  Amendment,  490-1.  Read 
third  time  and  passed,  495.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  511. 
(Cited  as  East  India  Loans 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

EAST  INDIA  LOANS  [Railway 

and 

Irrigation  Works]  ; 
Motion  for the  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
to  consider  of  authorising  the  Secretary  of  State 
in 
Council  of  India  to  raise  money  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
on  the  security  of 
the 
construction,  extension,  and  equipment  of  Railways  in 
India  by  State  agency  or 
the  agency  of 
companies,  and  for  the  construction  of  Irrigation  W o r k s; 
King's  Recommendation  signified ;  Question  agreed  to, 
194.  Committee  deferred,  199,  208,  214,  220,  223,  229, 
234,  240,  241,  246,  248,  259,  262,  267,  272,  286,  304, 
319,  324,  343.  Order  discharged,  350. 

the  Revenues  of  India,  for 

through 

EAST  INDIA  LOANS  [R a i l w ay   and  Irrigation  Works  and 
General  Purposes]  ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve 
itself-into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  authorising 
the 
Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of  India  to  raise  money  in 
the  United  Kingdom,  on  the  security  of  the  Revenues 
of  India,  for  the  construction,  extension,  and  equipment 
of  Railways  in  India  by  State  agency  or  through  the 
agency  of  companies,  and  for  the  construction  of  Irriga-
tion  Works,  and  also  for  general  purposes  for 
the 
Government  of India;  King's Recommendation  signified  ; 
Question  agreed  to, 351.  Committee  deferred,  355,  359, 
in  Committee,  and 
considered 
367,  373.  Matter 
reported,  380.  Resolution  reported, and  agreed  t o;   Bill 
ordered,  385.  Vide  E A ST   I N D IA   L O A NS   B I L L. 

E A ST  

I N D I AN  

P R O D U C TS 

(Foreign  Tariffs). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

E A 3T  

I N D IA   R E V E N UE   A C C O U N T S;   Order,  That 
the 
several  Accounts  and  Papers  which  have  been  presented 
to  the  House  in  this  Session  of  Parliament,  relating  to 
the  Revenues  of  India,  be  referred  to  the  consideration 
of  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House;  day  appointed  for 
Committee,  326.  Motion,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now 
leave  the  C h a i r;   Amendment  proposed,  "  Educational 
System,"  and  not  made;  Main  Question  put,  and  agreed 
t o;   matter  considered  in  Committee;  no  Report,  349, 
350. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   ASSESSMENTS 

to 
amend  the  Law  regarding  Ecclesiastical  Assessments  in 
Scotland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred,  188, 248,  254,  275, 
291,310. 

(Scotland) 

;  Bill 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   ASSESSMENTS  (Scotland)   (No.  2)  ;  Bill 
to  exempt  all  feuars  from  Ecclesiastical  Assessments  in 
Scotland  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  28.  Bill  withdrawn,  68. 

(NO.  3 );   Bill 
E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   A S S E S S M E N TS  (Scotland) 
to  regulate  Ecclesiastical  Assessments 
in  Scotland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  72. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  154,  254. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   C H A R G E S.  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

E A ST 

I N D I A. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   COMMISSION.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   D I S O R D E R S;   Bill  to  provide  for  the 
better  enforcement  of 
to  public 
worship  and  to  deal  with  Ecclesiastical  Disorders  in  the 
Church  of  England  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 

the  Laws 

relating 

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I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E. 

6 0| 

ECCLESIASTICAL  D I S O R D E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

a  second  time,  21.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read 
a  second  time;  Amendment  proposed,  " no  Bill  will 
provide  effective  remedy,"  &c. ;  Closure  claimed,  but 
assent  withheld  (three  times);  and  at  Five  of  the  clock 
Debate  adjourned,  44.  Further  adjourned,  49,  53,  57, 
61,  66,  70,  71,  81,  87,  89,  116,  150,  188,  225,  239. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  F E E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E D I N B U R GH   and  D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
TION  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  a, 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislature  pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Edinburgh  and 
District  Water  |  brought  from  the  Lords,  369.  Read 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act) 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  370.  Read  a second  time,  and 
day  appointed  for consideration,  375.  Considered;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  381. 
(Cited  as  Edinburgh  arid  District  Water  Order  Con-
firmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

E D I N B U R GH   AND  L E I TH   CORPORATIONS  G AS   O R D ER 
intituled  An  Act  to  confirm 
CONFIRMATION  J  Bill, 
a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  the  Edinburgh 
and  Leith  Corporations  Gas;  brought  from the  Lords ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the 
Act)  to  be  read a  second  time, 509.  Read  a second time ; 
considered;  read  the  third  time and passed,  509. 
(Cited 
as  Edinburgh  and  Leith  Corporations  Cfat  Order  Con-
1,908) Royal  Assent,  514. 
firmation 

E D I N B U R GH   CORPORATION 

(Tramways, 

$•<?.)  O R D ER 
CONFIRMATION;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899,  relating to  Edinburgh  Corporation  Tramways,  &c.; 
read the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the 
Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time,  146.  Bill  read  a  second 
time;  day appointed for consideration,  164.  Consideration 
deferred,  167.  Considered,  169.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  174.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  215. 
{ Cited 
as  Edinburgh  (Corporation  Tramways,  Sfc.)  Order  Con-
firmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

E D I N B U R GH   U N I V E R S I T Y.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EDUCATION;  Bill  to  provide  for  more  effectual  public 
control  in  regard  to  Education  in  England  and  Wales  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  71,  82,  98,  116,  127,  151,  163, 
193,  239. 

E D U C A T I ON  (Administrative  Provisions)  ; Bill  to  amend  the 
provisions  of  the  Education  (Administrative  Provisions) 
Act,  1907,  and  the  Education  (Provision  of  Meals)  Act, 
1906 ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
482. 

E D U C A T I ON   B O A RD   PROVISIONAL  O R D E RS   CONFIRMA-
intituled  An  Act 
TION  (Cornwall,  Sfc.)  [Lords];  Bill, 
the 
to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by 
Board  of  Education  under  the  Education  Acts,  1870 
to  1907,  to  enable  the  Councils  of  the  Administrative 
Counties  of  Corn wall,  Merioneth,  and  the  West  Riding 
of  Yorkshire,  and  the  County  Borough  of  Swansea,  to 
put  in  force  the  Lands  Glauses  Acts;  brought  from  the 
Lords;  read the first time,  and referred to  the Examiners, 
349.  Report  Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  361.  Bill  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  368.  Reported,  without  Amend-
ment,  404.  Third  Reading  deferred,  408,  410.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  413. 
(Cited  as  Education  Board  Provisional  Orders  Con-
firmation  (Cornwall,  frc.)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess. 1908, 4 R 2 

Bill,  intituled  An  Act 

EDUCATION  B O A RD   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS   C O N F I R M A-
TION  (London)   [Lords]; 
to 
confirm  certain  Provisional  0*de.rs' made, ''by  the  Board 
of  Education  under  the  Education  Acts,  1870  to  1907, 
(0,  enable  the,  London  County  Council  to  p^t  in  force 
the  Lands Clauses  A-Cta;  brought  from  the  Lords;  read 
a  first  time,  and  referred 
the  Examiners,  308. 
Report  Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with; 
day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  320. 
Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  325.  Reported,  without 
Amendment  Provisional  Orders^  confirmed,  352.  Read 
t^e  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  '$56. 
(Cited  as  Education  Board  Provisional  Orders,  tlonfirma-
tion  (London)  Jict}  1908)  Royal  Absent,  391. 

to 

EDUCATION 

(Consolidation 

to 
consolidate  and  amend  the  Education  Acts;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  157.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  171^203,  239. 

and  Amendment);  Bill 

EDUCATION  ( Continuation Schools);  Bill  to  establish  com-
pulsory  Continuation  Schools  in  England  and  Wales, 
and  to  amend  th,e  Education  Acts,  1870  to  1902,  in 
respect  of  the  age  of  compulsory  school  attendance  ; 
ordered  ;  presented  accordingly,  and read  the  first  time, 
114.  Second  Reading  deferred,  153,  183,  218. 

EDUCATION  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2)  B I L L.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

E D U C A T I O N AL  
ACCOUNTS. 

E X P E N D I T U RE  

(Colonies). 

V i de 

EDUCATION  (Ireland,).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E D U C A T I ON  (Local  Authorities);  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  Local  Education  Authorities  in  England  and 
Wales  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be read  a  second  time, 
22.  Motion,  Thai  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment  proposed,  ".six  months;"  Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate)  ; 
Amendment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Main  Question  put; 
Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  §1,  Standing  C o m m i ts   A,  85-  Nameg, 
of  Members  added,  91,  95.  Names  of  Members  dis-
charged,  others'  added, 
103,  l ^ i,   }14,  1-8$,  167,  17Q. 
Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A,  with  Amend-
ment^  ;  d%y-  ^pppintpd  " for consider &tiQn, 
w e n d e d, 
202,  310.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  210, 
225,  231,  236,  239,  246,  282.  Considered,  a*  amended; 
Debate  apising,  Debate  adjourned  at  Five  of  the  clock, 
3Q0.  Further  adjourned,  313. 

E D U C A T I ON  of  A F F L I C T ED   C H I L D R EN   (Ireland);  Bill 
to  provide  fpr  the  better  Education  of  Afflicted  Children 
in  Ireland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
iime,  165.  Second  Reading  deferred,  183,  193,  235. 

EDUCATION  of 

the  B L I ND   ;  Bill 

to  provide  for  the 
Technical  Education,  Employment,  and  Maintenance  of 
the  Blind;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  reacl  a  sepond 
time,  285. 

EDUCATION  (Provision 

to 
of  Meals) 
enable  School  Boards  in  Scotland  to  provide  Meals  for 
school  children;  presented,  and  ordered  to  bp  read  a 
second  time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred,  3 1 , 4 4 , 4 9, 
65,  77,  87,  105,  110,  111,  127,  15},  166,  194 

(Scotland)  ;  Pill 

E D U C A T I ON  (Scotland);  Bill  to  amend  the  Laws  relating 
to  Education  in  Scotland,  and  for  other  purposes  con-
nected  therewith;  ordered;  presented  accordingly,  $nd 
read  the  first  time,  121.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
126,  149,  162.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  165.  Bill  to be  considered  by 
Standing  Ootan^ittee  on  Scottish  Bi(l§,  169.  Repqrt  ol. 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

EDUCATION  (Scotland)—continued. 

names  of  Fifteen Members  added  to  the Scottish  Standing 
Committee  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  167.  Reported,  with 
Amendments;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  326, 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  331,  343,  366,  398. 
402,403,  407,  417,  421,425,  429,  431,  435.  Proceedings 
on  consideration,  as  amended,  not  to  be  interrupted  under 
Standing Order  (Sittings  of the  House),  437.  Order for 
consideration,  as  amended,  read;  Motion,  That  the  Bill 
be  recommitted,  and  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and  negatived  on  Division ; 
Bill  considered,  as amended,  and  further  consideration, 
as  amended,  adjourned  ;  day  appointed  for  further  con-
sideration,  437-8.  Further  consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred, 440,446,  451,453,  455.  Further considered,  as 
amended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  457-9, 
the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  505. 
Agreed  to  by 
Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  505. 
Lords' 
Amendments  considered,  and  agreed  to  (Special  Entry), 
508. 
(Cited   as  Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  514. 

E D U C A T I ON  (Scotland)  B I L L.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E D U C A T I ON 

(Scotland)  

(General 

Reports). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

. 

interests  of  the  workers  generally,  and  in  view  of  the 
present  large  number  of  unemployed,  the  working  day 
in  all  trades  and  industries  should  be  limited  by  Law 
to  a  maximum  of  Eight  Hours;  Closure  claimed,  but 
the  clock 
assent  withheld  (twice),  and  at  Eleven  of 
Debate  adjourned,  104.  Debate  further  adjourned,  117. 

E G Y P T I AN   G U A R A N T E ED  

L O AN 

of 

1885. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

E G Y P T.   Vide  ACCOUNTS.  A D D R E S S. 

E L E C T I ON   D A YS   CLOSING.  Vide 

L I C E N S ED  

P R E-

MISES. 

E L E C T I ON   of  A L D E R M EN  

in  M U N I C I P AL   B O R O U G H 3; 
Bill  to  amend  the  Municipal  Corporations  Act,  1882, 
with  respect  to  the  right  of  Aldermen  to  vote  in  the 
Election  of  Aldermen  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  83.  Second  Reading  deferred,  98. 
101,  107,  110,  115,  119,  122,  127,  131,  134,  138,  149, 
162,  176,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199,  208,  214,  220,  223, 
229,  234,  240,  242,  246,  248,  251,  259,  262,  267,  272, 
286,  290,  295.  305,  319,  325,  328,  343,  366,  374,  381, 
385,  398,  400,  408,  410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,426, 
436,  447,  456,  468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

EDUCATION 

(Scotland)   (Continuation 

Schools).  Vide 

E L E C T I ON  of  A L D E R M E N.  Vide  M U N I C I P AL   C O R P O R A-

ACCOUNTS. 

TIONS  (Election  of  Aldermen)  B I L L. 

E D U C A T I ON  (Scotland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E I G HT   H O U RS   for  W I N D I NG   E N G I N E M E N.  Vide  COAL 
MINES  (Eight   Hours for  Winding  Enginemen)  BILL. 

E I G HT   H O U RS   W O R K I NG   D AY   ;  Motion,  That,  in  the 
opinion  of  this  House,  the  time  has  arrived  when,  in  the 

ELECTIONS: 
- ——  
the 
mode  of  proceeding  in  respect  of  Members  returned 
for  two  or  more  places  ;  interference  of  Peers,  &c.; 
Bribery,  &c.,  4. 

Orders  and  Resolutions  for  regulating 

W R I TS   I S S U ED   D U R I NG   T HE   RECESS. 

FOR  WHAT  PLACE. 

IN  THE  ROOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT. 

Liverpool  (Kirkdale  Division) 

-

David  Maclver,  Esquire  -

Deceased,  3. 

Kingston-upon-Hull  (West  Division) 

-

Honourable  Charles  Henry  Weliesley 

Called  up  to  the  House  of  Peers,  3. 

Wilson. 

Devon  (Mid  or  Ashburton  Division) 

Harry  Trelawney  Eve,  Esquire,  K.C. 

Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice, 

Hereford  (Southern  or  Ross  Division)  -

County  of  Carlow 

-

Lieutenant  Colonel  Alan  Coulstoun 

Gardner. 

John  Hammond,  Esquire 

3. 

Deceased,  3. 

Deceased,  3. 

W R I TS   I S S U ED   D U R I NG   T HE   S E S S I O N. 

FOR  WHAT  PLACE. 

IN  THE  BOOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT 

Cornwall 

(Mid 

or 

Saint  Austell 

Division). 

Glamorgan  (Mid  Division) 

Worcester  Borough 

- 

-

-

William 

Esquire. 

Alexander  M{ Arthur, 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  3. 

Samuel  Thomas  Evans, Esquire,  K.C. 

Solicitor  General,  17. 

George  Henry  Williamson,  Esquire - Void  Election,  17. 

Leeds  Borough  (South  Division)  -

Sir  John  Lawson  Walton,  K.c. 

Deceased,  24. 

Leitrim  (North  Leitrim) 

-

Charles Joseph  Dolan,  Esquire 

Manor  of  Northstead,  26. 

Carmarthen  (Western  Division) 

-

John  Lloyd  Morgan,  Esquire,  K.c.  - Recorder  of  Swansea,  47. 

Worcester 

(Western 

or  Bewdley 

Alfred  Baldwin,  Inquire  -

Deceased,  57. 

Division). 

Hastings 

- 

- 

Down  (West  Down) 

- 

_ 

- 

. 

-

-

Harvey  Du  Cros,  Esquire 

- 

-

Chiltern  Hundreds,  59. 

Right  Honourable  Lord  Arthur  Hill  Manor  of  Nqrthstead,  72. 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E. 

557 

E LE C TIO N S—continued. 

W R I TS   I S S U ED   D U R I NG   T HE   S E S S I O N - « m f / n u e d. 

FOB  WHAT  PLACE. 

IN  THE  BOOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT. 

Camberwell  (Peckham  Division)  -

Charles  Goddard  Clarke,  Esquire 

-

Deceased,  95. 

Kincardine  County 

- 

- 

- 

-

John  William  Crombie,  Esquire 

Deceased,  141. 

Derby  County  (Western  Division) 

Dewsbury  Borough 

-

Right  Honourable  Victor  Christian 

Duke  of  Devonshire.  Called  up to  the 

William  Cavendish, 

Walter  Runciman,  Esquire 

House  of  Peers,  141, 

President  of  the  Board  of  Education, 

Manchester  Borough 

(North  -  West 

Division). 

Right  Honourable  Winston  Leonard 

Spencer  Churchill. 

144. 

President  of  the  Committee  of  Privy 
Council  for  Trade  and  Plantations. 
144. 

Sheffield (Central  Division)  -

Colonel  Sir  Charles  Edward  Howard 

Deceased,  144. 

Vincent,  K.C.M.G.,  C.B. 

Wolverhampton  (East  Division) 

-

Right Honourable  Sir  Henry  Hartley 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  147. 

Montrose  District  of  Burghs  -

Fowler,  G.C.S;I. 
Right  Honourable 

O.M. 

John  Morley, 

Manor  of  Northstead,  147, 

Salop  County  (Northern  or  Newport 

Right  Honourable  William  Slaney 

Deceased,  156. 

Division). 

Dundee  Borough  -

Kenyon-Slaney. 

Right  Honourable  Edmund  Robert-

Chiltern  Hundreds,  160. 

son,  K.C. 

Stirling  District  of  Burghs 

-

Right  Honourable 

Sir  Henry 

Deceased,  160. 

Campbell-Bannerman. 

York  County  (Pudsey  Division) 

-

Right  Honourable  George  Whiteley 

Manor  of  Northstead,  238. 

Pembroke  County 

-

John  Wynford  Phillips,  Esquire 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  292. 

Shoreditch  Borough  (Haggerston  Divi-

Sir  William  Randal  Cremer 

Deceased,  363. 

sion). 

Essex  County 
Division). 

(Mid  or  Chelmsford 

Major  Sir  Frederic  Carne  Rasch, 

Manor  of  Northstead,  450. 

Baronet. 

W R IT   I S S U ED   D U R I NG   T HE   A D J O U R N M E N T. 

FOR  WHAT  PLACE. 

IN  THE  ROOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT. 

City  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne  - 

- 

- Thomas  Cairns,  Esquire  -

Deceased,  396. 

E L E C T I O NS   and  R E G I S T R A T I ON  (London);   Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  Elections  and  the  Registration  of 
Electors  in  London;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; Amendment  proposed,"this  House  declines," 
&c.;  Closure claimed, but  assent withheld; at  interruption 
of  Business  Closure  claimed,  but  assent  withheld; 
Debate  stood  adjourned,  30.  Further  adjourned,  36,  39, 
4 4,   4 9,  
.TO,  5 3,   6 0,   6 6,   7 3,   7 6,   8 4,   8 7,   9 0,   9 9,   1 1 7,   1 2 8, 
1 5 2,   1 5 5,   1 5 8,   1 6 3,   1 7 7,   1 9 3,   2 1 0,   2 3 0,   2 5 1,   2 6 8,   2 8 7, 
3 0 5. 

E L E C T I O NS   (Colonies).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   A C T S,   1 8 82  

to   1 9 02   (P r o c e e d i n g s ). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E L E C T R IC  

(No. 

1 ); 
L I G H T I NG   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  1882 
and  1888,  relating  to  Bispham-with-Norbreck,  Caldy 
Manor,  Carmarthen,  Fleetwood,  Halesowen,  HeBwall, 
(Extension), 
Lowestoft 
Portsmouth 
(Amend-
ment),  and  Woking  (Extension)  ;  presented  ;  read  the 
the  Examiners,  154. 
first 
Report  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  173.  Bill 

(Amendment),  Lymington 

(Amendment), 

Southampton 

time,  and 

referred 

to 

time,  and  committed,  178.  Reported, 
read  a  second 
with  Amendments;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed  ;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  as  amended,  202.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended,  204.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  207.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments ;  day  appointed for considering  them,  289.  Lords' 
Amendments agreed  to,  292. 
(Cited  as  Electric  Lighting 
Orders  Confirmation (No,  1) Act,  1908) Royal Assent,  390. 

E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

(No. 

first 

2 ); 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  1882 
and  1888,  the  Electric  Lighting  (Scotland)  Act,  1890, 
and  the  Electric  Lighting  (Scotland)  Act,  1902,  relating 
to  Barrhead,  Clydebank  (Amendment),  Dundee  (Exten-
sion),  and  Rutherglen  (Amendment);  presented;  read 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154. 
the 
Report  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  oomplied 
with;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  173.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  178,  181,  185.  Read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  190.  Reported,  without  Amendment; 
Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  221.  Read 
third 
time  and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  289.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them, 
(Cited  as 
289.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  292. 
Electric  Lighting  Orders  Confirmation ( No.  2)  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  390. 

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E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   PROVISIONAL  O R D E RS  

(NO. 

3) 
[.Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  certain  Pro-
visional  Orders  made  by  the  Board of  Trade  under  the 
Electric  Lighting  Acts,  1882  and  1888,  relating  to 
Bridgend  (Extension),  Hendon  (Amendment),  Llandaff 
and  Dinas  Powis  (Amendment),  Llansamlet,  Oulton 
Broad,  Sowerby  Bridge  (Amendment),  and  Tewkesbury 
(Amendment);  brought  from  the  Lords,  284.  Read 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  285. 
Examiners. report  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto 
complied  with;  day  appointed for  Second  Reading,  317. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  320.  Reported, 
without  Amendment  ;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed  j 
day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  345.  Bill  read  the 
(Cited 
third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  347. 
as  Electric  Lighting  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I N G.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

of  the  present  Session  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect  to Elementary  Education  in  England  and  Wales ; 
King's  Recommendation  signified;  Question  agreed  to, 
462,463.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  and  Question 
put forthwith, pursuant to Order of  the  House,  and agreed 
to,  467.  Report  deferred,  470.  Resolution  reported, 
and,  on  Division,  agreed  to,  473. 

E L E M E N T A RY   E D U C A T I ON  (England  arid  Wales)  B I L L. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E L E M E N T A RY   E D U C A T I ON  (School  Attendance);  Bill  to 
alter  the A ge   of  exemption  from  attendance  at  Sehool; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  81,  84,  99,  105*  117,  205,  210, 
230,  251,  268. 

E L E M E N T A RY   SCHOOL  TEACHERS'  D E F E R R ED   A N N U I TY 

F U N D.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E L E C T R IC   S U P P L Y.   Vide  L O N D ON   E L E C T R I C,   &C. 

E M I G R A T I ON  and  IMMIGRATION.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

E L E M E N T A RY   E D U C A T I ON  (England  and  Wales);  Bill 
to  regulate  the  conditions  on  which  public  money  may 
be  applied  in  aid  of  Elementary  Education  in  England 
and  Wales,  and  for  other  pnrpo^s  incidental  thereto; 
ordered;  presented  accordingly,  and read  the  first  time, 
60.  Second  Reading  deferred,  71,  73,  78,  80,  84,  86, 
90,  93,  98,  115,  126,  149,  162,  176.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  j  Amendment  proposed, 
" six  months  ;"   Debate  arising  ;  Debate  adjourned  at 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  191,  192.  Debate  returned,  and 
adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the  clock,  195.  Debate  resinned; 
Amendment  negatived  on  Division;  Main  Question  put 
and  agreed  to;  Bill  read  a  second  time ;  Bill  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  199.  Committee 
deferred,  208,  229,  250,  266,  286,  304.  3 2 4 , 3 4 3 , 3 6 6 , 3 9 7, 
407,  417,  426,  429,  436J  438,  446,  451,  456,  468.  Bill 
withdrawn,  481. 

(Sittings  of 

E L E M E N T A RY   EDUCATION  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2 ); 
Bill to make further provision with  respect  to  Elementary 
Education 
in  England  and  Wales;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  Second  time, 4 5 4.   Motion,  That  the 
Bdl  be  now  read  a  second  time;  Amendment  proposed, 
" three  months ; "  Debate  arising;  Debate  adjourned, 
460.  Proceedings  not  to  be  interrupted  under  Standing 
Order 
the  House),  on  Division,  461. 
Adjourned  Debate  on  Amendment  resumed;  Question 
put;  Amendment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Main  Question 
put;  Bill  read  a  Second  time;  Bill  committed  to a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  461,  462.  Motion  ias  to 
allocation  of  time ;  Question  amended,  and  agreed  to  on 
in 
Division;  Order,  &c.,  463,  464.  Bill  considered 
Committee; 
the  Chairman  puts  Question  forthwith, 
necessary  to  dispose  of  Clause  1,  467.  Bill  again  con-
sidered  in  Committee,  470.  Bill  again  considered  in 
Committee;  Chairman  puts  Questions  necessary 
to 
dispose  of  the  Amendments  moved  by  the  Government, 
and  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  472, 
473.  Committee  deferred,  474,  476.  Considered  in 
Committee  ;  Motion,  That  the  Chairman  do  now  leave 
the  Chair,  agreed to ;  no  Report,  478. 

E L E M E N T A RY  

(England 

E D U C A T I ON 

and  Wales) 
(No.  2)  BILL  (Allocation  of  Time)  ;  Motion,  That  the 
Cominittee  stage,  Report  stage,  and  Third  Reading  of 
the Elem^iitary  Education  (Englahd  Siid  Wales)  ( No.  2) 
Bill, ahd the necessary Stages of the  Financial  Resolution, 
shitll  be  pro66eded  with  as  follows,  Sets.,  and  Question 
amended,  and  agreed  to On Division,  4 6 3 - 6 5.   Vide  also 
B U S I N GS   of   t he   H O U S E.   H O U S E. 

E L E M E N T A RY  

EDUCATION 

and  Wales) 
[;Grants]  ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a 
Committee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment  of 
certain  Parliamentary  Grants,  in  pursuance  of any  Act 

(England  

E M P L O Y E R S'   L I A B I L I TY   and  INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E M P L O Y M E NT  of  B R I T I SH   S U B J E C TS   A B R O A D;   Bill  to 
prohibit  the  engagement  of  British  Subjects  for  service 
ip  the  place  of  workmen  locked  out  in  a  Strike  in  a 
Foreign  Country  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  113.  Second  Reading  deferred,  127,  131, 
139,  151,  179,  193,  210,  219. 

EJIPLOTMBINT  of   M I L I T A RY   in   CASES  of   D I S T U R B A N C ES   ; 
Select  Committee  appointed (1)  to  inquire into the  powers 
possessed  by  Civil  Authorities  to  obtain  Military  Aid  in 
the  suppression  of Disturbance,  and  to  consider  whether 
those  powers  ought  to  be  subjected  to  any  and  What 
modification  or  restriction;  (2)  further  to  inquire  into 
the  duties  and  responsibilities  ttow  attaching  to  Military 
it  is 
Officers  in  these  cases,  and  to  consider  whether 
expedient  that  these  duties  and  responsibilities  should  be 
frirther  defined ;  nominated  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum ; 
power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records,  197. 
Report,  333. 

E N D O W ED   SCHOOLS  (Masters)  [Lords'];  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  make  provision with  respect  to  the tenure  of  office 
of  Masters  of  Endowed  Schools;  brought 
from  the 
Lords,  333.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  344.  Second  Reading  deferred,  350, 
367.  Read  a  second 
to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  372.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and reported,  380.  Considered,  as  amended; 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
385,  386.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  390. 
(Cited  as 
Endowed  Schools (Masters)  Act,  1908)  Royal Assent,  390. 

time  ;  Bill  committed 

E N F R A N C H I S E M E NT 

of  W O M E N.  

Vide  W O M E N 'S 

E N F R A N C H I S E M E N T. 

E N G I N ES  and  B O I L E RS 

to 
(Persons 
grant  certificates  to  persons  in  charge  of  Engines  and 
Boilers  in  and  about  Mines  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  27.  Second  Reading  deferredj 
44,  53,  66,  76,  84,  105,  110,  127,  150,  162,  179,  196. 

in  Charge)  ;  Bill 

E N G I N ES   and  B O I L E RS  (Persons 

in  Charge)  (No.  2);  Bill 
to grant  Certificates  to persons  in  charge  of  Steam  and 
Motor  Engines,  Boilers,  and  Steam  and  Motor  Cranes; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  reiad  a  second  time,  148. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  162,  180,  209. 

EQUALISATION  of  R A T E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

LONDON 

(Equalisation  of  Rates). 

E S S EX   C O U N TY 

(Mid  or  Chelmsford  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I KD   V O L U M E.   563 

E S T A TE   B I L L S.   Vide  T O L L E M A C HE   E S T A T E. 

E X C I SE   COMMITTEE.  Vide  ACCOUNTS.  E A ST  

I N D I A. 

E S T I M A T E S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

A R M Y,   N A V Y,   and 

E X C L U S I ON  of  C H I L D R EN  from  P U B L I C - H O U S ES   (Scot-

C I V IL   S E R V I C E. 

land).  Vide  P U B L I C - H O U S E S. 

ESTIMATES.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

S U P P L Y. 

E X P E R I M E N TS   on  L I V I NG   A N I M A L S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

E V I C T ED  

TENANTS 

(Ireland)  

A C T,  

1 9 0 7. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

E V I C T ED   TENANTS 

Bill, 

(Ireland)   [Lords]; 

intituled 
An  Act  to  amend  section  one  of  the  Evicted  Tenants 
(Ireland)  Act,  1907,  with  respect  to  the  compulsory 
acquisition  of  tenanted  Land;  brought  from  the  Lords, 
333.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  341.  Second  Reading  deferred,  346.  Read  a 
second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  350.  Committee  deferred,  355,  359. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  with  an  Amend-
ment ;  day appointed for consideration,  364.  Considered, 
time  and  passed,  with 
as  amended;  read  the  third 
an  Amendment,  372.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  384. 
(Cited  as  Evicted  Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  390. 

E V I C T I O NS  (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

E V I D E N CE  ;  Minutes  of  Evidence  of  former  Committees 

referred  to  Select  Committee,  51. 

EXAMINERS: 

Bills  (Private), referred to  them,  18,  &c. 

Lords'  Bills,  133,  &c. 

—  Provisional  Order  Bills  referred  to  them, 

146,  &c. 

Petitions  for  additional  provision  referred  to 

them,  26,  142,  &c. 

COMMONS'  B I L LS   :—Reports relative  thereto 

That the  Standing Orders  have  not been complied with  in 
the  case  Of Petitions  for  Bills,  17,  31,  &c. 

In  the  case  of  Bills,—That  Standing  Order 
Standing 
62  has  been  complied  with,  30,  31,  &c. 
Order  63  complied  with,  37,  125.  That  Standing  Orders 
62  and  67  have  not  been  complied  with,  80.  That 
Standing  Order  67  has  not  been  complied  with,  78. 
That  Standing  Orders  66  and  67  have  not  been  complied 
with,  120.  No  Standing  Orders  applicable  in  the  case 
Standing  Orders 
of  Provisional  Order  Bills,  190. 
applicable  thereto  complied  with 
the  case  of  a 
Provisional  Order  Bill,  190. 

in 

they  had 
L O R D S'   B I L LS   :—Reports,  That 
certified  that  the  Standing  Orders  have  been  complied 
with  in  respect  of  the  Bills  originating  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  16.  Not  to  have  been  complied  with,  16. 
In 
respect  of  the  Bills  introduced  under  the  Private  Legis-
lation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  54.  Complied  with, 
54.  That  the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with  in  the  case  of  Petitions  for  Bills,  and  referred 
to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  16, 
into-
&c. 
complied  with,  112,  125,  147.  Standing  Older  65 
complied  with,  147. 

Standing  Orders  not  previously 

inquired 

E X P I R I NG   L A WS   C O N T I N U A N CE  ;  Bill  to  continue  various 
expiring  Laws;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  342.  Second  Reading  deferred,  346,  350, 
355.  Read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of the whole House, 359.  Considered in Committee, 
and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  365,  366.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with-
out  Amendment,  389. 
(Cited  as  Expiring  Laws  Con-
tinuance  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

EXPLOSION  at  L O RD   A S H T O W N 'S   L O D G E,   G L E N A H I E R Y. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS; 

EXPLCSIONS  (Benwell  and  Whitehaven  Collieries).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

ExPLO&oris  (Dinas  Main  Colliery).  Vide  AccotUfTS. 

EXPI. osIONS  (Explosion  of  Gelignite  at  Roslin,  Edinburgh). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EXPLOSIONS  (Glenahiery)  ;  Motion,  That,  in  the  opinion 
of  this  House,  the  interests  of  truth  and  justice  require 
a  full  public  inquiry  upon  oath  into  all  the  circumstances 
counected  with  the  Explosion  at  Lord  Ashtown's  Shoot-
ing  Lodge  at  Glenahiery  on  the  14th  August 
last, 
including  the  subsequent  attempt  made  to 
incite  a 
number  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  County  of  Galway 
to  commit  an  outrage  upon  Woodlawn  Church  on 
31st  August  last;  Amendment  proposed,  to  insert  words, 
and withdrawn, and Main Question  negatived  oh Division, 
134. 

EXPLOSIONS  (Norton  Hill  Colliery).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EXPLOSIONS  (Patent   Electric  Shot  Firing  Company,  New-

bold, Derbyshire).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EXPLOSIONS 

(Curtis 

and  Harvey's  Factory  at  Cliffe, 

Kent).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EXPLOSIONS  (Mersey,  Weaver,  and  Ship  Canal  Carry-
Vide 

Street,  Manchester). 

ing  Company,  Dawson 
ACCOUNTS. 

E X P L O S I O N S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

EXPLOSIONS 
ACCOUNTS. 

(Washington 

Glebe"  Colliery). 

Vide 

E X P O R T A T I ON  of  H O R S ES   ;  Bill  to  regulate  the  exporta-
tion  of  Horses,  and  to  prevent  cruelty  in  connection 
therewith;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  92.  Second  Reading  deferred,  123,  131,  151,  158, 
159,166,  169,  173.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
178.  Second  Reading  deferred,  184,  189,  230. 

E X P O R T A T I ON  of  O LD   H O R S ES  ;  Bill  to  regulate  the 
exportation  of  Old  Horses,  and  to  diminish  cruelty  in 
connection  therewith  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred, 31,  55,  71. 
Bill  withdrawn,  94. 

E X P O R TS 

and 

IMPORTS 

(United 

Kingdom). 

Vide 

In  the  case  of  Estate  Bills,  no  Standing 

ACCOUNTS. 

Orders  are applicable,  283. 

In  the  case  of  Petitions  for  additional  pro-
vision,  report  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  31, 
113,  190. 

To  examine  with  respect  to  compliance  with 
Standing  Orders  (Hybrid  Bills),  57,  140,  334,  352,  484. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied 
with,  61,  142,  340.  N<Jt confplied  With,  361. 

E X T R A D I T I ON   A C T S,  1870  and  1873.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari,  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

E A C T O RS   A CT   (1889)  A M E N D M E NT  ;  Bill  to  amend 
the  Factors  Act,  1889;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  68. 
Second  Heading  deferred, 
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FACTORY-  and  WORKSHOP  ACT 

(Accidents)-,   Motion, 
That  this  House  is  of  opinion  that  the  increase  in  fatal 
and  non-fatal  Accidents  in  cases  under  the  Factory  and 
Workshop  Act 
is  of  such  a  character  as  to  demand 
immediate  attention,  more  particularly  in  so  far  as  it 
bears  upon  the  organisation  of  the  Factory  Department 
of  the  Home  Office ;  withdrawn,  238. 

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  

( 1 9 0 1)   A M E N D M E NT   ; 
Bill  to  prohibit  employment  between  Noon  on  Saturday 
and  Six  of  the  clock  on  Monday  morning  in  cotton, 
woollen,  worsted,  flax,  hemp,  silk,  jute,  and  paper  facto-
ries,  and  in  bleaching  and  dj eing  works;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  163,  193,  210,  246',  254,  275. 

time,  157. 

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  

( 1 9 0 1)   AMENDMENT 
(No.  2)  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Factory  and  Workshop 
Act,  1901;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  363. 

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  

(Laundries)-, 
Motion,  That  the  Special  Order  of  the  Secretary  of 
State,  dated  the  26th  day  of  December  1907,  allowing 
as  regards  Laundries  that  separate  departments  of  work 
may  be  treated  as  separate  factories  or  workshops,  be 
annulled;  Question  negatived  on  Division,  115. 

( 1 9 0 1)  

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  
Meal  Times).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Special 

Exception— 

Considered  in  Committee,  and 
whole  House,  318. 
reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  without  Amendment,  324. 
(Cited  as  Fatal 
Accidents  (Damages)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

F EE   F U ND   (House  of Lords).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F E R R I ES   (IrelandF);  Bill  to  confer  on  County  Councils 
in  Ireland  the  power  to  establish  and  maintain  Ferries, 
and  for  other  purposes  connected  therewith  ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to be  read  a second  time,  40.  Second  Read-
ing  deferred,  53,  57,  61,  66,  73,  77,  82,  85,  88,  90,  95, 
99,  110,  117,  123,  128.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  135. 
Standing 
Committee  A,  140.  Names  of  Members  discharged  and 
others  added,  136.  Names  of  Members  added in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  136.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee 
A,  with  Amendments  ;  day  appointed  for  consideration, 
195.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  200,  210, 
219,  231,  245,  259,  267,  305,  310,  313,  385,  398,  407, 
410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  426,  436,  447,  456,  468, 
481,487,491,  499,  503. 

F E R T I L I S E RS   and  F E E D I NG   S T U F F S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F E US   and  B U I L D I NG   L E A S ES  (Scotland);  Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  Feus  and  Leases  for  Building  in 
Scotland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  25.  Second  Reading  deferred,  44,  53,  152,  173, 
180,  200,  239,  275,  300. 

F I J I.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Special 

Exception-

F I N A N CE   ACCOUNTS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F A C T O RY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  
Holidays).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  

Employment 
Viae  ACCOUNTS. 

inside 

and  outside  on 

(Special  Exception— 
the  same  Day). 

F A C T O RY   and  W O R K S H OP   A CT  
Overtime).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Special  Exception— 

FACTORY 

and  W O R K S H OP   A C TS  

(Dangerous 

and 

Unhealthy  Industries).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

FACTORY  and  W O R K S H OP 

(Process  of  Casting  Brass). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F A C T O RY  and  W O R K S H OP  
Hours  of  Employment,  Sfc. 
Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Schemes  for 
in  Charitable 

regulation  of 
Institutions). 

F A C T O RY  and  W O R K S H O P.  

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F A IR   W A G ES   C O M M I T T E E.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F A L K I RK   and  D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
TION  [.Lords]  ;  Bill, 
intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Falkirk  and 
District  Water;  brought  from  the  Lords,  333.  Ordered 
(under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be  considered,  334. 
Considered,  340.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed, 
(Cited  as  Falkirk  and 
without  Amendment, 
District  Water  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

347. 

F A T AL   ACCIDENTS  (Damages)   (No.  2)  

[Lords]  ;  Bill, 
intituled  An  Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  the 
assessment  of  Damages  under  the  Fatal  Accidents  Acts; 
brought  from  the  Lords,  62.  Read  the  first  time,  83. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  86,  90,  93,  98,  102,  107,  110, 
1 1 5,   1 2 0,   122,  1 2 7.   132,  1 3 4,   1 3 9,   149,  162,  J 7 6,   1 7 9, 
1 8 3,   1 9 2,   1 9 5,   1 9 9,   2 0 8,   2 1 4,   2 2 0,   2 2 3,   2 2 9,   23   J,  2 4 0, 
2 4 1 . 2 4 6,   2 4 8,   2 5 1,   2 5 4,   2 5 9,   2 6 2,   267 ,  2 7 1,   2 7 5,   2 7 9, 
286,  290,  295,  298,  301,  305,  310,  313.  Bill  read  a 
second  time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 

the  year;  ordered 

F I N A N CE   ;  Bill  to  grant  certain  duties  of  Customs  and 
Inland  Revenue,  to  alter  other  duties,  and  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  Customs  and  Inland  Revenue  and  the 
National  Debt,  and  to  make  other  provisions  for  the 
financial  arrangements  of 
to  be 
brought  in  upon  Resolution  reported  from  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the 
Second  Reading  deferred,  219,  223. 
first  time,  213. 
Instruction 
the  Bill,  219. 
the  Committee  on 
to 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ; 
in  view  of  the  growing  liabili-
Amendment  proposed, 
bilities  of  the  nation,'"  &c.,  and  Debate  adjourned,  228. 
Adjourned  Debate  on  Amendment  resumed;  Question 
put,  and  negatived  on  Division  ;  Main  Question  put; 
Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  233,  234.  Committee  deferred, 
250,  267,  286,  304,  324.  Bill  considered  in  Committee  ; 
Closure  claimed  ;  Chairman  withholds  his  assent,  326. 
Again  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
Amendment;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  330. 
Third  Reading  deferred,  334,  339,  343,  347,  351,  355, 
359.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time ; 
Amendment  proposed,  "this  House  declines,"  &c.,  not 
made ;  Main  Question  put;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  360.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Finance  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
390. 

F I N A N C I AL  
E A ST  

I N D I A. 

STATEMENT 

(1908-9).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F I N C H L EY   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   COUNCIL  ;  Bill read  the first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Day 
Second  Reading 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
time,  and 
deferred,  34,  45,  59.  Bill  read  a  second 
committed,  61.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  112. 
Considered,  as  amended;  Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time, 
120.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  125.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  308.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  considered,  and,  with  an  Amendment  to  one  of 
them,  agreed  to,  340.  To  which  Amendment  the  Lords 
agree,  349. 
(Cited  as  Finchley  Urban  District  Council 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

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I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   557 

F I NE   A ET   and  G E N E R AL   INSURANCE  COMPANY  [Lords]; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16. 

F I N E S,   &C.  (Ireland). 

Yide-ACCOUNTS. 

F I R E A R MS  (Scotland  and  Ireland);  Bill  to  regulate  the 
sale  of  Firearms  in  Scotland  and  Ireland ; presented, and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  489. 

F I RE   at  H A M S T E AD   C O L L I E R Y, 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

M I N ES   and  Q U A R R I E S. 

F I RE  

INQUESTS  ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  holding  of  Fire 
Inquests;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  130.  Second  Reading  deferred,  159,  193,  230. 

F I S C AL   P O L I CY   of 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   T R A D E.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

F I S H E R I ES   (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F I S H E RY   B O A RD  (Scotland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F I S H E RY  

INVESTIGATIONS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F I S H G U A RD   and  ROSSLARE  R A I L W A YS   and  H A R B O U RS 
[Lords'] ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House of Lords,  13.  Report, Standing  Orders  certified  to 
have  been  complied  witn,  16.  Brought  from  the Lords ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred to  the  Examiners,  133. 
Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  in-
quired  into  complied  -with; Bill to  be  read  a  second  time, 
140.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  146. 
Reported,  without  Amendment,  186.  Considered  ;  Bill 
to  be  read  the  third  time, 190.  King's Consent  signified ; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amend-
ment,  200. 
(Cited  as  Fishguard  and  Rosslare  Railways 
and  Harbours  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

F L E E TS   (Great  Britain  and  Foreign  Countries).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

F R I E N D LY  

S O C I E T I E S;   Bill 

to  amend  the  Friendly 
Societies  Act,  1896  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  121.  Second  Reading  deferred,  134,  138, 
149,  162,  176,  179,  183,  192,  203,  209,  214,  220,  224, 
228.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a 
the  whole  House,  234.  Committee 
Committee  of 
deferred,  240,  242,  246,  251,  253,  259,  262.  Bill 
considered  in  Committee,  and  reported ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  264. 
Consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred,  267,  271,  275,  279,  286,  291,  295,  298,  301, 
305,  310,  313,  320,  325,  328,  331.  Considered,  as 
amended  ;  read  the  third time  and  passed,  335.  Agreed 
to  by the  Lords, with  Amendments;  Lords'  Amendments 
considered  forthwith,  and  agreed  to,  389. 
(Cited  as 
Friendly  Societies  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

F R I E N D LY  

S O C I E T I E S,   WORKMEN'S 

COMPENSATION 
SCHEMES,  I N D U S T R I AL   and  P R O V I D E NT   S O C I E T I E S, 
and  T R A DE   UNIONS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F R I E N D LY  
BANKS. 

S O C I E T I E S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

SAVINGS 

F R U IT   GROWERS 

increased 
(Scotland)-,  Bill 
security  of  tenure  to  Fruit  Growers  in  Scotland;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  85. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  99,  117,  150,  176,  193,210, 
230. 

to  give 

8  Edw.  VII,;  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

G A L A S H I E LS   D R A I N A GE  and  B U R GH   E X T E N S I ON 
O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional 
Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Galashiels  Drainage  and 
Burgh  Extension;  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  (under  Section  9 of  the  Act)  to be  read  a  second 
time,  276.  Read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
consideration,  302.  Considered;  day appointed  for  Third 
Reading,  311.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  317. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  345. 
(Cited  as  Galashiels  Drainage  and  Burgh  Extension 
Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

F O R E I GN  

and 

ACCOUNTS. 

COLONIAL 
P O ST   O F F I C E. 

P A R C EL  

P O S T. 

Vide 

GALWAY  (County).  Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

F O R E I GN   C O U N T R I ES  and  B R I T I SH   POSSESSIONS.  Vide 

ACCOUNTS.  T R A D E,   &C. 

F O R E I GN   C O U N T R I ES 

(Preference   to  Colonies).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

F O R E I GN   I M P O RT   D U T I E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F O R E I GN   J U R I S D I C T I ON   A C T.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F O R E I GN   J U R I S D I C T I ON   ACT  a nd   CONSULAR  S A L A R I ES 

and  F E ES   A C T,  1891.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F O R E I GN   T R A DE  and  COMMERCE.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F O R E I GN   T R A W L E RS   R E G U L A T I ON  ;  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  better  prevention  of  fishing  by  Foreign  Trawl 
Vessels  within  areas  closed  to  British  Trawl  Vessels; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  27. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  153,  188. 

FORESHORES.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F R A N C E.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

F R A N C H I SE   a nd   R E M O V AL   of  W O M E N 'S   D I S A B I L I T I ES   ; 
Bill  to  establish  a  single  Franchise  at  all  Elections,  and 
thereby  to  abolish  University  representation  and  to 
remove 
the  Disabilities  of  Women  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  70,  73,  84,  99,  117,128,  153,  177,  209,  230. 

G A RW  and  OGMORE  G A S;   Bill  read  the  first  time,and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  19.  Report,  Standing  Order 
62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  31. 
Read  a second time,  and  committed,  45.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  157.  Order for consideration, as  amended, 
discharged  ;  Bill  recommitted  to  the  former  Committee, 
173.  Reported, with Amendments,  186.  Considered,  as 
amended  ;  Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time,  194.  Bill  read 
the third time  and  passed,  204.  Agreed  to  by the Lords, 
with  Amendments,  312.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
329. 
( Cited as  Garw  and  Ogmore  Gas  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

G AS  

and  W A T ER   O R D E RS   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

[lords']; 
Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
Orders  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under the  Gas  and 
Water  Works  Facilities  Act,  1870,  relating  to  Brough 
Water,  Burgess  Hill  Water,  Earby  and  Thornton  Gas, 
East  Hull  Gas,  Sevenoaks  Water,  and  Stourbridge 
Water;  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  303.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  applicable  complied  with;  day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  317.  Second  Reading  deferred,  320. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  325.  Reported, 
with  Amendments;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  as  amended,  352.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended  ;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading, 
356.  Read  the third time and passed, with  Amendments, 
360.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  376. 
(Cited  as  Gas 
and  Water  Orders  Confirmation Act,  1908) Roval  Assent, 
391. 

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Sess.  1908. 

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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

G AS   O R D E RS   CONFIRMATION 

[Lords]   ;  Bill, 

intituled 
An  Act  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by 
the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Gas  and  Water  Works 
Facilities  Act,  1870,  relating  to  Caldicot  and  District 
Gas,  Rainford  Gas,  Rothwell  Gas,  Tenterden  and  Dis-
trict  Gas,  and  Woolmer  and District  Gas ;  brought  from 
the  liOrds;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  303.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
complied  with ;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  317. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  320.  Reported, 
with  Amendments  ;  Provisional  Orders confirmed ;  day 
appointed  for consideration,  as amended, 352.  Considered, 
as  amended;  djay  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  356. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  360. 
(Cited   as  Gas  Orders 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  376. 
Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

G AS   UNDERTAKINGS.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

G AS  

UNDERTAKINGS 

(Local  Authorities), 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

G E N E R AL   L I G H T H O U SE   F U N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

G E N E R AL   P R I S O NS  

(I r e l a n d)   A CT   AND  t he   P R I S O NS 

(Ireland)  A C T,   1 9 0 7.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G I N N E L L,   M R.   L A U R E N C E.   Vide  IMPRISONMENT  of  a 

M E M B E R.  

S P E A K E R. 

GLASGOW  a nd   S O U TH   W E S T E RN   R A I L W AY   O R D ER   C O N-
FIRMATION  \_Lotrds\\  Bill,  intituled  An, Act  to  confirm 
a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  the  Glasgow 
and  South  Western  Railway;  brought  from  the  Lords, 
and  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  day  appointed  for  con-
sideration,  3t5,  Considered  ;  day  appointed  for  Third 
Reading,  347.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
(Cited   as  Glasgow  and  South  Western 
Amendment,  356. 
Railwzy  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

GLYNCORRWG  U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C I L;   Bill  read 
the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  19. 
Read  a second  time, and  committed,  32.  Raported,  with 
Amendments  and  an  amended  Title,  112.  Considered, 
as  amended  ;  BiU  to  be  read  the  third  time,  125.  Read 
,  the  third  time  and  passed,  136.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  326.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  340. 
(Cited  as  Glyncorrwg  Urban  District 
Council  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

GOSPORT  G AS   ;  Bill  read  the first time,  and  referred to  the 
Examiners,  19.  Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied 
with ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  44.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  58.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
83.  Considered,  as  amended  ;  to  be read  the  third  time, 
141.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  145.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  369. 
Lords' 
Amendments,  in  pursuance  of  Order,  agreed  to,  374. 
(Cited  as  Gosport  Gas  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

GOVERNMENT  BUSINESS.  Vide  BUSINESS  of  the  H O U S E. 

H O U S E. 

G O V E R N M E NT  
ACCOUNTS. 

G O V E R N M E NT  
ACCOUNTS. 

D E P A R T M E N TS  

S E C U R I T I E S. 

Vide 

INSURANCES 

and  A N N U I T I E S. 

Vide 

GOVERNMENT  of 

I R E L A ND   ;  Motion,  That  the  present 
system  of  G o v e rnment   in  Ireland  is  in  opposition  to  the 
will  of  the  Irish  people  and  gives  them  no  voice  in  the 
management  of  their  own  affairs  ;  that  the  system  is 
consequently  inefficient  and  extravagantly  costly  ;  that 
it  does  not  enjoy  the  confidence  of  any  section  of  the 
population ;  that  it  is  productive  of  universal  discontent 
and  unrest,  and  is  incapable  of  satisfactorily  promoting 
the  material  and  intellectual progress  of  the  people  ;  that 
the  reform  of  Irish  Government  is  a  matter  vital  to  the 
interests  of  Ireland,  and  calculated  greatly  to  promote 
the  well-being  of  the  people  of  Great  Britain;  and,  in 
the  opinion  of  this  House,  the  solution  of  this  problem 
can  only  be  attained  by  giving  to  the  Irish  people  the 
legislative  and  executive  control  of  all  purely  Irish 
affairs;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave  out  from  the 
word  "  That"  to  end  of  Question,  and  add words  " inas-
much  as  the  abandonment  by  the  Imperial  Parliament," 
&c.,  and,  on  Division,  not  made  ;  Main  Question  again 
proposed;  Amendment  proposed,  to add  words  at the  end 
thereof,  and  agreed  to  ;  Main  Question,  so  amended, 
put,  and,  on  Divison,  agreed  to;  Resolution,  That,  &c., 
126, 

G O V E R N M E NT  of  SCOTLAND.  .  Motion,  That  leave  be 
given  to  bring  in  a Bill  to  amend  the  provisions  for  the 
future  Governmept  of  Scotland  ;  Question  pyjt,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Or4er  No.  11,  and,  on  Division,  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative;  Bill  presented  accordingly;  read  the 
first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  212. 
Second  R,e%ding deferred,  230. 

G R A ND   J U RY   (Ireland)   A-QT  ( 1 8 3 6)   A M E N D M E NT  ;  Bill 
to  amend  section  si^ty-rseven  of the Grand  Jury  (Ireland) 
Act,  1,8,36,  with  respect  to Piers,  Quays,  and other  works, 
and for  other  purposes  connected  therewith  ;  presented, 
read  a  $ecqnd  time,  330,  Second 
&nd  ordered  to 
Reading  deferred, 
Read  a  second  time;  Bill 
committed  tp  a  Committee  pf  the  whole  Housp,  346. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideratiqn,  ^s  amended,  350.  Considered,  as 
amended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  355. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Grand  Jury  (Ireland)  Act  (1836)  Amendment 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

time; 

GRAYSON,  MR.  ;  rpse  tp  mpve  the  Adjournment  of  the 
House  ;  Mr.  Speaker  informed hiaj that  such  a  Motion 
the  honourable 
could  not  be  made  at  that 
Member  proceeded,  nevertheless,  to  address  the  House  ; 
Mr.  Speaker  called  upon  him  to  discontinue  his  speech  ; 
the  honourable  Member  refusing,  Mr.  Speaker  directed 
him  to  withdraw  immediately  from  the  House,  and  called 
upon  the  Serjeant-at-Arms  to  remove  the  honourable 
Member,  403.  The  Chairman  called  the  attention  of  the 
Committee  to  the  disorderly  conduct  of  Mr.  Grayson, 
and  directed  him  to  discontinue  his  speech;  Member 
persisted  in  addressing  the  Committee;  whereupon  the 
Chairman  ordered  him  to  withdraw  immediately  from 
the  House  during  the  remainder  of  this  day's  Sitting ; 
but  Mr.  Grayson  persisted  in  his  disorderly  conduct; 
"Whereupon  the  Chairman  named  him  for  disregarding 
the  authority  of  the  Chair,  and  left  the  Chair  to  report 
the  circumstance  to  the  House;  Mr.  Speaker  resumed 
the  Chair,  and  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  M e a ns 
reported  that  Mr.  Grayson  had  been  named  by  him  to 
the  Committee as disregarding the authority of  the  Chair; 
Motion,  That Mr.  Grayson  be  suspended  from the  service 
of  the  House,  agreed  t o;   Mr.  Speaker  then  directed 
Mr.  Grayson  to  withdraw,  and  he  withdrew  accordingly, 
404.  Vide  CHAIRMAN.  M E M B E R S.  

S P E A K E R.  

° 

G O V E R N M E NT   L A B O R A T O R Y.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G O V E R N M E NT   of  I N D IA   A C T,   VIDE  ACCOUNTS. 

G O V E R N M E NT  of  I N D I A.  Vide  ADDRESS. 

G R E AT   E A S T E RN   R A I L W AY  (General  Powers);  Bill  read 
the first time, and peferred to the Examiners,  19.  Report, 
Standing  Order  62  effiftphed  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  31.  Re^d  a  second  time,  and  committed, 

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G R E AT   E A S T E RN   . R A I L W AY  (General  Powers)—  cont. 

! 
45.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  121.  Considered,  as ! 
amended,  140.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  142. j 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  212. j 
(Cited  as  Great  Eastern  Railway  ( General  Powers)  Act,  j 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

G R E AT   E A S T E RN   R A I L W AY  (Steamboats);  Bill  read  the \ 
first time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  19.  Report,; 
Standing  Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  78.  Bill  withdrawn,  93. 

G R E AT   N O R T H E R N,   P I C C A D I L L Y,   a nd   BROMPTON  R A I L-   | 
WAY  [Lords']  ;  Report, That  the  Bill  should  originate  inj 
the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders! 
certified  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought! 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to; 
the  Examiners,  256.  Report  Standing  Orders  not I 
previously  inquired 
into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be I 
read  a  second  time,  264.  Read  a  second  time,  and ; 
committed,  283.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  344. 
Considered,  as  amended  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended;  Read the  third time  and passed, with Amend- j 
ments,  361.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  376. 
(Cited  as 
Great.  Northern,  Piccadilly,  and  Brompton  Railway  Act,  \ 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

G R E AT   W E S T E RN   R A I L W AY   [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the ! 
Bill  should  originate  in  the Blouse of  Lords,  13.  Report, \ 
Standing Orders certified to  have  been  complied  with,  16. 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and j 
the  Examiners,  168;  Report  Standing  j 
referred  to 
Orders  not previously  inquired  into complied with;  Bill 
to  be read  a  second  time,  173.  Read  a  second  time,  and j 
committed,  190.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  221. 
Considered,  as  amended;  Amendments  made,  240.  1 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  247.  < 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  255. 
Western  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

(.Cited  as  Great 

premises  ;  presented,,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  377. 

G U A R A N T E ED   2|   P ER   C E N T.   STOCK.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G U N N E R Y.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

N A V Y. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  8.  1908. 

H A G UE   C O N F E R E N CE  (Miscellaneous,  No.  4,  1908), 
T HE 

P E A CE   C O N F E R E N CE  at 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 
H A G U E,   &C. 

HANDLOOM  W E A V I NG  

(Ireland)-,  Bill  to  protect  the 
interests  of  Handloom  Weavers  in  Ireland,  and  for 
other  purposes  in  connection  therewith  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read a  second  time,  75. 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  127,  131,  152,  165,  229,  236,  259,  282.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
Report  of  names 
300. 
of  Members  discharged  and  others  added,  315,  336. 
Names  of  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the 
Bill,  315.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A,  with 
an  Amendment;  day  appointed for consideration,  341. 

Standing  Committee  A,  306. 

H A R W I CH   DOCKS  ;  Bill  read  the first time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  32.  Reported,  Preamble  not proved,  75, 

H A R W I CH   HARBOUR.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

HASTINGS  H A R B O UR  ;  Bill  read 

the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with  an  Amend-
ment,  460.  Considered,  as  amended ;  Standing  Orders 
223  and  243  suspended  ;  King's  Consent  signified  ;  Bill 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  466. 

HASTINGS  W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

GREAT  WESTERN  RAILWAY 

(Superannuation  

Scheme) 
[Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in 
the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  100.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  pre-
viously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read 
a  second time,  112.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
125.  Read a second time, and committed, 129.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  157.  Considered,  as  amended,  164. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
172.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  182. 
( Cited  as  Great 
Western  Railway 
(Superannuation  Scheme)  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

H E R E F O R D S H I RE  

(Southern  or  Ross  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

H E R NE   B AY   P I ER  

[Lords];  Report,  That 

the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  88.  Read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  88.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  95.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  112.  Reported,  without 
Amendment,  137.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
141. 
(Cited  as  Heme  Bay  Pier  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  144. 

G R E EK   L O A N.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   ;  Resolution,  That  the  Statement 
of the  estimated  income  and  expenditure  of  Greenwich 
Hospital,  and  of  Travers'  Foundation,  for  the  year  : 
1908-9,  be  approved,  386. 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   and  T R A V E R S'   F O U N D A T I O N.   : 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G R E E N W I CH   OBSERVATORY.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G R E N A D A.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

G R E Y S T O N ES   G AS   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  32.  Second  Reading  deferred,  34,  46,  61. 
Bill  withdrawn,  85. 

GROCERS'  L I C E N C ES   (Abolition);   Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
with  respect  to the  grant  or renewal  of  Licences  for  the 
sale  of  beer,  wine,  and  spirits,  to  be  consumed  off  the 

H I GH   COURT  of  J U S T I CE   a nd   C O U RT   of  A P P E A L,   &C. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

H I G H ER  

EDUCATION 

(England 

and  Wales). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

H I G H G A TE   H I LL   TRAMWAYS  [Lords]-,  Report,  That 
the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders certified to  have  been  complied 
with,  16. 

HIGHWAYS;  Bill  to  amend  the  Highways  Act,  1835; 
presented,land  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  28. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  151,  155,  163,  188,  235,  259, 
272,  291,  295,  306. 

H I S T O R I C AL   MANUSCRIPTS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

H O L D E R N E SS   W A T E R;   Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  34.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  46.  Petition  for  additional  provision  read, 

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[1908. 

H O L D E R N E SS   W A T E R —c o n t i n u e d.  

I 
and  referred to  the  Examiners,  185.  Examiners  report, j 
on  Petition  for  additional  provision,  Standing  Orders,1 
not  complied  with;  Report referred to  Select  Committee j 
on  Standing  Orders,  190.  Report  from  Select  Com- i 
mittee  on  Standing  Orders,  on  Petition  for  additional! 
provision,  Standing  Orders  ought  not  to  be  dispensed! 
with,  212.  Bill  reported, with  Amendments,  297,  Con-j 
s i d l e d,   as  amended;  Standing  Orders  suspended; j 
King's  Consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and; 
'  passed,  311.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-; 
Lords'  Amendments,  in  pursuance  of j 
{Cited  as  Holderness  Water  Act,' 
j 

ments,  363. 
Order,  agreed  to,  368. 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

HOME  WORK ;  Select  Committee  to  consider  and  report; 
upon  the  conditions  of  labour  in  trades  in  which  Home 
Work  is  prevalent*  and  the  proposals,  including  those! 
for  the  establishment  of  wages  boards  and  the  licensing 
?  of  work-places,  which  have  been made  for the  remedying: 
of  existing  abuses;  appointed;  nominated;  power  to 
send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Seven  to  be  the; 
quorum,  37.  Minutes  of  Evidence  of  Select  Committee 
Sweated  Industries  Bill: 
of  last  Session  referred,  51. 
referred  to  the  Committee,  57.  Report,  with  Minutes 
of  Evidence  and  Appendix,  349.  Bill reported  from the ! 
I 
Select  Committee,  without  Amendment,  349. 
i 
HOME  WORK ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  better  regulation  | 
of  Home  Industries;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read [ 
a  second  time,  148.  Second  Reading  deferred,  162,  183, i 
217.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  266.  Second 
Reading  deferred*  272. 

HOME  W O RK   REGULATION;  B i ll  

to  provide 

for 

the 

better  regulation  of  Home  Industries  ;  presented*  and ; 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  46. 

H O NG   K O NG   M A IL   S E R V I C E.   Vide  L I V E R P O OL   and  | 

H O NG   K O NG   M A IL   S E R V I C E. 

H O N O U R A B LE   A R T I L L E RY   COMPANY  [Lords];  Report  i 
from  the  Examiners,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  j 
i  for  the  Bill  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with;  ; 
Report  referred to Select  Committee on Standing  Orders,  j 
164.  Report 
from  Select  Committee  on  Standing  ; 
Orders,  on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with,  212.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords;  i 
S  read  a  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  278.  j 
report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  j 

Examiners 
inquired  into  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  283.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  302. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  333. 
Considered,  as  . 
amended,  344.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  ; 
Amendments,  356.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  369.  j 
(Cited  as  Honourable  Artillery  Company  Act,  1908)  ; 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

•  •  j 

H OP  

I N D U S T RY  ;  Select  Committee  to  inquire  into  the  ' 
past  and  present  condition  of  the  Hop  Industry,  and to  ! 
report  thereon  ;  appointed  ;  nominated;  power  to  send  j 
the • 

-for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be 

quorum,  66.  Message  to  the  Lords  requesting  the 
attendance  of  a  Peer  as  a  Witness  before  the  Select ; 
; 
Committee,  172.  Leave  given,  174.  Report,  302. 

H OP   I N D U S T R Y.  Vide  ADDRESS. 

HOPS ;  Bill  to  prohibit  the  use  of  Hop  Substitutes  in i 
brewing,  and  the  importation  of  Hops  except  in  bags 
properly  marked  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  . 
second  time,  482.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  ( 
second  time ;  Debate  arising ;  Motion,  That  the  Debate  i 
be  now  adjourned,  and  Question  negatived;  Original 
Question  proposed;  Amendment  proposed*  " three 
months,"  and  negatived  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  j 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  486.  j 

Committee  deferred,  491,499* 504,  507,  Bill  withdrawn, 
5 0 9, 

H O R S E - B R E E D I NG   (Royal  Commission').  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

H O U RS   Of  L A B O UR   ;  Bill  to  restrict  the  hours  of  labour 
in  all  trades  and  industries  to  eight  per day;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time* 35.  Bill  with-
drawn,  95. 

H O U RS   of  L A B O UR  (Bakehouses)  ;  Bill  to  restrict  the 
hours  in  Bakehouses  to  eight  hours  per  day,  and  not 
more  than  forty-eight  hours  per  week;  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a  second  time,  75. 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  104,  108,  135,  152,  217,  247,  279. 

H O U RS   of  L A B O UR 

(Surfacemen);   Bill  to  restrict  the 
hours  of  labour  of  Surfacemen  at  collieries  Called  upon 
to  work  seven  days  per  week  to  eight  hours  per  day  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  100. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  117,  139,  154,  166,  196,  217, 
247.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  274. 

HOUSE  : 

:  Attends  His  Majesty  in  the  House  of  Peers 

at  the  opening  of the  Session,  3. 

———  Attends the Lords  Commissioners in  the  House 

of  Peers,  124,  144,  261,  390,  514. 

^—   R E S O L U T I O N S: 

— ——   That  this  House  will,  to-morroW,  resolve  itself 
into  a  Committee  to  consider of the  Supply to  be  granted 
to  His  Majesty,  29  Ways  and  Means,  29. 

—- 

—  At   its  rising  to  adjourn  till  Monday,  17.  Till 
Monday  27th  April  (Easter),  145.  Till  Wednesday  10th 
June (Whitsuntide), 238.  Till Monday 12th  October,388. 
Relative to the  Assassination of the  King of  Portugal  and 
the Duke  of  Braganza (nemine  contradicente),  25.  Regis-
tration  of  Voters,  39.  Local  Taxation, 49.  Congo  Free 
State,  65.  Contempt  of  Court  (Ireland),  87.  Poisons 
and Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords'],  91.  Unemployed  Workmen 
Bill,  94.  London  Electric  Supply  Bills  ;  disagreeing 
with  the  Lords  in  their  Resolution  for  referring  Bills 
to  a  Joint  Committee,  102.  Government  of  Ireland, 
126.  Taxation  Basis,  130.  Opium  Traffic,  168.  Native 
Affairs  in  South  Africa,  183.  Old  Age  Pensions,  216. 
Shetland  Mail  Service,  217.  Alderney  Mail  Service, 
217.  West  Indian  Inter-Colonial  Mail  Service,  217. 
Housing  of  Workpeople,  217.  Greenwich  Hospital,  386. 
Lotteries  and  Advertisements 
Unemployment,  416. 
(Joint  Committee),  112. 

That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  214,  242, 

244,  264,  317. 

That  this  House  do  now  adjourn  (Death  of 

Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman,  G.C.B.),  147. 

That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow  at  Ten, 

357,  386.  At   Twelve,  238,  510.  At  Two,  513. 

That  this  House  will 

immediately  resolve 

itself  into  a  Committee  on  a Bill,  512. 

I N F O B M ED   of  M A T T E RS   : 

By  Mr.  Speaker,  of  a  Letter  received  by  him 

relating  to the  Imprisonment  of  a  Member,  3. 

Of  a  Letter  received  by  him  relating  to  the 
Assassination  of  the  King  of  Portugal  and  of  the  Duke 
of  Braganza,  67. 

House 

immediately  resolves 

itself 

into  a 

Committee  on  a  Bill,  331,  476. 

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HOUSE—continued. 

House  again  resolves  itself  into  a  Committee 
on  a  Bill,  having  been  interrupted  by  the  disorderly 
conduct  of  a Member,  404,. 

Meets at  Two,  3.  At   a  quarter  before  Three, 
•n—* 
13, &c.  At   Twelve,  16,  &c.  (Thursday),  240.  At  Ten, 
360. 

Motions  for  Adjournment  of  the  House,  and 
Question  agreed  to,  13,  34,  43,  46,  56,  75,  80,  93,  102, 
113,  120,187. 

Motions  for  Adjournment  of  the  House  with-

drawn,  44,  63. 

477. 

509. 

423. 

444. 

190. 

— . 

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A D J O U R N M E N TS   : 

— From  Friday  till  Monday,  17. 

T h at   t h is   H o u se   do   n ow   a d j o u rn   f r om   M o n d a y, 
6th  April,  till  Tuesday  14th  April  (Resignation  of 
the  Prime  Minister),  142. 

From  Tuesday,  14th  April,  till  Monday,  27th 

April  (Easter  Recess),  145. 

From  Wednesday,  3rd  June,  till  Wednesday, 

10th  June  (Whitsuntide  Recess),  238, 

43. 

From  Saturday,  lst  August, till  Monday,  12th 

October  (Autumn  Recess),  392. 

That  this  House  do now  adjourn,  113. 

That  this.  House  do  now  adjourn  (Death  of 
(Monday, 

Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman,  G.C.B.) 
27th  April),  147. 

Motion,  That;  this  House  do  now  adjourn, 
the  clock  the  Motion  for 

and  it  being  Eleven  of 
adjournment lapsed  without  Question  put,  298. 

Pursuant  to Order of  the  House,  320,325,328, 
331,  335,  340,  343,  347,  350,  355,  360,  361.  368,  374, 
381,  386,  392,  398,  400,  402,  403,  405,  408,  410,  412, 
414,  415,  417,  418,  420,  422,  423,  426,  427,  429,  431, 
433,  436,  438,  441,  444,  447,  449,  452  454,  455,  456, 
460,  461,  462,  466,  469,  471,  474,  475,  477,  481,  484, 
487,  492,  496,  499,  504,  5Q7, 509,  512,  513. 

sits  till  Twenty-three  minutes  after  Twelve 

(noon),  392. 

Thirteen  minutes  after Two,  513. 

Twenty-seven  minutes  after  Three, 

102. 

13. 

474. 

447i 

Two  minutes  before  Four,  142. 

402. 

-  Seventeen  minutes  before  Four,  361. 

Two  minutes after Four,  124. 

Eighteen  minutes  after Four,  264. 

4'61. 

147. 

145. 

Thirteen  minutes  after Five^ '71j 455, 

Twenty-one  minutes  after  Five,  95s 

Twenty-six  minutes  after  Five,  173, 

Twenty-eight  minutes  after  Five, 

Twenty-nine  minutes  after  Five, 

— — F o u r t e en   minutes  before  Six,  360. 

—:—  Eleven  minutes  before  Six,  320. 

Ten  minutes  before  Six,  340. 

: 

— 

Nine  minute?  before  Six,  433. 

Eleven  minutes after  Six,  244. 

-h—-  —  Nine  minutes  after  Seven,  389. 

—.  • 

Sixteen  minutes  after  Seven,  512. 

-; 

Nineteen  minutes  after  Seven,  475. 

a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  Eight, 

Six  minutes  before  Eight,  120. 

—  Two  minutes  before  Eight,  34. 

Eighteen  minutes  after  Ei^ht,  113. 

Twenty  minutes  after  Eight,  187-

—— 

Twenty-five  minutes  after  Eight, 

—  Nineteen  minutes  before  Nine,  214. 

— 

Twenty-three  minutes  after  Nine, 

Six  minutes  before  Ten,  80. 

Ten,  496. 

Eighteen  minutes  after Ten,  507. 

' 

\ 

: 

—  Nineteen  minutes  before  Eleven, 

t 

:  Eighteen  minutes  before  Eleven, 

^— 

Sixteen  minutes  before Eleven,  414. 

Ten  minutes  before  Eleven,  93. 

Eight  minutes  before  Eleven,  63, 

Six  minutes  before Eleven,  429. 
Five  minutes  before  Eleven,  418. 
One  minute  before  Eleven,  46,  75, 

-r^- 

Eleven,  24,  420. 

Twenty-three  minutes  after  Four,; 

Twenty-five  minutes  after  Four, 140.; 
Twenty  minutes  before  Five,  18. 
1 
Five  minutes before  Five,  242. 
One minute  after Five,  160,  415. 
Two  minutes  after  Five,  31,  112,405.: 
Three  minutes  after Five,  82,  466. 
Four  minutes  after  Five,  44. 

j 

Five  minutes  after Five,  227,  301. 
Seven  minutes  after Five,  206. 
Eight  minutes  after  Five,  248. 
Nine  minutes  after Five,  283. 
Ten  minutes  after Five,  58. 

j 
; 

j 

One  minute  after Eleven,  400,  471. 

Two  minutes  after  Eleven,  27,  40, 

61,  156,  169,  298,  398,  456. 

——  Four  minutes  after  Eleven,  88,  158, 

200. 

91,  166,240,  263,275. 

Five  minutes  after  Eleven,  37,  50, 

Six  minutes  after Eleven,  204. 

— 

Seven  minutes  after Eleven,  66,  252. 

— 

Eight  minutes  after Eleven,  185,194, 

410. 

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Ten  minutes  after  Eleven,  99,  231, 

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,  422. 
——  

sits  till  Eleven  minutes  after  Eleven.  314,1 
: 

107,  291. 

—— 

—  Twelve  minutes  after  Eleven,  26, 

172,403,481. 

Twenty-one  minutes  before  One, 

—-   Twenty  minutes  before  One,  386. 

—  Sixteen  minutes  before  One,  355. 

—  —  a quarter  of  an hour before One, 484. 

—— 
«•  452.'  . 
—— 

154. 

——  

132,  317. 

——  

412,  449. 

— 

311. 

Thirteen  minutes  after  Eleven,  197, 

Fourteen  minutes  after  Eleven,  85, 

•— 

— 

= 

a quarter  of  an hour after  Eleven, 73, 

Sixteen  minutes  after Eleven,  16,  78, 

——— 

Seventeen  minutes  after Eleven, 53. 

Eighteen  minutes  after  Eleven,  255, 

—;   — 

Twenty  minutes  after Eleven,  408. 

—— 

140,  220,  381. 

— 
280. 

Twenty-one  minutes  after  Eleven, 

Twenty-two  minutes  after  Eleven, 

Twenty-five  minutes  after  Eleven, 

269. 

— 

123,  260. 

— -—   Twenty-seven  minutes  after  Eleven, 

Twenty-nine  minutes  after  Eleven, 

135, 236,  335. 

.-• 

'.r 

Half  an  hour  after  Eleven,  288,  427. 

Twenty-eight  minutes before Twelve, 

Twenty-five  minutes  before  Twelve, : 

•  Five  minutes  before  One,  328. 

— 

—  Four  minutes  before  One,  443. 

—— 

'  • One  minute  after  One,  441. 

Nine  minutes  after  One,  351. 
——-  Seventeen  minutes  after One, 492. 
Eighteen  minutes  after One,  306. 
Twenty-seven  minutes  before  Two, 

—  Eighteen  minutes  before  Two,  438. 
Ten  minutes  before  Two,  417. 
Half  an hour  after  Two,  504. 
Twenty-nine  minutes  after  Three 

Two  minutes  after  Four  a.m.,  368. 

56. 

——  
; 

a.m.,  487. 

counted,  and  Forty  Members  not  being 
present,  and  it  being  after  Four  of  the  clock,  Mr. 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without  Question  put,  at 
two  minutes  after  Four,  till  Monday  next,  124. (Friday.) 
—  counted,  and  Forty  Members  not  being 
present,  and  it  being  then  after  Four  of  the  clock,  the 
House  was  adjourned by  Mr.  Speaker  without  Question 
put, at  twenty-five  minutes  after Four,  till  Monday next, 
140. 
(Friday.)  At   half  an  hour  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  till  to-morrow,  288. 

adjourned,  pursuant 

to  Standing  Order 

No.  3,  without  Question  put,  18,  31,  &c. 

— 

Twenty-four  minutes  before  Twelve, 

half-past  Eleven,  30,  70,  107, &c. 

. 

adjourned  without  Question  put,  it  being  after 

:  — 

Twenty  minutes  before  Twelve,  224, 

—  Nineteen  minutes  before  Twelve, 

Sixteen  minutes  before Twelve,  499. 

a quarter  of  an hour  before  Twelve, 

——  Thirteen  minutes before Twelve,  347. 

——  Twelve  minutes  before  Twelve,  462. 

Ten  minutes  before Twelve,  117,272, 

Eight  minutes  before  Twelve,  426. 

Seven  minutes  before Twelve,  177. 

Seven  minutes  after  Twelve,  128. 

Ten  minutes  after  Twelve,  163. 

Thirteen  minutes  after  Twelve,  460. 

-r.—  — 

Fourteen  minutes  after Twelve,  469. 

—— 

Twenty  minutes  after  Twelve,  70. 

; 

Twenty-two  minutes  after  Twelve, 

HOUSE,  BUSINESS  OF  T H E: 
—— 

(King's  Speech,  Motion  for 

an.  Address)  -, 
Order,  That  the  proceedings  on the  Address,  in  answer 
to  His  Majesty's  Speech,  shall,  until  concluded,  have 
precedence  of  all  other  Orders  of  the  day,  and  of 
Notices  of  Motions,  at  all  Sittings  for  which  they  are  set 
down,  15. 

(Supply)  ;  Order,  That  the  proceedings  on 
the  Licensing  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of  the 
Business  of  Supply,  68,  157. 

(Supply);  Order,  That  the  proceedings  on 
the  Motion  for  the  allocation  of  time  with  respect  to  the 
Small  Landholders  (Scotland) Bill and  the  Land  Yalues 
(Scotland)  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of  the  Business 
of  Supply,  41. 

(Supply)  ;  Order,  That  the  proceedings  on 
to  Prosecution  of  Offences 
the  Resolution  relating 
(Amendment)  [Expenses]  have  precedence  this  day  of 
the  Business  of  Supply,  121. 

—  (Supply);  Order,  That  the  proceedings  on 
the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of 
the  Business  of  Supply,  316. 
(Supply); 

Order,  That  the  proceedings  on 
the  Irish  Universities  Bill  have  precedence  this  day  of 
the  Business  of  Supply,  353. 

—— 

(Supply);  Order,  That 

the  Committee  of 
the 

Ways  and  Means  have  precedence  this  day  of 
Business  of  Supply,  170. 

Twenty-three  minutes  after  Twelve, 
I 
— — —-   Twenty-eight  minutes  after  Twelve, 

(Supply);  Order,  That  on  this  day,  notwith-
standing  anything  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  Business 
other  than  Business  of  Supply  may  be  taken  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  370. 

431. 

<—: 

30,110. 

436. 

343. 

374. 
• 
' 

• 

« 

180,  325. 

296, 

— 
t 1  •  -  • • 
— 

*  454. 
— 

211. 

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H O U S E,   B U S I N E SS   OF   THE,—continued. 

(Supply)  ;  Motion,-That  the  proceedings  on| 
going  into  Committee  of  Supply,  if  under  discussion: 
when  the  Business  is  postponed  this  day,  be  resumed; 
and  proceeded  with,  though  opposed,  after the  interrup-: 
tion  of  Business,  and  Question  agreed to  on  Division,; 
79,  86,  103. 

(Supply);  Motion,  That  the  proceedings  on 
the  Business  of  Supply,  if  under  discussion  when  the 
Business  is  postponed  this  day,  be  resumed  and  pro-
ceeded  with,  though  opposed,  after  the  interruption  of 
Business,  notwithstanding  anything  in  Standing  Order 
No.  15, and  Question  agreed  to  on Division,  92. 

(Licensing  Bill)  ;  Order,  That the  proceedings! 
On  the  Licensing  Bill,  if  under  discussion  when  the 
Business  is  postponed,  be  resumed  and proceeded  with, 
though  opposed,  after the  interruption  of  Business,  68. 

E X E M P T I O NS   from  Standing  Order  No.  1  (Sittings 

of  the  House)  :— 

King's  Speech (Motion for an Address),  29. 

Supply  (on  Division),  55,  108,  121. 

Business  of 

the  House 

(Government  of 

Ireland),  126  (on  Division). 

Licensing  Bill,  161. 

Proceedings  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 

Means,  170  (on Division),  208. 

— 

• Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. Bill,  178. 

—  Coal  Mines  (Eight  Hours)  (No.  2)  Bill,  266. 

Old  Age  Pensions  Bill,  303. 
Unemployment,  416. 

Education  (Scotland)  Bill,  437  (on  Division). 

Port  of  London  Bill,  on Division,  439,  441. 

—  Prevention  of  Crime  Bill,  457  (on  Division). 

Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 

(No.  2)  Bill,  461  (on  Division). 

— Irish  Land  Bill,  483  (on  Division). 

(Reports  of  Money  Committees);  Order,  That 
the  proceedings  on the  Reports  of  the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means  and  Committees  authorising  the: 
expenditure  of  public  money,  other  than the  Committee 
of  Supply,  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour  after ; 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  though  opposed,  and  shall  not  be 
interrupted  under  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order; 
(Sittings  of  the  House),  after Amendment  proposed, and: 
i 
withdrawn,  213. 
(Government  Business)  ;  Motion.  That  until 
the  adjournment  for  the  autumn holidays  Government: 
Business  be not interrupted  under  the  provisions  of  any! 
Standing  Order  regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House,! 
and may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour,  though  opposed 
that, at the conclusion of  Government  Business  each day,! 
Mr.  Speaker  do  adjourn  the  House  without  Question; 
put;  and  that  no  Motions  be  made to  bring  in  Bills 
under  Standing  Order  No.  11, and Question, on Division,! 
resolved in the  Affirmative, 318. 

— (Government  Business);  Motion,  That  for the 
remainder  of  the  Session  Government  Business  be  not 
i n t e r r u p t ed   under  the  provisions  of any  Standing  Orders 
regulating  the  Sittings  of  the  House, and may  be  entered 
upon  at  any  hour,  though  opposed;  and that  no  Motions 
be  made to  bring in  Bills  under  Standing  Order  No.  11, 
and  Question,  on Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative, 
484. 

(Private  Business);  Motion,  That  the proceed-
ings on  any  Private  Business  set  down for  consideration 
at  8.15  this  evening  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means  may  be entered  upon  at  any  hour,  and 
be  not  interrupted  under  any  Standing  Order  regulating 
the  Sittings  of  the  Honse;  withdrawn,  384. 

— 
(Private  Business);  Order,  That  the  proceed-
ings  on any  Private  Business  set  down for  consideration 
at  8.15  this  evening  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour,  and 
be  not  interrupted  under  any  Standing  Order  regulating 
the  Sittings  of  the  House,  496. 

(Allocation  of 

—  (Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  and  the 
Time)); 
Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill 
Motion,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Small  Landowners 
(Scotland)  Bill  and  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill 
the  Committee  on  the  Financial  Resolution  (if  any) 
relating  to  the  Bill  shall  be deemed  to have  been  setup, 
as required  by  the  Standing  Orders  of  the  House,  and 
the  Second  Reading,  Committee  stage,  and  Report 
stage  of  the  Bill  (including  the  Financial  Resolution  (if 
any)  relating  thereto),  and  the  Third  Reading  of  the 
Bill,  shall  be  proceeded  witjj  in  the  following  manner, 
&c.;  King's  Recommendation  signified  of  the  payment 
of  any  salaries,  &c.;  on  Motion  Debate  adjourned,  38. 
Resumed,  41.  Amendments  proposed  but  not  made  on 
Division.  Main  Question  put  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and  on  Division  agreed  to, 
42.  Order,  &c. 

(Old  Age Pensions Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)  ) ; 
Motion,  That  the  Committee  stage,  Report  stage,  and 
Third  Reading  of  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  shall  be 
proceeded  with in  the  following manner, and  Order made, 
after Amendments  proposed, and  not  made, and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate), 
256,  258. 

(Licensing  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)) ;  Motion, 
That  the  Committee  stage,  Report  stage,  and  Third 
Reading  of  the  Licensing  Bill, and  the  necessary  stages 
of  the  Financial  Resolution  relating  thereto  s 
be 
proceeded  with  as  follows,  &c.,  336.  Order  made, after 
two  Amendments  made,  other  Amendments  not  made, 
and  Question  put,  pursuant to  Standing  Order  (Closure 
of  Debate),  338. 

——•—  (Licensing  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time on  Report 

Stage)  );  Order,  That  the  proceedings  on  each  of  the 
five  allotted  days  given  to  the  Report  stage  of  the 
Licensing  Bill  shall  be  those  shown  in  the  following 
tables,  &c.,  439. 

(Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 
(No.  2)  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time)  );   Motion,  That  the 
Committee  stage,  Report  stage, and  Third  Reading  of 
the  Elementary Education (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2) 
Bill,  and the  necessary  stages of the Financial  Resolution, 
shall  be  proceeded  with  as  follows,  &c.,  and  Question 
amended,  and agreed  to  on  Division,  463,  464,  465. 

(Provisional  Order  Bills);  Order,  That  as 
regards  Provisional  Order  Bills  returned  by  the  House 
of  Lords  this  day,  with  Amendments,  such  Amendments 
may  be  considered  after the  Government  Orders  of  the 
day,  512. 

A D J O U R N M E NT   (Autumn  Sittings);  Motion, 
That  this  House,  at  its  rising  to-morrow,  do  adjourn 
until  Monday  the  12th  day  of  October  next;  that for 
the  remainder  of  the  Session  Government  Business  have 
precedence  at  every  Sitting  ;  that  at  the  conclusion  of 
Government  Business  on  each  day  Mr.  Speaker  do 
adjourn  the  House  without  Question  put  ;  and  that  on 
Fridays  the  House,  unless  it  otherwise  resolves,  shall  at 
its  rising  stand  adjourned  until  the  following  Monday, 
and  Question  agreed  to,  after  Amendment  proposed,  to 
leave  out  words,  and  withdrawn,  388. 

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A D J O U R N M E NT   M O T I O NS  

Order  No.  10):— 

(under  Standing 
j 

, ———-——  Members  rise  in  their  places  and  ask  leave  to 
move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the  purpose  of: 
discussing  definite  matters of  urgent  public  importance.: 

P L E A S U RE   of  t he   H O U SE   S I G N I F I ED   : 

— ——  

Motions  stand  over,  under  Standing  Order 

N o . 1 0,   till  the  evening  :— 

i 
Mr.  Clancy  ;  Mail  Steamers  at  Kingstown,; 
137.  Motion)  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  with-! 
drawn,  138. 

—  Mr.  Arthur  Henderson; 

Unemployment; 

withdrawn,  441. 

HOUSE  of  COMMONS  (Admission   of  Strangers); 

Select 
Committee  to  inquire  into  the  Rules  and  Regulations 
under  which  Strangers  are  admitted  to  this  House  and 
its  precincts  ;  and  to  report  whether  any  alterations  in 
the  same  are  expedient;  appointed;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records,  477.  Nominated;  Three 
to  be  the  quorum,  478. 

'Report,  505. 

is  of  opinion 

H O U SE   of  COMMONS  (Foreign  Press);  Motion,  That  this 
House 
that  accommodation  should  be 
provided  in  the  House  of  Commons  for  representatives 
of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Press,  and  that  such 
extension  of  the  Reporters'  Gallery,  or  such  increase  of 
room  elsewhere,  should  be  made  as  will  suffice  for  this 
purpose;  withdrawn,  115. 

H O U SE   of  COMMONS  (Kitchen   and  Refreshment  Rooms)  ; 
Select  Committee  to  control  the  arrangements  for  the 
Kitchen  and  Refreshment  Rooms  in  the  Department  of 
the  Serjeant-at-Arms  attending  this  House;  appointed; 
to  consist  of  Seventeen  Members;  nominated;  power 
to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be 
the  quorum,  30.  Member  added  to  the  Committee,  384. 
Report,  505. 

H O U S E - L E T T I NG   (Scotland);   Bill  to reform  the  system  of 
House-letting  in  Scotland;  presented,  and  ordered to  be 
read  a  second  time,  22.  On  Order for  Second  Reading 
read,  Mr.  Speaker  calls  the  attention  of  the  House  that 
some  of  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  were  beyond  the  Title 
of  the  Bill  as  presented  to the House  ;  whereupon  Order; 
discharged,  and  Bill  withdrawn,  188. 

HOUSE-LETTING  (Scotland) 

(No.  2 );   Bill  to  amend  the! 
Law  as  to  the  letting  and  rating  of  Houses  in  Scotland, 
and for  other  purposes  relating  thereto;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  178.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  189,  235. 

H O U S E - L E T T I NG  (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

H O U SE   of  COMMONS 

(Admission  of  Strangers). 

Vide 

S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E E S.   H O U S E. 

H O U SE   of  L O R DS   M A N U S C R I P T S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L O R D S. 

H O U SE   of  L O R D S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS.  F EE   F U ND   (House 

of  Lords). 

H O U S I NG   CONDITIONS  (Scotland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

H O U S I NG  of  the  W O R K I NG   C L A S S E S;   Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes, 
to amend  the  Law  of  Rating,  and  to  establish  Fair  Rent 
Courts  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  62.  Second  Reading  deferred,  150,  218,  246,  254, 
272,  291,  310. 

H O U S I NG  of  the  W O R K I NG   CLASSES  (Ireland);  Bill  to 
provide  further  facilities  for  the  erection  of  Houses  for 
in  Ireland; 
the  Working  Classes  in  cities  and  towns 

presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22. 
Bill  read  a second time,  after Amendment,  " six  months," 
proposed,  bnt  not  made;  committed 
to  a  Standing 
Committee,  111.  Standing  Committee  A,  113.  Report 
of  names  of  Members  discharged  and  others  added, 
120,  129,  136,  226,  238,  253.  Report  of  names  of 
Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  120. 
Bill  reported 
from  the  Standing  Committee,  with 
Amendments;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  260. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  267,  287,  295. 
On  Order  for  consideration,  as  amended,  read,  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  the  former  Committee, 
withdrawn  ;  Bill  considered,  as  amended  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  318.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  455.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them, 
476.  Consideration  of  Lords'  Amendments  deferred, 
480,486,  491.  Lords'Amendments  considered  ;  several 
agreed  to,  several disagreed  t o;   one Amendment  divided, 
part  agreed  to,  part  disagreed  to  ;  one  other  Amend-
ment  amended,  and  agreed  t o;   one  other  Amend-
ment  disagreed  to ;  remaining  Amendments  agreed  to ; 
Committee  appointed  to draw up  Reasons  for  disagreeing 
to  certain  of  Lords' Amendments  ;  nominated  ;  Three  to 
be  the  quorum;  to  withdraw immediately,  495.  Reasons 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  496.  The  Lords  insist  on one  of 
their  Amendments  and  assign  Reason;  do  not  insist  on 
one  other  of  their  Amendments,  but  propose  an  Amend-
ment  in  lieu  thereof;  agree  to  the  Amendment  made  by 
this  House  to  their  Amendments,  with  Amendments, 
and  do  not  insist  on  their  remaining  Amendment,  505. 
Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  on one  of  their  Amendments 
to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  Lords'  Amendments 
to  the  Bill  in  lieu  of  one  disagreed  to,  and  Lords' 
Amendments 
to  Lords' 
to  Commons'  Amendments 
Amendments,  considered,  509.  This  House  doth  not 
insist  on  its  disagreement  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  on 
which  the  Lords  insist,  and  agree  to  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House 
to the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to the  Bill,  509. 
( Cited  as  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

HOUSING  of  the  WORKING  CLASSES  (I r e l a n d)  

[Consoli-
dated  Fund\;  Motion  for  the  House  to  Resolve  itself 
into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  advance, 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund,  of  any  sum  necessary  to 
meet  any  deficiency  in  the  Fund  of  the  Suitors  in  the 
Supreme  Court  in  Ireland  under  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  provide  further  facilities  for  the  erection  of 
Houses  for  the  Working  Classes  in  cities  and  towns  in 
Ireland;  King's  Recommendation  signified;  Question 
agreed  to,  201.  Committee  deferred,  206.  Matter  con-
sidered 
immediately 
reports  Progress,  209.  Considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  214.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  219. 

in  Committee,  and  Committee 

H O U S I NG   of  W O R K I NG   CLASSES  A C TS   A M E N D M E N T; 
Bill  to  amend the  Housing  of  the  Working Classes  Acts, 
and  otherwise  to  facilitate  the  building  of  Houses  for 
the  Working  Classes  in  rural  districts  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  40.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  64,  88,  120,  135,  152,  177,  203,  224,  243. 

H O U S I NG  of  W O R K P E O P LE   ;  Resolution,  That  this  House 
considers  that  immediate  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure 
the  provision  of  proper  sanitary  Housing  Accommodation 
for  Workpeople  employed  upon  works  of  construction, 
and in  other  occupations  of  a temporary  character,  217. 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   &C. ;  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes,  to 
provide  for  the  making  of  Town  Planning  Schemes,  and 
to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to  the  appoint 
ment  and  duties  of  County  Medical  Officers of  Health; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  121. 

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I N D EX  

to  the  ONE  HUNDRED  and  SIXTY-THIRD  VOLUME.  557 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,  &c.—continued. 

H Y D R O G R A P H E R 'S   R E P O R T.   Vide  ACCOUNTS.  N A V Y, 

Second  Reading  deferred,  134,  138,  149,  156,  158,  162, 
165,  169,  171,  176.  Proceedings  on Second  Readingnot 
to  be  interrupted  Hinder the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of 
the  House),  agreed  to  on  Division,  178.  Motion,  That, 
the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time;  Amendment  pro-
posed,  " this House  is  of  opinion  that  no  measure  dealing 
with  the  Housing  Question," &c.,  and  withdrawn;  Main 
Question  put,  and  agreed  to;  Bill  read  a second time, and 
Standing 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  179. 
Committee  B,  185.  Fifteen  Members  added  to  the 
Committee,  232.  Members  discharged,  others  added, 
232,  243,  248,  270,  27.7,  283,  315,  317,  326,  336,  403, 
405,  409,  423,  426,  430,  441,  450,  454,  460.  Reported 
from  the  Standing  Committee,  with  Amendments  ;  Title 
amended;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  474.  Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  480.  Bill  withdrawn, 
486. 

' 

H U D D E R S F I E LD   W A T ER   [Lords'];  Report,  That  the  Bill 
v  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  96.  Read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to the  Examiners,  96,  Report,  Stand-
ing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  112.  Read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  125.  Reported,  without  Amendment; 
Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time,  157.  Bill  read  the  third 
(Cited   as 
time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  173. 
Huddersfield  Water  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

H U LL   and  B A R N S L EY   R A I L W AY   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  19.  Report,  Standing 
Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
44.  Read  a second  time, and  committed,  58.  Reported, 
with  an  Amendment,  118.  Considered,  as  amended j 
129.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  140.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  212.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  224. 
(Cited   as  Hull  and  Barnsley 
Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

H U M B ER   COMMERCIAL  R A I L W AY   and  DOCK  ;  Bill  read 
the  first  time, and referred to the Examiners,  19.  Report 
from  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  in  the 
case  of  Petitions for dispensing  with  Standing  Order 128, 
That  the  Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  48. 
Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  61.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  75.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  88. 
Reported,  With  Amendments,  129.  Considered,  as 
amended,  141.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  145. 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  293. 
Agreed 
Lords'Amendments   agreed  to,  301. 
(Cited   as  Humber 
Commercial  Railway  and  Dock  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

H U R L Y 'S   D I V O R CE  [L o r d s];   Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to 
dissolve  the  Marriage  of  Honoria  Hurly  with  Maurice 
Randall  Hurly,  a  Major  in  the  93rd  Burma  Infantry, 
her now  husband,  and  to  enable  her  to  marry  again,  and 
for  other  purposes  ;  brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the 
first time,  186.  Standing  Orders 204 and 235  suspended; 
Bill  to  be  now  read  a  second  time;  Bill  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  207.  Message  requesting 
the 
to  communicate  Minutes  of  Evidence,  &c.; 
Lords 
to  the  Committee  to  hear  Counsel  and 
Instruction 
examine  Witnesses,  &o., 207.  Member  discharged  from 
the Committee, another added, 211.  Minutes of  Evidence, 
&e.  communicated  by  the  Lords,  212.  Reported  from 
the  Select  Committee  on  Divorce  Bills,  without  Amend-
ment,  233.  Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Proceedings  in 
the  House  of  Lords  to  be  returned,  233.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  242. 
( Cited 
ms Hurly's  Divorce  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

AC-

H Y P O T H EC   A B O L I T I ON   (Scotland)  ;  Bill  to  abolish  the 
landlords'  right  of  Hypothec  for  rent  in  Scotland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68. 
Second Reading  deferred,  150,  188,  197,  247,  254,272. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

I M P E R I AL   O T T O M AN   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN   of  1 8 5 5. 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I M P E R I AL   R E V E N UE   (Collection  and  Expenditure) 

(Great 

Britain  and  Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I M P E R I AL   Y E O M A N R Y.  Vide  ACCOUNTS.  A R M Y. 

I M P O RT  

a nd  
ACCOUNTS. 

E X P O RT 

T R A DE  

(Ireland). 

Vide 

I M P O R T A T I ON  

of  

P L U M A GE   P R O H I B I T I ON  

[L o r d sJ   ; 
Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  prohibit  the  importation  of  the 
Plumage  and  Skins  of  Wild  Birds;  brought  from  the 
Lords;  read  the  first  time, and  day appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  349. 

I M P O R TS  and  E X P O R TS   at  P R I C ES   of  1900.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

I M P R I S O N M E NT  of  a  M E M B ER   (Mr.  Laurence  Ginnell); 
House  informed  by  Mr.  Speaker  of  reception  of  a  letter 
relating  thereto,  and  letter  read,  3. 

INCEST;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  punishment  of  Incest; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  73,  84.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  87. 
Standing  Committee  A,   91.  Name  of  Member  added, 
91,  95.  Reported, with  an Amendment,  from  the  Stand-
ing  Committee;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  132. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  151.  Considered, 
as  amended;  Amendments  made;  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time;  Debate  adjourned  at 
Five  of  the  clock,  282.  Resumed;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  299.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  484.  Day  appointed  for considering  them, 
(Cited  as 
499.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  507. 
Punishment  of  Incest  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

I N C O ME  and  E X P E N D I T U R E.   Vide  E A ST   I N D I A.   P U B L IC 

INCOME  a nd   E X P E N D I T U R E. 

I N D I A.  Vide  E A ST  

I N D I A. 

I N D U S T R I AL   a nd   P R O V I D E NT   S O C I E T I ES  

(Amendment); 
Bill  to  amend  the  Industrial  and  Provident  Societies 
Act,  1893  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  137.  Second  Reading  deferred,  153,  156,  158, 
193,  200,  218,  235,  252,  268,  279,  287,  306. 

I N D U S T R I AL  

T R A DE 
U N I O N S,  and  F R I E N D LY   S O C I E T I E S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

P R O V I D E NT  

S O C I E T I E S,  

a nd  

I N D U S T R I AL  

SCHOOLS  ;  Bill  to  amend 

the  Industrial 
Schools  Act,  1866;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  38.  Second  Reading  deferred,  71,  82,  98, 
116,  139,  154,  166,  189. 

I N E B R I A TE   R E F O R M A T O R I ES  (Enteric  Fever  at  Brentry). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I N E B R I A T ES   A C TS   (Inspector's  Report) 

(Ireland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I N E B R I A T E S.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

.4  tf 4 

8 EDW. VII.] I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

I N E B R I A T ES   A C T S.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

the  desirability  of  extending 

I N F A NT   L I FE   P R O T E C T I ON   ;  Select Committee  to  inquire 
and  report  as  to 
the 
provisions  of  the  Infant  Life  Protection  Act,  1897,  to 
homes  in  which-  not  more  than  one  infant  is  kept  in 
consideration  of  periodical  payment,  and  of  altering  the 
limit  of  age  prescribed  by  Section  2  of  that  A c t; 
appointed;  nominated;  power  to  send 
for  persons, 
papers,  and  records  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum,  36. 
Report,  114. 

I N F A NT   L I FE   P R O T E C T I ON  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Infant 
Life  Protection  Act,  1897;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  25.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
87,  151,  168,  199,  224. 

I N F A NT   L I FE   P R O T E C T I ON   (N o.   2);  Bill  to  prevent  the 
destruction  of  Children  during  birth;  presented,  and 
Ordered  to  be read  a  second  time,  174.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  184,  189,  194,  197,  210,  218,  230,  236,  248. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  252.  Standing  Committee  A,  255.  Report 
of  names  of  Fourteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the 
Bill,  277,  Report  of  name  of  Member  discharged  ; 
another  appointed,  293.  Reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A,   with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for  con-
sideration,  341. 

I N J U R I ES  

to   S U B M A R I NE   C A B L ES  

(I n t e r - d e p a r t m e n t al 

Committee).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N L A ND   R E V E N U E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N Q U I RY  

into  C H A R I T I ES  

(County   of  Devon). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I N Q U I RY  into  C H A R I T I ES   (County   of  Lancaster). 

Vide 

; 

—  To  the  Committee  of  Selection; 
to  refer the Liverpool  Corporation (Streets and Buildings) 
Bill  tq  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  78. 

— 

To the Committees on the London 
County  Council  (General  Powers)  Bill,  the  Blackburn 
Corporation  Bill,  and  the  Widnes  Corporation  Bill;  to 
strike  out  Clauses  relative  to  milk  supply  other  than 
Model  Milk  Clauses,  80. 

-——^ 

To the  Committee  on the  Dublin 
and  Central  Ireland  Electric  Power  Bill;  that  they  have 
power  to  reconsider  their  decision  on  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  &c.,  201. 

To  the  Committee  on  the  Lon-
don  (Westminster  and  Kensington)  Electric  Supply  Bill, 
425. 
: 

Electric  Supply  Bill;  to  insert  provisions,  425. 
struction  amended,  and  agreed  to,  425. 

;— -—   To the Committee  on the  London 
In-

:— 

— 

To  the Committee on the  London 
and  District  Electricity  Supply  Bill  ;  after  Amendment 
proposed,  and,  on  Division,  not  made,  407-8. 

—— 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   B I L LS   :— 

— 

To  insert  a Clause,  348. 

D I V O R CE   B I L L S :— 

Counsel  and  examine  Witnesses,  207. 

To the Select  Committee  ; to hear 

C O M M O N S :— 

they  have  power  to  inquire  and  report,  &c.,  180. 

To  the  Select  Committee  ; that 

I N T E R M E D I A TE  
A C C O U N T S. 

E D U C A T I ON  

(Ireland). 

Vide 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   C O N F E R E N CE   on   S L E E P I NG   S I C K N E S S. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(County  of  London). 

Vide 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL  
A C C O U N T S. 

E X H I B I T I O NS  

C O M M I T T E E.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

I N Q U I RY  
,  ACCOUNTS. 

into  C H A R I T I ES  

I N Q U I RY  into  C H A R I T I ES   (County   Borough  of  Preston). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

/ 

I N Q U I RY   into  C H A R I T I ES   (County  Borough  of  Barrow-

in-Furness).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N Q U I RY  

into  C H A R I T I ES  

(County   of  Wilts). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

I N Q U I RY  

into  C H A R I T I ES  

(County  of  Berks). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I N Q U I RY  

into  C H A R I T I ES  

(County  Borough  of  Exeter). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N Q U I RY   into  C H A R I T I ES   (County  of Lancaster  and  County 

Borough  of  Saint  Helens).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I N Q U I RY   into  C H A R I T I E S,   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

P U B L IC   B I L LS   :— 
— ——  

—  To  the  Gentlemen  appointed  to 

bring  in  the  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Bill,  109. 

the 
Finance  Bill;  that  they  have  power  to  make  provision 
pursuant  to  the  said  Resolution,  219.  Vide  ASSESSOBS. 
L O C AL   T A X A T I O N.   N A T I O N AL   D E B T. 

the  Committee 

To 

on 

P R I V A TE   B I L LS   :— 

To  insert  provision  therein,  408. 

To  make  provision  therein,  59. 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   SUGAR  COMMISSION  (Commercial,  No.  3, 

1908).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

from 

I N T E R O C E A N IC   R A I L W AY   of  M E X I CO   {Lords']  ;  Report, 
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been 
complied  with,  31.  Brought 
the  Lords,  114. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  114. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  125. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  141.  Reported, 
without  Amendment,  170.  Not  amended,  considered, 
173.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  Interoceanic  Railway  of  Mexico 
ment,  185. 
(Acapulco 
to  Vera  Cruz),  Limited,  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  261. 

I N T O X I C A T I NG   L I Q U OR   L I C E N C ES   (England  and  Wales), 

(Transfers).  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

-

I N T O X I C A T I NG   L I Q U O RS   on  S U N D A Y,   S A LE   of.  Vide-

S A LE   of. 

I N V E R N E SS   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL  and  A L L O T M E N T S.  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

. 

" 

I R E L A ND   D E V E L O P M E NT   G R A NT   A C T,  

1 9 0 3. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I B I SH   E D U C A T I ON   A CT   (1892)  A M E N D M E N T;   Bill  to 
amend  in  certain  particulars  the  Irish  Education  Act, 
1892;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
326. 

I R I SH   L A ND   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the 
occupation  and  ownership  of  Land  in  Ireland,  and  for 
other  purposes  relating  thereto;  ordered;  presented 

8  EDW.  V I I .]   I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   557 

IRISH  LAND—continued. 
'  accordingly  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
Second  Heading,  455.  Second  Reading  deferred,  468, 
480.  Proceedings  not  to  be  interrupted  under  Standing 
the  House),  on  Division,  483. 
Order  (Sittings  of 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment,  proposed,  " this  House,  while  willing  to 
consider,"  &c.;  Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to 
be 
left  out  stand  part  of  the  Question,  on  Division, 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative ;  Main  Question  put;  read 
a  second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  483.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

I R I SH   L A ND   A C T,   1903.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   L A ND   COMMISSION.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH  

L A ND  

COMMISSION 

PROCEEDINGS. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   A C T S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE  (Departmental   Committee).  Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   F U N D.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   M A IL   S E R V I C E.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

I R I SH   N A T I O N AL   SCHOOLS  (H e a t i n g );   Bill  to  provide 
for  the  heating  of  National  Schoolhouses  in  Ireland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  103. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  123,  150,  176,  203,  210,  224, 
239. 

I R I SH   P E E R A GE   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  concerning  the 
Peerage  of  Ireland  ;  ordered,  38.  Presented  accord-
ingly,  and  read  the  first  time,  38.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  49,84,  87,  105,  110,  127,  150,  179,  209. 

I R I SH  

R A I L W A YS 

(Viceregal  Commission). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

I R I SH  

T E A C H E R S'  

P E N S I ON  R U L E S,  

1 8 7 9. 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

IRISH  TOBACCO.  Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

I R I SH   U N I V E R S I T I ES  ;  Motion,  That  leave  be  given  to 
bring  in  a  Bill  to  make  further  provision  with  respect 
to  University  Education  in  Ireland,  and  Question,  on 
Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative ;  Bill  ordered; 
presented  accordingly  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
to be read  a second  time,  130.  Second Reading deferred, 
149,  162.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  " this  House  refuses," &e., 
and  not  made  on  Division;  Main  Question  proposed, 
and it  being  after  Eleven  of the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  pro-
ceeds  to 
interrupt  the  Business,  and  Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and 
agreed  t o;   Bill  read  a  second  time;  Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  and  Question  negatived  on  Division,  175.  Bill 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  176. 
Standing 
Committee  C,  181.  Report of  names of  Fifteen  Members 
added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  186.  Report  of  names  of 
Members discharged  and  others  appointed,  186,  187,  202, 
211,  221,  228,  238,  243,  248,  266.  Reported  from  the 
Standing  Committee,  with  Amendments  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  312. 
Consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred,  334,  343.  Considered,  as  amended,  353,  354. 
Further  considered,  as  amended,  357-9.  Motion,  That 
time;  Amendment 
the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 

three  months,"  but  not  made  on  Division ; 
proposed, 
Main  Question  put;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
360.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  384.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  considered  ;  one  Amendment  disagreed  to,  an 
Amendment  made  to  the  Bill  in  lieu  thereof,  other 
Amendments  agreed  to;  Committee  appointed  to  draw 
up  Reasons  for  disagreeing  with  one  of  the  Lords' 
Amendments;  to  withdraw  immediately;  Three  to  be 
the  quorum,  387-8.  Reason  reported,  and  agreed  t o; 
Message  to  communicate  the  said  Reason,  389.  Lords 
do not  insist  on  their  Amendment,  to which  this  House 
hath  disagreed,  and  agree  to  the  Amendment  made  by 
this  House  in  lieu  thereof,  without  Amendment,  390. 
(Cited  as  Irish  Universities  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
390. 

I R I SH   U N I V E R S I T I E S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

itself 

I R I SH   U N I V E R S I T I ES  [Expenses]  ;  Motion  for the  House 
to  resolve 
to  consider  of 
into  a  Committee 
authorising  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  remuneration  expenses  and  other  sums 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
to  University 
make  further  provision  with  respect 
Education in Ireland;  King's Recommendation  signified; 
Question  agreed  to,  184.  Committee  deferred,  189,  192, 
196,  199,  209,  214.  Matter  considered  in  Committee  ; 
Amendments  proposed,  and  not  made,  and  Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and 
agreed  t o;   Resolution,  216.  Report  deferred,  223. 
Resolution  reported,  and  read  a second  time;  Resolution 
to be  further  considered  on  day  named,  229.  Resolution 
further considered  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  add  words 
" Provided  that  no  part  of  the  moneys  authorised,"  &c., 
and,  on  Division,  not  made;  Resolution  agreed  to, 
234. 

I R ON  and  S T E E L,  1907.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

ISLE  of  MAN  (Customs  Duties);  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
with  respect  to  Customs  Duties  in  the  Isle  of  Man  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  293. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  304.  Read  a  second'  time; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  319. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, without  Amend-
ment  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  323.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Isle 
of  Man  ( Customs)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

I S LE   of  M A N.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

ISLAND  of  VATERSAY.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

JAMAICA.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

J O U R N A L: 

To  be  printed,  4.  Clerk  to  correct  the 
number  in  the  Journal of  a  Division incorrectly  reported, 
49. 

J U D I C I AL   STATISTICS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

J U R O R S,   P A Y M E NT  of.  Vide  P A Y M E NT  of. 

J U S T I C ES  of  the  P E A CE   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  with 
regard  to  the  appointment  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  62. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  76,  94,  116,  130,  152,  177, 
196,  224. 

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K E I G H L EY   CORPORATION   [Lords']  ;  Report,  That  the 
Bill  should originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred  to the Examiners,  256.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into  have  been  complied  with  ; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  264.  Read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  284.  Reported  from  the  Police  and 
Sanitary  Committee, with  Amendments,  349.  Considered, 
as  amended  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended  ; 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
read 
361. 
(Cited   as 
. Keighley  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

the  Lords  agree,  376. 

third 
To  which 

the 

K E L LS   a nd   D R O G H E DA   R A I L W A Y.   V i de   M U L L I N G A R. 

K I N C A R D I NE   C O U N TY   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

K I N O: 

—-   His  Proclamation 

for 
F or   holding  Parliament,  2. 

further  proroguing 
Vide 

Parliament,  2. 
M E S S A G E S. 

—  Commands  this  Honourable  House  to  attend 

His  Majesty  immediately  in  the  House  of  Peers,  3. 

His  Speech  reported  by  Mr.  Speaker  at  the 
opening  of  the  Session, delivered to  both  Houses,  12.  At 
the  close of  the  Session,  514. 

His  Answers 

the  King  of  Portugal),  28. 
Opening  of  Parliament),  31. 
Bannerman,  206. 

to  Addresses  (Assassination  of 
the 
Sir  Henry  Campbell-

(King's  Speech  at 

His  Recommendation  signified: —To  Public 
Bill,  39.  To   Petition  for  Aid  (British  Museum),  45. 
To   Motions,  50,  118,  351. 

His  Consent  given  to  Bills  (Public)  on  Third 

Reading,  63,  508. 

(Private),  113,  146,  147,  264,  276. 

K I NG   •  of 

P O R T U G A L,  

A S S A S S I N A T I ON 

of. 

Vide 

A D D R E S S E S. 

K I N G 'S  

[Lords] 

L O N D ON  

C O L L E G E,  

(T r a n s f e r)  

; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16.  Bill  brought  from  the  L o r d s; 
read  the  first time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  178. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with  j  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  190. 
time,  and  committed,  207.  Reported, 
Read  a  second 
amended; 
with  Amendments,  233.  Considered,  as 
Amendments  made,  265.  King's  Consent 
signified  ; 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  276. 
read 
To   which 
(Cited  as  King's 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
College,  London 
391. 

the  Lords  agree,  289. 

(Transfer) 

K I N G S T O N - U P O N - H U LL   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

K I N G S T O WN   H A R B O U R.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

K I R K C A L DY   a nd   D Y S A RT   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
T I ON  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to  confirm  a  Pro-
visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Kirkcaldy  and  Dysart 
W a t e r;   brought  from  the  Lords,  and  ordered  (under 
Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be  considered  on  day  appointed, 
428.  Considered;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading, 
430.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amend-
ment,  434. 
(Cited  as  Kirkcaldy  and  Dysart  Water  Order 
Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

K N O TT   E ND   R A I L W AY   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  19.  Report,  Standing  Order 
62  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  71. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  82.  Reported,  with 
Amendments  and  an  amended  Title,  137.  Considered, 
as  amended  ;  Clause  added,  142.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  147.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  212. 
(Cited   as  Knott  End  Railway  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

8 Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  8.  1908. 

L A B O U R E RS  

(I r e l a n d)   A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

LANARK  CORPORATION  (Extension  of  Boundaries, 

frc.) 
O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N;   Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional 
Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to  Lanark  Corporation; 
presented,  and  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to 
into  consideration,  332.  _  Considered  ;  day 
be  taken 
appointed  for  Third  Reading,  340.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  347.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  376.  (Cited  as  Lanark  Corporation 
(Exten-
sion  of  Boundaries,  $"c.)  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

to  Lanarkshire 

the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 

L A N A R K S H I RE   (Middle  Ward  District)  W A T ER   O R D ER 
C O N F I R M A T I ON   ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
under 
(Scotland) 
(Middle  Ward 
Act,  1899,  relating 
District)  Water;  presented  ;  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  247.  Read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
consideration,  265.  Considered,  273.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  280.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  308. 
(Cited  as  I^anarkskire  (Middle  Ward 
District)  Water  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  390. 

L A N A R K S H I RE  

T R A M W A YS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

; 
Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to  Lanarkshire  Tramways  ;  presented  ;  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  240.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
249.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
consideration,  252.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred, 
260.  Considered,  265.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
273.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  302. 
(Cited  as  Lanarkshire 
Tramways  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

L A N C A S T E R,   D U C HY   of.  Vide  D U C HY   of. 

L A ND   D R A I N A GE   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill  to  con-
firm a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Land  Drainage  Act, 
1861,  in  the  matter  of  a  proposed  drainage  district  in 
the  Parishes  of  Blundeston,  Flixton,  and  Oulton,  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk  ;  presented  ;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  164.  Report,  no  Standing 
Orders  applicable;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  190. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  194.  Reported, 
without  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  confirmed,  221. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by 
(Cited   as  Land 
Drainage  Provisional  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  390. 

.  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  322. 

L A ND   J U D G E 'S   C O U RT   (Ireland). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

LAND  LAW 

(Ireland)  ACT,  1887 

(Eviction 

Notices). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L A ND   P U R C H A SE   P R I C ES   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L A ND   R E G I S T R Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

K I T C H EN   a nd   R E F R E S H M E NT   R O O M S,   H O U SE   of   C O M-

L A ND   R E G I S T RY  

(New  Buildings)  A C T,   1900.  Vide 

MONS.  V i de   H O U S E.  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

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L A ND   T R A N S F ER  

A C T S,  

1 8 75   and 

1 8 9 7.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

L A ND   V A L U ES   (Scotland)  -,  Bill  to  provide  for  the  ascer-
tainment  of  Land  Values  in  Scotland;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  29.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  31,  34,  37.  Motion  relative  to  allocation  of 
time ;  King's  Recommendation  signified,  and  Debate 
Second  Reading  deferred,  40.  Order 
adjourned,  38. 
made  as  to  allocation  of  time,  42. 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  43,  48.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  " six  months  ;" 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  Order  of the  House;  Amend-
ment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  52: 
Committee  deferred,  58,  60. 
Considered  in  Committee;  Questions  put,  pursuant  to 
Order  of  the  House  ; Bill  reported, without  Amendment; 
Question  put,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time, 
pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  and  agreed  to  on 
Division;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  64. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with Amendments,  326. 

LARCENY;  Bill  to  amend  the  Larceny  Act,  1861;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  28. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  36,  49,  57,  61,  66,  70,  73,77, 
8 2 , 8 5 , 8 8 , 9 4 , 1 0 6,   117,  128,  131,  135,  151,  155,  158, 
163,  166,  169,  180,  197,  204,  218,  231,  247,  268. 

L AW   CHARGES  and  C R I M I N AL   P R O S E C U T I O NS 

(Ireland). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N D E M N I TY  

L AW   G U A R A N T EE   T R U ST   and  A C C I D E NT   and  U N I T ED 
L E G AL  
; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16. 

I N S U R A N CE   S O C I E T I ES  

[Lords] 

L AW   of  D I S T R E SS   A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to  amend  the Law 
as  regards  a  landlord's  right  of  Distress  for  Rent; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  27. 
S e c o nd   Reading  deferred,  44,  53,  60.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  69. 
Standing  Committee  A,  71.  Names  of  Members  added, 
81.  Member  discharged,  another  added,  88.  Reported 
from  Standing  Committee  A,  with  Amendments; 
day  appointed 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  118. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  128,  150,  155. 
Considered,  as  amended;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  299.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  482.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  484. 
Consideration  of  Lords'  Amendments  deferred,  499, 
503.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  one  agreed  to, 
with amendments ;  remaining  Lords'Amendments  agreed 
to,  508.  Lords  agree  to  certain  Amendments  to  Lords' 
Amendment,  without  Amendment;  disagree  to  one  of 
the  said  Amendments,  but  propose  an  Amendment  in 
lieu  thereof,  511.  Lords'  Amendment  to  Commons' 
Amendments  to  Lords'  Amendment  considered  orth-
(Cited  as  Lata  of  Distress 
wich,  and  agreed  to,  511. 
Amendment  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

L AW   of  M U R D ER   A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to  classify  Mur-
ders,  and  to  amend  the  Law  with  regard  to  Suicide  and 
Infanticide  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  326. 

L E A S E H O L DS   (Enfranchisement); Bill  to  provide  for  the 
ordered  ;  presented 
enfranchisement  of  Leaseholds; 
accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time,  64.  Second  Read-
ing  deferred,  72,  89,  99,  117,  153,  166,  189. 

L E E DS   C O R P O R A T I O N;   Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
114.  Considered,  as amended,  141.  Read  the  third  time 
and passed,  145.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, with  Amend-

to,  332. 
ments,  315. 
(Cited  as  Leeds  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

Lords'  Amendments  agreed 

L E E DS   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

L E E W A RD  

ISLANDS.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L E I C E S T ER   C O R P O R A T I ON ;  Read 
the  first  time,  and 
-  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Day  appointed 
Second  Reading  deferred, 
for  Second  Reading,  32. 
34,  45,  59.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  61. 
Reported 
from  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee, 
with  Amendments,  129.  Considered,  as  amended,  141. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  146.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  284.  Lords'  Amendments 
considered,  and,  with  Amendments  to  two  of  them, 
agreed  to,  317.  To  which  last  Amendments  the  Lords 
agree,  330. 
(Cited  as  Leicester  Corporation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

L E I TH   B U R GH   [Lords]-,  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  40.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  54. 
Report  on Petition for  Bill,  Standing  Orders not  complied 
with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders,  54.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dis-
pensed  with,  100.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  284.  Read 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  285. 
inquired  into 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
complied  with,  298.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  311.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  333.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended,  344.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  356.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  Leith  Burgh  Act,  1908)  Royal 
agree,  369. 
Assent,  391. 

L E I TH   H A R B O UR   a nd   D O C KS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N; 
Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks;  presented,  and  ordered 
(under  Section  7 of  the  Act)  to  be  considered,  164.  Bill 
considered,  169.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  174. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  255. 
(Cited  as  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

L I C E N S ED   P R E M I S ES  

( Election  Days)  C L O S I NG  ;  Bill  to 
secure  the  closing  of  Licensed  Premises  on  certain 
election  days;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred,  44,  57,  71, 
76,  89,  99,  123,  150,  155,  163,  193,  210,  248. 

LICENSING;  Motion,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  to  amend  the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906  ;  pro-
ceeding postponed  at a quarter-past  Eight, 68.  Resumed; 
Question agreed to  ;  Bill  ordered  ; presented  accordingly, 
and  read  the  first  time,  69.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
83,  86,  90,  93,  98,  115,  126.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  " That"  to  the  end  of  the  Question, 
and  add  words  " this  House  declines  to  proceed,"  &c.; 
Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand 
part  of the Question ;  Debate  arising;  Debate  adjourned, 
149.  Resumed,  and  further  proceeding  postponed  at  a 
quarter-past  Eight, 155.  Postponed proceeding  resumed, 
and  Debate  adjourned,  objection  being  taken  to  further 
proceeding  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  156.  Debate 
resumed,  157.  Adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the clock,  158. 
Debate  resumed;  Question put,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part;  resolved  in  the  Affirmative  on 
Division  j» Main Question put, and  agreed  to  on  Division; 
Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  161.  Committee  deferred,  176, 
192,  208,  229,  250,  266,  286,  304,  324.  Motion  as  to 

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allocation  of  time,  336.  Order  relative  to  the  same 
made;  Question put, pursuant to Standing  Order  (Closure 
of  Debate), 338.  Committee  deferred,  340.  Considered 
'  in Committee  ;  Question  put, pursuant to  Standing  Order 
(Closure  of  Debate),  342  (1st  allotted  day).  Bill  again 
considered  in  Committee  (2nd  allotted  day);  Chairman 
puts  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business, 
345,  346.  Committee  deferred,  366,  398.  Bill  again 
considered  in  Committee  (3rd  allotted  day)  ;  Chairman 
puts  the  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business, 
401.  Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (4th  allotted 
day)  ;  Closure  claimed ;  Chairman  withholds  his  assent, 
and  being  after Eleven,  Chairman  leaves  the  chair,  403. 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (5th  allotted  day) ; 
disorderly  conduct  of  a  Member,  who  is  named,  and 
ordered  to  withdraw  (vide  M E M B E RS  and  S P E A K E R)   ; 
Chairman  puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Order,  on 
Government  Amendment, 404.  Committee deferred, 407. 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (6th  allotted  day); 
Chairman  puts  the  Question  on  the  Amendment,  pur-
suant  to  Order  of the  House,  &c., and  puts  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of the  Business  to be concluded,  409; 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (7th  allotted  day)  . 
Chairman  puts  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business,  pursuant  to  Order  of 
the  House,  and  on 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government,  &c.,  411,  412. 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (8th  allotted  day)  ; 
Chairman  puts  Question  on  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government,  &c.,  and  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of 
the  Business,  pursuant  to Order  of  the  House,  413.  Bill 
again  considered  in  Committee  (9th  allotted  day),  and  at 
Five  o'clock  the  Chairman  leaves  the  Chair,  414.  Bill 
in  Committee  (10th  allotted  day); 
again  considered 
Chairman  puts  Questions  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order, 
on  Amendments  moved  by  the  Government,  and  on 
Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  418. 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  ( l l th   allotted  day) ; 
Chairman  puts  Question  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order, 
on  Amendment  moved  by  the  Government,  &c.,  419. 
Bill  again  considered  in  Committee  (12th  allotted  day)  ; 
Chairman  puts  Questions  forthwith  necessary  to  dispose 
of  the  Business,  pursuant  to  Order,  421.  Bill  again 
considered  in  Committee  (13th  allotted  day)  ;  Chairman 
puts  Questions  forthwith,  on  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government,  and  Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business,  423.  Bill  again  considered  in  Committee 
(14th  allotted  day);  Chairman  puts  Question  forthwith 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  424.  Bill  again 
considered  in  Committee  (15th  allotted  day);  Chairman 
puts  Questions  forthwith  on  the  Amendments  moved  by 
the  Government, and Questions  necessary to  dispose of  the 
Business,  426,  427.  Bill  again  considered  in  Committee 
(16th  allotted  day)  ;  Chairman  puts  the  Question  forth-
with  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  pursuant  to 
Order,  428,  429.  Bill  again  considered  in  Committee 
(17th  allotted  day)  ;  (Closure  claimed,  Chairman  with-
holds  his  assent);  Chairman  puts  the  Question  forthwith 
on  the  Amendment,  pursuant  to  Order,  and  Questions 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  430,  431.  Bill 
again  considered 
in  Committee  (18th  allotted  day); 
Chairman  puts  Questions  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order, 
on  Amendments  moved  by  the  Government,  and  Ques-
tions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  433.  Bill 
again  considered 
in  Committee  (19th  allotted  day)  ; 
Chairman  puts  Questions  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order, 
on Amendments moved by the Government,  and  Questions 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business  ;  Bill  reported;  day 
appointed for consideration, as amended, 435.  Considera-
tion,  as  amended,  deferred,  438.  Order  as  to  allocation 
of  time on Beport  stage, 439.  Consideration,  as amended, 
deferred,  440.  Bill  considered,  as  amended  (lst  allotted 
day);  Mr.  Speaker  puts  Question  forthwith,  pursuant  to 
Order, necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Clause,  and  on  new 
Clause,  and  on  the  Amendments  moved  by  the  Govern-

ment,  &c., 443,  444.  Bill  further  considered,  as  amended 
(2nd  allotted  day);  Mr.  Speaker  puts  Questions  forth-
with,  pursuant  to  Order,  on  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government  which  were  necessary  to  dispose  of 
the 
Business,  445, 446.  Bill  further  considered,  as  amended 
(3rd allotted day);  Mr.  Speaker puts  Question  forthwith, 
pursuant  to  Order,  on  the  Amendment  already  proposed 
from  the  Chair  and  Questions  on  the  Amendments 
moved  by  the  Government  which  were  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Business, 448.  Bill  further  considered,  as 
amended  (4th  allotted  day);  Mr.  Speaker puts  Questions 
forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order,  on  Amendments  moved  by 
the  Government  which  were  necessary  to  dispose  of  the 
Business,  450,451.  Bill  further  considered,  as  amended 
(5th  allotted  day)  ;  Mr.  Speaker  puts  Questions  forth-
with,  pursuant  to  Order,  on  Amendments  moved  by  the 
Government  which  were  necessary  to  dispose  of 
the 
Business;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  452-3. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time; 
Amendment  proposed,  "three  months,"  not  made  on 
Division  ;  Main  Question  put,  and  agreed  to ;  Bill  read 
the  third time  and passed,  454. 

L I C E N S I NG   A CT   A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Licens-
ing  Act,  1872,  and  the  Habitual  Drunkards  Act,  1879  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68 
Bill  withdrawn,  77. 

L I C E N S I NG   B I LL   (Allocation  of  Time)-,  That  the  Com-
mittee  stage,  Report  stage,  and  Third  Reading  of  the 
Licensing  Bill,  and  the  necessary  stages  of  the  Financial 
Resolution  relating  thereto,  shall  be  proceeded  with  as 
follows,  &c.  ;  Order  made,  338.  Order,  That  the  pro-
ceedings  on  each  of  the  five  allotted  days  given  to  the 
Report  stage  of  the  Licensing  Bill  shall  be  those  shown 
in  the  following  tables,  &c.,  439.  Vide  also  B U S I N E SS 
of  t he   H O U SE   and  H O U S E. 

L I C E N S I NG   (Consolidation) -, Bill  to  consolidate  the  Law 
relating  to  Justices'  Licences  for  the  sale  by  retail  of 
intoxicating 
liquor;  ordered;  presented  accordingly, 
and  read  the  first  time,  114.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
126,  149,  161,  176,  192,  208,229,  250,  266,  286,  304-327, 
343,  366,  397,  400,  402,  407,  409,  417,  426,  436,  444, 
456,  468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

L I C E N S I NG  [ExpensesJ  ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve 
itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  authorising  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the 
remuneration  and  expenses  of the  Licensing  Commission, 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session to  amend 
the  Licensing  Acts,  1828  to  1906  ;  King's  Recommenda-
tion  signified;  Question  agreed  to,  417.  Matter  con-
sidered 
in  Committee,  and  Question  put  forthwith, 
pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the  House,  and  agreed  to,  419. 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  420. 

L I C E N S I NG  (Scotland)   A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  later  opening  in  the  morning  of  premises  licensed 
for the  sale  of  excisable  Liquors  in  Scotland;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  121.  Second 
Beading  deferred,  152,  173,  196,  225,  247. 

L I C E N S I NG   S T A T I S T I C S,   1 9 0 7.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L I FE   A S S U R A N CE   COMPANIES.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L I G H T H O U SE  

A D M I N I S T R A T I ON 

(Royal   Commission). 

Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L I G H T H O U S E S,   &C.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L I G HT   R A I L W A YS   A CT   1 8 9 6.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L I G H TS   on  V E H I C L ES   (Scotland);   Bill  to  render  com-
pulsory  the  carrying  of  Lights  by  Vehicles  at  night; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  46. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  150,  162,  193,  197,200,  210, 
218,  226,  231,  259. 

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to  the  . O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

581 

L I M I T A T I ON   of  S P E E C H ES  

(Miscellaneous,  No.  8,  1908). 

in  S U P R E ME   L E G I S L A T I VE 
Yide 

A S S E M B L I ES 
ACCOUNTS. 

L I M I T A T I O NS  upon  TESTAMENTARY  BEQUESTS 
-  cellaneous,  No.  7,  1 9 0 8 ).   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

(Mis-

L I N C O LN   CORPORATION  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  19.  Bead  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Report  from  the  Select  Com-
mittee on  Standing  Orders, on Petition  for dispensing  with 
Standing  Order  128,  That  the  Standing  Order  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  74.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
112.  Considered, as  amended,  125.  Read the  third time 
and  passed,  136.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
(Cited 
ments,  261.  Lords' Amendments  agreed to,  264. 
as  Lincoln  Corporation  (Water,  frc.)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

LIQUOR  T R A F F IC  

Bill 

(Local  Option)  (Scotland); 

to 
empower  electors  in  Scotland  to  prohibit  or  limit  the 
sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors  in  their  respective  areas; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment  proposed,  " six  months,"  and,  on  Division, 
not  made  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
and  Question,  on  Division,  resolved  in  the  Affinnative ; 
Bill  accordingly  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  205.  Committee  deferred,  210,  224,  235. 

L I V E R P O OL   and  H O NG   K O NG   M A IL   S E R V I C E;   Resolution, 
That  the  Contract/dated  the  12th  day  of  October  1908, 
between  His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  and 
the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  for  the  conveyance 
of  Mails between  Liverpool  and Hong  Kong be  approved, 
496. 

L I V E R P O OL   and  H O NG   KONG  M A IL   S E R V I C E.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS, 

L I V E R P O OL   C O R P O R A T I ON  {GeneralPowers);  Bill read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to be read  a  second time,  19.  Day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  34,  46,  61,  73.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  92.  Reported  from  the  Police  and  Sanitary 
Committee  (Section  B),  with  Amendments,  260.  Day 
appointed 
Considered,  as 
amended,  273.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  283. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  345.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  356. 
( Cited  as  Liverpool  Cor-
poration  (General  Powers)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

for  consideration,  269. 

L I V E R P O OL   CORPORATION  (Streets  and  Buildings);  Bill 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  20.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 32.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  35. 
Instruction  to  the 
Committee  of  Selection  to  refer  the  Bill  to  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee,  78.  Reported  from  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee,  with  Amendments,  336.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended ;  read  the third time and passed, 347.  Agreed 
to by the  Lords, with  Amendments,  470.  Lords' Amend-
ments  (pursuant  to  Order)  agreed  to,  471. 
(Cited  as 
Liverpool  Corporation  (Streets  and  Buildings)  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  514. 

L I V E R P O OL   W R I T.   Vide  ELECTIONS. 

L L A N E L LY   and  B U R RY   P O RT   W A T ER   BOARD  [L o r d s]   ; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16. 

L L A N E L LY   G AS   [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Bill 

the  first  time,  and 
brought  from  the  Lords;  read 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  133.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill 
to  be  read  a second  time,  142.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  159.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  202. 
Read  the  third  time 
Considered,  as  amended,  215. 
and  passed,  with  Amendments,  227.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  255. 
(Cited  as  Llanelly  Gas  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

L O AN   F U ND   BOARD  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

LOANS  CONTRACTED  by  L O C AL   A U T H O R I T I E S.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

LOAN  S O C I E T I E S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

LOANS  RAISED 

in 

INDIA.  Vide  ACCOUNTS, 

E A ST 

I N D I A. 

LOCAL  A U T H O R I T I ES   (Admission  of  the  Press 

to  provide 

time,  and  committed 

to  Meet-
ings)  ;  Bill 
for  the  admission  of  repre-
sentatives  of  the  Press  to  the  meetings  of  certain  Local 
Authorities;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  41.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time,  and  at  Eleven  of  the  clock  Debate  adjourned,  87. 
Further  adjourned,  89,  94.  Resumed;  Question  agreed 
t o;   Bill  .read  a  second 
to  a 
Standing  Committee,  99.  Standing  Committee  A,  102, 
Names of  Members  added, 108.  Reported, with  Amend-
ments,  from  the  Standing  Committee  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  132. 
Considered,  as  amended; 
Amendments  made  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
281.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed  for  considering 
them,  489.  Consideration 
of  Lords'  Amendments  deferred,  499,  Lords'  Amend-
ments  considered  ;  several  agreed  to ;  one  amended  and 
agreed 
to,  503. 
to;  remaining  Amendments  agreed 
Commons'  Amendment  to  Lords'  Amendments  agreed 
(Cited  as  Local  Authorities 
to  by  the  Lords,  511. 
(Admission  of  the  Press  to  Meetings)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  514. 

LOCAL  A U T H O R I T I ES   (Advertising);  Bill  to  enable  Local 
Authorities  to  advertise  the  attractions  and  advantages 
of  their  districts  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  308. 

LOCAL  A U T H O R I T I ES   (Taxation  and  Purchase  of  Land); 
Bill  to  provide  for  the  taxation  and  purchase  of  Land  by 
Local  Authorities;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  79.  Second  Reading  deferred,  94,  110, 
123,  139,  153,  163,  193,  239. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  A C T,   1888.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  BOARD.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  BOARD  (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   BOARD  (Scotland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  (Ireland);  Bill  to  further  amend the 
Law  relating  to  Local  Government  in  Ireland,  and  for 
other  purposes  connected  therewith;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  297.  Second  Reading 
deferred, 319,  325,  328,  331,  335,339,  355,  359,  367,  398, 
407,  417,  426,  436,  447,  456,  468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn, 
487. 

LOCAL  G O V E R N M E NT   (I r e l a n d)   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS 
(No.  1)  [Lords];  Bill,  intituled  An  Act 
to  confirm 
certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  for  Ireland  relating  to  the  Rural  Districts  of 
Limerick  (No.  1)  and  Naas  (No.  1),  aud  the  County  of 
Westmeath  and  King's  County,  and  for  other  purposes; 
brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time, and  referred 

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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

(I r e l a n d)   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS 

(No.  1) 

[Lords]—continued. 

the  Examiners,  270. 

to 
Report,  Standing  Orders 
applicable  complied  with  ;  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  288.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
292. 
Reported,  with  an  Amendment  ;  Provisional 
Orders  confirmed;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  as 
amended,  345.  Considered,  as  amended,  347.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment,  351. 
(Cited  as  Local 
To  which 
Government  Board 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Con-
firmation  (No.  1)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

the  Jjords  agree,  384. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

(Ireland) 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS 
(No.  2)  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to confirm certain 
Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government  Board  for 
Ireland  relating  to  the  City  of  Dublin  and  the  Urban 
District  of  Pembroke  (two)  ;  brought  from  the  Lords  ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  270. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with;  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  288.  Read  a second  time, 
and  committed,  292.  Reported,  without  Amendment; 
Provisional  Orders confirmed,  333.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  without  Amendment,  335. 
(Cited  as  Local 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Con-
Government  Board 
firmation  (No.  2)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

(I r e l a n d)   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS 
(No.  3;  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm 
certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  for  Ireland  relating  to  the  County  Borough  of 
Belfast  and  the  Urban  District  of  Letterkenny  ; brought 
from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  266.  Report,  no Standing  Orders  applicable ; 
day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  283.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  288.  Reported,  without  Amend-
ment  j  Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  333.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  335. 
( Cited 
as  Local  Government  Board  (Ireland)  Provisional  Orders 
Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

to 

(I r e l a n d)   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER 
(No.  4)  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  of  the  Local  Government  Board  for 
Ireland  relating 
the  Rural  District  of  Rathdown 
(No.  1) ;  brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  308.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  applicable  complied  with;  day  appointed 
for 
Second  Reading,  317.  Second  Reading  deferred,  321, 
325,  329.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  346. 
Standing  Orders  211  and  236  suspended  ;  Committee  to 
sit  and  proceed  forthwith  ;  Instruction  to  the  Committee 
to  insert  a  Clause,  &c.,  348.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments  :  Provisional  Order  confirmed ;  day  appointed  for 
consideration, as  amended,  352.  Considered, as amended ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  356. 
To  which  the  Lords  agree, 384. 
(Cited  as  Local  Govern-
ment  Board 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Order  Confirmation 
(No.  4)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

(NO. 

1)  ; 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Bath,  Little  Lever,  Stan-
hope,  Stratford-on-Avon  (Rural),  Stratton  and  Bude,  and 
the Hemel  Hempstead  Joint Hospital  District;  presented; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  146. 
R e p o r t,   Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with  ;  Bill 
to be  read  a  second  time,  164.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
167.  Read a  second time, and committed,  169.  Reported, 
with  Amendments  ;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed ;  Title 
amended;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  233.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended,  236.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  240.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
(Cited   as  Local  Government  Board's  Pro-
visional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  1)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

, ment,  383. 

(No. 

the 

first 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

time,  and  referred 

2 ); 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Bridlington,  Fulwood, 
Romford,  and  Weymouth  and  Melcombe  Regis  ;  pre-
sented  ;  read 
the 
Examiners,  146.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders  applic-
able  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  167.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  169.  Reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Pro-
visional  Orders  confirmed,  202.  Read  the  third  time 
the  Lords,  without 
and  passed,  204.  Agreed  to  by 
Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government  Board's 
Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

time,  164. 

to 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER  

(No. 

3 ); 
Bill 
to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  the  Boroughs  of  Burslem, 
Hanley,  Longton,  and  Stoke-upon-Trent,  and  the  Urban 
Districts  of  Fenton  and  Tunstall;  presented  ;  read  the 
first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners.  154.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied  with;  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  173.  Bill  read  a  second 
time,  and 
committed,  1781  Report,  attendance  of 
Witness,  317.  Reported,  with  Amendments  ;  Pro-
visional  Order  confirmed;  day  appointed  for  considera-
tion, 363.  Considered,  as  amended,  368.  Third  Reading 
deferred,  375,  385.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
386.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  513. 
Lords'Amendments  considered  forthwith,  and  agreed  to, 
513. 
(Cited   as  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Order  Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
514. 

(NO. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

4 ); 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Bromley,  Crewe,  Milford 
Haven,  Rhyl,  Sawbridgeworth,  and  York;  presented; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  173.  Bill 
read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  178,  Reported, 
with  Amendments;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed;  day 
appointed 
Considered,  as 
amended,  236.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  240. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as Local  Government  Board's  Provisional  Orders 
Confirmation  (No.  4)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

consideration, 

233. 

for 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

5)  

to 

(No. 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

; 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Bethnal  Green,  Bradfield 
(Rural),  Cambridge,  Spennymoor,  Surbiton,  and  Worth-
ing,  and  the  Acerington  and  Church  Outfall  Sewerage 
District  (two);  presented  ;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred 
the  Examiners,  172.  Report,  Standing 
Orders applicable  thereto  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  190.  Read  a  second  time,  aud  com-
mitted,  194.  Reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Pro-
visional  Orders  confirmed, 297.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  299.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  376.  Day  appointed  for'  considering  them,  377. 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  381. 
(Cited   as  Local 
Government  Board's  Provisional  Orders  Confirmation 
(No.  5)'Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

(NO. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

6 ); 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  East  Ham,  Gateshead, 
Neath,  Salford,  aud  Shipley,  and  the  Birmingham  Tame 
and  Rea  Main  Sewerage  District,  and  the  Middlesex 
Districts  Joint  Small-pox  Hospital  District;  presented  ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
172.  Examiners  report  no  Standing  Orders  applicable; 
Bill  to  be read  a  second  time,  190.  Read  a  second  time', 
and  committed,  194.  Roported,  with  Amendments; 

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continued. 

Provisional  Orders  confirmed  ;  day  appointed  for  con-
sideration,  233.  Considered,  as  amended,  237.  Read 
the  third  time  and passed, 240.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  376.  Day  appointed  for  considering 
them,  377.  Lords'Amendments  agreed  to,  381. 
(Cited 
as Local  Government  Boards  Provisional  Orders  Confirma-
tion (No.  6)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

(No. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

7)   ; 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Abergavenny,  Newport, 
Newton  Abbot,  Stockport,  and  Waterloo-with-Seaforth, 
and  the  Wirral  Joint  Hospital  District;  presented;  read 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  181. 
Report,  no  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  206.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  211.  Reported,  without 
Amendment;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  233,  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed, 236.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government' 
Boards  Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  7)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391, 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  

(No. 

PROVISIONAL  O R D ER  

8 ); 
Bill 
to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Crewe;  presented;  read 
the  Examiners,  181. 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to 
Report,  no  Standing  Orders applicable  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  206,  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  211. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Pro-
visional  Order  confirmed,  233.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  236.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government  Board's  Pro-
visional  Order  Confirmation  (No.  8)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  PROVISIONAL  O R D E RS  

(No. 

9)   ; 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating  to  Barry,  Bradford  (Yorks), 
and  Suttou-in-Ashfield  ;  presented;  read  the  first  time, 
and referred  to  the  Examiners,  '204.  Examiners  report 
no  Standing  Orders  applicable  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  227.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  231. 
Reported,  with  Amendments  ;  Provisional  Orders  con-
firmed ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  276.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended,  280.  Third  Reading  deferred,  284, 
302,  306.  Read  the  third  time  and passed, 317,  Agreed 
to  by  the Lords, with Amendments,  376.  Day  appointed 
for  considering  them,  377.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed 
to,  381. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Orders  Confirmation  (No.  9)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  PROVISIONAL  O R D E RS   (No. 

1 0 ); 
Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  relating to  Bethesda,  Monmouth,  and 
the  Aspatria,  Silloth,  and  District  Joint  Water  Board 
District;  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  224.  Examiners  report  no  Standing 
Orders applicable; day appointed for Second Reading,  249. 
Bill  read  a  second  time,  and committed,  252.  Reported, 
with  Amendments; 
Provisional  Orders  confirmed; 
day  appointed  for  consideration,  277.  Considered,  as 
amended,  280.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  284. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  376.  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  377,  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  381. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government 
Boardts  Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  10)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  PROVISIONAL  O R D ER  
to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  of 

Bill 
Government  Board 

(No. 
1 1)   ; 
the  Local 
to  Burton-upon-Trent; 

relating 

to 

the 
presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
Examiners,  227.  Examiners  report  no  Standing  Orders 
applicable  ; day appointed for  Second  Reading,  249,.  Bill 
read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  252.  Reported, 
without  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  confirmed,  277. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  280.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  376.  Day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  377.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
381. 
(Cited   as  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Order  Confirmation  (No.  11)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  (Scotland)  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  county  government,  and  to  roads  and  bridges, 
and  the  use  of  locomotives  thereon,  in  Scotland;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  384. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  398,  407,  410,  417,  422,  425, 
429,431,  436,  438,  440,  443,444,  447,  449,  452,  453,454, 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing 
Scottish  Committee,  460.  Twelve 
Committee,  455. 
Members  added  to  the  Committee  in  respect  of  the  Bill, 
461.  Member  discharged,  another  appointed,  463. 
Reported  from  the  Scottish  Committee,  with  Amend-
ments;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  482.  Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  486.  Considered,  as 
amended;  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time;  Amendment  proposed, " three  months,"  and  with-
drawn  ; Bill  read  the  third  time and  passed, 491.  Agreed 
to by the Lords, with Amendments,  511.  Lords'  Amend-
(Cited 
ments  considered  forthwith,  and  agreed  to,  512. 
as  Local  Government  (Scotland)  Act, 
1908)  Royal 
Assent,  514. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT 

(Scotland) 

ACT, 

1894 

(Parish 

Council  Elections,  1907).  Yide  ACCOUNTS. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  (Scotland).  Yide  ACCOUNTS. 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  Q U A L I F I C A T I ON  

and 
for  being 
Wales);  Bill  to  extend 
elected  on  County  and  Borough  Councils;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23,  Second 
Reading  deferred,  153,  177,  193,  210,  225,  235,  268,  275, 
283,  287,  291,  296,  306,  311. 

the  qualification 

(E n g l a nd  

(Transfer 

LOCAL  GOVERNMENT 

of  Powers  of 

Standing 
Joint  Committees);  Bill  to  transfer  to  County  Councils 
in  England  and  Wales  the  powers  and  duties  of 
the 
Standing  Joint  Committees;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  25.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
159,  188,  205,  235. 

L O C AL   LOANS  F U N D.   Yide  ACCOUNTS, 

L O C AL   R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  T I T LE  

(I r e l a n d)   A M E N D-
MENT ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Local  Registration  of  Title 
(Ireland)  Act,  1891  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  198.  Second  Reading  deferred,  210. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  218.  Standing  Committee  A,  224.  Report  of 
names  of  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of. the  Bill, 
232.  Members  discharged  and  others  appointed 
in 
respect  of  the  Bill,  238,  253.  Member  added,  261. 
Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A,  without  Amend-
ment  ;  day  appointed for consideration, 292.  Considered 
(not  amended);  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  298. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an  Amendment,  504. 
Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  504. 
(Cited  as  Local 
Registration  of  Title  (Ireland)  Amendment  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  514. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I O N?   Resolution,  That,  in  the  opinion  of 
this  House,  the  present  system  of  Local  Taxation  and 
the  relations  between  Local  and  Imperial  burdens 
demand 
immediate  attention  of  His  Majesty's 
Government,  with  a  view  to  a  more  equitable  adjust-
ment  as  between  Local  and  Imperial  obligations,  49. 

the 

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L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   A C C O U N T,   1907-8.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   A C C O U NT  

(Scotland)   A C T,  

1 8 9 8. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   L I C E N C E S,   1907-8.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I O N,   N A T I O N AL   D E B T,  

a nd   A S S E S S O RS 
[Payments']  ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve  itself  into 
a  Committee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment  of 
an  annual  sum  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the 
Local  Taxation  Account,  of  increased  allowances  to 
Assessors  of  Taxes,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  and  of  authorising  the  application  of  the 
surplus  of  income  over  expenditure,  for  the  year  ending 
the  31st  day  of  March  1908  ;  King's  Recommendation 
signified;  Question agreed to,  198.  Committee  deferred, 
203.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  and  Committee 
immediately  reports  Progress,  209.  Matter  considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported,  213.  Resolution  reported, 
Instruction,  &c.  (vide  F I N A N CE 
and  agreed  to,  2 0 9.  
B I L L ),   2 1 9. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL  

T A X A T I ON  

R E T U R NS  

(England). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   (Scotland). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O CH   L E V EN   W A T ER   P O W ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

; 
Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Loch  Leven  Water;  presented;  read  the  first  time, 
and ordered  (under  Sectiou  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  164.  Read  a second  time  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  181.  Considered,  as  amended,  187. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  190.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  228. 
(Cited  as  Loch 
Leven  Water  Power  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  261. 

L O N D ON   and  D I S T R I CT   E L E C T R I C I TY   S U P P LY   [Lords]  ; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been complied with, 16.  Message from the Lords  relative 
to a Joint  Committee thereon,  79.  Lords' Resolution dis-
agreed  to,  102.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first 
time, and referred to the Examiners, 322.  Report,  Standing 
Orders not  previoulsy  inquired  into  complied  with  ;  Bill 
to  be  read a second  time, 335.  Day  appointed for  Second 
Reading,  347.  Second  Reading  deferred,  351,  364. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment  proposed,  "three  months,"  and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate); 
Amendment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Main  Question  put, 
and  agreed  to ;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
385.  Motion  for Instruction  to  the  Committee;  Amend-
ment  proposed,  to  leave  out  words  and  insert  others,  on 
Division,  not  made;  Main  Question  proposed;  Closure 
claimed,  but  assent  withheld;  Debate  resumed,  and 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of 
Debate);  Order,  That  it  be  an  Instruction,  &c.,  407. 
Reported,  Preamble  not  proved,  450. 

L O N D ON   a nd   W I N D S OR   M O T OR   R O A D S,   T R A M R O A D S, 
and  T R A M W A YS   [Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  75. 
Report  on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  com-
the  Select  Committee  on 
plied  with,  referred 
Standing  Orders,  75. 

to 

L O N D O N,  

a nd  

B R I G H T O N,  

S O U TH   C O A ST  

R A I L W AY 
[Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the 
Lords; 
the 
Examiners,  182.  Report;  Standing  Orders  not  previously 

time,  and  referred 

read 

first 

the 

to 

inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  190.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  207. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  211,  227,  247,  260.  Bill  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  265.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  333.  Considered, as  amended, 344.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  356.  To 
which  the Lords  agree, 369. 
( Cited  as London,  Brighton, 
and  South  Coast  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL  

(General  Powers)  ;  Bill  to 
make  sanitary provisions  applicable to  the  Administrative 
County  of  London  ;  to  confer  powers  upon  the  London 
County  Council  and  the  Councils of  certain  metropolitan 
boroughs  ;  to  make  provision with respect to  the  drainage 
of  parts  of  the  JV1 etropolitan  Borough  of  Hackney  and 
the  Urban  Districts  of  Tottenham  and  Willesden,  and 
for  other  purposes  ;  read  the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  20.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  32. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  35,  45,  59. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed;  Instruction,  80. 
Report,  Part  II.  of  the  Bill  struck  out,  pursuant  to 
Instruction,  181.  Bill  reported from  Police and  Sanitary 
Committee 
(Section  B),  with  Amendments  and  an 
amended  Title,  181.  Considered,  as  amended,  194. 
Prince  of Wales'  Consent,  as Duke  of  Cornwall, signified; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  204.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords, with Amendments,  369.  Lords'  Amendments, 
in  pursuance  of  Order,  agreed to,  374. 
(Cited  as  London 
County  Council  (General  Powers)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  392. 

' 

, 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL   (Money);  Bill  to  regulate 
the  expenditure  of  money  by 
the  London  County 
Council  on  capital  account  during  the  current  financial 
period  and  the  raising  of  money  to  meet  such  expendi-
ture,  and  for  other  purposes  presented;  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  181.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  190.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  221. 
Considered,  as  amended,  236.  Day  appointed  for  Third 
Reading,  242.  Third  Reading  deferred,  244,  249,  265. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time; 
Amendment  proposed,  " three  months,"  and  not  made; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  290.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  363. 
(Cited   as  London 
County  Council (Money)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL  

and 

(Tramways 

Improve-
ments)  [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate 
in  the  House  of  Lords,  13,  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Report, 
on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with, 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
17.  Examiners'Report  on  Petition  for  additional  pro-
vision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  66.  Report 
from  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on  Peti-
tion  for the  Bill,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  74.  On  Petition  for  additional  provi-
sion,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  100.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  118.  Report, 
into  com-
Standing  Orders  not  previously 
plied  with;  Bill 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  125. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  141,  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  307.  Considered,  as  amended,  320, 
332.  Third  Reading  deferred,  335.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time ;  Amendment  proposed, 
" three  months,"  and  withdrawn;  Main  Question  put; 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
Bill  read  the 
ments,  346.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  353. 
(Cited 
as  London  County  Council (Tramways  and  Improvements) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

inquired 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C I L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

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L O N D ON   E L E C T R IC   S U P P LY   [Lords];  Report,  That  the 
Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  ot'Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Message  from  the  Lords  relative  to  Joint  Com-
mittee  thereon,  79.  Lords'  Resolution  disagreed  to, 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time, 
102.  Brought 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  342.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  356.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Readings  374.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
385,  392,  398,  400,  408,  410.  Read  a second  time,  and 
committed;  Instruction  to  the  Committee  ;  Motion  for 
an  Instruction  withdrawn;  Motion  for  an  Instruction 
amended  by  inserting  words,  and  Question  agreed  to, 
425.  Reported,  with  Amendments ;  Title  amended,  and 
provision  inserted  in  the  Bill,  pursuant  to  Instruction, 
461.  Day  appointed  for consideration,  as  amended,  484. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  488.  Considered, 
as  amended  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended  ; 
Prince  of Wales' Consent, as  Duke of Cornwall, signified; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  498. 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  511. 
(Cited  as  London 
Electric  Supply  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

L O N D ON   E L E C T R IC   S U P P LY   B I L LS   ;  Message  from  the 
Lords,  that  they  have  come  to  the  following  Resolu-
tion,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  London  and  Disl rict-
Electricity  Supply  Bill,  London  Electric  Supply  Bill, 
and London (Westminster and Kensington)  Supply  Com-
panies  Bill  be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  both 
Houses  of  Parliament,  79.  Message  from  the  Lords 
considered;  Resolution,  That  this  House  doth  disagree 
with  the  Lords  in their Resolution  ;  Message to  acquaint 
them  therewith,  102.  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   J O I N T. 

L O N D ON   (Equalisation  of  Rates')  A C T,   1 8 94  (Accounts 

under  Section  1  ( 7)   of the  Act).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O N D ON   P A V I NG   E X P E N S E S;   Bill  to  relieve  places  of 
Religious  Worship  from  liability  to  contribute  to  the 
expenses  of  paving  new  Streets  in  London  ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  83. 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  98,  101,  107,  110,  115,  119,  122,  127, 
131,  134,  138,  149,  162,  176,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199, 
208,  214,  220,  223,  229,  234,  240,  242,  246,  248,  251, 
259,  262,  267,  272,  286,  290,  295,  305,  310,  313,  320, 
325,  343,  355,  359,  361,  367,  373,  381,  385,  398,  400, 
402,  408,  410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  426,  436,  447, 
456,  468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

L O N D ON  

P O RT   and  D O C K S;   Bill  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing 
Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read a  second  time, 
78,  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  91.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  120,  142,  185,  220.  Bill  withdrawn, 
276. 

L O N D ON   M O T OR   R O A D W A YS   A P P R O A CH  

[Lords];  Re-
port,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13,  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16. 

L O N D ON   T R A F F I C.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

first 

L O N D ON   U N I T ED   T R A M W A YS   ;  Report  on  Petition  for 
Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  58.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought to be  dispensed  with,  100.  Read 
the 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  107. 
Report,  Standing  Order  63  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  125.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  141. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  146,  147. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  154.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  198.  Day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  as  amended,  263.  Consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred,  265.  Considered,  as  amended,  269,  Read the 
third  time. and  passed,  280.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

with  Amendments,  363.  Lords'  Amendments,  in  pur-
suance  of  Order,  agreed  to,  368. 
(Cited  as  London 
United  Tramways  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

L O N D ON  

(Westminster 

and  Kensington) 

E L E C T R IC 
S U P P LY   C O M P A N I ES   [Lords]-,  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
, Standing  Orders  certified  1o  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Message  from  the  Lords  relative  to  a Joint  Com-
mittee 
thereon,  79.  Lords'  Resolution  as  to  Joint 
Committee  disagreed  to,  102.  Brought  from  the  Lords, 
341.  Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Exami-
ners,  342.  Report  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  356.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  374. 
Second  Reading  deterred,  385,  392,  398,  400,  408,  410. 
Read a  second  time,  and  committed  ;  Instructions  to  the 
Committee  to  insert  provisions,  425.  Reported,  with 
Amendments  ;  provision  inserted,  pursuant  to  Instruc-
for  consideration,  488. 
tion,  463. 
Con-
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  492. 
sidered,  as  amended  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  498.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  511. 
( Cited  as London  ( Westminster  and  Kensington)  Electric 
Supply  Companies Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

Day  appointed 

L O NG   A S H T ON   C H A R I TY   ;  Bill  to  confirm a  Scheme  of 
the  Charity  Commissioners  relating  to  the  Long  Ashton 
(Congregational Chapel  Schoolroom) Charity;  presented, 
Second 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  108. 
Reading  deferred,  150,  176,  200,  210,  219,  224,  226, 
235,  252,  254,  268,  287,  306,  310.  Read  a second  time ; 
Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
480.  Committee  deferred,  484.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  487.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  without Amendment,  511. 
(Citedas  Long  Ashton 
Congregational  Chapel  Scheme  Confirmation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  514. 

L O RD  

A S H T O W N 'S  

L O D G E,  

G L E N A H I E R Y.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S.  

E X P L O S I O N S. 

L O R D S: 

M E S S A G ES   F R OM  

;— 

.  By  one  of  their  Clerks,  bringing  Bills,  51,  62, 
&c.  Agreement  to  Bills,  without  Amendment,  144, 
&c»  With  Amendments,  170,  &c.  Message  appointing 
a  Committee  of  Five  Lords  to join  with  this  House,  and 
appointing  place  and  time  of  Meeting,  108,  137,  202. 

Communicating  a  Resolution  that  certain  Bills 
be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee,  79,  170.  Com-
municating  Minutes  of  Evidence,  &c.  upon  a  Divorce 
Bill,  212.  Communicating  a  Resolution  that  a  Bill  be 
referred  to  the  same  Joint  Committee  as  certain  other 
Bills,  198.  Communicating  copy  of  Manuscripts  of  the 
House  of  Lords,  349. 

— 

Concurring  with  the  Resolution  of  this  House 
that  a  Select  Committee  of  Five  Members  be  appointed 
to join  with  a  Committee  of  the  Lords,  118, 

Giving  leave  to  Lord  Eversley  to  be  examined 

as  a Witness  before  a  Select  Committee,  174. 

• 

— I—   M E S S A G ES   TO  

:— 

Disagreeing  with  a  Resolution  as  to  a  Joint 

Committee  (London  Electric  Supply  Bills),  102. 

• 

To  acquaint  them  that  they  had  committed  a 

Bill  to  a Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons,  168. 

——   Agreeing  with  the  Lords  as  to  time  and  place  of 
Meeting  of  a  Joint  Committee,  139,  204.  That  they 
had  appointed  a  Select  Committee  of  Five  Members  to 
join  with  a  Committee  of the  Lords,  135,184, 

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LORDS—continued. 

M E S S A G ES   TO—continued. 

— 

Requesting 

to  communicate 
their  Lordships 
Copies  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  upon  a  Divorce  Bill, i 
207.  Returning  Minutes  of  Evidence,  233.  Requesting 
Copy  of  Manuscripts  of  the  House  of  Lords,  341. 
Requesting  the  attendance  of  Lord  Eversley  to  be 
examined  as  a  Witness  before  the  Select  Committee 
on  Hop  Industry,  172. 

L O R D S'   A M E N D M E N T S.   Vide  B I L L S. 

L O R D S'   A M E N D M E N TS   d i v i d e d,   3 8 7,   4 9 5. 

L o ss   of  L I FE   at  S E A.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L O T T E R I ES   and  A D V E R T I S E M E N TS   ;  Resolution,  That 
it is expedient  that a  Select  Committee  of  Five  Members 
of  this  House  be  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  of 
the  Lords  to  consider  and  inquire  into  the  Law  (1) 
as  to  Lotteries,  including  the  sale  of  lottery  bonds, 
competitions  for  prizes  which  involve  an  element  of 
chance,  and  Advertisements  relating  thereto;  (2)  as 
to  indecent  literature  and pictures,  and  Advertisements 
relating  to things  indecent  and  immoral;  and  to  report 
what  Amendments,  if  any,  in  the  Law  are  necessary  or 
desirable;  Message  to  acquaint  the  Lords  therewith, 
112.  Message  from  the  Lords  concurring  with  the 
Resolution,  118.  Lords'  Message  concurring  with  the 
Commons  in  their  Resolution  considered  ;  Select  Com- . 
mittee  of  Five  Members  appointed 
to  join  with  a ; 
Committee  to  be  appointed  by  the  Lords  ;  Message  to 
the  Lords  to  acquaint  them  therewith  ;  Five  Members 
nominated;  power  to  send 
for  persons,  papers,  and 
records;  Three  to  he  the  quorum,  135.  Message  from 
the  Lords  appointing  a Committee  of  Five  Members  to 
join  with  a  Committee  of  the  Commons  to  consider,  &c., 
and  proposing  place  and time  of  meeting,  137.  So  much 
of Lords' Message  as relates  to  place  and  time of  meeting ; 
considered;  ordered,  that  the  Committee  appointed  by  ; 
this  House  do  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as  proposed ; 
by  the  Lords  ;  Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith, 
139.  Reportfrom  the Joint  Committee, with  Minutes  of 
Evidence,  376.  Vide  J O I NT   C O M M I T T E E S. 

L O U TH   and  E A ST   C O A ST   R A I L W AY   (Transfer)  ;  Bill  read 
the first time,  and referred to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  62  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  54.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
61.  Bill  reported, with  Amendments,  137.  Considered, 
as  amended,  142.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
147.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an  Amendment, 
293.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  301. 
(Cited   as 
Louth  and  East  Coast  Railway 
(Transfer)  Act,  1908) 
Roval  Assent,  391. 

L O W ER   T H A M ES   (Grays)  D O CK   ;  Report  in  the  case 
of  Petition  for  Bill,  That  the  Standing'Orders  had 
not  been  complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Com-
mittee  on  Standing  Orders,  17.  Report  from 
the 
Select  Committee on Standing  Orders, That  the Standing ; 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  47.  Bill  read  the : 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  54. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  70.  Second  Read-
ing  deferred,  91,  i20.  Report  on  Petition  for dispensing 
with  Standing  Order  128,  That  Standing  Order  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  130.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
142,  185,201,  220,  276,  314,  332,  351.  Bill  withdrawn, 
381. 

L U G G A GE   (Definition);  Bill  to  define  Luggage  on  Rail-
ways  with  respect  to  Bicycles  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time,  40.  Second  Reading  deferred, 

173,  184.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time;  Debate  adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the  clock  ;  day 
appointed  for  resumption,  238.  Day  appointed  for 
resumption  of  adjourned  Debate,  260,  270.  Debate 
further  adjourned,  280,  298. 

L U N A CY  

[ Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  amend  the 
Lunacy  Acts,  1890  and  1891 ;  brought  from  the  Lords, 
389.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading, 457.  Second  Reading  deferred, 468,  471,  473, 
475,  477,  480,  483,  486,  491,  495.  Read  a  second 
time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
498.  Committee deferred, 502.  Considered in Committee, 
and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
(Cited   as  Lunacy  Act,  1908)  Royal 
and  passed,  506. 
Assent,  514. 

L U N A C Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

L U N A CY   (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

MACCLESFIELD   and  D I S T R I CT   T R A M W A YS  

(Aban-
donment) ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  40.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  46.  Reported, with  Amend-
ments  and  an  amended  Title,  277.  Considered,  as 
amended,  288.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  298. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  363. 
(Cited  as  Macclesfield  and  District  Tramways 
(Abandon-
ment)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

M A C E D O N IA   ;  Motion,  That  this  House  regrets  the  failure 
of  the  reforms  which  have  been  introduced  for  the 
amelioration  of 
condition  of  Macedonia,  and 
urges  the  Government  to  press  for  the  establishment  of 
executive  control  by  an  authority  responsible  to  the 
Powers  ;  withdrawn,  63. 

the 

(changed 

M A D R AS   R A I L W AY   C O M P A NY   (Purchase) 

to 
Madras  Railway  Company  (Annuities));  Bill  read  the 
first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report, 
Standing  Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  30.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
37.  Reported,  provision  made 
for  Annuities;  Bill 
reported,  with  Amendments;  Title  amended,  67.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended  (changed  to  Madras  Railway  Com-
pany (Annuities) Bill), 73.  Read the third time and passed, 
80.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  114. 
(Cited  as  Madras  Railway  (Annuities)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  124. 

M A D R AS   R A I L W AY   C O M P A NT  

[Annuities]; 
(Purchase) 
Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve  itself 
into  a  Com-
mittee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
the  Revenues  of  India,  of  any  Annuities  created  under 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  provide 
for  the 
vesting  of  the  undertaking  of the  Madras  Railway  Com-
pany  in  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Council  of  India,  and 
incurred  under 
of  any  costs,  charges,  and  expenses 
such  A c t;   King's  Recommendation  signified,  Resolu-
tion  agreed  to,  50.  Matter  considered  in  Committee, 
and  Committee  report  Progress  at  Three  o'clock,  54. 
Matter  again  considered  in  Committee,  56.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to;  Instruction,  &c„  59. 

M A G EE  

P R E S B Y T E R I AN  
; 
[Lords] 
;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  have  been  complied  with,  16. 

L O N D O N D E R RY  

C O L L E G E,  

M A G I S T R A T ES   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

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M A IL  

S E R V I C E.  
W E ST   I N D I AN  

V i de   S H E T L A N D,   A L D E R N E Y,  

a nd 

I N T E R - C O L O N I A L. 

M A IL   S H IP   A C T S,   1 8 91   and  1 9 0 2.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M A IL   S H I PS   R U L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M A IL  

S T E A M E RS   at  K I N G S T O W N.  

Vide  A D J O U R N-

M E NT   M O T I O NS   (under  Standing  Order  No.  1 0 ). 

M A L I C I O US  

I N J U R I ES   (Ireland); 

Bill  to  deal  with  the 
Law  relating  to  compensation  for  Malicious  Injuries  in 
Ireland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
Second  Reading  deferred,  153,  171,  200, 
time,  22. 
239, 

M A L V E RN   H I L L S;   [.Lords]   ; Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  not  to  have  been  complied  with,  16. 
Report  on  Petition 
for  BiU,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  17. 

M A N C H E S T ER   B O R O U GH   (North-West  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

M A N C H E S T ER   C O R P O R A T I ON   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time, 
Day 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  20. 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  35,  37.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
63.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  145.  Considered, 
as  amended,  160.  Read  the  third  time,  and  passed, 
169.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  353. 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  in  pursuance  of  Order, 
356. 
(Cited   as  Manchester  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

their  parents  ; presented,  and  ordered  to be read  a  second 
time,  79. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  87,  105,  117,-128, 
135,  139,  153,  156.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  163.  Standing  Committee  A, 
166.  Names  of  Fifteen  Members  added 
in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  167.  Member  discharged,  another  added, 
181.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A.,  with-
out  Amendment  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration, 
260.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  272,  282. 
Considered,  295.  Third  Reading  deferred,  328,  331, 
335,  339,  343.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  347. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Married  Women's  Property  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  390. 

M A R K E TS   in  R U R AL   D I S T R I C T S.   Vide  P U B L IC   H E A L TH 

(Markets  in  Rural  Districts)  B I L L. 

M A R R I A G E S,   B I R T HS   and  D E A T HS  

(England). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

M A R R I A G E S,   B I R T H S,   and  D E A T HS  

(Ireland). 

" Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

M E AT   M A R K I NG   (Ireland)  ;  Bill  to  identify  all  imported 
Meat,  whether  fresh  or  frozen,  and  to  provide  that  it 
shall  not  be  sold  as  native  produce;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  457. 

M E D I C AL   C O U N C I L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E D I C AL   D E P A R T M E N T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A R M Y. 

M E M B ER   O R D E R ED   to  W I T H D R A W.   Vide  also  C H A I R M A N, 

H O U S E.   M E M B E R S.  

S P E A K E R. 

M E M B E R S: 

M A N U AL   of  P R O C E D U R E,   H O U SE   of  C O M M O N S.   Vide 

ordered  to prepare  and  bring  in  Bills,  69, 

A C C O U N T S. 

&c. 

M A R G A TE   C O R P O R A T I O N;   Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
Petition  for 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  20. 
additional provision referred to the Examiners,  26.  Report 
on  said  Petition,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with, 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
31.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  35,  37.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  40.  Report  from  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  for  addi-
tional  provision,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  47.  Reported  from  the  Police  and  Sani-
tary  Committee,  with  Amendments,  145.  Considered, 
as  amended,  156.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
160.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  353. 
Lords'  Amendments,  in  pursuance  of  Order,  agreed  to, 
(Cited  as  Margate  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
356. 
Assent,  391. 

M A R R I A G ES   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R;   Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  made  by  one  of  His  Majesty's 
Principal  Secretaries  of  State  under  the  Provisional 
Order  (Marriages)  Act,  1905  ;  presented  ;  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  221.  Report,  no 
Standing  Orders  applicable  ;  day'appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  249.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional 
252. 
the 
Order  confirmed,  277.  Read 
time  and 
the  Lords,  without 
passed,  280.  Agreed 
to  by 
Amendment,  383. 
(Mar-
riages)  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

(Cited-  as  Provisional  Order 

third 

M A R R I ED   W O M E N 'S   P R O P E R TY   ;  Bill  to  render  Married 
Women  with  a  separate  estate  liable  for  the  support  of 

/ 

present  Bills,  21,  &c. 

nominated  as  temporary  Chairmen  by 

Mr.  Speaker,  50. 

troller  of the  Household),  28,  31,  206. 

report  Answers  to  Addresses  (the  Comp-

—-  signify  King's 

to 
Motions,  50,,  135,  &c.  To  Petition  for  Aid  (British 
Museum),  45. 

Recommendation 

— ——   King's  Consent  to  Bills,  63,  146,  &c. 

Bills  and  Motions,  15. 

Order  relative  to  Members  balloting  for 

28,  50,  &c.  On  Bills  (Hybrid),  195,  409. 

nominated  Members  of  Select  Committees, 

— 

nominated  Members  of  Standing  Com-

mittees,  67,  68,  &c.  To  be  Chairmen's  Panel,  68. 

added  to  Committees  in  respect  of  Bills, 

74,  81,  136,  &c. 

vate  Bills,  78,  118. 

reported  absent  from  Committees  on  Pri-

— 

Names  of  Members  to  serve  on  Standing 
Scottish  Standing  Com-

Committees  A,  B,  C,  67. 
mittee,  68. 

ing  Committees,  and  others  added,  81,  88,  &c. 

Names  of  Members discharged from  Stand-

missioners  under 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  81. 

Names of  Fifteen  Members  to  act  as  Com-
the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 

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569 

MEMBERS—continued. 

Name  of  Member  selected  to  serve  on 
unopposed  Bill  Committee  in  place  of  Member  deceased, 
136. 

— 

Names of Members discharged as Chairmen 

of  Standing  Committees;  others  added,  161. 

——  

Member  discharged  from  Committee  of 

Public  Accounts;  another  added,  161. 

111,  135. 

nominated  Members  of  Joint  Committees, 

— 

Member  discharged  from  a  Select  Com-
mittee;  another  added,  165,  211,  243.  Four  Members 
added,  226. 

170. 

Member  added  to  a  Select  Committee, 

—— 

Member  discharged  from  a  Select  Com-
mittee  ;  Motion, That  a  Member  be  added,  and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and  agreed  to, 
274. 

—— 

Member  discharged  from  Committee  on 

Standing  Orders,  61. 

— 

Member  discharged  from  Committee  of 

Selection;  another  Member  added,  306. 

Imprisonment  of a  Member f Mr.  Laurence 
Ginnell);  Mr.  Speaker  acquaints  the  House  that  he 
has  received  a  letter  relating  to  the  imprisonment  of  a 
Member,  and  letter  read,  3. 

— —-   ask  leave  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the 

House,  1 3 7,   4 4 1,   Vide  A D J O U R N M E N T S.  

H O U S E. 

claim  to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now 
put,  under  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  16,  70, 
122,  &c.  Vide  C L O S U R E. 

claim  the  Main  Question,  271,  416. 

————  Chairman  reports  Member to  Mr.  Speaker, 

404. 
——  
House,  404, 

Member  suspended  from the  service  of  the 

;—  Ordered  to  withdraw,  and withdraws,  404, 

New  Members  sworn  :— 

Arthur  Hill,  Esquire  (commonly  called  Lord  Arthur 
Hill), for  the  County  of  Down  (West  Down  Divi-
sion),  3. 

Charles  M'Arthur,  Esquire, for the  Borough  of  Liver-

pool  (Kirkdale  Division),  3. 

Guy  Greville  Wilson,  Esquire  (commonly  called  the 
Honourable  Guy  Greville  Wilson),  for  the  Borough 
of  Kingston-upon-Hull  (West  Division),  3. 

John  Phillips,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of  Longford 

(South  Longford  Division),  3. 

Captain  Ernest  Fitzroy  Morrison-Bell,  for  the  County 

of  Devon  (Mid  or  Ashburton  Division),  3. 

Percy  Arthur  Give,  Esquire,  for  Hereford  (Southern 

or  Ross  Division),  25. 

Walter  MacMurrough  Kavanagh,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Carlow,  28. 

Thomas  Charles  Reginald  Agar-Robartes  (commonly 
called  the  Honourable  Thomas  Charles  Reginald 
Agar-Robartes), for Cornwall (Mid  or  Saint  Austell 
Division),  28. 

Samuel  Thomas  Evans,  Esquire,  K.c.,  for  Glamorgan 

(Mid  Division),  33. 

Edward  Alfred  Goulding,  Esquire,  for  Worcester,  33. 

William  Middlebrook,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Leeds  (South  Division),  47. 

John  Lloyd  Morgan,  Esquire,  K.C.,  for  Carmarthen 

Member directed to discontinue  his speech. 

(Western  Division),  67. 

485. 

Member  moves,  That  the  Chairman  do 
report  Progress,  but  the  Chairman  declines  to  propose 
the  Question  (abuse  of  Rules),  366. 

report  Reasons  for disagreeing  to  Lords' 

Amendments,  388,  389. 

Stanley  Baldwin,  Esquire,  for  Worcester  (Western  or 

Bewdley  Division),  74. 

•Arthur  Philip  Du  Cros,  Esquire,  for  Hastings  78. 

Francis  Edward  Meehan,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Leitrim  (North  Leitrim  Division),  83. 

— 

No  Member willing  to  act  as second  Teller 

for the  Noes  in  a  Division,  479. 

Henry  Cubitt  Gooch,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Camberwell  (Peckham  Division),  118. 

— ——  

No  Tellers  for the  Noes,  294,  365. 

— 

Death  of a Member  (Sir  Henry  Campbell-

Bannerman,  G.C.B.),  147. 

Forty  Members  not  present  in  the  House, 

124,  140,  288. 

Member rises  to  move the Adjournment  of 
the  House,  but  Mr.  Speaker  informs  him  the  Motion 
could  not  be  put;  but  the  Member  proceeds  to  address 
the  House,  403. 

William  John  MacGeagh  MacCaw,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of Down  (West  Down  Division),  125. 

Right  Honourable Walter  Runciman,  for  the  Borough 

of  Dewsbury,  148. 

James  Fitzalan  Hope,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Sheffield  (Central  Division),  148. 

Henry  William  Edmond  Petty-Fitzmaurice,  Esquire 
(commonly called  the  Earl  of  Kerry), for the  County 
of  Derby  (Western  Division),  148. 

Member  called  upon  to  discontinue  his 

William  Joynson-Hicks,  Esquire,  for the  Borough  of 

speech,  403. 

— 

Member  refuses  to  obey  the  direction  of 

the  Chair,  403. 

—  Member  directed  by  Mr. Speaker  to  with-
draw,  but  refuses,  and  is  removed  by  the  Serjeant-at-
Arms,  403. 

Member  requested  by  the  Chairman  to 
discontinue  his  speech,  but  persists  in  his  disorderly 
conduct,  404, 

— ——  

Member  requested  to  withdraw  by  the 

Chairman,  but  persists  in  his  disorderly  conduct,  404. 

_ 

—  Member  named  by  the  Chairman  for  dis-

regarding  the authority  of  the  Chair,  404. 

Manchester  (North-West  Division),  155. 

George  Rennie  Thorne,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Wolverhampton  (East  Division),  170. 

Right  Honourable Winston Leonard Spencer  Churchill, 

for the  Burgh  of  Dundee,  174. 

Robert  Vernon  Harcourt,  Esquire,  for  the  Montrose 

District  of Burghs,  185. 

Beville  Stainer,  Esquire,  for  the  County  ot  Salop 

(Northern  or Newport  Division),  191. 

Arthur  Augustus  William  Harry  Ponsonby,  Esquire, 

for the  Stirling  District  of  Burghs,  208. 

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MEMBERS—New  Members  sworn—continued. 

MESSAGES: 

John  James  Oddy,  Esquire, for York  County  (Eastern 
Part  of  the  West  Riding)  (Pudsey  Division),  269. 

Walter  Francis  Roch,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Pembroke,  344, 

Rupert  Edward  Cecil  Lee  Guinness,  Esquire  (com-
monly  called  the  Honourable  Rupert  Guinness),  for 
the  Borough  of  Shoreditch  (Haggerston  Division), 
396. 

George  Renwick,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of  New-

castle-on-Tyne,  399. 

Ernest  George  Pretyman,  Esquire, for  the  County  of 

Essex  (Mid  or  Chelmsford  Division),  474. 

M E M B E RS   of  P A R L I A M E N T,   Yide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E M B E RS   of  P A R L I A M E NT  

(Colonial  Pensions). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C A N T I LE   C O R P O R A T I O NS   and  C O M P A N I E S.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S.   M U N I C I P AL   F R A N C H I S E. 

M E R C A N T I LE  

I N S U R A N CE  

C O M P A N Y. 

Vide  N O R TH 

B R I T I SH   M E R C A N T I L E,   &C. 

M E R C A N T I LE   M A R I NE   (Sight  Tests),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C A N T I LE   M A R I NE  

(Seamen  Employed). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A N D I SE   M A R KS   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Merchandise 
Marks  Act,  1887;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred,  31,  54,  71, 
94,  159,  193,  230,  254. 

M E R C H A N D I SE   M A R KS  

2 );   Bill  to  amend  section 
sixteen  of  the  Merchandise  Marks  Act,  1887;  presented, 
an(» ordered to be read a second time,  68.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  71,  84,  98,  116,  130,  151,  171,  203,  239, 

(NO. 

M E R C H A NT   S E A M E N 'S   F U N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT  

S H I P P I NG  

A C T,  

1 8 9 4,  

a nd   W O R K M E N 'S 

C O M P E N S A T I ON   A C T,   1 9 0 6.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T,   1 8 9 4.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T S,   1 8 94   to  1 9 06  (Dispensing 

Power).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT  

S H I P P I NG   A C T S,  1894  to  1906 

(Vessels 

Detained).  Vide  A C C O U N T S, 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   (Mercantile  Marine  Fund)  A C T, 

1898.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I N G.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   R U L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R S EY   D O C KS   and  H A R B O UR   B O A R D,   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E R T H YR  

first 

T Y D F IL  

time,  and 

complied  with  ;  Bill 

[Lords];  Report, 
C O R P O R A T I ON  
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been 
complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords ;  read 
the 
the  Examiners, 
referred 
133.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into 
second 
time,  140.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  146. 
Reported  from  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee 
(Section  B),  with  Amendments,  202.  Considered,  as 
amended,  292.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  302.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  333. 
(Cited  as  Merthyr  Tydfil  Corporation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

to  be  read  a 

to 

Usher,  to  attend  Him  in  the  House  of  Peers,  3. 

from  His  Majesty;  by  the  Gentleman 

from  the  Lords  Commissioners;  Royal 
Assent  to  Bills,  by  the  Gentleman  Usher,  124,  261,  513. 
By   the  Yeoman  Usher,  144,  390.  Vide 
L O R D S, 
M E S S A G ES   to  and  from. 

M E T E O R O L O G I C AL   C O M M I T T E E,   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   C A T T LE   M A R K E T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   C O M M O NS   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R;   Bill 
to  confirm  a  Scheme  under  the  Metropolitan  Commons 
Acts,  1866  to  1898,  relating  to  Maiden  Green,  in  the 
County  of  Surrey;  presented;  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to 
the  Examiners,  178.  Report,  no 
Standing  Orders  applicable;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  194.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  198. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  con-
firmed,  221,  Read  the  third  tune  and  passed,  224. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  322. 
(Cited  as  Metropolitan  Commons  Scheme  Confirmation 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   D I S T R I CT   R A I L W AY   [L o r d s];   Report, 
That the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  ot  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified to  have  been  complied 
with,  16.  Brought 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  256.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with ;  Bill  to  be read  a  second  time, 264,  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  284.  Reported,  with Amendments, 
308.  Considered,  as  amended,  325.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  335.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  345. 
District 
Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

(Cited  as  Metropolitan 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   E L E C T R IC   T R A M W A YS   [Lords]  ;  Report, 
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been 
complied  with,  31.  Brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the 
first time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  144.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  206.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  227, 
Reported,  with 
Amendments,  333.  Considered,  as  amended;  Amend-
ments  made ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended  ; 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
read  the 
361.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  377. 
(Cited  as  Metro-
politan  Electric  Tramways  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
391. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN  

P O L I CE  

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill 
to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  made  by  one  of  His 
the 
Majesty's  Principal  Secretaries  of  State  under 
Metropolitan  Police  Act,  1886,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Police  Courts  Act,  1897;  presented;  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  129.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with,  160.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  164.  Reported,  with-
out  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  confirmed,  186. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  190.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  261. 
(Cited  as  Metropolitan  Police  Pro-
visional  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
261. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN  
A C C O U N T S, 

P O L I CE  

(Royal  Commission). 

Vide 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   ;  Sessional  Order,  4. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I C E,   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

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M E T R O P O L I T AN  

S E W E RS   and  D R A I N S;   Bill  to  amend 
tlie  Metropolis  M anagement  Acts  with  respect  to  Sewers 
and  Drains ;  presented,  and  ordered  to be  read a  second 
time,  79.  Second  Reading  deferred,  89,  99,  106,  117, 
128,  135,  151,  155,  158,  163,  177,  180,  184,  189,  194, 
210,  230,  251,  254,  259,  268,  272,  275,  280,  283,  288. 
Day  appointed for  Second  Reading,  293,  302. 

M E X B O R O U GH   and  S W I N T ON   R A I L W A Y.   Vide  S W I N-

T ON  and. 

M I LE   E ND   O LD   T O W N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M I L I T I A.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A R M Y. 

M I L I T A RY   S A Y I N GS   B A N E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A B M Y. 

N A T I O N AL   D E B T. 

M I L I T A RY   W O R KS   A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A R M Y. 

M I LK   C O N T R OL   (Scotland);  Bill  to  amend  and  extend 
existing  legislation  relating  to the  Milk  Supplies of  the 
rural  and  urban  districts  of  Scotland;  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second time,  266. 

M I L K,   P U R I TY   of.  Vide  P U R I TY   of  M I L K. 

M I N ES   and  Q U A R R I ES   (Accident  at  Roachburn  Colliery, 

Cumberland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M I N ES   and  Q U A R R I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M I N ES  

(Irruption  of  Water  at  Brereton  Collieries). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M I N E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M I N T.   Vide  S U P P L Y. 

M I S C E L L A N E O US   P A P E R S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

M O N A S T IC   and  C O N V E N T U AL  

I N S T I T U T I O N S;   Motion, 
That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  appoint 
Commissioners to inquire  as to the  need for the  inspection 
of  Monastic  and  Conventual  Institutions;  Question 
negatived,  62. 

M O N EY   L E N D E RS   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Money  Lenders 
Act,  1900;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  212.  Second  Reading  deferred,  239. 

M O N M O U T H S H I RE   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL  

[  Lords']  ;  Report, 
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
IS.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been 
complied  with,  16. 

Contempt  of Court  (Ireland),  86, 

- ——  

—  Taxation  Basis, on Division,  130. 

- ——   For  adjournment  of  Debate,  299,  On 

Division,  266,  484, 

For  adjournment  of  the  House,  13,  34, 

— 

That  the  Chairman  do  report  Progress, 

327,  346,  401,  &c. 

That  the  Chairman  do  now  leave  the 
Chair, in  Committee  on  a  Bill  (Elementary  Education 
(No  Report.) 
(England and  Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill), 478. 

— That  a  Member  be  suspended  from  the 

service  of  the  House,  404. 

Business  of  the  House,  79,  86,  92,  103, 

318,  484,  496. 

Exemption  from  Standing  Order  No.  1 
(Sittings  of  the  House),  29,  55,  108,  121,  126,  161,  170, 
178,  266, 303,  416,  439,  441. 

That  the  Lords'  Amendments  be  now 
considered,  after Amendment  proposed,  "three  months," 
and,  on  Division,  not  made,  513. 

Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  aud 
Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time) ; 
Debate  adjourned,  38. 

' '  • 
Time),  256-8, 

—  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  (Allocation  of 

Licensing  Bill 

(Allocation  of  Time), 

336-8,  439. 
——— 
Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill  (Allocation  of Time),  463. 

Elementarv  Education 

(England  and 

.  -  --- 

,  That  a clause be  read  a second  time,  437. 
That  it  be  an Instruction  to  a  Committee 
on a  Private  Bill,  and  Question  agreed  to, after  Amend 
ment  made,  425. 

of  the  whole  House,  159,  205. 

That  a Bill be  committed  to  a  Committee 

That  the  further  consideration  of  a  Bill 

be  now  adjourned,  354,  438,  446,  485. 

withdrawn:—  For  adjournment  of  the 

House,  44.  Under  Standing  Order  No.  10,  138,  441. 
For the  adjournment of  the  Debate,  299. 

Anglo-Russian  Convention,  46. 

——  Macedonia,  63. 

M O N T R O SE   D I S T R I CT   of  B U R G HS   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C-

Chinese  (British  Vessels),  75. 

T I O N S. 

M O N U M E NT  

to   S IR   H E N RY  

C A M P B E L L - B A N N E R M A N. 
Vide  S IR   H E N RY   C A M P B E L L - B A N N E R M A N,   M O N U-
M E NT  

t o. 

M O T H E R W E LL   B U R GH   E X T E N S I ON   a nd   S E W A GE   P U R I-
F I C A T I ON   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  63.  Read  a second time,  and com-
mitted,  71.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  124.  Con-
Read  the  third  time  and 
sidered,  as  amended,  141. 
p a s s e d,   146.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  308.  Lords' Amendments  agreed  to,  320. 
(Cited 
as  Motherwell  Burgh  Extension  and  Sewage  Purification 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

M O T I O N S: 

and  Questions  agreed  to. 

Registration  of  Voters,  after  Amendment 

negatived  on  Division,  39. 

© 

Local  Taxation,  49. 
Congo  Free  State,  65 

— —-  

Dublin  Metropolitan  Police,  89. 

House  of  Commons  (Foreign  Press),  115. 

Business  of  tlie House  (Private  Business), 

— 

East  India  (Education),  155. 

——  Factory  and  Workshop  Act  (Accidents), 

That  a  Clause  be  read  a  second  time, 

384. 

238, 

485. 

ports be  now  considered,  505, 

Public  Accounts  Committee  ;  That  Re-

That  a  reduced  sum  be  granted  in  Com-

mittee  of Supply,  138 

That  the  Chairman  do  report  Progress, 

134, 440,  443. 

Committee,  on consideration,  read,  318, 

That  a Bill  be  recommitted to  the  former 

For  an  Instruction  to  a  Committee  on  a 

Private  Bill,  425. 

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MOTIONS—continued. 

—  Debates  adjourned  and  no  days  fixed  for 
resumption  ;  Railways  (Nationalisation),  36.  Political 
Funds,  53.  Price  of Bread,  76. 

Debate  stood  adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the 

c l o c k;   Unemployment,  115. 
-— 

— 

and  Questions  negatived. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

N A T A L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   A C T,   1 8 83 

(Terminable\  Annuities). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   A N N U I T I E S.  

V I DE   A C C O U N T S. 

Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901  (Laun-

N A T I O N AL   D E BT  

(Military   Savings  Banks). 

Vide 

dries),  on  Division,  115. 

A C C O U N T S. 

Amendment proposed,  and withdrawn,  134. 

Explosion,  Glenahiery,  on  Division,  after 

Old  Age  Pensions 

(Regulations),  on 

Division,  454. 

That  a Bill  be  recommitted  to  the  Stand-

ing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  437. 

For  adjournment  of  Debates,  188,  225, 

416,  486. 

For 

leave  to  bring  in  a Bill;  Question 

put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  62,  198. 

That a  Clause  be read  a second  time,  437. 
That  the  Chairman  do report  Progress  on 

Clause  1 of a  Bill,  264,  365. 

N A T I O N AL   D E B T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.   L O C AL   T A X A T I O N. 

N A T I O N AL   D E B T,   &C. 

N A T I O N AL   E D U C A T I ON   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   E X P E N D I T U R E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   F L AG   ;  Motion, That  leave  be  given  to  bring 
in  a  Bill  to  provide  for  the  due  display  of  the  National 
Flag  on  certain  occasions  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
more  particularly  on  Empire  Day;  Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and,  on  Division, 
negatived,  198. 

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E R I ES   of  S C O T L A ND   A C T,   1906.  Vide 

That  a  Bill  be  committed  to a  Committee 

A C C O U N T S. 

of  the  whole  House,  303. 

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E R Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

That  a  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Joint 

Committee,  467. 

adjournment  of the  House,  298. 

lapse,  at  Eleven  of 

the  clock,  for 

allowed by  Mr.  Speaker  to  be  submitted,  403. 

Motion  for  adjournment of  the  House  not 

N A T I O N AL  

G U A R A N T EE  

f or  

t he   W AR  

R I S KS  

of 

S H I P P I N G.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N A L I S A T I ON   of  C A N A LS   and  R A I L W A YS   ;  Bill  to 
provide  for  the  Nationalisation  of  Canals  and  Railways ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be read  a  second  time,  334. 

M O T OR   C AB   A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N A L I S A T I ON   of  R A I L W A Y S.   Vide  R A I L W A Y S. 

M O U N T A I N S,   A C C E SS   to  (Scotland).  Vide  A C C E SS   to. 
M U L L I N G A B,   K E L L S,   and  D R O G H E DA   R A I L W AY   ;  Bill 
read the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  20. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  62  and  67  not  complied  with, 
referred to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
80.  Order for referring  Report  of  Examiners  to  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  discharged  ;  Bill  with-
drawn,  85. 

M U N I C I P AL   C O R P O R A T I O NS   (Election  of  Aldermen)  ;  Bill 
to amend  the  Municipal  Corporations  Act,  1882,  as  to 
the  Election  of  Aldermen;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time,  38.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
49,  53,  57,  66,  70,  73,  77,  84,  89,  95,  162,  166,  184,  193, 
197,210,  224,  231,  254,  268,  283. 

M U N I C I P AL   E L E C T I O NS   ;  BUI to  amend  the  Municipal 
Elections  (Corrupt  and  Illegal  Practices)  Act,  1884 ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  64. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  76, 84,  89,  94,  99,  110,  127, 
150,  179,  196, 21 8.  Read  a  second  time, and  committed 
to a  Standing  Committee, 126.  Standing  Committee  A, 
§31.  Fifteen  Members  aided  to  the  Committee,  232. 
Reported  from the  Standing  Committee, without  Amend-
ment;  day  appointed for consideration,  329. 

M U N I C I P AL  

F R A N C H I SE  

(Mercantile  Corporations  and 
Companies) [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  .confer 
the  Municipal  Franchise  upon  Mercantile  Corporations 
and  Companies  ;  brought  from the  Lords  ;  read  the first 
time,  and day  appointed  for Second  Reading,  377. 

M U N I C I P AL   R E P R E S E N T A T I ON   ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act 
to  authorise  the  introduction  of  proportional  representa-
tion  in  Municipal  Elections,  and  for  other  purposes; 
brought  from the  Lords,  144.  Read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second time,  161.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  168,  203. 

N A T I O N A L I TY   and  N A T U R A L I S A T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   M I L I T A RY   T R A I N I NG   ;  Bill  to  amend  the 
Territorial  and  Reserve  Forces  Act,  1907,  and  to 
authorise  National  Military  Training  in  the  Territorial 
Force;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 
89.  Second  Reading  deferred,  96,  103,  150,  192,263. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  274.  Bill  with-
drawn,  280. 

N A T I O N AL   M I L I T A RY   T R A I N I NG  

(No.  2);  Motion  for 
leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Territorial  and 
Reserve  Forces  Act,  1907,  and  to  establish  National 
Military  Training  in the  Territorial  Force;  Mr.  Speaker 
puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11 
and  Question  negatived  on  Division,  308. 

. 

N A T I O N AL   P H Y S I C AL   L A B O R A T O R Y.  

V I DE   A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   P O R T R A IT   G A L L E R Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   S C H O O LS   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I O N AL   S C H O OL   T E A C H E R S'   (Ireland)  P E N S I ON   F U N D. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A T I VE   A F F A I RS   (South  Africa);  Resolution,  That  this 
House,  recognising  signs of a growing  opinion  on the  part 
of  the  self-governing  Colonies  of  South  Africa  in favour 
of  safeguarding  the  rights  and future  of  the  Natives  in 
any  scheme  of  political  unification  or federation, expresses 
its  confidence  that  His  Majesty's  Government  will 
welcome  the  adoption  of  provisions  calculated  to  render 
possible  the  ultimate  inclusion of  the  whole  of  British 
South  Africa in  federal union,  183. 

N A V AL   a nd   M A R I NE   P AY  

a nd   P E N S I O NS   A C T. 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

N A V AL   C A S U A L T I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Wages,fyc.).  Vide  S U P P L Y, 

N A V AL   D I S C I P L I NE   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

— ( Works, Buildings,  and  Repairs).  Vide  S U P P L Y. 

N A V AL   E X P E N D I T U RE   (Principal  Naval  Powers).  Vide 

N A VY   and  A R MY   (Inquiries),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A C C O U N T S. 

N A V AL  

L A N DS  

to  extend 

the 
(Volunteers)  ;  Bill 
Military  Lands  Acts  to  Naval  Volunteers;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  326.  Second 
Beading  deferred,  331,  335,  339,  342.  Read  a  second 
time  ;  Committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
.  347,  Committee  deferred,  350.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  354,  355.  Agreed  to  by  the 
{died  as Naval  Lands 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Volunteers)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

N A V AL   M A R I NE   P AT   and  P E N S I O NS   A C T,   1865.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

N A V AL   M A R R I A G ES   ;  Bill  to  authorise,  for the  purpose  of 
Marriages  in  the  United  Kingdom,  the  publication  of 
Banns  and the issue of Certificates on board His  Majesty's 
Ships in  certain  cases  ;  presented,  and ordered  to be  read 
a  second time,  322.  Second  Reading  deferred, 328,  343, 
347,350.  Read  a  second  time;  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  355.  Committee  deferred, 
359,  361.  Considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment  :  Member  moves  to  report  Pro-
gress  ;  Chairman  declines  to  put  the  Question  (abuse 
of  Rules)  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  366. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as Naval  Marriages  Act,  1908)  Royal Assent,  390. 

N A V AL   P R I ZE   M O N E Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A V AL   S A V I N GS   B A N K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A V AL   " W O R K S.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A V AL   " W O R KS   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A V I G A T I ON   and  S H I P P I N G.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A V I G A T I ON   W O R KS  

(Ireland);  Bill  to  facilitate  the 
execution  of  Navigation  Works in  Ireland,  and for  other 
purposes  connected  therewith  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second 
Second  Reading 
deferred,  250,  267,  286,  295.  Bill  withdrawn,  305. 

time,  221. 

N A V Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

• 

(Appropriation  Accounts).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Battle  Practice).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Courts-Martial).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Discipline).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

; 

(Dockyard  Expense  Accounts,  1906-7). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

—— 

(Estimates).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Estimates,  1907-8)  (Programme  of  Shipbuilding, 

Repairs,  Maintenance,  fyc.).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 
to  King's  Regulations). 

(Exceptions 

. 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S, 

— 

(Gunnery),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

———  (Hydrographer's  Report).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Health).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 
(Statement  explanatory  of  Estimates). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

—  (  Victualling Yard  Manufacturing  Accounts,  1906-7). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N A VY   and  A R MY   E X P E N D I T U R E,   1906-7  ;  Resolution 
of  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider 
the  surpluses  and  deficits upon  Navy  and  Army  Grants 
for  1906-7,  and  the  application  of  surpluses  to  meet 
expenditure  not provided for. in  the  Grants for that year; 
Order, That the  Appropriation  Accounts  for  the  Navy 
and  Army  Departments,  which  were  presented  respec-
tively  on  the  6th  and  14th  days  of  February  last,  be 
referred  to  the  Committee,  360.  Committee  deferred, 
in  Committee,  367.  Resolutions 
361.  Considered 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  372, 

N E W - B O RN   C H I L D R EN   (Protection);  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  better  protection  of 
the  Lives  of  New-born 
Children;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  148.  Second  Reading  deferred,  158.  Bill  with-
drawn,  168. 

N E W F O U N D L A ND   (British  Trade).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N E W F O U N D L A N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N E W R Y,   K E A D Y,   and  T Y N AN  

[Lords]; 
R A I L W AY  
Report  on  Petition 
for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with  ;  Report  referred  to  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders,  173. 

N EW   S O U TH   W A L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N O R TH   B R I T I SH   a nd   M E R C A N T I LE  

I N S U R A N CE  

C O M-

( Ocean Marine  Insurance  Transfer,  &fc.)  [Lords]  ; 

P A NY  
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House 
of  Lords,  40.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to 
have  been  complied  with,  54.  Brought  from the  Lords ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
133.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
140.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  146.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  147.  Reported,  with 
an  Amendment,  277.  Considered,  as  amended,  288. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment, 
299.  To  which  the  Lords agree,  308. 
( Cited  as  North 
British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Company's  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

N O R TH   B R I T I SH   R A I L W AY   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

; 
Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to  the  North  British  Railway  ;  presented;  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be 
read  a second  time, 420.  Second  Reading  deferred,  432, 
434.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time ; 
Debate  arising;  Debate  adjourned  ;  day  appointed  for 
resumption, 449,  Debate  resumed;  Amendment,  " three 
months," proposed,  and  withdrawn;  Bill  read  a  second 
time;  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Joint 
Committee,  and  Question  negatived  ;  day  appointed for 
consideration,  467.  Consideration  deferred,  469,  471, 
475.  Considered;  Amendment  made;  day  appointed 
for  Third  Reading,  477.  Third  Reading  deferred,  481. 
Motion, That the Bill  be now read the third time ;  Debate 
arising;  Debate  adjourned;  day  appointed  for  resump-
tion, 484.  Question  put;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
(Cited  as 
passed,  498.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  511. 
North  British  Railway  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  514. 

N O R TH   E A S T E RN   R A I L W AY   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time, 
and referred  to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing 
Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be read a second  time, 
44.  Read  a second  time  and  committed)  58.  Reported, 

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N O R TH   E A S T E RN   R A I L W A Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

with  Amendments,  129.  Considered,  as  amended,  141. 
King's  Consent 
signified;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  146.  Agreed  to by the Lords,  with  Amendments, 
(Cited  as 
255.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  264. 
North  Eastern  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

a nd  

to  
t he   E x a m i n e r s,  
c o m p l i ed   w i t h;   B i ll  

t he   first 
N O R T H - E A ST   L O N D ON   R A I L W A Y;   B i ll   r e ad  
2 0.  
R e p o r t, 
t i m e,  
r e f e r r ed  
to   be   r e ad   a 
S t a n d i ng   O r d er   62  
s e c o nd   t i m e,   6 6.   R e ad   a  s e c o nd   t i m e,   a nd   c o m m i t t e d,   7 3. 
R e p o r t e d,   w i t h o ut   A m e n d m e n t,   1 8 6.   C o n s i d e r e d,   1 9 0. 
R e ad   t he   t h i rd   t i me   a nd   p a s s e d,   2 0 1.   A g r e ed   to   by   t he 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  284. 
(Cited  as  North-East 
London Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

N O R T H E RN   A S S U R A N CE   C O M P A NY   [Lords'] ; Report, That 
the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified to have  been  complied 
with,  16.  Brought  from the  Lords 5 read the  first  time, 
and referred  to  the  Examiners,  256.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  264.  Read  a  second 
time, and committed,  284.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
308.  Considered,  as amended,  320.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed, with Amendments, 332.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  345. 
(Cited  as  Northern  Assurance  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

N O R TH   S EA   D E C L A R A T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N O R TH   S EA   F I S H E R I ES  

I N V E S T I G A T I ON   C O M M I T T E E. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

N O R T H - W E ST  

F R O N T I E R.  

Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

E A ST 

I N D I A. 

N O R W I CH   U N I ON   F I RE  

I N S U R A N CE   S O C I E TY   [Lords]  ; 
Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have 
been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords ; 
read  the  first  time,  and referred  to  the  Examiners,  118. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  125. 
Day  appointed 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  146.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  147.  Bill  reported,  with  an  Amendment, 
170.  Considered, as amended,  181.  Read the third  time 
and passed,  with  Amendments,  190.  To which the  Lords 
agree,  198. 
(Cited  as  Norwich  Union  Fire  Insurance 
Society,  Limited,  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

for  Second  Reading,  141. 

N O T I CE   taken  of  the  Death,  on  Wednesday  last,  of  the 
Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman, 
G.C.B.,   Member for the  Stirling  District  of  Burghs,  147, 

N O T I CE   taken  that  Forty  Members  were  not  present; 
House  was  told  by  Mr.  Speaker,  and  Forty  Members 
not  being  present,  and  it  being  then  after  Four  of  the 
clock,  the  House was adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker  without 
Question first put,  124,  140,  288. 

N O T I CE   taken  that  the  interest  of  the  Prince  of  Wales 
as  Duke  of  Cornwall  is  concerned  therein,  204,  498, 
508. 

N O T T I N G H A M S H I RE   and  D E R B Y S H I RE   T R A M W A Y S-;   Bill 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 20. 
Report,  Standing  Order  62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  31.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  45.  Order  for  Committee  discharged  ;  Bill 
withdrawn,  296. 

N O T T I N G H A M S H I RE  

T R A M W A YS 
(No.  2 );   Report  from  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders,  on  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition  for 

D E R B Y S H I RE  

a nd  

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

Bill,  the  Standing  Orders ought  to  be  dispensed  with, 
165.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  not  complied 
with;  Report  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  185.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with;  parties  to  proceed  with  their 
Bill,  195.  Bill  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the Examiners, 201.  Report, Standing  Order 
62  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
236.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  242.  Re-
ported,  with  Amendments, 307.  Considered, as amended, 
320.  Standing  Orders suspended ;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  325,  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  363.  Lords'  Amendments,  in  pursuance 
of  Order,  agreed  to,  368. 
(Cited as Nottinghamshire  and 
Derbyshire  Tramways  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON   ;  Bill  to  regulate  the  qualifica-
tions  and  registration  of  trained  Nurses;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  40. 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  49,  60,  84,  99,  116,-  130,  151,  155, 
168,  203,218. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON  

2 );   Bill  to  regulate  the 
qualifications  of.  trained  Nurses,  and  to  provide  for 
their  registration  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  52.  Second  Reading  deferred,  73,  81, 
105,  153,  183,  218. 

(NO. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON   [Lords];  Bill,  intituled,  An  Act 
to  regulate  the  registration  of  Nurses  ;  brought  from 
the  Lords,  445.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  448. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

OBJECTION  taken  to  further  P R O C E E D I N G,   37,  53, 

72,  76,  138,  175,  282. 

O F F E N C ES  

in 

C O U N TY  

A R M A GH  

(Ireland). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

O F F E N C ES   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   ;  Motion  for  the  House  to  resolve 
itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  making  provi-
sion,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  for 
Old  Age  Pensions;  King's  Recommendation  signified; 
Question  agreed  to,  211.  Matter  considered  in  Com-
mittee ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  add  words,  and  with-
drawn ;  Main  Question  put,  and  agreed  to;  Resolution, 
216.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to;  Bill  ordered 
upon  said  Resolution,  223.  Vide  O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS 
B I L L. 

O LD   A GE  

P E N S I O NS   ;  Bill  to  provide 

for  Old  Age 
Pensions ;  ordered  upon  Report  of  Resolution  from  the 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  ;  presented  accordingly, 
and  read  the  first  time,  223.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
229.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time;  Amendment  proposed,  to add  words " while  it  is 
desirable  that, the  State,"  &c, ;  Debate  adjourned  at 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  250.  Resumed,  and  Amendment 
not  made  on  Division;  Question  put,  and  agreed  to ; 
Bill  read  a second time  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  253.  Motion  as  to  allocation  of 
time,  and  Order  relative  to  the  same,  agreed  to  on 
Division,  after  various  Amendments  proposed,  and  not 
made,  256^8.  •  Committee  deferred,  259,  267.  Bill 
considered  in  Committee 
(lst  allotted  day),  and  it 
being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  Chairman  leaves  the 
Chair  to  report  Progress,  271.  Bill  further  considered 
in  Committee 
(2nd  allotted  day);  Chairman  puts 
Question  forthwith, pursuant  to Order  of  the  House,  on 
the Amendment  already proposed from the  Chair,  and  the 
Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business  to  be 
concluded,  274.  Further  considered  in  Committee  (3rd 
allotted  day)  ;  Chairman  puts  the  Question  forthwith, 
the 
pursuant 

to  Order,  on  Amendments  moved  by 

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O LD   A GE   P E N S I O N S —c o n t i n u e d. 

(Closure  of  Debate),  and  agreed 

Government  and  on  any  Questions  necessary  to  dispose 
of  the  Business,  285.  Further  considered  in  Committee 
(4th  allotted  day);  Chairman  puts  Question  . on  the 
Amendment  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order,  and  on  any 
Questions  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business,  289-90. 
Further  considered  in  Committee  (5th  allotted  day)  (no 
Tellers  for  the  Noes  in  a  Division)  ;  Chairman  puts 
Questions  forthwith,  pursuant  to  Order,  on  any  Amend-
ments  moved  by  the  Government,  and  on  any  Questions 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Business;  Bill  reported  ; 
day  appointed 
for  consideration,  293,  294.  Order 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  read;  Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  recommitted,  and,  after  Amendments  pro-
posed  aud  negatived,  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order 
to;  Bill 
recommitted,  considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported; 
day  appointed  for  consideration,  303-4.  Considered, 
as  amended;  Mr.  Speaker  puts  Question 
forthwith, 
pursuant  to  Order,  on  the  Amendment  and  on  the 
Amendments  moved  by  the  Government;  day  appointed 
for  Third  Beading,  3 0 9 - 1 0.   Proceedings  to  have  prece-
dence  of  the  Business  of  Supply, 316.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time  ;  Amendment  proposed, 
"three  months;"  Debate  arising,  Mr.  Speaker,  pur-
suant  lo  Order,  puts  forthwith  Questions  necessary  to 
dispone  of  the  Business,  and  Amendment  negatived  on 
D i v i s i on   ;  B i ll   read  the  third  time  and  passed,  3 1 6. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  384.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  considered;  several  disagreed  to,  several  agreed 
to;  one  Amendment  divided;  part  agreed  to,  part 
disagreed  to  ;  remaining  Lords'  Amendments,  several 
agreed  to,  several  disagreed  to  ;  Committee  appointed 
to  draw  up  Reasons  for  disagreeing  with  certain  of 
the  Lords'  Amendments;  to  withdraw 
immediately  ; 
Three  to  be  the  quorum,  387.  Reasons  reported,  and 
agreed  to  ;  Message  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate 
Reasons,  388.  Lords  do not insist  on  their  Amendments, 
390. 
(Cited  as  Old  Age  Pensions  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assentj  390.  . 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   B I LL   (Allocation of  Time);  Motion, 
That  the  Committee  stage,  Report  stage,  and  Third 
Reading  of  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill  shall  be  pro-
ceeded  with  in  the  following  manner,  and  Order  made, 
after  Amendments  proposed  and  not  made,  and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate^, 
256-8. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   A C T.   Yide  A C C O U N T S. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   (N ew   Zealand  and  Germany).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS  

(Non-contributory  Scheme 

(Corre-

spondence).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS   (Regulations);   Motion,  That  an 
humble  Address  be  presented  to  His  Majesty,  praying 
Him  to  annul  so much  of  the  Old  Age  Pensions  Regu-
lations,  19i>8,  as  provides  that  the  pension  officers  shall, 
in  investigating  the  claims  of  applicants,  be  subject  to 
any 
issued  for  the  guidance  of 
pension  officers  by  the  Board  of  Inland  Revenue  ;  and 
Question,  on Division,  negatived,  454. 

further  instructions 

O P EN   S P A C ES   (Scotland);  Bill  to  facilitate  the  acquisition 
of  < )pen  Spaces  by  Local  Authorities 
in  Scotland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  23. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  31,  70,  77,  105,  116,  135, 
152,  166,  189,  197,  205,  219,  226,  235,  254,  272,  291, 
310. 

O P I UM   T R A F F IC   ;  Resolution,  That  this  House,  having 
regard  to  its  Resolution  unanimously  adopted  on  the 
30th  day  of  May  1906,  that  the  Indo  Chinese  Opium 
trade  is  morally  indefensible,  welcomes  the  action  of  His 

in 

Majesty's  Government  in  diminishing  the  sale  of  Opium 
for  export,  and  thus  responding  to  the  action  of  the 
Chinese  Government 
their  arrangements  for  the 
suppression  of  the  consumption  of  the  drug  in  that 
empire;  and 
this  House  also  urges  His  Majesty's 
Government  to  take  steps  to  bring  to  a  speedy  close 
the  system  of  licensing  Opium  dens  now  prevailing  in 
some  of  our  Crown  Colonies,  more  particularly  Hong 
Kong,  the  Straits  Settlements,  and  Ceylon,  168. 

O P T I O NS   and  F U T U R ES  

(Legislation 

respecting). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

ORDERS: 

relative  to  Ballot  and  Motions  for  Bills,  15. 
to  Small  Landholders 
relative 

(Scotland) 
Bill  and  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill  (Allocation  of 
Time), 42.  Old Age  Pensions Bill  (Allocation  of  Time), 
258.  Licensing  Bill  (Allocalion  of  Time),  338,  439. 
Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales)  (No.  2) 
Bill  (Allocation  of  Time),  464. 

—  That  all  Committees  have  leave  to  sit,  not-
withstanding  any  adjournment  of  the  House,  till  the 
adjournment  for the  Easter  Recess,  142. 

That  a  Select  Committee  be  appointed  to join 

with  the  Lords,  135. 

That a Bill  be committed  to  a Joint  Committee 

of  Lords  and  Commons,  168. 

That  a  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee  of 

the  whole  House,  161. 

That  all  Standing  Committees  have  leave  to 
print  and  circulate  with  the  Votes  Minutes  of  their 
Proceedings,  &c.,  83. 

That  a  Petition  against  the  Port  of  London 
Bill  be  referred  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  the  Bill, 
226. 

Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  to  have  leave  to 

sit  till  after  Four  of  the clock,  326. 

: 

That  a  Bill  be  recommitted  in  respect  of  a 

Clause  on  consideration,  as  amended,  331. 

That  a Bill,  as  amended,  be  taken  into  further 

consideration  on  day  named,  485. 

— 

That  Lords'  Amendments  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  on  day  named,  509. 

be  now  taken  into  consideration,  511. 

.  relative  to  suspension  of  Standing  Orders  39, 
128,  and  230,  to  extend  the  time  for  depositing  Petitions 
against  Private  Bills,  142,  236. 

— 
'  House  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  366. 

—  Order discharged  for  Committee  of  the  whole 

That  a  Bill  be  recommitted  in  respect  of  the 
Schedule  and  certain  Amendments  standing  on  the 
Notice  Paper,  304. 

. 

Order  relative  to  nomination  of  a  Select  Com-

mittee  (Divorce  Bills)  discharged,  201. 

relative  to  Business  of  the  House,  15,  29,  41, 
55,  68,  79,  86,  92,  103,  108,  121,  126,  157,  161,  170,  178, 
208,  266,  303,  316,  496,  512.  Vide  H O U S E,   B U S I N E SS 
of. 

2  —  Accounts  and  Papers  relating  to  Revenues  of 
India  to  be  referred  to  the  consideration  of  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  326. 

* 

— 

That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  a  Committee  on 

a  Private  Bill,  425, 

Vide  H O U S E.  

R E S O L U T I O N S. 

H O U S E.  

relative  to  Supply.  Vide  B U S I N E SS   of  the 
S U P P L Y. 

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ORDNANCE  F A C T O R I E S.  Vide  ACCOUNTS.  A R M Y. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   R E T U R N S.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

OSBORNE.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

OTTAWA  M I N T.   Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

O U T L A W R I ES  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 

be  read  a second  time,  4. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   V O T E RS  (Registration);   Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  the  qualification  and  registration  of 
Parliamentary  Yoters,  and  for  other  purposes  relating 
to  Elections;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  48.  Second  Reading  deferred,  69,  82,  94,  110,  116, 
123,  139,  153,  159,  282. 

O Y S T ER  and  MUSSEL  F I S H E RY   (B ay   of  Firth)  O R D ER 
CONFIRMATION  ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
under  the  Sea  Fisheries  Act,  1868,  relating  to  several 
Oyster  and  Mussel  Fisheries  at  the  Bay  of  Firth  ;  pre-
the 
sented ; 
Examiners,  215.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
227. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  231,  244,  278,  294. 
Bill  withdrawn,  316. 

time,  and  referred 

read 

first 

the 

to 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

P A C I F IC   C A B LE   A C T,   1 9 0 1.   VIDE  ACCOUNTS. 

P A D I H AM   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C I L;   Bill read the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  20.  Read  a 
second time, and  committed, 32.  Reported, with  Amend-
ments, from  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee  (Section  A ), 
206.  Considered,  as  amended,  227.  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  240.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  349.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  374. 
(Cited  as  Padiham  Urban  District  Council  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  392. 

P A I S L EY   D I S T R I CT   TRAMWAYS  O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
TION  [.LordsJ  ;  Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Paisley  District 
Tramways;  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  284.  Read  a  second  time,  and  day 
appointed 
for  consideration,  288.  Considered;  day 
appointed  for  Third  Reading,  296.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  without  Amendment,  302. 
(Cited   as  Paisley 
District  Tramways  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  390. 

PANAMA  CANAL 
ACCOUNTS. 

(British   West  India  Labour). 

Vide 

P A R L I A M E N T: 

Proclamation  for  further  proroguing  Parlia-
ment,  2.  For  holding  Parliament,  2.  Opened  by  the 
King  in  person,  3.  Prorogued,  515. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY  

CONSTITUENCIES 

(E l e c t o r s,  

§-c.) 

(United  Kingdom).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   E L E C T I O NS  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  votes  at  Parliamentary  Elections;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  38.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  153,  166,  189. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   E L E C T I O NS   (Disqualification   Removal); 
Bill  to  remove  certain  disqualifications  at  Parliamentary 
Elections  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  22.  Order  for  Second  Reading  read  ;  Debate 
arising;  notice  taken  that  Forty  Members  were  not 
present,  and  House  counted  out  at  two  minutes  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  124. 

P A R O C H I AL   M E D I C AL   O F F I C E RS  

to 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  tenure  of  office  of 
Parochial  Medical  Officers  in  Scotland;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  92.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  158,  189,  238. 

(Scotland);   Bill 

PASSENGERS  to  and  from  P L A C ES  out  of  E U R O P E.   Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

P A T E N TS  and  DESIGNS  [.Lords] ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to 
explain  section  ninety-two  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Act,  1907;  brought  from  the  Lords,  144.  Read  the 
first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  208. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  213,  220,  223,  229,  234,  240, 
241,  246,  248,  251,  254,  259,  262.  Read  a  second 
time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  264.  Committee  deferred,  267,  271,  275,  279, 
287,  291,  295,  298,  301,  305,  310,.  313.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment; 
read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment.,  318. 
(Cited  as  Patents  and  Designs  Act,  1908)  Boyal  Assent, 
390. 

P A T E N TS   and  DESIGNS.  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

P A T E N T S,   D E S I G N S, 

and 

T R A DE   M A R K S. 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P A U P E R I SM   ( England  and  Wales).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

P A U P E RS 

and 

D E P E N D A N TS  

(Scotland). 

Vide 

ACCOUNTS. 

PAWNBROKERS'  R E T U R NS   (Ireland).  Vide  ACCOUNTS. 

PAWNING  I N D U S T R I AL   T O O L S;   Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  pawning  of  Tools,  Implements,  Instru-
ments, or  Appliances  used  in  connection  with  any manual 
trade  or  handicraft;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  243.  Second  Reading  deferred,  259,  268, 
283, 291,  306,  313. 

P A Y M E NT  of  J U R O RS  ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  payment  of 
the  expenses  of  Jurors  attending  assizes  and  quarter 
sessions  ;  presented, and ordered to  be read  a second  time, 
33.  Second  Reading  deferred,  87,  94,  128,  159,  193, 
230. 

P A Y M E NT   of  R A T E S;   Bill  to  regulate  the  payment  of 
Rates  when  made  by  the  owner  instead  of  the  occupier; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  212. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  230. 

P A Y,   N O N - E F F E C T I VE   P A Y,   and  ALLOWANCES.  Vide 

ACCOUNTS.  A R M Y. 

P E A CE   C O N F E R E N CE  at  T HE   H A G U E.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

to  amend 

P E D L A RS   A C TS   AMENDMENT  ;  Bill 

the 
Pedlars  Acts,  as  regards  persons  for  whom  certificates 
shall  not  be  required  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  76.  Second  Reading  deferred,  84,  87,  90 
95,  99,  117,  123,  128,  131,  135,  139,  151,  155,  158,  16o' 
172,  196,  200,  204,  210,  219,  224,  231,  236,  239,  247, 
248,  252,  255,  260,  263,  268,  272,  275,  280,  283,  287, 
291,296,298,  306,311,314. 

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P E N AL   S E R V I T U DE   A C TS   (Conditional  Licence), 

Vide 

P H A R M A CY   A C TS   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A C C O U N T S. 

P E N AL   S E R V I T U DE   A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P E N S I O NS   (Civil   List).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P E N S I O NS   (O ld   Age)  ;  Bill  to  provide  Pensions  for  poor 
persons  over  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  40.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  64,  88,  120,  225, 243,  252.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  255.  Second  Reading  deferred,  274, 
287. 

P E R S I A.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P E R TH   C O R P O R A T I ON   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   ;  Bill  to 
confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  Perth 
Corporation  ;  presented ;  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
(under  Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
454.  Read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed  for  con-
sideration,  466.  Considered,  471. 
the  third 
time  and  passed,  475.  Agreed'to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  505.  Day  appointed for considering  them, 
505.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  507. 
(Cited   as 
Perth  Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  514. 

Read 

P E T E R H E AD   H A R B O U R.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

PETITIONS  : 
— 

P U B L IC   ;  presented,  14,21,  &C. 

P U B L IC   P E T I T I O NS   ;  Select  Committee, 
to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  Petitions  presented  to  the 
House,  with  the  exception  of  such  as  relate  to  Private 
Bills  ;  and  that  such  Committee  do  classify  and  prepare 
abstracts  of  the  same,  in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall 
appear  to  them  best  suited  to  convey  to  the  House  all 
requisite  information  respecting  their  contents,  and  do 
report  the  same  from  time  to  time  to  the  House;  and 
that  the  Reports  of  the  Committee  do  set  forth,  in 
respect  of .each  Petition,  the  number  of  signatures  which 
are  accompanied  by  addresses,  and  which  are  written  on 
sheets  headed 
in  every  case  by  the  prayer  of  the 
Petition;  provided  that  on  every  separate  sheet  after 
the  first  the  prayer  may  be  reproduced  in  print  or  by 
other mechanical process;  and  that  such  Committee  have 
power  to  direct  the  printing  in  extenso  of  such  Petitions, 
or  of  such  parts  of  Petitions,  as  shall  appear  to  require 
i t;   and  that such  Committee  have  power  to  report  their 
to  the  House; 
•opinion  and  observations 
appointed  and  nominated ;  Three  to  be the  quorum,  50. 
First  Report,  64.  Second  Report,  155.  Third  Report, 
198. 
Sixth 
Fourth  Report,  215.  Fifth  Report,  293. 
Report,  349. 
Seventh  Report,  428.  Eighth  Report, 
5 0 5.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

thereupon 

fied  ;  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply 
Museum),  45. 

for A i d;   King's  Recommendation  signi-
(British 

P R I V A TE   ; 

for  additional  provision, 

referred to  the  Examiners,  26,  142,  185. 

——   referred  to  a  Select  Committee,  182, 

194,  198. 

referred  to  a Joint  Committee,  184,  226. 

praying  to  be  represented  by  Counsel 
before  a  Joint  Committee,  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
the  Bill,  252,  263. 

P I C C A D I L LY   and  B R O M P T ON   R A I L W A Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

G R E AT   N O R T H E R N,   P I C C A D I L L Y,   &C. 

P I ER  

(No. 

a nd   H A R B O UR  

intituled  An   Act 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

1) 
[Lords]  ;  Bill, 
to  confirm  certain 
Provisional  Orders  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under 
the  General  Pier  and  Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to 
Bridgwater,  Llandudno,  and  Whitley  Bay  ;  brought from 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  303.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
complied  with;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  317. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  321.  Reported, 
with  Amendments;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  as  ' amended,  352. 
Con-
sidered,  as  amended,  356.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  360.  To  which  the  Lords 
and  Harbour  Orders 
agree,  384. 
Confirmation  (No.  1)  Act,  1908)  Boyal  Assent,  391. 

(Cited   as  Pier 

P I ER  

(NO. 

a nd   H A R B O UR  

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

2) 
[Lords'];  Bill,  intituled  An  Act 
to  confirm  certain 
Provisional  Orders  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under 
the  General  Pier  and  Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to 
Gott  Bay  and  Vaila  ;  brought  from  the  Lords,  284* 
Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  285. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  complied  with; 
day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  317.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  321.  Reported,  with  an  Amend-
ment ;  Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  345.  Considered, 
as  amended,  347.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
an  Amendment,  351.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  377. 
(Cited  as  Pier  and  Harbour  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

P I ER  

(NO. 

a nd   H A R B O UR  

3) 
P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER  
Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to  confirm  a  Pro-
[Lords]; 
visional  Order  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under 
the  General  Pier  and  Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to 
Rothesay;  brought from  the Lords:  read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  303.  Report,  Standing 
Orders applicable complied with; day appointed for Second 
Reading,  317.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  321. 
Reported,  with  an  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  con-
firmed  345.  Considered,  as  amended,  347.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment,  351.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  377. 
(Cited  as  Pier  and 
Harbour  Order  Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

P L A C ES   of  W O R S H IP   (Enfranchisement);  Bill  to  enfran-
chise  Places  of  Worship;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  55. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  66, 
105,  122,  131,  150,  162,  166,  199,  217.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  322. 

P L A C ES   of  W O R S H IP  

(Leasehold  Enfranchisement);  Bill 
to  provide  for the  enfranchisement  of  Leaseholds  held  in 
trust  for  the  purposes  of  Religious  Worship  ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  253.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  291,  310. 

P L A C ES   of  W O R S H IP  

(Sites);  Bill  to  provide  for  the 
acquisition  of  Sites  for  Places of  Worship by  compulsory 
powers;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred,  66,  105,  122,  131, 
150,  158,  189,  238.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
322. 

"PHARMACY  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Pharmacy  Acts;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  103. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  116,  130,  151,171,  203,  239. 

P O I S O NS   and  P H A R M A CY   B I LL   [Lords];  Message from the 
Lords,  that  they  have  come  to  the  following  Resolution, 
viz.,  That  it  is  desirable  that  the  Poisons  and  Pharmacy 

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I N D EX  

to  the  ONE  H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I KD   V O L U M E.  563 

P O I S O NS   and  P H A R M A CY   B I LL  

[Lords]—continued. 

Bill  be  referred  to  a Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of 
Parliament,  79.  Message  considered;  Resolution,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  Resolution; 
Message  to  acquaint  them  therewith,  90.  Message  from 
the  Lords,  that  they  have  appointed  a  Committee  of 
Five  Lords  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  this  House, 
and  appointing  place  and  time  of  meeting,  108.  Lords' 
Message  considered ;  Select Committee  of  Five  Members 
appointed  to  join  with  the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Lords;  Committee  nominated;  power 
for 
persons,  papers,  and  records  ;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
111.  Committee  to  meet  the  Lords'  Committee  as 
proposed  by  the  Lords ;  Message  to  acquaint them  there-
with,  112.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  from  the 
Joint  Committee,  198. 

to  send 

P O I S O NS   and  P H A R M A CY   [Lords]-,  Bill,  intituled An  Act 
to  regulate  the  sale  of  certain  poisonous  substances,  and 
to  amend  the  Pharmacy  Acts  ;  brought  from  the  Lords, 
353.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  460.  Second  Reading  deferred,  462,  466,  468, 
470,  473.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  474.  Standing  Committee  A,  477. 
Fifteen  Members  added 
in  respect  of  the  Bill,  478. 
Members  discharged,  and  others  added,  478,  482,  484, 
Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A,  with  Amend-
ments  ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  489. 
Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  495,  498,  503,  506. 
Considered,  as  amended ;  read  the third  time  and  passed, 
with Amendments,  507.  To which'the  Lords  agree,  511. 
(Citedas  Poisons  and Pharmacy  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
514. 

P O L I CE   A C T,   1890.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O L I CE   and  S A N I T A RY   C O M M I T T EE   ;  Order,  That  the 
Committee  of  Selection  do  nominate  a  Committee,  not 
exceeding  Twelve  Members,  to  be  called  the  Police  and 
Sanitary  Committee,  to  whom  shall  be  committed  all 
Private  Bills  promoted  by  municipal  and  other  local 
authorities  by  which  it  is  proposed 
to  create  powers 
relating  to  police  or  sanitary  regulations  in  conflict  with, 
deviation  from,  or  excess  of,  the  provisions  of the  general 
Law;  Order,  That  Standing  Orders 150  and  173a  apply 
to  all  such  Bills;  the  Committee  to  have  power  to  send 
for persons,  papers,  and  records ;  Four  to  be the  quorum 
of  the  Committee;  Order,  That  if  the  Committee  shall 
report  to  the  Committee  of  Selection  that  any  Clauses 
of  any  Bill  referred  to  them  (other  than  Clauses  con-
taining  police  and  sanitary  regulations)  are  such  as, 
having  regard  to  the  terms of  reference,  it  is  not,  in  their 
opinion,  necessary  or  advisable  for  them  to  deal  with, 
&c.;  Order,  That  the  Committee  have  power,  if  they  so 
determine,  to  sit  as  two  Committees,  and  in  that  event 
to  apportion  the  Bills  referred to  the  Committee  between 
the  two  Committees,  each  of  which  shall  have  the  full 
powers  of,  and  be  subject  to  the  instructions  which 
' apply  to, the  undivided  Committee,  and  that  Four  be  the 
quorum  of  each  of  the  two  Committees,  24. 
Instruction 
to  the  Committee  of  Selection  to refer  a  Private  Bill,  78. 
Three  additional  Members  to  be  nominated  to  serve  on 
the  Committee,  113. 

Bills  reported :—Finchley  Urban  District 
Council  Bill,  with Amendments,  112.  Leicester  Corpora-
tion  Bill,  with  Amendments,  129.  Wolverhampton 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments,  114. 
London 
County  Council  (General  Powers)  Bill  [Section  B], 
with  Amendments  and  an  amended  Tide,  181.  Auden-
shaw  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
[Section  B],  with 
Amendments,  186.  Skegness  Urban  District  Council 
Bill [Lords]  [Section  B],  with Amendments,  186.  Black-
burn  Corporation  Bill  [Section  A ],   with  Amendments, 
182.  Merthyr  Tydfil Corporation  Bill  [Section  B],  with 

Amendments,  202.  Padiham  Urban  District  Council 
Bill  [Section  A ],   with  Amendments,  206.  Margate 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments,  145.  Widnes 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments,  145.  Criccieth 
Water  and  Improvement  Bill  [Section  A],  with  Amend-
ments,  226.  Burnley  Corporation  Bill,  [Section  A], 
with  Amendments,  228.  Liverpool  Corporation  (General 
Powers)  Bill,  with  Amendments,  260.  Ravensthorpe 
"Urban  District  Council  Bill,  with  Amendments,  330. 
(Streets  and  Buildings)  Bill, 
Liverpool  Corporation 
with  Amendments,  336.  Keighley  Corporation  Bill 
[Lords],  with  Amendments,  349.  Special  Report,  357. 

P O L I CE  

(Counties  and  Boroughs,  England  and  Wales). 

Vide  A  CCOUNTS. 

P O L I CE   (County  Authorities); 

Bill  to  confer  upon  the 
Police  Authorities 
certain  powers  and 
responsibilities  similar  to  those  now  vested  in  Watch 
Committees  in  boroughs;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  278. 

in  counties 

in 

P O L I CE   F O R C ES   (Weekly  Rest  Day)-,  Select  Committee 
appointed  to  inquire  and  report  whether,  having  regard 
to  the  conditions  of  service  in  Police  Forces  in  the 
United  Kingdom,  it  is  desirable  that  provision  should  be 
made,  by  legislation  or  otherwise,  for  granting  to  every 
constable  one  full  day  off  duty  in  seven;  what,  if  any, 
the  conditions  of  service  and  police 
alterations 
administration  should  accompany 
this  change;  what 
would  be  the  cost,  and  how  it  should  be  borne  so  as  not 
to  increase  the  charge  on imperial  funds  ;  nominated  ; 
power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records  ;  Three 
to  be  the  quorum,  184.  Members  discharged  ;  others 
added,  195,  226. 
(Weekly  Holiday)  Bill 
committed  to  the  Committee,  239.  Report  [Inquiry 
not  completed],  482.  Police  (Weekly  Holiday)  Bill 
reported,  without  Amendment,  482. 

Police 

P O L I C E,   M E T R O P O L I S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O L I CE  

to  amend 

(Superannuation) 

to  a  Standing  Committee, 

the  Law 
;  Bill 
relating  to  the  Superannuation  of  the  Police  ;  presented, 
Second 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  25. 
Reading  deferred,  31.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted 
Standing 
Committee  A,   61.  Names  of  Members  added  to  the 
from  Standing 
Standing  Committee,  74.  Reported 
Committee  A,  with  an  Amendment;  day  appointed  for 
consideration, as  amended,  88.  Considered,  as amended  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  299.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  330. 
(Cited   as  Police 
(Superannuation)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

57. 

P O L I CE   S U P E R A N N U A T I ON   (Scotland)   ; Bill  to amend  the 
Police  (Scotland)  Act,  1890 ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
31,  36,  44,  49,  57,  66,  77,  105,  116,  127,  151,  166,  188, 
197,  205,  218,  226,  235,  254,  272,  291,  310, 

P O L I CE   (Weekly   Holiday)  ;  Bill  to  provide  one  day's  rest 
in  seven  to  the  Police  ;  ordered;  presented  accordingly, 
and  read  the  first  time,  85.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
99,  116,  127,  139,  151,  163,  177,  203,  210,  230,  236. 
Read  a  second 
the  Select 
Committee  on  Police  Forces 
(Weekly  Rest  Day), 
239.  Bill  reported  from  the  Select  Committee,  without 
Amendment,  482. 

time  and  committed  to 

P O L I C E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O L I T I C AL   F U N DS   ;  Motion,  That  this  House  regrets  the 
secrecy  under  which  Political  Funds  are  accumulated 
and  administered,  and  regards  such  secrecy  as a  peril  to 
its  privileges  and  character  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

P O L I T I C AL   F U N D S —c o n t i n u e d. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS  

(County 

of  Lancaster). 

Vide 

insert  words;  Closure  claimed,  but  assent  withheld; 
Amendment  proposed  to  proposed  Amendment,  but  not 
made  on  Division;  Amendment  to  insert  words  not 
made  on  Division;  Main  Question  proposed,  and  at 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  objection  being  taken  to  further 
proceeding,  Mr.  Speaker 
the  Business  ; 
Closure  claimed,  but  assent  withheld  ;  Debate  stopd 
adjourned,  53. 

interrupts 

P O L I T I C AL   O F F E N D E R S'  

P U N I S H M E N T;   Bill  to 

limit 
the  Punishment  consequent  on  certain  offences  of  a 
political  character  to  imprisonment  as first-class  misde-
meanants ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  342. 

P O L L I NG  

A R R A N G E M E N TS  

(Parliamentary   Boroughs)-, 
Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  arrangement  of 
Polling  Districts  in Parliamentary  Boroughs ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  27.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  36.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee,  49. 
Standing  Com-
mittee  A, 53.  Names  of  Members  added, 75.  Reported 
from  Standing  Committee  A,  without  Amendment  ; 
day  appointed  for  consideration,  88.  Considered  (not 
amended) ;  read  the  third time  and passed,  299.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  376. 
(Cited  as 
Polling  Arrangements 
Boroughs)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

(Parliamentary 

A C C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG  

D I S T R I C TS  

(County   of  Salop). 

V i de   A C-

C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS  

(County  of  Southampton). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS   (County  of  Westmoreland).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P O N T Y P R I DD   W A T ER   [Lords]   ;  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and 
the  Examiners,  133.  Report,  Standing 
referred  to 
Orders  not  previously 
into  complied  with; 
inquired 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  140.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  146.  Report  from  Select  Com-
mittee  on  Standing  Orders,  on  Petition  for  dispensing 
with  Standing  Order  128,  That  the  Standing  Order 
ought to  be dispensed  with,  165.  Reported,  with Amend-
ments,  269.  Day  appointed 
for  consideration,  311. 
Considered,  as  amended,  317.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  325.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  349. 
(Cited   as  Pontypridd  Waterworks  and 
Tramroad  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS   a nd   R E G I S T R A T I ON  

Bill 

of   V O T E RS 
(Ireland); 
to  confer  upon  County  Councils  in 
Ireland  the  power  to  alter  the  Polling  Districts  and 
alter  the  method  of  compiling  lists of  Voters;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  60.  Read  a 
second time,  and committed  to a Standing  Committee,  73. 
Standing  Committee  A,  53.  Names  of  Members  added 
to  the  Standing Committee,  74.  Reported from  Standing 
Committee  A,   with  Amendments  ;  day  appointed  for 
consideration,  as  amended,  102. 
Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  117,  128,  152,  163,  173,  189,  205, 
218,  231,  239,  246,  254,  268.  Considered,  as  amended; 
Debate  arising,  and  objection  taken  to  further  pro-
ceeding ;  Debate  adjourned,  282.  Debate  further  ad-
journed,  287.  Debate  on  Amendment  resumed ;  read 
the  third  time and passed,  300.  Agreed  to by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  384.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
386; 
and  Registration  of 
Voters  (Ireland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

(Cited  as  Polling  Districts 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS  

(City 

of  London).  Yide 

A C-

C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS   (County  Borough  of  Huddersfield). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG   D I S T R I C TS  

(County  Councils);  Bill  to  make 
further  provision  with  respect  to  the  arrangement  of 
Polling  Districts  for  the Election  of  County  Councillors  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  33. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  49,  53,  60,  73.  Read  a 
second  time, and committed to  a Standing  Committee,  77. 
Standing  Committee  A,   80.  Names  of  Members  added, 
91,  95.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee  A,  with-
out  Amendment;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  103. 
Consideration  (not  amended)  deferred,  117,  128,  152, 
163,  173,  189,  197,  210,  219,  235,  262,  272.  Con-
sidered  (not  amended),  282.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  299.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  376. 
(Cited  as  Polling  Districts  (County  Councils) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

P O L L I NG  

D I S T R I C TS  

(County 

oj  Durham). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P O L L I NG  

D I S T R I C TS  

(County 

of  Essex). 

Vide 

• A C C O U N T S . ;, 

P O OR  

L AW   A M E N D M E NT  

(Scotland);  Bill  to  simplify 
the  mode  of  raising  the  assessment 
in 
Scotland  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  202.  Second  Reading  deferred,  218,  247,  279. 

for  the  Poor 

P O OR   L AW  

(Compulsory   Contribution  Exemption)  ;  Bill 
to  exempt  in  England  and  Wales  certain  poor  persons 
from compulsory  contributions to the Poor Law  Guardians 
on  account  of  the  maintenance  of  relatives;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  100.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  116,  135,  152,  155,  163,  166,  169,  172, 
177,  180,  184,  189,  238. 

P O OR   L AW   (Ireland);   Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  relief  of  destitute  Poor  in  Ireland  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the 
Bill  be  now  read a  second  time:  Question  negatived  on 
Division,  140. 

POOR  L AW   R E L I EF   (Paupers  relieved  in a  Year  and  Periods 

of  Belief).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O OR   R E L I EF   (England  and  Wales).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

incidental 

P O RT   of  L O N D ON   ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  improvement 
and  better  administration  of  the  Port  of  London,  and 
for  purposes 
thereto;  ordered;  presented 
accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  137.  Examiners  to  examine  Bill 
with  respect  to  compliance  with  Standing  Orders,  140. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  142.  Second  Reading  deferred,  149,  162,  165. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  j 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of 
Debate),  and  agreed  to  on  Division  ;  Bill  accordingly 
read  a  second  time  ;  Comniitted  to  a  Joint  Committee 
of  Lords  and  Commons;  Message  to 
the  Lords  to 
acquaint,  168. 
Select  Committee  to  consist  of  Five 
Members,  to  be  joined  with  a  like  number  of  Lords  ; 
Message  to  acquaint;  Select  Committee  nominated; 
Petitions  referred  ;  Counsel  to  be  heard  against  and  in 
support of the Bill:  power to send for persons,  papers,  and 
records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum  (vide  J O I NT   C O M-
M I T T E E S),   184.  Message from the Lords, that they  have 
appointed  a  Committee  of  Five  Lords  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  this  House,  and  proposing  place  and  time 
of  meeting,  202.  Lords'  Message  proposing  time  and 

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557 

P O ET   of  L O N D O N —c o n t i n u e d. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   (Inland  Post).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

place  of  meeting  considered;  Committee  to  meet  the 
Lords  Committee,  as  proposed  by  the  Lords;  Message 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  204.  Petition  against  the 
Bill  referred  to  the  Joint  Committee,  226.  Member 
discharged;  another  added  to  the  Committee,  243. 
Petition  praying  to  be  represented  by  Counsel  before 
the  Joint  Committee  referred  to the  Committee  on  the 
Bill,  252,  263.  Reported  from  the  Joint  Committee, 
with  Amendments ;  Bill  recommitted  to  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  383.  Committee  deferred,  398,  407, 
410,  417,  420,  422,425,427,  429,  436, 438.  Proceedings 
not  to  be  interrupted  under  Standing  Orders  (Sittings 
of  the  House)  (on  Division),  439.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee,  439,  440.  Proceedings  not  to  be  interrupted 
under  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House),  441. 
Considered  in  Committee;  further  proceeding  postponed 
at  8.15,  and  resumed,  441.  Reported;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  443.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred, 447,  452,  456,460,  462,468,473,474. 
Order  read  for  consideration,  as  amended;  recom-
mitted  in  respect  of  new  Clauses;  House  immediately 
resolved  itself  into  Committee  ;  Question  proposed, That 
the  Chairman  report  the  Bill  to  the  House;  objection 
taken ; Chairman  interrupts  the  Business,  it  being  after 
Five  of  the  clock,  and  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and  agreed  to; 
Bill  reported,  476,  477.  Consideration,  as amended,  de-
ferred, 480.  Considered,  as amended ;  Member  directed 
to  discontinue  his  speech;  Bill  read  the  third time  and 
passed, 485, 486.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, with  Amend-
ments ;  day appointed for considering  them, 509.  Lords' 
Amendments  considered  ;  several  agreed  to,  several  dis-
agreed  to;  words inserted  in the  Bill  instead  of a certain 
Amendment  disagreed  to;  remaining  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to;  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up 
Reasons  for  disagreeing 
to  certain  of  the  Lords' 
Amendments;  nominated;  Three  to  be the  quorum :  to 
immediately,  510.  Reason  reported,  and 
withdraw 
'  agreed  to,  512.  Lords  do  not  insist  on  their  Amend-
(Cited 

ments  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  513. 
as  Port  of London Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

P O RT   of  L O N D ON   B I L L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O R T U G A L,  
D R E S S E S. 

K I NG  

of,  A S S A S S I N A T I O N.   Vide 

A D-

P O S T AL   A G R E E M E N T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O ST  

O F F I CE  

{Changes 

in 

II ages,  Sfc.). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   C O N S O L I D A T I ON   B I LL  

[Lords];  Report 
: 'rom Joint  Committee  on  Companies  Consolidation  Bill 
Lords],  &c.,  That  the  Post  Office  Consolidation  Bill 
Lords]  should  be allowed  to proceed,  441. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   C O N S O L I D A T I ON   [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled 
An  Act  to  consolidate  Enactments  relating  to  the  Post 
Office ;  Report  from  the  Joint  Committee,  That  the 
Bill  should  proceed,  441.  Brought  from  the  Lords; 
read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  463.  Second  Reading  deferred, 468,  471,  473, 
475,  477,  480,  483,  486,  491,  496,  498.  Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time;  .Amendment  pro-
posed  " three  months,"  not  made;  Bill  read  a  second 
time ;  Committed  to a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, ' 
502.  Considered  in  Committee,  and reported,  without 
Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
Amendment,  506. 
(Cited  as  Post  Office  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  514. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   C O N S O L I D A T I ON   B I L L.   Vide 

J O I NT 

C O M M I T T E ES   and  C O M P A N I ES   (Consolidation)  B I L L. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   (Life  Insurance).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   (Money  Orders).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P O ST   O F F I CE  

S A Y I N GS   B A NK   ;  Bill  to  amend  section 
eleven  of  the  Savings  Banks Act,  1904;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  23.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  30,  34,  37,  40,  43,  49,  53,  58,  60,  65,  69,  73, 
78,  80,  84,  86,  90,  93,  98,  102,  107,  110,  115,  120,  122, 
127,  132,  134,  139,  149,  162,  176,  179.  Motion,  That 
the  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time-;  Motion,  That  the 
Debate  be  now  adjourned;  Question  negatived  on 
Division;  Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to  on 
Division;  Bill  read  a second  time,  and committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  182.  Standing  Committee  C, 187. 
Fifteen  Members  added  to  the  Committee,  232.  Names 
of  Members  discharged,  others  appointed,  238,  253, 
270,  283.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee  C,  with 
Amendments;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  315. 
Consideration,  as  amended, deferred,  319.  Considered, 
as amended, read the  third  time and passed, 324.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  349. 
(Cited  as 
Post  Office Savings  Bank  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S A V I N GS   B A NK   (Public  Trustee);  Bill  to 
amend  the  Post  Office  Savings  Bank  Acts,  1861  to 
1908,  with  respect  to  deposits  by  the  Public  Trustee; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  448. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  452,454,455,456,  459,461 
468,  481.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S A V I N GS   B A NK   (Public  Trustee)  (No.  2); 
Bill  to  amend  the  Post  Office  Savings Bank  Acts,  1861 
to  1908,  with  respect  to  deposits  by  the  Public  Trustee ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  482. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 487,  492,  496.  Read  a second 
time;  Committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
498.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  502.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  511. 
(Cited  as Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  (Public  trustee)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S A V I N GS   B A N K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

for 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S I T ES   [Lords];  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to 
enable His  Majesty's  Postmaster  General  to acquire lands 
in  London,  Glasgow,  Bolton,  Devonport,  Dover,  llford, 
the  public  service,  and  for  other 
and  Stroud 
purposes;  brought  from  the  Lords,  333.  Read  the 
first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  ^Second  Reading, 
334.  Examiners 
to  examine  with  respect  to  com-
pliance  with  Standing  Orders  relative  to  Private  Bills, 
334.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  com-
plied  with,  340.  Second  Reading  deferred,  350,  366, 
372.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Select 
Committee;  Three 
to  be  nominated  by  the  House 
and  Two  by  the  Committee  of  Selection;  Petitions 
to  be  referred  ;  Counsel  heard;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
380.  Three  Members nominated  by the  House, 409.  Re-
ported  from  the  Select  Committee,  with  Amendments ; 
recommitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  428. 
Committee  deferred,  436,  443,  444,  447,  456,  459,  461, 
462,  466,  468, 471, 473, 475, 477, 480,483,486,  491,496. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  with  Amend-
ments ; read the  third  time and passed, with Amendments, 
498.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  511. 
(Cited  as  Post 
Office Sites  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514, 

P O ST   O F F I CE  

T E L E G R A P H S,  

including 

T E L E P H O N E S. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

• P O ST   O F F I C E.   Vide  S U P P L Y. 

P O ST   O F F I CE  
A C C O U N T S.  

(Foreign  and  Colonial  Post). 

Vide 

P O ST  

O F F I CE  

(Foreign  and  Colonial  Post). 

Vide 

> 

A C C O U N T S. 

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569 

P O ST   O F F I CE   (Foreign and  Colonial  Parcel  Post).  Yide 

A C C O U N T S. 

the 

first 

time,  216. 

the  prevention  of  Crime,  and  for 

P R E V E N T I ON   of  C R I ME   ;  Bill  to  make  better  provision 
for 
that  purpose 
to  provide  for  the  reformation  of  young  offenders  and 
the  prolonged  detention  of  habitual  criminals,  and  for 
other  purposes  incidental  thereto;  ordered  ;  presented 
accordingly,  and  read 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  223,  226,  229,  234,  239,  241,  246. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,  and 
Question,  on  Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative;  Bill 
committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  248.  Standing 
Committee  C,  252.  Members  discharged  and  others 
added;  Fourteen  Members  added,  278,  283.  Reported 
from  Standing  Committee  C,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  as  amended,  349.  Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  355,  367,  397,  400, 
402,  403,  404,  407,  409,  412,  414,  415, 416,  418,  420, 
422, 423,  425,  427,  429,  431,  436,  438,  440,  443,  444, 
447,  455.  Proceedings  not  to  be  interrupted  under 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House),  457.  Con-
sidered,  as  amended;  Debate  adjourned,  459.  Debate 
further  adjourned,  466,  469,  473.  Adjourned  Debate 
resumed;  Amendment  withdrawn; 
on  Amendment 
Bill  further  considered;  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  the  third  time  ;  House  proceeds  to  a  Division  ;  no 
second  Teller  for  the  Noes;  Ayes  had  i t;   Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  478-9.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  505.  Day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  505.  Lords'  Amendments  considered, 
and  agreed 
(Cited  as  Prevention  of  Crime 
Act,  1908) Royal  Assent,  514. 

to,  508. 

P R E V E N T I ON   of  C R I ME  

[Expenses]  ;  Motion  for 

the 
House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider 
of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  expenses  incurred  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  make  better  provision  for  the  pre-
vention  of  Crime,  and  for  other  purposes  incidental 
thereto;  King's  Recommendation  signified;  Question 
agreed  to,  250.  Committee  deferred, 254,  259,  262,  267, 
272,  275,  279,  287,  291,  295,  298,  301,  305.  Matter 
considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  319.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  323. 

P R I CE   of  B R E AD   ;  Motion,  That  this  House  is  of  opinion 
that  the  recent  high  price  of  Bread  in  this  country  is 
due  to  natural  causes  alone,  and  that  any  import  duty  on 
wheat  would  tend  to  raise  the  price  still  higher  and 
aggravate  the  suffering  caused  by  dear  Bread;  Amend-
ment  proposed,  to  leave  out  words  and  add  others  not 
made on  Division;  Main  Question  proposed,  and  it  being 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate  stood  adjourned, 
76. 

P R I C ES   of  E X P O R T ED   C O A L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 
P R I M O G E N I T U RE   ;  Bill  to  alter  the  Law  relating  to  the 
descent  of  Land  . upon  an  intestacy;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  55.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  150. 

P R I N CE   of  W A L E S'   Consent  to  Bills  signified;  Third 

Reading  (Private),  204. 

P R I S O NS   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P R I S O N S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON  

P R O C E D U RE  

(Scotland)   A C T, 
1899 ;  Report  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of  the 
House  of  Lords  and  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
in  the  House  of  Commons  under  the  Private  Legislation 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  That  they  are  of 
Procedure 
opinion  that  the  Post  Office  Site 
(Glasgow)  Order 
ought  to  be  introduced  in  Parliament  as  a  Public  Bill, 
ana  that  the  Leith  Burgh  Order, the  Motherwell  Burgh 
Extension,  &c. Order,  the  North  British  and  Mercantile 
Insurance  Company  (Ocean  Marine  Insurance  Transfer, 
&c.)  Order,  and  the  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity,  &c. 
Order  ought  to  be  dealt  with  by  Private  Bill  and 
not  by  Provisional  Order,  37.  Report  of  the  Chair-
man  of Ways aud  Means  of  Bills  which  should  originate 
in  the  House  of Lords,  40.  Report,  in  pursuance  of  the 
provisions  of  the  Act,  relative  to  the  appointment  of 
Fifteen  Members  to  form  the  Parliamentary  Panel  of 
Members  of  this  House  to  act  as  Commissioners,  81. 
That  they  are  of  opinion  that  the  Greenock  Corporation 
Order  ought  to  be  dealt  with  by  Private  Bill  and  not 
by  Provisional  Order,  and  that  Clauses  52  and  54  of  the 
Perth  Corporation  Order  ought  not  to  be  dealt  with  by 
Provisional  Order,  273. 

C O N F I R M A T I ON  

Vide  B I L L S.  
(Scotland)   O R D ER  

T R A N S F ER   of  T R A I N I NG   C O L-
L E G ES  
[Lords']. 
C L Y DE   N A V I G A T I ON   (Superannuation)  O R D ER   C O N-
F I R M A T I ON   [Lords], 
P A I S L EY   D I S T R I CT   T R A M W A YS 
E D I N B U R GH   C O R P O R A T I ON 
O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N.  
(Tramways, 
L E I TH 
H A R B O UR   a nd   D O C KS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N.  
L O CH 
L E V EN   W A T ER  
C O N F I R M A T I O N. 
P O W ER  
E D I N B U R GH  
a nd   D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N-
F I R M A T I O N. 

frc.)  O R D ER  

C O N F I R M A T I O N.  

O R D ER  

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON  

1899.  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

P R O C E D U RE  
B I L L S. 

(Scotland)  A C T, 

P R I V I L E G E S: 

: 

Committee  of  Privileges  appointed,  4. 

Nominated,  4 8.   Vide  S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E E S. 

P R I VY   C O U N C I L L O RS   a nd   M E M B E RS   of   H is   M A J E S T Y 'S 

H O U S E H O L D.   Vide  A D D R E S S E S. 

P R O B A T E,   C O U RT   of.  Vide  C O U RT   of. 

P R O B A T I ON   of  O F F E N D E RS   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P R O C E E D I N GS   postponed  at  a  quarter  after  Eight;  on 
going  into  Supply,  76.  Resumed,  77.  On  Report  of 
matter  from  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  217.  Re-
sumed,  and  Debate  adjourned,  219. 

• 

On  Bills  ;  Motion 

the 
Licensing  Bill,  68.  Resumed,  69.  On  Second  Reading 
of  Licensing  Bill,  155.  Resumed,  156. 

introduction  of 

for 

In  Supply  ;  Proceedings  postponed,  89,  92, 
138,  203,  222,  261,278.  Resumed,  90. 92,  138,203,  222, 
262,  278. 

—  On  Report  of  Supply,  36.  Resumed,  37. 

On  Second  Reading  of  Consolidated  Fund 

(Appropriation)  Bill,  384.  Resumed,  385. 

On  Port  of  London  Bill  Committee,  441. 

Resumed,  441. 

P R O C L A M A T I O N S,   &C.  Yide  P A R L I A M E N T. 

P R I V A TE  

B I L LS  

and 

P R I V A TE  

B U S I N E S S.  

Vide 

P R O G R E SS  

and 

C O N D I T I O N,  

E A ST  

I N D I A.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

A C C O U N T S.  

E A ST  

I N D I A. 

P R I V A TE   B I LL   R E P O R T S.   Vide  R E P O R TS   and  B I L L S. 

P R I V A TE   B I L LS   ;  Suspension  of  Standing  Orders  relating 
to  Bills  returned  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  351. 
Vide  B I L L S,   P R I V A T E,   and  S T A N D I NG   O R D E R S. 

P R I V A TE   B U S I N E S S.   Vide  B U S I N E SS   of  the  H O U S E. 

P R O H I B I T I ON   of   M E D I C AL   P R A C T I CE   by   C O M P A N I ES   ; 
Bill  to  prohibit  Joint  Stock  Companies  from  acting  as 
Physicians,  Surgeons,  or  Medical  Practitioners;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to be read a second time, 51.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  76,  89,  94,  116,  123,  139,  151,  193, 
197,  239. 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   557 

P R O P E R TY   of  D E C E A S ED   P E R S O NS   (Disclosure)  ;  Bill  to 
compel  bankers,  solicitors,  and  others  having  in  their 
possession  Property  of  deceased  persons,  and  having 
notice  of  their  death,  to  hand  over same  to  the  executors 
or  other  legal  representatives of  such  persons ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  326. 

P R O R O G A T I ON   of  P A R L I A M E N T.   Vide  P A R L I A M E N T. 

P R O S E C U T I ON   of  O F F E N C ES   A C T S,   1879 and 1884.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P R O S E C U T I ON  

of  O F F E N C ES  

(Amendment);   Bill 

to 
amend  the Prosecution  of  Offences  Acts,  1879  and  1884; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  46. 
Second Reading deferred, 60, 65,69,  72, 77,80,  84,86,  90, 
93, 98,102,107,  110.  Bill  read a second time ;  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  115.  Committee 
deferred,  122,  127,  131.  Bill  considered  in  Committee 
(•unavoidable  absence  of  Chairman  of  Ways and  Means), 
and  reported,  without  Amendment;  day  appointed  for 
Third  Reading,  133.  Third  Reading  deferred,  138,  149, 
156,  158,  162,  165,  169,  171,  176,  179.  Bill  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  182.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  228. 
(Cited   as  Prosecution  of 
Offences  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

P R O S E C U T I ON   of  O F F E N C ES  

(Amendment) 

[ Expenses] ; 
Motion  for  the  House  to resolve  itself  into  a  Committee 
to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  moneys 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  salaries  and  remuneration, 
and  of  any  expenses  that  ma.y be  incurred  in  pursuance 
of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  amend  the  Prosecu-
tion  of  Offences Acts,  1879  and 1884;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified;  Question  agreed  to,  118,  119.  Matter 
and,  after  Amendment, 
considered 
negatived  on  Division,  Resolution  agreed  to,  121. 
Report  deferred,  126,  131.  Resolution  reported,  and 
read  a  second  time,  and  agreed  to, after Amendment  pro-
posed,  to  add  words,  and,  on  Division,  negatived,  133. 

in  Committee, 

P R O V I D E NT  

S O C I E T I E S.   Vide 

I N D U S T R I AL   and  P R O-

V I D E NT   S O C I E T I E S. 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   B I L LS   ; Order  relative  to  suspension 
of  Standing  Order  7 3,   3 0 6.   Vide  S T A N D I NG   O R D E R S. 

P R O V I S I O N AL  

O R D E RS  

P R O C E D U RE  

[Lords]  ;  Bill, 
intituled  An  Act  to  enable  Rules  to  be  made  regulating 
the  Procedure  with  respect  to  Provisional  Orders  made 
by  the  Board  of  Trade and the  Local Government  Board 
under  certain  Acts  of  Parliament,  and for  other  matters 
incidental  thereto ;  brought  from  the  Lords,  377.  Read 
the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
396.  Second  Reading  deferred,  400,  402,  407,  409,  412, 
414,  415,  416,  418,  420,  422,  423,  425,  427,  429,  431, 
436,438,  440,447,  452,  454,  455,  459,  461,  462,  466, 
469,  471,  474,  475,  477,  480,  483,  486,  491,  503,  506, 
509,  512,  513. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   C O M M I T T EE   ;  to  consist  of  Fifteen 
Members;  nominated  ;  power  to  send  for persons, papers, 
and  records;  Five  to  be  the  quorum,  36.  Member 
discharged  from  the  Committee,  another  added,  161. 
Member  added  to  the  Committee,  170.  First  Report, 
238.  Second Report, 315.  Third  Report, 353.  Motion, 
That  the  Reports  of  the  Committee  be now  considered, 
withdrawn,  505.  Vide  A C C O U N T S.  
C O M-
M I T T E E S. 

S E L E CT  

P U B L IC  

A C C O U N TS   and  C H A R G ES   A C T.  

Vide  A C-

C O U N T S. 

P U B L I C A T I O NS   ;  Select  Committee 

the 
Publications  printed  by  Order  of  this  House,  or  pre-
sented  to  it  through  Public  Departments,  and  to  call 
attention  to  any  case in  which  unnecessary  expense  has 
been  incurred  ;  appointed  ;  nominated;  power  to  send 

to  examine 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

for persons,  papers, and records ;  Three to be  the  quorum, 
58.  Report,  489. 

P U B L IC   B I L L S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   H E A L T H;   Bill  to  amend  the  Public  Health  Act, 
1875,  and  the  Local  Government  Act,  1888  ;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  114.  Second 
Reading deferred, 168,  184,  197,  218,  235. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH  

A CT  

( 1 8 7 5)   A M E N D M E NT  

(Water 
Rights)  ;  Bill  to  empower  Local  Authorities  to  acquire 
Water  Rights  otherwise  than  by  agreement;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  51. 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  73,  84,  105,  123,  128,  150,  159,  193, 
2 0 9,   2 3 0,   2 5 1,   2 5 9,   2 6 8,   2 7 5,   2 8 0,   2 8 7,   2 9 1,   2 9 6,   2 9 8, 
3 0 6,   3 1 1,   3 1 4. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   A C TS   A M E N D M E NT   (Markets)  ;  Bill 
to  enable  Rural  District  Councils  to  provide  Markets; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  148. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  165,  183,  218. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   (Markets  in  Rural  Districts)  ;  Bill  to 
make  the  provisions  of  the  Public  Health  Act,  1875, 
with  respect  to  the  provision  and  regulation  of  Markets, 
applicable  in  Rural  Districts  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to be  read  a second time,  137.  Second Reading  deferred, 
149,  162,  176,  192,  195,  199,  208,  214,  220,  223,  226, 
228.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  234.  Committee  deferred, 
240,  242,  246,  248,  251,  253,  259,  262.  Bill  considered 
in Committee, and reported,without Amendment;  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time,  and  Question, 
on  Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative ;  Bill  read  the 
third  time  and passed, 263,264.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  333. 
(Cited  as  Public  Health 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

to 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   O F F I C E R S;   Bill  to  amend  the  Law 
relating 
the  qualification  and  tenure  of  office  of 
Medical  Officers  of  Health,  and  for  other  purposes; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  68. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  94,  120,  225,  243. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH  

(Regulations  as  to  Food)  A C T,  

1 9 0 7. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC  

H E A L TH  

(Scotland) 

A C T.  

Vide 

R I V E RS 

P O L L U T I O N. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH  

(Sewers  and  Drains);  Bill  to  amend 
the  Public  Health  Acts  with  respect  to  Sewers  and 
Drains;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
Second  Reading  deferred,  251,  268,272, 
time,  212. 
275,  280,  287,  291. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   (Sewers  and  Drains)  (No.  2)  ;  Bill  to 
amend  the  Public  Health  Acts  with  respect  to  the 
combined  drainage  of  two  or  more  houses  belonging  to 
the  same  owner;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  308.  Second  Reading  deferred,  313. 

P U B L I C - H O U S ES   (Exclusion  of  Children)  (Scotland);  Bill 
to  exclude  Children  and  Young  Persons  from  the  bars 
of  Public-houses and other  licensed premises in  Scotland  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  113. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  152,  158,  166,  169,  180,  189, 
197,  200,  205,  219,  231,  254,  268,  287. 

P U B L IC  - H O U S ES   (Extension  of  Facilities)  ;  Bill to  facilitate 
the  provision  of  accommodation  for supplying  Food,  and 
of  other 
improvements  in  connection  with  premises 
licensed  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  by  retail; 
ordered ;  presented  accordingly,  and read the  first  time, 
233.  Second  Reading  deferred,  254,  259. 

P U B L IC   I N C O ME   and  E X P E N D I T U R E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

8 EDW. VII.] I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

P U B L IC   L I B R A R I ES   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Acts  relating  to 
Public  Libraries j  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  64, 
Second  Beading  deferred,  82,  98, 
116,  131,  151,  158,  163,  180,  218,  231. 

P U B L IC   M E E T I NG   ;  Bill  to  prevent  the  disturbance  of 
Public  Meetings  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  489.  Read  a second  time ;  Bill  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  507.  Considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  508.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an  Amend-
ment,  513.  Motion,  That  the  Lords'  Amendment  be 
now  considered ;  Amendment  proposed,  " three  months," 
on  Division,  not  made;  Main  Question  put,  and  agreed 
to  ;  Lords'  Amendment  considered;  Motion,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  said  Amend-
ment,  on  Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative,  513. 
(Cited  as  Public  Meeting  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   (Acquisition of  Site)  A C T,   1 9 0 5.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S, 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS   (Treasury) 

(African  Companies).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS   (Supreme  Court  of  Judicature).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   R E V E N UE   (Interception).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

; 

P U B L IC   R I G H TS   of  W AT   ;  Bill  to amend  the  Law  relating 
to  Public  Rights  of  Way  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  " six 
months,"  on  Division,  not  made;  Bill  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  h  Standing  Committee,  225. 
Standing  Committee  A,  231.  Fifteen  Members  added 
to  the  Committee,  232.  Name  of  Member  discharged, 
and  another  appointed,  238,  247.  Reported  from  the 
Standing  Committee,  with  Amendments  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  329. 

P U B L IC   T R U S T E E.   Vide  S U P P L Y. 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   S I TE   (Dublin)  A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   T R U S T EE   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES  

S I T ES  

(Extension);   Bill  to  provide 
for  the  acquisition  of  land  for  the  extension  of  certain 
in  Westminster  and  of  the  Patent 
Public  Offices 
Office,  and  for  certain  other  public  purposes;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  55. 
Examiners  to  examine  Bill  with  respect  to  compliance 
with  Standing  Orders,  57.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
applicable  complied  with,  61.  Second Reading  deferred, 
65,  69,  72,  77,  80,  84,  86,  90,  93,  94,  98,  102,  107,  110, 
115,  119,  122,  127,  131,  134,  138,  149,  156,  158,  162, 
165,  169,  171,  176,  179.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time;  Amendment  proposed,  " six 
months," but, on Division, not made ;  Main  Question put; 
Bill  read  a  second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Select 
Committee  of  Five  Members,  Three  to  be  nominated  by 
the  House  and  Two  by  the  Committee  of  Selection; 
Petitions  referred;  Counsel  ordered ;  power  to  send  for 
persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be  the  quorum, 
182.  Nominated,  195.  Reported  from the  Select  Com-
mittee,  with  Amendments;  recommitted  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  253.  Committee  deferred,  259. 
Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without 
Amendment;  read  the 
third  tinfe  and  passed,  263. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  369,  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  370.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  380. 
(Cited  as  Public  Offices  Sites 
(.Extension)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O A NS   ;  Bill  to  grant  money  for  the 
purpose  of  certain  Local  Loans  out  of  the  Local  Loans 
Fund,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  Local  Loans  ; 
presented,  and ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  342. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  346.  Read  a  second  time  ; 
Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of the  whole  House,  350. 
Committee  deferred,  355,  359,  360.  Considered 
in 
Committee,  and  reported ;  day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  365.  Considered,  as  amended ;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  372.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with-
(Cited  as  Public  Works  Loans 
out  Amendment,  389. 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O AN   B O A R D,   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O A NS   B I L L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O A NS  

[Remission];  Motion 

for  the 
House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of 
authorising  the  remission  of  certain  debts  due  to  the 
Commissioners  of Public  Works  in  Ireland,  in  pursuance 
of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  grant  money  for 
the  purpose  of  certain  Local  Loans  out  of  the  Local 
Loans  Fund,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  Local 
Loans  ;  King's  Recommendation  signified  ;  Question 
agreed  to,  351.  Matter  considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  354.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  359. 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   S I T ES   (Extension)  [Expenses];  Motion 
for  the  House  to  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  moneys 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  any  expenses,  so  far  as  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  incurred  by  the  Commissioners 
of  Works  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
provide  for  the  acquisition  of  land  for  the  extension  of 
certain  Public  Offices in  Westminster  and  of  the  Patent 
Office,  and  for  certain  other  public  purposes  ;  King's 
Recommendation  signified;  Question  agreed  to,  184. 
Committee  deferred,  189.  Matter  considered  in  Com-
mittee  ;  Committee  report  Progress,  192.  Committee 
deferred, 196,199,  209.  Matter considered in  Committee, 
and  reported,  214.  Resolution  reported;  Resolution 
• read  a  second  time  ;  Motion,  That  this  House  doth 
agree  with  the  Committee 
in  the  Resolution,  and 
proceeding  postponed  at  a  quarter-past  Eight,  217. 
Adjourned 
Resumed,  and  Debate  adjourned,  219. 
Debate  resumed,  and  Question  agreed  to,  223. 

P U B L IC   P E T I T I O N S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS   (Admiralty  Department).  Vide  A C-

C O U N T S. 

P U R C H A SE   of  L A ND   (England  and  Wales)  ;  Bill  to  provide 
facilities for  the  sale  of  Land  to  occupying  tenants,  and 
to  extend  the  system  of  peasant  proprietary  in  England 
and  Wales;  presented,  and ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  52.  Second  Reading  deferred,  65,  89,  123,  135, 
152,  171,  200,  246,  279,  295,  313. 

P U R I TY   of  M I LK   S U P P L I ES   (Scotland);  Bill  to  ensure 
the  purity  of  Milk  Supplies  of  the  rural  and  urban 
districts  of  Scotland  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  62.  Second  Reading  deferred,  116,  127, 
152,  168,  200,  210,  218,  226,  231,  259. 

8  Edw.  VII 

Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

( J U A L I F I C A T I ON   and  R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  V O T E R S. 

Vide  V O T E R S. 

Q U E E N 'S   C O L L E GE   (Belfast). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

Q U E E N 'S   C O L L E GE   (  Cork).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

Q U E E N 'S   C O L L E GE   (Galway). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS   (Colonial  Office)  (New  Zealand  Com-

pany).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

Q U E E N S L A N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

557 

QUESTIONS: 

amended, and agreed  to  on  Division;  Motion 
as to  allocation  of  time,  Elementary Education  (England 
and  Wales)(No.  2)  Bill,  464. 

—-  

Main  Question  amended,  put,  and  agreed 

to,  on  an  Instruction  to  a  Committee,  425. 

— 

Main  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 

Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  175,  217,  258,  408. 

:  Main  Question  claimed  and put  accordingly, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  27l, 
416. 

put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11, 

52,  55,  198,  202,  212,  256,  274,  308.  316,  457,  483. 

Questions  put  forthwith, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  15,  by  the  Chairman,  370.  By  the 
Speaker,  379. 

(Supply.) 

_ 

put,  pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  on 
Bills  in  the  House,  48,  52,  63,  309  (twice),  316,  444 
(twice),  445,  446,  448  (twice),  450,  451,  452,  453. 

In  Committee,  274  (twice), 285, 290  (twice), 
294,  346,  401,  404,  409  (twice),  411,  412  (twice),  413, 
418,  421,  423,  424,  427,  429,  431  (twice),  433,  435,  473. 

In  Committee  on  matter,  419,  467. 

R E S O L V ED  

IN   T HE   A F F I R M A T I VE  

: 

Business  of  the  House,  79,  86,  103,  318. 

Exemption 

from  Standing  Order  No.  1 
(Sittings  of  the  House),  29,  55,  108,  121,  126,  161,  170, 
178,  208,  266,  303,  416,  437,  439,  441,  483.  Vide 
H O U SE   a nd   B U S I N E SS   of   t he   H O U S E. 

— : 

—  That  a  Member  be  added  to  a  Select 
Committee,  and  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  11,  274. 

That  the  further  consideration  of  a  Bill  be 

adjourned,  354,  438. 

P A S S ED  

IN   T HE   N E G A T I V E ,* 

Address (Unemployed  Distress),  15.  Agra-

rian  Crime  (Ireland),  26.  Board  of  Education,  27. 

Explosions  (Glenahiery),  on  Division,  134. 

Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901  (Laun-

dries),  115. 

That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Bill,  on 
(Question  put,  pursuant  to  Stand-

Division,  198,  308. 
ing  Order  No.  11.) 

That  leave  be  given  to  bring 

in  a  Bill 

(Monastic  and  Conventual  Institutions),  62. 

That  a Bill  be  now  read  a second  time,  140. 

That  a Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 

of  the  whole  House,  124,  172,  303. 

That  a  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Joint 
(North  British  Railway  Order 

Committee,  467-8. 
Confirmation  Bill.) 

That  a Bill  be recommitted  on  consideration, 

as  amended,  437. 

That  words,  as  amended,  be  inserted,  on 

consideration,  as  amended,  281. 

That  words  be  inserted  in  a  Bill,  354,  485. 

~  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  113. 

278,  &c. 

Supply, That  reduced  sums  be  granted,  138, 

Registry  of  Voters,  39.  Small  Landholders 
(Scotland)  Bill  and  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill 
(Allocation  of  Time),  42.  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill 
(Allocation  of  Time),  258.  Licensing  Bill  (Allocation 
of  Time),  338.  Elementary  Education  (England  and 
Wales)  (No.  2)  Bill  (Allocation  of  Time),  465.  Con-
tempt  of  Court  (Ireland),  86.  London  Electric  Supply 
Bills,  102.  Taxation  Basis,  on  Division,  130.  Un-
employment,  416. 

That  a  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time,  140. 
to  Standing  Order 

And  Question  put,  pursuant 
(Closure),  168. 

That  the  Amendment  be  made,  285,  309. 

— That  this  be  the  Schedule  to  the  Bill,  304, 

— 

435. 

-  That  the  word  "now"  stand  part,  159,  303. 
Amended  by  adding  words  at  end,  and  agreed  to,  126 
(Government  of  Ireland). 

—  That  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand 

part,  161,  485. 

_ 

—  That  a  Clause,  as  amended,  stand  part, 285. 

8  Edw.  VII. 

Pari.  28.  Sess.  3. 

1908. 

B A B B I TS   on  C O M M O NS  ;  Bill  to  allow  commoners  to 
kill  and  take  Rabbits  on  Commons;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  79.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  105,  117,  123,  131,  139,  153,  166,  180,  184, 
197,  235,  247,  268,  291.  . 

R A I L W AY   and  I R R I G A T I ON   W O R K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

E A ST  

I N D I A. 

R A I L W AY   A C C I D E N T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R A I L W A Y,   &C.  B I L L S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R E P O R TS  

in  pursuance  of  R E S O L U T I O NS   of  the  H O U SE  

; 
on  a  Private  Bill  the  Committee  had  struck  out  certain 
Railways;  Clauses  struck  out  ;  additional  provision 
inserted,  301,  307. 

R A I L W AY   and  C A N AL   T R A F F IC   ;  Bill  to  amend  the 
Railway  and  Canal  Traffic  Act,  1854;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  38.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  165,  183,  193,  235. 

That  words  be  inserted,  338. 

That  a word  stand  part  of  a  Bill,  354. 

R A I L W AY   a nd   C A N AL   T R A F F IC   A C T S,   1 8 88   a nd   1 8 9 4. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S, 

That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill,  and, 

R A I L W AY   and  C A N AL   T R A F F IC   ACTS.!   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

on  Division,  resolved  in  the  Affirmative,  130. 

—  That  a  Bill  be  committed  to  Committee  of 

R A I L W AY   C O M P A N I ES   (Charitable  and  other  Contributions, 

1907),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

the  whole  House,  159. 

—  For  adjournment  of  Debate,  266. 

-  That  a  Member  be  suspended  from  the 

service  of  the  House,  404. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

R A I L W A YS   A B A N D O N M E N T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R A I L W AY  

E M P L O Y M E NT  

(S a f e ty   Appliances). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

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C O R O N E R S'  

F A T A L I T I ES  
I N Q U E S T S. 

(Coroners' 

Inquests). 

Vide 

R A I L W AY   R E T U R N S.  

V i de   A C C O U N T S. 

R A I L W AY  

R E T U R NS  

(Preliminary 

Statement). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

R A I L W AY  

S E R V A N TS  

(Hours  

oj 

labour). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

R A I L W A YS   (Eight   Hours);  Bill  to  provide  for the  estab-
lishment  of  a  working  day  of  eight  hours  for  certain 
grades  employed  in  the  manipulation  of  traffic;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  46. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  105,  117,  128,  139,  153,  168, 
203,  217,  246. 

R A I L W A YS   (Nationalisation);   Motion,  That  in  view  of 
the  widespread  complaints  on  the  part  of  traders,  agri-
culturists,  and the  general  public with  regard to  railway 
charges  and  facilities,  and  particularly  with  regard  to 
preferential  treatment  of  foreign  goods,  the  time  has 
come  to  consider  how  far these  evils  could  be  remedied 
by  State  purchase  of  the  Railways,  as foreshadowed  by 
the  Railway  Regulation  Act  of  1844;  Amendment 
proposed ;  Closure  claimed,  but  assent  withheld,  and  at 
Eleven  of the  clock  Debate  stood  adjourned,  36. 

R A I L W AY   T I C K E TS   ;  Bill  to  prevent  a  time  limit  being 
set  upon  the  use  of  Passenger  Tickets  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  33.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  49,  66,  77,  84,  99,  116,  123,  128,  131,  139,  152, 
158,  166,  189,200,  205,  219,  224,  235,  254,  268,  279, 
291,310. 

R A M S G A TE   H A R B O U R.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R A V E N S T H O R PE   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  

[Lords']; 
Report, That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified to  have 
been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from the  Lords;  read 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  256. 
Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  in-
quired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  264.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  284. 
Reported  from the  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  with 
Amendments,  330.  Considered,  as amended,  344.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  356.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  with  an  Amendment,  369. 
Lords'  Amendments  to  Commons'  Amendments,  in  pur-
suance  of  Order,  agreed to,  374. 
( Cited  as  Ravensthorpe 
Urban  District  Council Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

R E F O R M A T O RY   and 
Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

I N D U S T R I AL  

S C H O O LS  

(Ireland). 

R E G I S T ER   H O U SE   (Edinburgh).   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  the  time  for  an  appeal  from  the 
decision  of  a  Revising  Barrister,  and  matters  conse-
quential  thereon;  brought  from  the  Lords,  228.  Read 
the  first.  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
315.  Second  Reading  deferred,  324,  328,  331.  Read  a 
second  time;  Committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  334.  Considered  in  Committee;  Motion  for 
Progress  agreed  to,  339.  Committee  deferred,  343, 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  as  amended,  346.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  350.  Considered,  as  amended  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  355. 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  384. 
(Cited   as  Registration 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

and  for other  purposes  connected  therewith;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22.  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  now  read a second  time  ;  Amendment 
proposed,  " six  months,"  and  not  made;  Bill  read  a 
second  time  ;  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  and  Question  negatived 
on  Division  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
124. 
Standing  Committee  A,  128.  Members  dis-
charged,  others  added,  136,  Names  of  Members  added 
in  respect  of  the  Bill,  136.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  from  Standing  Committee  A;   Minutes  of  Pro-
ceedings  to  be printed ;  day  appointed  for  consideration, 
as  amended,  185.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred, 
229,  236,  259,  282,  300,  503,  508,  510. 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  F I R MS   A B R O A D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  P A R L I A M E N T A RY   V O T E R S.  

Vide 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   V O T E R S. 

the  registration  of  Voters  deprive 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  V O T E RS   ;  Motion,  That,  in  the  opinion 
of  this  House, the complexity and limitations of the  Laws 
regulating 
large 
numbers  of  persons  otherwise  qualified  to  vote  of  such 
right,  and  therefore  it  is  urgently  necessary  that  imme-
diate  steps  be  taken  for the  amendment  of  these  Laws  ; 
Amendment  proposed,  to  add  words,  but  not  made  on 
Division;  Main  Question  put;  Resolution,  39. 

R E G U L A T I ON   of  S P E E D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

V E H I C U L AR 

T R A F F I C,   &C. 

R E M I S S I ON   of  S U R C H A R G ES   (Dublin);  Bill  to  discharge 
certain  Surcharges  made  upon  the  accounts  of 
the 
Municipal  Corporation  of  Dublin;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  478.  Examiners 
to  examine Bill  with  respect  to compliance with  Standing 
Orders,  484. 

R E M O V AL   of  W O M E N 'S   D I S A B I L I T I E S.   Vide  F R A N C H I SE 

a nd   R E M O V AL   o f,   &c. 

R E P O R TS   OF  G R O U PS   OF  P R I V A TE   B I L LS 

A ND   R A I L W AY   B I L L S :— 

(Group  A)   ;  Attendance  of  Witness,  103. 

(Group  B );   Adjournment  of  Committee, 

82,  88,  114. 

(Group  C );   Absence  of  Member,  78. 
Attendance of  Witness,  78.  Adjournment of  Committee, 
103. 

—— 

(Group  D );   Adjournment  of  Committee, 

132. 

: 
137. 

206. 

— 

. 2 2 1. 

2 7 7. 

——  

296,  302. 

(Group  E );   Adjournment  of  Committee, 

(Group  F );   Attendance  of  Witness,  195, 

(Group  G)  ;  Adjournment  of  Committee, 

(Group  II);  Adjournment  of  Committee, 

(Group  I );   Adjournment  of  Committee, 
,  . 

' 

(Group  K );   Attendance  of  Witness,  296, 

317.  Adjournment  of  Committee,  301,  318,  336,  344. 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   of  C L U BS   (Ireland);   Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  in regard  to  the  registration  of  Clubs  in  Ireland, 

—-  

(Group  M );   Attendance  of  Witness,  420. 

Adjournment  of  Committee,  432,  441,  454. 

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-  (Group  1);  non-attendance  of  Mem-

R E V E N UE   and  E X P E N D I T U RE  
Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(England,  Scotland,  and 

bers,  118. 

226,  277. 

297. 

(Group  3);  adjournment  of  Committee, 

(Group  4);  adjournment  of  Committee, 

R E P O R T S,   S P E C I AL   ; from Select  Committees and  Standing 
Committees  :—Standing  Committee,  132.  Select  Com-
mittee,  289,  308,  345,  452.  Police  and  Sanitary  Com-
mittee,  357. 

R E P O R TS   of  M O N EY   C O M M I T T E E S.   Vide  B U S I N E SS   of 

t he   H O U S E.  

H O U S E. 

R E P R E S E N T A T I ON   of  the  P E O P LE   ;  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  better  representation  of  the  people  in  Parliament; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  46. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  49,  60,  76,  82,  85,  105,  123, 
150,  177,  203,  230. 

RESOLUTIONS: 

For  an  Address  to  His  Majesty  relative  to 
the  assassination  of  the  King  of  Portugal  and  the  Duke 
of  Braganza,  25 
(nemine  contradicente).  Address  of 
Thanks  (King's  Speech),  29.  Registration  of  Voters, 
39.  Local  Taxation,  49.  Congo  Free  State,  65. 
Contempt  of  Court  (Ireland),  86,  87.  Poisons  and 
Pharmacy  Bill  [Lords],  91.  Unemployed  Workmen 
Bill,  94.  As  to  disagreeing  with  the  Lords  in  their 
Resolution  for  referring  Bills  to  a  Joint  Committee, 
102  (London  Electric  Supply  Bills).  Lotteries  and 
Advertisements  Joint  Committee,  112.  Government 
of 
(amended),  126.  Taxation  Basis,  130. 
Opium  Traffic,  168.  Native  Affairs  in  South  Africa, 
Shetland  Mail  Service,  217.  Alderney  Mail 
183. 
Service,  217.  West  Indian  Inter-Colonial  Mail  Service, 
217.  Housing  of  Workpeople,  217.  Greenwich  Hos-
pital,  386. 
(A.utumn  Sittings),  388. 
Unemployment  (on  Division),  after  Amendment  pro-
posed,  and  not  made,  416.  Liverpool  and  Hong  Kong 
Mail  Service,  496. 

Adjournment 

Ireland 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  resolve 
(Ways  and 
(Supply),  29. 

into  a  Committee 

itself 
Means),  29. 

That  this  House  will,  on  a  day  named, 
resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  an  Address 
to  be  presented  to  His  Majesty  relative  to  a  Monument 
to  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman,  163. 

That this House do now adjourn,  145 (Easter), 

242,  244. 

— 
Death  of  Sir  Henry  Campbell-Bannerman,  147. 

That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  on  the 

That  this House  do meet  at  a certain  hour :— 

Ten,  357,  386,  510.  Twelve,  238.  Two,  513. 

That  this  House  will  immediately  resolve 

itself  into  Committee  on  a  Bill,  512. 

reported  from  the  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  and  read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed 
for further  consideration,  229.  Further  considered,  and 
agreed  to,  after  Amendment  proposed,  and  not  made, 
234. 

(Irish  Universities  [Expenses].) 

R E V E N UE   (Collection of  Taxes).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R H Y M N EY  

a nd   A B ER  

V A L L E YS   G AS  

a nd   W A T ER 
[Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the 
Lords ; read  the first time,  and referred  to the  Examiners, 
316.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
325.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  340.  Stand-
ing  Orders  211  and  236  suspended;  Committee  of 
Selection  have  leave  to  appoint  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  to  sit  and  proceed  forthwith,  ,347.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  352.  Considered,  as  amended  ;  Standing 
Orders  223  and  243  suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  361,  362.  To  which 
the  Lords  agree,  377. 
(Cited   as  Rhymney  and  Aber 
Valleys  Gas  and  Water  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

R H Y M N EY   R A I L W AY  

[Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred to the  Examiners,  118.  Report, Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  125.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  141.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  170. 
Considered,  as  amended,  187.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  194.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  202. 
(Cited  as  Rhymney  Railway  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  261. 

R I C H M O ND   and  B A R N ES   T R A M W A Y S.  

Vide  W E ST 

L O N D O N. 

R I F LE   A S S O C I A T I O NS   (Colonies).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R I G H TS   of  W AY  

(Scotland)  ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Local 
Government  (Scotland)  Act,  1894, with  regard  to Rights 
of  Way  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  52.  Second  Reading  deferred,  81,  105,  153,  179, 
218. 

R I V E RS   P O L L U T I ON  

P R E V E N T I ON   A C T,   a nd  
H E A L TH   (Scotland)   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

P U B L IC 

R I V ER   W A N D LE  

P R O T E C T I ON  

[Lords];  Report  on 
Petition  for  Bill  originating  in  the  Lords,  That  the 
Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied  with,  referred 
to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  206, 
Report  from  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dis-
pensed  with,  232.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  333.  Read 
the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  334. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into 
complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  340. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  ;  Standing  Orders 
suspended;  Committee  have  leave  to  sit  and  proceed 
forthwith,  362.  Bill  reported,  without  Amendment; 
Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time,  369.  Standing Order  243 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
(Cited  as  River  Wandle  Protection 
Amendment,  374. 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  392. 

R O A CH   B U RN   C O L L I E R Y,   C U M B E R L A N D,   A C C I D E NT   a t. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S.   M I N ES   and  Q U A R R I E S. 

R O A DS   and  B R I D G ES   (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R E S T R A I NT   of  T R A DE   (Shops);  Bill  to  render  null  and 
void  certain  provisions  of  Shop  Assistants'  Agreements  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  64. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  76,  89,  105,  122,  135,  152, 
166,  196,  235. 

R O C H D A LE   C O R P O R A T I ON   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered to  be  read  a  second  time,  20.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
91.  Considered,  as  amended;  an  Amendment  made, 
107.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  112.  Agreed  to 

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by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  198.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  207. 
(Cited  as  Rochdale  Corporation 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

R O C H E S T ER   B R I D GE  

[Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  215.  Read  the  first 
the  Examiners,  216.  Report, 
time,  and  referred  to 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a second time,  227.  Read  a  second 
time,  and committed,  242.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
297.  Considered,  as  amended,  311.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  320.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  330. 
(Cited  as  Rochester  Bridge  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

R O M AN  

C A T H O L IC   D I S A B I L I T I ES  

(Removal,   Sfc.); 
Motion,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to 
remove  certain  Disabilities  affecting  the  Roman  Catholic 
population,  and 
the 
Accession  Declaration ;  Mr.  Speaker  puts  the  Question, 
pursuant to  Standing  Order  No.  11, and  Question  agreed 
to  on  Division  ;  Bill  presented  accordingly;  read  the 
first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  457. 

to  make  certain  alterations  in 

R O S S L A RE   R A I L W A YS   and  H A R B O U R S.  

Vide 

F I S H-

G U A RD   a n d. 

R O Y AL  

I R I SH  

C O N S T A B U L A R Y,  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

S U P P L Y. 

S A LE   of  F O OD   and D R U GS   A C TS   A M E N D M E NT   (Scotland); 
Bill  to  amend  the  Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts,  1875 
to  1907  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time, 55.  Second Reading  deferred, 69,  82,  85,  87,90,95, 
99,  106,  135,  136,  155,  158,  193,  209,  219,  235,  252. 

S A LE   of  I N T O X I C A T I NG   L I Q U O RS   on  S U N D AY   ;  Bill  to 
prohibit  the  sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors  on  Sunday; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  33. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  173,  184,  217. 

S A LE   of  W H I S KY   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  sale  of  Whisky,  and  to  provide  for  the  marking  of 
casks  and  other  vessels  containing  Whisky;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  55.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  151,  168,  184,  200,  239. 

S A L M O N,   T R O U T,   and  R I V ER   T W E ED   F I S H E R I ES   ;  Bill 
to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Acts  for  the  more  effectual 
preservation  and  increase  of  Salmon  and  Trout,  and  for 
regulating  and  improving  the  Fisheries  in  the  River 
Tweed  and the  rivers  and  streams  running  into  the same, 
and  also  within  the  mouth  or  entrance  of  the  said  river, 
and  for  other  purposes ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  322.  Examiners  to  examine  the 
Bill  with  respect  to  compliance  with  Standing  Orders, 
352.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  not 
complied with  ;  Report  referred  to  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders,  361. 

S A L OP   C O U N TY   (Northern  or  Newport  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

R O Y AL   O B S E R V A T O RY   (Edinburgh).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S A V I N GS  

B A N KS   and 

F R I E N D LY  

S O C I E T I E S.   Vide 

R O Y AL  

P A T R I O T IC  

F U ND  

C O R P O R A T I O N.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

R O Y AL   U N I V E R S I TY   of  I R E L A N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

R U LE   C O M M I T T EE   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Judicature  Acts, 
1873  to  1894,  with  respect  to  the  persons  in  whom  the 
power  of making  I'Rules  of  Court  under  those  Acts  is 
vested;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  238.  Second  Reading  deferred,  246,  254.  Day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  303. 

R Y T ON   W A T E R.   Vide  B L A Y D ON   and. 

8  Edw.  VII. 

Pari.  28. 

Sess.  3. 

1908. 

S A D D L E W O R TH  

U R B AN  

'  D I S T R I CT  

C O U N C I L. 

Vide  A U D E N S H AW   and. 

S A I NT   L U K E,   C H A R L T O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

U N I ON   of 

B E N E F I C ES   A C T. 

S A I NT   M A R Y L E B O NE   B O R O U GH   C O U N C IL   (Superannua-
tion)  [Lords]  |  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in 
the  House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified  to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from 
the  Lords;  read  a  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  144.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  147.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  160.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  186. 
Considered,  as  amended j  Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time, 
194.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
ments,  204.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  255. 
(Cited  as 
Saint  Marylebone  Borough  Council 
(Superannuation) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

S A I NT   P A U L,   C H A R L T O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

U N I ON   of 

B E N E F I C ES   A C T. 

A C C O U N T S. 

S C O T T I SH   L A N D:   Bill  to  establish  a  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  in  Scotland,  and  to 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  agricultural  holdings  and 
allotments  in  Scotland  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  25.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read a second time ;  Closure claimed,  but assent  withheld ; 
Amendment  proposed,  " six  months,"  and  made  on 
Division ;  Second  Reading  put  off for  six  months,  57. 

S C O T T I SH   L O C AL   A U T H O R I T I ES   (Deputation   Expenses). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S EA   and  C O A ST  

F I S H E R I ES  

F U ND  

(Ireland)  

(Non-

congested Districts).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S EA   F I S H E R I ES   R E G U L A T I ON   (Scotland)-,  Bill  to provide 
for  the  suppression  of  illegal  Fishing  by  trawl  vessels ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  33. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  49,  66,  77,  84,  105,  123,  128, 
131,  139,  152,  158,  166,189,  200,  205,219,  246, 254,  268, 
279,  291,  310. 

S E A H AM   H A R B O UR   D O CK   ; Bill  read  the first time, and  re-
ferred  to the  Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing Order  62 
complied  with  ; Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  58.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  71.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  108.  As amended,  considered,  117.  Read 
the  third  time  and passed,  125.  Agreed to  by  the  Lords, 
with  an  Amendment,  293.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed 
to,  301. 
(Cited  as  Seaham  Harbour  Dock  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

S E A M E N 'S   S A V I N GS   B A N K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S E A M E N 'S   S A V I N GS   B A N KS   (Money  Orders  and  Trans-

mission of  Wages).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S E C O N D A RY   S C H O O L S,   &c.  (Pupils).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S E C O N D A RY   E D U C A T I ON   (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

8  EDW.  V I I .]   I N D EX  

to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

557 

S E C O ND  

B A L L OT  

in  F O R E I GN  

C O U N T R I E S.  

Vide 

S H OP   H O U RS   A C T,   1904.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A C C O U N T S. 

S E C O ND   or   U P P ER   C H A M B E RS  

in   F O R E I GN  

S T A T E S. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S E ED   O A TS   S U P P LY   (Ireland).  Vide  S E ED   P O T A T O ES 

a nd   S E ED   O A T S,   &C.  B I L L. 

S E ED  

P O T A T O ES   and  S E ED   O A TS   S U P P LY  

(Ireland); 
Bill  to  make  provision  with  respect  to  loans  and  sales 
made  for  the  purpose  of  the  supply  of  Seed  Potatoes 
and  Seed  Oats  to  occupiers  and  cultivators  of  land  in 
Ireland  :  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  266.  Second  Reading  deferred,  285,  295,  305, 
319.  Read  a  second  time;  Bill  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  323. 
in 
Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  327.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Seed 
Potatoes  and  Seed  Oats  Supply  (Ireland)  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  390. 

Considered 

S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

S E L E C T I ON   ;  Select  Committee  nominated,  28.  Three 
additional  Members  to  serve  on  Police  and  Sanitary 
Committee 
to  be  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 
Selection,  113.  Member  added  to  the  Committee,  136. 
Vide  C O M M I T T E E S. 

S E R J E A N T - A T - A R MS   removes  Member  from  the  House, 

403. 

S E R V I A.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S E T T L ED   L A ND   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Settled  Land  Acts, 
1882 to 1890 ;  presented, and ordered  to be read  a second 
time,  40.  Second  Reading  deferred,  57,  61,  66,  76,  82, 
94,  106,  123,  131,  152,  177,  196,  204,  235,  252.  Day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  303. 

S E W A GE   D I S P O S AL  

(Royal  Commission).  Vide  A C-

C O U N T S. 

S E W E RS   and  D R A I N S.   Vide  M E T R O P O L I T AN   S E W E RS 
a nd 

H E A L T H,  

D R A I N S.  

S E W E RS  

P U B L IC  

a nd  
D R A I N S. 

S H E F F I E LD   B O R O U GH   (Central  Division)  W R I T.   Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

S H E R I FF   C O U R TS   (Scotland)  A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S H E T L A ND   M A IL   S E R V I C E;   Resolution,  That  the  Con-
tract,  dated  the  6th  day  of  December  1907,  between 
the  Postmaster  General  and  the  North  of  Scotland  and 
Orkney  and  Shetland  Steam  Navigation  Company  for 
the  conveyance  of  Mails  between  Aberdeen  and  the 
Shetland  Islands 
in  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  41  of  Session  1908),  be  approved,  217. 

(printed 

S H E T L A ND   M A IL   S E R V I C E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S H I P P I NG   C A S U A L T I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S H OP   C L U BS   A CT   (1902)  A M E N D M E NT   ;  Bill  to  extend 
the  provisions  of  section  one  of  the  Shop  Clubs  Act, 
1902,  to  membership  of  Trades  Unions  and  Industrial 
and Provident  Societies;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  270, 

S H OP   H O U RS   A C TS   (Australia  and  New  Zealand).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

S H OP   H O U RS   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S H O PS   ;  Bill 

to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  Shops ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment  proposed,  " six  months,"  aud,  on  Division, 
not  made;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order 
(Closure  of  Debate),  and agreed  to;  Bill  read  a  second 
time:  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House, on  Division,  159.  Committee  deferred,  163,  189, 
197,  210,  224,  231,  239,  246,  254. 

S I CK   and  W O U N D ED  

in  W A R.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S I N K I NG   F U N D S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S IR   H E N RY   C A M P B E L L - B A N N E R M A N,   D E A TH   of.  Vide 

M E M B E R S. 

S I T T I N GS   of  the  H O U S E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S K E G N E SS   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL   [Lords];  Report, 
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 
13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been 
complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the  Lords ;  read  the 
first time, and referred to the Examiners,  133.  Examiners 
inquired  into 
report  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
complied with ;  Bill to  be  read  a second time, 147.  Read 
a  second time,  and  committed.  160.  Reported  from  the 
Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  with  Amendments,  186. 
Considered,  as  amended,  207.  Read  the  third  time 
aud  passed,  with  Amendments,  220.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  255. 
(Cited  as  Skegness  Urban  District 
Council Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

S L E E P I NG   S I C K N E S S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S L I GO   and  A R I G NA   R A I L W A Y;   Bill read the first time, and 
referred to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing  Order 
67 not  complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders,  78.  Report,  Standing  Order  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with, • 100.  Report  read;  Bill  to  be 
read  a second  time,  103.  Read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  112.  Petition  for  additional  provision  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  142.  Report  on  Petition  for  addi-
tional  provision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with, 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
164.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dis-
pensed  with;  parties  to  insert  additional  provision, 
195.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments  and  an  amended 
Title,  307.  Considered,  as  amended ;  Standing  Orders 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  320. 
Agreed to  by the Lords,  with  Amendments,  363.  Lords5 
Amendments, 
in  pursuance  of  Order,  agreed  to,  368. 
(Cited  as  Sligo  and  Arigna  Railway  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  392. 

S L O U GH   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   ;  Bill  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  20.  Read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  Preamble 
not proved,  130. 

S M A LL   H O L D I N GS   ;  Motion,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring 
in  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Small  Holdings  Act,  1892; 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and 
agreed  to;  Bill  ordered;  presented  accordingly,  and 
read  the  first  time,  52.  Second  Reading  deferred,  57, 
66.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,, 
and,  at  Eleven  of  the  clock,  Debate  adjourned,  89. 
Further  adjourned,  123,  135,  152,  171,  200,  246,  279, 
295,  313. 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

[Lords] 

S M A LL   H O L D I N GS   and  A L L O T M E N TS  

;  Bill, 
intituled  An  Act  to  consolidate  the  enactments  with 
respect  to  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  in  England 
and  Wales;  brought  from  the  Lords,  256.  Read  the 
first  time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  315. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  324,  328,  343,  347,  350,  355, 
359.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  360.  Committee  deferred, 
in  Committee,  and  reported,  with 
366.  Considered 
Amendments  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  372. 
time  and 
Considered,  as  amended;  read 
passed,  with  Amendments,  380.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  389. 
(Cited  as  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

the  third 

S M A LL   H O L D I N GS   and  A L L O T M E N TS   (Scotland)  [Lords]  ; 
Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect 
to  Small  Holdings  and  Allotments  in  Scotland  ;  brought 
from  the  Lords,  191.  Read  the  first  time,  and  day 
appointed  for  Second  Reading,  208.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  230,  251. 

S M A LL   L A N D H O L D E RS   (Scotland);  Bill  to  encourage  the 
formation  of  small  Agricultural  Holdings  in  Scotland, 
and  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  tenure  of  such 
Holdings  (including  Crofters'  Holdings),  and  for  other 
purposes  connected  therewith;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  29.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
31,  34,  37.  Motion  as  to  allocation  of  time  ;  King's 
Recommendation  signified,  and  Debate  adjourned,  38. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  40.  Order  made  as  to  allo-
cation  of  time,  41.  42.  Second  Reading  deferred,  43. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time; 
Amendment proposed,  "this  House," &c.;  Question  put, 
pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House;  Amendment  not  made 
on  Division;  Main  Question  agreed  to  on  Division; 
Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  48.  Numbers 
incorrectly  reported,  49.  Committee  deferred,  52,  58, 
60.  Bill  considered  in  Committee;  Chairman  puts  the 
Question,  pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House  ;  reported, 
without  Amendment;  Mr.  Speaker  puts  the  Question, 
pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  the  third time,  and  Question  agreed  to  on  Division  ; 
King's  Consent  signified  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  63. 

S M A LL  

and 

L A N D H O L D E RS  

(Scotland)   B I LL  

the  case  of 

the  Small  Landholders 

L A ND 
V A L U ES   (Scotland)   B I LL   (Allocation  of  Time)  ;  Motion, 
That  in 
(Scot-
land)  Bill  and  the  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill  the 
Committee  on  the  Financial  Resolution  (if  any)  relating 
to  the  Bill  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  set  lip,  as 
required  by  the  Standing  Orders  of  the  House,  and  the 
Second  Reading,  Committee  stage,  and  Report  stage  of 
the  Bill  (including  the  Financial  Resolution  (if  any) 
relating  thereto),  and  the  Third  Reading  of  the  Bill, 
shall  be  proceeded  with  in  the  following  manner,  &c.; 
the  payment  of 
King's  Recommendation  signified  of 
any  salaries,  &c.;  on  Motion,  Debate  adjourned,  38. 
Resumed,  41.  Amendments  proposed,  but  not  made  on 
Division;  Main  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  and  agreed  to  on  Division  ; 
Order,  &c.,  42. 

S M A LL   L A N D H O L D E RS   (Scotland)  [Salaries,  Sfc.];  Matter 
considered 
the 
House,  48.  Report  deferred,  52.  Resolution  reported, 
and  agreed  to,  63. 

in  Committee,  pursuant  to  Order  of 

S O A N E 'S   M U S E U M.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

. 

S O U TH   E A S T E RN   and  D U B L IN   R A I L W A Y.   Vide  D U B L IN 

and. 

S O U TH   W A L ES  

E L E C T R I C AL  

P O W ER   D I S T R I B U T I ON 
[Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  13.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  .have  been  complied  with,  16.  Brought  from  the 
Lords,  215.  Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  216.  Report,  Standing Orders not  previously 
inquired  into  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  "227.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  242. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  296.  Considered,  as 
amended,  320.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  332.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  349. 
(Cited  as  South  Wales  Electrical  Power  Distribution 
Company  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

S O U T H W E LL   D I S T R I CT   G AS   ;  Bill  read the  first  time,  and 
referred 
to  the  Examiners,  20.  Report,  Standing 
Order  63  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  45.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  59. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  157.  Considered,  as 
amended;  Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time,  173.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  185.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  293.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  301. 
(Cited  as  Southwell  District  Gas  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

S O U T H - W E ST   S U B U R B AN   W A T ER   ; Bill  read  the first time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  21.  Report,  Standing 
Order  62  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  31.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  45. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  71,  85,  99.  Report  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  in  the  case  of 
Petition  for  dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128,  That 
the  Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  100. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  102,  112,  129,  142.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  156.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  206.  Considered,  as  amended,  227.  Day 
appointed 
Third  Reading 
deferred,  244,  260,  265.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  the  third  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave  out 
from  the  word  " be,"  and  add  words  " recommitted  to 
the  former  Committee,"  not  made;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  290.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  349.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  361. 
( Cited  as  South- West  Suburban  Water  Act,  1908)  Royal 
Assent,  391. 

for  Third  Reading,  240. 

SPEAKER  : 

reports  His  Majesty's  Speech  at  the  opening 
of  the  Session,  12.  Reads  His  Majesty's  Speech  to  the 
House,  12. 

goes  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  to  attend 
His  Majesty:—At  the  opening  of  the  Session,  3.  On 
other  occasions  to  attend  the  Lords  Commissioners,  124, 
144,  261,  390.  At   the  close  of  the  Session,  513. 

acquaints  the  House  that  he  had  issued 

Warrants  for  new  Writs  during  the  Recess,  3. 

—  to  issue  Warrants  for  new  Writs.  3,  24,  26, 
47,  57,  59,  72,  95,  141,144,  147,  156,  160,  238,  292,  363, 
450. 

to  peruse  the  Votes  and license  the  printing 

thereof,  4. 

to  license  the  printing  of  the  Journal,  4. 

lays  on  the  Table  Examiners'  Reports,  30, 

S O U TH   A F R I C A.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

&c.  Vide  E X A M I N E R S. 

S O U T H A M P T ON   C O U N T Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

P O L L I NG 

D I S T R I C T S. 

lays  on  the  Table  Manual  of  Procedure  in 

the  Public  Business  of  the  House  of  Commons,  147. 

o 

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557 

SPEAKER—continued. 

— 

his  nomination  of temporary  Chairmen,  50. 

—  unavoidably  absent,  13,  16. 

/ 

—  directs  Member  to  withdraw,  and  he  with-

draws,  404. 

— 1 
485. 

directs  Member  to  discontinue  his  speech, 

-—— 

distributes  Bills  to  Standing  Committees, 
53,  61,  71,  75,  80,  85,  91,  93,  102,  113,  128,  140,  142, 
156,  166,  169,  177,  181, &c. 

—  at  Ten  of  the  clock  puts  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Resolution  then  under  con-
sideration,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15,  379. 

— 

resumes  the  Chair,  owing  to  disorderly  pro-

ceedings  in  Committee,  404. 

= 

puts  the  Question  forthwith  on  outstanding 
Reports  of  Supply,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 
379. 

—  resumes  the  Chair;  no  Report  made  on  a 
Bill,  478  (Elementary  Education  (England  and  Wales) 
'No.  2)  Bill). 

—  puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  16,  29,42,  &c.  Withholds 
his  assent  to  Closure,  30,  42,  44,  &c.  Vide  C L O S U R E. 

puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Order  of 
the  House,  48,  52,  63,  309  (twice),  316,  444,  445,  446, 
448,  450,  451,  452,  453. 

— 

— puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  11,  on  introduction  of  a  Bill,  52,  55,  198,  202 
(Question  negatived),  212,  256,  308  (Question  nega-
tived),  316,  457,  483. 

—  puts  the  Question,  on  adding  Member  to  a 

Select  Committee,  and  Question  agreed  to,  274. 

adjourns  the  House,  pursuant  to  Standing 

Order  No.  3,  31,  44,  58,  71,  82,  95,  &c. 

adjourns  the  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order 
of  the  House,  320,  325,  328,  331,  335,  340,  343,  347, 
350,  355,  360,  361,  374,  381,  386,  392,  398,  400,  402, 
403,  405,  408,  410,  412,  414,  415,  417,  418,  420,  422, 
423,  426,  429,  431,  436,  438,  444,  447,  452,  454,  455, 
456,  461,  462,  466,  469,  471,  474,  475,  477,  481,  484, 
496,  499,  504,  507,  509,  512,  513. 

—-  adjourns  the  House,  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  at  two  minutes  after  Four  (Friday). 
124.  Twenty-five  minutes  after  Four  (Friday),  140. 
At   half  an  hour  after  Eleven,  288. 

———-  proceeds  to  interrupt  the  Business,  30,  53, 
&c.  At   Five  of  the  clock,  225,  &c.  After  Eleven,  258, 
&c. 

calls  the  attention  of  the  House  to  the  fact 
that  the  provisions  of  a Bill  went  beyond  the Title  of  the 
Bill  as  presented  to  the  House,  188. 

calls  the attention  of  the  House  to  the  pro-
visions  of  a  Bill  which  were  too  important  to  be  treated 
as  a  Private  Bill,  32. 

directs  the  Clerk  to  correct  in  the  Journal 

the  number  of  a Division,  49. 

-— 

informs  or  acquaints  the  House  relative  to 
the  reception  of  a letter  relating  to  the  imprisonment  of 
a  Member,  and  letter  read,  3.  Of  a  letter  relating  to 
the  assassination  of  the  King  of  Portugal  and  of  the 
Duke  of  Braganza,  67. 

informs  Member  that  a  Motion  could  not 

be  put,  403. 

403. 

calls upon Member  to  discontinue his  speech, 

directs  Member  to  withdraw,  and  calls upon 

Serjeant-at-Arms  to  remove  him,  403. 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

SPEAKER,  MR.  D E P U T Y: 

—  takes  the  Chair,  Mr.  Speaker  being  un-

avoidably  absent,  13,  16. 

lays  upon  the  Table  Examiners'  Reports, 

16,  17. 

to  issue  Warrants  for new  Writs,  17. 

puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 

Order  (Closure  of  Debate),  18. 

puts  the  Question,  That  a  Bill  be  now  read 

the  third  time,  pursuant  to  Order  of  the  House,  65. 

adjourns  the  House,  117,  &c.  Pursuant  to 
Order  of  the  House,  368,  389,  427,  433,  441,  443.  449 
487,  492. 

adjourns  the  House,  without  Question  put, 

pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  18. 

resumes  the  Chair  after  Committee  Pro-

ceedings,  366,  427,  433,  440,  443,  449. 

puts  Questions  forthwith  on  Amendments, 
on consideration, as amended,  of a Bill,  pursuant to Order, 
448. 

— 

calls  the  attention  of  the  House  to  the  fact 
that  some  of  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  went  beyond  the 
Title  of  the  Bill  as  presented  to  the  House;  Bill  with-
drawn,  225. 

calls  the  attention  of  the  House  to  the  fact 
that  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  were  identical  with  some 
of  the  provisions  of  a  Bill  which  had  been  already  read 
a  second  time  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  225. 

declares  the  Ayes  had  it,  there  being  110 

second  Teller  for the  Noes,  479. 

S P E C I AL   E N T R I ES   (Lords'  Amendments),  499,  508. 

S P E C I AL   R E P O R TS  

from  Select  Committees,  288,  308, 
345,482  (Second  Special  Report).  Standing  Committee, 
322.  Police  and  Sanitary  Committee,  357. 

S P E E C H,   H IS   M A J E S T Y 'S   ;  reported,  12.  Vide 

A D-

D R E S S E S. 

S P E E C H E S,   D U R A T I ON   of;  Motion,  That  no  Speech  by 
a  Member,  other  than  a  Member  of  the  Government, 
made in the  House  shall  exceed one half-hour in  duration, 
except  with  the  leave  of  the  House  granted  without  a 
negative  voice,  and  that  no  Speech  made  in  Committee 
of  the  whole  House  shall,  subject  to  the  same  qualifica-
tion,  exceed  a  quarter  of  an hour;  that,  at  the  close  of 
the  said  period  of  one  half-hour  or  a quarter  of  an  hour 
respectively,  Mr.  Speaker  or  the  Chairman,  as the  case 
may  be,  do  take  the  pleasure  of  the  House  whether  the 
Member  be  allowed  to  proceed  ;  and that  this  Resolu-
tion  be  a  Standing  Order  of  the  House;  Debate 
adjourned  at  Eleven  of  the  clock,  199. 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

S P E E C H ES   (Time   Limits)  (Colonial  and,  Foreign  Legisla-

tures),  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S P I R IT   R A T I O N S.   Vide  S U P P LY  

Estimates),-
Amendment  to  Question,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  leave  the 
Chair,  74. 

(Navy- 

S P R I NG   A S S I Z ES   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

-—  

Standing  Orders  82, 
211,  236,  and  237  suspended  ;  Committee  on  Bill  to  sit 
and  proceed  forthwith,  362. 

and  235  suspended  in  the  case  of  Divorce  Bills,  207. 

— 

—  Standing  Orders  204 

— 

—-  Standing  Order  193« 
suspended,  relating  to  Provisional  Order Bills  ; Bill  read 
the  first  time,  317. 

' 

S P U R I O US  

S P O R TS   ;  Bill 

to  suppress  certain  spurious 
Sports;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  62.  Second  Reading  deferred,  77,  94,  116,  130, 
152,179,  218. 

S T A N D I NG  

M I T T E E S. 

C O M M I T T E E S.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S.  

C O M-

STANDING  ORDERS: 

Committee to  consist  of 
Thirteen  Members  ;  nominated,  32.  Member  discharged 
and  another  added  to the  Committee,  61. 

——  
74,  100,  &c. 

—  Reports  from  them,  47, 

-—  —  — 

73, 
relating  to  Provisional  Order  Bills,  suspended  for  the 
remainder  of the  Session,  306. 

Standing  Order 

Standing  Orders  220 
and  246,  relating  to  Private  Bills  (Lords'  Amendments), 
suspended  for  the  remainder  of the  Session,  351. 

— 

—  Bills  distributed  by 
Mr.  Speaker  to  Standing  Committees  under  Standing 
Order  No.  47,  53,  61,  &c. 

— 

Questions put, pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  52,  55,  198,202,  212,  256, 
274,  308,  316,  457,  483. 

— 

Questions  necessary  to 
dispose  of  the  Vote  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order 
No.  15  (by  the  Chairman),  370. 

—— 

Reports 

referred 

to 
them  :—That the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with,  in  the  case  of  Petitions  for  Bills,  17,  31,  &c. 
Lords'  Bills,  54,  58,75,  &c.  Standing  Orders  62  and  67 
not  complied  with,  80. 
In  the  case  of  Hybrid  Bills, 
In  the  case  of  Petitions  for  additional  provision, 
361. 
66,  &c. 
In  the  case  of  Bills,  Standing  Order  67  not 
complied  with,  78.  Standing  Orders  66  and  67  not 
complied  with,  120. 

Reports  : —  That 

the 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  in  the  case 
In  the  case  of  Petitions  for  Bills, 
of  Bills,  130,  212. 
In  the  case  of  leave  to  deposit 
47,  195,  130,  &c. 
Petitions  for  Bills,  47,  165. 
In  the  case  of  dispensing 
with  Standing  Order  128,  48,  74,  100,  130,  288.  In  the 
case  of  Petition  for  dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128, 
165. 
In  the  case  of  Petitions  for  additional  provision, 
47,  100,  195,  288.  Standing  Orders  ought  not  to  be  dis-
pensed  with,  212. 

to  be  read  a second  time,  103. 

Reports  read,  and  Bills 

Standing  Orders  223 
and  243  suspended,  and  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  311,  320,  347,  361,  498. 

suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  325. 

Standing  Order  243 

- 

Standing  Orders  211 
and  236  suspended  ;  Committee  on  the  Bill  to  sit  and 
proceed  forthwith,  347,  362, 

Standing  Orders  211 
and 236  suspended  in the  case of  Provisional  Order  Bills; 
Committee  to  sit  and proceed  forthwith,  348. 

— 

39 
128, and  230 suspended,  and time  for depositing  Petitions 
against  Private  Bills,  &c. to  be  extended  to  the  first  day 
on which  the  House  shall  sit  after  the  Recess  (Easter), 
142. 

(Whitsuntide),  236. 

Standing  Orders 

— 

•—  So  much  of  Standing 
Order  91  as  fixes  Five  as  the  quorum  of  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  suspended;  Three  to  be 
the  quorum  of  the  Committee  for  the .remainder  of  the 
Session,  190. 

- 

— 

Questions  on  the  out-
standing  Reports  of  Supply  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  15,  379.  Question  necessary  to  dispose  of 
a  Resolution  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15 
(by  Mr.  Speaker),  379. 

Standing Order No.  10; 

Motions  for  Adjournment,  137,  441. 

Standing  Orders  150 
and  173a  to  apply  to  all  Bills  referred  to  the  Police 
and  Sanitary  Committee,  24. 

—— 

(Private  Business)  :— 
Amended,  24.  Amended,  and  a  new  Standing  Order 
made,  362.  As  amended,  to  be  printed,  499. 

S T A T I S T I C AL   A B S T R A CT   (Colonies).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S T A T I S T I C AL   A B S T R A CT  

(Foreign  Countries). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

S T A T I S T I C AL   A B S T R A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

first 

S T A T U TE   L AW   R E V I S I ON   ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  for 
further  promoting  the  revision  of  the  Statute  Law  by 
repealing  enactments  which  have  ceased  to  be  in  force 
or  have  become  unnecessary  ;  brought  from  the  Lords ; 
read  the 
time,  and  day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  489.  Second  Reading  deferred,  495.  Read 
the 
a  second 
whole  House,  499.  Committee  deferred,  503.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment,  506.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
Amendment,  507. 
( Cited  as  Statute  Law  Revision  Act 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of 

it 

S T A T U TE   L AW   R E V I S I ON  

[Lords]   ;  Message  from  the 
Lords,  That 
is  expedient  that  the  Statute  Law 
Revision  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Joint  Committee  on 
the  Post  Office  Consolidation  Bill  and  Companies 
Consolidation  Bill,  198.  Considered;  Resolution,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Lords  in  the  said 
Resolution;  Message  to  acquaint,  245.  Bill  reported, 
with  Amendments,  472.  Vide 
C O N-

C O M P A N I ES  

;  S O L I D A T I ON   B I LL   [Lords],   &c. 

J O I NT   C O M M I T T E E S. 

S T I R L I NG   D I S T R I CT   of  B U R G HS   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C-
: 

T I O N S. 

S T O C K P O RT   C O R P O R A T I ON   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  21.  Day  appointed 
'  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
I  committed,  35.  Reported,,  with  Amendments,  88. 

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to  the  ONE  HUNDRED  and  SIXTY-THIRD  VOLUME. 

6 59 

S T O C K P O RT   C O R P O R A T I O N —c o n t i n u e d. 

Considered, as  amended,  111.  King's Consent  signified ; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  113.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  293.  Lords'  Amend-
(Cited  as  Stockport  Corporation 
ments  agreed  to,  301. 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

S T R A I TS   S E T T L E M E N T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S T R A T F O R D - U P O N - A V O N,  

T O W C E S T E R,  

J U N C T I O N,   a nd   E A ST   a nd   W E ST  

a nd   M I D L A ND 
S T R A T F O R D-
J U N C T I O N,   E V E S H A M,   R E D D I T C H,   a nd  
U P O N - A V ON  
J U N C-
T I ON   R A I L W A YS   (Amalgamation)  [Lords]  ;  Report, 
That  the  Bill  should originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  13. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  not  to  have  been 
complied  with,  16.  Report  on  Petition for  Bill,  Standing 
Orders  not  complied  with,  referred 
the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  17.  Report,  That 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  130.  Bill 
brought  from the  Lords,  215.  Read  the  first  time,  and 
the  Examiners,  216.  Report,  Standing 
referred 
to 
Orders  not  previously 
into  complied  with; 
inquired 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  248.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  265.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  307.  Considered,  as  amended,  335.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  344.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  353. 
( Cited  as  Stratford-upon-
Avon and Midland  Junction Railway  (Amalgamation)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

to 

S T R I K ES   and  L O C K - O U T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U EZ   C A N A L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U G AR   C O N V E N T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U G A R.   Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

S U M M A RY  

J U R I S D I C T I ON  

(Ireland);  Bill  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  Drunkenness  in  Ireland,  and  for  pur-
poses  connected therewith;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  76.  Second  Reading  deferred,  78, 
time,  and 
87,  105,  122.  135.  Bill  read  a  second 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  152. 
Standing 
Report  of  names  of  Fifteen 
Committee  A,  156. 

Members  added,  157.  Report  of  names  of  Members 
discharged  and  others  appointed,  160.  Reported  from 
Standing  Committee  A,  with  Amendments  ;  day 
appointed  for  consideration,  211. 
Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  235.  Considered,  as  amended;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  299,  300.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  363.  Day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  369.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
381. 
(Cited  as  Summary  Jurisdiction  (Ireland)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

for  Second  Reading,  316. 

S U M M A RY   J U R I S D I C T I ON   (Scotland);  Motion  for  leave 
to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  regulate  and  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  Summary  Jurisdiction  and  Criminal  Pro-
to 
cedure  in  Scotland,  and  Question  put,  pursuant 
Standing  Order  No.  11, and,  on  Division,  resolved  iu  the 
Affirmative ;  Bill  presented  ;  read  the  first  time,  and 
day  appointed 
Second 
Reading  deferred,  328,  343,  366,  374,  407,  410,  417, 
422,  425,  429,  431,  436,  438,  440,  443,  444,  447,  449, 
452.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  453.  Scottish  Committee,  455. 
Twelve 
Members  added  in  respect  of  the  Bill,  461.  Member 
discharged,  another  appointed,  463.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  from  Scottish  Committee  ;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  474.  Consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred,  483, 486.  Considered,  as  amended  ;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  491.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with Amendments,  511.  Lords'Amendments  considered 
forthwith,  and  agreed 
(Cited  as  Summary 
to,  512. 
Jurisdiction  (Scotland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

S U M M A RY   J U R I S D I C T I ON   (Scotland)   B I L L,   1 9 0 8.   Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

S U N D AY   C L O S I NG   (Shops)  [Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act to  provide  for the  closing of  Shops and the prohibition 
of  Street  Trading  on  Sundays;  brought  from the  Lords, 
1 9 1. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON   A C T,   1887.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON   and  R E T I R ED   A L L O W A N C E S.   Vide 

A C C O U N T S.  

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   &C. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I O N S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U P P LY   : 

Resohition,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of the  Supply 

to  be  granted  to  His  Majesty  ;  Estimates  referred,  29. 

Committee  deferred,  31,  39,  43,  48,  52,  58,  60,  65,  69,  73,  101,  107,  110,  115,  119,  127,  131,  134,  149, 
156,  158,  162,  165,  169,  171,  176,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199, 209,  214,  220,  226,  229,  234,  240,  251,  259,  267,  271,  275, 
286,  290,  295,  305,  310,  316,  331,  343,  347,  351,  355,  359. 

Considered  in  Committee,  33,  35,  55,  74,  83,  86, 89,  92,  96,  101,  138,  186, 202,  221,  241,  243,  245,  261, 

278,  297,  312, 322, 334,  363,  370. 

Proceedings  not  to  be  interrupted  under  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of the  House),  55,  108,  121. 

! 

Considered  in  Committee,  and  Committee  report  Progress  :—Royal  Irish  Constabulary,  35.  Foreign 
Office, 241.  Board  of  Agriculture,  245.  Grants,  Pay,  Allowances,  &c.,  Territorial  Force,  262.  Secretary  for 
Scotland  Offices, 278.  Fishery  Board  for  Scotland,  312.  Martial  Law,  323.  Revenue  Departments,  Post  Office 
Telegraphs,  334.  Foreign  Office (Chairman  leaves  the  Chair  at  a  quarter-past  Eight)/  363.  Houses  of  Parliament 
Buildings  (Chairman  leaves  the  Chair  at  Eleven  of  the  clock),  364. 

_ 

Considered  in  Committee,  and  Committee 

immediately  report  Progress,  74,  79,  122. 

(No  Vote 

proposed.) 

(Navy  Estimates).—Motion,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the  Chair;  Amendment  proposed  (Spirit 
Rations)  ;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate)  ;  Amendment  not  made  on  Division  ;  Main 
Question  agreed  to  ;  Navy  Estimates,  no Vote  proposed,  74. 

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S U P P L Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

(Army  Estimates).—Motion,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the  Chair,  and  at  a  quarter  after 
Eight  further  proceeding  postponed,  76.  Resumed,  and  Debate  adjourned,  77.  Resumed;  Amendment  (Trade 
Disputes  (Use  of  Troops) ),  not  made;  Main  Question  p u t;   Army  Estimates,  no  Vote  proposed,  79. 

— 

(Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments  Estimates).—Motion,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now  leave  the 
Chair;  Amendment  proposed  (Cost  of  Administration  in  Ireland)^  and  withdrawn;  Main  Question  proposed,  and 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate)  ;  Civil  Service  Estimates,  no  Vote  proposed,  121. 

— 

Motions  relative  to  Proceedings  on  the  Business  of  Supply.  Vide  H O U S E. 

Proceedings  to  have  precedence  of  the  Business  of  Supply;  on  Motion  for  allocation  of  time  with 
respect  to  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Bill  and  Land  Values  (Scotland)  Bill,  41.  On  Licensing  Bill,  68,  157. 
On  Resolution  relating  to  Prosecution  of  Offences Amendment  [Expenses],  121.  On  Old  Age  Pensions  Bill,  316. 
On  Ways  and  Means,  170.  On  Irish  Universities  Bill,  353. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported,  34,  &c.  And  Committee  also  report  Progress,  35. 

That  the  Business  of  Supply  be  resumed  and  proceeded  with,  though  opposed,  after  the  interruption 

of  Business,  &c.,  79,  86,  92,  103. 

That  Business  other  than  Business  of  Supply  may  be  taken  before  Eleven  of  the  clock,  370. 

Day  appointed  for  consideration  of  Fourth  Resolution, after Second  and Third agreed  to, 317.  Resolution 

postponed  ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  317. 

British  Museum;  Petition  for  Aid  referred,  45. 

—  Proceedings  postponed  on  going  into  Committee  of  Supply  (Army  Estimates),  76.  Resumed,  77. 

Proceedings  postponed  at  a  quarter-past  Eight  in  Committee  of  Supply,  89,  138,  203,  222,  261,  278, 

364.  Resinned,  after  interruption  of  Business,  in  Committee of  Supply,  90,  138,  203,  222,  262,  278,  364. 

Motions  withdrawn  ;  Irish  Land  Commission,  203.  National  Education  in  Ireland,  297.  Victualling 

and  Clothing,  323. 

Reception  of  Reports  deferred,  39,  43,  49,  52,  57,  60,  65  (two  Reports),  69  (two  Reports),  72  (two 
Reports),  77  (two  Reports),  79  (two  Reports),  83  (two  Reports),  86  (three  Reports),  90  (four  Reports),  92 
(three  Reports),  93 (two  Reports),  98  (six  Reports),  101  (six  Reports),  106  (three  Reports),  149,  162,  189,  192 
(two  Reports),  196  (two  Reports),  199  (two  Reports),  203  (two  Reports),  209  (three  Reports),  214  (three  Reports), 
220  (three  Reports),  226,  229,  241  (two  Reports),  244,  245  (three  Reports),  251  (three  Reports),  262  (three 
Reports),  267,  271,  278,  286,  297  (three  Reports),  313  (four  Reports),  316  (four  Reports),  334,  364  (seven  Reports). 

Allotted  Days  :—First  (9th  March),  83.  Second  (12th  March),  92.  Third  (I6th  March),  96.  Fourth 
(19th  March),  109.  Fifth  (2nd  April),  138.  Sixth  (14th  May),  186.  Seventh  (2lst  May),  202. 
Eighth 
(28th  May),  221.  Ninth  (4th  June),  241.  Tenth  (10th  June),  243.  Eleventh  ( l l th   June),  245.  Twelfth 
(18th  June),  261.  Thirteenth  (25th  June),  279. 
Fourteenth  (2nd  July),  297.  Fifteenth  (8th  July),  312. 
Sixteenth  (13th  July),  322.  Seventeenth  (16th  July),  334.  Eighteenth  (27th  July),  363.  Nineteenth  (28th  July), 
370.  Twentieth  (29th  July),  377. 

—.  Supply  closed,  370.  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15,  370.  And  Questions  put 

severally  on the  outstanding  Votes  by  the  Chairman,  370.  By  Mr.  Speaker,  on  Report,  379. 

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569 

Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

'SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

A R M Y. 

10  February  : 

Army  Services  (Supplementary) 

34 

100 

- 

-

11  March-. 

Land  Forces,  not  exceeding  185,000,  all  ranks,  maintained 
for  the  Service  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain arid 
Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad,  excluding  His  Majesty's  Indian 
possessions,  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March' 
-
1909 

--

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(Report  deferred,  93,  98,  101,  106.) 

12  March  : 

Pay,  &c 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

-

— 

9,422,000 

89 

(Question  p u t, 
p u r s u a nt   to 
S t a n d i ng 
O r d e r ( C l o s u re 
ot  D e b a t e)   ; 
•  f u r t h er 
proceeding 
p o s t p o n e d; 
r e s u m ed   ; 
Resolution 
reported,  90.) 

92 

( A f t er   Motion 
for  a  r e d u c ed 
sum  w i t h-
d r a wn   ; 
proceeding 
p o s t p o n e d; 
resumed,  a nd 
Resolution 
agreed  to.) 

a 

Resolution  read  a  second 
t i m e;   Motion,  T h at 
this  House  doth  agree 
w i th  
t he   Committee 
in  t he   Resolution,  a nd 
at  
q u a r t er   -  p a st 
E i g ht   f u r t h er   proceed-
ing 
35. 
postponed, 
Resumed,  a nd   D e b a te 
F u r-
a d j o u r n e d,   37. 
t h er  
39, 
a d j o u r n e d,  
43,  48,  52.  Resumed, 
a nd   Question 
agreed 
to,  56. 

» 

. 

Kesolution  . 

l e a ve  

r e p o r t e d; 
A m e n d m e nt   proposed, 
to  
o ut 
" 1 8 5 , 0 0 0"   a nd   insert 
"  175,000,"  not  m a de   ; 
Resolution  agreed 
to, 
109. 

Half  Pay,  Retired  Pay,  and  other  Non-effective  Charges  for 

Officers 

-

-

-

-

--

92 

1,743,000 

109 

Pensions  and  other  Non-effective  Charges  for  Warrant  Officers, 

"Non-commissioned  Officers, Men,  and  others  - 

-

Civil  Superannuation,  Compensation,  Compassionate  Allowances, 
-  . 

and  Gratuities 

j  _ 

_ 

- 

- 

(Report  deferred,  98,  101,  106.) 

; 

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92 

92 

1.782,000 

- 

167,000 

- 

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S u b j e c t. 

Agreed to 
in 
C o m m i t t e e. 

S um   g r a n t e d. 

R e s o l u t i o ns   R e p o r t e d, 
a nd   A g r e ed   t o. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

ARMY—continued. 

27  July : 

Pay,  Bounty,  &c.  of Special  Reserves  and  Militia,  &c. 

840,000 

- 

-

380 

363 
( A f t er   Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived  on 
Division.) 

The  Chairman  puts  the  Question  on  the  outstanding  Votes,  in 

pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  15 :— 

10.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £13,505,100  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure 
the  Army  Services, 
in  respect  of 
including  Army  (Ordnance  Factories),  viz.;— 

2.  Medical  Establishment,  Pay,  &c. - 

4.  Territorial  Forces 

- 

- 

- 

5.  Establishments  for  Military  Education 

6.  Quartering,  Transport,  and  Remounts 

7.  Supplies  and  Clothing 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

- 

- 

-

-

8.  Ordnance  Department  Establishments  and  General 

Stores 

- 

--

--

--

--

9.  Armaments  and  Engineer  Stores 

10.  Works  and  Buildings 

-

-

11.  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 

-

-

-

-

-

--

12.  War  Office and  Army  Accounts  Department 

Ordnance  Factories 

-

-

-

-

--

) 

M r.   Speaker  p u ts  

t he 
Question  on  
t he   out-
s t a n d i ng   Reports,  pur-
suant 
S t a n d i ng 
to  
Order  No. 15,  380. 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

372 

451,000 

- 

-

2,005,000 

- 

142,000 

- 

1,839,000 

- 

3,912,000 

- 

498,000 

- 

1,490,000 

- 

2,515,000 

- 

73,000 

- 

580,000 

- 

100 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13,505,100 

- 

-

 
 
 
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Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and  Agreed  to. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

d. 

Page. 

N A V Y. 

9  March  : 

128,000  Officers, Seamen,  and  Boys  employed  for  the  Sea  and 
Coast  Guard  Services,  for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1909, including  18,463  Royal  Marines  ! -

(Report  deferred,  86,  90,  92,  98,  101,  106.) 

j 

83 

( A f t er   reduced 
sum  proposed 
a nd   n e g a t i v e d, 
Original  Ques-
tion  p u t, 
p u r s u a nt   to 
Closure.) 

109 
Vide A R MY   ( A N N U A L) 

B I L L. 

10  March 

Wages, &c. 

7,129,700 

-

( A f t er   Motion 
for  r e d u c t i on 
n e g a t i v ed   on 
Division.) 

Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs  at  Home  and  Abroad 

86 

2 , 3 0 6 , 7 00  

- 

-

(Report  deferred,  90,  93,  98,  101.) 

a nd  

F i r st   Resolution  read  a 
second  t i me   ;  Motion, 
T h at   t h is   House  d o th 
agree  w i th   t he   Com-
m i t t ee   in  t he   Resolu-
tion, 
Debate 
a d j o u r n e d,   106.  Re-
Resolution 
s u m e d;  
to,  109.  D ay 
agreed 
con-
a p p o i n t ed  
sideration  of  Second 
Resolution,  107. 
Se-
cond  Resolution  con-
sidered,  a nd   agreed  to, 

for 

„  109. 

Educational  Services 

8 

J u l y: 

Naval  and  Marine  Pensions,  Gratuities,  and  Compassionate 
- 

Allowances  - 

• _ 

: _ 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Half  Pay  and Retired  Pay  to  Officers of  the  Navy  and  Marines -

Civil  Pensions  and  Gratuities 

- 

- 

-

3 12 
( A f t er   Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived.) 

1 6 7 , 0 00 

3 12 

3 12 

3 12 

1 , 3 3 4 , 6 00 

868,800 

3 7 7 , 4 00 

Resolutions 

reported  ; 
read  a  second 
t i m e; 
F i r st   Resolution  post-
a nd 
poned  ;  Second 
Resolutions 
T h i rd  
agreed 
d ay   ap-
t o;  
pointed  for  considera-
tion  of  F o u r th   Reso-
lution  a nd   postponed 
Resolution,  317.  Con-
sideration  of  F o u r th 
Resolution  a nd   post-
Resolution 
poned 
364. 
334, 
deferred, 
\  Agreed  to,  380. 

13 July. 

| 

| 

Shipbuilding, Repairs,  Maintenance,  &c.4—Personnel j 

2,936,200 

- 

-

3 80 

3 23 
( A f t er   Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived.) 

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Subject. 

A g r e ed   to 
in 
Committee. 

S um   granted. 

Resolutions  R e p o r t e d, 
and  A g r e ed   to. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

.  s.  d. 

Page. 

i 

. 

i 

: 

NAVY—continued. 

13  

July—continued. 

Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Maintenance,  &c.—Materiel  >  -

Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  &c.—Contract  Work 

- 

Medical  Establishments  at  Home  and  Abroad 

- 

Victualling  and  Clothing  - 

- 
(Motion  withdrawn,  323.) 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

-

(Report  deferred,  334,  364.) 

28  July: 

The  Chairman  puts  the  Question  on  the  outstanding  Votes,  in 

pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  15  :— 

9,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £5,562,700  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for expenditure  in  respect  of the  Navy  Services,  viz.:— 

2.  Victualling  and Clothing  for the  Navy 

-

4.  Martial  Law 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

6.  Scientific  Services 

7.  Royal  Naval  Reserves 

9.  Naval  Armaments 

-

-

- 

-

-

- 

-

-

- 

-

-

11.  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 

-

12.  Admiralty  Office 

- 

--

-

--

- 

-

-

-

•  : 

323 

323 

323 
(On  Division.) 

4 , 1 5 7 , 0 00  

- 

7 , 2 2 0 , 7 00  

2 5 8 , 7 00  

- 

- 

-

-

-

) 

3 80 

— 

— 

— 

371 

371 

371 

371 

371 

371 

371 

2,286,400 

- 

1 3 , 9 00  

- 

66,000 

- 

368,300 

- 

2,048,700 

- 

409,200 

- 

370,200 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,562,700 

- 

-

Mr.  Speaker  puts 

the 
Question  on  the  out-
V  standing Reports,  pur-
Standing 
to 
' 
scant 
Order  No.  15,  380, 

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Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

S U P P L Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

Page. 

s.  d. 

P a g e. 

C I V IL   SERVICES  A ND   R E V E N UE   DEPARTMENTS. 

10  February: 

C L A SS  

I I. 

Board of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  (Supplementary)  -

Mint  (Supplementary) 

-

34 

34 

100,000 

20 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Office of  Public  Trustee 

-

34 

1,870 

C L A SS   V. 

Treasury  Chests  Abroad 

34 

327 

; 

r e p o r t e d; 
Resolutions 
f u r t h er  
proceeding 
postponed,  36.  D ay 
appointed  for 
t a k i ng 
Resolutions  into  con-
sideration,  37. 
Con-
deferred, 
sideration 
39,  43,  49,  52,  58,  60, 
65,  69,  72,  77,  79,  83, 
86,  90,  92,  98. 
Reso-
lutions  agreed  to,  101. 

11  February. 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Criminal  Prosecutions  and  Law  Charges  (Ireland) 

-
(Report  deferred, 39,  43,  49,  52,  58,  60,65,69,72,  77,  79,  83, 

- 

- 

35 

2,500 

86,  90,  92,  98.) 

20  February: 

R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N T S. 

Post  Office, including  Telegraphs  (Supplementary) 

55 

260,000 

a 

read 

se-
Resolution 
t i me   ;  Amend-
cond 
m e nt  
to 
proposed, 
leave  out  "  £2,500  " 
a nd  
insert  "  £2,400," 
n ot  m a de   on  Division 
Resolution  agreed 
to 
101. 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Royal  Irish  Constabulary  (Supplementary) 

( A f t er   Motion 
for a  reduced 
sum  put, 
pursuant  to 
Standing  Order 
(Closure  of 
Debate), 
a nd   negatived 
on   Division.) 

56 

( A f t er   Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived.) 

doth 

Resolutions  read  a  se-
cond  t i m e;   F i r st  
two 
Resolutions agreed  to  ; 
Resolution; 
Third 
t h is 
Motion, 
T h at  
House 
agree 
t he   Committee 
w i th  
in 
t he   Resolution; 
Question put,  p u r s u a nt 
StandiDg  Order 
to 
(Closure  of  D e b a t e ); 
Resolution  agreed 
to 
on  Division,  106. 

5,000 

- 

-

Imperial  College  of  Science  and  Technology  (Supplementary)  -
(Report  deferred,  57,  60,  65,  69,  72,  77,  79,  83, 86,  90,  92, 

98,  101.) 

56 

6,000 

16  March : 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments,  1908-9  (Vote  on 
_ 
_ 

Account) 

_ 

_ 

_ 

. 

. 

- 
- 
(Report  deferred,  101.) 

- 

96 

21,805,000 

-

( A f t er   Motions 
for  reduction 
negatived.) 

Resolution  read  a  second 
t i m e;  
A m e n d m e nt 
proposed,  to   leave  out 
"£21,805,000" 
a nd 
"£21,804,900," 
insert 
w i t h d r a w n;  
Resolu-
tion  agreed  to,  103. 

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S u b j e c t. 

A g r e ed   to 
in 
C o m m i t t e e. 

S um   g r a n t e d. 

R e s o l u t i on   R e p o r t e d, 
a nd   A g r e ed   t o. 

Page. 

£  „  *.  d. 

Page. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

C I V IL   SERVICES,  &c.-continued. 

2  April: 

C L A SS   I. 

Customs,  Inland  Revenue,  Post  Office,  and  Post  Office  Tele-

graph  Buildings  in  Great  Britain,  &c. 

-

138 

473,000 

- 

-

-

342,900 

- 

52,400 

- 

-

(Including  Supplementary-

sum  of  £13,000.) 

Public  Buildings  in  Great  Britain 

-

-

-

-

--

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings,  &c. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

(Report  deferred,  149,  162,  176,  189,  192,  196,  199,  203, 
'  209,  214,  220.) 

Q 

138 
(After  Motion 
t h at   a  reduced 
sum  be  granted 
w i t h d r a w n .) 

138 
( A f t er   Motion 
t h at   reduced 
sums  be 
granted,  a nd 
negatived  on 
Division, 
proceeding 
postponed 
at   8.15,  and 
r e s u m e d;   a nd 
Question  put, 
p u r s u a nt   to 
Standing 
Order  (Closure 
of  Debate).) 

14  May  : 

C L A SS  

I I. 

Resolutions 

reported, 

a nd   agreed  to,  222. 

Stationery,  Printing,  &c.  (Supplementary) 

• 

186 

5 

- 

-

Stationery  and  Printing 

-

C L A SS  

I I. 

C L A SS  

I. 

Rates  on  Government  Property 

-

-

-

-

--

C L A SS  

I I. 

187 

405,512 

- 

-

355,000 

- 

-

187 
( A f t er   Motion 
to  reduce  sum 
negatived  on 
Division.) 

187 

187 

35 

8,420 

- 

- 

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Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum granted. 

Eesolutions Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

Page. 

£ 

i.  d. 

Page. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

CIVIL  S E R V I C E S,   Sue.—continued. 

14  May—continued. 

C L A SS   V I. 

Miscellaneous  Charitable  and  other  Allowances 

-

187 

338 

- 

--

C L A SS  

I I. 

Civil  Service  Commission 

187 

23,178 

- 

-

(Report  deferred,  192,  196,  199,  203,  209,  214,  220.) 

21  May  : 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Irish  Land  Commission 

- 

- 

- 

-

(Motion  withdrawn,  202,  203.) 

C L A SS  

I I. 

Department  of Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland 

203 

120,788 

- 

-

(Report  deferred,  209,  214,  220.) 

28  May: 

C L A SS   V. 

Colonial  Services 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

792,376 

- 

-

\ 

222 
( A f t er 
proceeding 
postponed  at 
8.15  a nd 
resumed.) 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

( 

Inspector  of  Reformatories,  &c.;  Salaries  and  Expenses 

-

Prisons,  England  and  Wales,  and the  Colonies  - 

Broadmoor  Criminal Lunatic  Asylum 

- 

- 

-

-

(Report  deferred,  226,  229,  241.) 

222 

222 

222 

127,889 

- 

400,345 

28,781 

- 

- 

-

-

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

Eesolutions 
' 

and  agreed  to,  222. 

reported, 

Resolution  reported,  a nd 
time  ; 
read  a  second 
Question,  That 
t h is 
House  doth  agree with 
t he   Committee  in  t he 
Resolution  ;  Debate 
a r i s i n g;   Debate 
ad-
Eleven, 
journed 
223.  F u r t h er  
ad-
journed,  229,  241,244, 
245,251,262,267,  271, 
279,  286, 297,  313,  316, 
323,  334,  364.  Agreed 
to  in  outstanding  Re-
solutions  in  Class  11., 
379. 

at  

Resolutions 
read 

of 

to  ;  day 

reported, 
a nd  
second 
a 
t i m e;   First  Resolution 
s u b s e-
postponed  ; 
Resolutions 
q u e nt  
agreed 
ap-
pointed  for  considera-
tion 
postponed 
Resolution,  244.  Con-
sideration 
post-
poned  Resolution  de-
ferred,  245,  251,  262, 
267,  271,279,286,297, 
313, 316,  323,  334,  364. 
Agreed 
out-
to 
standing  Resolutions 
in  Class  V.,  379. 

in 

of 

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to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

S U P P L Y—  continued. 

Page. 

S. 

d. 

Page. 

CIVIL  SERVICES,  &c.—continued. 

10  June 

Customs  Department 

Inland  Revenue  Department 

-

-

-

-

-

--

(Report  deferred,  246,  251,  262,  267,  271,  279,  286,  297, 

313,  316,  334,  364.) 

620,500 

1,523,600 

- 

-

243 
( A f t er   t wo 
Motions  for 
reduction 
negatived.) 

243 
(After  Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived.) 

Agreed  to  

in  o u t s t a n d-

ing  Resolutions  380. 

2  July  : 

C L A SS   IV". 

National  Education  in  Ireland 

(Motion  withdrawn,  297.) 

National  Education  in  Ireland,  including  Grant  in  Aid  for  the 

Teachers'  Pension  Fund  (Ireland) 

- 

- 

-

297 

670,818 

(Report  deferred,  305,  313,  316,  334,  364.) 

Agreed  to 

in  o u t s t a n d-
in 
(On, 

i ng   Resolutions 
Class  IV.,  379. 
Division.) 

27  July  : 

C L A SS  

I I. 

28  July  : 

Foreign  Office 

Colonial  Office 

364 
(Proceeding 
postponed  at 
8.15  a nd 
resumed.) 

40,830 

-

Agreed  to  in  outstand-
in 
(On 

ing  Resolutions 
Class  II.,  379. 
Division.) 

31,450 

370 
(After  Motion 
for  reduction 
negatived  on 
Division,) 

And  it   being  after  Ten  of  t he   clock,  t he 
Chairman  proceeded,  in  pursuance  of 
Standing  Order  No.  15,  to  p ut   f o r t h-
with  t he   Question  necessary  to  dispose 
of  t he   Vote  under  consideration. 

p ut  

Postponed,  379.  Ques-
by   Mr. 
tion 
Speaker  on 
t he   out-
standing  Votes,  p u r-
suant 
S t a n d i ng 
Order  No. 15,379.  (On 
Division.) 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.   557 

S u b j e c t. 

A g r e ed   to 
in 
C o m m i t t e e. 

S um   g r a n t e d. 

R e s o l u t i o ns   R e p o r t e d, 
a nd   A g r e ed   t o. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

s.  d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   &c.—continued. 

28 

July—continued. 

The  Chairman  then  proceeded  to  put  severally  the  Questions, 
That  the  total  amounts  of  the  Votes  outstanding  in  each  Class of 
the  Civil  Services  Estimates, including  Supplementary  Estimates, 
and  the  total  amount  of  the  Votes  outstanding  in  the  Estimates 
for  the  Navy,  the  A r my   (including  Ordnance  Factories),  and  the 
Revenue  Departments,  be  granted  f or   the  Services  defined  in 
those  Classes  and  Estimates  :— 

C L A SS  

I. 

2.  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £608,168  be  granted 

to  H is 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure 
in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  I.   of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

-

-

*

- 

1.  Royal  Palaces 
2.  Osborne 
--
3.  Royal  P a r ks   and  Pleasure  Gardens 
-
4.  Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings  (including  a  Supple-
-

mentary  sum  of  £5,000) 

-
--
- 

--

--

--

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

4A.  Salisbury  Memorial 

-

-

-

-

-

--

5.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
6.  A rt   and  Science  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
10.  Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom 
11.  Harbours  under  the  Board  of  Trade 
-
12.  Peterhead  Harbour 
14.  Public  W o r ks   and  Buildings,  Ireland 
15.  Railways,  Ireland 

-
- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 
--

--

C L A SS  

I I. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,145,045  be  granted 

to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  I I.   of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

-

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

-
--
- 

-
-
- 
-
- 

- 
1.  House  of  Lords  Offices 
- 
2.  House  of  Commons  Offices 
- 
3.  Treasury  and  subordinate  Offices 
- 
4.  Home  Office 
- 
7.  P r i vy   Council  Office - 
- 
8.  Board  of  Trade 
-
9.  Mercantile  Marine  Services 
10.  Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board  of  Trade  -
11.  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
- 
12.  Charity  Commission 
14.  Exchequer  and  Audit  Department 
-
15.  Friendly  Societies  Registry 
-
16.  Local  Government  Board 
-
17.  Lunacy  Commission,  England 
20.  Public  Record  Office 
- 
21.  Public  Works  Loan  Commission 
22.  Registrar  General's  Office, England 
24.  Woods,  Forests,  and  Land  Revenues,  &c.  Office 
25.  Works  and  Public  Buildings  Office 
-
26.  Secret  Service 

- 
-
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 
--

-

-

-

-

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

379.  Mr. 
Postponed, 
Speaker 
t he 
p u ts  
Question  on  t he   out-
standing  Votes 
of 
pursuant 
Class 
I., 
to 
Standing  Order 
No. 15,379.  (On  Divi-
sion.) 

Resolution  read  a  second 
t i m e;   Motion,  T h at 
this  House  doth  agree 
w i th  
thq  Committee 
in t he  said  Resolution  ; 
t he 
a nd   at   Ten  of 
clock  Mr.  Speaker,  in 
pursuance  of  S t a n d i ng 
!  Order  No.  15,  p u ts 
f o r t h w i th  
t he   Ques-
tion  necessary  to  dis-
pose  of  t he   Report  of 
the  Resolution 
t h en 
consideration, 
under 
a nd   agreed 
to,  379. 
(On  Division.) 

370 

370 
(On 
Division.) 

42,500 
7,300 
79,900 
37,000 

1,100 
48,000 
55,000 
116,815 
32,840 
22,000 
134,259 
31,454 

608,168 

15,956 
19,900 
62,917 
139,967 
6,217 
213,169 
80,347 
5 

83,124 
15,308 
39,900 
5,819 
156,500 
11,384 
14,820 
2,507 
26,825 
13,613 
53,693 
10,000 

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S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee. 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and  Agreed  to. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   &C.—continued. 

28  July—continued. 

C L A PS   II.—continued. 

S C O T L A N D. 

27.  Secretary  for  Scotland's  Office  -

\ 

/-

28.  Fishery  Board  -

--

-

-

-

29.  Lunacy  Commission 

-

30.  Registrar  General's  Office 

31.  Local  Government  Board 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

--

--

--

I R E L A N D. 

32.  Household  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland  - 

- 

33.  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland 

-

35.  Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests  Office  - 

- 

36.  Local  Government  Board 

37.  Public  Record  Office 

38.  Public  Works  Office  -

39.  Registrar  General's  Office 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

--

--

40.  Valuation  and  Boundary  Survey 

-

370 
< 0n 
Division.) 

/ 

-

-

C L A SS  
C L A SS  

I I I. 
I I I. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,685,768  be  granted 

to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  I I I.   of the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

\ 

f 

1.  Law  Charges 

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Expenses 

- 

- 

- 

3.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 

-

4.  Land  Registry 

5.  Public  Trustee 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

- 

--

--

6.  County  Courts 

7.  Police,  England  and  Wales 

-

S C O T L A N D. 

11.  Law  Charges  and  Courts  of  Law 

-

12.  Register  House,  Edinburgh 

371 
(On 
Division.) 

\ 

i 

; 

i 

J 

11,600 

14,998 

3,901 

3,063 

11,592 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2,627 

- 

18,101 

1,053 

52,616 

3,625 

27,413 

7,338 

15,147 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,145,045 

- 

54,190 

22,564 

- 

- 

189,867 

- 

21,750 

1,500 

3 

24,858 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

\ 

> See  page  669. 

\ 

v 
' 

Mr.  Speaker  p u ts  

t he 
Question  on  t he   out-
standing  Reports,  p u r-
s u a nt  
Standing 
Order  No.  15,  379. 
(On  Division.) 

to  

51,316 

- 

26,966 

2,345 

60,790 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

/ 

 
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6 71 

S u b j e c t. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee. 

S um   g r a n t e d. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and  Agreed  to. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

Page. 

s.  d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   &C.—continued. 

28  July—continued. 

C L A SS   HI.—continued. 

I R E L A N D. 

15.  Law  Charges  and  Criminal  Prosecutions 
-
16.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and  other  Legal 
_ 

_ 

- 

- 

. 

- 
-

- 
- 

- 
Departments  - 
17.  Irish  Land  Commission 
18.  County  Court  Officers, &c. 
19.  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police 
20.  Royal  Irish  Constabulary 
21.  Prisons 
--
- 
22.  Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools 
23.  Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum 

- 
- 
-
-

--

-

-

371 
( On 
Division.) 

-

-

_

--
__ 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

-
-

C L A SS  

I V. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £8,217,512  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  IV.  of the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

- 
- 
- 

-
1.  Board  of  Education 
- 
2.  British  Museum 
3.  National  Gallery 
- 
4.  National  Portrait  Gallery  -
5.  Wallace  Collection 
-
6.  Scientific  Investigation,  &c.,  United  Kingdom 
7.  Universities  and  Colleges,  Great  Britain,  and  Inter-

- 
-

--

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

371 
(On 
Division.) 

mediate  Education,  Wales 

8.  Public  Education,  Scotland 
9.  National  Galleries,  Scotland 

-
- 

I R E L A N D. 

10.  Public  Education  (Supplementary) 
11.  Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
12.  National  Gallery 
13.  Queen's  Colleges 

-
-

-
-

-
-

- 

- 

-

-
-

-
-

-
--

--

C L A SS   V. 

6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £366,236  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  V.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.  :— 

371 

1.  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Services 
- 
3.  Telegraph  Subsidies  and  Pacific  Cable 
4.  Cyprus  (Grant  in  Aid) 

- 

-

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

3 8 , 0 78 

60,446 
160,978 
70,475 
36,632 
739,902 
64,661 
55,225 
3.222 

1,685,768 

6,594,150 
115,137 
7,414 
2,621 
4,173 
28,295 

146,800 
1,198,557 
2,497 

114,000 
515 
1,153 
2,200 

8,217,512 

- 

-

323,103 
,  42,133 
1,000 

366,236 

- 

-

4  Q  4 

\  See  page  670. 

379 
(On  Division.) 

379 
(On  Division.) 

 
 
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the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee. 

S um   granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and  A g r e ed   to. 

S U PPLY—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   & C. — c o n t i n u e d. 

28  July—continued. 

C L A SS   V I. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,684,845  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  VI.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

\ 

/ 

I.  Superannuation  and  Retired  Allowances 

-

371 

i 

375,022 

3.  Hospitals  and  Charities,  Ireland 

-

4.  Savings  Banks  and  Friendly  Societies'  Deficiencies 

5.  Old  Age  Pensions 

- 

-

C L A SS   V I I. 

8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £382,104  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1909  for  expenditure  in  respect  of  the  Services  included  in 
Class  VII.  of  the  Estimates  for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

1.  Temporary  Commissions 

2.  Miscellaneous  Expenses 

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.  Repayments  to  the  Local  Loans  Fund 

4.  Ireland  Development  Grant 

- 

- 

-

-

-

- 

--

--

-

5.  Repayments  to  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 

-

z' 

V 

\ 

/ 

>  3 71  

< 

6.  Expenses  under  the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act,  1905 

7.  Relief  of  Distress,  Ireland  - 

8.  Government  Hospitality 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

/ 

379 

\ 

/ 

\ 

> 

3 79 

/ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

110 

109,713 

1,200,000 

1,684,845 

- 

25,000 

7,867 

4,404 

85,342 

41,491 

200,000 

13,000 

5,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

382,104 

- 

R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N TS   E S T I M A T E S,   1 9 0 8 - 9. 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £11,821,531  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the  31st  day  of  March  1909  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Post  Office, including  Telegraphs  and  Telephones 

372 

11,821,531 

- 

-

380 

<* 

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to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

557 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   of  J U D I C A T U R E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T A X A T I ON   and  P U R C H A SE   of  L A N D.   Vide  L O C AL 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   of 

J U D I C A T U RE   A C T,   1875.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S.  

P U B L IC   R E C O R D S. 

S U P R E ME  

C O U RT   of 

J U D I C A T U RE  

(Ireland).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   (Rules).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S U P R E ME  

C O U RT  

(Patents 

and  Designs). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

S W A N S EA   V A L L EY   G AS   [Lords]  (changed to  Tawe  Valley 
Gas);  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  14.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to  have  been  complied  with,  16.  Bill  brought  from 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  170.  Report, Standing Orders not previously 
inquired  into  complied  with ;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  173.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  190. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  221.  Day  appointed  for 
consideration,  as  amended  (changed to  Tawe  Valley  Gas 
Bill),  2 3 6.  
(Vide  T A WE   V A L L EY   G AS   B I L L.)   Con-
sideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  249.  Considered,  as 
amended ;  Amendments  made ;  Bill  to be  read  the  third 
time, 265.  Read  the third  time  and passed, with  Amend-
ments,  276.  To which  the  Lords  agree,  302. 

S W E A T ED   I N D U S T R I ES   ;  Bill  to  improve  the  conditions  of 
employment,  including  the  establishment  of  a 
legal 
minimum wage, of persons employed in certain Industries; 
presented,  and  ordered  Oto  be  read  a  second  time,  21. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time ; 
Amendment  proposed,  " six  months,"  but  not  made ; 
Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  committed  to  the  Select 
Committee  on  Home  Work,  57.  Reported  from  Select 
Committee,  without  Amendment,  349. 

S W I N T ON   and  M E X B O R O U GH   G AS   ;  Bill  read  the  first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  21.  Report, 
Standing  Order  63  complied  with  ;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  37.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
45.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  95.  Considered,  as 
amended ;  Amendments  made  ;  Bill  to  be read  the  third 
time,  156.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  160. 
to  by  the  Lords,,  with  Amendments,  312. 
Agreed 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  320. 
(Cited  as  Swinton 
and  Mexborough Gas  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  Sess.  3.  1908. 

T A FF  

V A LE   R A I L W AY  

[Lords];  Report,  That  the 
Bill  should  originate in  the  House of  Lords,  14.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  133.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with;  Bill 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  164.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  174.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  178.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  293. 
Considered,  as  amended,  317.  Day  appointed  for  Third 
Reading,  325.  Third  Reading  deferred,  329.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  332.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  345. 
(Cited  as  Taff  Vale  Rail-
way  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

T A WE   V A L L EY   G AS  

[Lords] 

(changed  from  Swansea 
Valley  Gas),  236.  Day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  236.  Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  249. 
Considered,  as  amended;  Amendments  made;  Bill  to 
be  read  the  third  time,  265.  Read  the  third  tune  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  276.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  302. 
(Cited  as  Tawe  Valley  Gas  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

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VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. .4 tf 4 

A U T H O R I T I E S,   &C. 

T A X A T I ON   B A S IS   ;  Motion,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this 
House,  any  attempt  to  broaden  the  basis  of  Taxation  by 
placing  small  import duties  on a large  number  of  articles 
is  opposed  to  all  principles  of  sound  finance,  wasteful 
and  uneconomical  as  regards  collection,  disturbing  and 
harmful  to  industry  and commerce,  would  tend  to  raise 
the  price  of  all  the  taxed  articles  to  consumers,  and,  in 
practice,  would  lead  to  the  imposition  of  high  tariffs 
of  the  same  character  as  those  in  force  in  protected 
countries ;  and  Question,  on  Division,  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative,  130. 

T A X ES   and  I M P O S T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T E A.   Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

T EA   and  C O F F E E,   1908.  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T E A C H E RS   of  Music  R E G I S T R A T I ON   ;  Bill  to  provide  for 
the  registration  of  Teachers  of  Music  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  297.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  313. 

T E L E G R A PH   (Construction)-,  Bill  to  amend  the  Telegraph 
Acts,  1863  to  1907, with  respect to  the construction  and 
maintenance  of  Telegraphic  Lines  for  telephonic  and 
other  telegraphic  purposes;  presented, and  ordered to  be 
read  a  second  time,  25.  Second  Reading  deferred,  30, 
34,  37,  39,  43,  49,  53,  58,  60,  65,  69,  73,  78,  80,  84,  86, 
90,  93,  98,  102,  107,  110,  115,  119,  122,  127,  132,  134, 
139,  149,  162,  176,  179,  182,  192,  195,  199,  208,214, 
220,  223,  226,  228.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read 
a second time ;  Amendment  proposed, " six  months," and, 
•  on  Division,  not  made ;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  234. 
Standing 
Committee  C,  240.  Names  of  Members  discharged  and 
Others appointed  in  respect  of the Bill,  270, 278.  Report 
of  names  of  Fourteen  Members  added  in respect  of  the 
Bill,  278.  Reported  from  Standing  Committee  C,  with 
Amendments  ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  315. 
Consideration,  as  amended,  deferred,  319,  324.  Con-
sidered,  as amended;  read the  third  time  and passed, 328. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  384.  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  384.  Lords'  Amend-
ments agreed  to, 388. 
(Cited as  Telegraph ( Construction) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

T E L E G R A PH   C O N S T R U C T I ON   B I L L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T E L E G R A P HS   (Foreign  Written  Press  Telegrams).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T E M P O R A RY   C H A I R M EN   nominated  by  M R.  

50. 

S P E A K E R, 

T E M P O R A RY   L A W S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T E R R I T O R I AL   and  R E S E R VE   F O R C ES   A C T,  1907.  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T E R R I T O R I AL   F O R C E.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.   A R M Y.  

- 

- - J '' 
, "-liVv 

T E S T A M E N T A RY   B E Q U E S TS   (Foreign  Countries).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T H A M ES   C O N S E R V A N CY  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  21.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  32.  Withdrawn,  509. 

T H A M ES   C O N S E R V A N C Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T H A M ES   R I V ER  

S T E A M B O AT  

(1904) 
A M E N D M E NT   [Lords]  ;  Report,  That  the  Bill  should 
originate  in the  House  of  Lords,  14.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified not to have been complied with ;  Report 

S E R V I CE   A CT  

8 EDW. VII.] I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and 

S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

569 

T H A M ES   R I V ER   S T E A M B O A T,   &C„ 

[Lords]—continued. 

on  Petition  for Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with, 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
17.  Report,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  74.  Brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the 
first  time,  and  referred  to the  Examiners,  195.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  206.  Bill  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  227.  Report  on  Petition 
for  dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128,  That  the 
Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  288.  Re-
ported, with Amendments,  315.  Considered, as amended  ; 
a  Clause  added  ;  Bill  to  be  read  the  third  time,  362. 
Standing Order 243  suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  with  Amendments,  374.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  384. 
(Cited   as  Thames  River  Steamboat 
Service  Act  (1904)  Amendment  Act,  1908.)  Royal  Assent, 
392. 

T H E A T R ES   ;  Bill 

to  abolish 

the  Lord 
Chamberlain  in  respect  of  Stage  Plays,  and  to  transfer 
to the Local  Authority the  powers  of  the Lord  Chamber-
lain  in  respect  of  the  licensing  of  Theatres  in  London  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  507. 

the  powers  of 

T O B A C CO   G R O W I NG   (Scotland);   Bill  to  repeal  the  Law 
which  prohibits  the  growing  of  Tobacco  in  Scotland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  38. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  46.  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  66.  Scottish 
Standing  Committee,  70.  Names  of  Members  added  in 
respect  of  the  Bill,  74.  Bill  reported  from  the  Scottish 
Committee,  without  Amendment;  day  appointed  for 
consideration,  83.  Considered  (not  amended)  ;  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  281.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  369. 
(Cited   as  Tobacco 
Growing  (Scotland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent.  390. 

T O L L E M A C HE   E S T A TE  

[Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act 
for  authorising  and  requiring  the  trustees  of  the  will 
and  codicils  of  the  Honourable  Frederick  James  Tolle-
mache,  deceased,  to  invest  part  of  the  trust  funds  and 
property  in  their  hands,  subject  to  the  trusts  of  the  said 
will  and  codicils,  upon  a transfer  of  a mortgage  for  two 
hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  pounds  created  by 
the  Right  Honourable  Ada  Maria  Katharine  Baroness 
Sudeley,  the  tenant  for  life  under  the  said  will  and 
codicils,  upon  the  security  of  her  life  interest  under  the 
said  will  and  codicils  and  certain  policies  of  assurance 
upon  her  own life,  and  for  other purposes;  brought  from 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  278.  Report, no Standing Orders applicable ; 
Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  283.  Read a  second  time, 
and  committed,  302.  Reported,  without  Amendment, 
333.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amend-
ment,  340. 
(Cited  as  Tollemache  Estate  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  392. 

T O WN   T E N A N TS   ;  Bill  to  improve  the  position  of  Tenants 
of  certain  houses,  shops,  and  other  buildings  in  Great 
..  Britain;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 

' time,  330. 

T O WN  

T E N A N TS   (Ireland)  A CT  

(1907)  A M E N D M E N T; 
Bill  to  amend  the  Town  Tenants  (Ireland)  Act,  1907  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  22. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  111,  128,  153,  183,  200,  230. 

T R A DE   D I S P U T ES   ;  Bill  to  promote  arbitration  in  Trade 
Disputes  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  137.  Second  Reading  deferred,  153,  183,  200,  218, 
226. 

T R A DE  

D I S P U T ES  

(Use  of  Troops). 

{Army  Estimates),  Amendment 
Mr.  Speaker  do  leave  the  Chair,  79. 

Vide 

S U P P LY 
to  Question,  That 

T R A DE   D I S P U T E S.   Vide  W O R K M E N 'S   E V I C T I ON   (Trade 

Disputes)  B I L L. 

T R A DE   (Foreign  Countries  and  British  Possessions).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T R A DE  

R E C O R DS  

(Departmental   Committee). 

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T R A DE   R E P O R T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R A DE   with  C A N A D A.   Vide  A C C O U N TS 

T R A DE   with  N EW   Z E A L A N D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Metropolis) 

T R A F F IC   R E G U L A T I ON  

;  Bill  to  give  the 
Commissioners  of  Police  power  to  prescribe  the  routes 
of  Metropolitan  Stage  Coaches  ;  presented,  aud  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time, 261.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
268,  279,  287. 

T R A M W AY   O R D E R S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R A M W A YS   and  L I G HT   R A I L W A YS   (Street  and  Road), 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R A M W A YS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

1) 

(NO. 

from 

[Lords]  ; 
Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order 
made  by the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Tramways  Act, 
1870,  relating  to  Manchester  Corporation  Tramways; 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and 
brought 
referred  to the  Examiners,  182.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
applicable  thereto  complied  with;  Bill  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  206.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted, 211.  Reported, without Amendment;  Provisional 
Order  confirmed ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  233. 
Considered,  237.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
without  Amendment,  240. 
(Cited   as  Tramways  Order 
Confirmation  (No.  1)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  261. 

T R A M W A YS   O R D E RS   C O N F I R M A T I ON  

(NO. 

(Amendment)  ;  brought 

2)   [Lords]  ; 
Bill,  intituled  An   Act  to  confirm  certain  Provisional 
Orders  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Tram-
ways  Act,  1870,  relating 
to  Liverpool  Corporation 
Tramways  Extensions  and  Potteries  and North  Stafford-
shire  Tramways 
from  the 
Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Exami-
ners,  303.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  complied 
with;  day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  317.  Read  a 
time,  and  committed,  321.  Reported,  with-
second 
out  Amendment  :  Provisional  Orders  confirmed;  day 
appointed 
for  consideration,  345.  Considered,  348. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment, 
351. 
(Cited   as  Tramways  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  2) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

T R A N S F ER   of  G O O DS   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to 
the  transfer  of  Goods  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  384. 

T O W YN   T R E W AN   C O M M O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

C O M-

T R A N S F ER  

of  

P O W E RS  

of  

S T A N D I NG  

J O I NT  

C O M-

M O NS   A C T,  

1 8 7 6. 

M I T T E E S.   Vide  L O C AL   G O V E R N M E N T,   &C. 

T O W YN   T R E W AN   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R.  

Vide  C O M-

MONS  R E G U L A T I O N,   & c.   B I L L. 

T R A DE   and  N A V I G A T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R A N S F ER   of  T R A I N I NG   C O L L E G ES   (Scotland) 
[Lords]; 

O R D ER 
C O N F I R M A T I ON  
to 
confirm a Provisional  Order under the Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, relating to the transfer of 

Bill,  intituled  An  Act 

8  EI>W. V I I .]  

I N D EX  

to 

the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

60| 

T R A N S F ER   of  T R A I N I NG   C O L L E G E S,   &C. 

[Lords]—cont. 

Training  Colleges  in  Scotland  ;  brought  from the  Lords, 
51.  Ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be  con-
sidered,  51.  Considered,  56.  Head  the  third  time  and 
passed,  without  Amendment,  61. 
(Cited  as  Transfer 
of  Training  Colleges (Scotland)  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  124. 

T R A N S V A A L.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R A N S V A AL   C O L O NY   (Civil   Servants  Dismissed).  Vide 

A C C O U N T S.  

A D D R E S S. 

T R A N S V A AL   G O V E R N M E NT   G U A R A N T E ED   L O A N.   Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T R A W L E R S'   C E R T I F I C A T ES   S U S P E N S I ON   ;  Bill  to  enable 
Courts  to  suspend  the  Certificates  of  Trawlers  convicted 
of  illegal  trawling;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  89.  Second  Reading  deferred,  108,  153, 
188,  198,  225,261,283. 

the 

T R A W L I NG   in  P R O H I B I T ED   A R E AS   P R E V E N T I ON   ;  Bill 
to  prohibit 
in  the  United 
landing  and  selling 
Kingdom  of  Fish  caught  in  prohibited  areas  of  the  sea 
adjoining  Scotland;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  384.  Second  Reading  deferred,  398,  407, 
410,  417,  422,  425,  429,  431,  436,  438,  440,  447,456,468;, 
480.  Bill  withdrawn,  487. 

T R E A S U RY   C H E S T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

S U P P L Y. 

T R E A TY   S E R I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R I S T AN   DA   C U N H A.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R O ON   (Loch  Bradan)  W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON 
[Lords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional 
Order  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1899, relating to Troon  (Loch Bradan)  Water ; 
brought  from  the Lords  ;  read  the first time,  and  ordered 
(under Section  9 of  the Act)  to be read  a second time,  303. 
Read a second  time,  and  day  appointed 'for  consideration, 
third 
306.  Considered,  314.  Read 
time  and 
(Cited   as  Troon 
passed,  without  Amendment,  320. 
{Loch  Bradan)  Water  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  390. 

the 

T R O P I C AL  

D I S E A S ES  

R E S E A R CH  

F U N D.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

T R U CK   A C TS   (Departmental  Committee).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R U S T EE   S A V I N GS   B A N K S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T R U ST  

I N V E S T M E NT   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  as  to  the 
investment  of  Trust  Funds;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  103.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
116,  123,  150,  177,  196,  218. 

T R U S TS   ;  Bill  to  codify  the  Law  relating 

to  Private 
Trusts  and  Trustees  ;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  38.  Second  Reading  deferred,  53,  65,  77. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Select  Com-
mittee,  89.  Select  Committee  nominated;  power  to 
send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Three  to  be  the 
quorum,  133.  Reported,  with  Special  Report  [Inquiry 
not  completed],  345.  Bill  reported  from  Select  Com-
mittee,  without  Amendment;  Second  Special  Report, 
482. 

T U B E R C U L O S IS   P R E V E N T I ON   (Ireland);   Bill  to  prevent 
the  spread  and provide for the  treatment of  Tuberculosis, 
and  for  other  purposes  connected  therewith;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  238.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  246,  251,  259,  267,  286,  295,  305,  319, 
324,  328.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 

the  whole  House,  331. 

Committee 
Committee  of 
deferred,  343,  346.  Order  for  Committee  discharged  ; 
Bill  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 366.  Standing 
Committee A, 3 74.  Members discharged, others appointed, 
402,  406,  416.  Fifteen  Members  added  in  respect  of  the 
Bill,  403.  Reported,  with  Amendments;  day  appointed 
for  consideration,  428. 
Consideration,  as  amended, 
deferred,  436,  447,  456,  459,  461,  468,  474,  475,  476, 
480,  486,491,  503.  Considered,  as  amended;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  506.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  511.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
512. 
(Cited   as  Tuberculosis  Prevention  (Ireland)  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

T U B E R C U L O S I S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T U R K E Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

T Y NE   I M P R O V E M E NT   ;  Bill read  the  first  time, and Ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time,  50„  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  59.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  164.  Day 
appointed  for consideration, as  amended, 173.  Considera-
tion,  as  amended,  deferred,  177,  203,  222.  Considered, 
as amended  ;  Bill  to  be  read the  third  time, 262.  King's 
Consent  signified;  read  the  third  time  and  passed 
264.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  345. 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  356. 
(Cited   as  Tyne 
Improvement  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

8  Edw.  VII. 

Pari.  28. 

Sess.  3. 

1908. 

UGANDA   R A I L W AY   A C T S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U L T I M US   H J E R ES  

(Scotland)  

(Accounts  and  List  of 

Estates).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N E M P L O Y ED   D I S T R E S S.   Vide  A D D R E S S. 

U N E M P L O Y ED   W O R K M EN   ;  Bill  to  provide  Work  through 
public  authorities  for  unemployed  persons,  and  for  other 
purposes  connected  therewith  ;  presented,  and  ordered to 
be  read  a  second  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  " That,"  and  add  other  words; 
Amendments  made  on  Division  ;  Resolution,  &c.,  94. 

U N E M P L O Y ED   W O R K M EN   A CT  

( 1 9 0 5)   A M E N D M E N T; 
Bill  to  amend  the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act,  1905 ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  420, 

U N E M P L O Y ED   W O R K M EN   A CT  

A M E N D M E NT 
(No.  2 );   Motion  for  leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  Unemployed  Workmen  Act,  1905,  and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and  agreed  to ; 
Bill  ordered  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  482, 

( 1 9 0 5)  

U N E M P L O Y ED   W O R K M EN   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT   ;  Motion,  That  this  House,  regarding 
with  anxiety  the  increase  of  Unemployment  among  the 
working  classes,  is  of  opinion  that,  with  a  view  to  its 
diminution,  such  a reform  of  our  fiscal  system  should  be 
adopted  as  would  check  unfair  competition,  lead  to  a 
the  hostile  tariffs  of  foreign  countries, 
reduction 
provide  a  basis  for  mutual  preference  between 
the 
Mother  Country  and  the  Colonies,  and  increase  the 
demand  for  labour  at  home;  Debate  adjourned  at 
Eleven  of  the  clock;  day  appointed  for  resumption, 
115. 

in 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT   ;  Motion,  That  this  House  welcomes  the 
statement  of  the  Prime  Minister  with  regard  to  the 
national  importance  of  the  problem  of  Unemployment, 

VOL.  163. 

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UNEMPLOYMENT—continued. 

and  approves  of  the  steps  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the 
Government  to  meet  the  present  emergency;  Amend-
ment  proposed,  to  leave  out from  the  word  " That"  to 
end of  Question,  and  add  words  " whilst  recognising  the 
importance  of  the  promise  of  the  Prime  Minister,"  &c.; 
Debate  arising;  Motion  for  adjournment  of  Debate 
negatived  on  Division;  Debate  resumed,  and  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  (Closure  of  Debate)  ; 
Amendment  not  made;  Main  Question  claimed,  and, 
on  Division,  agreed  to  ;  Resolution,  That  this  House 
welcomes,  &c.,  416. 

U N E M P L O Y M E N T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I ON   of  B E N E F I C ES   A CT   (Saint   Luke,  Charlton,  with 

Saint  Paul,  Charlton).  Yide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES   (Scotland)   A C T,   1 8 89   (Ordinance).   Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES   (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES  

of  
Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

O X F O RD  

a nd  

C A M B R I D GE  

A C T. 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  A B E R D E E N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  D U R H AM   ;  Bill  to  make  further  provision 
with  respect  to  the  University  of  Durham;  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  174.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  206,  221,  239,  246.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  254. 
Standing  Committee  A,  260.  Report  of  names  of 
Fourteen  Members  added  to  the  Committee  in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  277.  Report  of  name  of  Member  discharged, 
another  appointed,  284,  293.  Reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  from  Standing  Committee  A;   day  appointed  for 
consideration,  as  amended,  341.,  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  355.  Considered,  as amended  ;  read 
the  third time  and  passed, 359.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  University  of 
Durham  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390, 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  E D I N B U R G H.   Vide   A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  G L A S G O W.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  L O N D ON   A C T,   1898;  Yide  A C C O U N T S. 

U N I V E R S I TY   of  S A I NT   A N D R E W S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

U P T ON   T O WN   H A LL   ^[Lords'];  Report,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords,  14.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  to  have  been  complied  with, 
16.  Brought  from  the  Lords,  215;  Read  the  first 
the  Examiners,  216.  Report, 
time,  and  referred  to 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied 
with;  Bill  to  be read  a  second  time, 227.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed, 242.  Reported, with  Amendments, 
277.  Considered,  as  amended,  288.  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and passed,  with  Amendments,  299.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  308. 
(Cited  as  Upton  Town  Hall  Act, 
1908)  Royal  Assent,  391, 

U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C I LS   (Advertising);   Bill  to  enable 
Urban  District  Councils  to  advertise  the  attractions  and 
advantages  of their  districts ;  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  40.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
139,  151,  155,  168,  177,  196,  224.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  293.  Bill  withdrawn,  298. 

U SE   of  G O V E R N M E NT   C H U R C H ES  
E A ST  

A C C O U N T S.  

I N D I A. 

in 

I N D I A.  

Vide 

U SK   F I S H E R I ES   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill  to  confirm 
a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Salmon  and  Freshwater 
Fisheries  Act,  1907,  relating  to  the  River  Usk  and  other 
waters;  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  207-  Report,  no  Standing  Orders 

to  be 

read  a  second 

time,  231. 
applicable  ;  Bill 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  237.  Reported, 
with  Amendments;  Provisional  Order  confirmed ;  day 
appoiuted for consideration, 315.  Considered, as amended; 
day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  317.  Read  the  third 
time  and passed,  320.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  383. 
(Cited  as  Usk  Fisheries  Provisional 
Order  Confirmation  Act,  1908) Royal  Assent,  391. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28,  Sess.  3.  1908, 

V A L U A T I ON  

(Ireland)  ;  Bih  , to  effect  an  equitable, 
administration  of  any  general  Valuation 
in  Ireland; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  27. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  128,  149,  158,  163,  193,  205, 
246. 

V A T E R S A Y,   I S L A ND   of.  Vide  I S L A ND   of  V A T E R S A Y. 

V E H I C L E S,   L I G H TS   on  (Scotland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

V E H I C U L AR   T R A F F IC  

(Regulation  of  Speed);  Bill  to 
secure  the  safety  of  pedestrians,  especially  Children,  in 
public  thoroughfares  in  populous  places  ;  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  250.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  268.  272,  291.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading,  308. 

V I C E R E G AL   C O M M I S S I O N.  

Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

I R I SH 

R A I L W A Y S. 

V I C T U A L L I NG  

Y A RD  

M A N U F A C T U R I NG  

A C C O U N T S. 

Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

N A V Y. 

V I V I S E C T I ON  

(Abolition)  -,  Bill  to  provide  for  the  total 
abolition  of  Vivisection;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  137.  Second  Reading  deferred,  165, 
1 8 0 , 2 1 8. 

V I V I S E C T I O N.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

V I V I S E C T I ON   ( Royal  Commission).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

V O L U N T E ER   C O R P S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S.  

A R M Y. 

V O T ES   and  P R O C E E D I N GS   ;  to  be  printed,  4. 

V O T E RS   (Qualification   and  Registration);  Bill  to  amend 
the  Law  relating  to  the  qualification  and  registration  of 
Voters,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  Elections; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  40. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  71,  77,  87,  105,  122,  135,  152, 
166,  196. 

V O T E R S,   R E G I S T R A T I ON   of.  Vide  R E G I S T R A T I ON   of. 

8  Edw.  VII.  Pari.  28.  'Sess.  3.  1908. 

A G ES  

a nd  

E F F E C TS  

of   D E C E A S ED  

S E A M E N .' 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W A G ES  

B O A R DS  

a nd  

I N D U S T R I AL  

A R B I T R A T I ON 

(Australia  and  New  Zealand).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W A L E S,   P R I N CE   of;  His  Consent  to  Bills  signified  on 

Third  Reading  (Private),  204,  498. 

(Public),  508. 

W A S H I N G T ON   "  G L E BE   "  C O L L I E R Y.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

E X P L O S I O N S. 

,  sell  or 

W A S TE   L A N DS   (Ireland) 

I M P R O V E M E NT   ;  Bill  to  enable 
County  Councils  in  Ireland  to  acquire and  improve,  and 
for  other  purposes  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  27, 
Second  Reading  deferred,  154,183,  217.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  396. 

let,  Waste  Land,  and 

W A T ER  

of 

L E I TH  

S E W E R A GE 
P U R I F I C A T I ON  
O R D ER   ;  Bill  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
relating  to  Water  of  Leith  Purification  and  Sewerage ; 

a nd  

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557 

the  first 

time,  and  ordered 

(under 
presented;  read 
Section  9  of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time,  481. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  day  appointed for  consideration, 
time  and  passed, 
504.  Considered; 
read  the  third 
507.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  511. 
(Cited  as  Water 
of  Leith  Purification  and  Sewerage  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  514. 

W A T ER   R I G H T S.   Vide  P U B L IC   H E A L T H. 

W A TH   and  B O L T ON   G AS   B O A RD   [Lords]  (changed  from 
W a t h - u p o n - D e a r ne   Urban  District  Council  Gas 
fLords]  ;  Bill,  intituled  An  Act  to  incorporate  a  Gas 
Board  for the  Urban  Districts of Wath-upon-Dearne  and 
Bolton-upon-Dearne,  in  the  West  Riding  of  the  County 
of  York,  and  to  transfer  to  and  vest  in  such  Board  the 
undertaking  of  the  Wath-upon-Dearne.  and  District  Gas 
Company,  Limited,  and  for  other  purposes;  brought 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to 

Report,  Standing  Orders  not 
the  Examiners,  256. 
inquired 
into  complied  with,  298.  Read 
previously 
a  second 
time,  and  committed,  317.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  344.  Considered,  as  amended;  Standing 
Orders  223  and  243  suspended;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  with  Amendments,  362.  To  which  the 
Lords  agree,  377. 
(Cited  as  Wath  and  Bolton  Gas 
Board  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

ElAjrds] 

W A T H - U P O N - D E A B NE   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL   G AS 
(changed  to  Wath  and  Bolton  Gas  Board  Bill 
Lords]  );  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  14.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
to have  been  complied  with,  16.  Report  on  Petition  for 
additional  provision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied 
with;  Report  referred  to  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders,  113.  Report 
from  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with,  165. 

W A YS   A ND   M E A NS   FOR  R A I S I NG   T HE   S U P P L Y: 

Resolution, That  this  House  will, to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  the  Wavs  and 

Means  for raising  the  Supply  to  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  29. 

Committee  deferred,  31,  34,  37,  39,  43,  49,  58,  60, 65, 69,  73,  77, 80,  83,  86,  90,  98,  107,  110,  115,  119,  122, 
127,  131,  134,  138,  149,  156,  158,  162,  165,  169,  176,  179,  183,  189,  192,  196,  199, 203,  214,  220,  223,  226,  229,  234, 
240,  242,  244,  246,  251,  259,  262,  267,  271,  275,  279,  286,  290,  295,  298,  305, 310,  313,  319,'325,  328,  331,  334,  343, 
347,  351,  355,  359,  364. 

— 

Considered  in  Committee,  100,  170,  208,  372. 

—  To  have  precedence  of  Supply*  170. 

Resolutions  reported,  and  agreed  to,  107,  109,  213, 380 ;  Bill  ordered,  107,  213,  380. 
Resolutions  agreed  to  in  Committee,  100,  101,  171,  208  (on  Division),  372. 
Reports  deferred,  176,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199,  208. 
That  the  Proceedings  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  if  under  consideration  at  Eleven  of  the  clock, 

be  not  interrupted  under  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House),  170,  208. 

Reports  of  Money  Committees;  Proceedings  to  be  entered  upon  at  any hour  after  Eleven,  though  opposed,  and 

not  to  be  interrupted  under  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House),  213. 
— 

Vide  B U S I N E SS   of  the  H O U S E.  

H O U S E. 

Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee. 

Resolutions  Reported, and 
Agreed  to. 

17  March  : 
For  granting  £375,817  for the  Service  of  the  year  ending  31st  March  1908 

For  granting  £44,355,400  for  the  Service  of  the  year  ending  31st  March 
- 

1909 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

7  May  % 

Continuance  of  additional  Customs  Duties  on  Tea 

Alteration  of  Duty  on  Sugar 

- 

- 

- 

Irish  Manufactured  Tobacco  Excise  Duty  - 

- 

-

- 

-

-

Page. 

100 

101 

170 

170 

171 

Page. 

F i r st   Resolution  agreed  to,  107.  Vide 
(No.  1) 

C O N S O L I D A T ED   F U ND  
B I L L. 

D ay   appointed 

for  consideration  of 
Second  Resolution,'  107.  Resolution 
agreed  to,  109. 

1 Resolutions  reported,  and  agreed 
j  m-

to, 

Resolution  reported,  a nd   agreed 

to, 
a f t er   A m e n d m e nt   proposed,  to  leave 
out  3s.  10<Z.  a nd   insert  2s.  10d.,   a nd 
w i t h d r a w n,   213. 

Amendment  of  Law  -

--
-
(Report  deferred,  176,  179,  183,  192,  196,  199,  208.) 

-

-

-

-

-

--

171 

Resolution 

reported,  a nd   agreed 

to, 

213. 

Income  Tax 

25  May: 

-

-

-

--

28  July  i 

- 

-

208 
(On  Division.) 

Resolution  reported,  a nd   agreed 
ordered.  Vide 

to  ; 
F I N A N CE 

BiU 
B I L L,   213. 

For  granting  £69,157,274  for  the  Service  of  the  year  ending  31st  March 

1909 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

372 

Vide 

380 
C O N S O L I D A T ED  

F U ND 

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W A YS   A ND   M E A NS   FOR  R A I S I NG   T HE   SUPPLY—continued. 

C O N S O L I D A T ED   F U ND  

(NO. 

1)  ;  Bill  to  apply  certain  sums  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Service  of  the  years 
ending  on the  thirty-first  day  of  March  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eight  and  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
nine ;  ordered  to  be  brought  in  upon  the  First  Resolution  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  107. 
Instruction  to the  Gentlemen  appointed  to  bring  in  the  Bill,  &c.,  109.  Presented,  and  read  the  first  time,  109.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  113.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment,  115.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  119.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  121. 
(Cited  as  Consolidated Fund  (No.  1) 
Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  124. 

F I N A N CE   ;  Bill  to  grant  certain  duties  of  Customs  and  Inland  Revenue,  to  alter  other  duties,  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  Customs  and  Inland  Revenue  and  the  National  Debt,  and  to  make  other  provisions  for  the  financial 
arrangements  of  the  year;  ordered  to  be  brought  in  upon  Resolution  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means,  213.  Presented  accordingly,  and read the  first  time,  213.  Second  Reading deferred,  219,  223. 
Instruction  to 
the  Committee  on  the  Bill  from  the  Committee  on  Local  Taxation,  National  Debt,  and  Assessors  [Payments],  219. 
Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to  leave  out  words,  and  add  " in  view  of 
the  growing liabilities of  the nation," &c.,  and Debate adjourned, 228.  Adjourned  Debate on  Amendment  resumed,  233. 
Question  put,  and  negatived  on  Division;  Main  Question  put;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  234. 
Committee  deferred,  250,  267,  286,  304,  324.  Considered  in  Committee;  Closure  claimed,  assent  withheld,  326. 
Again  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment,  330.  Third  Reading  deferred,  334,  339,  343, 
347,  351,  355,  359.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third  time;  Amendment  proposed,  " this  House  declines," 
&c.,  not  made;  Main  Question  put  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  360.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  383. 

(Cited  as  Finance  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

C O N S O L I D A T ED   F U ND   (Appropriation)  ;  Bill  to  apply  a  sum  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Service  of  the 
year  ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  March  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine,  and  to  appropriate  the 
Supplies  granted  in  this  Session  of  Parliament;  ordered  to  be  brought  in  upon  Resolution  reported  from  the 
Committee  of  Ways  and  Means;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time,  380.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time;  Debate  arising,  and  proceeding  postponed  at  8.15  (Private  Business),  384.  Resumed; 
Question  put,  and  agreed  to;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  385.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment,  387.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed;  agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  390. 
(Cited  as Appropriation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

W E E K LY   R E S T - D AY   ;  Bill  to  secure  a  Weekly  Rest-day  ; 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  113. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  139,  151,  183,  193,  197,  239. 

W E E K LY   R E S T - D A Y.   Vide  P O L I CE   F O R C E S. 

W E I G H TS   and  M E A S U R ES   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W E ST   B R I D G F O RD   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL   W A T ER  

; 
Bill  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  21.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  32. 
Reported,  Preamble  not  proved,  88. 

W E S T E RN   P A C I F I C.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W E ST   H I G H L A ND   R A I L W AY   (Extension 

jrom  Banavie 

to  Mallaig).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W E ST   R I D I NG   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL   ;  Bill  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  21.  On 
Second  Reading  Mr.  Speaker  calls  attention 
to  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  being  too  important  to  be  treated 
as  a Private  Bill;  withdrawn,  32. 

W H A LE   F I S H E R I ES   (Ireland);  Bill  to  regulate  Whale 
Fisheries  in  Ireland ;  presented, and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  221. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  250, 
267,  286,  295,  305.  Read  a second  time;  committed  to 
a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  318.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and  reported;  day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  323.  Considered,  as  amended;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  328.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an 
for  considering  it,  384. 
Amendment  ;  day  appointed 
Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  388. 
(Cited  as  Whale 
Fisheries  (Ireland)  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  390. 

W E ST  

I N D I AN  

I N T E R - C O L O N I AL   M A IL  

S E R V I CE   ; 
Resolution,  That  the  Contract,  dated  the  29th  day  of 
August  1907,  between 
the  Crown  Agents  for  the 
Colonies  and  the  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Company 
for  the  conveyance  of  Mails  between  certain  Colonies 
in  the  West  Indies  for  a  period  of  ten  years  (printed 
in  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  24  of  Session  1908),  be 
approved,  217. 

W H A LE  

(Scotland) 

F I S H E R I ES  

A CT  

( 1 9 0 7)   A M E N D-
M E N T;   Bill  to  amend  the  Whale  Fisheries  (Scotland) 
Act,  1907,  and  to  provide  more  effective  means  of 
regulating  the  Whale  Fisheries  of  the  Shetland  Isles 
during  the  time  of  the  summer  herring  fishing;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  28. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  49,  60,  76,  94,  105,  162,  180, 
2 0 9. 

W E ST  

I N D I AN  

I N T E R - C O L O N I AL   M A IL   S E R V I C E.   Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

W E ST  

I N D I E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W E ST   L O N D O N,   B A R N E S,   a nd   R I C H M O ND  

T R A M W A YS 
[Lords];  Report,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  14.  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified 
not  to  have  been  complied  with,  58.  Report  on  Petition 
for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred 
to the  Select  Committee  on Standing  Orders, 58.  Report, 
That  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with, 
100. 

W E S T M I N S T ER  

S U P P LY 
C O M P A N I E S.   Vide  L O N D ON   (Westminster  and  Ken-
sington)  E L E C T R IC   S U P P LY   C O M P A N Y. 

a nd   K E N S I N G T ON   E L E C T R IC  

W H A L I NG   S T A T I O NS   ;  Bill  to  provide  for  the  closing  of 
existing  Whaling  Stations  during  the  summer  herring 
fishing,  and  to  prohibit  Whaling  Stations  being  estab-
lished  in  the  future  on  any  part  of  the  shores  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland;  ordered;  presented  accordingly ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  155.  Second  Reading  deferred,  183,  217. 

W H I S KY   and  ether  P O T A B LE  
mission).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

S P I R I TS  

(Royal  Com-

W H I S K Y,   S A LE   of.  Vide  S A LE   of. 

W H I TE   P H O S P H O R US   M A T C H ES   P R O H I B I T I ON   ;  Bill  to 
prohibit  the  manufacture,  sale,  and 
importation  of 
Matches  made  with  white  phosphorus,  and  lor  other 

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I N D EX  

to  the,  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  S I X T Y - T H I RD   V O L U M E.  

6 79 

W H I TE   P H O S P H O B US   M A T C H E S,   & C . —c o n t i n u e d. 

purposes in connection therewith  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be read  a second  time, 384.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
397,  400,  402,  403,  405.  Read  a second  time,  and  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee,  407.  Standing  Com-
mittee  A,  414.  Thirteen  Members  appointed  in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  420.  Two  Members  appointed  in  respect 
of  the  Bill,  423.  Member  added,  424.  Member  dis-
charged,  another  appointed,  430,  457.  Reported,  with 
from  Standing  Committee  A  ;  day 
Amendments, 
appointed  for  consideration,  460.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  462,466,468,  470,  473.  Considered, 
as  amended ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  474. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  505. 
(Cited   as  White  Phos-
phorus  Matches  Prohibition  Act,  1908)  Roval  Assent, 
513. 

W I D N ES   C O R P O R A T I ON   ;  Bill  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  21.  Day  appointed 
Second  Reading  deferred, 
for  Second  Reading,  32. 
35,  46,  59.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed; 
Instruction,  80.  Reported  from the  Police  and  Sanitary 
Committee,  with  Amendments,  145.  Considered,  as 
amended,  159.  Day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  164. 
Third  Reading  deferred,  169,  185,  197,  211,  222,247, 
262.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  265.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  345. 
Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  356. 
( Cited  as  Widnes  Corpora-
tion  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

W I LD   B I R DS   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Wild  Birds  Protection 
Acts,  1880  to  1904;  ordered;  presented  accordingly, 
and  read  the  first  time,  256.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
268,  272,  275,  287,  291,  296,  298,  301,306,  311,314. 
Read  a  second  time  ;  committed  to  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  319.  Considered 
in  Committee, 
and reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  324.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  369. 
(Cited 
as  Wild  Birds  Protection  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent, 
390. 

for  Second  Reading,  32.  Second  Reading  deferred,  35. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  46.  Reported, 
with  Amendaients,  from  the  Police  and  Sanitary  Com-
mittee,  114.  Considered,  as  amended,  197. 
Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  207.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  326.  Lords'  Amendments 
agreed  to,  340. 
(Cited  as  Wolverhampton  Corporation 
Act,  190S)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

W O M EN   and  C H I L D R EN  

in 

P U B L I C - H O U S E S,  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

W O M E N 'S   . D I S A B I L I T I ES   R E M O V A L. 

Vide  F R A N C H I SE 

and. 

W O M E N 'S   E N F R A N C H I S E M E N T;   Bill  to  enable  Women  to 
vote  at  Parliamentary  Elections  :  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  seeond  time,  22.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time  ;  Amendment  proposed,  " six 
months;"  Closure1  claimed,  but  assent  withheld  ;  Ques-
tion put, pursuant to Standing Order (Closure of Debate)  ; 
Amendment  not  made  on  Division;  Main  Question 
put;  Bill  read  a second time,  and  committed,  70.  Com-
mittee  deferred,  73,  84,  99,  116,  127,  153,  177,  209,  230. 
Day  appointed  for Committee, 266.  Committee deferred, 
2 8 7. 

W O O D S,  

.  F O R E S T S,  

and 

L A ND  

R E V E N U E S.  

Vide 

A C C O U N T S. 

W O R C E S T ER   (W e s t e rn   or  Bewdley  Division)  W R I T.   Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

W O R C E S T ER   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

W O R K I NG  

C L A S S ES 

(Ireland), 

H O U S I NG   of. 

Vide 

H O U S I NG   o f. 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   ;  Bill  to  amend  the  Work-
men's  Compensation  Act,  1906  ;  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  33.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
4 9,   6 6,   7 3,   8 4,   9 9,   1 1 6,   1 2 7,   1 5 0,   1 7 9,   2 5 1,   2 8 7. 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   A C T.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W I N D I NG  

E N G I N E M E N.  
Hours for  Winding  Enginemen). 

Vide  C O AL   M I N ES  

W I N ES   I M P O R T E D.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

(Eight 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I N G,   &C. 

W O R K M E N 'S  

C O M P E N S A T I ON   A C T,  

1 9 06  

(Industrial 

Diseases).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W I N T ER  

A S S I Z ES  

A C T S,  

1876 

and 

1877. 

Vide 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   R U L E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

A C C O U N T S. 

W I N T ER   A S S I Z ES  (Ireland).  Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W I S H AW   B U R GH   E L E C T R I C I T Y,   &C.  ;  Bill  read  the  first 
time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  63.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  71.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  121.  Considered, as amended,  141.  Read 
the  third  time and passed,  146.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  333.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed 
to,  340. 
( Cited  as  Wishaw  Burgh  Electricity  Act,  1908) 
Royal  Assent,  391. 

W I T N E S S E S; 

1 

: 

Sessional  Resolution,  4. 

103,  195,  206,  296,  317,  420. 

ordered  to  attend  Committees,  78, 

To  be  examined  on  Divorce  Bills, 

207. 

W O L V E R H A M P T ON   B O R O U GH  

(East  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

W O L V E R H A M P T ON   C O R P O R A T I ON   ; Bill read the first time, 
and  ordered to  be  read  a  second time,  21.  Day  appointed 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON   S C H E M E S.   Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

F R I E N D LY   S O C I E T I E S. 

W O R K M E N 'S   E V I C T I ON   (Trade  Disputes)  ; Bill  to  prevent 
the  eviction  of  Workmen 
in  certain  cases  of  Trade 
Disputes;  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  161.  Second  Reading  deferred,  199. 

W O R K M E N 'S  

I N S U R A N CE  (Germany). 

Vide  A C C O U N T S. 

W R I T S.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

W YE   F I S H E R I ES   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill  to  confirm 
a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Salmon  and  Freshwater 
Fisheries  Act,  1907,  relating  to  the  River  Wye  and 
other  waters;  presented  ; read  the  first  time, and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  207.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders 
applicable;  Bill  to  be  read  a  second  time,  231.  Read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  237.  Report  on  Petition 
for  dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128,  That  Standing 
Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  288.  Reported,  with 
Amendments; 
day 
appointed 
Considered,  as 
amended;  day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  314.  Bill 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  317.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  383. 
(Cited  as  Wye  Fisheries  Provisional  Order 
Confirmation  Act,  1908)  Royal  Assent,  391. 

Provisional  Order 
for  consideration,  312. 

confirmed; 

VOL.  163. 

Sess.  1908. 

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